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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 ...
Through Welcome Corps, U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents can form a sponsoring group to support a refugee or refugee family and help them start a new life in the U.S.
After Trump's victory, global charities such as Church World Service urged volunteers across the U.S. to quickly create more private sponsorship groups as part of Welcome Corps, a U.S. State Department initiative launched in 2023 to encourage teams of citizens to take responsibility for incoming refugees.
In January 2023, The U.S. Department of State announced the creation of the Welcome Corps, a new private sponsorship program that allows everyday American citizens to sponsor refugees and provide reception and placement support in lieu of VOLAG assistance.
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 United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is an association of federal agencies and nonprofit organizations which work hand-in-hand to identify and admit qualified refugees for resettlement into the United States. [1]
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 ...