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Services for Refugees & Asylees…
The Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP) assists eligible refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, asylees, certified human trafficking victims and their family members, Special Immigrant Visa holders and certain Amerasians from Vietnam to successfully resettle in California.
The Refugee Programs Bureau (RPB) has statewide administrative responsibility for the RRP. The RPB supervises the following programs:
Program benefits and services are delivered at the local level by county welfare departments and refugee service providers .
Office of Refugee Health is supervised by the California Department of Public Health.
The Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI) provides monthly cash benefits to aged, blind, and disabled non-citizens, including refugees, who are not eligible for Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payment solely due to their immigration status. This program is managed through the Adult Programs Division of CDSS.
CA State Fact Sheets
Afghan Related Fact Sheets
USCIS Fact Sheets
Contact Information
California Department of Social Services
Refugee Programs Bureau, MS 9-6-646
P.O. Box 944243
Sacramento, CA 94244-2430
Email: RPB@dss.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 654-4356
Fax: (916) 654-7187