Sec. 9. Refugee integration grants
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The Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement is authorized to award grants to community-based organizations, national nonprofit organizations having experience and expertise in immigration law and the legal, social, educational, or cultural needs of immigrants, and national resettlement agencies for the design and implementation of programs to offer training and orientation to newcomers to the United States to assist them in integrating into the civic life of the United States. Programs funded under subsection
(a)shall be used— to offer assistance and instruction to aliens described in subsection (c), on— the naturalization process; the legal requirements for naturalization; rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens; cultural orientation; English as a second language; civics and United States history; housing; transportation; recertification; employment training; mental health services; childcare services; and other topics the Director identifies as aiding the orientation and adjustment of new arrivals to the United States; to offer orientation and assistance to Federal, State, and local institutions that serve newcomers to the United States so as to assist such institutions in meeting their needs; and to provide technical assistance and training to community-based organizations providing instruction in English as a second language, civics, and United States history and technical assistance and training to community-based organizations providing naturalization outreach and application assistance. Persons eligible for assistance and instruction under this subsection include— aliens admitted as refugees under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 ); aliens granted asylum under section 208 of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1158 ); aliens admitted as special immigrants from Iraq or Afghanistan pursuant to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 ( Public Law 110–181 ; 122 Stat. 396); any alien who was at any time eligible to receive services from the Office of Refugee Resettlement; and other aliens designated by the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Each entity desiring a refugee integration grant under this section shall submit an application to the Director at such time and in such manner as the Director may require. In selecting grantees, the Director shall give priority to organizations either with experience in resettling refugees or in administering services for refugees and asylum seekers. Beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director shall report to the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the implementation of this section. The report shall include information regarding the grants issued pursuant to this section and the results of those grants.
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- Pub. L. 110-181
- 122 Stat. 396
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