Syracuse ethnic community self-help for ukrainians

The Syracuse Ethnic Community Self-Help for Ukrainians project is a $779,290 federal Project Grant awarded on September 30, 2023 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576). The grant recipient, Refugee & Immigrant Self-Empowerment, Inc., is a minority-owned non-profit community development corporation in Syracuse, New York that delivers a variety of services to support refugee and immigrant integration. The project aims to build capacity for refugee placement in locations with good economic opportunities and provide specialized case management for vulnerable refugee cases. Key services to be provided include refugee resettlement coordination, specialized case management, childcare microenterprise development, youth education and employment services, financial and entrepreneurship training, community agriculture and farming incubation, local food hubs and distribution, nutrition education, and livestock husbandry focused on goats. Refugee & Immigrant Self frequently partners with entities like Cornell Cooperative Extension, local farms, and food systems consultants to deliver these services under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program.