Opportunity Information: Apply for PRM PRMOAPEA 14 005
Apply for PRM PRMOAPEA 14 005
- The Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2014 Funding Opportunity Announcement for NGO Programs Benefiting Burmese and Other Urban Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Malaysia, Thailand and Region" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.511 Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for East Asia.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 2, 2014 and posted on May 2, 2014.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 5, 2014 No Explanation. (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 $500,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
- (1) International Organizations. International Organizations (IOs) should not submit proposals through Grants.gov in response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement. Rather IOs such as UN agencies and other Public International Organizations (PIOs) that are seeking funding for programs relevant to this announcement should contact the relevant PRM Program Officer (as listed below) on or before the closing date of the funding announcement.
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Opportunity Summary:
The FY 2014 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) PRM PRMOAPEA 14 005 was issued by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) to support NGO programs assisting Burmese and other urban refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia, Thailand, and the surrounding region. The funding is framed as overseas refugee assistance and is intended to improve access to essential services and protection in urban settings where refugees and asylum seekers often face barriers to formal employment, affordable healthcare, legal status, and safe access to education and other public services.
Funding under this FOA was offered through a Cooperative Agreement, meaning PRM anticipated substantial involvement in the funded activities (for example, coordination, oversight, or shared planning as the project progresses), rather than a fully hands-off grant. The total project size per award was set with an award floor of $100,000 and an award ceiling of $500,000. The opportunity did not require cost sharing or matching funds, which typically makes it easier for NGOs to propose programs based on needs and technical merit rather than fundraising capacity.
Geographically, the FOA separated priorities by country. In Malaysia, PRM emphasized assistance for urban refugee and asylum seeker populations concentrated in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley. The first major priority area was healthcare, with a focus on improving primary healthcare (including reproductive health), strengthening access to medical services, and expanding mental health and psychosocial support. The FOA specifically highlighted mobile health clinics as an approach to reaching underserved communities. It also prioritized practical post-hospitalization support, such as nursing facilities and caretakers for patients who require recuperation and follow-up care. A third healthcare element was health training and education, aimed at improving general health knowledge and behaviors, including communicable disease prevention, treatment adherence, reproductive health education, and nutrition.
A second Malaysia-focused priority was gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response. PRM sought programs that could shift knowledge and attitudes about GBV within both refugee communities and host communities, recognizing that risk factors and social norms can extend beyond refugee populations alone. The FOA also encouraged efforts that help communities identify GBV and respond effectively by connecting survivors to appropriate services across sectors, including healthcare and reproductive health services, psychosocial support, safety planning, and access to justice. A notable feature of the GBV priority was the emphasis on involving refugee and host community members in designing and implementing services, which can improve trust, cultural relevance, and uptake. In addition, PRM prioritized strengthening the capacity of service providers to deliver GBV prevention and response activities, including building or improving multi-sector referral pathways so survivors can move more smoothly between medical, psychosocial, legal, and protection services.
In Thailand, the FOA’s priorities centered on the needs of vulnerable urban refugees and asylum seekers in Bangkok. The healthcare priority mirrored Malaysia in key ways: improving access to primary healthcare (including reproductive health), medical services, mental health care, and psychosocial support. A practical emphasis in Thailand was facilitating access to public clinics and hospitals, reflecting the reality that many refugees and asylum seekers may need navigation support, interpretation, documentation help, accompaniment, or case management to successfully use existing public health systems.
Education was a distinct priority area for Thailand. PRM sought programs that help refugee children access schooling by working directly with local school administrators to overcome enrollment barriers and increase attendance. The FOA also highlighted Thai language instruction as a tool to help refugees and asylum seekers participate meaningfully in formal education and integrate into Thai school settings. Another explicit educational objective was promoting official certification of schooling, so that learning completed in Thailand can be recognized later if refugees voluntarily return home or are resettled to a third country. This emphasis signals that PRM was interested not only in immediate access to education, but also in ensuring that education results are portable and useful over time.
Protection was the third Thailand priority. PRM’s guidance stressed that proposals should recognize existing formal and informal protection mechanisms and should strengthen them rather than create parallel systems that may be unsustainable. In other words, PRM encouraged applicants to build on what already exists, including community-based protection efforts, and to fill gaps without duplicating structures that could collapse when funding ends. The FOA identified several core protection components, including legal assistance and counseling, prevention and response to gender-based violence, child protection, and information dissemination to help refugees better understand and access protection mechanisms and available services.
From an eligibility standpoint, the FOA was open to nonprofit organizations, including those with U.S. 501(c)(3) status and those without 501(c)(3) status (excluding institutions of higher education in both categories as listed). International Organizations such as UN agencies and other Public International Organizations were instructed not to apply through Grants.gov; instead, they were directed to contact the relevant PRM Program Officer by the closing date if seeking funding aligned with the announcement. Administratively, the opportunity was posted on May 2, 2014, with an application deadline of June 5, 2014, and it was later archived on July 5, 2014. The CFDA number associated with the program was 19.511, covering Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for East Asia, reinforcing that the FOA sits within PRM’s broader mandate to support protection and humanitarian assistance for displaced populations in the region.
