The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announces the availability of funds for the continuation of a national one-stop source or hub for refugee technical assistance (TA), under the Refugee Technical Assistance Program (RTAP).
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/24/2023
Size of the Grant: $7,500,000
Grant Duration: 60 months
Details:
The purpose of ORR’s refugee program is “to provide for the effective resettlement of refugees and to assist them to achieve economic self-sufficiency as quickly as possible.” A priority within ORR’s refugee resettlement program is the provision of employment services and English language training. ORR has the following six service priorities to promote long-term self-sufficiency, integration and well-being:
- Cash and medical assistance to support refugees as they enter the workforce and integrate into their new communities,
- Early employment as a path to self-sufficiency and longer-term integration; economic mobility,
- Intensive strengths-based case management for vulnerable populations,
- Health, mental health, and well-being assessments and services,
- A whole-family approach, including services for children and youth to ensure successful transition to adulthood and integration for the elderly, and
- Foster care for unaccompanied minors.
Historically, ORR’s RTAP focused on responding to the needs of refugees and resettlement communities and on providing refugee service providers with the TA, training, and resources needed to effectively serve refugees in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way, including:
- developing tools and resources to enhance services to refugees and create opportunities for increased community engagement,
- creating mechanisms to support the path to refugee economic self-sufficiency, and
- increasing the overall organizational capacity of service providers to meet the needs of incoming refugee populations
Goal and Objectives
The objectives of the program are to:
- Promote knowledge management and information-sharing of emerging, promising, innovative, and best practices in refugee service provision across service providers and disciplines;
- Strengthen the capacity of refugee service providers to provide evidence-and strengths based services to refugees; effectively address on-going and emerging barriers to refugee self-sufficiency and integration, and to advance equity in service provision;
- Help refugee service providers measure the quality and effectiveness of their programs and services; and
- Develop and promote communication strategies and messaging around data for refugee service providers to reflect the impact of ORR’s Refugee Program and consult with community service organizations and state and local government agencies to coordinate appropriate services for refugees.
With this funding opportunity, the goal of RTAP is to build on the existing expertise in the field and continue providing a national one-stop source or hub to deliver responsive, innovative, specialized, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate TA, training, and resources to refugee service providers so that they are able to effectively help refugees maximize their potential in the United States and become members of American society.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $7,500,000
- Award Ceiling: $7,500,000
- Award Floor: $7,000,000
Project Periods
60-month project period with five 12-month budget periods.
Eligible Applicants
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- City or township governments
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Special district governments
- Private institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligible applicants for refugee programs under 412 (c)(1)(A) are “public and private nonprofit agencies.” Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization’s religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
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