What benefits are available to asylees and refugees?
Through matching grants, affiliates help asylees with employment services and four months of maintenance assistance and cash allowance. Enrolled asylees can also get language training, health and medical services, counseling, and daycare. To qualify for these services through matching grants, asylees must enroll in the matching grant program within 31 days of being granted asylum. Certain states may have additional benefits to assist refugees or asylees. Refugees and asylees are eligible to work in the United States as a result of their status. They may also apply for a refugee travel document that will allow them to travel outside the U.S., although they should not return to their home country.
Through matching grants, affiliates help asylees with employment services and four months of maintenance assistance and cash allowance. Enrolled asylees can also get language training, health and medical services, counseling, and daycare. To qualify for these services through matching grants, asylees must enroll in the matching grant program within 31 days of being granted asylum.
