USCRI Vermont has been welcoming newcomers to the areas of Colchester and Rutland Vermont since 1980. Our dedicated team of staff, volunteers, and community partners supports these refugees and immigrants with access to affordable housing, medical and mental health support, education, employment, community connections, and more. Refugees resettled in Vermont come primarily from Bhutan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Iraq, Russia, Somalia, Syria, and Ukraine.
We have a staff of around 30 people and we serve about 350 individuals per year. One of the accomplishments of late is the new Workforce Development Department. The goal of this department is to help find our clients more than manufacturing work. Our hope is that in 2024 we will add training for childcare workers, CDL licensing and the potential to open a thrift store for our clients to create and run. There are always challenges and the one that proves the most difficult is finding adequate housing for our clients.
We appreciate our dedicated and hard working staff and the ever present resilience of our clients.