Opportunity HHS-2010-ACF-ORR-ZE-0038

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	Federal Grant Title:	Opportunity HHS-2010-ACF-ORR-ZE-0038
	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-2010-ACF-ORR-ZE-0038
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
	Posted Date:	Apr 01, 2010
	Creation Date:	Apr 16, 2010
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	May 17, 2010 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:	May 17, 2010 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:	Jun 16, 2010
	Expected Number of Awards:	37
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$15,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$1,000,000
	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: Wilson/Fish agencies and replacement designees Eligible Beneficiaries Individuals with the following immigration statuses are eligible for services under this grant: (1) refugees; (2) asylees; (3) Cuban and Haitian entrants; (4) certain Amerasians from Vietnam; (5) victims of a severe form of trafficking who receive certification or eligibility letters from ORR and certain other specified family members of trafficking victims; (6) children classified as Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJs) receiving services from ORR-funded Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM) programs; and 7) children with Special Immigrant Visa (SIV). The term "refugee" is used in this notice to encompass all such eligible persons. Individuals and foreign entities are not eligible for awards made under this announcement.
Grant Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) invites States, Wilson/Fish agencies and replacement designees consistent with section 412(c)(1)(A), to submit applications for funds to support local school systems that are impacted by significant numbers of newly arrived refugee children. The primary focus of this grant is to help newly arrived refugees that are making major initial adjustments and those that have been in the United States three years or less but are continuing to face persistent challenges in schools. Success in schools is measured by improved academic performance, high classroom attendance rate, full school participation, development of leadership skills, etc. (See also Section V.I Criteria - Results and Benefits in this announcement). States and Wilson/Fish agencies may designate State departments of education or other non-profit entities that have knowledge of and are able to work effectively with impacted school systems to apply for this grant. ORR expects to award approximately $15 million to States and Wilson/Fish agencies or their designees that adequately a) document significant impact of newly arrived refugees, b) specify the purposes for which the funding would be used, and c) show that the proposed activities are related to and would be beneficial for educating refugee children. Applicants responding to this announcement are encouraged to design projects that incorporate collaboration with agencies providing refugee assistance such as resettlement, health and mental health, child care, and social services, etc. in order to strengthen their capacity for providing educational and related services to refugee children. Applicants are expected to thoroughly analyze and fully document recent refugee children arrivals to establish needs for program funding. However, awards will not be based solely on population numbers but will also consider: 1) the adequate documentation of the service needs of the population to be served; and 2) the strength of the applicant's proposed program services. ORR will give priority to those applicants that have limited resources; but have proposed viable means to attain linguistic and cultural competence in order to meet the needs of new refugee populations, using requested funds. The State or Wilson/Fish agency or its designee shall submit a single application for all the schools within the State considered in the proposal. Awards will be contingent upon the outcome of the competition and the availability of funds. Section IV. 2. Content and Form of Application Submission of this Funding Opportunity Announcement has been modified.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/foa/view/hhs-2010-acf-orr-ze-0038
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Similar Government Grants: • Discretionary Targeted Assistance Grant Program; • Ethnic Community Self Help Program; • Discretionary Funds for Refugee Childcare Microenterprise Development Project; • Preferred Communities Program; • Refugee Preventive Health Discretionary Grant Program; • 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