Welcome to Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area's (LSSNCA) newsroom. LSSNCA, a human services and immigration relief and refugee welcome agency throughout Maryland, Virginia, and the Washington D.C. metro area serves those on their immigration journey. Read how we're working together to amplify voices of refugees and asylum-seekers, create loving and responsible foster homes for unaccompanied children and refugee minors, advocate for new neighbors, and work torward creating a more just, welcoming, and thriving community.
For press inquiries, please email media@lssnca.org.
Stay Connected with LSSNCA. Read this month's letter from our CEO reflecting on the first month of the Trump administration and how you can get involved.
Lord, a firefighter and longtime LSSNCA volunteer, faced resettlement struggles firsthand when he arrived with his family at age 14. Today, he channels his experience into helping newly arrived families through LSSNCA’s Resource Center, ensuring others do not have to face the same obstacles alone. We hope you enjoy his story.
Throughout the decades, [these] faith-based groups worked hand in hand with the federal government. Agencies like the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Department of Health and Human Services eventually funded them with hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Many of these groups believed helping the poor and vulnerable expressed their values not only as Christians, but also as Americans. Now, that legacy — and the very survival of these organizations and the values they represent — is in existential crisis.
Law360 (February 14, 2025, 8:07 PM EST) -- With a one-two punch suspending refugee admissions
and halting federal grants for nonprofits that have worked in tandem with the U.S. Department of
State for decades, the Trump administration has effectively crippled the U.S. refugee program,
according to groups providing resettlement services.
Hundreds of refugees in the Washington, D.C. metro area are at risk for homelessness and food insecurity as federal grant funding still has not been released. Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSSNCA), which has served the Washington, D.C. metro area for over 100 years, has not been reimbursed for nearly $2 million in essential services rendered, putting our new neighbors and LSSNCA’s operations in jeopardy.
Refugee families in Silver Spring are being evicted after a councilmember said federal funding was cut off. The families are from Afghanistan and helped the U.S. fight the Taliban ─ forcing them to flee the country during the American evacuation.
Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSSNCA) strongly denounces the false claims directed at Lutheran organizations and the vital humanitarian work we do.
Advocates say broad executive orders have hurt Afghans seeking to flee to the US after aiding its military and other groups.
Stay Connected with LSSNCA. Read this month's letter from our CEO sharing the impact of the administration's actions on our work of welcoming refugees, and RSVP for next month's Town Hall.
Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSSNCA) is gravely concerned by the directive it received from the administration Friday to immediately halt Department of State funded services to refugees recently resettled in the United States.
As LSSNCA celebrates the second anniversary of its Resource Center, we honor the volunteers who helped us bring our vision to life and who continue to make it a place of welcome and support. Read Beth Hickey's story.
Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSSNCA) denounces the administration’s efforts to rapidly deport people in the United States, including people who have entered seeking safety.
LSSNCA urges policymakers to reverse the decision to cancel refugee flights, fulfill promises made to refugee families, and recommit to a resettlement system that upholds our nation's values as a safe haven for those seeking protection.
Lutheran Social Services of National Capital Area (LSSNCA) denounces the president’s executive order ending humanitarian protection and denying access to safety to people fleeing violence and persecution.
Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSSNCA) condemns the president’s executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) indefinitely beginning January 27.
