US Refugee Resettlement Structural Diagram

Overview

• The Reception and Placement Program
• U.S. Refugee Resettlement Assistance

Federal Agencies

Profile: Department of Justice

• Executive Office for Immigration Review

  Mission: The primary mission of the EOIR is to adjudicate immigration cases by fairly, expeditiously, and uniformly interpreting and administering the Nation’s immigration laws. Under delegated authority from the Attorney General, EOIR conducts immigration court proceedings, appellate reviews, and administrative hearing.

  Leadership:
  Juan P. Osuna, Director, Executive Office for Immigration Review

  Contact:
  Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs (P): 703-305-0289

  Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs: 
  5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1902
  Falls Church, VA 22041
  (P): 703-305-0289
  703-605-0365 (fax)

   

  Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices

  Mission: This office enforces the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) 8 U.S.C. § 1324b.

  Leadership:
  Alberto Ruisanchez, Deputy Special Counsel

  Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices:
  U.S. Department of Justice
  Civil Rights Division
  950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
  OSC, NYA 9000
  Washington, D.C. 20530

Profile: Department of Health and Human Services

• Office for Civil Rights

  Mission: The mission of the Office for Civil Rights is to improve the health and well being of people across the nation; to ensure that people have equal access to and the opportunity to participate in and receive services from HHS programs without facing unlawful discrimination; and to protect the privacy and security of health information in accordance with applicable law.

  Leadership:
  Edwin Woo, Office of General Counsel
  Jocelyn Samuels, Director
  AJ Pearlman, Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor
  Robinsue Frohboese, Deputy Director for Civil Rights
  Christina Heide, Acting Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy
  Steve Novy, Deputy Director for Operations and Resources Division
  Kurt Temple, Centralized Case Management Operations

  Headquarters:
  c/o Centralized Case Management Operations
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Washington, D.C. 20201

   
  Regional Managers:
  Region I (Boston) – Susan Rhodes
  Region II (New York) – Linda Colón
  Region III (Philadelphia) – Barbara Holland
  Region IV (Atlanta) – Tim Noonan
  Region V (Chicago) – Art Garcia [Acting]
  Region VI (Dallas) – Vaniecy Nwigwe [Acting]
  Region VII (Kansas City) – Steven Mitchell [Acting]
  Region VIII (Denver) – Andrea Oliver
  Region IX (San Francisco) – Michael Leoz
  Region X (Seattle) – Linda Yuu Connor

  Regional Offices:

  Region 1 - Boston (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
  Susan Rhodes, Regional Manager
  Office for Civil Rights
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Government Center
  J.F.Kennedy Federal Building - Room 1875
  Boston, MA 02203

  Region 2 - New York (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
  Linda Colon, Regional Manager
  Office for Civil Rights
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Jacob Javits Federal Building
  New York, NY 10278

  Region 3 - Philadelphia (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia)
  Barbara Holland, Regional Manager
  Office for Civil Rights
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Philadelphia, PA 19106-9111

  Region 4 - Atlanta (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North   Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee)
  Timothy Noonan, Regional Manager
  Office for Civil Rights
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Atlanta, GA 30303-8909

  Region 5 - Chicago (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)
  Art Garcia [Acting]
  Office for Civil Rights
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Chicago, IL 60601

  Region 6 - Dallas (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
  Vaniecy Nwigwe [Acting]
  Office for Civil Rights
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Dallas, TX 75202

  Region 7 - Kansas City (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska)
  Steven Mitchell [Acting]
  Office for Civil Rights
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Kansas City, MO 64106

  Region 8 - Denver (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
  Andrea Oliver, Regional Manager
   HHS/Office for Civil Rights
  Denver, CO  80294

  Region 9 - San Francisco (American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada)
  Michael Leoz, Regional Manager
  Office for Civil Rights
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  San Francisco, CA 94103

  Region 10 - Seattle (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington)
  Linda Yuu Connor, Regional Manager
  Office for Civil Rights
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Seattle, WA 98104

  Center for Disease Control

  Mission: The CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.

  Leadership:
  Tom Friedman, CDC Director
  Ileana Arias, Principal Deputy Director

  Office:
  CDC Washington Office
  Washington DC 20201

  HSS Adminstration for Children and Families (ACF)

  Early Childhood Development

  Mission: The Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary and Interdepartmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development (ECD) promotes a joint approach at the federal level to improving the availability of high quality early learning and development programs. In addition to providing coordination across the Offices of Child Care and Head Start, we manage early childhood development efforts with other offices within the Department of Health and Human Services. We also work with other federal agencies, state and tribal councils and administrators, and a wide range of national organizations and non-profit partners.

  Leadership:
  Linda K. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary
  Shannon Rudisill, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development
  Rachel Schumacher, Director, Office of Child Care
  Dr. Blanca Enriquez, Director, Office of Head Start

  Office:
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  Washington, D.C. 20447

  HSS Affiliates

  Office of Equal Opportunity and Employment

  Mission: The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity (OEEO) fosters an inclusive culture, both nationally and internationally, through equity, opportunity, and respect. We believe that diversity in our workforce brings broad skills, experiences, and capabilities. Diversity in gender, race, ethnicity and other unique aspects are what make this agency richly and wonderfully empowered and capable to do the work of health protection and disease prevention for all people.

  Leadership:
  Reginald R. Mebane, Director
  Verdell Jordan, Deputy Director

  Office of Minority Health (CDC)

  Mission: Advance health equity and women’s health issues across the nation through CDC’s science and programs, and increase CDC’s capacity to leverage its diverse workforce and engage stakeholders toward this end.

  Leadership:
  Leandris C. Liburd, Associate Director

  Diversity & Inclusion Management Team (DM)
  James A. Nelson Sr., Ph.D., Chief Diversity Officer
  Fentress Truxon, MMPC, MA, Diversity Special Projects Advisor
  Andre Tyler, MSA, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant
  Kathy Robinson, MS, Diversity Program Specialist
  Yvonne Young, MPA, Management Analyst

  Office of Minority Health & Health Equity (OMHHE):
  Centers for Disease Control
  & Prevention (CDC)
  Chamblee Campus
  Atlanta, GA 30341-3717 USA

  Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

  Mission: It is SAMHSA's mission to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities.

  Office of Communications
  Marla Hendrickson, Director
  Rockville, MD 20857

  Office of Financial Resources
  Deepa Avula, Deputy Director
  Rockville, MD 20857

  Office of the Administrator
  Pamela S. Hyde, Administrator
  Rockville, MD 20857

  Administration for Community Living

  Mission: From the beginning, ACL was based on a commitment to one fundamental principle—that people with disabilities and older adults should be able to live where they choose, with the people they choose and fully participate in their communities. Inherent in this principle is the core belief that everyone can contribute, throughout their lives.

  Leadership:
  Kathy Geenlee, Administrator, Administration for Community Living
  Sharon Lewis, Principal Deputy Administrator, Administration for Community Living
  Edwin Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging
  Aaron Bishop, Commissioner, Administration on Disabilities
  John Wren, Deputy Administrator, Center for Integrated Programs
  Dan Berger, Deputy Administrator, Center for Management and Budget
  Vicki Gottlich, Director, Center for Policy and Evaluation
  Jamie Kendall, Acting Director, Independent Living
  Aviva Sufian, Director, Office of Regional Operations

  Contact:
  Office of the Administrator,
  Administration for Community Living
  Washington, DC 20001

  HHS Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health and Wellness Resources

  Mission: It is the mission of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans. We fulfill that mission by providing for effective health and human services and fostering advances in medicine, public health, and social services.

  Leadership & Contacts:
  HHS Secretary
  Sylvia Mathews Burwell, scheduling@hhs.gov

  HHS Acting Deputy Secretary
  Mary K. Wakefield

  Assistant Secretary for Administration
  E.J. Holland

  Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR)
  Ellen Murray

Profile: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

• Organization Overview

  Established: By Congress under The Refugee Act of 1980

  Affiliates & Partners (157#):

  Department of Health and Human Services (7):

  • Atlanta, GA (Center for Disease Control): http://www.cdc.gov/
  • Rockville, MD (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration): http://www.samhsa.gov/
  • Washington, DC (Office for Civil Rights): http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/office/index.html
  • Washington, DC (US Administration for Community Living): http://acl.gov/index.aspx
  • Washington, DC (HHS LGBT Health and Wellness Resources): http://www.hhs.gov/programs/topic-sites/lgbt/index.html
  • Washington, DC (ACF Early Childhood Development): http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ecd
  • Washington, DC (ACF Office of Community Services): http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/help

   

  Department of Homeland Security (3):

  • Washington, DC (Customs and Border Patrol): http://www.cbp.gov/
  • Washington, DC (Immigration and Customs Enforcement): http://www.ice.gov/
  • Washington, DC (US Citizenship and Immigration Services): http://www.uscis.gov/

   

  Department of Justice (3):

  • Washington, DC (Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services, Executive Office of Immigration Review): http://www.justice.gov/eoir
  • Washington, DC (Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices): http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/osc/
  • Washington, DC (Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section): http://www.justice.gov/criminal-hrsp

   

  Department of State (1):
  Washington, DC (Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration): http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/federal-agencies

  Mutual Assistance Associations (76):
  Local Organizations listed state by state at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/mutual-assistance-associations

  State Partners (51):
  Each state (including DC) holds a State Refugee Coordinator, State Refugee Health Coordinator, and either an ORR Regional Representative or an ORR State Analyst. Complete list at:
  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/orr-funded-programs-key-contacts

  VOLAGS (9):

  • Arlington, VA (Ethiopian Community Development Council [ECDC])
  • Arlington, VA (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants [USCRI])
  • Baltimore, MD (Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service [LIRS])
  • Baltimore, MD (World Relief Corporation [WR])
  • Elhart, IN & New York, NY (Church World Service [CWS])
  • Miami, FL (Episcopal Migration Ministries [EMM])
  • New York, NY (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society [HIAS])
  • New York, NY (International Rescue Committee [IRC])
  • Washington, DC (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops [USCCB])

   

  Training and Technical Assistance Providers (7):

  • Baltimore, MD (Higher [LIRS])
  • Cambridge, MA (Harvard Program for Refugee Trauma)
  • Clearwater, FL (Gulf Coast Jewish Family & Community Services)
  • Decatur, GA (Welcoming America)
  • Fairfax, VA (ICF International)
  • New York, NY (Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture)
  • Washington, DC (The Center for Victims of Torture [CVT])

   

  Seven Departments:

  1.  Anti-Trafficking in Persons
  2.  Refugee Assistance
  3.  Refugee Health
  4.  Resettlement Services
  5.  Children’s Services
  6.  Policy
  7.  Office of the Director
     1.  Budget and Data Analysis
     2.  Repatriation

   

  Funding Source:
  The federal government funds the Office of Refugee Resettlement. In 2014, Congress elected to raise ORR’s budget from $1.12 billion in 2013 to $1.489 billion.

  Mission:
  “Our office provides social services that help refugees become self-sufficient as quickly as possible after their arrival in the United States. To address specific health challenges of refugees, ORR also provides guidance, resources and oversight for medical assistance, initial medical screening and health and mental health consultation.”

  Leaders & Contacts:

  Director: Bob Carey

  Deputy Director: Ken Tota

  Deputy Director for Children’s Services: Bobbie Gregg

  Associate Deputy Director: Tricia Swartz

  Associate Director for Child Welfare: Dr. Elaine Kelley

  Director for Budget and Data Analysis (BDA): Joann Simmons

  Chief of Staff: Kate Wolff

  ORR Division of Policy

  Staff #: 9

  Responsibilities and Functions:

  • Drafting regulations, policies and other guidance materials for all ORR program areas
  • Identifying major emerging policy issues, developing policy options and strategies and implementing policy initiatives;
  • Writing clearance and informational memoranda, briefing materials and summary statements for ORR, ACF and department leadership on complex and sensitive ORR matters, and
  • Advising the ORR Director, deputies, division directors and regional staff on a wide range of significant and sensitive policy-related matters and strategies for attaining ORR policy objectives.

   

  Leadership: Anna Marie Bena, Director

  Link to 2013 Annual Report to Congress:

  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/office-of-refugee-resettlement-annual-report-to-congress-2013

  ORR Division of Anti-trafficking in Persons (ATIP)

  Mission: “ATIP is committed to helping victims of human trafficking receive the benefits and services they need to rebuild their lives in the United States, with the ultimate goal of turning victims of human trafficking into survivors of human trafficking.”

  Responsibilities and Functions:
  ATIP works to certify victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons in order to make them eligible for the same federal benefits and services as refugees. The ATIP is also committed to raising public awareness and educating the public in the identification of these victims, especially in individuals likely to encounter victims such as social service providers, public health officials, and other public and community organizations.

  Programs & Grants

  Victim Identification and Public Awareness

  Rescue and Restore Campaign
  ATIP leads the HHS Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking public awareness campaign, which established Rescue and Restore coalitions in 24 cities, regions and States. These community action groups are comprised of NGO leaders, academics, students, law enforcement agents, and other key stakeholders who are committed to addressing the problem of human trafficking in their own communities.

  Rescue and Restore Regional Program
  The Rescue and Restore Regional Program serves as the focal point for regional public awareness campaign activities and intensification of local outreach to identify victims of human trafficking. Each Rescue and Restore Regional partner oversees and builds the capacity of a local anti-trafficking network, sub-awarding 60 percent of grant funds to grassroots organizations that identify and work with victims.

  Street Outreach Grants
  ATIP funds Street Outreach grants to support the identification of human trafficking victims among other vulnerable populations that the grantee organizations are already serving.

  Assistance for Victims of Human Trafficking

  Certifications and Eligibility Letters
  HHS is the sole Federal agency authorized to provide Eligibility Letters to minor foreign victims of human trafficking.

  Per Capita Services Contract
  Helps trafficking victims to become certified, and provides other short-term necessary services after Certification, through a network of nongovernmental service organization subcontractors in over 100 locations throughout the country

  Trafficking Victim Assistance Program
  The National Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program [NHTRC] works to improve the national response to protect victims of human trafficking in the U.S. by providing callers with a range of comprehensive services, including crisis intervention, urgent and non-urgent referrals, tip reporting, and comprehensive anti-trafficking resources and technical assistance for the anti-trafficking field and those who wish to get involved.

  Affiliates and Locations:

  • USRI: HHS Regions 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10
  • Heartland Human Care Services: HHS Regions 1, 2 and 5
  • Tapestri, Inc: HHS Region 4

  Complete Chart of Grantees and their information:
  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/anti-trafficking-in-persons-grants

  Leadership: Maggie Wynne, Director

  Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons
  Office of Refugee Resettlement
  Administration for Children and Families
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  901 D Street, SW
  Washington, DC 20447

  ORR Division of Refugee Services

  Responsibilities and Functions:
               Division of Refugee Services directs and manages effective refugee resettlement through the programmatic implementation of grants, contracts and special initiatives, such as the Match Grant Program.  They also respond to unanticipated influxes of refugees or significant increases in arrival in communities that are not adequately prepared to provide the necessary services through supplemental initiatives.
              (Taken from the Federal Register at:
               http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-10/pdf/2011-29075.pdf)

  Leadership: Anastasia Brown, Director

  ORR Division of Children’s Services (DCS)

  Established: March 1, 2003

  Responsibilities and Functions:
  The Homeland Security Act of 2002 transferred functions under U.S. immigration laws regarding the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) from the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Responsibilities include:

  • Making and implementing placement decisions for UAC
  • Ensuring that the interests of the UAC are considered in decisions related to their care and custody
  • Reunifying UAC with qualified sponsors and family members, when appropriate
  • Overseeing the infrastructure and personnel of ORR-funded UAC care provider facilities
  • Conducting on-site monitoring visits of ORR-funded care provider facilities and ensuring compliance with DUCS national care standards
  • Collecting, analyzing, and reporting statistical information on UAC

  • Providing training to federal, state, and local officials who have substantive contact with UACs
  • Developing procedures for age determinations and conducting these determinations along with DHS
  • Cooperating with the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review to ensure that sponsors of UACs receive legal orientation presentations
  • Ensuring, to the greatest extent practicable, that all UAC in custody have access to legal representation or counsel
  • Granting specific consent for state court jurisdiction over children

   

  Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) Program:
  The URM program ensures that eligible unaccompanied minor populations receive the full range of assistance, care, and services available to all foster children in the state by establishing a legal authority to act in place of the child’s unavailable parent(s). Our programs encourage reunification of children with their parents or other appropriate adult relatives through family tracing and coordination with local refugee resettlement agencies. However, if reunification is not possible, each program works to design a case-specific permanency plan for each minor or youth in care.

  URM Program Sponsors:

  • United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
  • Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)

   

  Affiliates:

  • DHS
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
  • Department of Justice (DOJ)
  • Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
  • Non –profit community based legal service providers

   

  Staff (#) & Leadership:

  Administration (10 Members):
  Tricia Swartz, Associate Deputy Director
  Jailyn Sualog, Director

  Program Support (10 Members)

  Field Specialists (54 Members):
  Richard Zapata, Federal Field Specialist
  Ivonne Velazquez, Federal Field Specialist Supervisor
  Alex Sanchez, Federal Field Specialist

  Project Officers (25 Members)

  Intakes (18 Members)

  Medical (3 Members)

  Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) Program:
  Jearl Ward, URM Supervisor

   

  ORR Division of Refugee Health

  Established: November 10, 2011 through the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s reorganization

  Mission: “To promote health and emotional wellness by providing federal leadership, partnership and resources for culturally and linguistically appropriate services”

  Responsibilities and Functions:
  DRH also oversees the Refugee Medical Assistance and Refugee Medical Screening programs in collaboration with the Division of Refugee Assistance.  DRH engages federal, state and non-governmental partners to promote refugee health through six key strategies:  prevention and early intervention, health education, community-based health initiatives, language access, resource mapping and evidence-based activities.

  Programs

  Preventative Health
  States and state-alternative programs and their designated health agencies receive RPH funding that reduces the spread of infectious disease, treats current ailments, promotes preventative health practices for newly arriving refugees in accordance with the Revised Medical Screening Guidelines for Newly Arriving Refugees.

  Services to Survivors of Torture
  Provides grants for services that work to rehab individuals, physically and psychologically, who were victims of torture prior to entering the US.

  Affiliates:

  • SAMHSA-HSRA Center for Integrated Health Solutions

  Staff & Leadership:
  Curi Kim, Director
  Tim Kelly, Program Specialist for Survivors of Torture

  ORR Division of Refugee Assistance (DRA)

  About:
  The Division of Refugee Assistance (DRA) was created to oversee and provide guidance to State-administered programs that provide assistance and services to refugees, asylees, certain Amerasian immigrants, Cuban and Haitian Entrants, and Victims of Human Trafficking.

  Mission: “DRA provides direction to States to ensure that refugees are provided assistance and services through State-administered programs that enable them to become employed and economically self-sufficient as soon as possible after their arrival in the United States.”

  Programs
  Cash and Medical Assistance Program
  The Cash and Medical Assistance (CMA) Program is part of the Division of Refugee Assistance. CMA reimburses states for 100 percent of services provided to refugees and other eligible persons, as well as associated administrative costs.

  Public/Private Partnership Program 
  PPP programs allow states to join a partnership with local voluntary settlement agency affiliates for the provision of refugee cash assistance. The goal of this program is to build a better quality resettlement system while maintaining State responsibility for policy and oversight. PPP programs are currently funded in the five states of Maryland, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Texas.

  Wilson/Fish Alternative Program
  The Wilson-Fish (WF) program is an alternative to traditional state administered refugee resettlement programs for providing assistance (cash and medical) and social services to refugees. This program also ensures that there are refugee assistance programs in all states where refugees are settled.

  Refugee Social Services Program 
  This program supports employability services and other services that address barriers to employment such as social adjustment, language barriers, childcare and citizenship and naturalization. The Refugee Social Services Program allocates formula funds to states to serve refugees who have been in the U.S. less than five years.

  Targeted Assistance Program (TAG)
  Similar to the Refugee Social Services program, but different in prioritizing long-term, cash assistance recipients, unemployed refugees not receiving cash assistance, and employed refugees in need of services to retain employment or to attain economic independence. TAG allocates formula funds to states that qualify due to an influx of refugee arrivals seeking public assistance.

