On Saturday November 16th, 2019, the IRC in Silver Spring hosted a Thanksgiving meal for recently-arrived refugees.

IMPACT is the IRC’s Crisis Response, Recovery and Development Department’s Program Quality Framework. The IMPACT Framework applies to all CRRD Country Programs to help us advance high-quality programming across all sectors.

The IRC in New York was awarded a New York Department of State Office for New Americans Opportunity Center grant that will allow it to file 300 free immigration applications over the next 3 years and offer free citizenship preparation classes through its partner New York Historical Society.  

Refugee youth volunteer at the Bladensburg Waterfront to complete their high school service hours and tour local colleges in anticipation of graduation.

n 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in school closures from mid-March 2020 to March 2022. Thereafter the floods in the year 2022 disrupted education activities and caused destruction of nearly 27,000 government schools. Learn more in this report.

The IRC in Missoula will serve as a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site in 2024. Qualifying individuals can meet with a certified tax volunteer to file their annual income tax return for FREE. Learn more about the program and Sign-up for your appointment today!