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VOLAG, sometimes spelled Volag or VolAg, is an abbreviation for "Voluntary Agency". This term refers to any of the nine U.S. private agencies and one state agency that have cooperative agreements with the State Department to provide reception and placement services for refugees arriving in the United States. These agencies use funding from the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) along with self-generated resources to provide refugees with a range of services including sponsorship, initial housing, food and clothing, orientation and counseling. VOLAGs may also contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) to provide job placement, English language training and other social services. Each of the

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rdfs:comment	VOLAG, sometimes spelled Volag or VolAg, is an abbreviation for "Voluntary Agency". This term refers to any of the nine U.S. private agencies and one state agency that have cooperative agreements with the State Department to provide reception and placement services for refugees arriving in the United States. These agencies use funding from the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) along with self-generated resources to provide refugees with a range of services including sponsorship, initial housing, food and clothing, orientation and counseling. VOLAGs may also contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) to provide job placement, English language training and other social services. Each of the (en)
dcterms:subject	Refugees in the United States Refugee aid organizations in the United States
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Case management (US health system) National Catholic Welfare Council Refugees in the United States United States Department of Health and Human Services United States Department of State Church World Service Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration Dwight D. Eisenhower Fidel Castro HIAS Harry S. Truman International Rescue Committee Refugee aid organizations in the United States Office of Refugee Resettlement Refugee Refugee Act World Relief United States Conference of Catholic Bishops U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Displaced Persons Act of 1948
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/resettlement-agencies
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has abstract	VOLAG, sometimes spelled Volag or VolAg, is an abbreviation for "Voluntary Agency". This term refers to any of the nine U.S. private agencies and one state agency that have cooperative agreements with the State Department to provide reception and placement services for refugees arriving in the United States. These agencies use funding from the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) along with self-generated resources to provide refugees with a range of services including sponsorship, initial housing, food and clothing, orientation and counseling. VOLAGs may also contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) to provide job placement, English language training and other social services. Each of the nine voluntary agencies recognized by the federal government vary significantly in their history, experience, size, denominational affiliation, philosophy, primary clientele, administrative structure, resettlement capacity, and institutionalized resettlement. Of the nine U.S. private agencies, all of them are religiously affiliated or faith-based with the exception of the International Rescue Committee. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Vietnamese Americans Nghia-Sinh International Church World Service Agency for New Americans Asylum in the United States International Rescue Committee Office of Refugee Resettlement Refugee crisis World Relief Exodus Refugee Immigration No One Left Behind Third country resettlement VOLAGS
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