AGENCY TESTIMONY
City's efforts to support asylum seekers in achieving their goals
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Molly Schaeffer outlines the city's focus on helping asylum seekers achieve their goals and take their next steps in the United States, including strategies for exiting shelter.
- Intensive case management paired with shelter time limits to facilitate shelter exits
- Addressing barriers such as language access, legal assistance, housing, work access, and childcare
- Partnerships with the state and other local municipalities for resettlement programs
Molly Schaeffer
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We've focused on helping each person who comes through our system to achieve their goal and take their next steps for their lives in the United States.
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This includes exiting shelter, which has been bolstered by intensive case management paired with shelter time limits.
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We are focused on the barriers to exit exit, including language access, legal assistance, housing, access to work, and childcare.
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I'm also proud of the partnerships with the state and other local municipalities to help identify resettlement programs around the state as around as well as around the country.
