In February 2022, the US Department of State approved Grace Initiative Global as a community partner of Episcopal Migration Ministries in the Afghan Placement Assistance program. In addition, the State Department Office of Refugee Resettlement approved Grace Initiative for its Matching Grant program. Our placement assistance takes place in Manchester-Dorset Vermont areas.

In November 2022, The State Department approved Grace Initiative Global to continue resettlement through the Matching Grant program until the end of fiscal year 2023. Grace Initiative implements this program as an affiliate of Episcopal Migration Ministries, for which it is indeed honored. This resettlement extends to:Reception and Placement (R&P) process – need to be enrolled within our MG program within 31 days of arrival into the U.S. This applies to:

• Refugees.

• Special Immigrant Visas, who arrived through the RP program, including Iraqi and Afghani SIVs.

• Afghan Humanitarian Parolees.

• Non-RP immigrants need to be enrolled within 90 days of the date status granted for:

• Cuban/Haitian Entrants.

• SIVs who did not arrive through R&P, also known as the ‘walk-in’ SIV clients.

• Asylees.

• Victims of trafficking.

• Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees.