U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
U.S. Refugee Admissions Program
Key facts
- Open now
- None right now
- Opening soon
- 1 grant
- Type of help
- Cooperative agreement (a grant with close agency involvement)
Opening soon
Announced, but you can't apply yet. Get ready now.
- Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Concept Notes Announcement on Capacity Development for the Reception & Placement Program · The funder's estimated date (May 30, 2022) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
What it pays for
Reception and Placement program objectives include: (1) arranging for refugees' placement by ensuring that approved refugees are sponsored and offered appropriate assistance upon arrival in the United States; (2) providing refugees with basic necessities and core services during their initial resettlement period in the United States; and (3) promoting refugee self-sufficiency through employment as soon as possible after arrival in the United States in coordination with other refugee service and assistance programs.
Who can apply
private non-profit organizations
How applications are judged
Cooperative agreements are made on the basis of a panel review using evaluation criteria specified in the request for proposal.
Match
None required (federal program listing).
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 27 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $933K | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc. | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Catholic Conference of Bishops | $743K spent that year | 2025 |
| Bridge Refugee Services, Inc. | Knoxville, Knox County | Domestic and Foreign Ministry Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA | $723K spent that year | 2024 |
| Bridge Refugee Services Inc | Knoxville, Knox County | Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the US | $382K spent that year | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $297K | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $241K | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $202K | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $153K | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $132K | 2023 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $125K | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $90K | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Tennessee Inc | Nashville, Davidson County | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | $85K | 2024 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).