A quick primer for new readers: The
Refugee Contractors, by Ann Corcoran 11/16/16
It just occurred to
me, when writing my post earlier this
morning about State Department
secrecy, that new readers are probably lost and confused by the many names of
local organizations placing refugees in your towns.
First, there are nine
major federally funded ‘non-profit’ groups that receive funding
(some as much as 98% of their budget) from mainly the US Department of State
(Population Refugees and Migration) and the Office of Refugee Resettlement
which is in Health and Human Services. (An aside: it is critical to pay
attention to Trump cabinet picks for State and for HHS). Smaller federal grants
come from other agencies as well.
Here they are:
·
Ethiopian Community Development
Council (ECDC) (secular)
·
International Rescue Committee (IRC) (secular)
·
US Committee for Refugees and
Immigrants (USCRI) (secular)
Then working for them
are hundreds of subcontractors scattered across 49 states. Go here to the government’s data base of
resettlement subcontractors (aka affiliates) working in your state. Below is a screen
shot of the Connecticut page.
See the abbreviation
in the left hand corner of each entry. That stands for the major contractor
over this particular subcontractor.
Obviously USCCB is
the US
Conference of Catholic Bishops. CWS is Church World Service. Not so easy to
identify is DFMS. That is the other name (don’t ask me why!) for Episcopal
Migration Ministries and it is Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (scroll to bottom of page here). My personal guess for why there are
two names is that it has to do with their financial structure (keeping their
finances hard to track?).
But when you look at that data base know three things. 1) the data base is out of date, 2) we
are told there are 47 new sites not listed and, 3) see if you live within 100
miles of one of these offices because that means your town is fair game to
receive refugees.
Here are some of the new
sites being chosen by the US State Department (that we know of!):
Asheville, NC
Rutland, VT
Reno, NV
Ithaca, NY
Missoula, MT
Aberdeen, SD (may have
been thwarted as a primary resettlement site!)
Charleston, WV
Fayetteville, AR
Blacksburg, VA
Pittsfield, MA
Northhampton, MA
Flint, MI
Bloomington, IN
Traverse City, MI
Poughkeepsie, NY
Wilmington, DE
Watertown, NY (maybe)
Youngstown, OH (maybe)
Knowledge is Power!
Go to our Frequently Asked Questions in the header. And, check out our category ‘where to find information’ if you are trying to
research the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program. Also, our search function
is really good so type in a few key words (try your state to begin with) and I
am confident you will get an education!
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