IIB would not be able to make WNY a better place for, and because of, immigrants and refugees were it not for the great people on our team and in the community.
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
