Employment & Workforce Training

The MG program—a public/private partnership funded by The Office of Refugee Resettlement—offers an employment-focused alternative to publicly funded cash assistance. The purpose of the MG program is to help eligible clients attain economic self-sufficiency through the provision of comprehensive case management and services leading to employment within 120 to 180 days after a client’s date of eligibility. Enrollment in the MG program must occur within 31 days of the individual’s date of eligibility, and at least one member of the case unit must be deemed ‘employable’.

RTCA, funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement and overseen by the Maryland Office of Refugee Assistance, is available to clients for up to 8 months following their date of eligibility. This cash assistance, coupled with careful case-management, gives clients time to seek employment. The requirements of and benefits available through RTCA are comparable to those of Maryland’s Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) program. However, RTCA is designed to help qualified immigrants without dependent children.

The RSS program, overseen by the Virginia and Maryland Office of Refugee Assistance, is designed to enable refugees to achieve economic self-sufficiency as soon as possible by providing job searching logo-grid and tools, advising on employment barriers, and post-employment follow-up. Eligible clients must be 16 or older, be deemed ‘employable,’ need assistance in reaching self-sufficiency, and have resided in the U.S. for 60 months or less. Participants are eligible to remain in the RSS program for up to five years, in which they access employment services including, Job Readiness Training, Financial Literacy Workshops, In-house Job Fairs, In-house ESL classes, Resume and Cover Writing assistance and more.