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Referral Agency Briefs by Service Category

Refugee Resettlement

Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services

St. Paul 651-222-3001
Resettlement services for refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers, and migrants. Assistance with immigration issues through direct intervention or referral. Outreach programs offer food, housing, clothing, ESL classes, and assistance finding employment.

International Institute of Minnesota

St Paul 651-647-0191
Serves the foreign born in their process to become self-sufficient US citizens, through interrelated programs of casework services, legal services, education and employment training, citizenship acquisition and intercultural activities. Also provides assistance with family unification for refugee groups. New Refugee Women's Initiative highlighting micro-enterprise.

Jewish Family Service - JFS

St. Paul 651-698-0767
Russian resettlement services. Russian Language First Call for Help: Phone (651)698-9167, Fax (651)698-0162. Russian language information and referral service; information is provided about: social services, counseling, housing, education, health care, public services, financial counseling, other human services.

Minnesota Council of Churches Refugee Services

Minneapolis 612-874-8605
Resettlement services for refugees entering Minnesota through Episcopal Migration Ministries or Church World Service programs. Applications filed for refugees with relatives eligible for resettlement under U.S. refugee program.

Refugee Resettlement and Employment Services (Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota)

Minneapolis 612-871-5268
Resettlement agency for refugees uniting with family members entering the U.S. with programs in Minneapolis,Pelican Rapids, Moorhead, and Marshall. Self-sufficiency program for refugees in the U.S. less than 5 years, primarily on MFIP. Help obtaining Green Cards.

Somali Community of Minnesota

Minneapolis 612-871-6786
Serves African refugees/immigrants/asylees, primarily Somalian, in need of assistance with basic necessities and with adjustment to the U.S.. Services include a Somali youth program, employment assistance, counseling, and a legal aid program.

World Relief Minnesota - Refugee Resettlement Services (Greater Minnesota Association of Evangelicals)

Richfield 612-798-4332
Links volunteers to refugees in the Twin Cities. Churches and individuals sponsor refugees, host families, tutor English, build friendships, donate furniture and love the stranger among us.

 


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