Deadline: 11-Apr-22
The Australian Government is seeking applications via an open competitive process for the Economic Pathways to Refugee Integration (EPRI) Program Grants to Social Enterprises grant opportunity.
The new program seeks to increase the rate of employment for refugees and humanitarian entrants with lower skill levels and low English language proficiency. The program will, in creating economic opportunity for refugees, support refugees to successfully integrate into life in Australia.
The grant opportunity will support economic participation focused social enterprises who can demonstrate the ability to achieve economic participation outcomes for refugees and humanitarian entrants.
The grant opportunity will prioritise applications from employment regions identified as having a high number of refugee and humanitarian entrant job seekers.
Objectives
The objectives of the program are to:
- Increase the rate of economic participation for refugees and humanitarian entrants with lower skill levels and/or low English language proficiency
- Increase the number and type of pathways to economic participation available to refugee and humanitarian entrants with low skills and/or English language proficiency
- Develop refugees and humanitarian entrants' skills, qualifications and experience in areas of workforce shortages
- Increase refugee and humanitarian entrants' English language skills directly related to economic participation
- Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the pathways to economic participation available to refugees and humanitarian entrants with low skill and/or English language proficiency.
Funding Information
A total of $15 million is available for this grant opportunity. Eligible applicants can apply for grants of between $50,000 and $1 million per annum over 3 years.
Eligibility Criteria
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To be eligible you must have an:
- Australian Business Number (ABN).
- account with an Australian financial institution.
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To be eligible you must be one of the following entity types:
- Indigenous Corporation
- Company
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Statutory Entity
- Partnership
- Sole Trader
- If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust the Trustee must have an eligible entity type.
- Not for profit organisations that meet all eligibility criteria are able to apply
For more information, visit Australian Government.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=5ef2988d-ff9c-40da-a7b9-b494a489d2ed&keyword=GO5453