  Cuban Haitian Program 
  The Cuban Haitian Program is part of the Division of Refugee Assistance and provides discretionary grants to state and state-alternative programs. These grants fund projects in localities most heavily impacted by Cuban and Haitian entrants and refugees. 

  Refugee Preventive Health/Refugee Health Promotion Program (RPH)
  States and state-alternative programs and their designated health agencies receive RPH funding that reduces the spread of infectious disease, treats current ailments, promotes preventative health practices for newly arriving refugees in accordance with the Revised Medical Screening Guidelines for Newly Arriving Refugees.

  Refugee School Impact Program
  Provides funding for activities that lead to the effective integration and education of refugee children. State and state-alternative programs receive grants to support impacted school districts services for school-age refugees.

  Services to Older Refugees Program
  The Services to Older Refugees Program ensures that refugees age 60 and above have access to mainstream aging services in their community.

  Targeted Assistance Discretionary Program
  Provides grants to address the employment needs of refugees that cannot be met with the Formula Social Services or Formula Targeted Assistance Grant Programs. Services mainly focus on refugees who continue to need services beyond the initial years of resettlement.

  DRA Head Quarters Staff:
  Carl Rubenstein, Director
  Goran Debelnogich, Sr. Principal Analyst
  Rezene Hagos, State Analyst

  DRA Regional Representation:
  Region 1 (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) and NY: Julie Munro
   
  Region 3 (DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV) and NJ: Pierrot Rugaba

  Region 4 (AL, GA, FL, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN): Faith Hurt & Yvette McDonald

  Region 5 (IN, IL, MI, MN, OH, WI): Chandra Allgood-Foster

  Region 6 (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX): Ramon Colon

  Region 7 (IA, KS, NE, MO):  Rezene Hagos

  Region 8 (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY): Dee Daniels Scriven & AdrienneYoung

  Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, NV): Patricia Pianko & Bowa Tucker

  Region 10 (AK, ID, OR, WA): Jordan Becker

  ORR Office of the Director

  Departments

  Budget and Data Analysis (BDA):
  The Budget and Data Analysis (BDA) section of the Office of the Director is charged with overseeing the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) annual budget, including formulation and execution, as well as allocating and tracking funds for refugee cash and medical assistance and State administrative costs and all other ORR programs, tracking refugee population arrivals, allocating formula funds for Social Services and Targeted Assistance Programs, and providing general budgetary guidance and assistance to the Director.

  BDA works with the ACF Office of Legislative Affairs and Budget (OLAB), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology (ASRT), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Congress.

  BDA is responsible for the operation and maintenance of ORR Refugee Arrivals Data System (RADS), the central repository for data on refugee populations served by ORR (absent Trafficking and Unaccompanied Alien Children). BDA has taken many steps to improve the integrity and completeness of the RADS database by seeking out data from all possible sources, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Department of State. Information from the RADS database is used in determining State formula funds allocations, Targeted Assistance formula allocating, as well as in responding to media, academic, and program inquiries about populations served by ORR grantees.

  BDA is also responsible for compiling the ORR Annual Report to Congress, conducting the Annual Survey of Refugees, approving cost allocations plans, requesting OMB forms clearance, responding to audits, and preparing the annual Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act report.

  Repatriation
  Through the U.S. Repatriation Program, ORR provides loans to eligible repatriates referred from the U.S. Department of State.

  Repatriation Programs and Activities:

  The Individual Repatriation Activity serves individuals or families in need of assistance upon arrival to the U.S. and is part of the regular/ongoing non-emergency caseload.

  The Mentally Ill Activity provides for the care and treatment of eligible legally insane or otherwise mentally ill persons and is part of the regular/ongoing non-emergency caseload

  The Group Repatriation Activity allows for the evacuation of 50 to 500 U.S. citizens and dependents from overseas to the U.S. due to war, the threat of war, and other overseas crises (such as natural disasters).

  The Emergency Repatriation Activity allows for the evacuation of 500 or more U.S. citizens and dependents from overseas to the U.S. due to war, the threat of war, and other overseas crisis.

  Contacts:

  Director: Bob Carey

  Deputy Director: Ken Tota

  Deputy Director for Children’s Services: Bobbie Gregg

  Associate Deputy Director: Tricia Swartz

  Associate Director for Child Welfare: Dr. Elaine Kelley

  Director for Budget and Data Analysis (BDA): Joann Simmons

  Chief of Staff: Kate Wolff

Profile: Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

• Customs and Border Control

  Mission: To safeguard America's borders thereby protecting the public from dangerous people and materials while enhancing the Nation's global economic competitiveness by enabling legitimate trade and travel.

  Leadership:
  Gil Kerlikowske, Commissioner
  Kevin K. McAleenan, Deputy Commissioner
   

  Additional Staff Contact Information:

  Privacy and Diversity, Executive Director
  Franklin Jones

  Chief Counsel
  Scott K. Falk

  Policy & Planning, Executive Director
  Benjamin E. Webb

  Trade Relations, Senior Advisor
  Maria Luisa Boyce

  Joint Operations Directorate, Executive Director
  Mark Dolan

  Strategic Integration, Principal Executive
  Walter "Andy" Brinton

  Program Development, Acting Principal Executive
  Andrew Goldsmith

  Executive Secretariat, Director
  Joseph Tezak

  Non-Government Organization Liaison
  Anna Hinken
   
  Office:
  Washington, DC 20229
   

  Immigration and Customs Enforcement

  Mission: ICE's primary mission is to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration.

  This mission is executed through the enforcement of more than 400 federal statutes and focuses on smart immigration enforcement, preventing terrorism and combating the illegal movement of people and goods.

  Leadership:
  Sarah Saldaña, Director
  Daniel Ragsdale, Deputy Director
  Leonard Joseph, Chief of Staff
  Jason M. Yanussi, Assistant Director, Office of Congressional Relationships
   
  Office:
  U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  Washington, D.C. 20536

Profile: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

• Organization Overview

  Department of Homeland Security

  Established: March 1, 2003 under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

  Funding Source: Primarily funded through service fees.
  Field Offices: 230 Offices (Domestic & Foreign)
  Employees: 10, 878

  Departments

  Administrative Appeals Office (AAO)
  Conduct administrative review for appeals of petitioners and applicants whom were denied of certain categories of immigration benefits.

  Leadership:
  Ron Rosenberg, Chief, Administrative Appeals Office

  Contact: 1-703-224-4501

  Customer Service and Public Engagement Directorate (PED)
  Their mission is to provide clear, accurate, and timely response to customer concerns and questions, and engage the public through transparent dialogue that            promotes participation and feedback.             

  Leadership:
  Mariela Melero, Associate Director, Customer Service & Public Engagement     Directorate

  Field Operations Directorate
  Mission is to ensure the integrity of the immigration system and lend assistance to applicants, petitioners, and beneficiaries through the field offices and National Benefits Center. It includes 83 field offices that provide immigration services directly to applicants and petitioners, the National Benefits Center (NBC), which performs centralized front-end processing of applications and petitions that require field office interviews, and a headquarters office, four regional offices, and 26 district offices to oversee all other field offices and NBC.           

  Fraud Defection and National Security (FDNS)
  FDNS’s primary mission is to determine whether individuals or organizations filing for immigration benefits pose a threat to national security, public safety, or the integrity of the nation’s legal immigration system.
  It was established in 2004 in order to strengthen national security and ensure that immigration services are not granted to those who pose a threat to national security, or are attempting to defraud our immigration system.
  In July 2009, FDNS implemented the Administrative Site Visit and Verification Program (ASVVP) to conduct unannounced site inspections to verify information contained in certain visa petitions.

  Lockbox Intake
  Mission is to deliver effective, efficient and innovative customer-focused intake and secure document production services.
  They are comprised of over 130 federal employees nationwide. The USCIS Lockbox facilities located in Chicago, IL; Phoenix, AZ; and Lewisville, TX, are operated by a Department of Treasury designated financial agent.

  Leadership:
  Ernest DeStefano, Chief, Office of Intake and Document Production

  Office of Citizenship
  The Office of Citizenship seeks to engage and support partners to welcome immigrants, promote English language learning and education on the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and encourage U.S. citizenship.

  The Office of Citizenship is divided into three divisions:

  1. Citizenship Education and Training
  2. Publications and Outreach
  3. Grants

  Leadership:
  Laura Patching is the Chief of the Office of Citizenship

  Office of Communications
  The Office of Communications (OCOMM) oversees and coordinates official USCIS communications to both internal and external audiences.

  6 Divisions:

  1. Strategic Communications
  2. Media Relations
  3. e-Communications
  4. Multimedia
  5. Plain Language and Content
  6. Employee Communications and Engagement

  Leadership:
  Angelica Alfonso-Royals, Chief, Office of Communications

  Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA)
  OLA supports USCIS by maintaining effective relationships with Congress through prompt responses to constituent concerns, proactive outreach on issues of interest and ongoing educational activities for members and staff. Divided into 3 Branches:

  1. The Legislative Branch
  2. The National Coordination Branch
  3. The Operations Branch

  Leadership:
  James McCament, Chief, USCIS Office of Legislative Affairs

  Contact: 202-272-1940

  Office of Privacy
  The Office of Privacy seeks to preserve and enhance privacy protections for    individuals and to promote transparency of USCIS operations.

  Leadership: Donald K. Hawkins, Chief Privacy Officer

  Office of Transformation Coordination
  The Office of Transformation Coordination manages and oversees the development of the USCIS Electronic Immigration System (USCIS ELIS) to move the agency from a           paper-based application and adjudication process to an electronic one.

  Four major operational divisions:

  1. Business Integration
  2. Stakeholder Readiness
  3. Program Management
  4. Release Management.

  Leadership:
  Kathleen Stanley, Chief, Office of Transformation Coordination

  Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations Directorate (RAIO)
  Provide immigration, protection and humanitarian services for people who are fleeing oppression, persecution or torture, facing urgent humanitarian situations, and best served in our international offices, such as military members who are serving overseas and permanent residents who need replacement documents to return to the U.S.

  3 Divisions:

  1. Refugee Affairs
  2. Asylum Division
  3. International Operations Division.

  Leadership:
  Joseph E. Langlois, Associate Director, Refugee & Asylum International Operations

  SAVE Program
  The SAVE Program provides timely customer-focused immigration status information to authorized agencies in order to assist them in maintaining the integrity of their programs.  SAVE will promote the use of automated systems to enhance efficiency, customer service and interagency collaboration, while protecting sensitive information.

  Service Center Operations Directorate (SCOPS)
  Service Center Operations Directorate provides services for persons seeking immigration benefits while ensuring the integrity and security of our immigration system.

  Leadership:
  Donald Neufeld, Associate Director, Service Center Operations Directorate
  Barbara Velarde, Deputy Associate Director, Service Center Operations Directorate

  The Citizenship and Integration Grant Program
  Total list of 2014 grantees (40) of the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program is available at the link below. Recipients range from colleges/universities, to religious organizations, and international and community organizations. 25% of the 40 grantees were affiliates of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc (CLINIC). The large majority of grants were for $250,00, while the smallest grant was over $197,000. The grant is for a two-year span. http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/About%20Us/Citizenship%20and%20Integration%20Grant%20Program/FY2014_Citizenship_Grant_Recipients.pdf

  USCIS Leadership:

  • León Rodríguez, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Lori Scialabba, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Juliet K. Choi, Chief of Staff, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Chief Counsel, U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • Donald Neufeld, Associate Director, Service Center Operations Directorate
  • Joseph Langlois, Associate Director, Refugee, Asylum and International Operations
  • Mariela Melero, Associate Director, Customer Service and Public Engagement
  • Tracy Renaud, Associate Director, Management Directorate
  • Sarah Kendall, Associate Director, Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate
  • Daniel Renaud, Associate Director, Field Operations Directorate
  • Tammy Meckley, Associate Director, Enterprise Services Directorate
  • Joe Moore, Chief Financial Officer
  • Mark Schwartz, Chief Information Officer
  • Denise Vanison, Chief, Office of Policy and Strategy
  • James McCament, Chief, Office of Legislative Affairs
  • Angelica Alfonso-Royals, Chief, Office of Communications
  • Laura Patching, Chief, Office of Citizenship
  • Kathleen Stanley, Chief, Office of Transformation Coordination
  • Donald Hawkins, Chief, Office of Privacy
  • David Garner, Chief, Office of Performance and Quality

  USCIS: Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations Directorate (RAIO)

  Field Offices:

  Headquarters

  • Anaheim, CA
  • Miami, FL
  • Washington, DC

   

  Other Offices

  • 2 domestic offices that adjudicate overseas applications not requiring interviews
  • 8 domestic asylum offices
  • 1 office in Miami that provides resettlement and orientation benefits to Cuban and Haitian parolees

   

  Leadership:
  Joseph E. Langlois, Associate Director, Refugee, Asylum & International Operations

  International Operations Division

  Field Offices:
  25 International Offices

  Asia/Pacific (APAC) District (#Total Staff)
  The APAC District Office, located in Bangkok, has one (1) District Director, one (1) Deputy District Director, one (1) Mission Support Specialist, and four (4) Locally Employed Staff. The APAC District Office has management oversight of IO offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Guangzhou, Manila, New Delhi, and Seoul.

  Bangkok (9)- Field Office Director, (5) Adjudications Officer, (3) Locally Employed Staff
  Beijing (8)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer,  (6) Locally Employed Staff
  Guangzhou (9)- Field Office Director, (3) Adjudications Officer, (5) Locally Employed Staff
  Manila (8)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer, (6) Locally Employed Staff
  New Delhi (11)- Field Office Director, (2) Adjudications Officer, (2) Immigration Officer           FDNS, (7) Locally Employed Staff
  Seoul (5)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer, (3) Locally Employed Staff  

  Latin America, Canada, and Caribbean (LACC) District (#Total Staff)
  The LACC District Office, located in Mexico City, has one (1) District Director, one (1) Deputy District Director, one (1) Mission Support Specialist, and three (3) Locally Employed Staff. The LACC District Office has management oversight of IO offices in Ciudad Juarez, Guatemala City, Havana, Lima, Mexico City, Monterrey, Port-au-Prince, San Salvador, and Santo Domingo.

  CD Juarez (5)- Field Office Director, (4) Locally Employed Staff
  Guatemala (7)- Field Office Director, (2) Adjudications Officer, (4) Locally Employed Staff
  Havana (7)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer, (5) Locally Employed Staff
  Lima (5)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer, (3) Locally Employed Staff
  Mexico City (9)- Field Office Director, (2) Adjudications Officer, (6) Locally Employed Staff
  Monterrey (5)-Field Office Director, (1) Immigration Officer FDNS, (3) Locally Employed Staff
  Port-au-Prince (10)-Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer, (8) Locally Employed Staff
  San Salvador (5)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer, (3) Locally Employed Staff
  Santo Domingo (3)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer, (1) Locally Employed Staff
   

  Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) District (#Total Staff)
  The EMEA District Office, located in Rome, has one (1) District Director, one (1) Deputy District Director, one (1) Mission Support Specialist, and three (3) Locally Employed Staff. The EMEA District Office has management oversight of IO offices in Accra, Amman, Athens, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London, Moscow, Nairobi, Rome, and Vienna.

  Accra (5)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer, (3) Locally Employed Staff
  Amman (3)- Field Office Director, (2) Locally Employed Staff
  Athens (6)- Field Office Director, (2) Adjudications Officer, (3) Locally Employed Staff
  Frankfurt (8)- Field Office Director, (2) Adjudications Officer, (1) Immigration Officer FDNS, (4) Locally Employed Staff
  Johannesburg (2)- Field Office Director, (1) Locally Employed Staff
  Rome (10)- Field Office Director, (2) Adjudications Officer, (4) Adjudications Specialist, (3) Locally Employed Staff
  London (3)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Specialist, (1) Locally Employed Staff
  Moscow (7)- Field Office Director, (3) Adjudications Officer, (3) Locally Employed Staff
  Nairobi (5)- Field Office Director, (1) Adjudications Officer, (4) Locally Employed Staff
  Vienna (3)- Field Office Director, (2) Locally Employed Staff

  Responsibilities and Functions:
  The International Operations Division is the section of the USCIS’s RAIO Directorate that is responsible for advancing the USCIS mission around the globe.

  The Children's Affairs and Parole Policy Branch (CAPP), based in Washington, DC, is responsible for providing policy, operational, and case-specific guidance on inter-country adoption issues to IO field offices and serves as the primary USCIS liaison to the Department of State on adoption issues, and is also responsible for IO policy and guidance on DNA test result evidence and surrogacy matters within IO.

  The Humanitarian Affairs Branch (HAB), based in Washington, DC, adjudicates requests for parole used to bring otherwise inadmissible individuals to the U.S. on a temporary basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or reasons of significant public benefit. HAB also administers the Cuban and Haitian Entrant Program (CHEP), which is a grant program for NGOs working with the resettlement of Cuban and Haitian migrants.

  The International Adjudications Support Branch (IASB) provides adjudicative support to international offices by adjudicating overflow caseloads from international offices and HAB and by providing temporary coverage at international offices, as needed. IASB is responsible for program management and adjudication of cases under the Cuban Medical Professional Parole (CMPP) program.

  The Production and Resource Management Branch (PRM) provides infrastructure support to IO headquarters and the field through budget development and management, performing workload and resource analyses to evaluate the degree to which IO is right sized and, as needed, coordinating the realignment or adjustment of resources to address 2 April 2015 workload needs. PRM also provides production and performance management, records maintenance, statistical analysis, and coordinates the deployment and return of staff to and from international locations.

  The Programs and Integrity Branch (PIB) develops policy and guidance on applications and petitions filed for non-citizen relatives of U.S. citizens and residents seeking to enter the United States, for refugee/asylee family members following-to-join, and for naturalization of U.S. military personnel and their qualified family members stationed overseas. PIB is also responsible for investigating and preventing any issues of fraud and exploitation of USCIS operations.

  The Quality Assurance, Training, and Communications Branch (QATC) develops and implements quality management and training programs for all IO staff, ensures that internal and external communication is current and accurate, and participates in meetings with government and non-government partners to promote the mission of the agency.

  The international responsibilities of the IO can be divided into three general areas of:

  1. Immigration Services
  2. Fraud Detection and Deterrence
  3. Inter and Intra-Government Liaison/Technical Support.

  Refugee Affairs Division

  Field Offices:

  Offices located all around the world, and are distributed as such: Region (#offices)

  • Latin America & Caribbean (5)
  • Africa (26)
  • Near East & South Asia (14)
  • East Asia (6)
  • Europe & Central Asia (15) 

   

  Responsibilities and Functions:

  • Conduct interviews overseas with refugee applicants identified for potential resettlement in the United States, and conduct protective screening for migrants interdicted at sea.
  • Work with governmental and nongovernmental organizations, including the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration at the Department of State, in order to support the annual settlement capacity determined by the President
  • Ensure the integrity of adjudications through liaison with anti-fraud, law enforcement, intelligence, and national security colleagues

   

  Divided into 5 branches:

  1. Training & Quality Assurance Branch
  2. Security Vetting Program Integrity Branch
  3. Policy and Regional Operations Branch
  4. Overseas Operations Branch
  5. Domestic Operations Branch.

   

  Leadership:
  Barbara L Strack, Division Chief, Refugee Affairs Division
  Anne Chiorazzi, Acting Deputy Chief, Refugee Affairs Division

  Asylum Division Overview

  Field Offices (8):

  • Arlington, VA
  • Chicago, IL
  • Houston, TX
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Miami, FL
  • Newark, NJ
  • New York, NY
  • San Francisco, CA

   

  Responsibilities & Functions:

  • Management of affirmative asylum applications
  • Suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA 203)
  • Management of credible fear screenings for individuals in expedited removal.
  • Reasonable fear screenings for certain individuals subject to administrative removal
  • Asylum officers also travel overseas to conduct interviews and process refugee applications.

