CFAs: NGO Program for Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Deadline: 25-Apr-24

The Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration is inviting submissions for FY 2024 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO Programs Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal, and India.

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Program Area 

• Proposals must align with one or more of the following program areas:
  • Humanitarian Protection and Assistance
  • Interim and Durable Solutions

Program Sectors

• Thailand Country-Specific 
  • PRM welcomes proposals that specifically seek to meet the needs of camp-based Burmese refugees and emergency-affected displaced persons along the Thailand-Burma border, focusing on protection assistance to persons with disabilities.  Proposals must include the following sectors:
    • Protection
      • Improve inclusion and preparation for the voluntary return of people with disabilities in three refugee camps in Thailand.
      • Educate at people-at-risk on mine safety and protocol to further adopt safe Explosive Ordnance (EO) related practices in nine refugee camps Thailand.
      • Increase the level of knowledge of the refugee population in nine refugee camps in Thailand about EO risk in Burma.
    • Health
    • Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
      • Offer services that reduce risks of long-term physical and psychological impairments of highly vulnerable conflict affected refugees, returnees.
    • Livelihoods
      • Increase preparation for local integration or voluntary return of youth in three refugee camps in Thailand, via vocational training recognized by Burma and the Government of Thailand.
• Malaysia Country-Specific 
  • PRM welcomes submissions from both international and Malaysia-based NGOs serving the urban refugee and asylum seeker population in and around Kuala Lumpur, the Klang Valley, Penang, Kedah, and Perak.  Specifically, PRM prioritizes submissions that include the following sectors and activities:
    • Protection (including Child Protection, Case Management, Emergency and Legal Assistance)
      • Respond to immediate, life-saving needs through provision of emergency short-term shelter and auxiliary services, including transportation, medical care, psychosocial support, and counselling to GBV survivors and their children.
      • Provide specialized counselling services to refugees (adults and children) to prevent repeated abuse and/or improve overall well-being.
    • GBV Prevention and Response
      • Improve knowledge of GBV and promote positive change in attitudes and behavior within refugee and host communities through targeted and sustained engagement.
      • Increase the capacity of target communities to identify and effectively respond to GBV through skills-building, training, and coaching.
      • Improve the capacity of service providers to provide timely, high-quality health care, including reproductive health and psychosocial services; as well as safety, justice, and multi-sectoral referral services.
      • Increase knowledge and awareness of GBV among adult refugees and asylum seekers.
      • Build capacity of teachers in refugee learning centers to train their own students on GBV risks, prevention, and response.
    • Healthcare (Health, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support)
      • Improve access to primary health care, including reproductive health, medical services, mental health, and/or psychosocial support, including the implementation of mobile health clinics.
      • Provide nursing facilities for refugee patients requiring recuperation and post-hospitalization nursing care.
      • Provide health-based training and education focusing on general health care, communicable disease prevention, treatment adherence, reproductive health, and/or nutrition.
      • Provide medical support and rehabilitative services for refugees and asylum seekers who have experienced torture, forced labor, human trafficking, long-term detention, or economic exploitation or who may be unable to work because of mental or physical illness.
• India/Nepal Country-Specific 
  • PRM welcomes submissions from both international and national NGOs serving Tibetan refugees in India and/or Nepal.  PRM strongly encourages partnerships with women- and/or refugee-led organizations when possible.  NGO projects should seek to fill gaps in humanitarian assistance, not duplicate activities undertaken by large international organizations or government entities.  PRM looks favorably on programs with the ability to operate in multiple locations and across multiple sectors, as articulated below, provided such work supports an integrated program approach.  Applicants are strongly encouraged to engage with existing structures to provide services to refugees, including those operated by national or local actors (both governmental and NGO), rather than establishing new, parallel structures.
  • Sectors:
    • Protection (including GBV prevention and response and child protection):
      • Provide protection services and/or referrals, such as legal assistance, to incoming refugees and asylum seekers in India and Nepal.
      • Design and implement mechanisms to prevent and respond to GBV in communities and institutions.
      • Improve knowledge of GBV risk-mitigation and promote positive changes in attitudes and behaviors within refugee communities through targeted and sustained engagement.
      • Increase the capacity of target communities to identify and effectively respond to GBV through skills building, training, and coaching.
      • Improve the capacity of service providers to provide timely, high-quality support, including for safety, justice and/or other services, as well as multi-sectoral referral services.
      • Improve the capacity of service providers to institute Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) strategies and response activities, including training and mentoring on PSEA principles, risk identification and mitigation, instituting safe reporting mechanisms, providing assistance and/or referrals for SEA survivors, investigating and responding to SEA incidents, and mobilization of community and leadership.
    • Health:
      • Provide and/or improve access to primary healthcare, including reproductive health, mental health and psychosocial support, for the most vulnerable within Tibetan communities, particularly for the elderly, persons with disabilities and chronic conditions, survivors of GBV, and those in remote settlements.
      • Address priority public health issues, including reproductive health, including maternal health interventions, and substance abuse.
      • Assist Tibetan refugees to access and utilize the national health care systems such as through support for interpreters, facilitators, or cash or vouchers. Assist the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and health care providers to coordinate with the national or local Indian and Nepali health systems to avoid duplicating services provided to Tibetans by national or local systems.
    • Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH):
      • Provide and/or improve access to WASH facilities in Tibetan refugee settlements, to include potable water, drainage; adequate, safe and sustainable toilet facilities, fecal sludge management including treatment, and bathing facilities. Priority will be given to activities in rural communities that engage with existing government schemes, rather than establishing new, parallel structures.
      • PRM will prioritize WASH projects that bring Tibetan settlements into compliance with SPHERE standards.
    • Education:
      • Provide and/or improve access to quality primary, secondary, and non-formal education, including early childhood development, with priority given to projects focused on local options for vulnerable children within Tibetan communities. Post-secondary education assistance and teaching and non-teaching staffs’ salary will not be considered.
      • Provide and promote an innovative and inclusive education to Tibetan students.
    • Prioritization:
      • In addition to PRM’s general prioritization considerations listed in this NOFO, priority will be given to organizations that can demonstrate:
        • Evidence of participatory needs assessments involving beneficiaries.
        • Evidence of coordination with international organizations (IOs) and other NGOs working in the same area or sector as well as local authorities and Tibetan leadership, including Tibetan settlement officers and host government authorities, and in India, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
        • Complementarity activities with existing U.S. Government-funded development, protection, and assistance activities, including ongoing and planned USAID programs benefitting Tibetan refugees.  Proposals should clearly demonstrate that project objectives prioritize urgent humanitarian needs and do not duplicate already funded activities.

