Dear Resettlement Directors-
APA in MRIS
The APA build in MRIS is complete and all assured APA cases are now appearing in the MRIS portal. New travel bookings will also appear in MRIS and you should be receiving auto-notifications of new APA bookings. USCCB staff are completing budget information in MRIS for program reimbursement today and is currently creating the reimbursement guide which will be shared with your offices soon. We appreciate your patience and hope that billing can start this week and next.
Revised APA Cooperative Agreement
USCCB has received a revised version of the FY2021 APA Cooperative Agreement (CA) that extends the program year from March 30, 2022 to September 30, 2022. The APA Cooperative Agreement can be found on MRSConnect.
Additionally, USCCB distributed revised APA award letters to the affiliate network’s Executive and Resettlement Directors on November 19th to include approved capacity expansion funding for affiliates that submitted requests. Please ensure award letters are distributed to applicable finance and management staff within your agency.
Housing on Demand
Housing on Demand requests are due by noon EST today for housing beginning next week. Please use the order template available on MRSConnect and email it to Rebekah Korver (rkorver@usccb.org).
HOD is an opportunity through PRM to access additional short-term housing in communities that have exhausted their housing options for APA clients. More information, including the list of 36 cities where HOD is available, can be found here.
Reminder: APA Network Call
The next series of APA calls starts tomorrow, December 1st at 2pm EST. Register for the calls here.
In Solidarity,
Rachel Pollock
