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These programs then appropriate the money to their partnering agencies in the form of grants, following specified formula guidelines. States ultimately hold the responsibility for carrying out the ORR's mission: “Federal resettlement assistance to refugees is provided primarily through the state-administered refugee resettlement program.
The U.S. state of Ohio was among the first states in the United States that shut everything down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, giving Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and then-health director Amy Acton both praise and criticism for their swift response, as Ohio's outbreak of COVID-19 over the long-term was small compared to other states, especially with Ohio's relatively large population ...
[173] [170] Biden also created the White House COVID-19 Response Team to succeed the COVID-19 Advisory Board for a unified federal government response. On January 21, 2021, Biden issued two executive orders, one on the importance of addressing systemic racism and health disparities plaguing underserved communities, and the second on ...
U.S. refugee resettlement organizations asked a federal judge on Monday to lift President Trump’s suspension of the U.S. refugee program
(The Center Square) – Ohio voters will get the chance in May to decide if they want to continue spending taxpayer dollars to provide loans and grants to local governments for road, bridge and ...
On April 1, 2020, following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, USAID granted $2.26 million to the program for a six-month emergency extension; [5] [8] the UC Davis announcement said that the extension would support "detection of SARS CoV-2 cases in Africa, Asia and the Middle East to inform the public health response ...
Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, seek solace in churches and community hubs as fears of deportation and the uncertain future of the TPS program under Trump’s policies loom large.
On 1 April 2020, the Executive Director of UNICEF warned that an outbreak of COVID-19 in the world's refugee camps was "looking imminent". [182] On 13 April, UNICEF, the WHO, and other health partners supporting the Measles & Rubella Initiative (M&RI) warned that over 117 million children in 37 countries risked missing out on a measles vaccine ...