Decision details
Extend grant funding arrangements with third sector providers to deliver resettlement programmes in the Yorkshire and Humber region
Reference: D47664
Decision Maker: Director of Communities, Housing & Environment
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
The Chief Officer Comunities approved the
recommendations to:
• Continue to fund third sector providers the Refugee Council
and RETAS (Refugee Education Training and Advice Service) to
provide regional and local support under the resettlement
programme.
• Allow the third sector providers to extend the scope of
their support to cover the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement
Scheme (VCRS) in addition to the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement
Scheme (VPRS), and to extend the period of support for refugee to
five years from date of arrival under both the VCRS and VPRS.
• Enter into a grant funding agreement with the Refugee
Council for a value of £4.2m and RETAS for £476K each
with a term of Dec 2017 to 30th Dec 2024.
• Such agreements to be a form approved by the Head of
Migration Yorkshire.
Contact: David Brown, Head of Migration Yorkshire 0113 378 9013 Email: david.2.brown@migrationyorkshire.org.uk.
Publication date: 15/06/2018
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