Refugee Resettlement Services
Catholic Charities Atlanta’s Refugee Resettlement Program is an affiliate of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). As the only USCCB resettlement office in Georgia, we expect to serve over 230 refugees who have been referred through USCCB this year.
Refugees are defined as individuals outside of their countries of origin who are unable or unwilling to return because of persecution or who hold a well-founded fear of persecution based on race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, political opinion, or national origin.
Catholic Charities Atlanta provides extensive resettlement services designed to aide refugees to become self-sufficient as soon as possible. Staff members offer employment services and case management services in culturally appropriate languages and customs. Currently, our staff of 9 speaks over 15 different languages.
Specific services provided to refugees include:
- Provision of housing and necessary furnishings (for a list of needed donation items, click HERE):
- Provision of culturally appropriate grocery items & a ready-to-eat meal upon arrival
- Assistance to access health care
- Assistance & education to access public transportation
- Assistance to obtain a Social Security card and other forms of personal identification necessary in the United States
- Assistance to enroll in English language classes
- Assistance to enroll children into K-12 education
- Job readiness and orientation to the U.S. workforce
- Assistance to obtain employment
- Other services as needed
To receive more information about refugee resettlement programs, call 404-885-7464 or email refugeeresettlement@archatl.com.
For information on volunteer opportunities click HERE.
For information about what your parish group or organization can do, call 770-790-3118 or email mprickett@archatl.com.
To inquire about eligibility for services, call 404-885-7272 or email refugeeresettlement@archatl.com.
Catholic Charities Atlanta also participates in a program funded by the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement and the State of Georgia to provide services to Cuban and Haitian refugees, entrants, and asylees. These include employment services, English classes, and immigration services. For questions about Cuban/Haitian programs, call 404-885-7270 or email refugeeresettlement@archatl.com.
