APS UPDATE: Follow-Up Steps for Onboarding

Afghan Placement & Assistance

UPDATE

APA UPDATE is broadcast separately from the Resettlement Connection to release important time sensitive information to the network regarding the Afghan Placement and Assistance Program.

Dear Prospective Community Partners-

Thank you for attending the Prospective Community Partner Information Call yesterday! Please feel free to review the recording or share with staff who were not able to attend.

Outlined below, you will find the follow-up steps to complete at this time. As you are all aware, the APA program is being set up extremely rapidly, and the resettlement community anticipates parolees to start arriving to affiliate and community partner sites in the upcoming weeks. In order to be prepared to receive and service cases as soon as possible, USCCB is asking prospective community partners to complete the following administrative steps by September 24 and return documents to apapartners@usccb.org.

If your agency has not already done so, please obtain a DUNS number and register in the federal System Award Management (SAM) database. If you have previously done so, please verify your agency's status to make sure it is not expired. If your organization's status in not active, please make sure to reactivate immediately. For more information on receiving a DUNS number or registering on the SAM database, please visit this site.
Complete the New Sub-Recipient Assessment.
Review and complete the Community Partners AAP Checklist and supporting materials. If your organization chooses not to use the USCCB Grievance Policy or Satisfaction Survey, please include your organization's own policy and feedback mechanism. When completing the checklist or creating your own materials, please reference the IASC Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and the MRS Case Management Manual.
Complete the Community Partner Contact Sheet.
Complete the APA New Community Partner Questionnaire.
Review and complete internal agency dialogues about the APA MOU. Once PRM finalizes and releases the APA cooperative agreement, USCCB will share the cooperative agreement and Program Operations Manual with community partners and will ask that you sign the final MOU.

Please reach out to the Remote Placement APA Team with any questions you may have regarding this process.

Sincerely,

Emily Bayens

Remote Placement Coordinator

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