About Our Work
The Coalition partners with Catholic Community Services of Lane County (CCS) to support its Refugee and Immigrant Services Program (RISP.) Since 2016, RISP has provided case management and/or immigration legal services to hundreds of refugees, asylum seekers, and other immigrants. For more information please see our About Us page.
Are you able to provide a financial donation to support our work?
Catholic Community Services, in partnership with the RRC, provides case management services to refugees, asylum seekers, and other immigrants in Lane County. Financial donations from the community help support this work. Go to our Donate page to find out how to make an online donation, or where to mail a check.
Donations from our community are especially needed now. The federal funding freeze instituted in January 2025 has threatened vital support for newly arrived refugees. The Refugee and Immigrant Services Program (RISP) faces an unprecedented challenge. While our organization remains operational thanks to diverse funding sources, federal support for newly arrived refugee families has been frozen indefinitely. This sudden change threatens our ability to provide critical rent assistance, essential basic needs, and vital support services during their crucial first months in America.
While the Refugee & Immigrant Services Program goes through staff transitions, we are temporarily pausing new volunteer intakes through the Refugee Resettlement Coalition website. Please check back on or after 12/15/2025 for updates.
Specific volunteer asks may continue to be published in the Refugee Resettlement Coalition monthly newsletter. If you are not yet subscribed, we invite you to fill out the form at the bottom of our homepage!
Volunteers are key to our work. Welcoming, advocating for, and walking alongside newcomers effectively involves the whole community, not just one or two organizations. We greatly appreciate your interest in supporting refugees and immigrants here in Lane County, and hope to connect with you once capacity allows.
If you are looking for other ways to provide support while volunteer intakes are on pause, we invite you to:
- Consider donating to the Refugee & Immigrant Services Program
- Support your local food networks (food pantries, little free pantries, etc.) to help those impacted by loss of SNAP eligibility