Project Grant SSF75019GR0015

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 State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration awarded International Rescue Committee, Inc. a $712,842 cooperative agreement under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (CFDA 19.510) to develop and manage specialized infrastructure for a labor mobility pathway pilot program for skilled refugees operating through the Welcome Corps private refugee sponsorship program. The award period is from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024. Under this agreement, International Rescue Committee...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (under CFDA Program 19.517 - Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for Africa) awarded a $1,449,724 Cooperative Agreement to African Entrepreneurship Collective (operating as "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...

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $215,000 two-year Project Grant to Organizacion Semillas Para La Democracia to support entrepreneurship training and microenterprise development for Venezuelan migrants in Paraguay. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), the grantee will provide business incubation services and seed capital in Asunción, Ciudad del Este, and Encarnación to help migrant women start or grow microenterprises. The goal is to improve economic...

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 International Institute of New England, 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). The grant will support the Afghan Entrant Refugee Career Pathways program from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2025. The program aims to assist recently arrived Afghan refugees in developing career pathways and securing...

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...

Accompany Capital Inc., doing business as Business Center For New Americans, was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families. The grant was awarded under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance Discretionary Grants program (CFDA 93.576) and will support Accompany Capital's Individual Development Account (IDA) program for refugees from September 30, 2022 to September 29, 2025. The IDA program will build refugees' assets...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) was awarded a $5.2 million federal Project Grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CFDA #59.077). The award will support IRC's Small Business Community Navigator Pilot Program to provide business counseling, financial literacy education, coaching and assistance accessing pandemic relief programs to socially and economically disadvantaged small business owners...