Funding Information

• Thailand Country-Specific 
  • Funding floor per year (lowest $ value): [$500,000 per year]
  • Funding ceiling per year (highest $ value): [$1,400,000 per year]
  • Period of Performance: Program periods of performance of one year (12 months) cycles, for a period not to exceed three years (36 months) will be considered.
  • Duration of Activity: Program plans for three years will be considered.
• Malaysia Country-Specific 
  • Funding floor per year (lowest $ value): [$500,000 per year]
  • Funding ceiling per year (highest $ value): [$600,000 per year]
  • Duration of Activity: Program plans for three years will be considered.
  • Period of Performance: Program periods of performance of 12 months, for a period not to exceed three years (36 months), will be considered.
• India/Nepal Country-Specific
  • Funding floor per year (lowest $ value): [$500,000 per year]
  • Funding ceiling per year (highest $ value): [$2,000,000 per year]
  • Duration of Activity: Program plans for two or three years will be considered.
  • Period of Performance: Programs period of performance of 12months, for a period not to exceed two years (24 months) or three years (36 months), will be considered.

Geographic Regions/Populations

• Proposed activities must primarily support refugees and asylum seeker populations in Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal, and/or India.  Because of PRM’s mandate to provide protection, assistance, and sustainable solutions for refugees and victims of conflict, PRM will consider funding only those programs that include a target program participant base of at least 50 percent refugees and asylum seekers.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Applicants
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education (U.S.-based NGOs must be able to demonstrate proof of non-profit tax status).
  • Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education (overseas-based NGOs must be able to demonstrate proof of registration in country of domicile); and
• Cost Sharing or Matching:  Cost sharing, matching, or cost participation is not a requirement of an application in response to this funding announcement.
• Proposals for consideration should describe the sources and amounts of additional funding that may be utilized to complement PRM funding, and meet the following criteria:
  • Are not paid by the Federal Government under another Federal award.
  • Are verifiable from the non-Federal entity’s records.
  • Are not included as contributions for any other Federal award; and
  • Are necessary and reasonable for accomplishment of project or program objectives.

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