Has your city been chosen as a "preferred" resettlement site?
Posted by Ann Corcoran on March 16,
2014
Savannah, GA: Hot new
resettlement site when Atlanta suburbs went into
overload? Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services
benefited from federal grant for Savannah!
As I mentioned, I took some reading
material with me when I was away last week and had a
chance to make this list of "preferred communities" from
the 2010 Annual Report to
Congress from the
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) in the Department
of Health and Human Services.
According to the
feds, a"preferred community" is one in which newly
arriving refugees have the best opportunity for
"self-sufficiency and integration." I look at the
list and know that many of these cities are having big
problems with refugees/immigrant joblessness and
poverty, and lack of integration
(assimilation!).
The grants for 2010 totaled nearly $6
million. And, take note Wyoming,
the grants did not go to the city or state,
the grants went to the contractors, so they decide what
is needed to smooth the way for refugees in your
"welcoming" city!
It strikes me that this is just one
more excuse to funnel your tax dollars to a
contractor.
Below are the cities that were "preferred"
for both continuation grants and new grants in 2010
(from 2010 Annual
Report). Since my return
I see that the Annual Report for
2011 is out, so I've added
those cities in red. Keep in mind that the ORR is
always late in producing these reports, so by 2012 and
2013 surely they have added new cities to their
"preferred communities."
***Again, cities in red were added in
2011. This list gives you an idea of the cities being
overloaded and that problems have
developed.***
Bet you didn't know your city was "preferred!"
Arizona:
Tuscon, Phoenix
California:
San Diego, Sacramento, Modesto, Walnut Creek
Colorado:
Denver, Greeley, Ft. Collins,
Loveland
Connecticut:
Derby/Bridgeport, New
Haven
District
of Columbia
Florida:
Orlando, Clearwater
Georgia:
Atlanta, Savannah
Idaho:
Boise, Twin Falls, Treasure Valley
Illinois:
Chicago, Dupage/Aurora, Moline
Indiana:
Indianapolis
Iowa:
Des Moines
Kentucky:
Louisville, Lexington, Owensboro
Maryland:
Baltimore, Silver Spring
Massachusetts:
Springfield, Jamaica Plain,
Worcester
Michigan:
Dearborn, Ann Arbor
Minnesota:
Minneapolis, St. Cloud, St.
Paul
Missouri:
Kansas City
Nebraska:
Omaha
Nevada:
Las Vegas
New
Hampshire: Manchester, Concord
New
Jersey: East Orange
New Mexico:
Albuquerque
New
York: Syracuse, Buffalo, Utica, Albany
North
Carolina: Raleigh, New Bern, Wilmington, Durham, High
Point, Charlotte, Greensboro (lucky NC!)
Ohio:
Cleveland, Columbus, Akron
Pennsylvania:
Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Erie
Rhode
Island: Providence
Tennessee: Nashville,
Knoxville
Texas:
Fort Worth, Houston, Austin
Virginia:
Charlottesville
Washington:
Seattle, Richland
Wisconsin:
Milwaukee, Madison
This
was so much fun, I'll see if I can find more recently
designated "preferred" cities!
Today's post is archived in our 'where to find
information'category.
***Update***
Here you can see a list
of new grantees. Note that the US Conference of Catholic
Bishops gets nearly $2 million through 2016 for
preferred communities, but no specific sites are listed
(they probably don't want you to know that your city is
among the
chosen!).
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