GY2026 ORR Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance Block Grant Award Summary

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) awarded Minnesota Department of Human Services a $4.73 million block grant effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, to administer the Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs (CFDA 93.566). Under this award, Minnesota DHS provides critical cash and medical assistance (CMA) to refugees, asylees, Cuban and Haitian entrants, Afghan and Ukrainian humanitarian parolees, trafficking victims, and unaccompanied refugee minors during their initial resettlement period. The CMA program reimburses the state for short-term cash assistance, refugee medical assistance, medical screening activities, foster care and youth services for unaccompanied minors, and administrative costs incurred in delivering these services.

Minnesota DHS fulfills federal reporting and compliance requirements through submission of an approved State Plan and annual Cash and Medical Assistance Program Estimates (ORR-1 forms). The award supports vulnerable populations during their critical early months of arrival and integration into Minnesota communities, with program governance subject to 2 CFR Part 200 and HHS-specific provisions in 2 CFR Part 300, effective October 1, 2025.