Catholic Charities
Providing help. Creating hope.

Refugee Programs give
promise of a new life

Catholic Charities offers assistance to refugees that come to Southwest Florida to start a new life. Many who flee their homeland because of the threat of death and/or oppression can find help at Catholic Charities with resettling into the American culture and finding employment.

Catholic Charities, one of the largest refugee resettlement programs in Southwest Florida, has an agreement with the United States Department of State to assist refugees with the process of social and economic adjustment for the ten-county area of the Diocese of Venice.  

The Refugees Employed and Production Program (REAP), Match Grant Program, and Employability Status Assistance Program connect prospective employers with resettled refugees to appropriate full time job opportunities and benefits. The Career Laddering Program assists refugees who were in a professional career in their country of origin to obtain the education and employment in the same or similar field.

The Refugee Youth and Family Services program provides homework help and tutoring for students, family and individual counseling, career planning and support services, parent education and empowerment, cultural and education family centered activities, and school liaison services.

• Fort Myers: Immigration and Refugee Services of Catholic Charities
• Fort Myers: Catholic Charities Community Services
• Naples: Family Resource Center of Catholic Charities
• Naples: Refugee Youth and Family Services of Catholic Charities
• Naples: Employability Status Assistance Program
• Sarasota: Refugee Employed And Productive (REAP) and Match Grant Programs
• Sarasota: Employability Status Assistance Program
• Venice: Refugee Resettlement Program
• Venice: Refugee Programs Central Office