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Refugee Microenterprise Development (MED) Program is sponsored by Administration for Children and Families - Office of Refugee Resettlement (ACF-ORR). This program promotes the economic integration of ORR-eligible populations by providing loans, training, and technical assistance to start, maintain, and expand small businesses. Organizations receive grants to provide these services to refugees.
The program also helps clients improve credit scores through credit-building loans. All public and private non-profit organizations are eligible to apply.
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The Refugee Family Child Care Microenterprise Development(RFCCMED) program, established in 2013, helps recently arrived refugees and otherORR-eligible populations start and run family child care businesses in their homes to help generate an income and achieve self-sufficiency. Many refugees come to the United States with experience caring for small children.
They may also have their own young children, which makes it difficult for them to work outside of their homes. The RFCCMED program helps these refugees to use their child care skills to earn an income. Child care businesses run by refugees may also help generate jobs for other refugees in a community.
The RFCCMED program serves individuals who have lived in the United States for less than five years and are interested in starting a family child care business. Participants in the program must live in a home that meets state and local government legal standards for operating a family child care business. These standards ensure the providers' homes are safe and that providers are able to help the children they care for grow and learn.
The RFCCMED program provides refugee participants with: * Training and technical assistance in professional child care and microenterprise development. * Assistance navigating the child care business licensing process. * Direct financial assistance to prepare homes for child care operations.
RFCCMED is a competitive grant program, operated by local community organizations who partner with non-profit agencies that support child care providers and government offices responsible for issuing child care licenses. The RFCCMED program is currently funded for a three-year project period. Through Congressional funding, some recipients specifically focus on recent Afghan arrivals, while others serve ORR-eligible populations.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Public or private non-profit agencies, community economic development agencies, local mutual assistance associations, and resettlement agency affiliates. Refugees who are not yet citizens and have been in the U.S. for no more than five years at the time of enrollment may participate in the program. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $15,000 for individual loans; competitive grant for organizations (five-year project period). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Refugee Microenterprise Development (MED) Program is funded by Administration for Children and Families - Office of Refugee Resettlement (ACF-ORR). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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