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The original documents are located in Box 9, folder "Indochina Refugees - Briefing
Material for Gov. Dan Evans" of the Theodore C. Marrs Files at the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library.
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STATE
d THE THE OK
1654
STATE OF WASHINGTON
OFFICE or THE GOVERNOR
OLYMPIA
DANIEL J. EVANB
FORD i OFFALD LIBRARY
GOVERNOR
VIETNAMESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM
In late April, Governor Daniel Evans was contacted by the United
States State Department about the possible relocation of up to 500 Vietnamese
refugees in the State of Washington. The refugees were among several thou-
sand being temporarily housed at Camp Pendleton, California, The Governor
had previously indicated the state's willingness to participate in the
resettlement effort and, at & scheduled news briefing on May 8, 1975,
announced his intention to bring the refugees gradually into the State of
Washington.
Before making the formal public announcement, Governor Evans appointed
Tom Pryor, director of the State Department of Emergency Services, overall
coordinator of the newly created Washington State Vietnamese Refugee Re-
settlement Project. A Vietnamese Assistance Center was immediately es-
tablished in the Camp Murray National Guard Armory near Tacoma, Washington.
Temporary living units for the refugees were made available at the National
Guard facility by refurbishing 10 cottages, designed to house & maximum of
100 refugees, on the 300-acre site. Within days after the Governor's
announcement to the people of the State of Washington, the Vietnamese
Assistance Center was prepared to house the first group of refugees from
Camp Pendleton.
Three Washington State agencies became directly involved in the re-
settlement of the refugees. The Department of Emergency Services assumed
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the responsibility for maintaining and coordinating activities at the
Vietnamese Assistance Center and the cluster of cottages that became the
refugee camp. The Department of Social and Health Services was desig-
nated to recruit, screen and assign American sponsors to each refugee
family, and DSHS personnel were temporarily assigned to the center to
determine the specific social and economic needs of each refugee family
as well. The Department of Employment Security was called upon to inter-
view the head of each refugee household for complete employment history
evaluation and possible Job placement once housing was secured.
L. Dean Brown, director of the President's Indochina Interagency
Task Force, informed the Governor by telegram that all costs to the state
for resettlement, to include health. income maintenance and social serv-
ices, would be reimbursed by the federal government.
Hashington State Department of Emergency Services
Once the formal announcement of refugee resettlement was made by
the Governor, Pryor detached à staff representative from his office and
& representative from the Department of Social and Health Services to
Camp Pendleton to assist in the processing of the 500 refugees that
would gradually be arriving in the state. An invitation was issued by
the state's representatives to refugees quartered in one of the eight
"tent cities" established at Camp Pendleton. Within two hours well over
1,000 refugees applied for permanent placement in Washington State. The
selection of 500 of the 1,000 applicants was made at random and trans-
portation plans were made to bring them to the state in groups of 100.
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Personnel from Emergency Services, working in cooperation with
the Office of the Governor, the Salvation Army, Washington National
Guard, American Red Cross and other community agencies, supply the
refugees temporarily housed at Camp Murray with food, laundry facili-
ties, recreation equipment, transportation, security, staff support,
medical assistance and general resettlement counseling.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Each Vietnamese family receives an American sponsoring family
or organization before its departure from Camp Murray. Sponsors are
being recruited to meet specific needs of adjustment for the Viet-
namese as they settle permanently in the state. Social and Health
Services personnel in public assistance offices were alerted to pro-
cess inquiries for sponsorship from individuals and organizations
(church, community and civic groups).
The types of sponsorships needed are as follows:
1. Those that provide complete support; i.e., subsistence,
housing assistance and employment;
2. Moral support ww taking the role of à friend in helping
to locate employment, housing and community resources;
3. Contributions of specific goods and/or services.
Refugees with insufficient incomes or resources to meet their
needs can apply for direct assistance (financial, medical and related
social services) in the Vietnamese Center at Camp Murray. Once the
refugee family is placed with a sponsor, all records are transferred
to the public assistance office nearest their new permanent home and
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sponsor. Each office has also designated a caseworker to work with
sponsors and refugee families throughout the resettlement process.
In all cases it has been made very clear that a sponsor has no legal
responsibility for the refugee. Sponsors may also designate a time
frame during which sponsorship will be assumed. A significant majority
of the refugees currently at the camp and those who are awaiting trans-
fer from Camp Pendleton are skilled administrators, craftsmen, pro-
fessionals and clerical support personnel. It is not anticipated
that they will remain on assistance for an extended period of time.
Washington State Department of Employment Security
Refugees who were employed while in Vietnam are being thoroughly
interviewed by Employment Security counselors assigned to the Assistance
Center during the resettlement program. A complete history is developed
for each refugée interviewed to determine past employment experience
and specific job skills. Counselors at the center also assist refugees
with professional backgrounds in compiling resumes and help them pre-
pare for job interviews.
Minority employment organizations, such as the Asian Placement
Service, and volunteers are soliciting employers for jobs. Employment
Security counselors are making every effort to match refugee skills
with existing job listings and encouraging industrial employers to
make positions available to qualified refugees.
Employment Security staff representatives estimate that approxi-
mately 30 jobs will be needed to support the 500 refugees coming to the
state.
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Washington State Vietnamese Refugee Resettlement Progress
From May 20 to June 7 there have been 40 Vietnamese families
(150 refugees) placed in communities across Washington State. As a
general rule, a family is placed in close proximity to another Viet-
namese family for comfort and security. The news media have been
particularly cooperative in the recruitment of potential sponsors and
employment for the refugees through public service announcements and
news coverage.
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UP DATE AS OF 6/19
75 1n camp
338 placed w/sponsors
413 total arrivals
FORD & LIBRARY 03RALD
[June 1975]
EDUCATION
1. Language Training at the Reception Centers
Language training is presently being provided by
personnel of the voluntary agencies at the centers,
other volunteers, and by Federal and State education
personnel. In instances where a State does not have
the capability of mounting a complete progra for where
it is otherwise inappropriate for the State do so,
the Department will provide language traini. directly
through a private contractor.
2. Other Education and Training Activities at the
Reception Centers
The Department of Labor in cooperation with State
and local manpower/employment agencies is presently pro-
viding job counseling to all heads of households desiring
such assistance. The counselors advise on needed retrain-
ing or updating of job credentials. This service also
includes information on employment possibilities in the
areas to which they will be moving, using the Department
of Labor's Job Bank which lists job openings nationwide
categorized by geographical skill and type of job.
3. School Districts Enrolling Large Numbers of Refugee
Children
In order to provide transitional assistance to school
districts enrolling high concentrations of refugees, the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare is developing
procedures to help defray special costs which may be
incurred, particularly for English language instruction.
These procedures will be developed in the very near future,
in time to assist local school districts in their planning
for the coming school year.
4. Services for School Districts
A national clearinghouse for information on special
teaching resources and materials is now being established.
It will disseminate information to States and school dis-
tricts describing materials and resources which are par-
ticularly appropriate for the language instruction and
cultural orientation of the refugee children. In instances
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where teaching materials have been designed especially
to meet the needs of these children, the clearinghouse
will distribute these materials directly to the States
and school districts.
5. Student Assistance to Refugees Wishing to Pursue
Postsecondary Education
The Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG)
program and the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program,
which provide direct financial assistance to college,
university, and postsecondary vocational students pur-
suing their studies at accredited institutions, will
be available to refugees who meet the requirements of
the programs. These funding opportunities will also be
available for Vietnamese and Cambodian students who were
studying in this country at the time of the fall of their
respective governments and who wish to remain here.
HEALTH
Health problems which exceed the capabilities of
on-site medical resources are the responsibility of the
Public Health Service. Public Health Service Hospitals
and Clinics have been designated to provide or arrange
and pay for necessary off-site health care, and specific
Public Health Service Hospitals at San Francisco, New
Orleans, and Baltimore have been designated as the referral
units for the reception centers. When required services
are not available in Public Health Service facilities or
when other considerations, such as separation of a family
unit are involved, care may be authorized by Public Health
Service contract or in other community facilities.
Upon release from the reception centers and resettle-
ment in communities, direct responsibility for medical
services to the Indochinese refugees by the Department of
Defense and Public Health Services terminates, and health
care must be obtained through community resources and
facilities.
In those cases where the refugees with the help of
their sponsors are unable to obtain health insurance,
State Medical Assistance is available to cover medical
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services. Sponsors can assist the refugee in register-
ing for medical assistance at local agencies where exist-
ing State eligibility criteria regarding the income and
assets of the refugee will be applied.
WELFARE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare
encourages maximum coordination between State agencies,
private organizations, and sponsors in the resettlement
effort. In this way, coordinated efforts can be developed
and maximum utilization made of private and voluntary
efforts to help the refugees become self-supporting resi-
dents of the State. However, in order to meet the emer-
gency needs of refugees if sponsorship arrangements do
not work out, and to avoid a burden on State or local
resources, welfare and medical assistance will be made
available to refugees with little or no income or resources
regardless of the composition of the family.
Under the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1975, the Social and Rehabilitation Service of
the Department of Health, Education and Welfare will pro-
vide States with 100 percent reimbursement for welfare
and medical assistance to needy Vietnamese and Cambodian
refugees. Full reimbursement will also be provided for
administrative costs incurred by State welfare agencies
in the provision of such assistance. In addition, within
limitations to be defined, 100 percent reimbursement will
be provided for social services which are intended to
enable refugees to become self-supporting.
To avoid complete breakdowns in the sponsorship of
refugees, medical assistance will be made available to
needy refugees even though they do not receive financial
assistance. This will enable a sponsor who may not be
able to meet major medical needs which occur to continue
to provide food, maintenance, shelter, and help in
securing employment for a refugee family.
In general, the eligibility of refugees for welfare
and medical assistance will be based on the same standards
of need as apply to other residents of the State, and the
amount of assistance provided will be based on the levels
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of payments made under the State's program of aid to
families with dependent children (AFDC).
Full guidelines on welfare and medical assistance
will be provided to the States early next week.
SPONSORSHIP
With certain exceptions, refugees require sponsors to
assist in ensuring that the refugees do not become
public charges and to help each refugee make the
transition from refugee to a self-sufficient member
of his community.
