1.NCDHHS Refugees Support Service (RSS)/afghanistant Supplemental appropriations
Our staff came from refugee refugee backgrounds, and we understand the challenges and struggles new arrivals go through. Our goal is to assist our clients to achieve self-sufficiency, self reliance, teach them how to navigate the health/social service system, adjustment to life in the USA, and to become productive members in their neighborhoods and communities, and ultimately, to become American citizens.
To Become a client: Refugees, Asylees, Certain Cuban and Haitian entrants and Parolees, Certain Amerasians (from Vietnam), and Victims of Human Trafficking are eligible to become RSS clients and then receive FREE services. It is the policy of MDA and NCDHHS contract compliances to offer services to any and all Southeast Asian Refugees.
To become a client, an individual is required to
Provide documentation of their refugee/asylee status from USCIS
Sign a Client’s Rights Form
Acceptable documentation includes an I-94 card, green card or asylum approval letter.
These are free services we provide to eligible clients through our contract with the State of NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS), Refugee Services Office. These include: Case management, Outreach Services, Employability Assessment, Pre-Employment, Job Development, Employment Follow-Up, Client Transportation, Initial Employment, Current Job Placement, Vocational Skills Training and Vocational Education- Industrial Sewing, Automobile Drivers' Training, Information & Referral, Day Care/Child Care (Temporary Voucher), Translation/Interpretation, On-The-Job Training, Resume writing, interview skills, and job development
The Client’s Rights Form verifies that the client understands their rights when requesting and accepting social services provided by MDA. Other refugees agencies in NC, click here.
More information. Contact Stephanie, program supervisor to make an appointment at 336-373-1812.