Refugee Dream Center is working overtime to cover rush of new cases

Since the election, the staff at the Refugee Dream Center has been busy. Executive Director Teddi Jallow says they’ve been working overtime because their partners at HIAS and the United Nations Refugee Agency are trying to resettle as many refugees as possible before Trump comes into office.  

“Sometimes we resettle two families a week, meaning we need two apartments. We need to do all that within a week, because they’re trying to resettle almost everybody before the 20th, which is very difficult for agencies like us that are resettling refugees,” Jallow said. 

In addition to the extra caseloads and people coming in off the street, the Center could be up against another challenge. Jallow says she relies on funding from the federal government to help pay for the Refugee Dream Center’s programs. And she’s worried that could be cut or go away entirely under the next presidential administration. She’s reaching out to other financial contributors in advance.

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