 Wilson/Fish
The Wilson-Fish (WF) program is part of the Division of Community Resettlement and is an alternative to the traditional State administered refugee resettlement program for providing assistance (cash and medical) and social services to refugees.
The purpose of the WF program is to increase refugee prospects for early employment and self-sufficiency, promote coordination among voluntary resettlement agencies and service provider and ensure that refugee assistance programs exist in every State where refugees are resettled.
The program emphasizes early employment and economic self-sufficiency by integrating cash assistance, case management, and employment services and by incorporating innovative strategies for the provision of cash assistance. ORR currently funds twelve WF programs in the following eleven States: Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, plus San Diego County, CA.
Wilson-Fish Chart
Wilson-Fish Projects |
Statewide |
Administering Agency |
Category I - State Withdrew Category II - Alternatives |
Include RMA |
Project End Date |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
ALABAMA | Yes | Private-Non-Profit/Volag | Category I | Yes | 9/29/2010 |
2 |
ALASKA | Yes | Private-Non-Profit/Volag | Category I | Yes | 9/29/2010 |
3 |
COLORADO | Yes | State Government | Category II | No | 9/29/2010 |
4 |
IDAHO | Yes | Private-Non-Profit | Category I | No | 9/29/2010 |
5 |
KENTUCKY | Yes | Private-Non-Profit/Volag | Category I | Yes | 9/29/2009 |
6 |
LOUISIANA | Yes | Private-Non-Profit/Volag | Category I | No | 9/29/2010 |
7 |
MASSACHUSETTS | Yes | State Government | Category II | No | 9/29/2010 |
8 |
NEVADA | Yes | Private-Non-Profit/Volag | Category I | Yes | 9/29/2010 |
9 |
NORTH DAKOTA | Yes | State Government | Category II | No | 9/29/2010 |
10 |
SAN DIEGO COUNTY | No | Private-Non-Profit/Volag | Category II | No | 9/29/2010 |
11 |
SOUTH DAKOTA | Yes | Private-Non-Profit/Volag | Category I | No | 9/29/2010 |
12 |
VERMONT 1/ | Yes | Private-Non-Profit/Volag/State Government | Category II | No | 9/29/2010 |
| 1/ In Vermont, cash assistance and case management is administered by the Volag while employment and other social services is administered by the State. | ||||||
Funding Opportunities
Contact Information
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Administration for Children and Families
901 D Street, SW
Washington, DC 20447
Phone: 202.401.9246
Fax: 202.401.5487