GRS Refugee Resettlement & Integration Program
From Arrival to Belonging: Building Pathways to Stability, Self-Sufficiency and Long-Term Integration.
Global Refugee Solutions was created from an understanding that successful refugee and immigrant integration requires much more than simply arriving in the United States.
GRS leadership has firsthand experience navigating the refugee and immigrant journey and understands the gaps that can exist when newcomers are not given clear guidance, trusted support, or an understanding of the systems that shape everyday life in America.
The GRS Refugee Resettlement & Integration Program is designed to address those gaps through a comprehensive continuum of support that helps refugees, asylees, immigrants and other eligible newcomers move from initial stabilization toward independence, economic mobility, community participation and long-term belonging.
Our Approach
GRS believes successful integration should begin with immediate stabilization but continue far beyond the first weeks or months after arrival.
Our model connects newcomers to housing, healthcare, education, employment, transportation, financial systems, legal resources and community networks while helping individuals and families understand how to navigate those systems independently over time.
Phase 1 — Arrival & Stabilization
Services may include:
- Initial reception and orientation
- Individual and family needs assessments
- Case management and individualized service planning
- Housing placement and stabilization
- Basic-needs coordination
- Benefits and public-system navigation
- Healthcare and behavioral-health referrals
- School enrollment and family education navigation
- Transportation planning
- Documentation and qualified immigration legal-service referrals
- Cultural orientation and introduction to U.S. systems
Phase 2 — Integration & Self-Sufficiency
GRS works with newcomers to build the skills and resources necessary for independence through:
- English as a Second Language
- Digital literacy
- Citizenship preparation
- Workforce readiness
- Resume and interview preparation
- Job placement and employer partnerships
- Workplace English
- Financial literacy
- Transportation navigation
- Healthcare navigation
- Family and youth support
- Intensive case management for individuals with additional needs
- Community and cultural integration
Phase 3 — Economic Mobility & Belonging
GRS's long-term model goes beyond basic self-sufficiency. The program is designed to help individuals and families progress toward:
- Career advancement
- Higher education and vocational training
- Professional certifications
- Financial stability
- Credit development and asset building
- Entrepreneurship and small-business development
- Stable long-term housing
- Civic participation
- Community leadership
- Family advancement
- Mentoring other newly arriving families
A Community-Based Resettlement Model
GRS works to build a coordinated network around every family by partnering with:
- Housing providers and property owners
- Employers and workforce organizations
- Healthcare providers
- Behavioral-health organizations
- Educational institutions
- Legal-service providers
- Faith and community organizations
- Cultural organizations
- Transportation providers
- Volunteers and community sponsors
- Local, state and federal partners
Our goal is to create a system where newcomers do not have to navigate dozens of disconnected organizations alone.
Building Expanded Initial Resettlement Capacity
GRS currently provides refugee and immigrant education, integration, housing navigation, workforce development, health navigation and community-support services.
GRS is also developing expanded initial refugee resettlement capacity through national resettlement partnerships and applicable federal programs.
Services that require formal authorization to receive federally assigned refugee arrivals will begin only after the required affiliation, approval and program requirements have been completed.
