SALT LAKE CITY-Latter-day Saint Charities, the charitable arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is continuing financial support for nine refugee resettlement agencies in the United States through a series of grants totaling $5 million US in 2021.

The funds are expected to assist more than 9,000 refugees and immigrants through 190 organizations affiliated with nine resettlement agencies from around the world in this nation.

-The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Washington)

-International Rescue Committee (Manhattan, N.Y.)

-U.S. Committee For Refugees and Immigrants (Arlington, Va.)

-Church World Service (Dakar, Senegal)

-Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (New York)

-Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (Baltimore)

-Episcopal Migration Ministries (Miami Springs, Fla.)

-Ethiopian Community Development Council (Arlington, Va.)

-World Relief (Baltimore)

These grants are instrumental in refugees meet basic living expenses and gain job skill training.

They also assist youth with supplemental educational training and case management services.