Eligible applicants include nonprofit private or public organizations, including local and/or regional community-based organizations, with demonstrated experience in providing culturally and linguistically proficient counseling and services with a trauma informed approach to refugee populations within California, with an emphasis in areas with a high influx of Ukraine refugees.  For-profit licensed provider organizations are eligible to apply; however budgets may not include profit. Community-based organizations with a fiscal sponsor are eligible to apply.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all of the following:

• Demonstrate an existing infrastructure to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate nonclinical emotional and mental health support counseling services and/or clinical counseling.

• Already provide culturally and linguistically appropriate non-clinical emotional and mental health counseling services and/or clinical counseling,

• Demonstrate current provision of culturally and linguistically congruent services for refugee communities, specifically including ORR eligible Ukraine refugees.