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Refugee Minors

Refugee Minors serves two groups of children: Unaccompanied Some of our children move into foster homes, while some older Child and Family
Refugee Minors (URM) and Unaccompanied Children (UC). children are placed into our group homes. Our group homes
URM children enter the country as Refugees, but do not have provide comprehensive case management, medical, dental and
a parent or family due to death of family members, abandon- independent living support for UC and URM. In 2018, we served
ment, or separation due to war or civil unrest. Unaccompanied 40 males, ages 11–17 years.
Children arrive in the country without legal status and without
identified family.

Program Program Refugee Minors Outcomes Target 2018
Outcomes UC Children had 2 or fewer 86% 97%
foster care placements.
URM and UC benchmarks are set by
contractual requirements and Samaritas UC and URM Youth were successfully discharged 80% 70%
expectations. We did not meet our bench- to a lower level of care.
mark for successful discharge. One of our
programs has a requirement that youth UC and URM Youth were discharged with 70% 91%
must discharge to a lower level of care improved English skills.
within 9 months. Most of the youth did
discharge to a lower level of care, but did UC and URM Youth were discharged with 70% 91%
improved life skills.
not do so within 9 months, causing this to
drop to 70%.

Refugee Minors
Satisfaction Program Satisfaction Surveys Target 2018
Surveys
Foster Care Foster Parent Annual Survey 4.0 4.3
Goal: 4.0 Satisfaction Ratings
Surveys given to youth
UC and URM at 30 days of service. 4.0 4.6

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