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CRSA 2023 Annual Report

All of the latest updates from the Coalition of Refugee Service Agencies, including the economic impact of Georgia refugees and immigrants and the state of refugee resettlement in Georgia. Download the report:

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Creating a Welcoming Metro Atlanta

Welcoming America's report on their regional strategic welcoming plan to create a more inclusive metro Atlanta. Download the report for more on Atlanta-area refugees and immigrants:

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Refugees as Employees

Refugees as Employees: Good Retention, Strong Recruitment is a report from the Tent Partnership for Refugees and the Fiscal Policy Institute, an independent and nonpartisan research institute.

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Economic Outcomes of Immigrant College Grads

A report by the Migration Policy Institute which analyzes the skills and economic outcomes of both immigrant and U.S.-born college graduates. Download the fact sheet to learn more:

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Immigration Primer

The Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) created this immigration primer to provide residents, advocates, and state lawmakers with a general overview of how the nation's immigration system functions:

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2022 Report of Governor’s Commission on State of GA’s Healthcare Workforce

The Commission was tasked to assess Georgia’s current healthcare workforce pipeline, identify significant data-backed trends in healthcare workforce changes, highlight areas of concern within the existing pipeline, and propose a set of recommendations for the state’s stakeholders to pursue.

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Immigrants in Georgia

American Immigration Council conducts research on the economic contributions of new Americans in the U.S. To learn more about how new Americans impact Georgia's economy, visit their website:

Kaiser Family Foundation Health Data

The Kaiser Family Foundation, an independent source for health policy research, polling, and news, has complied more than 800 up-to-date health indicators at the state level.

Immigrants Make Georgia Stronger and Better

This report from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) outlines the incredible boost that Georgia's foreign-born community gives the economy. To learn more, visit GBPI's website:

Refugee Advocacy Lab

The Refugee Advocacy Lab is a national coalition of refugee-serving partners coming together to grow the diverse constituency for U.S. leadership on refugee protection. To learn more, visit their website:

Health Workforce Shortage

Explore geographic area, population, and facility HPSA designations data for Primary Care, Dental Health, and Mental Health throughout the United States.

The Growing Demand for Healthcare Workers in Georgia

For Georgia to remain competitive and address critical shortages of physicians and other healthcare workers, it will be crucial to implement policies that not only attract and retain global talent that is complementary to the U.S.-born workforce, but that also build career pathways for immigrants who already call the state home.

State Offices for New Americans

As America's foreign-born population grows, so does the need for state offices to specifically address and serve this community.

Here are the states already working to address these needs:

State Business-Immigration Compacts

A compact is a set of principles, agreed upon by business, industry, and civic leaders, designed to guide state immigration discussion. Here are the current states with compacts:

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Business and Immigration Resources

CRSA 2023 Annual Report

Creating a Welcoming Metro Atlanta

Refugees as Employees

Economic Outcomes of Immigrant College Grads

Immigration Primer

2022 Report of Governor’s Commission on State of GA’s Healthcare Workforce

Immigrants in Georgia

Kaiser Family Foundation Health Data

Immigrants Make Georgia Stronger and Better

Refugee Advocacy Lab

Health Workforce Shortage

The Growing Demand for Healthcare Workers in Georgia

State Offices for New Americans

State Business-Immigration Compacts

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