APPENDIX C

RESETTLEMENT AGENCY REPORTS

(The following reports were prepared by the Voluntary Resettlement Agencies. Each report expresses the judgments or opinions of the individual agency reporting.)

Church World Service

Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program (CWS/IRP) is a unit of the National Council of the Churches, an ecumenical body representing thirty-five Protestant and Orthodox communions in the United States. CWS/IRP, and its network of local affiliates works with individual congregations and national denominations in providing resettlement services, assistance to immigrants and asylum-seekers, and a variety of employment and social services

In FY 1999, the Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program (CWS/IRP) resettled 6,723 refugees under the United States Refugee Program and 3,785 Cuban/Haitian entrants through its network of 29 local affiliate offices, 16 sub-offices and 10 participating denominations.

FY 1999 USRP Refugee Arrivals (DOS Program)

Africa	1,251
E. Europe/Former Soviet Union	4,224
Latin America	239
Near East	333
Southeast Asia	676

Total 6,723

FY 1999 Entrant Resettlements (DOJ Program)

Cuba	3,153
Haiti	632
Total	3,785

Episcopal Migration Ministries

Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM), a program of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, responds to refugees, immigrants and displaced persons both domestically and Internationally. EMM operates a national resettlement program through 41 diocesan programs that agree to organize parish sponsorships and community resources as part of their commitment to ensure the provision of reception and placement services to refugees; programs range in size and scope from multi-service centers in major urban areas to smaller diocesan programs and refugee ministry units of state councils of churches. In FY 1998, EMM resettled 2,745 refugees from the following regions:

Africa	317
Eastern Europe/Former Soviet Union	2,480
Southeast Asia	231
Latin America	82
Near East	79
Total	3,189

Ethiopian Community Development Council

The Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC) is a non-profit community-based organization dedicated to promoting cultural, educational and socio-economic development programs in the immigrant and refugee community in the United States, and conducting humanitarian programs in the Horn of Africa. ECDC serves both as a local resettlement agency and the national office for community-based affiliates providing similar services in local communities around the country.

During FY 1999, ECDC provided resettlement services to 921 refugees from Africa (337), Eastern Europe (485), Southeast Asia (73), and the Near East (26) through a network of five local affiliates. These include the African Community Refugee Center, Los Angeles, CA; Alliance for African Assistance, San Diego, CA; Alliance for Multicultural Community Services, Houston, TX; Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and ECDC/Multicultural Community Services, Arlington, VA. ECDC also administers Match Grant, Preferred Communities, and Refugee Microenterprise Development programs.

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society

HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, is the national and worldwide arm of the organized American Jewish community for the rescue, relocation and resettlement of refugees and migrants. HIAS works closely with Jewish federations, Jewish Family Service and Jewish Vocational Service agencies across the nation to maintain an extensive cooperative network committed to providing the broadest possible spectrum of professionally staffed resettlement services. All HIAS affiliates receive Reception and Placement grant funds through HISA to assist in meeting the needs of refugees during the initial phase of the resettlement process and many affiliates then choose to provide private funding, enabling them to participate in the Voluntary Agency Match Grant Program as a way of further enhancing their ability to assist refugees to attain social and economic integration.

HIAS World Headquarters is located at 333 Seventh Avenue (t7th Floor), New York, NY 10001-5004. The HIAS website may be found at http://www.HIAS.org.

The following table presents the number of refugees resettled by the HIAS network during FY 1999:

Africans	41
Bosnians	204
Iranians	356
Kosovars	502
Former Soviet Union	6,586
Total	7,689

Immigration and Refugee Services of America

IRSA is the country's oldest non-sectarian network providing assistance to immigrants, refugees, and their descendants. For more than 40 years IRSA has worked though the US Committee for Refugees for the protection and assistance of refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons around the world.

During FY 1999, IRSA and its member agencies resettled approximately 9,510 refugees: from Southeast Asia; Eastern Europe; the former Soviet Union; the middle East, Africa, and the Americas and the Caribbean. IRSA's headquarters is at 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036. On the Internet, IRSA has two sites: http://www.refugees.org, http://www.refugeesusa.org,. E-mail can be sent to irsa@irsa-uscr.org.

International Rescue Committee, Inc.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) was founded, at the request of Albert Einstein, in 1933 to help refugees fleeing Nazi persecution. For the past sixty-six years, IRC has been serving refugees in need around the world -- a population now estimated at over 22.3 million, the majority of whom are women and children. IRC helps victims of racial, religious, and ethnic persecution and strife to rebuild their shattered lives. IRC resettles approximately 13% of the total number of refugees admitted to the U.S. each year.

During the FY 1999, the International Rescue resettled 11,042, including 2267 Kosovars. Of this number, 1,964 were from Africa, 5,704 were from Eastern Europe, 758 were from the Near East, 439 were from Latin America and, 735 from East Asia.

Iowa Department of Human Services

The mission of the Bureau of Refugee Services' is to offer a home and a future to victims of persecution, by helping them to become socially self-reliant and economically self-sufficient

During Federal FY 1999, the Bureau, acting as a voluntary resettlement agency, resettled 655 refugees. During the same time period the Bureau, acting as the single state agency for refugee services, together with contract partners, placed 937 refugees in jobs.

The Bureau can be contacted at 1200 University Avenue, Suite D, Des Moines, Iowa 50314 or at www.dhs.state.ia.us/homepages/dhs/refugee.

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) was organized in 1939 to assist WWII refugee survivors to rebuild their lives in the United States, is now the largest Protestant resettlement agency in the U.S. Over the years the agency has grown to include immigration services, children's services, and advocacy for refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers and those in immigration detention through 27 affiliate offices, 14 sub-offices and countless partners and volunteers across the country.

In FY 99, LIRS resettled 6,942 refugees from Europe; 2,725 African refugees; 228 East Asian refugees; 577 from the Near East; and 228 from Latin America for a total of 13,985. Nineteen LIRS affiliates participate in the Match Grant Program and nine are Preferred Community Sites. LIRS also manages the ORR-funded Refugee Works project, a national refugee employment training program.

United States Catholic Conference

The United States Catholic Conference (USCC) is the public policy and social action agency of the Roman Catholic bishops in the United States. Within USCC, Migration and Refugee Services (MRS) is the lead office responsible for developing Conference policy on migration, immigration and refugee issues, as well as providing program support and field coordination for a network of 107 diocesan refugee resettlement offices throughout the United States. The total refugee arrivals in FY 1999 assisted under the Department of State Reception and Placement (R&P) Program was 21,929. Additionally, USCC/MRS resettled 3,816 Cuban and Haitian entrants through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Justice. USCC/MRS continued its successful participation in the ORR Match Grant Program during FY 1999 with a total of 8,016 clients being served.

World Relief Corporation

World Relief is the international assistance arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents approximately 79 member denominations, as well as numerous individual congregations and independent churches. As the humanitarian arm of the NAE, World Relief provides assistance disaster and relief assistance in 38 counties throughout the world.

During FY 1999, the agency resettled 10,243 refugees through a network of 27 affiliates including sub-offices as well as sponsoring churches. World Relief's caseload this past year was largely comprised of African, Albanian, Kosovar, Soviet Evangelical Christians and Bosnian refugees. In addition, a number of Cuban refugees and asylees were resettled throughout the Miami, FL region.