Refugee Assistance: Little is Known about the Effectiveness of Different Approaches for Improving Refugees’ Employment Outcomes

ORR supports several approaches to providing cash, medical assistance, and social services to refugees through its Matching Grant, Publicly Administered, Wilson/Fish, and Public Private Partnership programs. The Matching Grant program, which is administered and partially funded by private voluntary organizations, features several design elements that set it apart from ORR’s other programs. Most states also offer one of ORR’s other programs: these programs enroll any eligible refugee, and participants have up to 8 months to find a job before their assistance ends. (Description from Source)