   

  Divided into 3 branches:

  1. Operations Branch
  2. Management Branch
  3. Training, Research, and Quality Branch

   

  Leadership:
  Ted Kim, Deputy Chief of Asylum Division
  Mary Margaret Stone, Chief of Operations Branch
  Deborah Mancuso, Management Branch Chief
  Charles “Locky” Nimick, Training, Research, and Quality Branch Chief

Profile: Department of State

• Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

  Mission: Provide protection, ease suffering, and resolve the plight of persecuted and uprooted people around the world by providing life-sustaining assistance, working through multilateral systems to build global partnerships, promoting best practices in humanitarian response, and ensuring that humanitarian principles are thoroughly integrated into U.S. foreign and national security policy.

  Responsibilities and Functions: The Bureau does not directly operate refugee camps or give aid directly to refugees. Rather, they work with the United Nations and other international organizations and NGOs, and manage the contributions to these organizations and monitor the programs they fund. Organizations like UNHCR, International Medical Corps., International Rescue Committee, which work directly to aid refugees, receive funding from the Bureau.

  Staff: Approximately 130 civil service and Foreign Service staff

  Offices:

  • Internationally: Divided into geographic offices
  • Work with international community to develop “durable solutions” to refugee displacement. The three “durable solutions” are:

  1. Repatriation – going home when they are no longer at risk of persecution
  2. Local Integration – settling permanently in the country to which they have fled
  3. Resettlement – settling permanently in a third country

  • Admissions Office: Handles resettlement of refugees within the United States
  • Policy Office: Monitors and evaluates the work of organizations PRM funds

   

  Partners/Affiliates (5):

  • Department of Homeland Security
  • The Department of Labor
  • International Organization of Migration (IOM)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC)
  • Note: These are only some of their affiliates. PRM is linked with many international organizations and NGOs through various funding programs

   

  Leadership:

  Lawrence Bartlett, Director, Office of Admissions
  Kelly Gauger, Deputy Director, Office of Admissions
  Ann C. Richard, Assistant Secretary
  Simon Henshaw, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
  Kelly Tallman Clements, Deputy Assistant Secretary
  Catherine Wiesner, Deputy Assistant Secretary

  Contact:

  Lawrence Bartlett, Director, Office of Admissions
  Kelly Gauger, Deputy Director, Office of Admissions

  Reporters and editors should contact PRM-Press-DL@state.gov

  Those at non-governmental organizations interested in grants should contact the PRMNGO Coordinator at PRMNGOCoordinator@state.gov

State Resettlement Programs

Profile: State Programs

• Alabama - Hawaii

  Alabama

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Catholic Social Services

              Refugee Resettlement Program

              Mobile, AL 36606

   

  ORR Funding FY12: $830,882

  Persons Settled (2012): 204

  Services Include:

  • Reception

  • Case management

  • Employment services

  • School enrollment

  • Medical case management

  • English as a Second Language (ESL)

  • Cultural and community orientation

  Contacts:

              Program Manager/ State Refugee Coordinator: Mary Katherine Sullivan

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Catherine Potter

              ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt

  Additional Organizational Info at:

  http://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/organization.392   535-Catholic_Social_Services_of_Mobile_Refugee_Resettlement_Program_Mobile_Off

   

  Alaska

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Catholic Social Services

              Refugee Assistance and Immigration Services [RAIS]

              Anchorage, AK 99508

   

  About:

  “Catholic Social Services’ Refugee Assistance & Immigration Services (RAIS) is the only state and federally funded resettlement program in Alaska. RAIS serves the refugee community statewide. Eligible clients include refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, as well as victims of trafficking generally in their first five years in the U.S. Additional programming serves the greater immigrant community.”

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $1,275,023

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 117

   

  Services Include:

  • Reception & Placement (for newly arrived refugees)

  • Case Management

  • Education & Employment Services

  • Health Promotion

  • Youth Programming

  • Green Cards

  • Naturalization

  • Refugee Family Reunification 

  Contacts:

              RAIS Program Director/ State Refugee Coordinator: Jessica Kovarik

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Guinora Kiyamova

              ORR Regional Representative: Jordan Becker

  Additional Info:

              RAIS Brochure: http://www.cssalaska.org/files/RAIS/RAIS_small.pdf

   

  Arizona

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Department of Economic Security

              Division of Aging and Adult Services

              Phoenix, AZ 85050

   

  About:

  “The Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP), the State’s refugee program, administers transitional benefits and services to assist refugees’ adjustment to life in the U.S. RRP is 100 percent funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement.”

              “Locally based private refugee resettlement agencies (RAs), welcome refugees upon their arrival to the United States and provide them essential services during their first 30 days in the U.S. These services are provided under cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM), and link to RRP’s federally funded transitional benefits and services.”

  ORR Funding FY2012: $19,143,197

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,723

  Services Include:

  • Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)

  • Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA)

  • Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) Program

  • Case Management and Employment Services

  • Preventive Health

  • Behavioral Health Services

  • Services for Cuban and Haitian Refugees and Entrants

  • Services to Older Refugees

  • Refugee School Impact Services

  • AmeriCorps VISTA Project

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS/LIRS, Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (Phoenix)

  • ECDC, Arizona Immigrant and Refugee Services (Phoenix)

  • EMM/LIRS, Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (Tucson)

  • IRC, Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program (Phoenix, Tucson)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Phoenix, Tucson) 

  Full List of Contractors (Resettlement agencies and service providers):

              https://des.az.gov/sites/default/files/AZ_RRP_Contractors.pdf

   

  Arkansas

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Catholic Charities of Arkansas

              Immigration Services, Refugee Resettlement Office

              Springdale, AR 72762

  ORR Funding FY2012: $95,000

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 37

   

  Services Include:

  • Reception

  • Case management

  • Employment services

  • School enrollment

  • Medical case management

  • English as a Second Language (ESL)

  • Cultural and community orientation

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Dave Mill

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Leonard Ntaate Mukasa

              ORR Regional Representative: Ramon Colon

  More info at: http://www.rcusa.org/uploads/pdfs/WRD-2014/Arkansas.pdf

   

  California

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              California Department of Social Services

              Refugee Program Bureau (RPB), California Refugee Resettlement Program-

              Sacramento, CA 94244

              http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/refugeeprogram/

              Catholic Charities

              Refugee Services

              San Diego CA 92120

   

  About:

  “The RPB supervises county operations and delivery of RRP benefits and services. “ The California Department of Social Services manages statewide refugee assistance, while Catholic Charities manages refugee assistance in San Diego.

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $50, 771, 598

  Persons Settled (2012): 14,511

  Services Include:

  • Cash and Medical Assistance

  • Employment Services

  • Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM) Program

  • Repatriation Program

  • Older Refugees Discretionary Grant

  • Refugee School Impact Program

  • Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • WRRS, World Relief Refugee Services (Carmichael, Garden Grove, Glendale, Modesto)

  • USCC, United States Catholic Conference (Fresno, Glendale, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Bernadino, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Rosa, Stockton)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Glendale, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose)

  • Immigration and Refugee Services of America (Glendale, Los Angele)

  • HIAS, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (Los Angeles, Los Gatos, San Diego, San Francisco, Walnut Creek)

  • ECDC, Ethiopian Community Development Council (Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Diego)

  • CWS/EMM/LIRS Affiliates (Los Angeles)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Sysvanh Kabkeo

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Marisa Ramos

              ORR Regional Representative: Bowa Tucker

   

  Full contact list for California VOLAGs/Resettlement Agencies, October 2014:

  http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov/refugeeprogram/res/pdf/Lists/RAs_Listing.pdf

   

  Colorado

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Colorado Department of Health Services, Office of Economic Security

              Colorado Refugee Services Program

              Denver, CO 80203

              https://sites.google.com/a/state.co.us/cdhs-refugee/

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $15,333,291

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 1,681

   

  Services Include:

  • Housing assistance

  • Case management, career counseling & job development

  • Family Stabilization Specialists

  • Cultural Orientation

  • ESL classes

  • Medical and mental health services

  • Legal services, family reunification, and citizenship assistance

              Full State Refugee Service Plan at: https://sites.google.com/a/state.co.us/cdhs-             refugee/home/partners/direct-service-agencies

   

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • LIRS, Lutheran Family Services (Colorado Springs, Denver, Greeley)

  • EMM/CWS, Ecumenical Refugee Services (Denver)

  • ECDC, The African Community Center (Denver)

              Full Partner Overview at: https://sites.google.com/a/state.co.us/cdhs-                                                 refugee/home/partners/the-village

   

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Kit Taintor

   

              Grant & Programs Manager: Noyes Combs

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Carol Tumaylle

   

              Refugee Services Coordinator: Susan Anderson

              Program Monitor & Data Analyst: Tirshana Regmi

   

              Budget & Contracts Manager: Irene Law

   

              Training & Employment Coordinator: Nick Lesley

   

              Integration Partnerships Coordinator: Joe Wismann-Horther

   

  Connecticut

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Connecticut Department of Social Services (DSS)

              Refugee Assistant Program

              Hartford, CT 06105   

              http://ct.gov/dss/cwp/view.asp?a=2353&q=413292

   

  About:

  “ DSS is responsible for disbursing federal funds related to the resettlement of refugees in Connecticut.  Refugees are assigned by the U.S. State Department to local affiliates of national voluntary resettlement agencies in Connecticut. DSS disburses federal refugee assistance program funds, administers refugee cash and medical assistance programs and monitors resettlement activity for individuals who qualify as refugees under international law.”

  ORR Funding FY2012: $2,492,573

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 607

   

  Services Include:

  • ESL classes

  • Job training, employment and vocational assistance

  • Housing, clothing, and food assistance

  • Educational assistance

  • Counseling and Case Management

  • Citizenship assistance

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services (Hartford)

  • USCRI, International Institute of CT, Inc. (Derby)

  • CWS/EMM, Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (New Haven)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Charles Anderson

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Alison Stratton

   

              ORR Regional Representative: Julie Munro

   

  Delaware

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Jewish Family Services of Delaware

              Wilmington, DE 19803

  ORR Funding FY2012: $200,000

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 36

   

  Services Include:

  • Food Security

  • Clothing Assistance

  • Housing Assistance

  • Health Care Assistance

  • English Language Instruction

  • Employment Services

  • Cultural Orientation

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Wilmington, Dover, Georgetown, Princess Anne)
    

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Janneen E. Boyce

              ORR Regional Representative: Peirrot Rugaba

   

  Washington, DC

  (State Administered)

  District Refugee Resettlement Office:

              DC Department of Human Services

              ORR, Refugee Assistance

              Washington, DC 20002

   

  About:

  “Eligible refugees are referred by a third party to the Catholic Charities Refugee Center (CRCS) and Lutheran Social Services for services. After eligibility is determined by CRCS and the case is approved by the DC-Office of Refugee Resettlement, CRSC will refer the case for Refugee Health Screening and for Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance with Work Authorization.  CRSC will maintain the case for Employment and Case Management Services.”

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 12

  Services Include:

  • Employment Services

  • Services to victims of human trafficking

  • Refugee cash and medical assistance

  • Repatriation Services

  • Oversees Refugee Unaccompanied Minors Program 

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities Refugee Center (Washington DC)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Social Services (Washington DC)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Debra Crawford

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: MuLunesh Wolermarian

   

              ORR Regional Representative: Pierrot Rugaba

   

  Florida

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Florida Department of Children and Families

              Refugee Services

              Fort Pierce, FL 34950

   

  About:

  The Program manages over 40 community provider contracts and funds cash and medical assistance for eight months from the refugee's date of arrival to the U.S, totaling more than $80 million in federal aid to eligible clients.

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $128,162,976

  Persons Settled (2012): 20,254

  Service Include:

  • Adult Education

  • Child Care

  • ECBO Services

  • Employability Related Immigration Services

  • Employment

  • Health Services

  • Interpreter Services

  • Integration Assistance

  • Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program

  • Youth Services

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS, Church World Service (Doral, Delray Beach)

  • ECDC, Coptic Orthodox Charities Inc. (Clearwater)

  • EMM, (Miami, Jacksonville)

  • HIAS, Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services (Clearwater, Broward County)

  • HIAS, Jewish Family Service of Broward County (Plantation)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Miami)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Services Florida (Miami, Orlando, Tampa)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida (Jacksonville)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Miami, Orlando, North Port, Riviera Beach, Jacksonville, Naples, Pensacola, Tallahassee)

  • USCRI, Youth Co-Op Inc. (Miami, Palm Springs)

  • WR, World Relief (Jacksonville, Miami) 

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Patti Grogan

      State Refugee Health Coordinator: Sue Higgins

              ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt

  Refugee Services Program Administration (Full Contact List): http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/programs/refugee/docs/RSContactInfo.pdf

   

  Georgia

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Georgia Dept. of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services

              Office of Family Independence, Refugee Program

              Atlanta, GA 30303

              https://dfcs.dhs.georgia.gov/refugee-resettlement

  About:

  “The Refugee Program Unit has responsibility for funding the delivery of services and to perform the functions of the State Refugee Coordinator… Social services are provided through 12 public and private agencies contracted by the State.”

              “The Division of Family and Children Services Refugee Program provides funds to the Division of Public Health through a Memorandum of Agreement to provide health screening and follow-up treatment to refugees.”

  ORR Funding FY2012: $13, 727,627

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,830

  Services Include:

  • English Language Instruction

  • Employment Services

  • Health Screening

  • Social Services

  • Medical and Cash Assistance

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Atlanta)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Atlanta)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Services of Georgia (Atlanta, Savannah)

  • WR, World Relief Atlanta, (Stone Mountain)

  • CWS/EMM, Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta (Decatur)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Michael Singleton

             

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Monica L. Vargas

   

              ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt

  Hawaii

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:         

              Department of Labor and Industrial Relations

              Office of Community Services (OCS), Refugee Social Services

              Honolulu, HI 96813

  About:

  “OCS contracts annually with an organization to provide services under the Refugee Social Services Program. OCS operates the Cash and Medical Assistance (CMA) program under a memorandum of agreement with the Hawaii State Department of Human Services (DHS). DHS determines the eligibility of individual refugees and trafficking victims for benefits and financial assistance."

  ORR Funding FY2012: $156,000

  Persons Settled (2012): 58

  Services Include:

  • Cash and Medical Assistance

  • Employment support services

  • Interpretation and translation language services

  • English language classes

  • Case management

  • Counseling

  • Basic computer skills

  • Job preparation, training, and placement

  • Technical assistance and micro-lending

  • Affordable housing

  • Legal services

  • Citizenship assistance and classes

  • Medical screenings and primary care

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCRI, Pacific Gateway Center (Honolulu)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Rona M. Suzuki

             

              ORR Regional: Bowa Tucker

  Idaho - Minnesota

  Idaho

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

  Idaho Office for Refugees
  Boise, Idaho 83702
  

  About:

  “The IOR has statewide responsibility for assistance and services to refugees. The IOR is a private sector initiative, replacing the traditional state-administered program for refugee assistance and services. Under agreement with the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, the IOR eases the difficult transition refugees experience as they adjust to life in the US.”

  ORR Funding FY2012: $5,965,885

  Persons Settled (2012): 847

  Services Include:

  • The provision of interim financial assistance

  • English language training

  • Employment services

  • Immigration assistance

  • Language assistance

  • Case management and social adjustment services

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • EMM, Agency for New Americans (Boise)

  • WR, World Relief Treasure Valley (Boise)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Boise)

  • USCRI, College of Southern Idaho Refugee Service (Twin Falls)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator/Director, Idaho Office for Refugees: Jan Reeves

              Assistant Director, Idaho Office for Refugees: Patty Haller

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Collin Elias

             

              ORR Regional Representative: Jordan Becker

   

  Illinois

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Illinois Department of Human Services (Main Office)

              Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Services, Family and  Community Services

              Chicago, IL 60607

  About:

  The Refugee Program procures community-based services to assist refugees, with a total of 9 program sites (6 in Chicago & 3 outside Chicago City Limits)

  ORR Funding FY2012: $12,353,859

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,921

   

  Services Include:

  • Adjustment counseling

  • Orientation

  • ESL classes

  • Vocational training

  • Job readiness and job placement

  • Health screenings

  • Multi-lingual mental health services

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • ECDC, Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago (Chicago)

  • CWS/EMM, Refugee One (Chicago)

  • HIAS, Jewish Child and Family Services (Chicago)

  • LIRS, Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Ministries (Chicago)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Chicago)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities Immigration and Refugee Services (Rockford)

  • USCRI, Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights (Chicago)

  • WR, World Relief (Chicago, DuPage/Aurora, Moline)

  Health and Medical Services for Newly Arrived Refugees:

  • Illinois Department of Public Health, (Chicago)

  • Mount Sinai/ Touhy Health Center (Chicago)

  • Access Community Health Network (Chicago)

  • Heartland Health Outreach (Chicago)

  • Chicago Department of Public Health (Chicago)

  • Rock Island County Health Dept. (Rock Island)

  • Winnebago County Health Dept. (Rockford)

  • Aunt Martha’s Health Center (Aurora)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Ngoan Le

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Jenny M. Aguirre

              ORR Regional Representative: Chandra Allgood Foster

   

   Indiana

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Indiana Refugee Services

              Family and Social Services Administration

              Indianapolis, IN 46219

   

  About:

  “Indiana Refugee Services monitors program planning, provision of services, and provides technical assistance to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations governing the delivery of refugee assistance and services, including cash and medical assistance.”

              It also serves as the liaison with the US Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, and the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement.

  ORR Funding FY2012: $5,106,050

  Persons Settled (2012): 1,361

  Services Include:

  • Cash and Medical Assistance

  • Employment support services

  • Interpretation and translation language services

  • English language classes

  • Case management

  • Counseling

  • Basic computer skills

  • Job preparation, training, and placement

  • Technical assistance and micro-lending

  • Affordable housing

  • Legal services

  • Citizenship assistance and classes

  • Medical screenings and primary care

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS, American Red Cross, Refugee Program (St. Joseph County, South Bend)

  • CWS/EMM, Exodus Refugee/Immigration, Inc. (Indianapolis)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Gary)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Inc. (Fort Wayne)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities Indianapolis (Indianapolis)

  • World Relief (Fort Wayne)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Matthew Schomburg

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Ibrahim Dandakoye

              ORR Regional Representative: Chandra Allgood Foster

   

   

  Iowa

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Iowa Department of Human Services

              Iowa Bureau of Refugees

              Des Moines, IA 50314

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $2,579,149

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 479

  Services Include:

  • Language and interpretation services

  • Case management

  • Employment assistance and services

  • ESL classes

  • Skills training

  • Transportation assistance

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities, Des Moines (Cedar Rapids)

  • USCRI, United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (Des Moines)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Chad Dahm

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Jessica Eagan

              ORR Regional Representative: Rezene Hagos

   

    

  Kansas

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Kansas Department of Children and Families

              Economic and Employment Services Division, Kansas Refugee Program

              Topeka, Kansas 66603

  Note: They have 40 regional offices and service centers around the state

   

  About:

  “The Kansas Refugee Program supervises the administration of the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP) and the Refugee Social Service Program (RSS). This public-private partnership provides a network of service providers committed to providing support services for this vulnerable population. Each provider is funded to provide services in a designated geographic area of the State. These organizations may be non-profit agencies, faith-based organizations or refugee managed community-based organizations.

  ORR Funding FY2012: $1,718,357

  Persons Settled (2012): 426

  Services Include:

  • Cash Assistance

  • Child Care and Early Education services

  • Energy cost assistance

  • Food assistance

  • Medical Assistance and health screenings

  • Employment services

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Agency for Migration & Refugee Services (Garden City)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities Inc. (Northeastern Kansas)

  • USCRI, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Wichita)

  • EMM Episcopal Migration Ministries (Central Kansas)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Lewis A. Kimsey

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Kendra Baldrige

              ORR Regional Representative: Rezene Hagos

  Kentucky

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Catholic Charities of Louisville (CCLou)

              Kentucky Office of Refugees (KOR)

              Louisville, KY 40212

              http://cclou.org/kor/

  About:

  “The Kentucky Office for Refugees was established in June of 2006 as a department of Catholic Charities of Louisville, Inc and is considered a Wilson-Fish program. The Director of the Kentucky Office for Refugees serves as the State Refugee Coordinator for Kentucky – a designation provided by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). It provides leadership, policy guidance and advocacy on refugee resettlement issues, and annually administrates and awards $6 million in federal funds from the ORR.”

