Refugee Children 

The LSS Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program provides foster home care and supportive case management services to refugee children and teens who have fled their homelands because of war and persecution. These young people have been separated from their families and are classified while in resettlement camps as "unaccompanied refugee minors" who are in need of care and protection. Referrals are made through the national headquarters of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. Child welfare services are overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Social Services.