Utah Refugee Connection

Assistance to refugees in utah - urc is a non-profit corporation organized for charitable purposes under the utah revised business corporation act. The objectives and purposes of urc are to support refugees and refugee organizations, charity, and relief of the poor, distressed or underprivileged. As discussed below, urc works cooperatively with the refugee services office (rso) of the state of utah department of workforce services (dws). Urc's programs are intended to, among other things, lessen the burdens of government, including those of the rso, and salt lake county. Since 1983, at least 25,000 refugees, from dozens of countries, have been resettled in utah, which led governor john m huntsman, jr. To establish the rso and the independent refugee advisory board (rab) in 2008. Urc arose out of rab's desire to create an independent, non-governmental, tax-exempt organization for the purpose of raising funds for the benefit of rso and utah refugees.