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Ukrainian Support Services (USS) Program

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Refugee Programs Bureau (RPB) invested approximately $3.3 million in Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act (AUSAA) funding in grants to three qualifying nonprofit organizations to implement the Ukrainian Support Services (USS) program. The USS program was developed to enable organizations to continue supporting the resettlement of Ukrainian newcomers and their integration into communities across the state.
Service locations include the Sacramento, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego regions.

Eligible Populations

Ukrainian newcomers with an eligible immigration status, in accordance with Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) policies, may receive services through USS. Eligible populations include:
  1. Citizens and nationals of Ukraine who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has paroled into the U.S. between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2024, due to urgent humanitarian reasons or for significant public benefit, known as Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees (UHPs).
  2. Non-Ukrainian individuals, including unaccompanied children and unaccompanied refugee minors, who last habitually resided in Ukraine and who DHS has paroled into the U.S. between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2024, due to urgent humanitarian reasons or for significant public benefits.
  3. A spouse or child of an individual described in Section (1) or (2) who is paroled into the U.S. after September 30, 2023.
  4. A parent, legal guardian, or primary caregiver of an unaccompanied refugee minor or an unaccompanied child described in Section (1) or (2) who is paroled into the U.S. after September 30, 2023.
  5. Other citizens and nationals of Ukraine for whom refugee and entrant assistance activities are authorized (e.g., refugees and asylees), whose eligibility date is on or after February 24, 2022.

Program Dates

September 2, 2024 – September 30, 2026
 

USS Services

The following services are provided through USS. Please contact the Service Providers listed below for more information about available services.

Image describes the eight USS Services: Case Management, Social Adjustment Services, Outreach and Education, Housing Navigation, Other Support Services, Immigration Legal Services, and Immigration Outreach and Education
 

Service Providers

For more information or to find a USS service provider in your area, please visit the USS Service Provider List , download the USS Program Fact Sheet , or email the Refugee Programs Bureau at USS@dss.ca.gov.