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Headquartered in Texas and with national reach, RAICES, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formally known as the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, promotes migrant justice by providing legal services, social services case management, and rights advocacy for immigrant, refugee, and asylum-seeking people and families.
Texas Tech University College of Education is a college at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The education program has existed at Texas Tech University since 1925. The college is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Newcomer education is a need with international implications. The Refugee Convention of the UNHCR in 1951 listed public education as one of the fundamental rights of refugees, stating that “elementary education satisfies an urgent need [and] schools are the most rapid and effective instrument of assimilation.”
Refugee camp, Chad. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or UNHCR, is a United Nations agency that protects and supports refugees. [1] When the UNHCR was first established, material aspects of refugee relief (e.g., housing, food) were seen to be the responsibility of the hosting government.
Airbnb's CEO said the program will be funded by Airbnb, charitable donations, and the "generosity of hosts."
Lyft partnered with tech companies to offer needed services to refugees.
(The Center Square) – The University of Texas System may soon offer "tuition free education" to students whose families make less than $100,000 a year, a program some are calling “a socialist ...
Refugees are pushed toward short-term jobs, simply to get them employed. This ignores individual refugees abilities, past education, and professional experience. The reason behind this push is that the goal is not that of long-term self-sustainability, but rather of self-sustainability by the end of the "eight"-month refugee assistance.