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Catholic Charities Fort Worth will continue serving as the Texas Office for Refugees, leading resettlement efforts for the state of Texas.
The July 17 announcement from CEO and President Michael Iglio, comes after the organization announced in June that it would no longer serve in its federally funded role in leading Texas’ refugee resettlement starting Oct. 1, 2025.
Now, the organization said it would continue its role in statewide resettlement through the end of its federal contract on Sept. 30, 2026.
Since 2021, the Fort Worth nonprofit has operated the Texas Office for Refugees, the statewide agency designated by the federal government to lead refugee resettlement. Texas withdrew from the nation’s refugee resettlement program in 2016, effectively leaving nonprofits to administer federal refugee funds.
The previously planned transition was set to allow the nonprofit to “refocus its leadership and resources on local, client-facing programs primarily” within the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth and its longstanding Refugee Services department, Iglio said in a June 2 statement.
After deeper reflection and “thoughtful input from the community and our partners,” Iglio said, the organization “recognized that an early withdrawal as the Replacement Designee for the state of Texas could risk serious disruptions in services to those we serve — something we could not in good conscience allow.”
