Executive Summary

image taken from NCRIC's website

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), currently based in Washington, DC, was founded in 1911. Its mission is to address the needs and rights of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide by advancing fair and humane public policy, facilitating and providing direct professional services, and promoting the full participation of migrant in community life.

Under USCRI, the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children (NCRIC) was established in 2005 to match unaccompanied children released from U.S. custody with pro-bono services. The Center was created by a generous grant from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie. NCRIC is the first and only national program that provides pro bono legal and social services for unaccompanied immigrant children as they navigate the U.S. Immigration Courts. The Center’s mission is to ensure that these children receive the proper legal, social and health services that they deserve. Since 2005, the Center has worked with over 1,200 attorneys and 1,800 children from 33 different countries. To date, over 680 children have been matched with pro-bono representation across the country.

This project examines the various ideal functions within an NGO and thus to analyze and to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of NCRIC's current methods of management. Furthermore, recommendations are made after each assessments to strengthen and enhance NCRIC's capacity to achieve its mission.

For more information about NCRIC, visit http://uscri.refugees.org/site/PageNavigator/Childrens%20Center/NCRIC_Home