The State Department promised fully vetted refugee families who are here legally that it would pay for basic needs and case management support for three months.
When it issued a stop work order, it defaulted on the funding it owed to us for work already performed and to be performed for the families already here.
It left the local non-profits that do this work holding the bag.
We have a moral obligation to finish resettling the 731 refugees who the federal government has abandoned.
The International Institute of Buffalo (IIB) and the other non-profits of The Refugee Partnership of Western New York created a Crisis Response Fund to cover suspended federal refugee resettlement funding.
The objective is to raise $1.5 million within 30 days to fill this funding shortfall and support these refugees.
Give to the Crisis Response Fund
