The Cuban Experience in Florida: Revolution and Exodus

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Resettlement Re-Cap, May 1964

The Cuban Refugee Assistance Program (CRA)

The Cuban Refugee Assistance Program (CRA) was an unprecedented refugee assistance program brought about by the mass exodus of Cubans from their homeland The CRA provided health, employment and educational services to Cuban refugees upon their arrival in the United States. The program, approved by President John F. Kennedy in 1961, was administered by the Florida Department of Public Welfare until 1974.

Resettlement Re-Cap, May 1964

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Resettlement Re-Cap, May 1964