Financial Capability for Refugees: Promising Practices for Upward Economic Mobility

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Strategies for Supporting Refugee Families Enrolled in TANF and RCA

How are states and local systems serving refugees through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)? What innovative strategies are being used to coordinate services and help refugees obtain employment? Listen to this interview with Sam Elki ...  Show more

How Local Voices Can Help Us Understand Refugee Integration

How can we measure integration? Our latest podcast spotlights the interesting approach of the Refugees in Towns (RIT) project, an initiative of the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University. For this podcast, META was joined by Karen Jacobsen, Professor at the Tufts Univ ...  Show more

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