Sponsorship can take the form of an offer of support,
employment or both. However, the sponsor must also be
ready to help the refugee with some of the less tangible
aspects of resettlement such as adjustment to a new
culture and a new way of life. Sponsorship is not a
formal, legal commitment. However, the sponsor under-
takes a clear moral commitment to help the refugee to
the best of his ability.
A sponsor, working through an appropriate voluntary
agency, state or local government unit will be
expected to:
1. Receive the refugee and his family;
2. Provide shelter and food, until the refugee
becomes self-sufficient. Shelter need not be in the
residence of the sponsor but must be adequate;
3. Provide clothing and pocket money;
4. Provide assistance in finding employment and
in school enrollment for children;
5. Cover ordinary medical costs or medical insurance.
In order to meet emergency needs, refugee families who are
eligible may obtain medical assistance through state
Medicaid programs. This assistance, however, in no way
abrogates a sponsor's moral obligation to provide normal
health assistance for refugee families.
Once employment is obtained, the sponsor will assist the
refugee to locate permanent housing, acquire minimal
furniture and arrange for other necessities.
MODEL FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROUP SPONSORSHIPS
1. AGREEMENT TO INITIATE GROUP SPONSORSHIP
As a first step, State and local governments inter-
ested in undertaking group sponsorship should bring
together political, business, union, church and
voluntary leadership to decide:
-- if group sponsorship is desirable,
-- what numbers of refugees can best be absorbed
into the area or community (e.g. some con-
siderations are labor market, housing availability,
and community services),
-- how to organize a task force or appropriate
mechanism to coordinate the group sponsorship.
If there is enough leadership consensus to move forward,
an initial contact should be made with the President's
Interagency Task Force (202-632-3172)
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A REFUGEE TASK FORCE
Having agreed to initiate group sponsorship, and
after preliminary discussions with the Task Force,
an operational coordinating body, representative of
public and private sector organizations, should be
established to set up procedures in the context of a
proposal to be discussed in person with the civil
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coordinator of the resettlement center nearest
you.
3. PROPOSAL DISCUSSION WITH TASK FORCE
The proposal will be reviewed and discussed with
the Chief Civilian Coordinator and his senior staff
at the resettlement center. If approved by this
group the State or local representative returns to
his or her homesite.
4. IDENTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF SPONSORSHIP
The State or local Task Force should set up a system
to solicit sponsorships. Such offers need to be
checked in order to certify the ability of sponsor
volunteers to perform sponsorship responsibilities.
Once an adequate number of certified sponsorship offers
are certified a Task Force representative should
return to the Resettlement Center.
5. SIGN MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
Memorandum between the State or local official and
the three Interagency Task Force officials will be
signed confirming the terms of the group sponsorship
policies and procedures.
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6. SELECT REFUGEES AND ASSIST IN TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
With the assistance of the Civil Coordinator Staff,
the State/local representative will select refugees
to participate in the group sponsorship and arrange
for transportation. The costs of transportation of
refugee families from the Resettlement Center to the
sponsors' locations will be borne by the Federal
Government.
7. SUGGESTIONS
--State or local governments may wish to consider
formation of a non-profit organization to
administer the resettlement program. The
possibility of receiving tax-deductible contribu-
tions to defray non-reimbursable administrative
expenses might be explored with the Internal
Revenue Service.
-- In calling for sponsorship offers, the State or
local organization should concentrate on
identifying actual family sponsors, but should
encourage individual offers of housing, employ-
ment, clothing, etc. as part of the total
sponsorship program. These latter types of
offers can be matched with possible requirements
of individual family sponsors.
MODEL FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATION SPONSORSHIP
Organizations who wish to sponsor a number of refugees
.may wish to use the following procedure and checklist
in preparing a program.
A. Undertake a survey to determine the number and kinds
of jobs available in the community for the refugees.
B. Determine the approximate number of families who will
undertake the temporary housing and feeding of the newly
arrived families. This may also be done on a community basis
where two or three families living in adjacent houses could
handle a large family by splitting the housing and support
burden. Another plan could utilize public and private
facilities such as unused college housing and messing
facilities or other centrally located buildings for group
support maintenance.
C. Sub-committees should be formed to handle on the
single-point of contact basis the following logistics.
1. Contact with the local voluntary agency being
asked to process the families (Tab A list).
Liaison with the relocation center providing the refugees.
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Meeting refugees at airports or bus stations and
providing transport to sponsoring family.
2. General orientation to refugee families such
as the "welcome wagon" concept.
Collection of clothing and other life support
items donated by the community.
3. Central point of contact for refugees seeking
employment. Telephone assistance for appointments,
etc.
4. Briefings and assistance regarding taxes -
deductions - medical insurance, etc. Obtaining
driving permits - enrollment of children in schools.
5. Permanent housing assistance. When employment is
secured by the refugee and he begins to have an
income, the securing of permanent housing is a major
step on his road to self-sufficiency. HUD projects,
FHA support, and/or community-supported loans or
rentals may be considered.
When your organization has familiarized itself with the above
requirements soon to be needed by the refugee it is then time
to contact one or more of the volunteer organizations. Your
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local chapter of a voluntary organization is the place
to start. Discuss with this local office the type of
individuals, skills and quantity of refugees your organi-
zation is capable of handling. We suggest your organization
picks out a planning figure based on your survey. If say,
100 families are possible to resettle in your area, start
with 10 families until you gain experience. You can always
go back for more.
Major objective of your efforts must be to assist the
refugee to become self-sufficient and prevent him from
becoming a public charge.
TO:
As of 06/05/75
US Catholic Conference
Migration and Refugee Services
1312 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202/659-6631
American Fund for Czechoslavak Refugees
1790 Broadway
Room 513
New York, NY 10019
212/265-1919
Church World Services
Immigration and Refugee Program
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10027
212/870-2061
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
315 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010
212/677-3950
Tolstoy Foundation, Incorporated
250 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
212/247-2922
International Rescue Committee
386 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
212/679-0010
American Council for Nationalities Service
20 West 40th Street
New York, NY 10018
212/279-2715
Traveler's AID-International Social Services
345 East 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
212/687-2747
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United Hias Service, Incorporated
200 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003
212/674-6800
YMCA
International Division
291 Broadway
New York, New York 10007
212/374-2188
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GUIDELINES ON INS CLEARANCES
The following was provided by INS as clarification of
INS security procedures:
Effective immediately and superceding all
previous instructions regarding security
clearance, the following definitions are
applicable and refugees meeting the definitions
are eligible for parole under the Vicom
Program.
"Relatives" are the spouse, child, parent, or
parent of a spouse of a. U.S. citizen or lawful
permanent resident alien.
"Extended relations" are also within the program,
and include any person regardless of age or sex
who is related to a qualified "relative" and
is traveling with the qualified "relative".
Return of security checks need not be awaited
for "relatives" or for "extended relatives".
Furthermore, return of security checks need
not be awaited for a former United States
government employee where former United States
government employment has been verified by a
United States government agency and the United
States government agency has certified that
security checks were conducted during or
prior to such United States government employment.
Also, return of security checks need not be awaited
for "extended relatives" of such former USG
employees. "Extended relatives", here, are persons
regardless of age or sex who are related to such
former USG employees and who are traveling with
the former USG employee. Form G-325 and the
affadavit form G-646 must be executed for every
refugee 14 years of age.
Refugee who meet the foregoing definitions, however,
may be released immediately provided that they have
the required assurances and the security returns
may be received at a later date.
All other persons must await the return of security
checks unless under age 17. Unusual cases involving
humanitarian factors, may be phoned to central office
INS for guidance, coordinated with Deputy Commissioner
Green.
Summary for Civil Coordinator:
IATF interprets foregoing instruction as
follows: members of following five groups
may leave camp before completion of security
clearance.
A) Spouse, child, parent, or parent of spouse
of AMCIT.
B) Spouse, child , parent, or parent of spouse
of lawful permanent resident alien.
C) Former U.S. or VN U.S. government employees
who have had U.S. security check verified
by employer.
D) People related in any way to member of any of
above categories and who are traveling with
them.
E) People under 17.
Prior to departure of these people from camps, all
other processing, including verified sponsorship,
must be completed.
PROCESSING OF INDOCHINESE REFUGEES
This message establishes guidelines and procedures for
processing Indochinese refugees quickly through the
reception areas in the United States while still insuring
that the refugees are properly resettled and that the
possibility of their becoming a public charge is reduced.
The goal is to make Indochinese refugees self-supporting
members of their communities in the shortest possible
time.
GENERAL:
The guidelines and procedures set forth in this message
should be followed at each processing center. However,
the Senior Civil Coordinator may modify these procedures
to fit his particular needs. He should notify the Inter-
Agency Task Force, Washington, of major changes.
Processing should be accomplished expeditiously.
Arriving refugees should begin processing as soon as
practicable. The elements of processing are: (A)
Reception; (B) Immigration and Naturalization Service
In-Processing; (C) Issuance of Social Security Numbers;
(D) Health, Education Welfare, Health and Social
Services Counselling; (E) Sponsorship Verification;
(F) INS Final Processing (Security Check Verification) ;
(G) Final Outprocessing and Travel.
SECURITY CLEARANCES:
Results of security checks are required before release
from refugee camps for all refugees 17 and over except:
(A) relatives of either American citizens or permanent
resident aliens; and (B) former U.S. Government employees
having had valid security clearances. Security checks on
persons in these categories will be performed after they
have arrived at their final destination.
SPONSORSHIP- (SEE ANNEX D ALSO) :
With certain exceptions, refugees require sponsors to
assist in insuring that the refugees do not become
public charges and to help each refugee make the
transition from refugee status to status as a self-sufficient
member of his community.
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Sponsorship can take the form of an offer of support,
employment or both. However, the sponsor must also be
ready to help the refugee with some of the less tangible
aspects of resettlement such as adjustment to a new
culture, acquainting the refugee with American law and
requirements. Sponsorship is not a formal, legal commit-
ment. However, the sponsor undertakes a clear moral com-
mitment to help the refugee to the best of his ability.
SPONSORSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
A sponsor, in conjunction with an appropriate Volag, will
be expected to:
1. Receive the refugee and his family;
2. Provide shelter and food, until the refugee
becomes self-sufficient. Shelter need not be in the resi-
dence of the sponsor but must be adequate;
3. Provide clothing and pocket money;
4. Provide assistance in finding employment and in
school enrollment for children;
5. Cover ordinary medical costs or medical insurance.
Once employment is obtained, the sponsor will assist the
refugee to locate permanent housing, acquire minimal furni-
ture and arrange for utilities.
PROCESSING OF REFUGEES BY CATEGORY:
The following procedures will apply for the processing of
various refugee categories:
1. Refugees without sponsors:
Voluntary agencies will play the major role in re-
settling refugees by matching them with specific sponsors by
obtaining the pledges of individuals, churches or community
groups to resettle the refugees and by matching other offers
of sponsorship that are not specific as to persons or family.
(ANNEX A).
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The Department of State has received a number of
offers for sponsorship, employment, housing and material
assistance. These offers will be made available to the
Volags for verification and follow-up. Similar offers
received at the reception centers should be referred to
Voluntary Agency representatives at the centers.
2. Refugees specifically named by a sponsor:
Offers to sponsor a named individual or family which
can be matched with refugees of the same name at the camps
should be referred to a Volag for verification. Because of
the similarity of Vietnamese names, the Volag should first
verify that the correct refugees have been located. In cases
where a sponsor has named a specific family or the refugee
has named a proposed sponsor, the Volag will make appropriate
inquiries of the sponsor to confirm his willingness to help
the refugee and to verify the plans for resettling the refugee.
The responsibilities the sponsor is aşsuming will be explained
to the sponsor. As required, the Volag will arrange for a
local check to determine insofar as possible whether the spon-
sor has the means needed for sponsorship.
Prospective sponsors should be requested to send a
statement or telegram to the individual refugee in care of the
American Red Cross at the local camp or to certify to the
Volag representative in the sponsor's locality that he under-
stands the obligations of sponsorship and will make every
effort to provide or assist the named refugees in obtaining
housing, employment and other assistance which will lead to
self-sufficiency. Statement should be signed and contain
address and telephone number of sponsor. We are asking the
Volags to publicize the availability of their direct-name
sponsorship service. (ANNEX B).
If the sponsor is determined to be responsible by
the Volag, INS will authorize the release of the refugee
from camp. Those cases considered doubtful by the Volag will
be rejected and the refugee will be resettled by other
voluntary agency efforts.
3. Refugees with independent means.
Certain refugees may have access to personal re-
sources which will enable them to be self-sustaining. These
refugees may require only brief counselling to direct them
to a resettlement location. A single adult or family with
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at least one adult with facility in English, vocational
skills and a general idea of a resettlement location can
meet the self-sustaining test if the family has average
resources of $4000 per capita, exclusive of transportation.
A board at each camp comprised of officials of State, INS
and HEW will make the determination of self-sufficiency and
authorize release from camp. Refugees determined to have
adequate personal funds should not be maintained at camps
at USG expense once security checks are completed.
The board will interview the refugee and determine
whether he can adequately meet the above test of self-
sufficiency. If he does, he will be certified for departure
from camp without referral to a Voluntary Agency and without
the requirement for sponsorship.
4. Relatives of American citizens and permanent aliens:
HEW, with the assistance of the Red Cross, will
verify the willingness and ability of the named relative to
"sponsor" and resettle the refugee. Once confirmed, INS
will release those refugees without an additional sponsor-
ship requirement. If HEW decides the sponsor is unable to
care for the refugees, the case will be passed to an accredi-
ted Voluntary Agency for processing. "Relatives" of U.S.
citizens includes spouse, parents, grandparents, children,
grandchildren, unmarried siblings and handicapped dependents.
5. Offers by former employers:
If sponsorship is offered by a former employer,
the offer will be reviewed by the board established under
Section 3, and if the former employer is deemed to be re-
sponsible - a major corporation, charitable group or USG -
the refugee will be released to the employer without Volun-
tary Agency assistance. If the employer cannot offer the
full range of sponsor services, he should be put in touch
with an approved resettelement Voluntary Agency.
If an employer proposes to send the refugee outside
the United States to work, the refugee should consult with
INS to ensure that appropriate travel and re-entry documents
are issued.
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Continued - Processing of Indochinese Refugees
6. Travel:
The refugee may travel at his own expense, the ex-
pense of his sponsor, or government expense. Government-
paid travel should not be relied upon and at a minimum,
partial payment by the sponsor or refugee should be attempted.
However, government-paid travel is preferred over jeopardizing
sponsorship or depriving the refugee of essential funds re-
quired for resettlement. In order to determine eligibility
for government travel expenses, the assets of the refugee or
sponsor should be verified by HEW before travel is authorized
at government expense. Documentation of the lack of ability
of the refugee or sponsor to finance travel is required. At-
tached at ANNEX C is a sample form which may be used by the
refugee or sponsor to authenticate the requirement for travel
at government expense.
CLEARANCES:
This message has been cleared with the appropriate government
agencies and has been discussed with the Voluntary Agencies.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS --- AND THEIR ANSWERS
Q. How long will the reception centers be in operation?
A. Those in the Western Pacific will close out as the last refugees
leave for the United States, third countries or, at their own
request, return to Indochina.
The four reception centers in the continental U. S. are planned
as flow-through facilities through which the refugees may be
properly security-checked and processed before joining their
sponsors. The time involved is currently taking longer than it
should, a problem the Task Force is working hard to resolve.
If we are successful, the reception centers' life span may range
from 90 days to perhaps 6 months.
Eglin Air Force Base in Florida will have the shortest use; it
will be phased out just as soqn as the speed-up in processing
permits.
Q. Will there be a fifth reception site in the U. S.?
A. We do not envision that the necessity will arise. In fact, we
are planning to phase out Eglin AFB as early as it may prove
feasible and to continue to refine our procedures at Pendleton,
Chaffee, and Indiantown Gap so as to be able to manage with three
reception centers only.
Q. Will one camp be established for "residual" refugees --- hard-to-
place, unskilled, illiterate, or even excludable by INS?
A. No such facility is envisioned or planned. The voluntary
agencies will continue to seek sponsors for all refugee families.
The search may take longer for some families than for others,
but it is extremely doubtful that the numbers will be high enough
to require the indefinite management of a Defense Department
installation.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service will be judging each
excludable refugee on a case-by-case basis and will determine
its own requirements. It should be noted that INS has found fewer
than 30 refugees to be undesirable out of the first approximately
50,000 that have been checked.
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Q. What is a Sponsor? What are his responsibilities?
A. A sponsor may be an individual, a family, a church, a service
or other organization, or a business firm which has made a
moral commitment to do everything possible to help a refugee
family from the moment it arrives in the community until such
time as the family is self-supporting. The Sponsor provides
or arranges for shelter, food, counselling, job-seeking, and
assimilation into American life. In so doing, the Sponsor has
the cooperation of a Voluntary Agency.
Q. What is the role of the Voluntary Agencies?
A. The traditional voluntary agencies (see attached list) are
responsibile for the actual resettlement of the refugee families.
They locate sponsors, investigate the willingness and capability
of sponsors to undertake the necessary commitment, interview
families and attempt to match sponsors and families in the most
felicitous arrangement. Voluntary Agencies also stand ready to
assist sponsors financially (with funds made available to them
under the terms of their contracts with the U. S. Government) and
to find secondary sponsors in the unhappy event that the original
choices do not work out.
Q. What is the role of State and Local Governments?
A. State and local governments may act as sponsors by applying
directly to the IATF and indicating how many refugee families
they believe they are in a position to assist. Funds will be
made available for this purpose by the IATF, which will reim-
burse the state or local government's resettlement expenses up
to a total of $500 per each refugee successfully resettled.
Q. What about those who want to go home?
A. The United States believes in freedom of movement; those Viet-
namese or Cambodians who indicate a desire to return to Indochina
are free to do so. Since the USG is not in a position to fly
repatriates back to Indochina, it has called upon the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees to assume his traditional role in these
instances. The IATF is providing the UNHCR with the names and
locations of all refugees who have expressed a wish to return.
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The UNHCR, or its assigned representative, will interview
each one to insure that the decision has been made volun-
tarily. The UNHCR requires that each refugee seeking repatri-
ation fill out a quesstionnaire which it will submit to the
authorities in Vietnam. UNHCR will arrange flights for those who
are accepted back through the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) and/or the Inter-Governmental Committee for
European Migration (ICEM), each of whom is also taking up its
traditional role.
Q. What about refugees who may prefer to go to third countries?
A. Even before April 29, the USG had begun to internationalize the
resettlement of the refugees, through bilateral discussions and
through the UNHCR and ICEM. Several countries, notably Canada
and France, have sent immigration officers to Guam and/or the
reception centers. As of May 26, more than 2,000 refugees have
gone to other countries, Canada, Australia, France, the
Philippines, and Okinawa taking the largest numbers.
Q. What is the legal status of a refugee in the U. S.?
A. The Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees are entering as "parolees"
under Section 212 (d) (5) of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service is issuing each one an I-94 which identifies the holder
as a Vietnamese refugee who has been paroled into the United
States under Section 212 (d) (5) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act with authority to work.
The refugee may later seek to change his status to lawful perma-
nent resident of the United States under Section 245 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act if eligible for such adjustment
or under such subsequent. legislation as may be enacted by the
Congress. Thereafter, he may begin the procedure leading to
citizenship. The Vietnamese and Cambodians who were already in
this country when their governments fell, and who wish to remain,
may also seek an adjustment of status from that under which they
entered (such as students or visitors) to the above. Pending the
availability of this remedy, Immigration and Naturalization Service
will not forcibly require them to return to their homelands. Their
status will be that of aliens in "indefinite voluntary departure"
-3-
and they will be permitted to remain indefinitely and accept
full-time employment.
Q. To what public assistance benefits are the refugees entitled?
A. All benefits to which U. S. citizens are entitled, provided
they meet the same eligibility requirements. The assistance
would include financial and medical assistance and related.
social services. The Federal Government (HEW) will reimburse
the States 100% for any sums spent in this manner.
Q. Is there a locator?
A. We hope to have an efficient locator system some time in June
which will help to find individual refugees in the restaging or
reception sites. It will not be possible to locate a family
once it has left USG control and joined its sponsor, however.
