Ecdc African Community Center, Las Vegas

The ECDC African Community Center (ACC), which is the Ethiopian Community Development Council’s refugee-resettlement branch in Las Vegas, provides those who have recently arrived in the United States with cross-cultural training, educational development, and support services, as well as increasing public awareness about refugee and immigrant issues.

The ECDC’s clients arrive in Las Vegas from refugee camps across the globe, and have lived in camps for an average of five–seven years. As part of its supportive services for families who have recently arrived, the ACC supplies them with meals while they adjust to their new surroundings. This year's caseload may include as many as 400 families, which range from a single-parent family with one child to families of nine.