Resettlement Resources: Global H.O.P.E. team offers grants, check-ins and other tools to churches resettling refugees.
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About welcoming our new Afghan neighbors
Greetings, SWC churches. Information and strategy recommendations are available from the UCC National Setting regarding welcoming and resettling our 55,600 new Afghan neighbors and the anticipated 30,000 addition neighbors who will enter the US by year’s end. This guidance mentions ways to participate in the resettlement effort and considerations regarding partners with whom you might decide to work. The SWC office is interfacing with the National Setting and our other ministry partners regarding this effort. To that end they’ve asked us to collect your questions, collate them, and pass them on.
Read MoreDisaster Response and Refugee Aid Resources
As a response to the emergency needs of both Hurricane Ida victims and Afghanistan refugees, Arizona Faith Network has published a page of Disaster Response and Refugee Aid Resources on the AFN website. Most of the links are to programs of faith partners, both local and national, and if you have others they should include, please email them to contactus@azfaithnetwork.org.
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