Q. Is there a profile of the refugee community? What is known
about skills, occupations, literacy, etc.?
A. No one has yet been able to answer that question on the basis
of a valid scientific sample. Again, in June, we hope to have
enough information from the extended biographic sheets the
refugees are now required to fill out to draw a definite picture
of a representative number of refugees for the first time.
Q. How is the program being funded?
A. By the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975
(PL94-23) signed into law by the President on May 24. It pro-
vides 405 million dollars which will be spent as follows:
$155 million for daily maintenance at the restaging and reception
centers; $65 million for the Airlift; $70 million for resettle-
ment costs (furnished to VOLAGS) ; $100 million for subsequent
welfare and medical services; $15 million for the movement of
refugees to third countries. An additional $98 million, made
available for previous Foreign Assistance Act funds, paid for
the evacuation sea and airlift and for the opening up of the
restaging and reception sites.
Inter-Agency Indo-China Task Force
06/04/75
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS -- AND THEIR ANSWERS
R. FORD LIBRARY
Q. How long will the reception centers be in operation?
A. Those in the Western Pacific will close out as the last refugees
leave for the United States, third countries or, at their own
request, return to Indochina.
The four reception centers in the continental U. S. are planned
as flow-through facilities through which the refugees may be
properly security-checked and processed before joining their
sponsors. The time involved is currently taking longer than it
should, a problem the Task Force is working hard to resolve.
If we are successful, the reception centers' life span may range
from 90 days to perhaps 6 months.
Eglin Air Force Base in Florida will have the shortest use; it
will be phased out just as soon as the speed-up in processing
permits.
Q. Will there be a fifth reception site in the U. S.?
A. We ào not envision that the necessity will arise. In fact, we
are planning to phase out Eglin AFB as early as it may prove
feasible and to continue to refine our procedures at Pendleton,
Chaffee, and Indiantown Gap so as to be able to manage with three
reception centers only.
Q. Will one camp be established for "residual" refugees -- hard-to-
place, unskilled, illiterate, or even excludable by INS?
A. No such facility is envisioned or planned. The voluntary
agencies will continue to seek sponsors for all refugee families.
The search may take longer for some families than for others,
but it is extremely doubtful that the numbers will be high enough
to require the indefinite management of a Defense Department
installation.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service will be judging each
excludable refugee on a case-by-case basis and will determine
its own requirements. It should be noted that INS has found fewer
than 30 refugees to be undesirable out of the first approximately
50,000 that have been checked.
-1-
Q.. What is a Sponsor? What are his responsibilities?
A. A sponsor may be an individual, a family, a church, a service
or other organization, or a business firm which has made a
moral commitment to do everything possible to help a refugee
family from the moment it arrives in the community until such
time as the family is self-supporting. The Sponsor provides
or arranges for shelter, food, counselling, job-seeking, and
assimilation into American life. In so doing, the Sponsor has
the cooperation of a Voluntary Agency.
Q. What is the role of the Voluntary Agencies?
A. The traditional voluntary agencies (see attached list) are
responsibile for the actual resettlement of the refugee families.
They locate sponsors, investigate the willingness and capability
of sponsors to undertake the necessary commitment, interview
families and attempt to match sponsors and families in the most
felicitous arrangement. Voluntary Agencies also stand ready to
assist sponsors financially (with funds made available to them
under the terms of their contracts with the U. S. Government) and
to find secondary sponsors in the unhappy event that the original
choices do not work out.
Q. What is the role of State and Local Governments?
A. State and local governments may act as sponsors by applying
directly to the IATF and indicating how many refugee families
they believe they are in a position to assist. Funds will be
made available for this purpose by the IATF, which will reim-
burse the state or local government's resettlement expenses up
to a total of $500 per each refugee successfully resettled.
Q. What about those who want to go home?
A. The United States believes in freedom of movement; those Viet-
namese or Cambodians who indicate a desire to return to Indochina
are free to do so. Since the USG is not in a position to fly
repatriates back to Indochina, it has called upon the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees to assume his traditional role in these
instances. The IATF is providing the UNHCR with the names and
locations of all refugees who have expressed a wish to return.
-2-
The UNHCR, or its assigned representative, will interview
each one to insure that the decision has been made volun-
tarily. The UNHCR requires that each refugee seeking repatri-
ation fill out. a quesstionnaire which it will submit to the
authorities in Vietnam. UNHCR will arrange flights for those who
are accepted back through the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) and/or the Inter-Governmental Committee for
European Migration (ICEM), each of whom is also taking up its
traditional role.
Q. What about refugees who may prefer to go to third countries?
A. Even before April 29, the USG had begun to internationalize the
resettlement of the refugees, through bilateral discussions and
through the UNHCR and ICEM. Several countries, notably Canada
and France, have sent immigration officers to Guam and/or the
reception centers. As of May 26, more than 2,000 refugees have
gone to other countries, Canada, Australia, France, the
Philippines, and Okinawa taking the largest numbers.
Q. What is the legal status of a refugee in the U. S.?
A. The Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees are entering as "parolees"
under Section 212 (d) (5) of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service is issuing each one an I-94 which identifies the holder
as a Vietnamese refugee who has been paroled into the United
States under Section 212 (d) (5) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act with authority to work.
The refugee may later seek to change his status to lawful perma-
nent resident of the United States under Section 245 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act if eligible for such adjustment
or under such subsequent. legislation as may be enacted by the
Congress. Thereafter, he may begin the procedure leading to
citizenship. The Vietnamese and Cambodians who were already in
this country when their governments fell, and who wish to remain,
may also seek an adjustment of status from that under which they
entered (such as students or visitors) to the above. Pending the
availability of this remedy, Immigration and Naturalization Service
will not forcibly require them to return to their homelands. Their
status will be that of aliens in "indefinite voluntary departure"
-3-
and they will be permitted to remain indefinitely and accept
full-time employment.
Q. To what public assistance benefits are the refugees entitled?
A. All benefits to which U. S. citizens are entitled, provided
they meet the same eligibility requirements. The assistance
would include financial and medical assistance and related.
social services. The Federal Government (HEW) will reimburse
the States 100% for any sumsespent in this manner.
Q. Is there a locator?
A. We hope to have an efficient locator system some time in June
which will help to find individual refugees in the restaging or
reception sites. It will not be possible to locate a family
once it has left USG control and joined its spansor, however.
Q. Is there a profile of the refugee community? What is known
about skills, occupations, literacy, etc. ?
A. No one has yet been able to answer that question on the basis
of a valid scientific sample. Again, in June, we hope to have
enough information from the extended biographic sheets the
refugees are now required to fill out to draw a definite picture
of a representative number of refugees for the first time.
Q. How is the program being funded?
A. By the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975
(PL94-23) signed into law by the President on May 24. It pro-
vides 405 million dollars which will be spent as follows:
$155 million for daily maintenance at the restaging and reception
centers; $65 million for the Airlift; $70 million for resettle-
ment costs (furnished to VOLAGS) ; $100 million for subsequent
welfare and medical services; $15 million for the movement of.
refugees to third countries. An additional $98 million, made.
available for previous Foreign Assistance Act funds, paid for
the evacuation sea and airlift and for the opening up of the
restaging and reception sites.
Inter-Agency Indo-China Task Force
06/04/75
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Washington, D.C. 20520
June 7, 1975
NOTE TO DR. MARRS
The material we discussed this morning for Governor Evans is
attached. This package contains:
1. Talking Points
2. Individual Sponsorship Guidance
3. State and Local Sponsorship Guidance
4. Local Organization Sponsorship Guidance
5. Updated Q & A's
Please let me know if you would like any additional
information.
David & Fond
David A. Ford
IATF
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EDUCATION
1. Language Training at the Reception Centers
FORD & OFRALD LIBRARY
Language training is presently being provided by
personnel of the voluntary agencies at the centers,
other volunteers, and by Federal and State education
personnel. In instances where a State does not have
the capability of mounting a complete program or where
it is otherwise inappropriate for the State to do so,
the Department will provide language training directly
through a private contractor.
2. Other Education and Training Activities at the
Reception Centers
The Department of Labor in cooperation with State
and local manpower/employment agencies is presently pro-
viding job counseling to all heads of households desiring
such assistance. The counselors advise on needed retrain-
ing or updating of job credentials. This service also
includes information on employment possibilities in the
areas to which they will be moving, using the Department
of Labor's Job Bank which lists job openings nationwide
categorized by geographical skill and type of job.
3. School Districts Enrolling Large Numbers of Refugee
Children
In order to provide transitional assistance to school
districts enrolling high concentrations of refugees, the
Department of Health, Education and Welfare is developing
procedures to help defray special costs which may be
incurred, particularly for English language instruction.
These procedures will be developed in the very near future,
in time to assist local school districts in their planning
for the coming school year.
4. Services for School Districts
A national clearinghouse for information on special
teaching resources and materials is now being established.
It will disseminate information to States and school dis-
tricts describing materials and resources which are par-
ticularly appropriate for the language instruction and
cultural orientation of the refugee children. In instances
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where teaching materials have been designed especially
to meet the needs of these children, the clearinghouse
will distribute these materials directly to the States
and school districts.
5. Student Assistance to Refugees Wishing to Pursue
Postsecondary Education
The Basic Educational Opportunity Grants (BEOG)
program and the Guaranteed Student Loan (GSL) program,
which provide direct financial assistance to college,
university, and postsecondary vocational students pur-
suing their studies at accredited institutions, will
be available to refugees who meet the requirements of
the programs. These funding opportunities will also be
available for Vietnamese and Cambodian students who were
studying in this country at the time of the fall of their
respective governments and who wish to remain here.
HEALTH
Health problems which exceed the capabilities of
on-site medical resources are the responsibility of the
Public Health Service. Public Health Service Hospitals
and Clinics have been designated to provide or arrange
and pay for necessary off-site health care, and specific
Public Health Service Hospitals at San Francisco, New
Orleans, and Baltimore have been designated as the referral
units for the reception centers. When required services
are not available in Public Health Service facilities or
when other considerations, such as separation of a family
unit are involved, care may be authorized by Public Health
Service contract or in other community facilities.
Upon release from the reception centers and resettle-
ment in communities, direct responsibility for medical
services to the Indochinese refugees by the Department of
Defense and Public Health Services terminates, and health
care must be obtained through community resources and
facilities.
