Local Resettlement Affiliates

Affiliate offices often sponsor events to bring refugees and the community together. The affiliate office in Syracuse, NY hosted a tea party for refugees they have served. Photo: CWS-Syracuse NY

Local affiliate agencies are essential partners with Church World Service in refugee protection and assistance. CWS relies on its affiliates to help resettle some 5,000 new refugee arrivals to U.S. communities each year. These agencies work hand-in-hand with seven participating denominations, local congregational cosponsors, and volunteers to ensure that the newcomers have food, clothing, and other essentials along with friendship and guidance as they learn English, find their way around town, enroll their children in school, look for work, and quickly become self-sufficient. Most affiliates also provide immigration legal services; a number offer such other services as assistance to asylum seekers, programs for survivors of trafficking or torture, and microenterprise.

Note: All offices provide refugee resettlement services unless noted otherwise. Offices marked with an asterisk (*) also provide immigration legal services.

CALIFORNIA
Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles
Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Service
3621 Brunswick Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
Phone: (323) 667-0489
Fax: (323) 667-2271
E-Mail:
Read more about the Los Angeles Office

*Opening Doors, Inc.
Center for New Americans
2118 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone: (916) 492-2591
Fax: (916) 492-2628
E-Mail:
Read more about the Sacramento office

COLORADO
*Ecumenical Refugee Services, Inc.
1600 Downing Street, Suite 400
Denver, CO 80218
Phone: (303) 860-0128
Fax: (303) 860-1015
E-Mail:
Read more about the Denver office

CONNECTICUT
*Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS)
Episcopal Social Service, Inc.
235 Nicoll St., 2nd floor
New Haven, CT 06511
Phone: (203) 562-2095
Fax: (203) 562-1798
E-Mail:
Read more about the New Haven office

FLORIDA
*Church World Service/IRP
Miami Office
1924 NW 84th Ave.
Building 10, Beacon Centre
Doral, FL 33126
Phone: (305) 774-6770
Fax: (305) 774-6586
C/H legal: 774-6586
E-Mail:
Read more about the Miami office

GEORGIA
*Refugee Resettlement and Immigration Services of Atlanta
4151 Memorial Drive, Suite 205-D
Decatur, GA 30032
Phone: (404) 622-2235
Fax: (404) 622-3321
E-Mail:
Read more about the Atlanta office

Many affiliates sponsor programs to assist refugees as they adjust to life in the U.S. These refugees take part in the Chicago affiliate's refugee gardening project. Photo: CWS-Chicago IL

ILLINOIS
*Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Ministries (IRIM)
4753 N. Broadway, Suite 401
Chicago, IL 60640
Phone: (773) 989-5647
Fax: (773) 989-0484
E-Mail:
Read more about the Chicago office

INDIANA
Exodus Refugee/Immigration, Inc.
4550 N. Central Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Phone: (317) 921-0836/0837
Fax: (317) 921-1992
E-Mail: cmiller@exodusrefugee.org
Read more about the Indiana office

KENTUCKY
*Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc.
969B Cherokee Road
Louisville, KY 40204
Phone: (502) 479-9180
Fax: (502) 479-9190
E-Mail:
Read more about the Louisville office

Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc.
Sub-Office of Louisville
201 East Maxwell Street
Lexington, KY  40508
Phone: (859) 226-5661
Fax: (859) 226-9631
E-Mail:
Read more about the Lexington office

MASSACHUSETTS
*Refugee Immigration Ministry
142 Pleasant St. Suite 203
Malden, MA 02148
Phone: (781) 322-1011
FAX: (978) 887-6981
E-Mail:
Read more about the Malden office
(Not a resettlement site.)

MICHIGAN
Programs Assisting Refugee Acculturation (PARA)
901 Eastern Ave. NE
PO Box 294
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0294
Phone: (616) 224-7540
Fax: (616) 254-7750
E-Mail:
Read more about the Grand Rapids office

MINNESOTA
*Minnesota Council of Churches
Refugee Services
122 West Franklin, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Phone: (612) 230-3216
Fax: (612) 870-3622
E-Mail:
Read more about the Minneapolis office

NEBRASKA
*Lutheran Refugee Services
1941 South 42nd Street, Suite 402
Omaha, NE  68105
Phone: (402) 346-6100
Fax: (402) 827-3218
E-Mail:
Read more about the Omaha office

Heartland Refugee Resettlement, Inc.
Sub-Office of Omaha
2900 “O” Street, Suite 200
Lincoln, NE 68510
Phone: (402) 435-2910
Fax: (402) 435-2949
E-Mail:
Read more about the Lincoln office

