The Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program brings hope and opportunity to the lives of refugees and immigrants. We act to defend human rights, promote self-sufficiency and education and to forge community partnerships through a full range of programs & services.

VRRP, founded in 1980, provides comprehensive services to newly arrived refugees through a variety of direct and collaborative social service programs. VRRP helps refugees adapt to life in the United States. VRRP is a field office of the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), a national voluntary agency that contracts with the U.S. State Department to resettle refugees. USCRI provides the administrative process through which refugees arrive in Vermont. When a refugee arrives at the airport, VRRP's work begins.

Description:
Volunteers are a vital part of successful refugee resettlement. As friends, life skill teachers, and advocates, volunteers help newly arrived refugees navigate in their new culture. When relationships develop into long term friendships, volunteers offer both the motivation and the means for new refugees to become full members of American society. VRRP works in a partnership with volunteers to enrich the lives of our clients. Working together, we combine your life experience, creativity, and flexibility with our professional experience, training, and resources. When we add to this to the strong desire of our clients to learn about and be successful in their new community, we have the elements that promote long term success.

Contact people:

Laurie Stavrand, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) Judy Scott, Executive Director, (phone), (email)

Address:

462 Hegeman Ave., Suite 101 Colchester, VT 05446 (See a map)

Miscellaneous Information

1. What target populations does your agency serve?
	Refugees and Immigrants
3. How many paid staff (FTE) do you have?
	15
The organization's main phone number is
	(802) 655-1963
4. Please indicate your organization type:
	Independent 501 (c)3
How many clients do you serve annually?
	Served about 320 new refugee clients and 400 social service clients FY2008
Volunteers for this agency can serve in these county(s):
	Chittenden County