VOLAG

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! VOLAG (short for "Voluntary Agency", sometimes spelled Volag or VolAg) is a term referring to any of the nine U.S. private agencies and one state agency that have cooperative agreements with the State Department to provide reception and placement services for refugees newly arrived in the United States. These agencies use funding from the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) along with self-generated resources to provide refugees with a range of services including sponsorship, initial housing, food and clothing, orientation and counseling. VOLAGS may also contract with the Office of Refugee Resettlement (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) to provide refugees with job placement, English language training and other social services.... Mehr