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Interfaith Refugee Resettlement Program
Lutheran Social Services of the NE
261 Sheep Davis Road - Ste A-1
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-8111
Fax: (603) 224-5473
E-Mail:
Read more about the Concord office

NEW YORK
Journey's End Refugee Services, Inc.
184 Barton Street
Buffalo, NY 14213
Phone: (716) 882-4963
Fax: (716) 882-4977
E-Mail:
Read more about the Buffalo office

*Catholic Family Center, Refugee Resettlement Program
87 N Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14604
Phone: (585) 262-7076
Fax: (585) 232-6486
E-Mail:

InterFaith Works of Central New York, Inc.
Refugee Resettlement Program
3049 East Genesee Street
Syracuse, NY 13224
Phone: (315) 474-1261/1262
Fax: (315) 474-0038
E-Mail:
Read more about the Syracuse office

NORTH CAROLINA
*Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas, Inc.
Trinton Building
1031 Summit Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27405
Phone: (336) 553-1502
Fax: (336) 274-3605
E-Mail:

*Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas, Inc.
Sub-Office of Greensboro, NC
112 Cox Avenue
Raleigh, N.C. 27605-1817
Phone: (919) 861-2807, Ext. 307
Fax: (919) 832-9876
E-Mail:

OHIO
*Community Refugee and Immigration Services (CRIS)
4889 Sinclair Rd., Suite103
Columbus, OH 43229
Phone: (614) 840-9634
Fax: (614) 840-9718
E-Mail:
Read more about the Columbus office

OREGON
*Sponsors Organized to Assist Refugees (SOAR)
2906 NE Glisan Street
Portland, OR 97232
Phone: (503) 284-3002
Fax: (503) 284-3270
E-Mail:
Read more about the Portland office

PENNSYLVANIA
*Church World Service IRP
c/o Tabor Community Services
308 East King Street, PO Box 1676
Lancaster, PA 17602
Phone: (717) 381-2890
Fax: (717) 381-2896
E-Mail:
Read more about the Lancaster office

SOUTH CAROLINA
Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas, Inc.
Sub-Office of Greensboro, NC
PO Box 21728, Columbia, SC 29221-1728
1440 Broad River Road (UPS/FedEx only)
Columbia, SC 29210
Phone: (803) 750-9917
Fax: (803) 750-9920
E-Mail:
Read more about the Columbia Office

TENNESSEE
Bridge Refugee Services, Inc.
123 Dameron Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37917-6414
Phone: (865) 540-1311 ext. 115
Fax: (865) 540-1021
E-Mail:
Read more about the Knoxville office

TEXAS
*Refugee Services of Texas, Inc.
4113 Junius
Dallas, TX 75246
Phone: (214) 821-4422
Fax: (214) 821-4899
E-Mail:
Read more about the Dallas office

Refugee Services of Texas
Sub-Office of Dallas
109 Denson Drive
Austin, TX 78752
Phone: (512) 472-9472
Fax: (512) 377-2233
E-Mail:
Read more about the Austin office

*Refugee Services of Texas, Inc.
Sub-Office of Dallas
5009 Brentwood Stair Rd.
Ste 102
Fort Worth, Texas 76112
Phone: (817) 457-8110
Fax: (817) 496-8144
E-Mail:
Read more about the Fort Worth office

Refugee Services of Texas, Inc.
Sub-Office of Dallas
1731 S. Avondale
Amarillo, TX 79106
Phone: (806) 381-0099
Fax: (806) 356-9094
E-Mail:

Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston
IM Refugee Services
3217 Montrose Boulevard
Houston, TX 77006-3980
Phone: (713) 533-4990
Fax: (713) 524-6129
E-Mail:
Read more about the Houston office

VIRGINIA
*Virginia Council of Churches
Refugee Resettlement Program
1214 W. Graham Road, Suite #3
Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: (804) 321-3305
Fax: (804) 321-8427
E-Mail:
Read more about the Richmond office

*VCC/Harrisonburg Refugee Resettlement Program
Sub-Office of Richmond, VA
Muhlenberg Lutheran Church
281 East Market Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
Phone: (540) 433-7942
Fax: (540) 432-0238
E-Mail:
Read more about the Harrisonburg office

WASHINGTON
*Interchurch Refugee Ministries
1610 South King Street
Seattle, WA 98144
Phone: (206) 323-3152
Fax: (206) 322-7632
E-Mail:
Read more about the Seattle office

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