Catholic Charities Fort Worth ends federally funded role leading Texas refugee resettlement

Catholic Charities Fort Worth ends federally funded role leading Texas refugee resettlement

Catholic Charities Fort Worth will no longer lead refugee resettlement for the state of Texas, President and CEO Michael Iglio announced in a statement June 2. The Fort Worth nonprofit has operated the Texas Office for Refugees, the statewide agency designated by the federal government to lead refugee resettlement since 2021. Texas withdrew from the nation’s refugee resettlement program in 2016, effectively leaving nonprofits to administer feder…

Catholic Charities closes refugee resettlement program

Catholic Charities Family and Community Services has decided to close its refugee resettlement program due to recent changes in immigration policy. This is a blow to the new-immigrant community that relies on the agency’s services. In addition to the resettlement program, CCFCS has shuttered its migrant children foster care program and some specialized programming for Afghans and refugee families with special needs. Some 30 staffers are losing t…