Office of Refugee Resettlement

Office of Refugee Resettlement
Administration/Office overview
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
HeadquartersMary E. Switzer Memorial Building
Washington, D.C., United States
38°53′09″N 77°01′00″W / 38.885871°N 77.016536°W / 38.885871; -77.016536
Administration/Office executive
Parent departmentAdministration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Websitewww.acf.hhs.gov/orr Edit this at Wikidata

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is a program of the Administration for Children and Families, an office within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, created with the passing of the United States Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212). The Office of Refugee Resettlement offers support for refugees seeking safe haven within the United States, including victims of human trafficking, those seeking asylum from persecution, survivors of torture and war, and unaccompanied alien children. The mission and purpose of the Office of Refugee Resettlement is to assist in the relocation process and provide needed services to individuals granted asylum within the United States.[1]

Since 1975, the United States has assisted in the resettlement of more than 3 million refugees.[2] Annual admissions of refugees to the United States since the 1980 Refugee Act was enacted have ranged from 27,100 to as many as 207,116.[1]

In Fiscal Year 2019, Refugee and Resettlement Assistance comprised a discretionary budget of $1.905 billion. The largest share of that, $1.303 billion, was designated for the Unaccompanied Alien Children program housing child migrants.[3] Other major programs include Transitional and Medical Services, $354 million; Refugee Support Services, $207 million; and the Trafficking Victims Support Program, $27 million.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement is currently headed by Director Robin Dunn Marcos, who formerly served as International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) senior director for resettlement, asylum, and integration programming.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Office of Refugee Resettlement. 'What We Do.'". Retrieved December 5, 2013.
  2. ^ "Office of Refugee Resettlement. 'History.'". Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  3. ^ US Department of Health and Human Services (2019). Justification of Estimates for Appropriations Committees: Fiscal Year 2020 (PDF). p. 6.
  4. ^ "Robin Dunn Marcos, Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)". United States Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved 2022-12-22.