NIGP 95275: Refugee Assistance

NIGP 95275 Refugee Assistance, an Item code, encompasses financial assistance grants, employment and training services, and wraparound support directed to refugees, asylees, humanitarian parolees, and immigrant populations with qualifying eligibility statuses. State and local governments procuring under this code issue grant proposals and RFPs to nonprofits and service providers that deliver direct cash assistance, job placement and skills training, case management, navigation support, and pre-employment services to refugee and immigrant populations within defined geographic service areas. The mix of issuing bodies centers on state human services and workforce development agencies, most notably the Oregon Department of Human Services, which has posted two substantial opportunities in the past two months targeting refugee populations across multiple Oregon service areas.

Oregon Department of Human Services posted an RFGP for Financial Assistance for HR1 Impacted Immigrants (due July 31, 2026) offering up to four grants totaling $2 million, with individual awards no less than $500,000, to provide cash assistance and case management to refugees and humanitarian immigrants in the United States 60 months or less who lost SNAP benefits under federal eligibility changes. The same agency issued an RFP for Refugee Employment and Pre-Employment Training Services (due July 16, 2026) with a not-to-exceed value of $3 million for Portland-Metro services and $400,000 for the Salem-Corvallis-Eugene region, contracting for employment services, ESL instruction, occupational training, digital literacy, and job retention support. Both Oregon opportunities require eligible nonprofit applicants to demonstrate three years of prior experience serving refugee and immigrant populations and impose 15% administrative cost caps. A Notice of Intent to Award from the Oregon Health Authority for Public Health Equity Grants (February 2026) identified 139 awardees serving refugee and immigrant communities among other underserved populations, though individual award amounts were not disclosed. Recent activity is concentrated in Oregon; no other states or jurisdictions posted refugee assistance opportunities in the source material.