              Within CCLou, there is a department of Migration & Refugee Services (MRS), and a Refugee Agriculture Partnership Program (RAPP), as well as Targeted Assistance Grant Programs and Matching Grant Programs.

  ORR Funding FY2012: $12,748,690

  Persons Settled (2012): 1,976

  Services Include:

  • Case Management

  • Supportive Services

  • English Language Training

  • Employment Services

  • Housing and food assistance upon arrival

  • Cultural orientation

  • Long-term assistance with citizenship and job upgrades

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS/EMM, Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc. (Lexington, Louisville)

  • USCRI, The International Center (Bowling Green, Owensboro)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Becky Jordan

   

              Assistant Director, KOR: Maria Koerner

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Allison Pauly

              ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt

   

   

  Louisiana

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

             

              Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge

              Refugee & Immigration Services

              Baton Rouge, LA 70808

              Note: Also have offices located in Lafayette and Metairie

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $1,438,627

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 302

   

  Services Include:

  • Language training

  • Social and medical services

  • Counseling

  • Job placement

  • Family reunification

  • Citizenship preparation

  • Legal services

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Migration & Refugee Services (Baton Rouge, Lafayette)

  • USCCB, Resettlement Center of Central LA Inc. (Alexandria, Metairie)           

  Contacts:

              Refugee Resettlement Director: Lisa Lee

             

              State Refugee Coordinator: Corina E. Salazar

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Allison Pauly

              ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt

   

             

   

  Maine

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Catholic Charities Refugee and Immigration Services

              Portland, ME 04101    

  About:

  “RIS is Maine’s only active resettlement program, with contracts from the U.S. Departments of State and Health and Human Services, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.”

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: 2,291,884

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 299

   

  Services Include:

  • Case Management

  • Corporate Training

  • Elder Services

  • Employment Services

  • Interpretation and Translation Services

  • Mentoring Programs

  • Affidavit of Relationship (AOR)

  • Legal Services

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Catherine S. Yomoah

  
  Refugee Health Coordinator: Justin Nizeyumukiza

  
  ORR Regional Representative: Julie Munro

   

  Additional Organizational Info at:

              http://www.ccmaine.org/refugee-immigration-services

   

   

   

  Maryland

  (Public Private Partnership)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

      Department of Human Resources, Maryland’s Human Service Agency

      Office for Refugees and Asylees (MORA)

      Baltimore, MD 21201

  About:

  MORA has helped more than 40,000 working through a network of public and private service providers to plan, administer, and coordinate transitional services.

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $17,4446,602

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,381

  Services Include:

  • Job Readiness Training

  • Resume Writing

  • Job Search Assistance

  • Vocational Training

  • Interview Preparation

  • Transportation Assistance

  • Interpretation during job interviews

  • Post-placement mentoring for vocational success 

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • HIAS, Jewish Community Services (Baltimore)

  • HIAS, Jewish Social Services Agency (Rockville)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Baltimore, Silver Spring)

  • WR, World Relief Anne Arundel (Glen Burnie)

  • ECDC, African Community Center (Silver Spring)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Social Services of National Capitol Area (Silver Spring) 

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Augustin Ntabaganyimana

   

  State Refugee Health Coordinator: Dipti D. Shah

  
  ORR Regional Representative: Pierrot Rugaba

   

  Additional Information at:

  http://dhr.maryland.gov/blog/maryland-office-for-refugees-and-asylees/

  Massachusetts

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

          

     Health and Human Services

             Office for Refugees and Immigrants
  Boston, MA 02111

   

  About:

  The Office administers programs that provide direct services to clients through a network of voluntary resettlement agencies, faith-based organizations and ethnic community-based organizations, which have the capacity to serve the culturally and linguistically diverse needs of newcomer populations

  ORR Funding FY2012: $19,826,396

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,108

   

  Services Include:

  • Community education and orientation

  • Cultural orientation to mainstream services

  • Outreach/screening/referral services

  • Translation and Interpreting

  • Youth Adjustment Services

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • HIAS, Jewish Family Service of Metrowest (Framingham)

  • HIAS, Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts (Springfield)

  • ECDC, Refugee & Immigrant Assistance Center (Jamaica Plain)

  • USCRI, International Institute (Boston, Lowell)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities, (Boston, Worcester)

  • Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center (Worcester)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Boston)

  • EMM, Refugee Immigration Ministry (Malden)

  • CWS/EMM/LIRS, Lutheran Social Services of New England (Wellesley, Worcester, West Springfield, Newton Center)

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Mary Truong 

  State Refugee Health Coordinator: Jennifer Cochran

  ORR Regional Representative: Julie Munro

   

  Additional Information at:

  http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/ori/

   

    

   

  Michigan

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

      Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

      Office of Refugee Assistance

      Capitol View Building

      Lansing, Michigan 48913

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $17,077,100

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 4,100

   

  Services Include:

  • Employment Services

  • Education – School Impact Services

  • Preventive Health Services

  • Services to Older Refugees Program

  • Health Screening

  • Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (foster care services, etc.)

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • HIAS, Jewish Family Service of Washtenaw County (Ann Arbor, West Bloomfield)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities of South East Michigan (Clinton Township)

  • USCCB, St. Vincent Catholic Charities Refugee Services (Lansing, Grand Rapids)

  • USCRI, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (Dearborn, Detroit)

  • CWS, Bethany Christian Services (Grand Rapids)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Social Services (Detroit, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Troy)

  • LIRS/EMM, Lutheran Social Services (Southfield)

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Al Horn

   

  State Refugee Health Coordinator: Al Horn

  ORR Regional Representative: Chandra Allgood Foster

   

  Additional Information at:

  http://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339-71547_5526-15492--,00.html

   

   

   

  Minnesota

  (Public Private Partnership)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

      Minnesota Department of Human Services

      Resettlement Programs Office

      St. Paul, MN 55155

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $9,573,906

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 1,909

  Services Include:

  • Basic needs support

  • Home visits

  • Case management

  • Community orientation

  • Referrals to health services

  • Employment services

  • Education and training

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • LIRS, Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Saint Cloud)

  • EMM, Episcopal Migration Ministries (Minneapolis)

  • CWS, Minnesota Council of Churches (Minneapolis)

  • WR, World Relief Arrive Ministries (Richfield)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Saint Paul, Rochester)

  • USCRI, International Institute of Minnesota (St. Paul)

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Rachele King

  State Refugee Health Coordinator (Acting): Blain Mamo

  ORR Regional Representative: Chandra Allgood Foster

   

  Additional Information at:

  http://mn.gov/dhs/people-we-serve/children-and-families/services/refugee-assistance/

  Mississippi - Oklahoma

  Mississippi

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Mississippi Department of Human Services

              Department of Child Protection Services

              Jackson, MS 39202

  ORR Funding FY2012: $800,000

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 23

   

  Services Include:

  • Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) Program

  • Financial assistance

   

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Social and Community Services, Migration and Refugee Center (Biloxi, Jackson)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Jackson)

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Lorraine Hunter

  
  State Refugee Health Coordinator: Patricia Williams

  
  ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt

   

  Missouri

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Missouri Department of Social Services

              Office of Refugee Resettlement

              Columbia, MO 65203

  About:

  MDSS helps provide social and employment services, as well as financial and medical assistance, through programs provided by the Missouri Departments of Social Services, Health and Senior Services, Elementary and Secondary Education, and contracting agencies.

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $5,324,960

  Persons Settled (2012): 1,250

   

  Services Include:

  • Food and Cash Assistance

  • Medical Assistance

  • Health Coordination

  • School Impact Program (assist with activities that lead to effective integration and education of refugee children)

  • Employment Assistance

  • Case management

  • ESL classes 

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCRI, International Institute of St. Louis (St. Louis)

  • USCRI, Jewish Vocational Service (Kansas City)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri (Columbia, Jefferson City)

  • ECDC, Della Lamb Community Services (Kansas City)

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Kimberly O’Hara

  
  State Refugee Health Coordinator: Thelma Myhre

  ORR State Analyst: Rezene Hagos

   

   

  Nebraska

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Program:

   

      Department of Health and Human Services

      Refugee Resettlement Program

      Lincoln, NE 68509

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $4,055,470

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 912

   

  Services Include:

  • Cash Assistance

  • Medical Assistance

  • Social Services

  • English Language Training 

  Affiliates and Services Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Social Services (Lincoln)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Family Services (Lincoln, Omaha)

  • ECDC, Southern Sudan Community Association (Omaha)

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Karen Parde

  
  State Refugee Health Coordinator: Kristin Gall

  
  ORR State Analyst: Rezene Hagos

   

  Additional Information at:

  http://dhhs.ne.gov/children_family_services/Pages/refugees.aspx

   

  New Hampshire

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Department of Health and Human Services

              Refugee Program

              129 Pleasant Street

              Concord, NH 03301

   

  About:

  Refugee Program staff work closely with the two New Hampshire voluntary resettlement agencies (VOLAGs), Ascentria Care Alliance and the International Institute of New Hampshire, as well as other area partners to support refugee integration.

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $2,550,438

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 385

  Services Include:

  • Case Management

  • Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA)

  • English Language Training

  • Employment Services

  • Preventive Health

  • School Impact

  • Services for Older Refugees 

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS, Ascentria Care Alliance (Concord)

  • USCRI, International Institute of New Hampshire (Manchester)

  • CWS/EMM/LIRS, Lutheran Social Services (Concord)

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Barbara Seebart

  
  State Refugee Health Coordinator: Laura McGlashan

  
  ORR Regional Representative: Julie Munro

   

  Additional Information at:

  http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/omh/refugee/

   

   

  Nevada

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

      Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada

      Migration and Refugee Services (MRS)

              Las Vegas, NV, 89101

   

  ORR Funding FY2015: $11,626,553 (51%)– 49% through charitable donations and program fees (money for entire charity, not just refugee assistance.)

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,200

  Services Include:

  • Food, Shelter, and Clothing

  • Health Services

  • Cultural Orientation

  • Case Management

  • Employment Services

  • Education

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • ECDC, African Community Center (Las Vegas)

  • USCCB, Refugee Assistance Program (Las Vegas) 

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Carisa Lopez.Ramirez

  State Refugee Health Coordinator: Carisa Lopez.Ramirez

  
  ORR Regional Office: Bowa Tucker

             

  Additional Information at:

  http://www.catholiccharities.com/service_details/migration-refugee-services/

   

  New Jersey

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

      Department of Human Services

      Division of Family Development, Refugee Resettlement

      Trenton, NJ 08608

   

  About:

  Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP) is a federally funded program that provides cash and medical assistance to refugees.

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $3,506,38

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 1,102

   

  Services Include:

  • Cash and Medical Assistance

  • ESL classes

  • Employment assistance

  • Case management

  • Basic needs support 

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Camden)

  • HIAS, Jewish Vocational Service of Metrowest (East Orange)

  • HIAS, Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County (Milltown)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Elizabeth)

  • CWS, CWS Jersey City (Jersey City) 

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Annette Riordan

  
  State Refugee Health Coordinator: TBA

  
  ORR State Analyst: Pierrot Rugaba

   

  Additional Information at:

  http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dfd/programs/refugee/

   

  New Mexico

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              New Mexico Human Services Department, Income Support Division

              Refugee Resettlement Program

              Albuquerque, NM 87110

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $2,002,743

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 315

   

  Services Include:

  • Cash and medical assistance

  • ESL classes

  • Employment services 

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • LIRS, Lutheran Family Services (Albuquerque)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities of Central New Mexico (Albuquerque)

  Contacts:

  State Refugee Coordinator: Socorro Salazar,

  
  State Refugee Health Coordinator: Karen Gonzales

  
  ORR Regional Representative: Ramon Colon

   

  New York

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

             

              New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance

              Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance

              Albany, New York 12243

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $23,738,715

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 12,471

   

  Services Include:

  • Help repatriated citizens arrive safely at home;

  • Provide assistance to victims of human trafficking; and

  • Assure proper foster care for unaccompanied refugee and entrant minors

  • Cash and medical assistance programs

  • Refugee School Impact Grant

  • Refugee Social Services Program

  • Response to Human Trafficking Program

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS/EMM Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc. (Buffalo)

  • CWS/EMM, Interfaith Works of Central New York (Syracuse)

  • HIAS, FEGS Health and Human Services (New York)

  • HIAS, Jewish Family Service of Buffalo and Erie County (Buffalo)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee New York (New York)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York (New York)

  • LIRS, Mohawk Valley Resource Center (Utica)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Albany, Amityville, Brooklyn, New York, Syracuse)

  • USCCB/CWS, Catholic Family Center (Rochester)

  • USCRI, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (Albany)

  • USCRI, American Civic Association (Binghamton)

  • USCRI, CAMBA (Brooklyn)

  • USCRI, International Institute of Buffalo (Buffalo)

  • Interfaith Works of Central New York (Syracuse)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Dodie Wheeler

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Thomas Keenan

              ORR Regional Representative: Julie Munro

  North Carolina

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

             

              North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

              Refugee Services

              Raleigh, NC 27699

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $8,406,330

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,389

   

  Services Include:

  • Cash and medical assistance

  • Employment services

  • Case management

  • Transportation

  • Skills recertification

  • ESL training

  • Vocational skills training

  • Citizenships and immigration services

  • Translation and interpretation services

  • Social adjustment services 

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS, Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program (Durham, Greensboro)

  • ECDC, North Carolina African Services Coalition (Greensboro)

  • EMM, Interfaith Refugee Ministry (Akron, New Bern)

  • HIAS, Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency, Charlotte LIRS, Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas (Raleigh)

  • WR, World Relief (Durham, High Point)

  • USCCB, Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Charlotte (Charlotte)

  • USCRI, US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (Raleigh) 

  Contacts:      

              State Refugee Coordinator: Marlene Myers

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Jennifer Reed Morillo

              ORR Regional Representative: Faith Hurt

   

  North Dakota

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

             

              Lutheran Social Services

              Fargo, ND 58103

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $2,858,062

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 572

   

  Services Include:

  • Case management

  • Housing Assistance

  • ESL classes

  • Employment

  • Medical assistance

  • Counseling

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • LIRS/EMM, Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota (Fargo, Grand Forks, and Bismarck) 

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Shirley Dykshoorn

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Saurav Dahal

              ORR Regional Representative: Dee Daniels Scriven

   

   

   Ohio

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

             

              Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)

              Ohio Refugee Services Program

              Columbus, Ohio 43218

             

  ORR Funding FY2012: $8,048,394

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,483

   

  Services Include:

  • Cash and Medical Assistance

  • Health screenings and services

  • Acculturation

  • English language training

  • Employment training

  • Job placement

  • Transportation

  • Childcare

  • Citizenship classes

  • Translation & interpreter services

  • Referral services

  • Citizenship & naturalization service

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS/EMM, Community Refugee and Immigration Services (Columbus)

  • HIAS, US Together, Cleveland, Columbus (Toledo)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities SW Ohio (Cincinnati)

  • USCCB, Cleveland Catholic Charities, Cleveland (Cincinnati)

  • USCCB, Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley (Dayton)

  • USCRI, International Institute of Akron (Akron)

  • USCRI, The International Services Center (Cleveland)

  • WR, World Relief Columbus (Columbus) 

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Jennifer R. Johnson

              State Refugee Health Coordinator: Sandra Hollingsworth

              ORR Regional Representative: Chandra Allgood Foster

   

  Oklahoma

  (Public Private Partnership)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

             

  Department of Human Services
  Oklahoma City, OK 73105

   

  About:

  “Cash is provided through Oklahoma Catholic Charities. Medical assistance is provided through the SoonerCare (Medicaid) program. OKDHS also administers federal social service grants for refugees, monitoring provider contracts in Oklahoma City and Tulsa for employment services, English language training and social adjustment services.”

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $970,015

  Persons Settled (2012): 343

  Services Include:

  • Employment Services

  • ESL classes

  • Social adjustment services

  • Cash and medical assistance

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities, (Oklahoma City, Tulsa)

  • USCRI, YWCA Tulsa (Tulsa)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator: Melanie Silva

              ORR Regional Representative: Ramon Colon

  Oregon - Wisconsin

  Oregon

  (Public Private Partnership)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Oregon Department of Human Services

              500 Summer St. NE

              Salem, OR 9731

   

  About:

  “Services are provided through the Refugee Case Services Project (RCSP), which is a Public/Private Partnership between Oregon’s Department of Human Services (DHS) and the Voluntary Agencies that resettle refugees in this part of the state. Cash services are administered by the VOLAG for the first eight months in the U.S. under a contract from Oregon’s DHS.” The Voluntary Agencies include:

  1. Catholic Charities (CC)

  2. Lutheran Community Services Northwest (LCSNW)

  3. Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees (SOAR)

  “English language, vocational training, employment supports, and job placement services are provided through the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) to refugees for their first 12 months of residence in the U.S.”

              “Refugees who reside outside Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties are served in the local DHS branch office for cash assistance and SNAP while referrals are made to locally contracted agencies for Employment Services and to OHA for medical coverage.”

  ORR Funding FY2012: $5,519, 249

  Persons Settled (2012): 997

  Services Include:

  • English Language classes

  • Vocational training

  • Employment services

  • Job Placement services

  • Cash assistance

  • Case management

  • Cultural Orientation

  • Health Screenings

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS, Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees (Portland)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Community Services Northwest (Portland)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Portland)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Rhonda Prodzinski, (503) 945-6108,                                                                 Rhonda.prodzinski@state.or.us

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Tasha Wheatt-Delancy, (503) 988-9204, Tasha.wheatt-delancy@multco.us

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Jordan Becker, (206) 615-3637, Jordan.Becker@acf.hhs.gov

  Article on the overhaul of state refugee health care system:

  https://multco.us/global/news/county-staff-lead-overhaul-state-refugee-health-care-system

   

  Pennsylvania

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare

              The Pennsylvania Refugee Resettlement Program

              625 Forster St

              Harrisburg, PA 17120

              RA-HSRefugeeProgram@pa.gov

              http://www.refugeesinpa.org/index.htm

   

  About:

  Responsibility for the Refugee Resettlement Program rests with the State Refugee Coordinator, designated by the Secretary of Welfare. The Program is overseen by the PA Department of Human Services. Cash and Medical Assistance programs, administered by the Office of Income Maintenance, are coordinated with the delivery of employment, educational, aging and allied human services, administered by the Bureau of Employment and Training in the Office of Income Maintenance.

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $20,496,542

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 3,464

   

  Services Include:

  • Employment Programs

  • English as a Second Language (ESL) programs

  • Targeted Assistance

  • Interpretation and Translation

  • Citizenship Preparation courses

  • Asylee Outreach Project

  • Services to Older Refugees

  • Information Referral

  • Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program

  • Vocational ESL for Cuban and Haitian refugees

  • TANF employment and training programs

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS, Church World Service (Lancaster)

  • HIAS, HIAS Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

  • HIAS, Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Children and Family Services of Eastern Pennsylvania (Allentown, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Rosyln)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Pittsburgh, Erie, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, Scranton)

  • USCRI, International Institute of Erie (Erie)

  • USCRI, Nationalities Service Center (Philadelphia)

  • USCRI, North Area Multi-Service Center of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh)

  Refugee Resettlement Fact Sheet: http://www.refugeesinpa.org/GettheFacts/index.htm

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Charlotte Fry, (717) 346-1095, charfry@pa.gov

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Asresu Misikir, (717) 787-3350, amisikir@state.pa.us

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Pierrot Rugaba, (202) 401-6891, pierrot.rugaba@acf.hhs.gov

   

  Rhode Island

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Rhode Island Department of Health

              Refugee Health Program

              3 Capitol Hill,

              Providence, RI 02908

             

  About:

  “The Rhode Island Department of Health initiated a Refugee Health Program in November of 2003 and serves as the refugee resettlement office for the state. Primary program services include cash and medical assistance, access to English as a second language classes, vocational and employment assistance. Discretionary grants are also awarded to private agencies for various other self-sufficiency programs.”

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $787,475

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 170

   

  Services Include:

  • Basic needs assistance (housing, food, enrolling in schools, etc.)

