OpportunityTitle: Preferred Communities (PC) Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This Funding Opportunity Announcement is open to public and private non-profit organizations. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Faith-based organizations are encouraged to review the ACF Policy on Grants to Faith-Based Organizations at: http: //www.acf.hhs.gov/acf-policy-on-grants-to-faith-based-organizations. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces the availability of funds and award procedures for fiscal year 2017 under the Preferred Communities (PC) Program. The twin goals of the PC Program are: The successful resettlement and integration of especially vulnerable refugees (and other ORR client populations); and The enhancement of refugee service providers&#8217; capacity to serve such populations at new or established PC locations. ORR aims to achieve these goals by awarding grants, under cooperative agreements, to well-qualified refugee service providers that operate under cooperative agreements with the Department of State and/or the Department of Homeland Security, to offer a range of reception and placement (R&amp;P) services to refugees and other ORR client populations through a national network of resettlement locations across the United States. While R&amp;P services effectively support many newly arriving refugees in their initial resettlement phase, an increasing number of especially vulnerable individuals still have difficulty navigating systems and attaining self-sufficiency after the completion of R&amp;P services. With limited material and human resources, agencies in turn find it challenging to deliver the specialized supporting services necessary for such individuals. By providing PC funds, ORR intends to facilitate the enhancement of PC Programs&#8217; ability to place vulnerable refugees in areas where they are most likely to achieve self-sufficiency, and to offer specialized services. The enhanced capacity of PC Programs to afford especially vulnerable refugees access to specialized services such as intensive case management is intended to result in these refugees&#8217; attainment of self-sufficiency in their vulnerable life areas, which may include medical disabilities, trauma, and lack of access to supporting services.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ACF Applications Help Desk
GrantorContactText: ACF Applications Help Desk&lt;br/&gt;app_support@acf.hhs.gov&lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.