We were approved by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and State Department (PRM) to be the lead in running a pilot program to hire newly arrived refugees as Case Aides and Project Managers to help the Resettlement agency have the necessary staff to support the refugee population.  We hired 40 individuals in Virginia and 24 individuals in Maryland.  This project was to help the refugees get the support they need and train and build the recently arrived refugees' resumes to start new positions with their cultivated experience.  We provided jobs for 64 individuals, and the resettlement agencies hired the majority, and found other employment opportunities. The majority of our staff was the newly arrived refugees.