Skip to main content
 
  • Click to open or close the program search boxShow Me Programs
    • Show me the programs that are
      performing Go
    • Show me the programs that are
      not performing Go
ExpectMore.govExpectMore.gov home pageEXPECT FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO PERFORM WELL, AND BETTER EVERY YEAR.
 
Program Assessment

Program

View Assessment Details

Refugee Transitional and Medical Services

This program assists refugees and entrants into the U.S. in attaining self-suffiency as soon as possible after arrival. The three major programs under the Transitional and Medical Services program are: Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance, the Matching Grant program, and the Wilson-Fish program.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Effective

This is the highest rating a program can achieve. Programs rated Effective set ambitious goals, achieve results, are well-managed and improve efficiency.
  • The program is focused on achieving meaningful performance outcome goals. For example, the program assesses the quality of jobs refugees secure by setting as a target: increase average hourly wages. In FY 2005, 30 States reported higher wages at placement than in FY 2004.
  • The program works well with its partners, including State Refugee Coordinators, voluntary agencies, and ethnic organization partners. Together, they set program performance goals, review progress against annual and long-term goals, and establish new benchmarks for the coming year.
  • The Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance program has demonstrated improved efficiencies since 2000. The cost of assisting a refugee has fallen by about one-third due to improved efforts to move refugee arrivals into the workforce soon after arrival and to move refugees from entry-level positions to jobs with health insurance.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Working with grantees and states to improve data collection and monitoring through electronic data submissions.
  • Creating enhanced monitoring systems for verifying client eligibility of Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance, and for monitoring Matching Grant program grantees.
  • Working with states to improve the accuracy and timeliness of data, in particular, Refugee Resettlement Program Estimates: Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance.

Learn More
The content on ExpectMore.gov is developed by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and Federal agencies.