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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.
VOLAG, sometimes spelled Volag or VolAg, is an abbreviation for "Voluntary Agency".This term refers to any of the nine U.S. private agencies and one state agency that have cooperative agreements with the State Department to provide reception and placement services for refugees arriving in the United States.
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]
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is a program of the Administration for Children and Families, an office within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, created with the passing of the United States Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212).
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 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 ...