In those cases where the refugees with the help of
their sponsors are unable to obtain health insurance,
State Medical Assistance is available to cover medical
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services. Sponsors can assist the refugee in register-
ing for medical assistance at local agencies where exist-
ing State eligibility criteria regarding the income and
assets of the refugee will be applied.
WELFARE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare
encourages maximum coordination between State agencies,
private organizations, and sponsors in the resettlement
effort. In this way, coordinated efforts can be developed
and maximum utilization made of private and voluntary
efforts to help the refugees become self-supporting resi-
dents of the State. However, in order to meet the emer-
gency needs of refugees if sponsorship arrangements do
not work out, and to avoid a burden on State or local
resources, welfare and medical assistance will be made
available to refugees with little or no income or resources
regardless of the composition of the family.
Under the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance
Act of 1975, the Social and Rehabilitation Service of
the Department of Health, Education and Welfare will pro-
vide States with 100 percent reimbursement for welfare
and medical assistance to needy Vietnamese and Cambodian
refugees. Full reimbursement will also be provided for
administrative costs incurred by State welfare agencies
in the provision of such assistance. In addition, within
limitations to be defined, 100 percent reimbursement will
be provided for social services which are intended to
enable refugees to become self-supporting.
To avoid complete breakdowns in the sponsorship of
refugees, medical assistance will be made available to
needy refugees even though they do not receive financial
assistance. This will enable a sponsor who may not be
able to meet major medical needs which occur to continue
to provide food, maintenance, shelter, and help in
securing employment for a refugee family.
In general, the eligibility of refugees for welfare
and medical assistance will be based on the same standards
of need as apply to other residents of the State, and the
amount of assistance provided will be based on the levels
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of payments made under the State's program of aid to
families with dependent children (AFDC).
Full guidelines on welfare and medical assistance
will be provided to the States early next week.
SPONSORSHIP
With certain exceptions, refugees require sponsors to
assist in ensuring that the refugees do not become
public charges and to help each refugee make the
transition from refugee to a self-sufficient member
of his community.
Sponsorship can take the form of an offer of support,
employment or both. However, the sponsor must also be
ready to help the refugee with some of the less tangible
aspects of resettlement such as adjustment to a new
culture and a new way of life. Sponsorship is not a
formal, legal commitment. However, the sponsor under-
takes a clear moral commitment to help the refugee to
the best of his ability.
A sponsor, working through an appropriate voluntary
agency, state or local government unit will be
expected to:
1. Receive the refugee and his family;
2. Provide shelter and food, until the refugee
becomes self-sufficient. Shelter need not be in the
residence of the sponsor but must be adequate;
3. Provide clothing and pocket money;
4. Provide assistance in finding employment and
in school enrollment for children;
5. Cover ordinary medical costs or medical insurance.
In order to meet emergency needs, refugee families who are
eligible may obtain medical assistance through state
Medicaid programs. This assistance, however, in no way
abrogates a sponsor's moral obligation to provide normal
health assistance for refugee families.
Once employment is obtained, the sponsor will assist the
refugee to locate permanent housing, acquire minimal
furniture and arrange for other necessities.
MODEL FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT GROUP SPONSORSHIPS
1. AGREEMENT TO INITIATE GROUP SPONSORSHIP
As a first step, State and local governments inter-
ested in undertaking group sponsorship should bring
together political, business, union, church and
voluntary leadership to decide:
-- if group sponsorship is desirable,
-- what numbers of refugees can best be absorbed
into the area or community (e.g. some con-
siderations are labor market, housing availability,
and community services),
-- how to organize a task force or appropriate
mechanism to coordinate the group sponsorship.
If there is enough leadership consensus to move forward,
an initial contact should be made with the President's
Interagency Task Force (202-632-3172).
2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A REFUGEE TASK FORCE
Having agreed to initiate group sponsorship, and
after preliminary discussions with the Task Force,
an operational coordinating body, representative of
public and private sector organizations, should be
established to set up procedures in the context of a
proposal to be discussed in person with the civil
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coordinator of the resettlement center nearest
you.
3. PROPOSAL DISCUSSION WITH TASK FORCE
The proposal will be reviewed and discussed with
the Chief Civilian Coordinator and his senior staff
at the resettlement center. If. approved by this
group the State or local representative returns to
his or her homesite.
4. IDENTIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION OF SPONSORSHIP
The State or local Task Force should set up a system
to solicit sponsorships. Such offers need to be
checked in order to certify the ability of sponsor
volunteers to perform sponsorship responsibilities.
Once an adequate number of certified sponsorship offers
are certified a Task Force representative should
return to the Resettlement Center.
5. SIGN MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
Memorandum between the State or local official and
the three Interagency Task Force officials will be
signed confirming the terms of the group sponsorship
policies and procedures.
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6.
SELECT REFUGEES AND ASSIST IN TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
With the assistance of the Civil Coordinator Staff,
the State/local representative will select refugees
to participate in the group sponsorship and arrange
for transportation. The costs of transportation of
refugee families from the Resettlement Center to the
sponsors' locations will be borne by the Federal
Government.
7. SUGGESTIONS
-State or local governments may wish to consider
formation of a non-profit organization to
administer the resettlement program. The
possibility of receiving tax-deductible contribu-
tions to defray non-reimbursable administrative
expenses might be explored with the Internal
Revenue Service.
--- In calling for sponsorship offers, the State or
local organization should concentrate on
identifying actual family sponsors, but should
encourage individual offers of housing, employ-
ment, clothing, etc. as part of the total
sponsorship program. These latter types of
offers can be matched with possible requirements
of individual family sponsors.
MODEL FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATION SPONSORSHIP
Organizations who wish to sponsor a number of refugees
may wish to use the following procedure and checklist
in preparing a program.
A. Undertake a survey to determine the number and kinds
of jobs available in the community for the refugees.
B. Determine the approximate number of families who will
undertake the temporary housing and feeding of the newly
arrived families. This may also be done on a community basis
where two or three families living in adjacent houses could
handle a large family by splitting the housing and support
burden. Another plan could utilize public and private
facilities such as unused college housing and messing
facilities or other centrally located buildings for group
support maintenance.
C. Sub-committees should be formed to handle on the
single-point of contact basis the following logistics.
1. Contact with the local voluntary agency being
asked to process the families (Tab A list).
Liaison with the relocation center providing the refugees.
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Meeting refugees at airports or bus stations and
providing transport to sponsoring family.
2. General orientation to refugee families such
as the "welcome wagon" concept.
Collection of clothing and other life support
items donated by the community.
3. Central point of contact for refugees seeking
employment. Telephone assistance for appointments,
etc.
4. Briefings and assistance regarding taxes -
deductions - medical insurance, etc. Obtaining
driving permits - enrollment of children in schools.
5. Permanent housing assistance. When employment is
secured by the refugee and he begins to have an
income, the securing of permanent housing is a major
step on his road to self-sufficiency. HUD projects,
FHA support, and/or community-supported loans or
rentals may be considered.
When your organization has familiarized itself with the above
requirements soon to be needed by the refugee it is then time
to contact one or more of the volunteer organizations. Your
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local' chapter of a voluntary organization is the place
to start. Discuss with this local office the type of
individuals, skills and quantity of refugees your organi-
zation is capable of handling. We suggest your organization
picks out a planning figure based on your survey. If say,
100 families are possible to resettle in your area, start
with 10 families until you gain experience. You can always
go back for more.
Major objective of your efforts must be to assist the
refugee to become self-sufficient and prevent him from
becoming a public charge.
TO:
As of 06/05/75
US Catholic Conference
Migration and Refugee Services
1312 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202/659-6631
American Fund for Czechoslavak Refugees
1790 Broadway
Room 513
New York, NY 10019
212/265-1919
Church World Services
Immigration and Refugee Program
475 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10027
212/870-2061
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
315 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10010
212/677-3950
Tolstoy Foundation, Incorporated
250 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
212/247-2922
International Rescue Committee
386 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
212/679-0010
American Council for Nationalities Service
20 West 40th Street
New York, NY 10018
212/279-2715
Traveler's AID-International Social Services
345 East 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
212/687-2747
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United Hias Service, Incorporated
200 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003
212/674-6800
GERALD LIBRARY P FORD
YMCA
International Division
291 Broadway
New York, New York 10007
212/374-2188
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS -- AND THEIR ANSWERS
Q. Now long will the reception centers be in operation?
A. Those in the Western Pacific will close out as the last refugees
leave for the United States, third countries or, at their own
request, return to Indochina.
The four reception centers in the continental U. S. are planned
as flow-through facilities through which the refugees may be
properly security-checked and processed before joining their
sponsors. The time involved is currently taking longer than it
should, a problem the Task Force is working hard to resolve.
If we are successful, the reception centers' life span may range
from 90 days to perhaps 6 months.
Eglin Air Force Base in Florida will have the shortest use; it
will be phased out just as soqn as the speed-up in processing
permits.
Q. Will there be a fifth reception site in the U. S.?
A. We do not envision that the necessity will arise. In fact, we
are planning to phase out Eglin AFB as early as it may prove
teasible and to continue to refine our procedures at Pendleton,
Chaffee, and Indiantown Gap so as to be able to manage with three
reception centers only.
Q. Will one camp be established for "residual" refugees ---- hard-to-
place, unskilled, illiterate, or even excludable by INS?
A. No such facility is envisioned or planned. The voluntary
agencies will continue to seek sponsors for all refugee families.
The search may take longer for some families than for others,
but it is extremely doubtful that the numbers will be high enough
to require the indefinite management of a Defense Department
installation.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service will be judging each
excludable refugee on a case-by-case basis and will determine
its own requirements. It should be noted that INS has found fewer
than 30 refugees to be undesirable out of the first approximately
50,000 that have been checked.
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Q. What is a Sponsor? What are his responsibilities?
A, A sponsor may be an individual, a family, a church, a service
or other organization, or a business firm which has made a
moral commitment to do everything possible to help a refugee
family from the moment it arrives in the community until such
time as the family is self-supporting. The Spensor provides
or arranges for shelter, food, counselling, job-seeking, and
assimilation into American life. In so doing, the Sponsor has
the cooperation of a Voluntary Agency.
