Discretionary Targeted Assistance Grant Program

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	Federal Grant Title:	Discretionary Targeted Assistance Grant Program
	CFDA Number:	93.576
	CFDA Description:	Refugee and Entrant Assistance_Discretionary Grants
	Federal Agency Name:	Administration for Children and Families
	Category of Funding Activity:	Income Security and Social Services
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	HHS-2011-ACF-ORR-RT-0161
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	May 19, 2011
	Creation Date:	Jun 01, 2011
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 06, 2011 See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 06, 2011 See link to full announcement for details. IMPORTANT NOTE: Applications submitted electronically via Grants.gov must be submitted no later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time, on the due date referenced above.
	Archive Date:	Information not provided
	Expected Number of Awards:	25
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	4,859,900
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	150,000
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: State governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Non-state agencies who administer a state refugee program under 45 CFR 400.5. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
Grant Description: The published announcement has been modified. Content is changed in SectionIV.2. The 2011 Discretionary Targeted AssistanceGrant(TAG) Programwill make $4.8 million dollars available to State Governments and non-State agencies who administer a state refugee program under 45 CFR 400.5. The new Discretionary TAG program will begin on September 30, 2011. The project period will be for two years, with two 12-monthbudget periods. The purpose of Discretionary TAG is to assist newly arrived refugees and specific refugee populations with compelling situations who have been unable to make the transition to self-sufficiency.Examples of specialpopulations may include, at a minimum, youthor young adults, without parents or permanent guardians who have spent an unusually long periodunder refugee camp conditions; single refugee mothers; refugees experiencing social or psychological conditions; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) refugees; or refugees suffering from medical conditions that may impede their ability to readily find employment.The Discretionary TAG funding opportunity announcement seeks to promote the facilitation of professional certification, subsidy employment programs, and training for refugee women who are illiterate in their native language.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/hhs-2011-acf-orr-rt-0161
Grant Announcement Contact: ACF Applications Help Deskapp_support@acf.hhs.gov
ACF Applications Help Desk [app_support@acf.hhs.gov]
Similar Government Grants: • Ethnic Community Self Help Program; • Discretionary Funds for Refugee Childcare Microenterprise Development Project; • Preferred Communities Program; • Refugee Preventive Health Discretionary Grant Program; • Standing Announcement for Supplemental Services for Recently Arrived Refugees; • Opportunity HHS-2008-ACF-ORR-RP-0112; • Opportunity HHS-2008-ACF-ORR-RE-0117; • Opportunity HHS-2008-ACF-ORR-RU-0113; • Discretionary Funds for Refugee Microenterprise Development Projects; • Technical Assistance to ORR Funded Refugee Programs and Services to Asylees