Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2023 ACF ORR RE 0017
The Ethnic Community Self-Help (ECSH) Program is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), through the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). It is designed to strengthen the role of Ethnic Community-Based Organizations (ECBOs) in helping refugees integrate successfully in the United States, with a particular focus on delivering services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate. The program targets refugees who are within five years of their initial resettlement, reflecting ORR's emphasis on early integration supports that help newcomers stabilize, navigate local systems, and build long-term community connections.
At its core, ECSH requires applicants to implement three main objectives. First, funded projects must improve ECBOs' ability to provide direct, culturally and linguistically appropriate integration services to eligible refugee populations during that critical first five-year window after arrival. This objective centers on meeting people where they are, using trusted community networks and language-accessible approaches to connect refugees to practical supports and reduce barriers that often arise from limited English proficiency, unfamiliarity with U.S. systems, and cultural differences in how services are accessed or understood.
Second, the program explicitly emphasizes organizational development and capacity building for ECBOs. Rather than only funding short-term service delivery, ECSH is structured to help ECBOs become stronger, more sustainable organizations. A key expectation is collaboration: ECBOs are encouraged to partner with established refugee service providers and mainstream organizations so they can expand their operational capacity, strengthen governance and internal systems, improve program management, and better coordinate referrals and wraparound supports. In practice, this objective is about helping ECBOs move from informal or narrowly resourced service models to more durable, scalable organizations that can compete for funding, manage compliance requirements, and deliver consistent services over time.
Third, ECSH places importance on community building and civic engagement. The program recognizes that integration is not only about immediate needs like orientation, employment support, or navigating benefits, but also about belonging and participation. Projects funded under ECSH are expected to help refugees connect with one another, develop mutual support networks, and engage with the broader civic life of their communities. This can include building leadership within refugee communities, creating pathways to community participation, and strengthening relationships between refugee communities and local institutions.
In terms of basic grant details, this opportunity is listed as Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2023-ACF-ORR-RE-0017 under Assistance Listing/CFDA 93.576, within the Income Security and Social Services category. The funding instrument is a grant, with an anticipated maximum award (ceiling) of $260,000 per award and an estimated 20 awards expected. Eligible applicants are broad and include multiple levels of government (state, county, city/township, special districts), independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations, public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (excluding higher education institutions in those nonprofit categories). The application was originally posted with a creation date of April 10, 2023, and an original closing date of June 9, 2023, with electronic submissions due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Overall, ECSH is best understood as a capacity-focused refugee integration grant. It aims to resource trusted ethnic community organizations so they can deliver effective, language-accessible services, formalize and strengthen their organizational infrastructure through partnerships, and support refugees in building community ties and civic participation that sustain integration well beyond initial resettlement.Apply for HHS 2023 ACF ORR RE 0017
- 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 10, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 09, 2023 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 $260,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 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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