93.583: Refugee and Entrant Assistance Wilson/Fish Program

93.583

Active

Administration for Children and Families (ACF) [HHS]

Aug. 25, 2022

Aug. 25, 2022

The objective is to develop alternative projects that promote early employment of refugees, certain Amerasians from Vietnam, Cuban and Haitian entrants, asylees, victims of a severe form of trafficking, and Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants. The purpose of the Wilson-Fish program is to provide innovative approaches to integrated cash and medical assistance and/or services (employment, case management, English language instruction, and other social services) otherwise-available through the State-administered program, in order to increase refugees' prospects for early employment and self-sufficiency, reduce their level of welfare dependence, and promote coordination among service providers. The Wilson-Fish Temporary Aid for Needy Families (TANF) Coordination Program (FY 2020 – FY 2024) does not include cash assistance and targets ORR-eligible clients with children under the age of 18.

B - Cooperative Agreements

Public or private non-profit agencies are eligible. Applicants for the FY 2020-2024 Wilson-Fish TANF Coordination Program were required to provide a letter of support from the subdivision of the state agency tasked with the operation of the state’s TANF program (or “state TANF office”). In this letter, the state TANF office was required to indicate its intention to coordinate with the applicant's proposed WF TC project and include a commitment to submit a formal and structured agreement, within 120 days of grant award, between the project and the state TANF office, to coordinate in the development and implementation of relevant, customized, and culturally and linguistically appropriate services for TANF-eligible refugees. This letter was required to be on letterhead of the state TANF office and signed by the state TANF director or the director's designee. Applicants that did not include this letter were disqualified from review and from funding under the Wilson-Fish TANF Coordination Program

Refugees, certain Amerasian immigrants from Vietnam, Cuban/Haitian entrants, asylees, victims of a severe form of trafficking, and Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants are eligible for services and assistance through funded projects in a community.

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