While the details of the resettlement process are not fully known at this time, these refugees will likely be resettled primarily in cities where there are already sizeable Albanian-American communities, such as Chicago, Boston, New York, Providence and Cleveland. World Relief's two resettlement offices in the Chicago area, already the largest providers of refugee care to Bosnian refugees in the country, could begin resettling Kosovar refugees within the next weeks. Albanian-Americans with relatives among the Kosovar refugee population have been working with World Relief to complete advance forms that establish family relationships in hopes that their relatives can join them. World Relief relies on church groups to aid newly arrived refugees with food, clothing, and basic household goods. Volunteers provide housing assistance, transportation to appointments, and help refugees practice English.
Volunteers also offer friendship and listening ears to people who have lost so much.
As the third largest refugee-care provider in the United States, World Relief resettles nearly 10,000 refugees per year in 25 locations across the country. World Relief, the international assistance arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, was founded in 1944 in response to the needs in war-torn Europe.