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.
The state of resettlement in Missouri & opportunities to advocate for a resettlement floor - from the Till Plains to the Ozarks. Resettlement Ending in Columbia, MO Catholic Charities staff welcoming the first Afghan refugee resettled to Columbia. Only 49 refugees...
One of Missouri’s 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. Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri is one of those offices.
Donating to Catholic Charities can help position this office to resume resettlement should the federal landscape change.
To change the federal landscape, contact your representatives.
Missourians deserves a Refugee Program they can rely on.
Refugees do too.