Springfield, MA: Lutheran Social Services responds to Mayor’s criticism

Update on our post earlier today! It’s not us putting refugees into slum housing! (Must be one of the other contractors) That’s what a brief statement on behalf of their President Angela Wallingford Bovill says in response to the letter Mayor Sarno sent to Barbara Day at the US State Department in which the Mayor … Continue reading Springfield, MA: Lutheran Social Services responds to Mayor’s criticism

New Hampshire audit reveals improper spending for refugees

Your tax dollars: This story is a few weeks old but I just saw it this morning at Friends of Refugees blog.   A recent audit of New Hampshire’s budget has uncovered excess spending for refugees in some cases and not the correct spending in other cases. From the Nashua Telegraph: CONCORD – The state improperly … Continue reading New Hampshire audit reveals improper spending for refugees

Lutheran Social Services director tells people to ask for refugee bailout

Your tax dollars: Bob Kay, director of Public Policy for Lutheran Social Services of New England*, last Friday asked readers of the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire to write to their elected officials and ask for more money to bailout the refugee program.   Well, that is reasonable you say, everyone else is asking for a bailout, but … Continue reading Lutheran Social Services director tells people to ask for refugee bailout

International Institute of New Hampshire screws up

Add the International Institute of New Hampshire to the list of subcontractors of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) not taking care of refugees.   I know I said this before (in my Akron post), but I really couldn’t believe my eyes to see the complaints leveled against this volag in Manchester, NH and how similar … Continue reading International Institute of New Hampshire screws up