 Matching Grant
The Voluntary Agency Matching Grant (MG) Program is part of the Division of Community Resettlement and is an alternative program to public assistance designed to enable refugees to become self-sufficient within 4 to 6 months from date of arrival into the U.S. Eligible grantees are Voluntary Agencies able to coordinate comprehensive multilingual, multicultural services for refugees at local sites – these same agencies are under Cooperative Agreements with the Department of State/Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). Clients eligible to be served under this program are refugees, certain Amerasians, Cuban and Haitian entrants, asylees, and victims of a severe form of trafficking. Enrollment must be completed within 31 days of eligibility for the program. Clients may then enroll in the Matching Grant program with these same agencies.
The Matching Grant Program requires a match from private funds or donated goods and services to partner with monies provided by ORR. For Calendar Year 2007, the program achieved 80% self sufficiency for the 28,137 participants. In CY 2008, ORR funded $60 million to the Match Grant P. With a per capita of $2,200, the MG program will serve 27,272 clients through 240 local affiliates of the Voluntary Agencies.
| • | ORR Matching Grant CY 2008 Program Guidelines (pdf and doc 175KB) Attachments: *Appendix Two: FY 2008 Matching Grant Program-Local Site Project Design Template (pdf 46KB) *Appendix Three FY 08 Agency Network Data (xls 25KB) |
| • | ORR Matching Grant CY 2007 Program Guidelines |
| • | ORR Matching Grant CY 2006 Program Guidelines |
| • | Reporting Requirements for Matching Grant |
| • | Matching Grant Program Sites by State |
| • | Voluntary Agency Directory |
| • | Matching Grant Program Sites by Voluntary Agency (Volag) CWS . ECDC . EMM . HIAS . IRC . USCRI . LIRS . USCCB . WRC |
| • | ORR Project Officers for the Matching Grant Programs |
| • | Matching Grant History |
| Outcomes for CY 2007 | |
| • | Outcomes for CY 2006 |
| • | Outcomes for CY 2005 |
Funding Opportunities
Contact Information
Laura Garcia
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Administration for Children and Families
901 D Street, SW
Washington, DC 20447
Phone: 202.401.5129
lgarcia@acf.hhs.gov