Opportunity Information: Apply for PRM PRMOAPAF 16 017
The FY 2016 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) titled "FY 2016 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO programs benefiting urban refugees in South Africa" is a discretionary funding competition administered by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM). Funding is offered through a cooperative agreement, which typically means the funder expects a closer working relationship during implementation than with a standard grant. The opportunity focuses on supporting refugees and asylum seekers living in South Africa, with particular emphasis on major urban areas where displaced populations are concentrated, including Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, and Pretoria.
The program intent is strongly geared toward practical, community-rooted assistance that strengthens local capacity rather than creating separate, stand-alone refugee systems. Proposed projects are expected to build the capacity of national organizations and community structures to better address refugee and asylum seeker needs over time. In addition to direct services, PRM is looking for approaches that deliberately connect people to what already exists in the local ecosystem, including public services and other community resources. The NOFO emphasizes mapping and leveraging existing services, providing accurate information to refugees and asylum seekers about what help is available, and making referrals so beneficiaries can access those services effectively. A key theme is coordination and complementarity: applicants should avoid setting up refugee-only parallel services that duplicate community or government offerings, and instead should strengthen pathways into existing systems wherever feasible.
The notice also highlights the need to identify and reach populations that may be difficult to find or underserved, referenced in the description as "hidden" refugees. Applicants are encouraged, where relevant, to include outreach strategies that locate these individuals and connect them to support. Another core expectation is a clear and transparent method for determining vulnerability and prioritizing assistance. Proposals should explain the criteria and processes they will use to identify the most vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers and how assistance decisions will be made and documented, which aligns with PRM's protection-oriented mandate and the need for equitable targeting in an urban setting.
A community-based approach is explicitly encouraged, including attention to host community dynamics and needs. This reflects the reality that urban refugee support often intersects with broader community challenges such as access to health care, livelihoods, housing, legal services, and protection concerns. By asking applicants to factor in host community needs, PRM is signaling that programs should reduce tensions and promote cohesion, while still keeping refugees and asylum seekers as the primary focus of the intervention.
PRM also sets a beneficiary composition requirement tied to its mandate: it will consider funding only projects in which at least 50 percent of the target beneficiary population are refugees and asylum seekers. In practice, this allows some inclusion of host-community members when it supports a community-based model, but it prevents proposals from drifting into general social programming without a clear refugee and asylum seeker focus.
Eligibility is oriented toward non-governmental and nonprofit entities, including U.S.-based nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (in both cases, other than institutions of higher education), along with other eligible applicant types as indicated in the listing. The funding opportunity is identified by number PRM PRMOAPAF 16 017 and is associated with CFDA 19.517. The posted award ceiling is $300,000. The NOFO was created on April 20, 2016, with an original closing date of May 20, 2016.
The announcement includes an important procedural note for international multilateral organizations such as UN agencies: they are instructed not to submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to this NOFO. Instead, multilateral organizations seeking funding for relevant activities are directed to contact the designated PRM Program Officer on or before the closing date. This clarifies that the Grants.gov submission pathway is intended for NGO applicants under this particular competition, while multilateral partners must use a different coordination and submission process with PRM.Apply for PRM PRMOAPAF 16 017
- The Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2016 Notice of Funding Opportunity for NGO programs benefiting urban refugees in South Africa." and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.517.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2016-04-20.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-05-20. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Others.
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