The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $524,988 Cooperative Agreement to the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town, a non-profit organization, under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). This one-year award from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024 will fund the Centre's specialized services to alleviate poverty, promote development, and foster integration between migrants, refugees, and South African communities in the Western Cape...
The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $499,694 cooperative agreement to Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) federal grant program. The award will provide assistance to refugees and asylum seekers in Cape Town, South Africa and beyond from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. Specifically, the Scalabrini Centre of Cape Town will help welcome, protect, promote, and integrate refugees...
The Refugee Social Services organization received a $349,999 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). This funding supports the delivery of humanitarian protection and assistance to refugees with heightened vulnerabilities in South Africa. Through this award, Refugee Social Services provides multidisciplinary programs to integrate vulnerable refugees and...
The Cooperative Agreement award of $350,000 was granted by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517). The award was made to Refugee Social Services, a non-profit organization based in Durban, South Africa, to promote the protection of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants with heightened vulnerabilities. The funding will support Refugee Social Services' provision of comprehensive...
The Alliance for African Assistance will use a $1.2 million project grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to support its Ethnic Community Self-Help Program. The funding will support the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program objectives of building refugee placement capacity, providing specialized case management for vulnerable refugees, and assisting low-income refugees. Specifically, the Alliance for African...
Under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, the African Entrepreneurship Collective (doing business as Inkomoko) will implement a $1,362,695 program to provide business development services, access to low-cost capital, and market linkages for 2,200 micro and small businesses across Nairobi County and the Nairobi Metropolitan Region in Kenya. This award is funded through the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) provides $268,939 to the University of South Florida to study how migrant communities establish durable settlements under uncertain timelines from 2022 to 2025. The award will support research using ethnographic methods like participant observation, interviews, and photo voice to analyze how demographic characteristics affect community incorporation experiences for migrants...
Refuge Inc. was awarded a $1.3 million cooperative agreement by the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517) to provide services from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022. The award will fund Refuge Inc.'s project "PROTECT, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER UNACCOMPANIED AND SEPARATED VULNERABLE REFUGEE GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN IN NAIROBI." This project will contribute to meeting the basic needs...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded a $780,000 Project Grant under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576) to Alliance For African Assistance, a nonprofit organization in San Diego, California. The grant, with a performance period from Sep 30, 2023 to Sep 29, 2026, will support the organization's efforts to provide a range of services and programs assisting refugees, immigrants, and...
The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $1.9 million cooperative agreement to the International Rescue Committee, Inc. to improve quality of life for refugees and host communities in Pariang County, South Sudan. Funded through the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa (CFDA 19.517), this cooperative agreement will provide multi-sector assistance from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023. The International Rescue Committee will deliver basic needs...