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The National Housing Authority, the government agency responsible for public housing, offers resettlement and low-cost housing programs but does not provide free housing

Portland City Council extends Limited State of Emergency at Homeless Services Center

Zimbabwe is home to one of the world’s largest informal economies, where about three-quarters of all employment is informal.  Most of those informally employed work without formal contracts in low-earning activities and without social insurance benefits. How can the well-being of informal workers be feasibly improved? This is a timely question after the COVID-19 pandemic and…

Ukrainian refugees attend a job fair on Feb. 1, 2023, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty ImagesIn the most significant change to U.S. refugee resettlement in 40 years, the federal government is turning to the public and the private sector to help settle people who have fled their home countries because of war, persecution and ongoing armed conflicts. Today, there are more than 110 million people who have been forced from their homes and countries, the highest number on record. But desp

Two years ago, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul closed and the U.S. military evacuated more than 100,000 Afghans in a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. A significant number of evacuees who worked for the U.S. government during the war are still going through immigration proceedings to allow them to…

More refugees arrived in the U.S. in the first eight months of fiscal year 2023 than in any year since 2017, according to data analyzed by MPI.

Tens of thousands of Afghans who had worked for the U.S. government or other Western entities were now at risk.

The refugee system in Texas and nationally is still recovering from major cuts. The latest casualty is Texas’ largest resettlement agency.

Advocacy/Communications Job in USA, requiring 3-4 years of experience, from IRC; closing on 7 Aug 2023

The refugee system in Texas and nationally is still recovering from major cuts under the Trump administration. The latest casualty is Texas’ largest resettlement agency, Refugee Services of Texas.