The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces the availability of funds under the Refugee Agricultural Partnership Program (RAPP).
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/24/2022
Size of the Grant: $80,000 – $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
This NOFO provides funds to eligible entities to develop strategies that incorporate agriculture and food systems to improve the livelihoods and economic self-sufficiency of refugee families, with particular emphasis on newly arrived refugees.
The purpose of RAPP is to encourage the development of agricultural and food systems-related services that will improve the livelihoods–physically, economically, and psychosocially–of refugee families resettled in the United States. RAPP accomplishes this by providing discretionary funds to eligible, non-federal entities that provide agricultural training and opportunities to improve the local food systems for refugees. RAPP works to complement existing programs (e.g., Electronic Benefits Transfer/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT/SNAP); Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program) while taking into consideration the unique characteristics of the refugee populations being served such as language, skills, agrarian backgrounds, health, and culture.
Objectives
For this purpose, the objectives of RAPP are as follows:
- Increase access to land and other necessary resources for the purpose of farming;
- Incorporate relevant refugee cultural backgrounds and allow refugees to use their experience and skills in farming;
- Increase refugee knowledge and skills in nutrition and food safety for personal consumption and, where relevant, processing for market;
- Increase skills in farming and farming safety (e.g., food handling, safe soil amendment practices, farm equipment training, etc.);
- Provide farming business development and training opportunities to refugees interested in pursuing farming as a means toward self-sufficiency (e.g., financial literacy training, business planning, farming recordkeeping, etc.);
- Increase potential for supplemental income through refugee farming initiatives;
- Provide psychosocial support for refugees through agricultural activities.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $100,000 Per Budget Period
- Award Floor: $80,000 Per Budget Period
Period of Performance
- 36-month project period with three 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants for refugee programs under the INA § 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 from 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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