PPT-Overview of MA Refugee Resettlement Program

December 8 2015 DRAFT for BBA 121515 brown bag HISTORY MA Office for Refugees and Immigrants ORI and the Federal Refugee Act of 1980 In 1985 the Massachusetts Office for Refugee Resettlement was designated by MA Executive Order . Responding to Humanitarian Crises: Syrian Refugees & Central American Refugees. Call and Webinar will begin on . Monday, October 19th at . 4. p.m. ET. For audio, please dial 805-399-1000 . and enter access code 104402. October 15, 2014. The Linking Communities (TLC) Project. Fort Worth, TX. Jen . Smyers. , . Associate Director, . Immigration & Refugee Policy, Church World Service, jsmyers@cwsglobal.org, 202.420.0863. What is Refuge Resettlement?. Founded in 1946. Mission: end hunger, promote peace and justice. Supported by 37 member communions . Program areas: food, water, assisting refugees and the vulnerable . Active in more than 30 countries. Refugee Health 101. Purpose of Presentation . To provide information about the health services refugees receive before and after resettlement and the health programs and services that exist for resettled refugees living in Utah. . Refugee Resettlement 101. Purpose of Presentation. To provide information about how a person becomes a refugee, how refugee resettlement to the United States happens, and information about resettlement to Utah. . Sponsored by Church World Service (CWS), Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC), HIAS, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Jesuit Conference USA, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) Church World Service (CWS), Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC), HIAS, International Rescue Committee (IRC), Jesuit Conference USA, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS), U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services (USCCB/MRS) and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI). . dcf.wisconsin.gov. A refugee is a person who is outside of his or her country and is unable or unwilling to return because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. .. dcf.wisconsin.gov. Quarterly Meeting. April 3, . 2018. Refugees: 10,548 . SIVs: 7,755. *as of March 31, 2018 . . U.S. Year-to-Date Arrivals . Refugees: 2,125. SIVs: 285 . * PRM Projections as of 3/30/2018. March 25, 2014. Welcome. Federal Program Structure and Funding Flow. Child Care Landscape . Federal Programs: U.S. Administration for Children and Families . Office of Child Care. Office of Refugee Resettlement. Quarterly Meeting. September 2017. Refugees: 52,065. SIVs: 18,345 . . . U.S. Year-to-Date . Arrivals . MARICOPA. COUNTY. Country. Total. Grand Total. DRC. 540. 1,693. Cuba. 417. Iraq. Where Are the Refugees? #. WhereRtheRefugees. Why #. WhereRtheRefugees. ?. Lowest Numbers of Refugee Arrivals In History. In the midst of the worst global displacement crisis in history with more than 22.5 million refugees worldwide, it would be inhumane and an abdication of U.S. leadership to fail to meet this year’s refugee admissions goal of 45,000.. Developing an empowering model of refugee resettlement Elizabeth Patterson Roe, PhD, LISW-S Malone University, Fall 2016 Sabbatical epattersonroe@malone.edu Objectives Understand U.S. refugee resettlement policies, practices, and current realities, as they intersect with Christian faith values. Changing Cultural Landscape. Alana Schriver, MPH OPS Refugee Specialist. alana.schriver@ops.org 531-299-9580. Speaking of Children Conference April 4th, 2019. Kiswahili:. . H. ow . are . you = . Habari. P-1 REFERRALReferral for resettlement consideration from UNHCR, U.S. Embassy, or specially trained NGO. P-2 GROUPS OF SPECIAL CONCERNA family member in the U.S. submits an Afdavit of Relationship