Caring for Children from Kabul to Houston
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by mlopetrone@immcouncil.orgDecember 11, 2025
Safia is among the 50,500 Afghan refugees admitted to the United States via the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), a program created by Congress to help Afghans who worked for the U.S. government abroad. A college-educated math teacher who is not yet licensed to teach in the United States, Safia applied for a childcare training and licensing class at ECDC – Houston Multicultural Center.
“In order to speed up this self-sufficiency goal, it takes everyone in the household working,” said Earlene Leverett, the program’s former manager. Additionally, “Employers are finally realizing the impact that childcare has on the economy. Businesses have jobs, they need employees to fill those jobs, those employees need childcare.”
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Originally published on Immigration Impact on 12/11/2025