Overall, the FOA aimed to fund targeted, practical programs that measurably improve health access, safety, and protection outcomes for urban refugees and asylum seekers, with particular attention to GBV risk and response, continuity of care (including post-hospital recovery), mental health and psychosocial support, and education pathways that can lead to recognized credentials. It also signaled a preference for approaches that connect refugees to existing national or community systems and strengthen provider capacity and referral networks, rather than building stand-alone services that cannot be maintained.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This is the FY 2014 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) PRM PRMOAPEA 14 005 from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM). It was designed to support NGO programs assisting Burmese and other urban refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia, Thailand, and the surrounding region.
2) What is the overall purpose of the FOA?
The FOA supports overseas refugee assistance intended to improve access to essential services and protection in urban settings. It targets common barriers faced by refugees and asylum seekers, such as limited access to formal employment, affordable healthcare, legal status, and safe access to education and other public services.
3) What type of funding instrument is used?
Funding was offered through a Cooperative Agreement. This means PRM expected substantial involvement during implementation (such as coordination, oversight, or shared planning), rather than a fully hands-off grant.
4) How much funding was available per award?
The award floor (minimum) was $100,000 and the award ceiling (maximum) was $500,000 per award.
5) Was cost sharing or matching required?
No. The FOA did not require cost sharing or matching funds.
6) Which countries and locations were prioritized?
The FOA separated priorities by country:
- Malaysia: Urban refugee and asylum seeker populations concentrated in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley.
- Thailand: Vulnerable urban refugees and asylum seekers in Bangkok.
7) What were the priority program areas in Malaysia?
Malaysia priorities focused on:
- Healthcare (including reproductive health, mental health, and psychosocial support)
- Gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response
8) What specific healthcare approaches did PRM emphasize for Malaysia?
In Malaysia, PRM emphasized practical healthcare access improvements, including:
- Improving primary healthcare (including reproductive health)
- Strengthening access to medical services
- Expanding mental health and psychosocial support
- Using mobile health clinics to reach underserved communities
- Providing post-hospitalization support (such as nursing facilities and caretakers for recuperation and follow-up care)
- Delivering health training and education (communicable disease prevention, treatment adherence, reproductive health education, and nutrition)
9) What did the FOA prioritize under GBV programming in Malaysia?
PRM sought GBV programs that:
- Shift knowledge and attitudes about GBV within both refugee and host communities
- Help communities identify GBV and respond by connecting survivors to appropriate services
- Support multi-sector connections across healthcare (including reproductive health), psychosocial support, safety planning, and access to justice
- Involve refugee and host community members in designing and implementing services
- Build service provider capacity and strengthen multi-sector referral pathways
10) What were the priority program areas in Thailand?
Thailand priorities centered on Bangkok and included:
- Healthcare (including reproductive health, mental health, and psychosocial support)
- Education access and certification
- Protection (including legal assistance and counseling, GBV, child protection, and information dissemination)
11) What specific healthcare approaches did PRM emphasize for Thailand?
In Thailand, PRM emphasized improving access to care and making existing public health systems usable in practice. This included facilitating access to public clinics and hospitals, recognizing that refugees and asylum seekers may need navigation support such as interpretation, documentation help, accompaniment, or case management.
12) What did the FOA prioritize for education programming in Thailand?
PRM prioritized education programs that:
- Help refugee children access schooling by working with local school administrators to overcome enrollment barriers and increase attendance
- Provide Thai language instruction to support participation in formal education
- Promote official certification of schooling so education can be recognized later (for voluntary return or resettlement to a third country)
13) What did the FOA mean by “protection” in Thailand?
Protection priorities included strengthening existing formal and informal protection mechanisms rather than creating parallel systems that may be unsustainable. Core components named in the FOA included legal assistance and counseling, prevention and response to gender-based violence, child protection, and information dissemination to help refugees understand and access protection mechanisms and services.
14) Does the FOA prefer stand-alone services or integration with existing systems?
The FOA signaled a preference for approaches that connect refugees and asylum seekers to existing national or community systems and strengthen provider capacity and referral networks, instead of building stand-alone services that cannot be maintained after funding ends.
15) Who was eligible to apply?
The FOA was open to nonprofit organizations, including organizations with U.S. 501(c)(3) status and those without 501(c)(3) status. Institutions of higher education were excluded in both categories as listed in the FOA.
16) Could UN agencies or other Public International Organizations apply?
International Organizations (such as UN agencies and other Public International Organizations) were instructed not to apply through Grants.gov. Instead, they were directed to contact the relevant PRM Program Officer by the closing date if they sought funding aligned with the announcement.
17) When was the FOA posted and what was the deadline?
The opportunity was posted on May 2, 2014. The application deadline was June 5, 2014.
18) Is this FOA still active?
No. The FOA was later archived on July 5, 2014.
19) What CFDA number is associated with this program?
The CFDA number associated with this FOA was 19.511, covering Overseas Refugee Assistance Programs for East Asia.
20) What outcomes was PRM aiming to support through this FOA?
Based on the FOA description, PRM aimed to fund targeted, practical programs with measurable improvements in health access, safety, and protection outcomes for urban refugees and asylum seekers. Specific emphasis areas included mental health and psychosocial support, continuity of care (including post-hospital recovery), GBV risk reduction and response, and education pathways that lead to recognized credentials.
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