Non-profit ACF grantees in North Carolina provide comprehensive aid to refugees, including furnished apartments, assistance obtaining Social Security cards, enrollment in welfare benefits and health care, food, legal services, and employment services. Extended case management services are provided through two main ACF programs:

Preferred Communities Program: up to one year of intensive case management services that includes free housing, mental health services, food assistance, income and employment assistance, financial management services, transportation, “social adjustment” services, legal services, and family wellness programs.

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/refugees/pc

Voluntary Agencies Matching Grants Program: up to six months of comprehensive assistance, including career services, housing, food, utilities, transportation, family budget planning, health care, and “social adjustment” services. Participating agencies must contribute one dollar for every two federal dollars for assistance. The program is typically referred to as the “Matching Grants program”.

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/refugees/matching-grants

Church World Service (CWS) received a $109 million grant for Preferred Communities Program activities in North Carolina. Church World Service maintains refugee resettlement offices in several parts of North Carolina, including Charlotte, Durham, Greensboro, Burlington, and Wilmington.

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_90RP0120_7590/

The open borders advocacy group U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants was awarded a $3 million grant for services to Afghan refugees, as well as a $350,000 grant for an “Employer Engagement Program”.

https://cwsglobal.org/our-work/united-states/map-of-cws-offices/

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