Closed · HHS-2021-ACF-ORR-RP-1908 · CFDA 93.576 · Discretionary
Preferred Communities (PC) Program
Federal grant opportunity posted by Administration for Children and Families - ORR, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1.5M-$4.5M
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 21, 2021
- Close date
- 9
- Expected awards
The verdict
Preferred Communities (PC) Program is a closed discretionary listing from Administration for Children and Families - ORR that offered $1,500,000 -- $4,500,000 across 9 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 88 other opportunities from Administration for Children and Families - ORR.
- $1.5M-$4.5M
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 9
- expected awards
- 93.576
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Preferred Communities (PC) Program is closed (last close June 21, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Administration for Children and Families - ORR still indexes 88 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed June 21, 2021
Est. Total Funding
$32,000,000
Expected Awards
9
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
MODIFICATION: ORR has modified the FOA from its original version to extend the due date to June 21, 2021 to reflect the observation of Juneteenth on June 18, 2021. This is the only modification to the announcement. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) announces funding for the Preferred Communities (PC) Program to support the resettlement of especially vulnerable populations of newly arrived refugees in preferred locations to facilitate their achievement of self-sufficiency. Services under the PC Program include, but are not limited to, intensive case management, culturally and linguistically appropriate linkages, and coordination with other service providers to improve these refugees' access to services. The goal of the PC Program is the successful resettlement and integration of especially vulnerable groups of newly and longer-term refugee arrivals (and other ORR client populations). The PC Program encompasses a comprehensive approach for refugee self-sufficiency and integration with the following four objectives: 1. To facilitate the achievement of self-sufficiency of especially vulnerable refugee populations with special needs. 2. To support, through the use of pass-through funds to affiliates and implementing partners, the development of PC Programs' capacity to assist special-needs refugee clients who require intensive case management. 3. To provide resources for PC Programs to develop new capacity for placement and to cover the costs of changing community placements so that refugees, including those with special or unique needs, are resettled in particular sites where they will have optimal chances of attaining self-sufficiency and of integrating in their new communities. 4. To alleviate the impact of increased or unanticipated arrivals in communities where state formula funds have not been allocated or are inadequate.
Wide-open applicant board · 12 Grants.gov doors
Preferred Communities (PC) Program prints 12 distinct Grants.gov eligibility doors (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +8 more). Filter fit before reading award size as demand — most applicant classes appear on the row. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Income Security and Social Services (ISS). 15 other Administration for Children and Families - ORR listings share this eligibility-code string (17% of 89).
- Code 00
- State governments
- Code 01
- County governments
- Code 02
- City or township governments
- Code 04
- Special district governments
- Code 05
- Independent school districts
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 07
- Federally recognized tribal governments
- Code 08
- Public / Indian housing authorities
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 13
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Vanessa Mndolo vanessa.mndolo@acf.hhs.gov
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What to do next
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