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The goal of the Refugee Health Program (RHP) is to be a leader
in providing culturally sensitive health services to persons who
have fled their home country due to persecution (political,
religious, or economic) in search for a better life and
self-sufficiency in the U.S. The RHP reviews overseas medical
examination records and provides health assessments and
immunizations to refugees to enhance personal health status and
protect Florida's public health. The RHP provides these services
through funding from the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement
and the Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee
Services.
Florida is a national leader in refugee resettlement, receiving
the largest number of participants in the United States Refugee
Resettlement Program. The state received a two-year total (based
on the FY 2010 Social Service Formula Allocations) of 42,715
participants, while California received 26,450, Texas received
15,227, and New York received 10,583.
The RHP serves the following groups of individuals: refugees,
asylees, Cuban/Haitian asylum applicants, Cuban/Haitian
entrants, Amerasians, Iraqi/Afghan special immigrants, and
certain victims of severe forms of human trafficking.
The majority of participants who resettle in Florida originate
from Cuba (25,540), Haiti (494), Burma (479), Iraq (428) or
Venezuela (357). Most of Florida's new arrivals are Cuban
entrants, although the state is experiencing a greater influx of
refugees and asylees, particularly from Colombia (151) and Egypt
(149). Of the 67 counties in Florida, approximately 40 receive
refugees on a regular basis. Geographically, new arrivals tend
to resettle more frequently in one of nine following Florida
counties: Miami-Dade, Hillsborough, Duval, Palm Beach, Broward,
Orange, Collier, Lee, or Pinellas.
To
contact the RHP in your area, view our
RHP contact listing
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