USCRI Network Resettlement

In 1910, the National Board of the YWCA created the Department of Immigration and Foreign Communities, which oversaw field projects called International Institutes to serve the foreign-born. These agencies formed the basis of the USCRI Network.

The network has grown to include affiliations with Travelers and Immigrants Aid Associations, Nationalities Service Centers, and other service groups. The Network brings races, cultures, and religions together in the interest of common tasks: creating health communities, educating our children, promoting harmony in diversity, sharing the tools and skills necessary for self-reliance and success, and testing methods and models of service that respect and empower participants as they work together to achieve the dream of America.

The first wave of Indochinese refugees in the 1970’s led to the USCRI Network participation in the United States Refugee Program. The USCRI Network has resettled over 150,000 refugees through this program since 1975.

To learn more information about our network and the services they provide, click here.