Ethnic Community Self-Help
Program Goal
The objective of this program is to support ethnic community based organizations in providing refugee populations with critical services to assist them in becoming integrated members of American society.
General Background
Throughout the history of the United States the involvement of refugees and refugee community based organizations in refugee resettlement has been critical to refugee integration. Today, these organizations continue to enhance the provision and effectiveness of services available to refugees. They allow the refugee experience to flow into refugee resettlement plans and decisions. For refugees, their active participation in resettlement is generally empowering and plays an important role in the integration of the entire refugee community.
Program Description
This program provides assistance to refugee community based organizations and other groups that address community building, facilitate cultural adjustment and integration of refugees, and deliver mutually supportive functions such as information exchange, civic participation, resource enhancement, orientation and support to newly arriving refugees (and other refugees that maybe in need of such assistance regardless of their resettlement date) and public education to the larger community on the background, needs and potential of refugees. In short, the purpose is to promote community organizing that builds bridges between newcomer refugee communities and community resources.
Eligible Applicants
All U.S. based governmental and certified non-profit organizations
Target Population
All ORR eligible populations
Current Grantees
Active Grantees (12/01/2008)
- Somali Bantu Association of Tucson, Arizona, Inc., Arizona, $193,814
- African Community Resource Center , California , $136,046
- East African Community of Orange County, California, $196,859
- East Bay Agency for Children, California, $200,000
- Kurdish Human Rights Watch, Inc., California, $200,000
- Merced Lao Family Community, Inc., California, $180,891
- Merced Lao Family Community, Inc., California, $183,831
- Colorado Department of Human Services, Colorado, $165,000
- ISED Solutions, Washington, D.C., $121,764
- Southeast Asia Resource Action Center , Washington , D. C., $180,000
- Refugee Women’s Network, Georgia, $190,410
- Refugee Family Services, Georgia, $154,430
- Pan-African Association, Illinois, $200,000
- State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine, $168,059
- National Alliance of Vietnamese-American Service Agency, Maryland, $219,093
- Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association of Greater Lowell, Massachusetts, $149,258
- One Lowell Inc., Massachusetts, $153,050
- Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, Massachusetts, $200,000
- The Association for the Advancement of Hmong Women, Minnesota, $200,000
- Confederation of Somali Communities in Minnesota, $106,971
- East Side Neighborhood Services, Inc., Minnesota, $96,085
- Hmong American Family, Inc., Minnesota, $162,942
- Hmong Youth Education Services, Inc., Minnesota, $166,619
- Minnesota African Women’s Association, Inc., Minnesota, $100,000
- Minnesota African Women’s Association, Inc., Minnesota, $136,044
- Somali International Minorities of America, Minnesota, $50,000
- Women’s Initiative for Self Empowerment, Inc., Minnesota, $168,370
- Asian Community and Cultural Center, Nebraska, $117,580
- Sauti Yetu Center for African Women, Inc., New York, $107, 590
- The Montagnards Human Rights Organization, North Carolina, $181,391
- US Together, Inc., Ohio $141,572
- Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, Oregon, $200,000
- Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Oregon, $200,000
- Portland State University – Somali Bantu Project, Oregon, $250,000
- Nationalities Service Center , Pennsylvania , $78,200
- Somali Community Center of Nashville, Tennessee, $150,000
- Somali Bantu Community of Greater Houston, Texas$125,695
- Somali Bantu Association of San Antonio, Texas, $171,345
- Association of Africans Living in Vermont, Inc., Vermont, $148,962
- Boat People S.O.S.- Kentucky, Virginia , $175,332
- Ethiopian Community Development Council, Virginia, $200,000
- Somali Family Care Network, Virginia, $199,130
- Ukrainian Community Center of Washington, Washington, $129,960
- Pan-African Community Association, Wisconsin, $151,919
- Wisconsin, United Coalition of Mutual Assistance Associations, Wisconsin, $195,688
KEY:
Ethnic Community Based Organization
Ethnic National Organization
Provider of Training, Technical Assistance, Mentorship
Resources
Technical Assistance Providers
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resources/tech_asst_providers.htm
Managing Federal Grants
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/funding/mfgrants.htm
Funding Opportunities
Standing Announcement for Ethnic Community Self-Help
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2008-ACF-ORR-RE-0117.html
Contact Information
Mr. Thomas Giossi
Senior Program Analyst
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Administration for Children and Families
901 D Street, SW
Washington, DC 20447
Phone: 202.401.5720
Fax: 202.401.0981
Thomas.Giossi@acf.hhs.gov