Office of Refugee Resettlement
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is a program of the Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It supports refugees, people seeking asylum, survivors of torture and war, victims of human trafficking, and unaccompanied alien children.
Key facts
- Created by
- Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212)source
- Parent agency
- Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicessource
- Unaccompanied children program transferred to ORR
- March 1, 2003 (Homeland Security Act of 2002)source
- U.S. refugee resettlement assistance since 1975
- More than 3 million refugeessource
WYDE coverage of Office of Refugee Resettlement
WYDE Newsroom has published 2 articles about Office of Refugee Resettlement, from Aug 2, 2026 to Aug 8, 2026. Office of Refugee Resettlement is the regulator in 2 stories. The most recent is A Federal Judge Orders HHS to Pay $65 Million for Unaccompanied Children's Legal Aid by Midday Friday.
A Federal Judge Orders HHS to Pay $65 Million for Unaccompanied Children's Legal Aid by Midday Friday
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin gave the government hours to release funds withheld since December, while a $150 million replacement contract heads to a Texas firm with almost no immigration lawyers
Aug 8, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
LegalA $200 Million Legal Aid Contract Expires, Leaving 26,000 Unaccompanied Children Without Lawyers
The Office of Refugee Resettlement let its contract with the Acacia Center for Justice lapse on July 31 after a dispute over confidential client data, and children could face immigration judges alone starting Monday.
Aug 2, 2026 · 3 min read · Regulator
Reported alongside Office of Refugee Resettlement
- Acacia Center for Justice · in 2 stories with Office of Refugee Resettlement
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services · in 1 story with Office of Refugee Resettlement
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