U.S. REPATRIATION PROGRAM

Mission Statement:
The United States (U.S.) Repatriation Program is committed to helping eligible U.S. citizens and their dependents repatriated from overseas by providing them with temporary assistance upon their arrival to the United States. This assistance is not an entitlement but a service loan repayable to the U.S. Government.
 
General Background:
The U.S. Repatriation Program (Program) was established in 1935 under Section 1113 of the Social Security Act (Assistance for U.S. Citizens Returned from Foreign Countries), to provide temporary assistance to U.S. citizens and their dependents who have been identified by the Department of State (DOS) as having returned, or been brought from a foreign country,to the U.S. because of destitution, illness,war, threat of war, or a similar crisis, and are without available resources. Upon arrival in the U.S., services for repatriates are the responsibility of the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Refugee Resettlement.
 
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