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Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Number: HHS-2010-ACF-ORR-ZE-0038
Close Date: 2010-05-17 00:00:00
Agency: Administration for Children and Families
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: 4/1/2010
Creation Date: Apr 16, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: May 17, 2010
Archive Date: Jun 16, 2010
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Income Security and Social Services
Expected Number of Awards: 37
Estimated Total Program Funding: $15,000,000
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: $150,000
CFDA Number(s): 93.576 -- Refugee and Entrant Assistance_Discretionary Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)State governments
Additional Information on Eligibility: Wilson/Fish agencies and replacement designees Eligible Beneficiaries Individuals with the following immigration statuses are eligible for services under this grant: (1) refugees; (2) asylees; (3) Cuban and Haitian entrants; (4) certain Amerasians from Vietnam; (5) victims of a severe form of trafficking who receive certification or eligibility letters from ORR and certain other specified family members of trafficking victims; (6) children classified as Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJs) receiving services from ORR-funded Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM) programs; and 7) children with Special Immigrant Visa (SIV). The term "refugee" is used in this notice to encompass all such eligible persons. Individuals and foreign entities are not eligible for awards made under this announcement.
Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) invites States, Wilson/Fish agencies and replacement designees consistent with section 412(c)(1)(A), to submit applications for funds to support local school systems that are impacted by significant numbers of newly arrived refugee children. The primary focus of this grant is to help newly arrived refugees that are making major initial adjustments and those that have been in the United States three years or less but are continuing to face persistent challenges in schools. Success in schools is measured by improved academic performance, high classroom attendance rate, full school participation, development of leadership skills, etc. (See also Section V.I Criteria - Results and Benefits in this announcement). States and Wilson/Fish agencies may designate State departments of education or other non-profit entities that have knowledge of and are able to work effectively with impacted school systems to apply for this grant. ORR expects to award approximately $15 million to States and Wilson/Fish agencies or their designees that adequately a) document significant impact of newly arrived refugees, b) specify the purposes for which the funding would be used, and c) show that the proposed activities are related to and would be beneficial for educating refugee children. Applicants responding to this announcement are encouraged to design projects that incorporate collaboration with agencies providing refugee assistance such as resettlement, health and mental health, child care, and social services, etc. in order to strengthen their capacity for providing educational and related services to refugee children. Applicants are expected to thoroughly analyze and fully document recent refugee children arrivals to establish needs for program funding. However, awards will not be based solely on population numbers but will also consider: 1) the adequate documentation of the service needs of the population to be served; and 2) the strength of the applicant's proposed program services. ORR will give priority to those applicants that have limited resources; but have proposed viable means to attain linguistic and cultural competence in order to meet the needs of new refugee populations, using requested funds. The State or Wilson/Fish agency or its designee shall submit a single application for all the schools within the State considered in the proposal. Awards will be contingent upon the outcome of the competition and the availability of funds. Section IV. 2. Content and Form of Application Submission of this Funding Opportunity Announcement has been modified.
Link to Additional Information: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/HHS-2010-ACF-ORR-ZE-0038
Contact Info: ACF Applications Help Desk app_support@acf.hhs.gov ACF Applications Help Desk
Synopsis Modification History: The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown in a light grey background. Synopsis Version NameModification DescriptionDate ModifiedCurrent VersionApr 16, 2010Version #3Apr 16, 2010Version #2Apr 16, 2010Version #1Apr 16, 2010Original VersionApr 1, 2010

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