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In order to fulfill our mission to assist refugees resettling in the United States, EMM works with a network of in 27 diocese of the Episcopal Church, as well as partner agencies dedicated to addressing the plight of the uprooted overseas and providing services to refugees and immigrants domestically, many of which are listed here.

Arab American Institute
AAI was organized in 1985 to represent Arab American interests in government and politics. AAI provides leadership training and strategies in electoral politics and policy issues that concern Arab Americans.

Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services (BRYCS)
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services is a national technical assistance project working to broaden the scope of information and collaboration among service providers in order to strengthen services to refugee youth, children and their families.

Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities USA is a membership organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. By providing leadership, technical assistance, training, and other resources, the national office enables local agencies to better devote their resources to communities.

Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
The Center for Applied Linguistics is working with the National Security Education Program to improve the English proficiency of U.S. "heritage" populations who have expertise in critical languages.

Center for Victims of Torture (CVT)
The CVT works locally, nationally, and internationally to heal the wounds of torture on individuals, their families, and their communities and to stop torture worldwide.

Church World Service (CWS)
Within the United States, Church World Service assists communities in responding to disasters, resettles refugees, promotes fair national and international policies.

Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC)
ECDC serves as a welcoming presence as well as a bridge for dialogue and education. ECDC seeks to empower African newcomers; giving hope for their future and helping them quickly become self-sufficient and productive in their new homeland.

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
For more than a century, HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society has had an extraordinary impact on millions of Jews. For generation after generation, HIAS has provided essential lifesaving services to world Jewry, through rescue, reunion and resettlement.

International Rescue Committee (IRC)
The International Rescue Committee was founded at the request of Albert Einstein to assist opponents of Hitler. The IRC helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution, as well as those uprooted by war and violence.

Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED)
The mission of the Institute for Social and Economic Development (ISED) is to strengthen the social and economic well-being of individuals and communities.

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS)
LIRS is one of the nation’s leading agencies of its kind. We welcome and advocate for refugees and other migrants.

National Council of Churches (NCC)
The National Council of Churches, founded in 1950, is the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States. The NCC's 36 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox member denominations include more than 50 million persons in 140,000 local congregations in communities across the nation.

Spring Institute
The Spring Institute is a nonprofit training and consulting corporation dedicated to demonstrating that national, cultural, linguistic and ethnic differences are assets that foster understanding and cooperation.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
UNHCR, the United Nations refugee organization, is mandated by the United Nations to lead and coordinate international action for the world-wide protection of refugees and the resolution of refugee problems.

United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS)
The USCIS is responsible for the administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration services policies and priorities.

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
USCR defends the rights of all uprooted people regardless of their nationality, race, religion, ideology, or social group.

World Relief Refugee Services (WRRS)
Every year, World Relief and a network of evangelical church partners help up to 10,000 victims of war, persecution and terror find freedom and safety in the United States.

Cultural Orientation Resource Center
In order to ensure the smoothest transition possible into their new home refugees undergo pre and post arrival cultural orientation trainings. The Cultural Orientation Resource Center was established to create linkages between overseas providers of cultural orientation and domestic resettlement programs.

Department of State (PRM)
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, has primary responsibility for formulating policies on population, refugees, and migration, and for administering U.S. refugee assistance and admissions programs.

Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
The mission of the Office of Refugee Resettlement is to help refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, asylees, and other beneficiaries of our program to establish a new life that is founded on the dignity of economic self-support and encompasses full participation in opportunities which Americans enjoy.

RefugeeWorks
RefugeeWorks, a program of LIRS, is the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement's training and technical assistance arm for employment and self-sufficiency activities.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
Migration and Refugee Services carries out the commitment of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the United States to serve immigrants, refugees and other people on the move.