Inspiritus Inc. was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576) to support its Refugee Career Pathways Program in Metro Atlanta, Georgia from September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2025. The Refugee Career Pathways Program will provide services to refugees settling in the Atlanta area, with a focus on career training and...
The Refugee Family Assistance Program will receive $1.2 million under a three-year Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to support its Afghan Family Care Program. The Program will focus on identifying and delivering social, health, economic and educational services needed by refugee Afghan women in Georgia through September 2025. This award is funded through the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded New American Pathways, Inc. a $1.5 million Project Grant under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576). The grant will support New American Pathways' NEW AP SAVINGS MATCH PROGRAM, which aims to build refugees' financial capacity through matched savings accounts. The program aligns with the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program's objectives of...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (CFDA 19.517 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa) awarded a $1,449,724 Cooperative Agreement to African Entrepreneurship Collective (dba Inkomoko) to implement a holistic program of business development services, access to low-cost capital, and market linkages for 800 micro and small businesses across Nairobi County and the Nairobi Metropolitan Region in Kenya. The award period is from Sep 1, 2024 to Feb 7,...
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...
The Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded a $2.7 million cooperative agreement to Building Markets LTD under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for East Asia (CFDA 19.511) program. In its second year, the award will continue supporting refugee entrepreneurs in Turkey through Building Markets' Sustainable Marketplace Program. The program delivers services to refugee entrepreneurs such as digital growth tools through sub-awards to organizations like Pusula...
The Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Unaccompanied Children Program (CFDA 93.676) to the Somali Bantu Association of America (SBAOA), a non-profit organization based in San Diego, California. The grant, titled "WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: DEVELOPING REFUGEE ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT THROUGH MICROENTERPRISE (WE DREAM)", is focused on empowering women refugees through the development of microenterprises....
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded a $500,000 Congressional Grants program (CFDA 59.059) Project Grant to the Refugee Artisan Initiative in Seattle, WA on September 1, 2024. The grant will fund the Refugee Artisan Initiative's efforts to support small business development and entrepreneurship within refugee communities in the Seattle area. The funding will be used to provide programmatic activities such as business counseling, technical assistance, workforce training, and...
The federal Block Grant award in the amount of $342,518.00 was made on July 30, 2024 to the Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc. (ECDC) under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576) administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. The funding supports the Refugee Family Childcare Micro-Enterprise Development (RFCCMED) Program, which provides comprehensive services to help refugees,...
Refugees Helping Refugees, Inc. was awarded a $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576). The three-year grant will support Refugees Helping Refugees' PROJECT SAFE LANDING program, which aims to build capacity for refugee placement in locations with good opportunities and provide specialized case management for vulnerable refugees. This...