  • Cultural orientation and skills building programs

  • Assistance accessing healthcare

  • English as a Second Language and Workforce education programs

  • Employment services (job training & placement)

  • Ongoing advocacy and case management to ensure self-sufficiency

  • Cash and medical assistance

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Immigration & Refugee Services, Catholic Diocese of Rhode Island (Providence)

  • USCRI, International Institute of Rhode Island (Providence)

  Contact:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Frederick Sneesby, (401) 462-1669, Frederick.Sneesby@dhs.ri.gov

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Perry Gast, (401) 222-5940, Perry.Gast@health.ri.gov

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Julie Munro, (617) 565-3671, julie.munro@acf.hhs.gov

   

   

  South Carolina

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

             

              South Carolina Department of Social Services

              Refugee Resettlement Program

              1535 Confederate Avenue
  Columbia, SC 29201-1915

   

  About:

  “The Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) provides funds, policy, and over-site; but services are administered by the state.”

              “All services are coordinated through the Refugee Resettlement Services Unit at the State Office, as well as through private and non-profit service agencies under contract with the state to provide specialized services to refugees.”

  ORR Funding FY2012: $594,830

  Persons Settled (2012): 196

  Services Include:

  • Refugee Cash Assistance

  • Refugee Medical Assistance

  • Employability services

  • Case management

  • ESL classes

  • Translation and interpretation services

  • Citizenship preparation

  • Social adjustment services

  Affiliates & Service Providers:

  • Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas (Columbia)

  • World Relief Spartanburg (Spartanburg)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Dorothy Addison, (803) 898-0989, dorothy.addison@dss.sc.gov

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Faith Hurt, (404) 562-2847, faith.hurt@acf.hhs.gov

   

   

  South Dakota

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

             

              Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota

              Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service

              705 East 41st Street, Suite 200

              Sioux Falls, SD 57105

              (P): 605-444-7500

              info@LssSD.org

   

  About:

  LSS began providing resettlement services for refugees as early as 1948 in aiding Europeans displaced following WWII.

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $3,668,585

  Persons Settled (2012): 650

  Services Include:

  • Community orientation

  • Case management

  • Employment services

  • English classes

  • Citizenship classes

  • Immigration services

  • Interpreter services

   

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • LSS is assisted in providing these services through various locally based ECBOs.

   

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Tim Jurgens, (605) 731-2015, tim.jurgens@lsssd.org

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Kristin Rounds, (605) 773-4470, kristin.rounds@state.sd.us

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Dee Daniels Scriven, (303) 844-1147,                                                               Dee.DanielsScriven@acf.hhs.gov

   

   

  Tennessee

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Catholic Charities of Tennessee

              Tennessee Office for Refugees (TOR)

              2806 McGavock Pike
  Nashville, TN 37214
  (P): (615) 352-3087 

  ORR Funding FY2012: $11,679,364

  Persons Settled (2012): 1,633

  Services Include:

  • Medical Screenings

  • Employment and case management services

  • English language training

  • Preventative health services

  • Support refugee integrations into local school systems

  • Cash and medical assistance programs

  • Employment services

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • CWS, Bridge Refugee Services (Knoxville)

  • ECDC, Nashville International Center for Empowerment (Nashville)

  • EMM, Bridge Refugee Services Inc. (Chattanooga, Knoxville)

  • USCCB, Refugee and Immigration Services (Nashville, Memphis)

  • WR, World Relief (Memphis, Nashville)

  Contacts:

              TOR Department Director

              Kelly Branson, (615) 259-3567 [ext. 777], kbranson@cctenn.org

   

              TOR Resettlement Coordinator

              Nancy Salyer, (615) 259-3567 [ext. 770], nsalyer@cctenn.org

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Holly Johnson, (615) 354-5700, hjohnson@cctenn.org

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Michael Evans, (615) 352-9520, mevans@cctenn.org

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Faith Hurt, (404) 562-2847, faith.hurt@acf.hhs.gov

   

  Texas

  (Public Private Partnership)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Texas Health & Human Services Commission

              Office of Immigration & Refugee Affairs

              909 W 45^th St

              Austin, TX 78751

              (P): (512) 206-5084

   

  About:

  “The OIRA was created by the Texas Legislature in 1991 to distribute federal funds available through the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and the Refugee Act of 1980.”

  ORR Funding FY2012: $43,657,879

  Persons Settled (2012): 8,372

  Services Include:

  • Temporary cash assistance

  • Medical assistance

  • Education services

  • ESL classes

  • Employment services and vocational training

  • Citizenship assistance

  • Case management

  • Unaccompanied minors program

  • Refugee school impact program

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio)

  • CWS/EMM/LIRS, Refugee Services of Texas Inc. (Amarillo, Austin, Texas, Fort Worth, Houston)

  • USCCB, Catholic Family Services (Amarillo)

  • USCCB, Caritas of Austin (Austin)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Lewisville, San Antonio)

  • USCCB, Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services (El Paso)

  • WR, World Relief (Fort Worth)

  • AECDC, Alliance for Multicultural Community Services (Houston)

  • CWS/EMM, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston (Houston)

  • USCRI, YMCA International Services (Houston)

  Full contact list for local organizations assisting refugees:

              http://www.hhsc.state.tx.us/programs/refugee/Contact-List.pdf

   

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Patrick Randall, (512) 206-5129, Patrick.Randall@hhsc.state.tx.us

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Jessica Montour, (512) 533-3161, Jessica.Montour@dshs.state.tx.us

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Ramon Colon, (214) 767-2977, ramon.colon@acf.hhs.gov

   

   

   

  Utah

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

                         

              Department of Workforce Services

              Refugee Services Office (RSO)

              250 West 3900 South
  Salt Lake City, UT 8410

              (P): (801) 618-5096

              refugeeoffice@utah.gov

  About:

  While RSO is designated as the state resettlement office, in Utah there are two resettlement agencies: the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Catholic Community Services (CCS). Services are provided with the help of local community organizations and volunteer groups.

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $12,064,884

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 1,012

  Services Include:

  • Housing assistance

  • Airport Pickup

  • Orientation

  • Employment assistance

  • ESL classes

  • Educational services and resources

  • Health services

  • Counseling and youth programs

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Salt Lake City)

  • USCCB, Catholic Community Services of Utah (Salt Lake City)

  Contacts:

              RSO Director/State Refugee Coordinator

              Gerald Brown, (801) 526-9787, geraldbrown@utah.gov

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Amelia Self, (801) 538-6221, aself@utah.gov

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Dee Daniels Scriven, (303) 844-1147, Dee.DanielsScriven@acf.hhs.gov

             

   

             

  Vermont

  (Wilson Fish)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

              Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program

              U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

              462 Hegeman Ave., Suite 101

              Colchester, VT 05446

              (P): (802) 654-1700

              vrrp@uscrivt.org

   

  About:

  VRRP is Vermont's local field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants and has been operating for over 30 years. Services are provided with the help of various local community organizations.

  ORR Funding FY2012: $2,242,253

   

  Persons Settled (2012): 362

   

  Services Include:

  • Reception at the airport

  • Interpretation and translation

  • Cultural orientation

  • Housing assistance

  • Basic furnishings and housing wares

  • English language training

  • Employment counseling

  • Professional, culturally appropriate support

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • Association of Africans Living in Vermont (AALV)

  Contacts:

              VRRP Director

              Amila Merdzanovic

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Denise Lamoureux, (802) 241-0429, Denise.Lamoureux@vermont.gov

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Martha Friedman, (802) 863-7344, Martha.Friedman@vermont.gov

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Julie Munro, (617) 565-3671, julie.munro@acf.hhs.gov

  Virginia

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS)

              801 E. Main Street

              Richmond, VA 23219

              (P): (804) 726-7000

              citizen.services@dss.virginia.gov

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $11, 689,754

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,820

   

  Services Include:

  • Case management

  • Employment placement and orientation

  • Adult English instruction and educational planning

  • Family mentorship

  • Housing assistance

  • Cultural orientation

  • ESL classes

  • Transportation orientation and assistance

  • Employment services 

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Arlington, Fredericksburg, Manassas)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Charlottesville, Richmond)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (Falls Church)

  • CWS, Church World Service (Richmond, Harrisonburg)

  • USCCB, Commonwealth Catholic Charities (Richmond, Hampton, Roanoke)

  Full Contact List at: http://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/division/cvs/rr/benefits_services/access_benefits_services/Refugee_Resettlement_Providers_030816.pdf

   

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Kathy Cooper, (804) 726-7927, Kathy.Cooper@dss.virginia.gov

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Jill Grumbine, (804) 864-7911, jill.grumbine@vdh.virginia.gov

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Pierrot Rugaba, (202) 401-6891, pierrot.rugaba@acf.hhs.gov

   

  Washington

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Washington Department of Social and Health Services

              Economic Services Administration, Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance

              4045 Delridge Way SW #300

              Seattle, WA 98106

              (P): (877) 501-2233

   

  ORR Funding FY2012: $17,553,062

  Persons Settled (2012): 2,860

  Services Include:

  • Cash and Medical Assistance

  • ESL classes

  • Vocational and employment assistance

  • Naturalization assistance

  • Case management

  • Cultural Orientation and Advanced Cultural Orientation

  • Self Sufficiency Education Workshop

  • Immigration assistance

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • EMM, Diocese of Olympia (Seattle)

  • HIAS, Jewish Family Service (Seattle, Kent)

  • IRC, International Rescue Committee (Seattle)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Community Services Northwest (Seattle, Vancouver)

  • USCCB, Catholic Community Services of Western Washington (Tacoma)

  • WR, World Relief (Richland, Kent, Spokane)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Sarah K. Peterson, (206) 568-5568, sarah.peterson@dshs.wa.gov

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Jasmine Matheson, (206) 418-5500, Jasmine.matheson@doh.wa.gov

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Jordan Becker, (206) 615-3637, Jordan.Becker@acf.hhs.gov

   

   

   

  West Virginia

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Program:

              West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

              4190 Washington St W

              Charleston, WV 25313

              (P): (304) 746-2360

  ORR Funding FY2012: $95,000

  Persons Settled (2012): 71

  Services Include:

  • Immigration legal services

  • ESL classes

  • Job placement and employment assistance

  • Cash and Medical Assistance

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Charleston)

  Contacts:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Monica Hamilton, (304) 356-4619, Monica.A.Hamilton@wv.gov

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Pierrot Rugaba, (202) 401-6891, pierrot.rugaba@acf.hhs.gov

   

   

  Wisconsin

  (State Administered)

  State Refugee Resettlement Office:

   

              Wisconsin Department of Children and Families

              Refugee Services Section

              819 North 6th Street, Room 670
  Milwaukee, WI 53203

   

  About:

  “Programs and services are provided through contracts with local refugee service provider agencies and consortia that support refugees resettling those communities.”

  ORR Funding FY2012: $5,271,645

  Persons Settled (2012): 785

  Services Include:

  • Refugee cash and medical assistance

  • Employment services

  • Health screenings

  • Mental and preventative health services

  • ESL classes

  • Case management

  Affiliates and Service Providers:

  • ECDC, Pan-African Community Association (Milwaukee)

  • LIRS, Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin & Upper Michigan (Madison, Milwaukee)

  • USCCB, Catholic Charities (Green Bay, Milwaukee, Sheboygan)

  • USCRI, International Institute of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

  • WR, World Relief (Oshkosh)

  Contact:

              State Refugee Coordinator

              Mette Brogden, (414) 220-6826, mette.brogden@wisconsin.gov

   

              State Refugee Health Coordinator

              Savitri J. Tsering, (608) 267-3733, Savitri.tsering@dhs.wisconsin.gov

   

              ORR Regional Representative

              Chandra Allgood Foster (312) 886-9539, Chandra.AllgoodFoster@acf.hhs.gov

Voluntary Agencies

Profile: VOLAGs

• Church World Services (CWS)

  Mission: Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick, comfort the aged, shelter the homeless

  Funding Source:

  Investment income, community/public appeals (fundraising like CROP Walk), donated materials, member communions and organizations’ contributions, US Government Support (grants from various government agencies) primarily recognized during period in which expenses are incurred, with the exception of the US Reception and Placement Program, in which support is based on the number of refugees being resettled (FY 2013 Audited Financial Statements, 11).

          Funds then funneled into CWS programs. “Direct expenses of CWS programs include grants in support of globally affiliated agencies’ programs and projects, shipments of donated materials, purchase and land transportation of relief commodities and materials, and costs of refugee resettlement. Resettlement costs include housing, food, transportation, and social services for resettled refugees,” (FY 2013 Audited Financial Statements, 12).

  2013 Annual Report (no PDF file—only online): http://www.cwsglobal.org/who-we-are/annual-report/fy-2013/

  General CWS Field Offices (22): http://www.cwsglobal.org/where-we-work/northamerica/north-america-cws-offices.html

             

              Immigration and Refugee Program Offices (7):

  Miami, FL             Church World Service/ IRP Miami
  Palm Beach, FL            Church World Service/IRP Palm Beach

  Greensboro, NC        CWS Greensboro
  Durham, NC            CWS Durham
  Lancaster, PA            CWS Lancaster

  Harrisonburg, VA        CWS/IRP Harrisonburg
  Richmond, VA             CWS/IRP Richmond

   

              Immigration and Refugee Program Affiliates (27):

  Phoenix, AZ            Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest
  Los Angeles, CA        Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Service
  Sacramento, CA         Opening Doors, Inc.
  Denver, CO            Ecumenical Refugee Services, Inc.
  New Haven, CT            Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services
  Atlanta, GA            Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta
  Chicago, IL            RefugeeOne
  Indianapolis, IN            Exodus Refugee/Immigration, Inc.
  South Bend, IN            American Red Cross – St. Joseph County Chapter
  Louisville, KY            Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc.
  Lexington, KY            Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc.
  Grand Rapids, MI         Bethany Christian Services Refugee Resettlement Program
  Minneapolis, MN        Minnesota Council of Churches
  Lincoln, NE            Lutheran Refugee Services
  Omaha, NE             Lutheran Refugee Services
  Concord, NH            Interfaith Refugee Resettlement Program
  Buffalo, NY            Journey’s End Refugee Services, Inc.
  Rochester, NY            Catholic Family Center- Refugee Resettlement Program
  Syracuse, NY             InterFaith Works of Central New York
  Columbus, OH             Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS)
  Portland, OR            SOAR
  Knoxville, TN            Bridge Refugee Services, Inc.
  Austin, TX            Refugee Services of Texas, Inc. – Austin
  Amarillo, TX            Refugee Services of Texas, Inc. – Amarillo
  Dallas, TX            Refugee Services of Texas – Dallas
  Ft. Worth, TX             Refugee Services of Texas – Fort Worth

  Houston, TX            Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston

   

  Affiliates: (37 Member Communions)

  African Methodist Episcopal Church: http://www.ame-church.com/

  African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church: http://www.amez.org/

  Alliance of Baptists: http://www.allianceofbaptists.org/

  American Baptist Churches USA: http://www.abc-usa.org/

  Apostolic Catholic Church: http://www.apostoliccatholicchurch.com/

  Armenian Church of America (including Diocese of California):             http://www.armenianchurch.org/

  Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): http://www.disciples.org/

  Christian Methodist Episcopal Church: http://www.c-m-e.org/

  Church of the Brethren: http://www.brethren.org/

  Community of Christ: http://www.cofchrist.org/

  The Coptic Orthodox Church in North America: http://www.coptic.org/north_am.htm

  The Episcopal Church: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/

  Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: http://www.elca.org/

  Friends United Meeting: http://www.fum.org/

  Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: http://www.goarch.org/

  Hungarian Reformed Church in America: http://www.calvinsynod.org/

  International Council of Community Churches: http://www.icccusa.com/

  Korean Presbyterian Church in America: http://www.kpca.org/

  Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church: http://mosc.in/

  Mar Thoma Church: http://marthomanae.org/

  Moravian Church in America: http://www.moravian.org/

  National Baptist Convention in America: http://www.nbcainc.com/

  National Baptist Convention, U.S.A., Inc.: http://www.nationalbaptist.com/

  National Missionary Baptist Convention of America: http://www.nmbca.com/

  Orthodox Church in America: http://www.oca.org/

  Patriarchal Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A.:       http://www.russianchurchusa.org/

  Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends:            http://www.pym.org/index.php

  Polish National Catholic Church of America: http://www.pncc.org/

  Presbyterian Church (USA): http://www.pcusa.org/

  Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc.: http://pnbc.org/

  Reformed Church in America: http://www.rca.org/

  Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada:        http://westsrbdio.org/directory/index.html

  The Swedenborgian Church: http://www.swedenborg.org/

  Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch: http://syrianorthodoxchurch.org/

  Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America: http://www.uocofusa.org/

  United Church of Christ: http://www.ucc.org/

  The United Methodist Church: http://www.umc.org/

  Program Areas of Focus

  Hunger and Malnutrition

                  Zero Hunger Challenge:

  Goals: Zero stunted children less than 2 years, 100% access to adequate food all year round, all food systems are sustainable, 100% increase in smallholder productivity and income, zero loss or waste of food.

  Methods: treating malnutrition, getting children the right food within their first 1000 days, empowering women, prioritizing family farming, making food systems sustainable

                  CROP Hunger Walk

  Works as a fundraiser around the U.S., with funds going toward ending hunger emergencies.

                  US Emergency Response Program

  A national disaster recovery program.

                  ACT Alliance

   Founding member of this global disaster recovery program.

   

  Refugees

                  Refugee Resettlement

  CWS works with Immigration and Refugee Program offices and affiliates, participating denominations, local congregations, other local voluntary organizations including student bodies, and individual volunteers to help resettle refugees. Services include ensuring that refugees have food, clothing, and other essentials, employment search assistance, helping to learn English, figuring out transportation, enrolling children in school, overall assistance to achieve self-sufficiency

                  Cuban Haitian Entrant Program

  CWS partners with US Conference of Catholic Bishops in US Citizenship and Immigration Services of US DHS in a program to provide processing and resettlement services to those who qualify as Cuban and Haitian entrants

                  Resettlement Support Center Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)

  Assistance to refugee applicants through providing applications, interviewing,           determining eligibility, overseas cultural orientation, RSC also compiles             information to match refugee applicants with resettlement sponsors in the U.S. if     approved

                  Urban refugee work (2012: Cameroon, Indonesia, Pakistan)

  Conducted analysis of the relationship between urban refugees and host communities through surveys, interviews, and focus groups. Findings: “urban refugees' lives tend to improve over time and that these improvements are associated with more frequent and positive interactions with their hosts. It also reaffirmed the importance of strengthening refugees' rights and improving community infrastructure, employment opportunities and social services in order to improve the lives of all urban residents, both refugees and nationals alike.” (see study PDF)

              Protection services

  CWS provides training across the globe to educate staff and partners regarding protection, advocacy of forcibly displaced people

              Protracted displacement

  CWS works in country offices to provide forcibly displaced people in eight countries with health care, vocational training, post-primary education, expanded livelihood opportunities, legal assistance/monitoring, advocacy for rights and protection

   

  Immigration

                  Legal services http://www.cwsglobal.org/what-we-do/immigration/legal-services/

  Adjustment of status for refugees/asylees, travel documents, employment                       authorization documents, petitions for family members to join refugees/asylees/US citizens/fiancés in the US, applications for asylum, self-petitions for battered immigrant spouses and children, naturalization, diversity visa lottery applications, applications   for deferred action, replacement of lost green cards, applications for temporary         protected status

                  Religious services http://www.cwsglobal.org/what-we- do/immigration/religious-services/

  Opportunities for individual/group worship, clearance of special diets according to religious practices, pastoral visits/care/counseling, ongoing spiritual care and compassion for RSP detainees and staff, crisis intervention, religious education, advice to SPC personnel concerning religious practices

  Children

      Empowering children and their mothers through literacy programs, bringing            HIV/AIDS orphaned children together, post-disaster recovery services,

  Water

      Community-based solutions to clean water access through helping to establish         village water councils, routine maintenance, informing communities about water        rights, safe hygiene practices

  CWS Board of Directors:

  Rev. Dr. Earl Trent, Chair
  Rev. Patricia de Jong, 1st Vice Chair
  Rev. Rafael Malpica-Padilla, 2nd Vice Chair
  Mr. Donald C. Clark, Jr., Esq., Secretary
  Mr. Roland Fernandes, Treasurer
  Rt. Rev. Johncy Itty, Immediate Past Chair
  Mr. Nabil Samuel Abadir
  Dr. Paul Chan
  Mr. Hal Culbertson
  Rev. Amy C. Gopp
  Rev. Jimmie R. Hawkins
  Mr. Daniel Hazman
  Dr. Eunice K. Kamaara
  Fr. Michael Kontogiorgis
  Ms. Joyce Lehman
  Rev. John L. McCullough
  Ms. Lenann McGookey Gardner
  Mr. James Morris
  Mr. Peter M. Persell
  Ms. Laura Roberts

  CWS Staff:

             Rev. John L. McCullough, President and CEO

              Maurice A. Bloem, Executive Vice-President

              Ann Walle, Director of Innovation and Strategic Affairs

             James Landis, Vice President of Program Operations

              Donna Derr, Director of Development and Humanitarian Assistance

              Diana Church, Deputy Director

              Barry Shade, Associate Director for Domestic Response

             Daniel Tyler, Africa Regional Coordinator

             Marvin Parvez, Asia/Pacific Regional Coordinator

             Martin Coria, Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coordinator

             Steve Weaver, Middle East Regional Coordinator

             Erol Kekic, Director, Immigration and Refugee Program

             Sarah Krause, Deputy Director

             Tara Pinkham, Associate Director for Immigration Services

             Andrew Fuys, Associate Director for International Programs

             Sandra Vines, Associate Director, Resettlement & Integration

             Jen Smyers, Associate Director for Immigration and Refugee Policy

             Robin Dunn Marcos, RSC Africa Director

             Beth Oppenheim, Associate Director for Resource Generation

             Martin Shupack, Director of Advocacy

             Joanne Rendall, Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Director for Operations

             Rev. Joseph Roberson, Associate to the Deputy of Operations

             Bernard A. Kirchhoff Jr., Director of Human Resources

             William E. Wildey, Vice President for Development

             Catherine Powers, Director of Regional Fundraising

             Ronald Blaum, Planned Gift Officer

             Thomas Hampson, Director of Donor Relations

             Matt Hackworth, Director of Marketing and Communications

  Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)

  Mission:

  Episcopal Migration Ministries builds a foundation for individuals forced from home and country to thrive in communities across the United States.

