Unitarian Universalist gives $325K in grants

The Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock (UUCSR), Manhasset has announced the disbursement of grants to three faith-based organizations that provide resettlement services to Humanitarian Parolees from Afghanistan and the Ukraine:

$200,000 to Catholic Charities of Long Island$75,000 to the Community Synagogue for the project Upholding Humanity$50,000 to the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph for the project Long Island Immigration Clinic

The grants were recommended by Shelter Rock’s Ad Hoc Crisis Grants Task Force. The following are funded by the congregation, and are separate from UUCSR Veatch Program funding.

Catholic Charities of Long Island: CCLI has a refugee resettlement program for those who arrive on Long Island fleeing war, natural disaster, human trafficking and persecution in their countries of origin. CCLI is currently serving refugees classified as Humanitarian Parolees from Afghanistan and the Ukraine.

Upholding Humanity: Upholding Humanity is a coalition of organizations that support the resettlement of Humanitarian Parolees from Afghanistan and the Ukraine on Long Island. They include: the Unitarian Universalist Congregation