Questions from refugee program officers and funders
Do you provide Pashto and Dari case managers?
Yes. Case managers are language-matched to the family — Pashto and Dari first, and across the 24 Afghan languages where a household speaks something else. Matching is by dialect and, where the family requires it, by gender, and it is recorded on the case file rather than assumed.
What does language-matched case management mean in practice?
It means the person carrying the family through housing, benefits, employment, schooling, and health speaks the family's own language and knows the culture behind the questions. It is not an interpreter added to a call — it is the caseworker, community-rooted, working the case from intake through integration.
What happens after the ninety-day Reception & Placement period ends?
That is where funded resettlement stops and integration begins. Reception & Placement covers arrival and the first ninety days; language acquisition, employment, schooling, and stability take years. Ariana Nexus works the period after day ninety, which is where outcomes are actually won or lost.
Which Afghan languages do you cover beyond Pashto and Dari?
The operational set is 24 Afghan languages, including Uzbeki, Turkmeni, Balochi, Pashayi, and Nuristani. Hazaragi is handled as a dialect of Dari rather than a separate language and is never counted among the 24 — but it is still matched deliberately, because a caseworker trained only on Kabuli Dari can miss a Hazara family's register entirely.
How is integration actually measured?
Through the Resettlement Integration Index — employment, English acquisition, self-sufficiency, and stability tracked over years rather than arrivals counted at ninety days. The underlying analytics are de-identified, and the measure is published so a funder or state coordinator can examine the method rather than take a number on trust.
Can Ariana Nexus work under state or philanthropic funding rather than federal?
Yes. ORR/ACF alignment applies where an engagement is federally funded, but the work is not conditional on it — states, philanthropy, and community organizations now carry much of this load. Reporting is built to 2 C.F.R. 200 discipline regardless of the funder, so the record survives an audit either way.