Wilson Fish TANF Coordination Program

Projects proposed under the Wilson Fish TANF Coordination Program (WF TCP) will identify service gaps in TANF- or other state-funded, ORR- or State Department-funded, and community-wide programming currently serving TANF-type families with the purpose of developing and providing in-person and remote services and/or resources that will enhance or complement that programming to address unmet needs of refugee families. ORR defines TANF-type as single- or two-parent ORR-eligible families with children under the age of 18. Applicants will demonstrate that proposed projects will fill an identified gap within existing services and programming and will not duplicate existing services and programming. ORR encourages applicants to examine services to clients in geographically remote areas of the state, families with members who may not have access to in-person services, and populations without access to other ORR-funded services, among others, as they identify barriers to families pursuit of self-sufficiency, community integration, and social adjustment. Examples of such services and resources include, but are not limited to: enhanced case management; referrals to refugee-specific or mainstream English language and social services; the use of community liaisons and navigators to navigate benefits systems; employment services; digital and financial literacy education; enhanced cultural and community orientation programming; transportation and childcare access; and the development of information in languages commonly spoken within resettled refugee communities. The WF TC program requires award recipients coordination with the subdivision of the state agency tasked with the operation of the state's TANF program (or "state TANF office") and the office of the SRC, as well as the development or fostering of partnerships with other stakeholders, including other mainstream benefit and service providers.