News from Salt Lake City, UT

Learn more about the IRC in Salt Lake City's response to COVID-19 in Utah, our efforts to ensure refugee families continue to receive the critical services they need, and ways you can help refugees in our community over the coming weeks and months.

In response to the COVID-19, or coronavirus, pandemic, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salt Lake City is working hard to ensure the refugees we serve, and other immigrants in the community, are informed about the virus.

Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, schools in Utah have closed and moved to remote learning. Our high school refugee youth need extra support to continue learning and thriving. Tutor youth in math, science, English and more online!

The International Rescue Committee is recognized by the U.S. Department of Justice to provide high-quality legal assistance at a low cost to all immigrants.

Spice Kitchen Incubator, a program of the IRC in Salt Lake City, welcomed budding food industry entrepreneurs to the fourth annual Food Entrepreneur Round Table, providing access to workshops, technical assistance, and industry experts in the community.

The IRC in Salt Lake City’s education program and Cotopaxi collaborated to bring a day of adventure to young refugee women in Salt Lake City.

Members of the Childcare Business Incubator Program traveled downtown to talk with Cotopaxi about brand and online presence.

You've got to be kidding me. New land. New barns. New baby goats. Volunteers help prepare for kidding season.

The IRC’s Salt Lake City office offers a variety of unpaid internship opportunities throughout the year, from housing to health to goat assistance.

Cade Langsdon volunteered as an intern with the IRC in Salt Lake City’s digital inclusion program, providing coding expertise and learning new skills along the way.