  Vision:

  To uphold the dignity of every human being by advancing our nation’s legacy of welcome.

   

  Field Office: 1 (Headquarters)

  Based out of the Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church offices in New York City

  Affiliates: 30 (26 Episcopal dioceses in 22 states)

  Diocese of Arizona (Refugee Focus): http://www.refugeefocus.org/who-we-are/     & http://www.lss-sw.org/refugee-immigration.asp

  Diocese of Atlanta (New American Pathways): http://newamericanpathways.org/

  Diocese of Central New York (Interfaith Works of Central NY New Americans):          http://www.interfaithworkscny.org/

  Diocese of Chicago (RefugeeOne): http://www.refugeeone.org/

  Diocese of Colorado (Ecumenical Refugee & Immigration Services):     http://www.ersden.org/

  Episcopal Church in Connecticut (Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services):        http://irisct.org/

  Diocese of East Carolina (New Bern) (Interfaith Refugee Ministry):     http://www.helpingrefugees.org/

  Diocese of East Carolina (Wilmington) (Interfaith Refugee Ministry): http://www.helpingrefugees.org/

  Diocese of East Tennessee (Knoxville) (Bridge Refugee Services):        http://www.bridgerefugees.org/

  Diocese of East Tennessee (Chattanooga) (Bridge Refugee Services): http://www.bridgerefugees.org/

  Diocese of Florida (Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida):       http://lssjax.org/

  Diocese of Idaho (Agency for New Americans): http://www.anaidaho.org/

  Diocese of Indianapolis (Exodus Refugee/Immigration Inc.):     http://www.exodusrefugee.org/

  Diocese of Kansas (Episcopal Wichita-Area Refugee Ministry): http://www.ewarm.org/

  Diocese of Kentucky (Louisville) (Kentucky Refugee Ministries):          http://www.kyrm.org/

  Diocese of Lexington (Kentucky Refugee Ministries): http://www.kyrm.org/

  Diocese of Los Angeles (Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Services of the       Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles): http://iris.ladiocese.org/

  Diocese of Michigan (Southfield) (Lutheran Social Services of Michigan):        http://www.lssm.org/

  Episcopal Church in Minnesota (Minnesota Council of Churches):        http://www.mnchurches.org/refugeeservices/

  Diocese of New Hampshire (Ascentria Care Alliance): http://www.ascentria.org/

  Diocese of North Dakota-Fargo (Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota):    http://www.lssnd.org/

  Diocese of North Dakota-Grand Forks (Lutheran Social Services of North         Dakota): http://www.lssnd.org/

  Diocese of Olympia (Diocese of Olympia Refugee Resettlement Office):            http://www.dioceserroseattle.org/

  Diocese of Southeast Florida (Episcopal Migration Ministries-Miami): http://www.diosef.org/ministries/episcopal-migration-ministries.shtml

  Diocese of Southern Ohio (Community Refugee & Immigration Services):       http://www.crisohio.org/

  Diocese of Texas (Refugee Services of Texas, Austin): http://www.rstx.org/

  Diocese of Texas (Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston): https://imgh.org/

  Diocese of Western Massachusetts (Ascentria Care Alliance):    http://www.ascentria.org/

  Diocese of Western Michigan (Grand Rapids) (Lutheran Social Services of      Michigan): http://www.lssm.org/

  Diocese of Western New York (Journey’s End Refugee Services):          http://jersbuffalo.org/

  Funding Source:

              Matching Grant program

  Fundraising/private funds “required $1.00 match for every $2.00 provided by the Office of Refugee Resettlement” (EMM 2012 Annual Report, p. 7). These funds provide services for refugees’ first six months in the United States.

              Reception and Placement Program

  Funded by Department of State Bureau for Populations, Refugees, and Migration provides immediate necessities for refugees’ first 90 days in the United States.

  Private donations from church congregations, volunteers, and individuals assist Matching Grant program, overall work of EMM as well.

  Program Areas of Focus

              Matching Grant program

  For refugees’ first six months, this program provides long-term needs like vocational training, ESL training, job placement assistance. Individual programs at affiliate sites aid refugees in finding medical care, educational opportunities, and community connections.

              Reception and Placement Program

  For refugees’ first 90 days in the United States, this program provides immediate needs like food, clothing, furnishings, health screenings, housing, case management, orientation to transportation systems, and health and public safety services

              Co-Sponsorship

  Episcopal congregations/parishes matched with refugee families to provide support as they become self-sufficient, emotionally stable, and adjust to the culture. Sponsors help with community orientation, transportation, applying for government documents, searching for employment, and providing initial material goods. Commitment lasts less than six months.

              Travel loan services

  International Organization for Migration arranges loan program that assists refugees’ travel to the United States. Refugees sign a promissory note to pay back this loan (interest-free) within a pre-determined time period. EMM and Domestic & Foreign Missionary Society manage repayment process

              Episcopal Church’s response to the Central American migrant crisis

  “We urge Congress and the Administration continue to provide appropriate, child-centered care for these children while maintaining access to protection and services for all refugee populations.” Currently mapping work in response to the Central American migrant crisis in diocese across the U.S.

   

  Executive Leadership and Office Management Team:

  Deborah Stein, EMM Director
  Demetrio Alvero, EMM Deputy Director
  Rose Pridgen, Office Manager

  Post-Arrival Team:

  Kurt Bonz, Program Manager 
  Heather Joseph, Program Manager
  Julie Petrie, Program Manager
  Jessica Lilley, Program Associate
  Marc Mousky, Program Associate
  Laura Lamb, Program Associate
  Elena Lukic, Program Associate

  
  Pre-Arrival Team:
  

  Svetlana Brajdic, Senior Program Manager

  Kaitlyn Mullen, Program Associate

  Church Relations and Communications Team:

  Allison Duvall, Program Manager for Church Relations
  Program Manager for Communications, Position currently vacant

   

  Episcopal Church Policy on Immigration and Refugee Issues: http://library.episcopalchurch.org/article/summary-episcopal-church-policy-immigration-and-refugee-issues

   

  EMM e-Newsletter Archive: http://library.episcopalchurch.org/page/episcopal-migration-ministries-e-newsletter

  Ethipian Community Development Council (ECDC)

  Mission

  To develop programs that respond to the needs of newcomers to the country and to increase awareness about refugee and newcomer issues at home and abroad. (Unofficial)

   

  Field Offices: 3 ECDC Branch Offices, 1 Subsidiary Office

  ECDC African Community Center (Arlington, VA & Silver Spring, MD)

  ECDC African Community Center (Denver, CO): http://www.acc-den.org/

  ECDC African Community Center (Las Vegas, NV): http://acclv.org/

  ECDC Enterprise Development Group (Arlington, VA)

  Affiliates (13):

  Phoenix, AZ (Arizona Immigrant and Refugee Services): http://www.rircaz.org/

  Anaheim, CA (East African Community of Orange County): http://www.eastafrikan.org/

  San Diego, CA (Alliance for African Assistance): http://www.alliance-for-africa.org/

  Clearwater, FL (Coptic Orthodox Charities, Inc.): http://www.copticcharities.com/

  Chicago, IL (Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago): http://www.ecachicago.org/

  Worcester, MA (Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center): http://www.riacboston.org/

  Kansas City, MO (Della Lamb Community Services): http://www.dellalamb.org/

  Omaha, NE (Southern Sudan Community Association): http://www.sscaomaha.org/

  Greensboro, NC (North Carolina African Services Coalition): http://www.ascafrica.org/

  Pittsburgh, PA (Acculturation for Justice, Access, and Peace Outreach):            http://www.ajapopittsburgh.org/

  Nashville, TN (Nashville International Center for Empowerment):        http://www.empowernashville.org/

  Houston, TX (Alliance for Multicultural Community Services):   http://www.allianceontheweb.org/

  Milwaukee, WI (Pan-African Community Association): http://www.panafricoma.org/

   

  Funding Source:

  “Support for ECDC is derived from individual contributions, in-kind donations, corporations, faith-based organizations, and contracts/grants from federal, state, and local government agencies” (2014 Conference Booklet, p.2). ECDC is a member of InterAction and the Refugee Council USA.

              Resettlement and Placement program

  Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration provides funding for the R&P program. Branch offices and affiliates use this funding toward the immediate necessities of newly arrived refugees.

              Matching Grant

  Funded by Office of Refugee Resettlement and matched private funds. Through the MG program, ECDC’s affiliates provide a range of services to help clients obtain employment quickly. In addition to these direct employment services, affiliates provide maintenance assistance in the form of a monthly cash allowance, rent and utility payments, and funds for transportation.

              Preferred Communities program

  Funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, helps select branch and affiliate offices with case management, provide newly-arrived refugees with immediate needs and services.

              Individual Development Accounts program

  Funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Federal funds match refugees’ savings for first time home/vehicle purchases, college tuition payments, microenterprise start-up expenses.

              Technical Assistance

  Office of Refugee Resettlement funds the national Mutual Assistance Associations Innovation in Technical Assistance program, which granted money to ECDC to provide technical assistance to ethnic community-based organizations (ECBOs). “ECBOs that are serving refugees according to ORR’s definition and provisions are eligible to apply for the MITA program, regardless of whether they have now or in the past received funding from ORR.”

  Program Areas of Focus

              Reception and Placement program

  Work with refugees for their first 30 days in the United States (can be extended to 90 days) by providing housing and household supplies, food, clothing, school enrollment help, English language programs, employment services, health screenings to help refugees become self-sufficient

              Matching Grant program

  Supplements R&P program with employment services to refugees, asylees, victims of trafficking, Cuban/Haitian entrants, certain Amerasians from Vietnam, and Special Immigrant Visa holders with the goal to secure employment within immigrants’ first 120-180 days in the U.S. This program also provides maintenance assistance through rent, utilities, transportation costs, and monthly financial aid.

              Preferred Communities Program

  Provides support to new refugees without family or social connections in their new communities, or to refugees who have special needs with thorough case management. This program also serves as a supplementary fundraising, volunteer, in-kind donation repository, especially for newly arrived refugees. This program is only administered in selected affiliate sites.

              Individual Development Accounts Program

  Administered at Las Vegas branch location, seeks to assist refugees with limited financial resources to save money towards education and asset building. Also provides refugees with financial literacy to understand budgeting, banking, turning savings into an asset, the importance of good credit. This program collaborates with local banks and community partners.

              Other Social Services

  ECDC also provides services like immigration counseling, youth and after-school projects, domestic violence education, health programs like HIV testing, breast cancer awareness, and diabetes education

              Strengthen Ethnic Community Based Organizations

  ECDC provides technical assistance to selected Ethnic Community Based Organizations (ECBOs) through the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Mutual Assistance Associations Innovations in Technical Assistance program (MITA). This program takes a one-on-one approach to providing technical assistance through the MITA’s five areas of capacity building: strategic action planning, resource development and fundraising, organizational leadership, management, and accountability. ECBOs compete on a national level to receive technical assistance services from national technical assistance experts.

              Engage in Public Education and Advocacy

  ECDC uses outreach efforts (e-newsletter, daily news highlights) to educate/update subscribers on African refugee-related issues. During the annual national conference, engage in advocacy through organizing visits to Capitol Hill where community members discuss issues with government officials.

   

              Conduct International Projects

  ECDC conducts humanitarian and development projects in the Horn of Africa, such as shipping books and educational materials to Ethiopia to rebuild its previously deteriorated educational facilities. Out of this project grew the Axumite Heritage Foundation (AHF) www.axumiteheritagefoundation.org, which renovated the damaged Governor’s Palace (the Inda Nebri’id) to turn it into a public library. This program is now in the works of fundraising for a new Axumite Heritage Library.

  Executives:

              Tsehaye Teferra, President

              Allene Wright, Senior Vice President

              Azeb Tadesse, Director of Finance

  Branch Office Directors:

              Redda G. Mehari, ACC Las Vegas Managing Director

              Jennifer Gueddiche, ACC Denver Director

              Sarah Zullo, ACC D.C. Metro Managing Director

  National Program Staff:

              Anam Gnaho, Self Sufficiency Programs Manager

              Benaiah Duku, Program Officer

              Christa Ross, Programs Specialist

              Emily Nesheim Bullock, Refugee Resettlement Program Manager

              Katie Litanga, Program Officer

              Kevin Kelly, Enterprise Development Group Managing Director

              Kimberly Hughes Toft, Program Officer

              Lindsay Stepp, Program Officer

              Meron Seyoum, Database and Program Specialist

              Susan Kenney-Pfalzer, Program Officer

              Tseday Girma, Senior Program Officer

              Yeshareg Haileyesus, Program Specialist

              Wossenseged Hailu, IT Manager

  ECDC E-Newsletters: http://www.ecdcus.org/Publications/News_letter.html

  Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)

  Mission: “HIAS rescues people whose lives are in danger for being who they are. We protect the most vulnerable refugees, helping them build new lives and reuniting them with their families in safety and freedom. We advocate for the protection of refugees and assure that displaced people are treated with the dignity they deserve. Guided by our Jewish values and history, we bring more than 130 years of expertise to our work with refugees.”

   

  Affiliates: (22 Refugee Assistance Organizations)

              California (5):

  Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles

  Jewish Family Service of San Diego

  Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco

  Jewish Family and Children’s Services of the East Bay

  Jewish Family Services of the Silicon Valley

              Florida (1):

  Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services (Clearwater and Plantation)

              Illinois (1):

  Jewish Child and Family Services (Chicago)

              Maryland (2):

  Jewish Community Services (Baltimore)

  Jewish Social Service Agency (Rockville)

              Massachusetts (2):

  Jewish Family Service of Metrowest

  Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts

              Michigan (2):

  Jewish Family Service of Washtenaw County

  Jewish Family Service of Metro Detroit

              New Jersey (2):

  Jewish Vocational Service of MetroWest New Jersey

  Jewish Family and Vocational Service of Middlesex County

              New York (2):

  Jewish Family Service of Buffalo and Erie County

  FEGS Health and Human Services

              North Carolina (1):

  Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency

              Ohio (1):

  US Together (Columbus, Cleveland, and Toledo)

              Pennsylvania (2):

  HIAS Pennsylvania

  Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Pittsburgh

              Washington (1):

  Jewish Family Service of Greater Seattle

  Funding Source:

              “The primary sources of revenue are; federal funding through U.S. Government Grants, operating grants, contributions and investment income, derived mainly from endowments,” (2012 Audit Report, 11). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and other U.S. government grants comprise the federal funding sources.

   

  Program Areas of Focus

              Resettling Refugees

  HIAS welcomes and receives new Americans along with local social service organizations across the country, and provides immediate needs like a place to live, modest furniture, and groceries. Services, like finding medical attention, enrolling children in school, and explaining the public transportation systems, are also provided shortly after refugees’ arrival in the U.S. Additionally, HIAS provides short-term financial assistance toward rent, utilities, and clothing. Financial aid can be provided for up to five years after arrival if necessary.

              HIAS provides extended support after refugees’ arrival in the U.S. by working with local social service organizations to arrange employment counseling, English language courses, and assistance accessing vocational training, medical care, and mental health counseling.

              Legal Protection

  HIAS provides legal services that assist refugees in applying for resettlements in countries around the world, as well as providing free or discounted legal representation, counseling, and explaining legal rights to asylees. The Prins Program assists artists, scientists, scholars, and other professionals and their families seeking asylum with free legal representation.

              Psychosocial Care

  HIAS provides individual and group counseling in resettlement locations for refugees. Additionally, HIAS prevents further exploitation by maintaining programs in both refugee and host communities that make sure that all people respect every individual’s rights.

              Livelihood

  HIAS operates global programs that assist refugees in finding entrepreneurial opportunities, vocational training, and employment help.

              Advocacy

  Domestically, HIAS advocates for human rights, as well as the reform of the refugee resettlement process in the U.S. by removing unnecessary bureaucratic blockades to expedite the process.

              Internationally, HIAS works with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the US Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, other international refugee assistance organizations, as well as local and regional human rights groups to promote increased resettlement quotas, equality in resettlement countries (especially for the most vulnerable—women, children, LGBT persons), and to find additional funding for resettled refugees. The UN Economic and Social Council allows HIAS to advocate for refugees within the UN.