Q. What is the role of the Voluntary Agencies?
A. The traditional voluntary agencies (see attached list) are
responsibile for the actual resettlement of the refugee families.
They locate sponsors, investigate the willingness and capability
of sponsors to undertake the necessary commitment, interview
families and attempt to match sponsors and families in the most
felicitous arrangement. Voluntary Agencies also stand ready to
assist sponsors financially (with funds made available to them
under the terms of their contracts with the U. S. Government) and
to find secondary sponsors in the unhappy event that the original
choices do not work out.
Q. What is the role of State and Local Governments?
A. State and local governments may act as sponsors by applying
directly to the IATF and indicating how many refugee families
they believe they are in a position to assist. Funds will be
made available for this purpose by the IATF, which will reim-
burse the state or local government's resettlement expenses up
to a total of $500 per each refugee successfully resettled.
2. What about those who want to go home?
A. The United States believes in freedom of movement; those Viet-
namese or Cambodians who indicate a desire to return to Indochina
are free to do so. Since the USG is not in a position to fly
repatriates back to Indochina, it has called upon the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees to assume his traditional role in these
instances. The IATF is providing the UNHCR with the names and
locations of all refugees who have expressed a wish to return.
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The UNHCR, or its assigned representative, will interview
each one to insure that the decision has been made volun-
tarily. The UNHCR requires that each refugee seeking repatri-
ation fill out a quesstionnaire which it will submit to the
authorities in Vietnam. UNHCR will arrange flights for those who
are accepted back through the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) and/or the Inter-Governmental Committee for
European Migration (ICEM), each of whom is also taking up its
traditional role.
Q. What about refugees who may prefer to go to third countries?
A. Even before April 29, the USG had begun to internationalize the
resettlement of the refugees, through bilateral discussions and
through the UNHCR and ICEM. Several countries, notably Canada
and France, have sent immigration officers to Guam and/or the
reception centers. As of May 26, more than 2,000 refugees have
gone to other countries, Canada, Australia, France, the
Philippines, and Okinawa taking the largest numbers.
Q. What is the legal status of a refugee in the U. S.?
A. The Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees are entering as "parolees"
under Section 212 (d) (5) of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service is issuing each one an I-94 which identifiés the holder
as a Vietnamese refugee who has been paroled into the United
States under Section 212 (d) (5) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act with authority to work.
The refugee may later seek to change his status to lawful perma-
nent resident of the United States under Section 245 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act if eligible for such adjustment
or under such subsequent. legislation as may be enacted by the
Congress. Thereafter, he may begin the procedure leading to
citizenship. The Vietnamese and Cambodians who were already in
this country when their governments fell, and who wish to remain,
may also seek an adjustment of status from that under which they
entered (such as students or visitors) to the above. Pending the
availability of this remedy, Immigration and Naturalization Service
will not forcibly require them to return to their homelands. Their
status will be that of aliens in "indefinite voluntary departure"
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and they will be permitted to remain indefinitely and accept
full-time employment.
Q.
To what public assistance benefits are the refugees entitled?
A.
All benefits to which U. S. citizens are entitled, provided
they meet the same eligibility requirements. The assistance
would include financial and medical assistance and related.
social services. The Federal Government (HEW) will reimburse
the States 100% for any sums spent in this manner.
Q.
Is there a locator?
A. We hope to have an efficient locator system some time in June
which will help to find individual refugees in the restaging or
reception sites. It will not be possible to locate a family
once it has left USG control and joined its sponsor, however.
Q.
Is there a profile of the refugee community? What is known
about skills, occupations, literacy, etc. ?
A. No one has yet been able to answer that question on the basis
of a valid scientific sample. Again, in June, we hope to have
enough information from the extended biographic sheets the
refugees are now required to fill out to draw a definite picture
of a representative number of refugees for the first time.
Q. How is the program being funded?
A. By the Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1975
(PL94-23) signed into law by the President on May 24. It pro-
vides 405 million dollars which will be spent as follows:
$155 million for daily maintenance at the restaging and reception
centers; $65 million for the Airlift; $70 million for resettle-
ment costs (furnished to VOLAGS) ; $100 million for subsequent
welfare and medical services; $15 million for the movement of
refugees to third countries. An additional $98 million, made
available for previous Foreign Assistance Act funds, paid for
the evacuation sea and airlift and for the opening up of the
restaging and reception sites.
Inter-Agency Indo-China Task Force
06/04/75
NATIONAL DENCMINATIONAL RESETTIEMENT OFFICERS
FOR REFUGEE/EVACUEES -- 1975
Dr. James Thomas
Mr. W. L. Pascoe
United Methodist Committee for Relief
General Conference of Seventh-
Room 1470
Day Advertists
475 Riverside Drive
6840 Eastern Avenue, N.W.
New York, New York 10027
Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. 20012
(212) 678-6283
(202) 723-0800
Mrs. Isis Brown
International Division of YMCAs
Episcopal Church
291 Broadway
815 Second Avenue
New York, New York 10007
New York, New York 10017
(212) 349-0700 Ext. 260
(212) TN 7-8400
Mr. William Scholes
Mr. McKinley Coffman
United Presbyterian Church
World Ministries Commission of
in the U.S.A., Room 1268
The Church of the Brethren
475 Riverside Drive
New Windsor, Maryland 21776
New York, New York 10027
(301) NE 5-3131
(212) 870-2465
Mr. Matthew Giuffrida
Mr. Donald Anderson
American Baptist Churches
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19481
Service
(215) 768-2425
315 Park Avenue, South
New York, New York 10010
Mrs. Ella Grimes
(212) 677-3950
Christian Church (Disciples)
222 South Downey Avenue
Rev. Irvin Dawson
Indianapolis, Indiana 46207
Home Mission Board
(317) FL 3-1491
Southern Baptist Convention
1350 Spring Street, N.W.
Mrs. Elfriede Kohl
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
United Church of Christ,
(404) 873-4041
Room 1643
475 Riverside Drive
Mrs. Juanita Evans
New York, New York 10027
General Council of Assemblies of God
(212) 870-2701
Foreign Service Committee
1445 Boonville Avenue
Rev. John Muyskens
Springfield, Missouri 65802
Reformed Church in America
(417) 862-2781
2607 Palisades Avenue
Union City, New Jersey 07087
Mr. William T. Snyder
(201) 865-7646
Mennonite Central Committee
21 South 12th Street
Mr. Louis Van Ess
Akron, Pennsylvania 17501
Christian Reformed Church
(717) 859-1151
2850 Kalamazoo Avenue, S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508
Immigration & Refugee Program
(616) 241-1691
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
Room 666, 475 Riverside Drive
New York, New York 10027
(212) 870-2164; 870-2152
DIRECTORS OF DIOCESAN RESETTLEMENT COMMITTEES
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DIOCESE
DIRECTOR
Albany
Mr. Daniel J. Boudreau, Director
Catholic Family Services
(518) 436 9745
150 Hamilton Street
Albany, New York 12207
Alexandria
Msgr. Gerald J. Ducote
(318) 445 1424
(Louisiana)
Diocesan Director of Charities
P. 0. Box 5003
Alexandria, Louisiana 71301
Allentown
Rev. Dennis A. Rigney
(215) 435 1541
(Penna.)
Director, Catholic Charities
928 Union Blvd.
Allentown, Penna. 18103
Altoona-
Rev. Msgr. Joseph M. Luddy
(814) 944 9388
Johnstown
Catholic Charities
P. 0. Box 1349
Altoona, Penna. 16603
Amarillo
Mrs. Katie McDonough
(800) 376 4609
Catholic Family Service
1522 S. Van Buren
Amarillo, Texas 79102
Anchorage
Sister Mary Clare
(907) 277 2554
(Alaska)
Catholic Charities
942 West 11th Ave.
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Arlington
Mr. Daniel Resendes
(703) 534-7161
(Northern Virginia)
Catholic Charities
210 Little Falls St.
Falls Church, Va. 22046
Atlanta
Mr. Carlos Sans
(404) 881-1361
Catholic Center Resettlement Div.
756 West Peachtree St., N.W.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Austin
Rev. Richard E. McCabe
(512) 451 5121
Catholic Charities
2304 Hancock Dr. #8
Austin, Texas 78756
Baker City
Mrs. Marguerite Reed
(503) 523 2902
2605 2nd Street
Baker, Oregon 97814
DIOCESE
DIRECTOR
Baltimore
Rev. Neil McLaughlin
(301) 727 7777
Associated Catholic Charities
320 Cathedral Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Baton Rouge
Mr. Russell S. Lefeaux, Jr.
(504) 344 0427
Catholic Social Service
1220 Main Street
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802
Beaumont
Rev. William Manger
office (713) 838 0451
(Texas)
Director, Family Life Bureau
rectory (713) 835 5343
P. O. Box 3948
Beaumont, Texas 77704
Belleville
Mr. Michael H. Dalton
(618) 397 5700
Director
Catholic Social Service
8315 State St.
E. St. Louis, Illinois 62203
Belmont Abbey
Msgr. Edmund F. McCaffrey, OSE
(704) 825 3711
(North Carolina)
Belmont Abbey College
Belmont Abbey, North Carolina 28012
Birmingham
Rev. Msgr. Edward L. Foster
(205) 833 0171
Diocesan Development & Catholic Charities
P. 0. Box 3299
Birmingham, Alabama 35205
Bismarck
Miss Nancy McCarty
(701) 255 0793
304 Avenue A West
Catholic Charities
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501
Boise
Rev. Thomas A. Guadian
(203) 342 1311
Diocesan Resettlement Office
Box 769
Boise, Idaho 83701
Boston
Rev. Francis X. Irwin
(617) 523 5165
Catholic Charitable Bureau
10 Derne Street
Boston, Mass. 02114
Bridgeport
Mr. Edward S. Laskowski
(203) ED4 6158
Catholic Charities
850 Norman Street
Bridgeport, Connecticut 06605
Brooklyn
Dr. Catherine White
(212) 596 8400
Catholic Charities - Family Serv.
