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Catholic Charities in Allentown shuts down refugee resettlement

Catholic Charities in Allentown has decided to shutter its refugee resettlement program in Allentown, Penn. The agency is apparently claiming the reason is due to federal refugee resettlement cuts. Th… more →

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Catholic Charities in Allentown shuts down refugee resettlement — 1 comment

Christopher Coen wrote 9 months ago: Catholic Charities in Allentown has decided to shutter its refugee resettlement program in Allentown … more →

Tags: Funding, ORR account, Pennsylvania, allentown, catholic charities, Federal Funding, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Orr, Refugees

USSCB – 97.7% of budget came from federal grants and contracts — 2 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 9 months ago: According to a blurb in the Catholic Culture publication in 2011 The United States Conference of Cat … more →

Tags: State Department, USCCB, faith-based, Funding, public/private partnership, Travel Loan Program, Refugees, Resettlement, Migration and Refugee Services

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada's refugee medical screenings violate federal standards

Christopher Coen wrote 9 months ago: Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada’s refugee medical screenings do not appear to conform to … more →

Tags: Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, cuban, Eritrean, Ethiopian, health, Iraqi, late health screenings, Nepali Bhutanese, Nevada

Congolese refugee family facing eviction in San Antonio — 3 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 11 months ago: ***UPDATE*** — July 21, 2012 — San Antonio Express News readers take in refugee family A … more →

Tags: Catholic Charities Archdiocese of San Antonio Inc., Children, Congolese, employment services, Homelessness, housing, housing, substandard, San Antonio, catholic charities

Diocese of Trenton is third agency to halt resettlement in New Jersey

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: Citing the rising cost of housing, a lack of available translators (interpreters?), a general shorta … more →

Tags: employment/jobs for refugees, housing, language, New Jersey, USCCB, Catholic Social Services, cost of housing, Diocese of Trenton, International Institute of New Jersey

With schools overloaded Catholic Family Service in Amarillo to limit resettlement to “family reunification cases”

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: Catholic Family Service in Amarillo has decided to reduce new refugee resettlement numbers by half d … more →

Tags: Amarillo, Catholic Family Service, Amarillo, Children, Funding, R&P, schools, Somali Bantu, Catholic Family Service, Refugees

Welcoming The Stranger Without Becoming Overly Involved

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: A Catholic volunteer in Kansas City seems to have found the right balance between welcoming refugees … more →

Tags: Kansas City, Volunteers, Uzbek, Refugees, Resettlement, Kansas City, Uzbekistan

State Dept. Allowed Catholic Lobbyist To Sit In At ”Stakeholder” Meeting While Barring Public — 2 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: It turns out that the State Department let a Catholic lobbyist sit in on the public refugee resettle … more →

Tags: State Department, Tennessee, moratorium / restriction / reduction, Refugees, catholic charities, Resettlement, moratorium, Catholic Public Policy Commission of Tennessee., Jennifer Murphy

Catholic Charities Galveston-Houston CEO Resigns

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The CEO/president of Catholic Charities Galveston-Houston is resigning. This follows the fallout fro … more →

Tags: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Hous, Children, faith-based, Houston, Texas, ORR, Safety, Bonna Kol, Catholic Charities Galveston-Houston, CEO

Catholic Bishops adopt a more pugnacious style after no longer receiving deference

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the largest refugee resettlement contractor in the … more →

Tags: hhs, USCCB, Illinois, health, faith-based, Churches, Sexual abuse, Human Trafficking Issues, Catholic Church

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops loses human trafficking grant — 3 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops lost its bid to continue providing services to victims of hu … more →

Tags: hhs, USCCB, Human Trafficking Issues, ACLU, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Human Trafficking, Federal contractors, gynecological care, Obstetrics

Catholic Charities Houston won't answer several key questions on refugee child sexual assaults

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The case involving repeated sexual assaults of an 8-year-old refugee boy at a Catholic Charities Gal … more →

Tags: ORR, Child Protective Services, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Hous, faith-based, Sexual abuse, police, Houston, Texas, Orr, Refugees

ORR report -- cover-up at Catholic Charities Houston, no medical care for refugee child assault victim

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: An incident at a Catholic Charities shelter in Houston that media outlets previously reported as “se … more →

Tags: ORR, health, Child Protective Services, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Hous, faith-based, Sexual abuse, Houston, Texas, Children, Medical Care

ORR removes immigrant children from Catholic Charities Houston shelter due to "sexual activity"

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement will temporarily remove all the immigrant and refugee childr … more →

Tags: ORR, Child Protective Services, faith-based, public/private partnership, Houston, Texas, Children, Orr, Refugees, catholic charities

Catholic Charities of Houston worker accused of sexually assaulting refugee boy

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: Catholic Charities of Houston, the agency which was the subject of complaints from gay Iraqi refugee … more →

Tags: cuban, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Hous, faith-based, Sexual abuse, Houston, Texas, Children, Refugees, Resettlement, Catholic Charities of Houston

Rochester NY's Catholic Family Center

Christopher Coen wrote 1 year ago: The Penfield Post in upstate New York has an article today profiling Rochester’s Catholic Fami … more →

Tags: Catholic Family Center (Rochester), Cultural Adjustment, dangerous neighborhoods, faith-based, health, language, Mental Health, population levels, using refugees as pawns to boost, Rochester

Are large passenger vans safe for transporting refugee clients? — 2 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 2 years ago: 12-passenger Chevrolet Express van A charity has given Catholic Charities Fort Worth a grant for a n … more →

Tags: Burma/Myanmar, Catholic Charities Fort Worth, Children, Dallas/Fort Worth, Safety, Transportation, 12 passenger van, accident, catholic charities

Australian co. accused of ripping off refugees also involved in Iraqi oil-for-food scandal — 2 comments

Christopher Coen wrote 2 years ago: The Australian refugee resettlement contractor scandal in Newcastle, New South Whales continues to u … more →

Tags: State Department, Sudanese, Congolese, neglect, housing, substandard, Abuse Issues, household items, missing or broken, fractious relationships with volunteers, furnishings, lack of

Arrival of refugees to US slowed by security measures

Christopher Coen wrote 2 years ago: A State Department official and the Catholic Courier report that the arrival of new refugees to the … more →

Tags: USCCB, North Carolina, PRM, Funding, office of admissions, ceiling limit, refugee annual, Charlotte, Security/Terrorism, VOLAG


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