(FOA)-Refugee
Agricultural Partnership Program; June 26, 2019
Agency
Department
of Health and Human Services
Administration
for Children and Families
Description
The
purpose of the RAPP is to encourage the development of agricultural and food
systems related services that will improve the livelihoods--physically,
economically, and psychosocially--of refugee families resettled in the United
States. The RAPP accomplishes this by providing discretionary funds to
eligible, non-federal entities that provide agricultural training and
opportunities to improve the local food systems for refugees. The RAPP works to
complement existing programs (e.g., Electronic Benefits Transfer/Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (EBT/SNAP), Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and
Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP)) while taking into
consideration the unique characteristics of the refugee populations being
served such as language, skills, agrarian backgrounds, health, and culture. To
this purpose, the objectives of RAPP are: · Increase access to land and other
necessary resources for the purpose of farming; · Incorporate relevant refugee
cultural backgrounds and allow refugees to use their experience and skills in
farming; · Increase refugee knowledge and skills in nutrition and food safety
for personal consumption and where relevant, processing for market; · Increase
skills in farming and farming safety (e.g., food handling, safe soil amendment
practices, farm equipment training, etc.); · Provide farming business
development and training opportunities to refugees interested in pursuing
farming as a means towards self-sufficiency (e.g., financial literacy training,
business planning, farming recordkeeping, etc.); · Increase potential for
supplemental income through refugee farming initiatives; · Increase access to
healthy and nutritious foods through farming--particularly in urban areas or
areas defined as food deserts by USDA (http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/foodesert
/); and · Provide psychosocial support for refugees through agricultural
activities. Projects will accomplish these objectives by establishing programs
that combine the skills of its clients, staff, volunteers, partners, and other
resources (e.g., funding from ORR, land, equipment, etc.) to assist refugees
towards the program objectives.
Announcement
Number
HHS-2019-ACF-ORR-ZR-1552
Closing
Date
June
26, 2019
Link
to Full Announcement
https://ami.grantsolutions.gov/files/HHS-2019-ACF-ORR-ZR-1552_0.pdf
Contact
Information
Yimeem Vu
(202)
401-4825