Deadline: 03-Aug-2026
The Partnership for a Strong Ukraine is seeking applications to improve the quality, accessibility, and continuity of integrated community-based services for vulnerable populations in selected communities across Ukraine. The grant will support social services, legal assistance, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support through local partnerships and community-specific service delivery models.
One grant is expected for a duration of nine months, with funding of up to UAH 18,350,000. The grant will be implemented through a cost-reimbursed or milestone-based cost-reimbursed model, with financial reporting and external audit requirements.
What is the Partnership for a Strong Ukraine Grant?
The Partnership for a Strong Ukraine grant supports community-based service delivery for vulnerable populations in selected Ukrainian communities.
The opportunity focuses on strengthening integrated services that respond to local needs and improve access to social support, legal assistance, and psychosocial care.
The selected grantee will work with local service providers, municipal social services, civil society organizations, registered public organizations, and charitable foundations.
Main Purpose of the Grant
The main purpose of the grant is to improve the quality, accessibility, and continuity of essential community-based services.
The grant aims to:
- Strengthen integrated local service delivery
- Support vulnerable populations
- Improve access to social support services
- Provide legal assistance and rights-based information
- Expand Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
- Build cooperation with local service providers
- Develop community-specific service packages
- Support sustainable service models
- Strengthen resilience in Ukrainian communities
Funding Agency and Donor Support
The Partnership for a Strong Ukraine is implemented by Chemonics.
It is a multi-year donor programme funded by the governments of:
The programme supports the resilience of the Ukrainian government by working with local communities, government institutions, civil society, media, and the private sector.
Funding Amount
The expected grant amount is up to UAH 18,350,000.
The final grant amount will depend on the proposed activities and negotiation outcomes.
Applicants should prepare a realistic budget that reflects the full cycle of service delivery, coordination, supervision, reporting, quality assurance, sustainability, and audit requirements.
Grant Duration
One grant is expected to be awarded.
The expected grant duration is nine months.
Grant Model
The grant will be offered under a cost-reimbursed or milestone-based cost-reimbursed model.
This means the recipient will be required to report eligible costs and meet financial documentation requirements.
Periodic financial reporting will be required.
Audit Requirement
The grant will be subject to an external audit covered by PFRU.
Applicants must include audit costs in their project budget.
This requirement should be reflected clearly in the financial proposal.
Geographic Focus
The grant will support selected communities across Ukraine.
Applicants should propose activities that are relevant to the specific needs, service gaps, and local context of the target communities.
Target Beneficiaries
The opportunity is designed to support vulnerable populations in selected Ukrainian communities.
Target beneficiaries may include:
- Internally displaced persons
- Veterans and their families
- Older people
- People with disabilities
- Caregivers
- People requiring social support
- People experiencing stress, trauma, or psychosocial distress
- Households facing legal, housing, documentation, or benefits-related challenges
Key Focus Areas
The grant focuses on integrated service delivery across social support, legal assistance, and psychosocial wellbeing.
Key focus areas include:
- Community-based services
- Social support services
- Home care
- Day care
- Caregiver respite
- Supported or assisted living
- Legal assistance
- IDP rights and documentation
- Veterans’ benefits and guarantees
- Housing and property issues
- Administrative procedures
- Complaint mechanisms
- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
- Psychological first aid
- Stress management
- Resilience building
Social Support Services
The grant supports social services that help vulnerable people maintain dignity, safety, independence, and community connection.
Supported social services may include:
- Home care
- Day care
- Short-term respite services for caregivers
- Supported living
- Assisted living
- Other community-based social support services delivered with local partners
These services should be aligned with local needs and provided in cooperation with qualified local service providers.
Legal Assistance
Legal assistance under the grant may include information, advice, and support related to rights, documentation, benefits, and administrative procedures.
Supported legal assistance may cover:
- Documentation issues
- Rights and guarantees related to IDP status
- Benefits for veterans and their families
- Status recognition
- Housing issues
- Property issues
- Administrative procedures
- Complaint mechanisms
- Access to public services and entitlements
Legal support should help vulnerable people understand and access their rights, protections, and available services.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
The grant supports Mental Health and Psychosocial Support services for people affected by stress, displacement, uncertainty, trauma, or community-level crisis.
Supported MHPSS activities may include:
- Psychological first aid
- Individual psychosocial support
- Group psychosocial support
- Stress management sessions
- Resilience-building activities
- Community-based psychosocial support
MHPSS activities should be accessible, appropriate, and connected with the broader community-based service model.
Service Delivery Model
Applicants are expected to develop a practical service delivery model that can operate in selected communities.
The model should include:
- Identification of local service providers
- Partnership with municipal social services
- Collaboration with civil society organizations
- Engagement with registered public organizations or charitable foundations
- Joint review of rapid needs assessments
- Development of community-specific service packages
- Community engagement
- Joint service delivery with local partners
- Supervision and quality assurance
- Sustainability planning
- Community of practice development
- National dissemination of learning
Local Partnership Approach
The selected grantee will be responsible for working closely with local service providers.
Potential partners may include:
- Municipal social services
- Civil society organizations
- Registered public organizations
- Charitable foundations
- Local social service providers operating under the social services classifier
The partnership approach should help ensure that services are locally relevant, coordinated, accessible, and sustainable.
Full Cycle of Activities
The selected grantee will be responsible for implementing a full cycle of activities.
