
Welcoming Refugees Resource Library
Thank you for visiting our repository of resources developed from 2012-2018 to help advance refugee welcome. Visit welcomingamerica.org to learn more about our ongoing work to build welcoming communities and how you can get involved.
Featured Resources

Promising Practices
Promising Practices are stories from the field used by organizations to build support and welcome for refugees.
By embracing the needs of refugees in his community, a Georgia grocery store owner gained loyal customers, turned his business around, and created a sense of community. His story highlights the benefits of embracing the diversity and strengths of recently arrived refugees.
This engaging report is filled with facts, statistics, and stories that confirm the significant social and economic contributions that refugees make to their new communities.
A new program in Connecticut is pairing refugees with private citizens. Community groups across Connecticut have resettled 28 Syrian families - more than 150 refugees in total. The groups are trained by a resettlement agency and handle everything from legal requirements to medical checkups.