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Serrano said the goal is to make the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs a central hub that can connect the county’s immigrant and refugee populations with everything from county services, like health care and housing support, to immigration legal services and other support provided by community organizations.
The idea of setting up a county clearinghouse took root, said Serrano, who previously spent years resettling refugees with the Garden Grove office of World Relief. Chaffee allocated a half-million dollars in discretionary funds from his Fourth District budget to start up the Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. He said this should fund the office through at least its first year of operation; the goal is for the county to fund it long-term.
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