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Microenterprise Development - Home-Based Child Care
Program Goal
The Microenterprise Development – Home-Based Childcare Program provides business opportunities to refugee women in a market where there is a shortage of childcare providers. Through the grant, mentors will help refugee women establish agreements or contracts with state or county child care offices so they may qualify for state/county childcare reimbursement as childcare service providers, and become successful, independent entrepreneurs.
in FY2012, ORR increased funding to the program, raising it from $2.225 million to $5,752 million, and offering grants to a total of 34 agencies.
During the first year of the project, the original 13 grantees have collectively:
- Enrolled 879 refugee women in the program;
- Trained 745 refugees;
- Helped 172 refugees obtain business licenses;
- Assisted 160 refugees to start home-based child care programs
- Created 1,061 childcare slots for children;
- Paid $249,000 in grants to partially cover business startup costs, and assisted the home-based child care owners to obtain an additional $208,000 in subsidies;
- Helped 207 refugees find and secure jobs, and
- Taken 79 refugees off public assistance.
Eligible Applicants
Public or private non-profit organizations are eligible for these grants.
Targeted Populations
Eligibility includes persons who meet all requirements of 45 CFR 400.43 (as amended by 65 FR 154009 (March 22, 2000).
All low-income refugees who are not citizens are eligible for services under this program. Women refugees who arrived in the U.S. within the last five years at the time of enrollment are given priority for services under this program.
Policy Information
- 45 CFR 400.43
- 65 FR 15409 (March 22, 2000)
- 412 (c) (1) (A) of the Immigration and Nationality ACT (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1522 (c) (1) (A)
Grantees
| GRANTEE NAME | CITY | END DATE | AMOUNT | CONTACT |
| International Rescue Committee | Phoenix, AZ | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Cindy Jensen 122 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10168 212-551-3000 |
| Catholic Charities of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Brenda Thomas |
| International Institute of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
E. Stephen |
| Alliance for African Assistance | San Diego, CA | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Walter Lam |
| International Rescue Committee, Inc. | San Diego, CA | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Cindy Jensen |
| Southwestern Community College District | San Diego, CA | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Linda Gilstrap |
| Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Hartford | Hartford, CT | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Rose Alma Senatore |
| Children's Forum | Tallahassee, FL | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Melissa Clements |
| International Rescue Committee | Atlanta, GA | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Cindy Jensen |
| Lutheran Social Services of Iowa | Des Moines, IA | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Jill Stuecker |
| Mountain States Group | Boise, ID | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Ron Berning |
| Community Action of Northeast Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | 9/29/2013 | $83,501 |
Pamela Brookshire |
| Burmese American Community Institute | Indianapolis, IN | 9/29/2014 | $134,000 |
Elaisa Vahnie |
| Jewish Family & Career Services of Louisville | Louisville, KY | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Mary Cleary |
| International Institute of New England | Lowell, MA | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Carolyn Benedict-Drew |
| World Relief | Baltimore, MD | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Laurel Opal |
| Arab Commty Center for Economic & Social Services | Dearborn, MI | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Sonia Harb |
| Diocese of Lansing | Lansing, MI | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Andra Seyka |
| Resources for Child Caring | St. Paul, MN | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Barbara Yates |
| International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Anna Crosslin |
| International Institute of New England | Manchester, NH | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Carolyn Benedict-Drew |
| Catholic Charities of Alburquerque | Albuquerque, NM | 9/29/2014 | $119,000 |
Marshall Jensen |
| Economic and Community Development Institute | Columbus, OH | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Inna Kinney |
| Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization | Portland, OR | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Jeff McDonald |
| Women's Opportunities Resource Center | Philadelphia, PA | 9/29/2013 | $165,000 |
Lynne Cutler |
| Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Tim Jurgens |
| Catholic Charities of Dallas | Dallas, TX | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Dionne Marie Davis |
| Somali Bantu Community of Greater Houston | Houston, TX | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Omar Osman |
| ECDC Enterprise Development Group | Arlington, VA | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Kevin Kelly |
| National Assoc. of Child Care Resources and Referrals | Arlington, VA | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Jacqueline Rose |
| U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants | Arlington, VA | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Kathleen McLaughlin |
| Diocese of Olympia | Seattle, WA | 9/29/2013 | $175,000 |
Greg Hope |
| Horn of Africa Services | Seattle, WA | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Tsegaye Gebru |
| Community Relations-Social Development Commission | Milwaukee, WI | 9/29/2014 | $175,000 |
Jamye Chapman |
Contact Information
Program Officer
Belay Embaye
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Division of Resettlement Services
Phone: 202.401.4978
Email: belay.embaye@acf.hhs.gov