191 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201
DIOCESE
DIRECTOR
Brownsville
Mr. Leo Garza
(512) 787 6771
Catholic Charities Office
P. 0. Box 122
San Juan, Texas 78589
Rev. Henry Gugino, Associate Director
Buffalo
Catholic Charities
(716) 856 4494
525 Washington Street
Buffalo, New York 14203
Burlington
Rev. Msgr. Paul M. Bresnehan
(802) 863 3497
Catholic Charities
311 North Avenue
Burlington, Vermont 05401
Camden
Msgr. William J. Reynolds
(609) 541 2100
Resettlement Director
1845 Haddon Avenue
Camden, New Jersey 08101
Charleston
Very Rev. Joseph A. Wahl, C.O.
(803) 327-5857
P. 0. Box 11586
2097
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29730
Charlotte
Sister Amadeus
(704) 377 6871
(North Carolina)
1524 E. Morehead Street
P. O. Box 4523
Charlotte, North Carolina 28804
Cheyenne
Rev. Lawrence Etchingham
(307) 237 2723
Box 2247
Casper, Wyoming 32601
Chicago
Rev. Roger J. Coughlin
(312) CE6 5172
Catholic Charities
126 N. DesPlaines Street
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Cincinnati
Rev. James H. Garland
(513) 241 7745
Catholic Charities
426 East 5th Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Cleveland
Miss Diane Sherban
(216) 881 1600
Catholic Resettlement Council
DePaul Center for Families & Children
3409 Woodland Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Columbus
Rev. Bernard .T. McClory
(614) 221 5891
Catholic Welfare Bureau
197 East Gay Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Corpus Christi
Rev. Robert E. Freeman
(512) 884-9.302 FOR
Catholic Charities
1123 N. Staples
GERALD
Corpus Christi, Texas 78403
Attention: Sister Esperanza, O.P.
Covington
Rev. Msgr. Thomas B. Finn, V.G.
(606) 371 3100
Director, Catholic Social Service Bureau
15 East 11th Street
Covington, Kentucky 41011
Crookston
Rev. Gerald Foley
(218) 253 2889
(Minnesota)
Catholic Charities
P. 0. Box 386
Red Lake, Minnesota 56750
Dallas
Rev. John A. Matzner
(214) 528 3820
Catholic Family & Children's Service
3915 Lemmon Avenue
P. O. Box 19507
Dallas, Texas 75219
Davenport
Rev. M. A. Mottet
(319) 323 9733
St. Vincent Center
2706 Gaines Street
Davenport, Iowa 52804
Denver
Mr. James Mauck
(303) 222 3825
Catholic Resettlement Committee
1665 Grant Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Des Moines
Mr. Larry Breheny
(515) 243 4259
Catholic Council for Social Concern
1402 Woodland Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Detroit
Miss Dora L. Masko
(313) 237 5895
Catholic Refugee Resettlement
305 Michigan Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Dodge City
Rev. Lisle J. Pottorff
(316) 792 1393
Catholic Social Service
2546 20th Street
Great Bend, Kansas 67530
Dubuque
Rev. Thomas Rhomberg.
(319) DU3 6409
Catholic Charities
2909 Kaufmann Avenue
Dubuque, Iowa 52001
DIOCESE
DIRECTOR
Duluth
Rev. Msgr. Michael T. Skumave
(218) 727 6861
The Chancery
215 West 4th Street
Duluth, Minnesota 55806
El Paso
Vincente Calderon
(915) 533 4451
1118 No. Mesa Street
El Paso, Texas 79902
Erie
Very Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. Griffin
(814) 456 2978
Catholic Charities
329 West 10th Street
Erie, Penna. 16502
Evansville
Rev. Kenneth Knapp
(812) 423 5456
Catholic Charities
603 Court Building
Evansville, Indiana 47708
Fairbanks
Chancery Office
(907) LI3 5809
1032 8th
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fall River
Rev. Peter N. Graziano
(617) 676 8481
Catholic Social Service
368 North Main Street
Fall River, Mass. 02720
Fargo
Rev. Charles Hughes
(701) 235 4457
11th Street & 30th Ave. So.
P. O. Box 686
Fargo, North Dakota 58102
Fort Wayne-
Mr. John F. Martin
(219) 422 7511
South Bend
Catholic Charities
919 Fairfield Avenue
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Fort Worth
Sister Mary Breen
(817) 332 1221
Catholic Charities
1404 Hemphill
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
Fresno
Mr. Joseph Laharty
(209) 237 0851
Catholic Charities
760 West Nielsen Avenue
Fresno, California 93706
Gallup
Very Rev. Leo Seramur
(505) 863 9074
Cristo Rey High School Seminary
1900 E. Mark Avenue
Gallup, New Mexico 87301
Galveston-
Mr. Paul J. Doyle
(713) 526 46 11
Houston
Catholic Community Service
1111 Lovett Boulevard
Houston, Texas 7700 6
Gary
Rev. Joseph Semancik
(219) 887 6548
Catholic Family Service
3857 Broadway
Gary, Indiana 46806
Gaylord
Mr. Richard L. Beachnau
(517) 732 5147
(Michigan)
Diocesan Director
Community, Family & Children Services
P.O. Box 700
Gaylord, Michigan 49735
Grand Island
Msgr. Carl T. Hayden
(308) 235 2162
(Nebraska)
St. Joseph's Church
Box 576
Kimball, Nebraska 69145
Grand Rapids
Rev. Joseph Battersby
(616) 459 4509
Diocese of Grand Rapids
265 Sheldon Avenue, S.E.
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49502
Great Falls
Very Rev. Francis J. Saksa, Chancellor (406) 453 9389
Diocese of Great Falls
727 3rd Ave., North
Great Falls, Montana 59401
Green Bay
Rev. Peter N. Klauck
(414) 437 6541
131 S. Madison St.
Box 38
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54305
Greensburg
Sister Mary Francis Waite
(412) 837 1840
Catholic Charities
115 Vannear Ave.
Greensburg, Penna. 15601
Harrisburg
Very Rev. Thomas R. Brenner
(717) 238 7339
Episcopal Vicar for Social Welfare
1017 North Front Street
Harrisburg, Penna. 17102
Hartford
Rev. John Reilley
(203) 522 8241
244 Main Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06106
Helena
Mr. James Flannagan
(406) 442 4130
530 North Ewing Street
Helena, Montana 59601
Honolulu
Robert T. Omura
(808) 537 6321
Catholic Social Service
250 So. Vineyard Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Indianapolis
Rev. Donald Schmidlin
(317) 634 1913
Catholic Charities
P. 0. Box 33052
Indianapolis, Indiana 46203
Jefferson City
Rev. Donald Greene
mission (314) 635 0169
Chancery Office
chancery (314) 635 9127
P. 0. Box 417
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Joliet
Rev. Joseph M. Shimanek
(815) 723 3405
Catholic Charities
310 Bridge Street
Joliet, Illinois 60435
Juneau
Miss Patricia Denny
(Alaska)
(907) 586 2534
Catholic Community Service
529 Gold Street - Room 233
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Kalamazoo
Sister Edna Ternes, S.S.J.
(616) 349 8629
(Michigan)
St. Agnes Foundling Home
1521 Gull Road
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001
Kansas City
Mr. Louis Finocchario
(Kansas)
(913) 371-3055
Catholic Social Service
415 North 15th Street
Kansas City, Kanasa 66102
Kansas City
Mr. Roshey Moten
(Missouri)
(816) 756 2350
Catholic Charities
527 West 39th Street
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
La Crosse
Rev. William Jablonske
(608) 782 0704
Catholic Charities
128 South 6th
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601
Lafayette
Rev. Richard Di Geronimo
(317) 457 1172
Catholic Charities
3810 W. Jefferson Road
Kokomo, Indiana 46901
Lafayette
(Louisiana)
Mr. Charles H. Oliver
(318) 235 5218
Director, Catholic Social Services
601 West St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette, Louisiana 70501
Lansing
Rev. Richard J. Groshek
(517) 484 8491
Office of Social & Community Service
Diocese of Lansing
311 Seymour Avenue
Lansing, Michigan 48933
Lincoln
Rev. Edward Tuchek
(402) 432 6581
Catholic Social Service Bureau
home (402) 477 2178
P. 0. Box 2723
Lincoln, Nebraska 68502
Little Rock
Rev. James R. Savary
(501) 664 0340
Catholic Charities
2415 N. Tyler Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72207
Los Angeles
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Benjamin G. llawkes
Catholic Resettlement Committee
1531 West 9th Street
Los Angeles, California 90015
Mrs. Elizabeth Kirsnis
(213) 385 7211
Immigration & Citizenship Division
1400 West 9th Street
Los Angeles, Ca. 90015
Louisville
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Herman J. Lammers
(502) 637 9786
Catholic Charities
2911 South 4th Street
Louisville, Kentucky 40208
Madison
Mr. Robert G. Hintz
(608) 256 2358
Catholic Social Service
25 S. Hancock Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Manchester
Rev. Stanley Piwowar
(603) 542 5732
58 Elm Street
Claremont, New Hampshire 03743
Marquette
Very Rev. Msgr. David P. Spelgatti (906) 486 6212
325 S. Pine Street
Ishpeming, Michigan 49849
Memphis
Sister Isabella Reilly
(901) 725 5145
Catholic Social Services
85 N. Cleveland
Memphis, Tennessee 38104
Miami
Rev. Daniel Babis
(305) 371 5657
Office of Immigration Services
1182
130 N.E. 2nd Street
Miami, Florida 33132
Milwaukee
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph P. Springob (414) 271 2811
Catholic Social Service
207 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53220
Mobile
Rev. Thomas D. Weise
(205) 433 2682
Catholic Charities
P. 0. Box 230
Mobile, Alabama 36601
Monterey
Rev. Felix Migliazzo
(408) 373 2919
Box 2048
Monterey, California 93940
Nashville
Rev. Louis J. Junod
(615) 383 6393
Catholic Charities
2400 21st Avenue South
Nashville, Tennessee 37212
Natchez -
Rev. Edward Tarsi
(601) 355 3411
Jackson
Catholic Charities
237 E. Amite Street
P. 0. Box 2243
Jackson, Mississippi 39205
Newark
Rev. Edward J. McHugh
(201) 371 7100
(Miss Marcie Meehan)
Associated Catholic Charities
31 Mulberry Street
Newark, New Jersey
New Orleans
Rev. Michael S. Haddad
(504) 861 9521
Archdiocese of New Orleans
7887 Walmsley Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana 70125
Mrs. Elise Cerniglia
home (504) 282 3339
5237 Pratt Drive
work (504) 899 6165
New Orleans, Louisiana 70123
New Ulm
Contact St. Cloud Director for counties: Big Stone,
(Minnesota)
Lac qui Parle, Swift, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker,
McLeod.