  Leadership:

  Mark Hetfield, President & CEO

  Sussan Khozouri, Senior Vice President

  Francine S. Stein, Senior Advisor

  Farhan Irshad, Chief Financial Officer

  Melanie Nezer, Vice President, Policy & Advocacy

  Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, Vice President, Community Engagement

  Riva Silverman, Vice President, External Affairs

  Marina Belotserkovsky, Senior Director, Special Projects

  Aaron Gershowitz, Senior Director, U.S. Programs

  Rachel Levitan, Senior Counsel, Refugees and Migration

  Staff:

  Carolyn Bello, Director, Planning & Budgets

  Leah Bergen, Program Associate

  Lier Chen, Program Associate

  Igor Chubaryov, Program Associate

  Jane Daniello, Senior Director, Finance and Accounting

  Nikhat Dawson, Special Assistant, Finance and Accounting

  Janna Diamond, Special Assistant to the Vice President, Community Engagement

  Douglas Edelson, Director, Institutional Giving                                                           

  Lisa Habersham, Program Analyst

  Eileen Ho, Manager, Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable

  Gene Lemire, Specialist, Travel Loans

  Liza Lieberman, Director, Advocacy & Outreach

  Marloucha Louina, Program Associate

  Lois McAllister, Database Administrator

  Stacie McCray, Director, Grants Management & Compliance

  Sabine McMullen, Director, Special Fundraising Campaigns

  Alexander Mero, Specialist, Planning and Budget

  Aleksander Milch, Staff Attorney

  Bethany Orlikowski, Program Assistant

  Harvey Paretzky, Associate Director, Post-Arrival

  Karen Pariti, Special Assistant to the Vice President, External Affairs

  Lisa Polakov, Director, Individual Giving & Development Operations

  Sherly Postnikov, Location Specialist

  Behnaz Radparvar, Program Associate

  Tatyana Rapaport, Senior Program Associate

  Tony Romeo, Office Manager

  Frank Rotondi, Director, Information Technology

  John Scimeme, Specialist, Grants Management and Compliance U.S. Programs

  Alla Shagalova, Associate Director, Pre-Arrival and Immigration

  Rachel Shulruf, Special Assistant to the President & Chief Executive Officer

  Edith Spiegel, Program Associate

  Dean Stewart, Associate Director, International Programs Finance

  Rebecca Stone, Director, Major Gifts

  Magnolia Turbidy, Program Manager, International Operations

  Zhanna Veyts, Director, Online Strategy & Engagement

  Amanda Wald, Special Assistant, Operations

  Simon Wettenhall, Lead Advocate

  Elizabeth Wojnar, Special Assistant to the Sr. Vice President

  Amy Yee, Associate Director, Payroll & Accounting

  Board:

  Robert D. Aronson, Director, Programs Committee Chair

  Jeffrey H. Blattner, Director

  Eugenia Brin, Director, Historical Records Task Force Chair

  Ann Cohen, Director, Governance Committee Chair

  Jane Ginns, Director

  Alexander Gordin, Director

  Lee M. Gordon, Director

  Albert Hayoun, Director

  Benita Fair Langsdorf, Director, Public Policy Committee Chair

  Rene Lerer, Secretary/Treasurer

  Dianne F. Lob, Vice Chair, Development Committee Chair

  Jamie F. Metzl, Director

  Neil Moss, Vice Chair

  Sanford K. Mozes, Director

  Sharon S. Nazarian, Director

  Alexis Ortiz, Director

  Eric Schwartz, Director

  Dale Schwartz, Chair of the Board

  Sandra Spinner, Director

  Yuli Wexler, Director, Relocation Task Force Chair

  Philip E. Woglin, Director

  International Rescue Committee (IRC)

  Mission: “The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people survive, recover and rebuild their lives. We restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.” (Unofficial)

   

  Affiliates (4):

  New Roots: http://www.rescue.org/new-roots

  Rescue Gifts: http://gifts.rescue.org/

  IRC UK: http://www.rescue-uk.org/

  Women’s Refugee Commission: http://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/

   

  Field Offices (16): 

  Atlanta, GA: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-atlanta-ga

  Wichita, KS: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-wichita-ks

  Baltimore, MD: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-baltimore-md

  Boise, ID: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-boise-id

  Charlottesville, VA: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-charlottesville-va

  Dallas, TX (Abilene): http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-dallas-tx

  Los Angeles, CA: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-los-angeles-ca

  Miami, FL: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-miami-fl

  New York, NY (Elizabeth, NJ): http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-new-york-ny

  Phoenix, AZ: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-phoenix-az

  Salt Lake City, UT: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-salt-lake-city-ut

  San Diego, CA: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-san-diego-ca

  Northern California, CA: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-northern-california-ca

  Seattle, WA (SeaTac): http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-seattle-wa

  Tucson, AZ: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-tucson-az

  Silver Spring, MD: http://www.rescue.org/us-program/us-silver-spring

  Headquarters:

  New York, New York

  Washington D.C.

   

  Funding Source:

  IRC receives funding from US federal government grants, and donations from individuals, foundations, corporations, governments (from across the globe), nongovernmental organizations, and multilateral agencies.

              U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provides funding for IRC’s citizenship and immigration services.

              The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration helps to fund the Resettlement Support Center in Thailand.

   

  Program Areas of Focus

              Resettlement services

  Staff and volunteers help recently arrived immigrants access housing, job placement and employment skills, clothing, medical attention, education, English-language classes, as well as community orientation.

              New Roots Program

  New Roots is a community gardening, nutrition education, and small-business farming program for new refugees.

              Immigration and Citizenship Services (Pathways to Citizenship Program)

  IRC assists refugees in achieving US citizenship with civics classes and low-cost immigration legal services. Additionally the IRC helps refugees with the following: acquire Lawful Permanent Resident Status (Green Card) or Temporary Protected Status and Diversity Visa Lottery applications, reunite families through petitioning for family members to be granted refugee status in the US, access fee waivers for certain USCIS applications, assist with employment authorization, travel documents, and document replacement.

  Fighting Human Trafficking

  IRC provides case management services to all survivors of human trafficking,            helps survivors access shelter, financial assistance, employment counseling, skills training, health and dental care, legal and immigration services, assistance in becoming certified by the Department of Health and Human Services. The IRC also provides training to community service providers and allied professionals across disciplines to raise awareness and respond to needs of survivors

  Resettlement Support Center (based in Bangkok, Thailand)

  Helps primarily Burmese refugees (but also asylum seekers in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and other countries in Southeast Asia) with US refugee applications, education about living in the US, as well as finds US organizations that can provide sponsorship to refugees.

   

  Staff Leadership Board:

  David Miliband, President and CEO

  George Biddle, Executive Vice President and Acting Head of Policy and        Practice

  Patricia Long, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

  Carrie Simon, General Counsel

  Jane Waterman, Senior Vice President, Europe

  Mania Boyder, Vice President, Leadership Gifts

  Sandra Mitchell, Vice President, International Programs

  Colleen Ryan, Vice President, Communications

  Jennifer Sime, Vice President, United States Programs

  Madlin Sadler, Chief of Staff

   

  Senior Leaders Group:

  Claran Donnelly, Acting Vice President Program Quality

  Eleanor Dougoud, Director International Programs Unit (UK)

  Denise Furnell, Director Global Safety and Security

  David Goodman, Chief Information Officer

  Ravi Gurumurthy, Vice President Strategy and Innovation

  Nancy Haitch, Vice President Strategic Development

  Mary Jane Jamar, Chief Human Resources Officer

  Scott McDonald, Director Institutional Philanthropy and Partnerships

  Stefanie Pfell, Director of External Relations (UK)

  Jason Phillips, Deputy Vice President International Programs

  Catherine Sykes, Senior Director Business Development Unit

  Sharon Waxman, Vice President Advocacy and Policy

  Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)

  Mission:

  Witnessing to God’s love for all people, we stand with and advocate for migrants and refugees, transforming communities through ministries of service and justice

  Funding Source:

  LIRS receives public funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement and Administration for Children and Families, as well as the US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. In addition, LIRS receives donations from church bodies, foundations, corporations, and individuals as part of the Matching Grant program.

  Affiliates (3):

              Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA): http://www.elca.org/

              Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LC-MS): http://www.lcms.org/

              Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (LELCA): http://www.lelba.org/

  Field Offices: 25 Agencies, 42 Offices

              Arizona

  Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest (Phoenix and Tuscon): http://www.lss-sw.org/

              California

  Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service (Los Angeles): http://www.iris-la.org/

              Colorado

  Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains (Denver): http://www.lfsrm.org/

              Florida

  Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida (Jacksonville): http://www.lssjax.org/

  Lutheran Services Florida (Miami, Orlando, and Tampa): http://www.lssjax.org/

              Georgia         

  Lutheran Services of Georgia (Atlanta): http://www.lsga.org/

              Illinois

  RefugeeOne (Chicago): http://www.irim.org/

              Maryland

  Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (Silver Spring): http://www.lssnca.org/

              Massachusetts

  Ascentria Care Alliance (West Springfield and Worcester): http://www.ascentria.org/

              Michigan

  Lutheran Social Services of Michigan (Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, and Southfield): http://www.lssm.org/

              Minnesota

  Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota (Minneapolis and Pelican Rapids): http://www.lssmn.org/

              Nebraska

  Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska (Omaha): http://www.lfsneb.org/

              New Hampshire

  Lutheran Social Services of New England (Concord): http://www.lssne.org/

              New Mexico

  Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains (Albuquerque): http://www.lfsrm.org/

              New York

  Lutheran Social Services of New York (New York City): http://www.lssny.org/

  Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees (Utica): http://www.mvrcr.org/

              North Dakota

  Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota—Center for New Americans (Bismark, Fargo, and Grand Forks): http://www.lssnd.org/

              Oregon

  Lutheran Community Services Northwest (Portland): http://www.lcsnw.org/

              Pennsylvania

  Lutheran Children and Family Services of Eastern Pennsylvania (Lancaster and Philadelphia): http://www.lcfsinpa.org/

              South Carolina

  Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas—Refugee Resettlement Program (Columbia): http://www.lfscarolinas.org/

              South Dakota

  Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota (Huron, Sioux Falls): http://www.lsssd.org/

              Texas

  Refugee Services of Texas (Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Amarillo, and Houston): http://www.rstx.org/

              Virginia

  Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (Falls Church): http://www.lssnca.org/

              Washington

  Lutheran Community Services Northwest (Seattle and Vancouver): http://www.lcsnw.org/

              Wisconsin

  Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (Madison and Milwaukee): http://www.lsswis.org/

   

  Program Areas of Focus

              Refugee Resettlement

  LIRS provides new refugees with attaining housing, education, language classes, and employment, while additionally providing services like mental health care, professional re-certification assistance, and legal support.

              Higher: LIRS’s National Employment Initiative: http://www.higheradvantage.org/

  Higher assists resettled refugees in employment services by working with corporations, states, counties, agencies, ethnic-community based organizations, workforce development boards, and policy-makers across the country. For 15 years, Higher has been the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement’s training and technical assistance organization for resettled refugee employment and self-sufficiency.

              Advocacy for Children

  LIRS is one of two organizations in the world that provides foster care for unaccompanied refugee children. Migrant children leaving federal detention facilities are also included in this program. LIRS provides these children with mental and physical health services, educational programs, group activities, legal services, and family reunification if at all possible.

              Safe Release Support Program

  This program seeks to reunite migrant children with their families in the U.S. “Since 2006, LIRS Safe Support sites have served 75% of those who present themselves as potential caregivers for children in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.” (http://lirs.org/our-work/people-we-serve/children/safe-release/­­ )

   

              Migrants Impacted by Detention

  LIRS assists migrants impacted by detention as they entered the U.S. through offering legal services (legal representation in asylum cases, Know Your Rights presentations, identification of torture survivors), visitation ministry, and community support through networking “local resources to support people released from detention so they are able to pursue their legal case in safety and dignity,” (http://lirs.org/our-work/people-we-serve/immigrantsfamilies/building-networks-of-support/)

   

  Leadership Team

  President and CEO: Linda Hartke

  Executive Vice President: Annie Wilson

  Vice President for Finance and Administration: Jane Anthon

  Vice President for Programs and Protection: Michael Mitchell

  Interim Vice President for Mission Advancement: Katrina Klettke-Straker

  Chief Information Officer: William Bisbee

  Chief Talent Officer: Tanya Weithers

  Executive Committee

  Board Chair: Mark A. Stuturd

  Vice Chair: William Swanson

  Board Secretary and Treasurer: Lori Fedyk

  Executive Member at Large: Rev. J. Bart Day

  Staff

  Executive Assistant to the President: Jamie McMillan

  Board Liaison: Eve Greco

  Project Coordinator for Network Engagement: Laura Griffin

  Director for Knowledge Management: Caitlin Moen

  Organizational Design Consultant: Deborah Redmond

  Director for Program Evaluation: Mette Brogden

  Business Manager: Heidi Pena

  Support Services Specialist: Terrance Faison

  Loans Manager: Terry Holthause

  Loans Operations Manager: Mindy Shinn

  Loans Counselor: Rana Al Mishlib

  Loans Counselor: Emma Meade

  Loans Assistant: Ann Fries

  Loans Assistant: Ann Reilly

  Director for Accounting and Finance: Deb Flavin

  Senior Accountant: Justyna Paez

  Staff Accountant: Denise Underwood

  Accounts Payable: Patricia Fraser

  Director for Grants Finance: Scott Sherman

  Affiliate Finance Manager: May Earl

  Accounting Clerk: Marianne Freedman

  Human Resource Manager: Julie Gilardi

  Human Resource Specialist: Monika Gil

  Manager for Infrastructure and Support: Cameron Wiley

  Help Desk Technician: Jonathan Joll

  Technical Business Analyst: Kathleen Neberman

  Technical Business Analyst: Darlene Boblooch

  IT Project Manager: Patrick Nowlan

  IT Project Manager: John Banks

  Software Support Analyst: Christopher Walton

  Programs and Protection Administrative Assistant: Sarah Vail

  Director for Refuge Resettlement: Terry Abeles

  Program Assistant: Stephanie Ward

  Assistant Director for Refugee Resettlement: Helen Molinaro

  Placement Coordinator: Sovanna Sok

  Placement Coordinator: Mia Thiam

  Director for Community Integration: Susan Gundlach

  Assistant Director for Community Integration: Suzanne Paszly

  Assistant Director for Community Integration: Christine Gedim

  Assistant Director for Community Integration: Angie Larenas

  Assistant Director for Community Integration: Rya Crafts

  Reporting Coordinator for Community Integration: Sharetta Barnes

  Training Development Specialist for Community Integration: Alicia Wrenn

  Program Assistant for Community Integration: Hannah Cann

  Assistant Director for Matching Grant: Myat Lin

  Quality Assurance Specialist: Belinda Castro

  Quality Assurance Coordinator: Ewurama Shaw-Taylor

  Quality Assurance Coordinator: Carroll Canipe

  Director for Children’s Services: Kimberly Haynes

  Administrative Assistant: Angela Randall

  Assistant Director for Children’s Services: Dawnya Underwood

  Senior Child Specialist: Sonia Hoffman

  Transitional Care Coordinator: Laura Schmidt

  Transitional Care Child Specialist: Olivia Hogle

  Child Specialist: Michael Lynch

  Child Specialist: Jasmine Shortridge

  Child Specialist: Stacy Tyrell

  Children’s Services Coordinator: Kristine Poplawski

  Children’s Services Program Specialist: Theresa Taylor

  Assistant Director for Foster Care and Permanency: Chak Ng

  Children’s Services Training and Research Specialist: Carrie McAvoy

  Placement Coordinator: Kerri Socha

  Placement Coordinator: Jade Jackson

  Safe Release Program Coordinator: Ginny Fitchett

  Children’s Specialist: Jessica Ranweiler

  Children’s Services Administrative Aid: Rhonda Eaton

  Children’s Services Intern: Morgan Pardue

  Director for Access to Justice: Liz Sweet, Esq.

  Staff Attorney: Angela Edman, Esq.

  National Network Coordinator: Matthew Dolamore

  Training and Research Coordinator: Julia Coffin

  Program Fellow for Access to Justice: Christina Andeweg

  Program Fellow for Access to Justice: Sarah Harrs

  Director for Higher: Rebecca Armstrong

  Research and Communications Specialist for Higher: Lorel Donaghey

  Director for Advocacy: Brittney Nystrom, Esq.

  Assistant Director for Advocacy: Joanne Kelsey

  Children and Youth Policy Associate: Jessica Jones, Esq.

  Policy Advocate: Rosalynd Erney

  Advocacy Fellow: Rebecca Eastwood

  National Grassroots Director: Folabi Olagbaju

  Director for Development: Katrina Klettke-Straker

  Data Manager for Development: Claudia McDonough

  Gift Officer: Paul Erbes

  Manager of Institutional Development: Katherine Ollenburger

  Director for Marketing and Communications: Tara Mulder

  Marketing Project Manager: Clarissa Perkins

  Assistant Director for Online Communications: Nicole Jurmo

  Manager for Congregational Outreach: Matt Herzberg

  Public Relations Officer: Miji Bell

  Community Education Facilitator: Fabio Lomelino

  Project Associate for Outreach: Amanda Chasey

  Communications Associate: Cecilia Pessoa

  U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)

  Mission: Grounded by our belief in Jesus Christ and Catholic teaching, Migration and Refugee Services (MRS) fulfills the commitment of the U.S. Catholic bishops to protect the life and dignity of the human person. We serve and advocate for refugees, asylees, migrants, unaccompanied children, and victims of human trafficking.

  Funding Source:

   USCCB Migration and Refugee Services receives funding through grants from the U.S.

  government, as well as funding from the Catholic Relief Services Collection from parishes across the country, Passing on Hope Campaign, collection fees on travel loans, USCCB and foundation grants, and private donations. To receive federal funding, USCCB uses the federal appropriations process to advocate for the maximum funding allowed under the U.S. refugee program. USCCB is actively involved in the budgeting process, meeting with the Office of Management and Budget, congressional offices, and advisors to work in increasing the budget for the U.S. refugee program.

              Summary of funding the Refugee Program: http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/migrants-refugees-and-travelers/fundingtherefugeeprogram.cfm

              “The resettlement activities are financed by government agencies, principally the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of State under the authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended,” (Financial Statements 2013, 12).

       Specific programs’ funding sources:

  USCCB Travel loan program is funded by the Bureau for Population, Migration, and Refugees Family Reunification Program funded by Division of Unaccompanied Children's Services (DUCS) of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

  Field Offices (150):

              See full list and addresses at: http://www.usccb.org/about/migration-and-refugee-services/diocesan-resettlement-and-unaccompanied-refugee-minors-offices.cfm

              Alabama (1 city):

  Mobile (Catholic Social Services Refugee Program, Catholic Social Services)

              Alaska (1 city):

  Anchorage (Catholic Social Services)

              Arizona (2 cities):

  Phoenix (Catholic Charities Community Services, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

  Tucson (Migration and Refugee Services of Catholic Social Service, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

              Arkansas (2 cities):

  Little Rock (Catholic Charities of Arkansas)

  Springdale/Diocese of Little Rock (Catholic Charities Immigration Services, Springdale)           

              California (9 cities):

  Los Angeles (Immigration and Refugee Department of Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Resettlement Sub-Office of Immigration and Refugee Services)

  Oakland (Catholic Charities of East Bay)

  Orange (Catholic Charities of Orange County)

  Sacramento (Catholic Charities of Sacramento)

  San Bernardino (Catholic Charities San Bernardino/Riverside)

  San Diego (Catholic Charities)

  San Francisco (Catholic Charities/CRIS-Family & Immigrant Services, Catholic Charities CYO/Archdiocese of SF)

  San Jose (Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

  Santa Rosa (Immigration and Resettlement Services of Catholic Charities/Diocese of Santa Rosa)

              Connecticut (1 city):

  Hartford (Catholic Charities Migration & Refugee Services, Catholic Charities)

              Delaware (1 city):

  Wilmington (Catholic Charities Inc., Eastern Shore Social Services)

   

       Florida (8 cities):

  Miami (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami Inc., Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

  Orlando (Catholic Charities of Central Florida Inc.)

  Palm Beach (Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities Diocese of Palm Beach)

  Pensacola/Tallahassee (Catholic Charities of NW Florida Inc.)

  Saint Augustine (Catholic Charities Bureau Inc.)

  Saint Petersburg (Catholic Charities DOSP Inc., Diocese of St. Petersburg Inc.)

  Venice (Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice, FL, Catholic Charities)

  Naples (Catholic Charities—sub-office of Venice)

              Georgia (1 city):

  Atlanta (Migration and Refugee Services of Catholic Charities of Atlanta Inc., Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta)

              Guam (1 city):

  Barrigada (Catholic Social Service http://css.guam.org/)

              Hawaii (1 city):

  Honolulu (Catholic Charities of Hawaii)

              Illinois (2 cities):

  Chicago (Catholic Charities)

  Rockford (Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities Immigration and Refugee Services www.ccrfd.org)

              Indiana (3 cities):

  Fort Wayne-South Bend (Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne-South Bend Inc., Catholic Charities)

  Gary (Catholic Charities http://www.catholic-charities.org/)

  Indianapolis (Catholic Charities Indianapolis)

       Iowa (2 cities):

  Des Moines (Catholic Charities)

  Dubuque (Catholic Charities)

              Kansas (3 cities):

  Dodge City (Catholic Agency for Migration & Refugee Services)

  Kansas City (Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas Inc.)

  Wichita (Catholic Charities Inc. www.catholiccharitieswichita.org, Catholic Charities)

          

       Kentucky (1 city):

  Louisville (Catholic Charities http://www.catholiccharitieslouisville.org/migration.htm)

              Louisiana (4 cities):

  Alexandria (Resettlement Center of Central LA Inc.)

