Refugee and Entrant Assistance Voluntary Agency Programs
Department Of Health And Human Services, Administration For Children And Families
The Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program was created in 1979 as an intensive case management program with the objective to fast-track new arrivals toward economic self-sufficiency within eight months (240 days) of program enrollment, without accessing public cash assistance.
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Helps nonprofit organizations support refugees in becoming self-sufficient in the U.S. Provides funds for case management and social services for new arrivals.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Coordinates resettlement and placement across the United States; provides initial benefits and services including time-limited cash and medical assistance, longer-term support services; offers care, custody, and unique foster care programs for unaccompanied alien children and minors; and provides rehabilitative, social, and legal services for survivors of torture and their families.
Who Is Eligible?
Region: United States, destination states
Other Criteria: Refugees, Amerasians, Asylees, Cuban and Haitian Entrants, Afghan and Iraqi Special Immigrants, Certain Afghan Humanitarian Parolees, Certain Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees, Victims of Human Trafficking, Eligible Unaccompanied Alien Children (including those with Special Immigrant Juvenile Status or U status/U visa holders for the URM Program), Survivors of Torture (SOT) and their families, regardless of their immigration status
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Reach out to local OCSE Regional Program Office for assistance
- Research and analyze application preparation
- Prepare and organize the application and program development plan
- Submit the completed application packet
- 🌐Application Portal
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- 📤Submission Method
- 🔄Intake Type
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📄What Documents Are Required?
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- approved and allowable expenditures
- 📏Expense Caps
- Total award cannot exceed $500,000, typically awarded as $250,000 per year
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
- 🔀Matching Required
- No
- 📚Stacking Rules
- Federal funds will cover all expenses.
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- progress report
- annual funding request
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards
- 📢Branding Requirements
- acknowledgment of federal funding
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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FAQFrequently Asked Questions
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This program offers funding up to $50,000,000 (minimum $37).
This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.
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