Federal government moves to end contract for Greensboro facility for migrant children
In this June 20, 2018 file photo, children walk in a line outside the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
The federal government will no longer use a Greensboro facility originally planned for housing migrant children.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan shared in a Facebook post that the Office of Refugee Resettlement notified the American Hebrew Academy of its intent to end its contract.
The 100-acre property was originally to be used as the Greensboro Influx Care Facility for unaccompanied minors. Operations ramped up last March before being scaled back in July.
Following the destruction in western North Carolina from Helene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced in November that the facility would be used for training.
Vaughan said in her post the federal government has two other influx care facilities in Texas, which "currently have no children in care, but must be ready to resume operations and accept children within four weeks if needed."
It's currently unclear what will become of the former academy now that the contract is being terminated.
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