This may include:
- Planning
- Needs review
- Local partner identification
- Service package development
- Community outreach
- Service delivery
- Supervision
- Quality assurance
- Monitoring and reporting
- Sustainability support
- Knowledge sharing
- National dissemination
Key Concepts Explained
Integrated Community-Based Services
Integrated community-based services are coordinated services delivered locally to meet multiple needs, such as social care, legal support, and psychosocial wellbeing.
Vulnerable Populations
Vulnerable populations are individuals or groups facing heightened risks due to displacement, age, disability, conflict-related impacts, poverty, caregiving responsibilities, trauma, or limited access to services.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support includes activities that help people manage distress, strengthen resilience, restore wellbeing, and access emotional and social support.
Psychological First Aid
Psychological first aid is immediate, practical, and compassionate support for people experiencing distress or crisis.
Cost-Reimbursed Grant
A cost-reimbursed grant reimburses approved and documented project expenses according to the grant agreement and reporting requirements.
Milestone-Based Cost-Reimbursed Grant
A milestone-based cost-reimbursed grant links reimbursement to agreed project milestones while still requiring cost documentation and financial reporting.
Expected Results
The grant is expected to improve service delivery and support vulnerable people in selected communities.
Expected results may include:
- Improved access to social support services
- Better access to legal assistance
- Increased availability of MHPSS services
- Stronger coordination among local service providers
- Community-specific service packages
- Improved service quality and supervision
- Better continuity of care
- Stronger local capacity
- Increased community engagement
- Sustainable service delivery models
- Wider sharing of lessons through national dissemination
Why It Matters
Vulnerable populations in Ukraine may face complex and overlapping needs related to displacement, legal status, documentation, social care, mental health, property, housing, benefits, and access to services.
Integrated community-based services can help people receive coordinated support closer to where they live.
By working through local providers and community structures, the grant aims to strengthen resilience, improve access, and support more sustainable service systems.
How to Apply
Applicants should prepare a proposal that presents a clear service delivery model, strong local partnerships, realistic activities, and a budget aligned with cost-reimbursed grant requirements.
Suggested Application Steps
- Identify the selected communities and target vulnerable populations.
- Review local needs and service gaps.
- Map relevant local service providers.
- Build partnerships with municipal social services, CSOs, public organizations, or charitable foundations.
- Develop community-specific service packages.
- Include social support, legal assistance, and MHPSS components.
- Describe community engagement methods.
- Explain supervision and quality assurance arrangements.
- Prepare a sustainability and community of practice plan.
- Include plans for national dissemination.
- Prepare a realistic budget of up to UAH 18,350,000.
- Include audit costs in the budget.
- Ensure the budget supports cost-reimbursed or milestone-based cost-reimbursed reporting.
- Submit the application according to PFRU requirements.
Assessment Considerations
Applications should demonstrate the ability to deliver integrated services in partnership with local providers.
Assessment may consider:
- Relevance to vulnerable populations
- Understanding of local service needs
- Strength of the service delivery model
- Quality of partnerships with local providers
- Ability to deliver social support services
- Ability to provide legal assistance
- Strength of MHPSS approach
- Community engagement strategy
- Supervision and quality assurance systems
- Sustainability plan
- Budget realism
- Capacity to meet financial reporting requirements
- Ability to support national dissemination
Tips for Strong Applications
A strong application should clearly explain how services will be coordinated, delivered, supervised, and sustained.
Applicants should focus on:
- Clear community needs analysis
- Strong local partnerships
- Practical integrated service model
- Qualified service providers
- Clear referral and coordination systems
- Strong quality assurance approach
- Accessible services for vulnerable groups
- Realistic nine-month implementation plan
- Clear budget and documentation systems
- Sustainability through community of practice
- Strong national dissemination strategy
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Applicants should avoid submitting proposals that do not show practical service delivery capacity.
Common mistakes include:
- Providing vague service packages
- Not identifying local service providers
- Weak collaboration with municipal or civil society partners
- Treating social, legal, and MHPSS services as separate activities without integration
- Not including community engagement
- Ignoring supervision and quality assurance
- Failing to include audit costs in the budget
- Not preparing for cost-reimbursed reporting
- Submitting an unrealistic budget
- Not explaining sustainability beyond the grant period
- Providing weak plans for national dissemination
FAQ
What is the Partnership for a Strong Ukraine grant?
It is a grant opportunity to strengthen integrated community-based services for vulnerable populations in selected communities across Ukraine.
Who implements the Partnership for a Strong Ukraine?
The programme is implemented by Chemonics.
Who funds the programme?
The programme is funded by the governments of Canada, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
How much funding is available?
The expected grant amount is up to UAH 18,350,000, with the final amount depending on proposed activities and negotiation outcomes.
How long is the grant duration?
One grant is expected for a duration of nine months.
What services are supported?
Supported services include social support, legal assistance, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support.
What model will the grant use?
The grant will use a cost-reimbursed or milestone-based cost-reimbursed model with periodic financial reporting requirements.
Conclusion
The Partnership for a Strong Ukraine grant supports integrated community-based services for vulnerable populations in selected communities across Ukraine. Through social support, legal assistance, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, the grant aims to improve access, continuity, quality, and resilience in local service systems.
Strong applications will demonstrate practical service delivery experience, strong local partnerships, clear community-specific service packages, quality assurance systems, financial reporting capacity, audit budgeting, and a sustainability plan that strengthens local service providers beyond the nine-month grant period.
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