$150,000 Duckworth-secured federal funding for Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center

October 31, 2024 12:00 PM

Senator Duckworth secured $150,000 in federal funding through a FY24 Congressionally Directed Spending Request for Centro Romero. This project will help fund a Latino immigrant and refugee-serving community center to enhance their domestic violence counseling services, immigration legal services, after-school programming, public benefits access and more to enable program participants to thrive through financial self-sufficiency.