Tell your representatives to reclaim their role in refugee admissions and enshrine America’s commitment to refugees in law.
You can do what the federal government won’t: fund resettlement. Help a local office to keep their doors open and their lights on.
Here's how we can use impending office closures to catalyze support for The GRACE Act. Catholics Withdraw from Resettlement This last week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) announced an end of their “work with the federal government to resettle...
Three of Indiana’s eight resettlement agencies will be unable to resettle refugees next year.
Declines in arrivals and federal funding have forced the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops–which oversees 60 of U.S.’s 360 resettlement offices–to withdraw from the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. As a result, Catholic Charities of Fort Wayne, Catholic Charities South Bend, and Catholic Charities Indianapolis will be unable to resettle refugees next year.
Donating to these offices can help position these agencies to resume resettlement should the federal landscape change.
To change the federal landscape, contact your representatives.
Indiana deserves a Refugee Program it can rely on.
Refugees do too.