Lutheran agency is a federal refugee resettlement
“contractor” bringing diversity to South Dakota, Posted by Ann
Corcoran on March 6, 2016
So why am I
mentioning the obvious—that the Lutheran Social Services Center for New Americans in Sioux Falls is a federal
“contractor?” Because we have heard over and over again in angry tones
that the contractors are not contractors using your money, your tax dollars, to
do work for their clients (all the while pretending to be private ‘religious’
charities).
Into the weeds
we go (but this is important!)….
Tim Jurgens,
Director of LSS in South Dakota: “We are a contracted provider on behalf of the
federal government.”
Not that long
ago Asst. Secretary of State Anne Richard went to South Carolina and said
critics must stop using the word “contractor” in reference to the agencies
resettling refugees across 48 states (no refugees are resettled in Wyoming and
Montana, yet).
But, here, in a gushy
announcement of a ‘feel good’ propaganda event in Sioux Falls, refugee sub-contractor
Lutheran Social Service of SD (sub-contractor to federal contractor Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service in Baltimore, MD) says they are, wait
for it, a
“contracted provider on behalf of the federal government.” (That is a federal
contractor ‘for those in Rio Linda!’) From KSFY (ABC):
The 21st annual ‘Taste of Cultures’ event
benefiting Lutheran Social Services, Saturday, will help to celebrate cultural
diversity and raise funds helping newcomers re-settle. [What! No
poor, elderly or homeless Americans left in South Dakota for the good Lutherans
to help?—ed] While the event
is sold out,
the awareness of a diverse community is key as hundreds of refugees continue to
make Sioux Falls their home.
The Lutheran
Social Services Center for New Americans is the only agency of its kind in the
area.
“We are a contracted
provider on behalf of the federal government. We provide initial resettlement for refugees that the president allows
in each year. We resettle up to 420 each year. What we do is provide immediate
assistance upon their arrival,” Program Director Tim Jurgens said. “The refugee
resettlement program is an early self-sufficiency model. The expectation upon
us is to have individuals employed within six months.” [Yeh, good luck with that self-sufficiency
lie!—ed]
By the way, the
contractors (colonizing your towns and cities) really prefer to call themselves
VOLAGs, that is short for Voluntary Agencies (see all nine here), but that is such a misnomer as most are largely
federally funded. $296 million went to LIRS alone since Obama took office.
Even as Anne
Richard objects, you have my (and Tim’s!) permission to call federal refugee
contractors—contractors!
Comments
This post
seems to say that these federal contractors are independent from the churches
whose names they use. If that is true, I wonder why any of the churches allow
these contractors to use their names. But on its website, it says that Lutheran Social Services is a social ministry of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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