Catholic Charities, subcontracted by the US State Department as a refugee placement agency, is placing Afghan refugee families in the Pioneer Valley. After welcoming newly arrived families at the airport, Catholic Charities settles them into new homes, and provides rental assistance, case management, cultural orientation, English language learning, connections with needed social, medical, and employment services and assistance. Together with volunteers and agencies from the resettlement cities, it supports and accompanies the families on the longer journey toward increasing economic self-sufficiency and healthy integration into their new community.
