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Announcement for Proposals for the Resettlement Support Center Eurasia

Deadline: 9 May 2014

US Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration is accepting proposals for the Resettlement Support Center (RSC) Eurasia.

Program Objectives are –

  1. To provide refugee processing services in support of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program using the Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System in Europe and Central Asia, except Austria.
  2. To ensure that each potential refugee applicant is screened to determine if he/she is eligible for interview under the processing priorities established for his/her nationality.
  3. To conduct pre-screening interviews and casework.
  4. To enter all required information into WRAPS on a timely basis and to remain in close contact with the RPC, cooperating fully and at all times to ensure that the WRAPS system and related equipment remains functional and up to date.
  5. to assist the refugees in completing all post-adjudication steps required for admission to the United States – in case of the applicants approved by USCIS.
  6. To provide cultural orientation to approved refugees aged 15 and above in accordance with guidelines developed in conjunction with the Bureau by the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) and described in the publication “Welcome to the United States–A Guidebook for Refugees” (CAL, 2004) and other CAL materials .
  7. To develop a formal curriculum for cultural orientation training for refugees that will prepare them for travel and initial adjustment to life in the United States.
  8. To develop a training and management plan for RSC staff who will conduct cultural orientation training. To conduct cultural orientation in such a way as to achieve performance outcomes as delineated by the Bureau.
  9. To provide quarterly financial and programmatic reports to PRM/Admissions on RSC processing activities and cultural orientation.

Eligibility Criteria –

  • Eligible organizations – nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education; or nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with IRS, other than institutions of higher education; or international organizations.
  • Applying organization must be authorized by the Government of Russia (GOR) to conduct activities relating to the welfare, protection, or maintenance of refugees in Russia, as evidenced for non-governmental organizations by a Certificate of Registration issued by the Federal Government per the Federal Laws Governing Non-Profit Organizations prior to May 9, 2014, or, for international organizations by accreditation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the organization is authorized by the government to conduct such activities as of May 9, 2014.
  • Applying organization must have evidence of effective coordination with U.S. government agencies, non-governmental organizations and international organizations involved with the refugee admissions program.
  • Applying organization must possess management capacity at the agency’s headquarters sufficient to oversee the operation of the RSC.

For more information, please visit Funding Opportunity Announcement page.

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