Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2022 ACF ORR RE 0048
The Ethnic Community Self-Help (ECSH) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Its core purpose is to strengthen the ability of Ethnic Community-Based Organizations (ECBOs) to deliver practical, culturally and linguistically appropriate support that helps refugees become stable, connected, and fully participating members of U.S. communities. The program places a strong emphasis on services and activities that meet people where they are culturally and language-wise, and that help refugee families navigate early resettlement challenges while building longer-term community integration.
This particular funding round is tied to the Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, so ORR is limiting funded projects to those serving Afghan populations connected to the 2021-2022 humanitarian parole and related authorization pathways. In practical terms, projects must propose to serve citizens or nationals of Afghanistan who were paroled into the United States between July 31, 2021, and September 30, 2022, as well as Afghan citizens or nationals for whom refugee and entrant assistance is otherwise authorized under the relevant provisions. Because of that statutory funding source, proposals that focus on other refugee groups would not be eligible for funding under this specific Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO).
Applicants are expected to design projects around three main objectives. First, projects must strengthen ECBOs in providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services to refugees during the first five years after initial resettlement, which is typically the period when families most need navigation help, trusted community connections, and services delivered in a way that fits their lived experience. Second, the program is meant to build organizational capacity within ECBOs, encouraging organizational development and formal capacity building through collaboration with established refugee service providers and mainstream organizations. The intent here is not only to provide direct services, but also to improve an ECBOs systems, partnerships, and infrastructure so it can operate more sustainably and effectively. Third, projects must support community building and civic participation among refugee individuals and the broader refugee community, recognizing that integration is not just about employment or benefits access, but also about participation, leadership development, and stronger community ties.
ORR also signals clear program preferences that can increase an applications competitiveness. The agency notes it will award bonus points to projects that advance opportunities for Afghan women, that are implemented by ECBOs, and/or that operate in at least one location where ORR expects a significant number of Afghan humanitarian parolees to resettle. These preferences indicate that ORR is looking for proposals that combine culturally grounded leadership with targeted support for women and geographically relevant service coverage aligned with expected resettlement patterns.
From a funding and administrative standpoint, this opportunity is a grant (not a contract) under the Income Security and Social Services funding activity category, CFDA 93.576. The award ceiling is $600,000 per award, and ORR anticipated making about 35 awards. Funded projects are planned as fully funded for a 36-month project period, which gives grantees a multi-year runway to build partnerships, deliver services consistently, and demonstrate measurable organizational growth and community impact.
Eligibility is broad and includes many government and nonprofit entity types, such as state, county, and municipal governments; special districts; independent school districts; public and private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (with exclusions related to higher education noted in the eligibility list). The original posting indicates the NOFO was created April 28, 2022, with an original application deadline of June 27, 2022, and electronically submitted applications due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline date.
Overall, the ECSH Program is designed to fund community-rooted organizations and their partners to deliver culturally competent, language-accessible support for eligible Afghan newcomers, while also strengthening the long-term capacity of those community organizations and boosting civic participation and community cohesion over a three-year period.Apply for HHS 2022 ACF ORR RE 0048
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - ORR in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Ethnic Community Self-Help Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.576.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 28, 2022.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 27, 2022 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 35 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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