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.
National security, military partnerships, and the importance of a reliable refugee resettlement program for Kentucky—and the Country. Kentucky's refugee program—alongside the broader U.S. Refugee Admissions Program—remains suspended. The Bluegrass State's resettlement...
Two of Kentucky’s eight resettlement offices 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 Louisville and Catholic Charities of Owensboro will be unable to resettle refugees this year.
Donating to these offices can help position them to resume resettlement should the federal landscape change.
To change the federal landscape, contact your representatives.
Kentucky deserves a Refugee Program it can rely on.
Refugees do too.