2026 voluntary agencies matching grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded International Rescue Committee, Inc. $6.614 million on October 1, 2025, under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs (CFDA 93.566), a formula grant for refugee cash and medical assistance and support services.

The award funds Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA), Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA), Medical Screening activities, and Refugee Support Services (RSS) for newly arrived refugees and other eligible populations including certain Amerasians from Vietnam, Cuban and Haitian entrants, asylees, victims of severe trafficking, Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants, certain Afghan and Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees, and Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM). RCA and RMA provide short-term assistance during the first four months after arrival or eligibility; RSS extends employment and social services support for five years. The award also covers recipient administrative costs and URM care and administrative costs.

International Rescue Committee, Inc., a New York–headquartered nonprofit humanitarian organization, is the ultimate recipient. Performance occurs in New York through May 28, 2027. The program requires annual submission of approved State Plans and Cash and Medical Assistance Program Estimates (ORR-1), and RSS recipients must submit an Annual Service Plan (ASP). Audit and record-keeping follow 2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F (effective October 1, 2025) and 2 CFR Part 300 HHS-specific provisions.