  Baton Rouge (Migration and Refugee Services of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge)

  Lafayette (Migration & Refugee Services of Diocese of Lafayette)

  New Orleans (Catholic Charities of Archdiocese of New Orleans, Hispanic Apostolate Community Services and Immigration & Refugee Services)

       Maine (1 city):

  Portland (Catholic Charities Maine)

              Massachusetts (2 cities):

  Boston (Refugee & Immigration Services of Catholic Charities of Archdiocese of Boston)

  Worcester (Catholic Charities of Diocese of Worcester www.worcesterdiocese.org)

              Michigan (3 cities):

  Detroit (Office of Refugee Resettlement of Catholic Services of Macomb/Archdiocese of Detroit, Catholic Services of Macomb & Lapeer)

  Grand Rapids (Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

  Lansing (St. Vincent Catholic Charities Refugee Services)

              Minnesota (2 cities):

  Saint Paul & Minneapolis (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Satin Paul and Minneapolis www.ccspm.org)

  Winona (Catholic Charities of Diocese of Winona http://www.ccwinona.org/programs/refugee_resettlement.php)

              Mississippi (2 cities):

  Biloxi (Migration and Refugee Center, Catholic Social & Community Services Inc.)

  Jackson (Catholic Charities, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

              Missouri (3 cities):

  Jefferson City (Diocese of Jefferson City)

  Columbia (Refugee & Immigration Services—sub-office of Jefferson City)

  Saint Louis (Catholic Charities Refugee Services)

              Nebraska (2 cities):

  Lincoln (Catholic Social Services)

  Hastings (Catholic Social Services—Sub-office of Lincoln)

              Nevada (1 city):

  Las Vegas (Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada Migration and Immigration Services, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada)

              New Jersey (2 cities):

  Camden (Catholic Charities of Diocese of Camden)

  Trenton (Migration and Refugee Services/Diocese of Trenton http://www.dioceseoftrenton.org/justice/migration.asp, Aquinas Institute at Princeton University)

              New Mexico (1 city):

  Santa Fe/Albuquerque (Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities of Central New Mexico)

              New York (7 cities):

  Albany (Catholic Charities Housing Office)

  Brooklyn (Catholic Charities/Diocese of Brooklyn, Catholic Charities/Neighborhood Services)

  Buffalo (Catholic Charities of Buffalo http://www.ccwny.org/)

  New York (Catholic Charities Community Services)

  Rochester (Catholic Family Center, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

  Rockville Centre (Catholic Charities/Diocese of Rockville Centre, Migration Office of Catholic Charities www.catholiccharities.cc)

  Syracuse (Catholic Charities of Onondaga County, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

              North Carolina (1 city):

  Charlotte (Catholic Social Service of the Diocese of Charlotte Inc. www.cssnc.org)

              Ohio (3 cities):

  Cincinnati (Catholic Charities SW Ohio www.catholiccharitiesswo.org)

  Cleveland (Cleveland Catholic Charities Office of Migration and Refugee Services http://ccdocle.org/ccpcm/migration.htm, Catholic Charities Health and Human Services, Catholic Charities Parish & Community Ministries)

  Dayton (Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley www.cssmv.org)

              Oklahoma (2 cities):

  Oklahoma City (Catholic Charities)

  Tulsa (Catholic Charities)

              Oregon (1 city):

  Portland (Social Services/Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities Providing Help Creating Hope, Catholic Charities Inc. http://www.catholiccharitiesoregon.org/services_refugee_resettlement.asp)

              Pennsylvania (5 cities):

  Allentown (Immigration & Refugee Services of Catholic Charities/Diocese of Allentown, Catholic Charities of Diocese of Allentown)

  Erie (Catholic Charities Counseling and Adoption Services www.cccas.org, Catholic Charities)

  Harrisburg (Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities of Harrisburg, Pa.)

  Pittsburgh (Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh)

  Scranton (Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton)

              Puerto Rico (1 city):

  San Juan (Immigration Program, Caritas de Puerto Rico www.arquidiocesisdesanjuan.org)

              Rhode Island (1 city):

  Providence (Office of Community Services & Advocacy)

              Tennessee (2 cities):

  Memphis (Catholic Charities Inc.)

  Nashville (Refugee and Immigration Services of Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc., Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.)

              Texas (8 cities):

  Amarillo (Catholic Family Service, Inc.)

  Austin (Caritas of Austin)

  Corpus Christi (Catholic Charities of Corpus Christi www.goccn.org)

  Dallas (Catholic Charities of Dallas Inc., Refugee and Empowerment Services)

  El Paso (Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services Inc.)

  Fort Worth (Catholic Charities/Diocese of Fort Worth Inc. www.ccdofw.org, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

  Galveston-Houston (Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Houston http://www.catholiccharities.org/, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

  San Antonio (Catholic Charities/Archdiocese of San Antonio)

              Utah (1 city):

  Salt Lake City (Catholic Community Services of Utah www.ccsutah.org)

              Virginia (4 cities):

  Arlington (Catholic Diocese of Arlington Migration & Refugee Services http://www.arlingtonrefugeeservices.com/, Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington http://www.arlingtondiocese.org/)

  Richmond (Commonwealth Catholic Charities www.cccofva.org, Refugee Resettlement/Immigrant Services, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

  Hampton Roads (Refugee and Immigrant Services of Commonwealth Catholic Charities—sub-office of Richmond)

  Roanoke (Refugee Resettlement/Immigrant Services—sub-office of Richmond)

              Washington (2 cities):

  Seattle (Catholic Refugee & Immigration Services www.ccsww.org, Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, Archdiocesan Housing Authority)

  Tacoma (Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program)

              West Virginia (1 city):

  Wheeling-Charleston (Catholic Charities WVA Migration and Refugee Services http://www.dwc.org/)

       Wisconsin (3 cities):

  Green Bay (Refugee and Immigration Services of Catholic Charities)

  Milwaukee (Migrant and Refugee Services of Catholic Charities www.archmil.org, Catholic Charities)

  Sheboygan (Catholic Charities—sub-office of Milwaukee)

   

  Program Areas of Focus

              Refugee Resettlement

  “The Office of Resettlement Services Provides leadership direction for, and strategically

  manages, all refugee, Cuban/Haitian entrant and asylee population-related programs

  administered by MRS.” This includes designing resettlement programs, developing

  policies to enhance these programs, developing financial management plans for refugees to use upon arrival in the US, assisting refugees in finding early employment, and overseeing the refugee travel loan program.

              Children’s Services

  USCCB/MRS is one of two VOLAGs authorized to resettle unaccompanied refugee

  children. MRS oversees the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor Program, which mages

  placement coordination, case and program consultation, capacity development/training, research, and advocacy. MRS also manages the Safe Passages Family Reunification Program, which allows for the release of detained refugee children to long-term foster care or to their families if/when they are able to migrate to the US.

              Anti-Trafficking Program

  USCCB has worked to raise awareness and educate the public about human trafficking, as well as advocate and care for victims of human trafficking. The Dignity to Work Program assists victims in safely re-entering employment. The Amistad Program works to educate immigrant communities about human trafficking. USCCB has also received funding to help conduct a study titled After Rescue: Evaluation of Strategies to   Integrate Survivors of Trafficking, which will profile survivors and analyze the effectiveness of various programs, assistance, and interventions to reintegrate them into society.

              Migration Policy and Public Affairs

  USCCB MRS assists the bishops in developing policy positions on migration and human trafficking for use in parishes across the nation, as well as advocacy platforms for grassroots immigration reform campaigns. These objectives are accomplished through distributing informational papers among parishes, publishing reports that include policy proposals, issue public statements and Congressional Testimony, and organizing educational events like National Migration Week.

      USCCB connections to other educational/advocacy campaigns

  Justice for Immigrants http://www.justiceforimmigrants.org/about-us.shtml

  Coalition of Catholic Organizations Against Human Trafficking: http://www.usccb.org/about/anti-trafficking-program/coalition-of-catholic-organizations-against-human-trafficking.cfm

  Migration and Refugee Services Offices Staff

              Johnny Young, Executive Director

              Kevin Appleby, Director of the Office of Migration Policy and Public Affairs

              Anastasia Brown, Director of the Office of Resettlement Services

              Nathalie Lummert, Director of the Office of Special Programs

  U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)

  Mission:

  “To protect the rights and address the needs of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide by advancing fair and humane public policy, facilitating and providing direct professional services, and promoting the full participation of migrants in community life.”

  Funding Source:

  Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) funds the Matching Grant program with private donors funding the “matched” investments. Partner agencies use these funds through training and services to secure suitable jobs, transportation, and childcare for refugees in their first six months in the U.S.

  Field Offices (6):

  Albany, New York: http://www.refugees.org/about-us/where-we-work/albany/

  Des Moines, Iowa: http://www.refugees.org/about-us/where-we-work/uscri-des-moines/

  Detroit, Michigan: http://www.refugees.org/about-us/where-we-work/detroit/

  Erie, Pennsylvania: http://www.refugees.org/about-us/where-we-work/iie/

  Raleigh, North Carolina: http://www.refugees.org/about-us/where-we-work/north-carolina/

  Colchester, Vermont: http://www.refugees.org/about-us/where-we-work/vrrp/

   

  Affiliates (25 Partner Agencies):

  Akron, OH (International Institute of Akron): http://iiakron.org/

  Binghamton, NY (American Civic Association): http://www.americancivic.com/

  Boston, MA (International Institute of Boston): http://iine.us/

  Bowling Green, KY (Western Kentucky Refugee Mutual Assistance Association): http://www.immigrationrefugeeservices.org/wkrmaa.html

  Brooklyn, NY (CAMBA): http://www.camba.org/Default.aspx

  Buffalo, NY (International Institute of Buffalo): http://www.iibuff.org/

  Chicago, IL (Heartland Alliance): http://www.heartlandalliance.org/

  Cleveland, OH (International Services Center): http://www.internationalservicescenter.org/

  Derby, CT (International Institute of Connecticut): http://www.iiconn.org/

  Glendale, CA (International Institute of Los Angeles): http://www.iilosangeles.org/

  Honolulu, HI (Pacific Gateway Center): http://www.pacificgatewaycenter.org/portal/default.aspx

  Houston, TX (YMCA International Services): http://www.ymcahouston.org/

  Kansas City, MO (Jewish Vocational Services): http://www.jvskc.org/

  Lowell, MA (International Institute of Lowell): http://iine.us/

  Manchester, NH (International Institute of New Hampshire): http://iine.us/

  Miami, FL (Youth Co-op, Inc.): http://www.ycoop.org/en/

  Milwaukee, WI (International Institute of Wisconsin): http://www.iiwisconsin.org/

  Owensboro, KY (Western Kentucky Refugee Mutual Assistance Association): http://oirs.owbky.com/reception.htm

  Palm Springs, FL (Youth Co-op, Inc.): http://www.ycoop.org/en/

  Philadelphia, PA (Nationalities Service Center): http://www.nationalitiesservice.org/

  Pittsburgh, PA (Northern Area Multi-Service Center): http://www.northernareacompanies.com/

  Providence, RI (International Institute of Rhode Island): http://www.iiri.org/

  St. Louis, MO (International Institute of St. Louis): http://www.iistl.org/

  St. Paul, MN (International Institute of Minnesota): http://www.iimn.org/

  Twin Falls, ID (College of Southern Idaho Refugee Service Center): http://refugeecenter.csi.edu/

  Program Areas of Focus

       Matching Grant program

  Organized through a hierarchy of responsibilities. USCRI has the overarching umbrella of responsibility, as it coordinates with ORR, state and local agencies, employers, and partner agencies to ensure that the program is achieving its objectives. Partner agencies work directly with clients, using the program funds for training and services to secure suitable jobs, transportation, and childcare for refugees in their first six months in the U.S. Community members (volunteers, donors, employers) participate in the Matching Grant program by working with clients both directly and indirectly. Tutoring, training, and employment demonstrate some of the direct forms of participation, while donations of goods and/or financial resources show a more indirect form of participation.

              The Reception and Placement program (through U.S. Department of State) Helps to resettle refugees in their new communities. USCRI is one of nine nongovernmental agencies that can resettle refugees through this program.

              The Preferred Communities Program

  Implemented in communities that can provide opportunities for refugees to succeed and become financially independent. USCRI and ORR maintain the general implantation measures, while partner agencies work directly with clients to form local partnerships that can connect clients to opportunities.

              The Study of Domestic Capacity to Provide Medical Care for Vulnerable Refugees Promoting Refugee Health and Well-Being program ultimately researches the domestic capacity to provide health care to refugees. This research can then help to influence policy decisions.

              USCRI upholds international partnerships, as well as a Warehousing Campaign that aim to protect the rights of refugees.

              To protect immigrant children, USCRI maintains multiple programs and campaigns, including the online I am Solo Campaign (educating the public about immigrant children), as well as the Immigrant Children Legal Program. This program uses pro bono attorneys to provide immigrant children with the legal services necessary for adequate representation. This program works with over 275 law firms across the U.S.

              USCRI partially oversees the National Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program, which aims to provide the case management services necessary to assist victims in becoming certified under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as a human trafficking victim.

  USCRI Executives:

  Lavinia Limón, President & Chief Executive Officer

  Lee Williams, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

  Saba Berhane, Director of Programs

  Stacie Blake, Director of Government and Community Relations

  Peter Limón, Director of Business Development

  Wony Pak, Director of Management of Information Systems

  Alison Seiler, Director of Administration

  USCRI Board:

  Scott Wu, Chair

  Gene DeFelice, Vice Chair

  Lawrence M. Rosenthal, Treasurer

  Mindy W. Saffer, Secretary, LEED AP Principal

  Members: Thomas H. Belote, Esq., Kenneth Blackman, Edward Grode, Ken Leung, John Monahan, Lily O’Boyle, Donna Scarlatelli, William Shuey, Sam Udani, James Hathaway

  USCRI Field Office Directors:

  Tawfik Alazem, Detroit

  Dylanna Jackson, Erie

  Amila Merdzanovic, Vermont

  Jilly Peckenpaugh, Albany

  Robert Warwick, Des Moines

  USCRI Global Ambassador: Jeff Fahey

  World Relief (WR)

  Mission:

  Empowering the local Church to serve the most vulnerable.

  Funding Source:

  World Relief primarily receives funding from private donations, government grants, and MED banking revenue. Specific program funding: Reception and Placement program is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. The Matching Grant program is funded $2 to $1 by the Office of Refugee Resettlement and private donations.

  Field Offices (25):

              California

  Modesto: http://worldreliefmodesto.org/

  Sacramento: http://worldreliefsacramento.org/

  Garden Grove: http://worldreliefgardengrove.org/

              Florida

  Jacksonville: http://worldreliefjacksonville.org/

  Miami: http://worldrelief.org/Page.aspx?pid=2743&frcrld=1

  Tampa: http://worldrelieftampa.org/

              Georgia

  Atlanta: http://worldreliefatlanta.org/

              Idaho

  Boise: http://worldreliefboise.org/

              Illinois

  Aurora: http://worldreliefaurora.org/

  Chicago: http://worldreliefchicago.org/

  DuPage: http://worldreliefdupage.org/

  Moline: http://worldreliefmoline.org/

              Maryland

  Anne Arundel: http://worldreliefannearundel.org/

  Baltimore: http://worldrelief.org/Page.aspx?pid=2762

              Minnesota

  Minneapolis-St. Paul: http://worldrelief.org/Page.aspx?pid=2753

              North Carolina

  High Point: http://worldreliefhighpoint.org/

  Durham: http://worldreliefdurham.org/

              Ohio

  Columbus: http://worldreliefcolumbus.org/

              Tennessee

  Memphis: http://worldreliefmemphis.org/

  Nashville: http://worldreliefnashville.org/

              Texas

  Fort Worth: http://worldrelieffortworth.org/

              Washington

  Tri-Cities: http://worldrelieftricities.org/

  Seattle (Kent): http://worldreliefseattle.org/

  Spokane: http://worldreliefspokane.org/

              Wisconsin

  Fox Valley: http://worldrelieffoxvalley.org/

   

  Affiliates (9 Partners):

  Accord Network: http://www.accordnetwork.org/history/

  Micah Network: http://www.micahnetwork.org/

  ONE: http://www.one.org/

  Integral: http://www.integralalliance.org/

  Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking: http://www.faastinternational.org/

  Global AIDS: http://www.belong2it.com/gapp/default.asp

  CORE: http://www.coregroup.org/

  InterAction: http://www.interaction.org/

  Refugee Council USA: http://www.rcusa.org/

    

  Program Areas of Focus

              Disaster Response

  World Relief provides disaster assistance depending on the crisis at hand. Assistance could come in the form of funding, proposals, technical assistance, training, mentorship, or project identification/implementation. Often times World Relief works through local churches to provide food, clothing, blankets, shelter, or emotional support/counseling for their own communities.

              Child Development

  World Relief provides educational services in Cambodia, Mozambique, and Malawi that teach children about health and hygiene, conflict resolution, and Bible stories.

              Maternal & Child Health

  World Relief works with the church, grassroots communities, and government health services through the Care Relief Model to address poverty-related health problems. This model requires 10-15 volunteers to go out into communities and educate their neighbors about these problems, with an objective to disperse the information by asking their neighbors to pass the education on to their neighbors, and so on.

              HIV/AIDS

  World Relief primarily promotes abstinence and mutual fidelity in marriage to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, as well as connecting HIV positive women with health services, educating the public about HIV testing, and implementing interactive peer-based learning to curb the spread of HIV in young people specifically. World Relief also helps church groups provide in-home care to those affected by HIV/AIDS, support orphaned children, and promote economic strengthening.

              Agricultural Development

  World Relief educates subsistence farmers about innovative and cost-effective farming techniques (like crop rotation, irrigation, and farming cooperatives), as well as connecting farmers to national and international markets.

              Immigrant Legal Services

  The Immigration Legal Services Technical Unit of World Relief assists local churches in providing legal services to refugees through immigrant law training and the “discernment of immigrant legal ministry, education surrounding church-based immigrant legal services clinics, training opportunities for church-based clinic sites, and staff/volunteers, and programmatic start-up and support for these sites.”

              Microfinance

  World Relief helps to provide non-profit loans through local micro-finance institutions, as well as the training and support to accompany them.

       Anti-Trafficking

  World Relief has helped start Faith Alliance Against Slavery and Trafficking. This group of Christian organizations has developed programs, curriculums, and training to prevent trafficking, as well as assistance and support to survivors of trafficking.

       Refugee Resettlement

  Reception and Placement: For refugees’ first 30-90 days in the U.S., World Relief helps them to apply for a social security card, get an initial health screening, sign up for school/English classes, attend cultural information seminars, and adapt to public services.

       Matching Grant

  World Relief provides social and employment services for newly arrived refugees, as well as providing temporary cash assistance and rent and utility assistance.

       Employment Services

  World Relief provides employment training, services to help refugees find employment, and support for both employers and refugees in overcoming potential obstacles.

       Travel Loans

  World Relief provides travel loan services to refugees.

  Leadership:

              Stephan Bauman, President and Chief Executive Officer

              Barry Howard, CFO/SVP of Finance, Human Resources and Administration

              Kevin Sanderson, SVP International Programs, and Chief Information Officer

              Dan Kosten, SVP U.S. Programs

              Gil Odendaal, Ph.D., D.Min, Senior Vice President of Integral Mission

              Eeva Sallinen Simard, Chief of Staff

              John Gichinga, Director of Spiritual Formation

              Jenny Yang, VP of Advocacy and Policy

  World Relief Board of Directors:

  Mr. Steve Moore, Chairman

  Rev. Sanders “Sandy” Wilson, Vice Chairman

  Mrs. Kathryn Vaselkiv, Treasurer

  Casely Essamuah, Rev. Secretary of the Board

  Rev. Leith Anderson (National Association of Evangelicals)

  Rev. Paul Borthwick (Development Associates International)

  Katherine Barnhart

  Dr. Judith Dean (Brandeis University)

  Stephen Simms (Simms Showers LLP)

  Dr. Timothy Ek

  David Husby (Covenant World Relief)

  Tim Breene

  Dr. Roy Taylor (National Association of Evangelicals)

  Bill Westrate (Veolia Environmental Services)

  Tim Traudt (Wells Fargo)