About Us
Southern Sudan Community Association (SSCA) is a community-based , Nebraska 501 (c) (3) non-profit corporation. The purpose of the organization is to assist refugees to learn to work and live in their new culture in order to provide better lives for them and their families. SSCA thoroughly understands that newly arriving refugees require a great deal of assistance to adjust from their lives in refugee camps. Thus, we rely heavily on support from the Omaha community to successfully equip refugees with the necessary skills to be an effective member of the community.
SSCA is an affiliate organization of the Ethiopian Community Development Council located in Arlington, Virginia. ECDC receives its cases from the U.S. State Department and assigns them to an affiliate organization. The U.S. State Department works with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to determine which refugees are allowed to resettle to the United States.
History
The Southern Sudan Community Association was founded in 1997 as a non-profit organization. The original mission was to provide community and assistance to the growing Southern Sudanese population in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2002, SSCA became a refugee resettlement agency under the national organization of the Ethiopian Community Development Countil. During its first five years, SSCA primarily resettled Sudanese refugees. In 2007, services were expanded to include all refugees. Today, SSCA serves refugees from all over the world including Southeast Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.