Office of Refugee Resettlement

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The Office of Refugee Resettlement is a U.S. federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services responsible for providing assistance and support services to refugees, asylees, and certain other vulnerable immigrant populations to help them integrate and become self-sufficient.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. federal agency ⓘ
government organization ⓘ
abbreviation ORR ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
foundedBy Refugee Act of 1980 ⓘ
hasMission to provide new populations with the opportunity to achieve their full potential in the United States ⓘ
hasPurpose to assist refugees and other eligible populations in achieving economic self-sufficiency ⓘ
to assist refugees and other eligible populations in achieving social self-sufficiency ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1980 ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ
Immigration and Nationality Act ⓘ
Refugee Act of 1980 ⓘ
Trafficking Victims Protection Act ⓘ
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 ⓘ
overseesProgram Anti-Trafficking in Persons Program ⓘ
Refugee Cash Assistance ⓘ
Refugee Medical Assistance ⓘ
Refugee Social Services Program ⓘ
Survivors of Torture Program ⓘ
Targeted Assistance Program ⓘ
Unaccompanied Children Program ⓘ
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program ⓘ
parentOrganization Administration for Children and Families ⓘ
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
partOf Administration for Children and Families ⓘ
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ⓘ
responsibleFor care and placement of unaccompanied children in federal custody ⓘ
cash assistance for eligible refugees ⓘ
certification of foreign national victims of human trafficking ⓘ
medical assistance for eligible refugees ⓘ
refugee case management services ⓘ
refugee employment services ⓘ
refugee health promotion programs ⓘ
refugee resettlement assistance in the United States ⓘ
refugee school impact grants ⓘ
refugee social services programs ⓘ
services for Cuban and Haitian entrants ⓘ
services for Special Immigrant Visa holders ⓘ
services for certain Afghan parolees ⓘ
services for certain Ukrainian parolees ⓘ
services for certain asylees ⓘ
services for survivors of torture ⓘ
services for unaccompanied children referred by the Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
services for unaccompanied refugee minors ⓘ
services for victims of human trafficking ⓘ
targeted assistance grants to states and localities ⓘ
website https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr ⓘ
worksWith community-based organizations ⓘ
state refugee coordinators ⓘ
voluntary resettlement agencies ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Refugee Act of 1980 → establishes → Office of Refugee Resettlement ⓘ
Refugee Cash Assistance program → administeredBy → Office of Refugee Resettlement ⓘ
Refugee Cash Assistance program → coordinationWith → Refugee Support Services ⓘ
linked to: Office of Refugee Resettlement
U.S. Refugee Admissions Program → implementedBy → Office of Refugee Resettlement ⓘ
Public Law 96-212 → creates → Office of Refugee Resettlement ⓘ