Media Advisory
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Public Affairs Washington, DC	For Immediate Release Date: August 6, 2007 Contact: Tara Wall Phone: 202-401-9215

 

Office of Refugee Resettlement Associate Director To Address
Florida's 2007 Statewide Refugee Services Conference

WASHINGTON , D.C. --- The U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) associate director Joshua Trent, will speak at Florida’s 2007 Statewide Refugee Services Conference on August 7, 2007.

The conference will address recent changes in refugee resettlement, including greater diversity of incoming populations.

Trent will open the conference with a discussion on current resettlement issues and provide an update on ORR activities. Prior to the conference, Trent will visit a local refugee resettlement site, as well as a Division of Unaccompanied Children’s Services (DUCS) shelter in the Miami area.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement is the federal agency responsible for domestic resettlement of newly arriving populations, including refugees, Cuban-Haitian entrants, asylees, victims of torture, victims of human trafficking, as well as providing care for unaccompanied alien children.

WHO:	Joshua Trent, associate director Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Administration for Children & Families (ACF)
WHAT:	Florida ’s 2007 Statewide Refugee Services Conference
WHEN:	Tuesday, August 7, 2007 DUCS Site Visit - 9:00am EDT Speech - 1:30 p.m. EDT
WHERE:	Hotel InterContinental Miami 100 Chopin Plaza Miami, FL

To schedule an interview with ACF’s Joshua Trent, contact Hans Billger at 202-401-9215 or hans.billger@acf.hhs.gov.