Public-private partnerships are contractual agreements between public agencies, i.e., federal, state or local government offices, and private sector entities including voluntaty agencies such as LIRS. Through such agreements, the partners share skills and assets to deliver services. Following are some of the government agencies LIRS partners with to serve immigrants and refugees:

Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM)

PRM is the U.S. Department of State entity that formulates, implements and directs U.S. refugee and migration policies and programs and manages the U.S. refugee admissions program and the initial resettlement of refugees in the United States. LIRS receives weekly allocations of refugee resettlement cases from PRM through the Refugee Processing Center in Virginia under an agreement with PRM for the reception and placement of refugees for resettlement.

Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

ORR is the agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families that funds services aimed at helping refugees achieve self-sufficiency after their arrival in the United States. LIRS partners with ORR to provide

• services for resettled refugees (including the matching grant program and refugee employment technical assistance),
• services for children (including various foster care programs and services to alien children in government custody), and
• legal support for detained torture survivors.
  

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