Contact Winona Director for counties: Brown, Lincoln,
Lyon, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley, Yellow Medicine, Red-
wood.
New York
Sister Eleanor McNally
(212) 371 2392
Vietnamese Resettlement Office
2393
225 East 52nd Street, 3rd Floor
New York, New York 10022
DIOCESE
DIRECTOR
Norwich
Rev. Robert E. McNulty
(203) 889 8346
11 Bath Street
Norwich, Connecticut 06360
Oakland
Mr. Frank Mele, Resettlement Director (415) 834 5656
Catholic Charities
433 Jefferson Street
Oakland, California 94607
Ogdensburg
Msgr. Robert L. Lawler, Director
(315) 393 2660
Catholic Charities
716 Caroline Street
Ogdensburg, New York 13669
Oklahoma City
Rev. William C. Garthoeffner
(405) 232 9801
425 N.W. 7th
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102
Omaha
Rev. Donald Dendinger
(402) 558 3533
United Catholic Social Services
2132 South 42nd Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68105
Orlando
Mr. Richard Logue
(305) 894 8888
550 N. Bumby Avenue
Orlando, Florida 32803
Owensboro
Rev. Robert T. Wilson
(502) 259 3028
St. Joseph Church
Leitchfield, Kentucky 42754
Paterson
Rev. Joseph A. Ciampaglio, ACSM
(201) 271 7100
Catholic Family and Community Services
10 Jackson Street
Paterson, New Jersey 07501
Peoria
Miss Betty Gilmore
(309) 674 5191
Catholic Social Service
P. 0. Box 601
Peoria, Illinois 61601
Philadelphia
Mr. Robert E. Hussar :
(215) 587 3909
222 North 17th Street
3500
Philadelphia, Penna. 19103
Rev. Richard W. Moyer
(602) 943 7231
Phoenix
1825 West Northern Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85021
Pittsburgh
Very Rev. Msgr. John C. McCarren
(412) 391 1002
538 Diocesan Building
111 Boulevard of the Allies
Pittsburg, Penna. 15222
Portland
Fr. David P. Cote
(207) 774 9873
(Maine)
Human Relations Services
519 Ocean Avenue
Portland, Maine 04103
Portland
Rev. Morton E. Park
(503) 228 6531
(Oregon)
(Mrs. Margaret Godfrey, Secy.)
Catholic Charities, Inc.
317 S.W. Adlor
Portland, Oregon 97204
Providence
Rev. Lawrence Olszewski
(401) 723 5326
Holy Trinity Rectory
134 Fuller Avenue
Central Falls, Rhode Island 02863
Pueblo
Rev. Marvin J. Kapushion, MSW
(303) 544 4215
Catholic Social Services
302 Jefferson Avenue
Pueblo, Colorado 81004
Sister Sylvia Arias
(Call San Jorge 201)
Puerto Rico
Services Sociales Catholicos
P. 0. Box 8812
Santurce, Puerto Rico 00910
(919) 832 7509
Raleigh
Sister Ann Joseph
1111 New Berne Avenue
Raleigh, North Carolina 27611
Rapid City
Rev. William J. 0' Connell
(605) 343 3541
Office of Social Concern/Services
P. O. Box 678
Rapid City, South Dakota 57701
Reno
Mr. George T. Miller
(702) 385 2662
Nevada Catholic Social Service
215 North Main Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Richmond
Ms. Phyllis Conklin
(804) 649 9353
Catholic Charities
ext. 65
811 Floyd Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23220
Rochester
Mr. James 11. Maloney
(716) 546 7220
50 Chestnut Street
Rochester, New York 14604
Rockford
Rev. David E. Beauvais
(815) 965 0623
Catholic Charities
921 W. State Street
Rockford, Illinois 61102
Rockville Center
Rev. Edward Molloy
(516) 678 6900
Division of Community Research
& Development
Catholic Charities
50 NOrth Park Avenue
Rockville Center, New York 11570
Sacramento
Rev. Keith B. Kenny, Executive Director (916) 452 7481
of the Catholic Social Service
5890 Newman Court
Sacramento, California 95819
Saginaw
Alfred J. Ciaffone, Exec. Dir.
(517) 753 8446
Catholic Charities
710 North Michigan Avenue
Sagniaw, Michigan 48602
Salina
Very Rev. Msgr. Alfred J. Wasinger (913) 825 0208
Director of Catholic Charities
137 N. 9th Street
P. 0. Box 1366
Salina, Kansas 67401
Salt Lake City
Rev. Terence M. Moore
(801) 359 6066
1327 East 2nd South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
messages can be left at
(801) 322 2569
San Angelo
Mr. John Peca
(Texas)
(915) 655 3870
Catholic Community Services
P. O. Box 4004
San Angelo, Texas 76901
San Antonio
Mr. Manuel Gonzalez
(512) 433 3256
Catholic Family & Children Services
2903 West Salinas Street
San Antonio, Texas 78201
San Diego
Mr. Burt Donaldson
(714) 233 6129
349 Cedar Street
San Diego, California 92101
San Francisco
Rev. Ronald E. Tognoli
office (415) 861 1985
2255 Hayes Street
home (415) 221 2480
San Francisco, California 94117
Santa Fe
Mr. Luis Rey Gonzalez
(505) 247 1423
801 Nountain Rd., N.E.
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102
Santa Rosa
Rev. Stephen Canny
(707) 542 7191
Director of Diocesan Charities
Catholic Community Services
1114 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, California 95401
DIOCESE
DIRECTOR
Savannah
Rev. Msgr. Daniel Bourke
(912) 234 0601
Diocese of Savannah
Box 8789
Savannah, Georgia 31402
Scranton
Rev. Msgr. Kenneth T. Horan, MSW
(717) 346 9711
Catholic Social Services
300 Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503
Seattle
Rev. John J. Renggli
(206) 622 8880
Society for Propagat of the Faith
907 Terry Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104
Sioux City
Mr. James K. Taylor
(712) 225 4545
Catholic Charities
1822 Jackson Street
Sioux City, Iowa 51105
Sioux Falls
Mr. Dennis Seiner
(605) 336 3326
Catholic Social Services
303 N. Summitt
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104
Spokane
Donna Hanson, Assoc. Director
(509) 456 7153
Catholic Charities
P. 0. Box 1453
Spokane, Washington 99210
Springfield
Rt. Rev. Msgr. William J. Cassin
(217) 523 4551
Catholic Charities
108 East Cook Street
Springfield, Illinois 62704
Springfield
Rev. Michael J. Doyle
(413) 732 3175
(Massachusetts)
73 Chestnut Street
Springfield, Mass. 01103
Springfield
Sister Rosaire Cantu, R.S.M.
(407) 866 0842
(Cape Girardeau)
410 Landers Building
Springfield, Missouri 65806
St. Augustine
Rev. Vincent llaut
(904) 725 9119
P. 0. Box 16443
Jacksonville, Florida 16443
Sister Ann Maura
37 Ranger Street
Ft. Walton Beach, Florida 32548
St. Cloud
Rev. Richard Leisen
(612) 252 4121
Catholic Charities
810 St. Germain
St. Cloud, Minnesota 56301
St. Louis
Rev. P. Joseph Buckley
(314) 321 4980
Catholic Charities
4140 Lindell
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
St. Paul
Miss Marguerite Loftus
(612) 222 3001
and Minneapolis
Catholic Social Service
204 Wilder Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
St. Petersburg
Mr. Joseph R. Ems
(813) 344 1611
6363 9th Avenue, North
St. Petersburg, Florida 33710
Miss Phyllis Stapleton
(813) 896 2673
4215 Central Avenue
St. Petersburg, Florida 33713
Steubenville
Sister Theresa Novak
(614) 282 9706
422 Washington Street
Steubenville, Ohio 43952
Stockton
Mr. William Guttieri, ACSW
(209 466 5143
(California)
Director, Catholic Charities
1205 N. San Joaqu
Stockton, California 95202
Superior
Rev. Philip J. Heslin PH. D.
(715) 392 2994
Catholic Charities Bureau
1209 llughitt Avenue
Superior, Wisconsin 54880
Syracuse
Msgr. Charles J. Fahey
(315) 424 1800
Catholic Charities
257 East Onondaga Street
Syracuse, New York 13202
Toledo
Rev. Robert Haas
(419) 248 5511
Catholic Charities
1933 Spielbusch Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43624
Trenton
Rev. Raymond Bianchi, CMF
(201) 442 6634
Our Lady of Fatima Church
338-48 Smith Street
Perth Amboy, New Jersey 08861
Tuscon
Mr. Jerome N. Brandt
(602) 623 0344
Office for Community Activities
155 West Helen
Tucson, Arizona 85705
Tulsa
Rev. James J. McGlinchey
(918) 585 8167
Catholic Social Services
739 North Denver Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74106
Washington, D.C.
Miss Francis Rogers
(202) 526 4100
Catholic Charities
2800 Otis Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20018
Wheeling
Sister Gretchen Shaffer
(304) 233 0880
Catholic Community Services
161 Edgington Lane
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
Wichita
Rev. Robert K. Larson
(316) 264 8344
Catholic Social Service
437 North Topeka
Wichita, Kanoas 67202
Wilmington
Very Rev. Msgr. Thomas J. Reese, MSW
(302) 655 9624
Catholic Social Service
1200 N. Broom Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19806
Winona
Mr. Peter K. Walsh
(507) 454 2270
Catholic Charities
275 Harriet Street
Winona, Minnesota 55987
Worcester
Rev. John J. Doran
(617) 343 4879
Catholic Charities
53 Highland Avenue
Fitchburg, Massachusetts 01420
Yakima
Michael T. Ryan
(509) 453 8263
Catholic Family & Child Service
P. 0. Box 1091
Yakima, Washington 98907
Youngstown
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Thaddeus Heruday
(216) 747 8503
St. Stanislaus Church
430 Williamson Avenue
Youngstown, Ohio 44507