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Somali immigrants in Minnesota can access a mix of federal, state and local programs—but eligibility depends on immigration status: lawfully present noncitizens, refugees and many with permanent resid...
Community and faith organizations — refugee resettlement agencies (like Lutheran Social Services, Catholic Charities, International Institute of Minnesota), Somali-led nonprofits (Confederation of Som...
From the early 1990s onward, large numbers of Somalis fled civil war, famine and drought and were admitted to the United States largely as refugees; many resettled in Minnesota because of established ...
Minnesota’s Somali residents are served by a mix of long-established Somali-led nonprofits (Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota/CSCM, Somali Community Resettlement Services, Somali Multi Se...
Minnesota agencies primarily rely on electronic data matches — the Social Security Administration (SSA) interface and the Federal Data Services Hub (FDSH) — as the preferred first step to verify U.S. ...
explicitly accept proof of refugee or other humanitarian protection statuses for a suite of assistance: cash programs ( and, where applicable, MFIP), health coverage (, Medical Assistance/Medicaid and...
-development-in-minnesota-2020s">Minnesota’s response to jobseekers centers on a mix of community-led nonprofits and state systems that provide language instruction, targeted credential pathways and c...
Somali-led organizations act as hubs that deliver culturally and linguistically specific health and social services to refugees and immigrants, working alongside faith-based resettlement agencies such...
U.S. refugee resettlement programs were a central institutional mechanism that enabled large numbers of Somalis to relocate to Minnesota: federal refugee visas and local resettlement agencies provided...
Major drivers of Somali migration and settlement in Minnesota since 2005 are refugee resettlement pathways (including VOLAGS and refugee agencies), the existence of a large, established Somali communi...