Project Grant 15PBJA21RR04949SCAA

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...

This $450,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS USCIS) under the Citizenship Education and Training program (CFDA 97.010) supports the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS), a non-profit organization, in providing citizenship instruction, naturalization application assistance, and related integration services to immigrant communities in Washington. The funding will enable ACRS to deliver a range of services in...

The Civil Society Anti-Impunity Initiative in El Salvador, funded through a $2 million cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the Criminal Justice Systems federal grant program (CFDA 19.703), intends to build accountability in El Salvador through civil society legal action, civic education, and strategic communications from September 9, 2022 to September 30, 2024. Cristosal, Inc. will deliver products and services...

The Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (LACLJ) will receive $400,000 under a two-year Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime to increase victim-centered services for underserved populations in Los Angeles County, California. Specifically, LACLJ will work to remove barriers to accessing crime victim assistance and legal services for populations facing challenges due to limited English proficiency, disabilities, immigration...

The Vera Institute of Justice, Inc., a non-profit organization, was awarded a $1,500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (CFDA 16.606) effective October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2026. The purpose of the project, titled "Designed for Dignity," is to assist eight diverse corrections agencies in transforming their prison cultures, climates, and spaces to enhance safety,...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Justice (CFDA 16.560 - National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants) provides $120,000.00 to the University of California, Irvine to conduct a research project investigating how assumptions of fraud directed towards Latino immigrants impact the construction and application of immigration policy at the federal, state, and local levels. The project consists of three separate studies, with two chapters...

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...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 16.582) to Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska, doing business as Cira, to provide culturally responsive services to immigrant crime victims and survivors in Nebraska. The grant will fund the organization's efforts to serve rural and urban undocumented immigrant individuals and families who have experienced violence, domestic...

The Alliance for African Assistance (AAA) received a $1.8 million project grant award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576). The grant will fund AAA's Employer Engagement Program, which will build capacity to place refugees in locations with strong employment opportunities and provide specialized case management services for vulnerable refugees. The...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $360,000 and provided by the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs under the Congressionally Recommended Awards program (CFDA 16.753), will support Las Cumbres Community Services (LCCS) in piloting a transitional housing program for newly-arrived immigrant and refugee families identified as survivors of torture (SOT) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The funding will enable LCCS to house 125-150 vulnerable individuals across 7-10 apartments...