Amid lawsuit, feds say they will end funding freeze on Texas refugee services
Austin American-Statesman - Austin, TX
by Emiliano Tahui Gómez
March 14, 2025
“A mysterious six-week freeze on Texas refugee service funds might have reached its end.
In a Friday afternoon hearing in federal District Court, a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said reimbursements to the Texas Office for Refugees, a nonprofit that distributes payments to local service providers, are on track to resume. The Office for Refugee Resettlement, which reviews refugee service reimbursements, is under the Administration for Children and Families in the health department.
In court documents, the health department had argued it needed to suspend payments because it was still conducting a review on the office. Texas was the only state that still had a suspension on refugee services funds.”
