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The pathways available for refugees through Welcome Corps — a refugee sponsorship initiative under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program — include Phase 1, in which the program matches refugees ...
The program, under an initiative known as the Welcome Corps, will allow groups of five or more U.S. citizens or permanent residents to recommend a person or family to sponsor if they meet certain ...
Since the Refugee Act was passed in 1980 the U.S. has admitted a little over 3 million refugees. The Welcome Corps program comes on the heels of a similar, smaller scale endeavor under which ...
Welcome.US coordinates refugee support efforts between all levels of the U.S. government, not for profit organizations, and private sector organizations. [5] [8] The government financial support includes $2,275 per person for rent, food, and clothing, plus a food stipend from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly known as food stamps) and rent relief. [8]
World Relief is also a member of the Welcome Corps, a private sponsorship program under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Through Welcome Corps, World Relief mobilizes churches and communities to sponsor refugee families as they adapt to their new life in the U.S.
The notion that every refugee needs the same baseline services that has persisted since the inception of the refugee program aligns poorly with the goals of self-sufficiency and integration in the medium and long term. This is especially true given the diversity of the refugees arriving to the United States and the diversity of circumstances ...
Ngounou joined a growing number of LGBTQ+ people accepted into the Welcome Corps, which launched last year and pairs groups of Americans with newly arrived refugees. So far, the resettlement program has connected 3,500 sponsors with 1,800 refugees, and many more want to help: 100,000 people have applied to become sponsors.
While the family was in a shelter in Ecuador, they came into contact with United Nations officials who processed their refugee cases and referred them to Welcome Corps, a program created by the ...