Refugee Resettlement Office

Assists refugees, asylees, Special Immigrants from Iraq and Afghanistan (SIVs) Cuban parolees and victims of trafficking

Refugee Resettlement in Arkansas

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Click on the link above to donate online to help provide housing, clothing, health care, school supplies and food to refugees in Arkansas. Select "Refugee Resettlement" in the drop down menu under "I would like my donation to benefit the following program/ministry." You can make a one-time gift or a weekly, bimonthly or monthly donation. For more information, contact Catholic Charities of Arkansas, at (501) 664-0340.

The Refugee Resettlement Office, a ministry of Catholic Charities of Arkansas (CCA), provides services and assistance to refugees, asylees and victims of trafficking. Because of changes put in place by the current administration in Washington, D.C., no new refugee arrivals are being permitted except in a few cases. The refugee resettlement staff at Catholic Charities of Arkansas are focused on supporting the refugees who resettled in Arkansas before the shutdown  of the Catholic refugee resettlement  network in the United States. | Services | Contact Us

"The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respectable stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions, whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.” — George Washington, Dec. 2, 1783

The U.S. refugee resettlement program should be a source of immense national pride. The program has saved countless lives, put millions of impoverished persons on a path to work, self-sufficiency and integration, and advanced US standing in the world. Read this report that details the benefits of welcoming refugees. | Three Common Myths About Refugees | 112th World Day Of Migrants And Refugees Message, Pope Leo XIV


Refugee Resettlement Services

  • Assists refugees and sponsors with completing mandatory paperwork
  • Facilitates the reunification of refugees and their families living in the United States
  • Receives refugees upon arrival and provides post-arrival services, such as orientation, job placement assistance, referral to English as a Second Language (ESL) courses, etc.
  • Provides social services to Afghans who arrived through Operation Allies Welcome federal program with integration into their new community
  • Advocates for refugees

 


"In this world of globalization we have fallen into a globalization of indifference. We are accustomed to the suffering of others, it doesn’t concern us, it’s none of our business.” — Pope Francis, July 8, 2013