Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee Growth and Empowerment Budget

Cardstock for the creation of 600+ holiday cards.

Envelopes to accompany the holiday cards.

Construction paper and paper decorations for the holiday cards, purchased from the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse (negotiated a 15% discount).

Shipping envelopes to complete orders of holiday cards that need to be mailed.

We buy samosas for our late-night events because they are both popular and represent a sample of food that our refugee families offer to us as an expression of culture when we visit them.

We offer an arts & crafts activity during our late-night events that is donated either to our families or to local charities that work with similar groups or have similar missions. For example, we recently decorated flowerpots at a late-night and gave them to our refugee families.

We also offer Nepali tea and hibiscus tea at our late-nights so that people who participate in the event are able to experience a unique and customary beverage served by our refugee families.

We use color-printed flyers prior to Late Night as a promotional tool.

We also offer cooked plantains at our late-night events - a sample of food commonly eaten by Somali refugees, which constitutes the second-highest population of refugees in Pittsburgh.

We often inclue a performance element in our late-nights: eg. acapella groups, and dance troupes. We ask AB Tech to manage the technical aspect of our events.

Based on actual AB costs for next year.

Funding from UC for late night event.

Special Allocation not in JFC Budgets

We currently use CMU's Gelfand Shuttle twice per month for transportation to visit and tutor our fifteen refugee families in Carrick, PA. These services are donated to our organization therefore saving us $1080 (broken down by $60 trip * 2 times a month * 9 months = 1080).

Incoming refugees are being placed in other areas of Pittsburgh, making it no longer possible to reach all the families on one shuttle trip. Consequently, in order for FORGE to continue its tutoring program, we need an additional form of transportation. We are currently considering using Zipcar to reach our refugee families. This would cost $120 dollars a month for 9 months. With transportation and the visit it would take about 3 hours, so 4 visits * 3 hours/visit * $10/hour = $120 / month * 9 months = $1080.

I changed the O-code from Travel-Rental Car to Ops-Program Expenses. JFC can only fund 50% of travel and to catagorize this expense as travel for your org is not logical in terms of funding metrics.

We currently use CMU's Gelfand Shuttle twice per month for transportation to visit and tutor our fifteen refugee families in Carrick, PA. The cost of this transportation is about 60 trip * 2 trips a month * 9 months = $1080

Approved Line Item Change: Approved so that corresponding revenue line matches appropriately.

We estimate having three local speakers throughout the year for both members-specific and campus-at-large education, and would like to give them a small gift of thanks for their time. Another sample speaker may be a member of Pittsburgh's refugee population speaking on their experiences with relocation and resettlement.

Too much uncertainty in whether or not you will be able to get these people. If they are already confirmed, please appeal with additional information. You can always seek funding from mid year funding sources for these events if they are not yet confirmed

We estimate having three local speakers throughout the year for both members-specific and campus-at-large education, and would like to give them a small gift of thanks for their time. Another sample speaker may be a professor speaking on the global issues of displacement.

We estimate having three local speakers throughout the year for both members-specific and campus-at-large education, and would like to give them a small gift of thanks for their time. One sample speaker may be a member from the Greater Pittsburgh Literary Council giving specialized ESL training.

Refreshments for attendees of our largest educational event (a UNHCR/ICR speaker).

The cost of a one-night hotel stay for a UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)/International Rescue Committee (IRC) member to provide orientation for members on mentoring refugees.

The cost of a round-trip flight to Pittsburgh from Washington, D.C. (the location of the nearest office) for a UNHCR member to provide orientation for members on mentoring refugees.

A speaker fee and reimbursements for meals during travel for a UNHCR/ICR member to provide orientation for members on mentoring refugees.

Revenue from winter holiday card fundraiser. Created handmade holiday cards, tabled and campaigned to sell cards and donuts over two-week period at the end of the fall semester.

At the end of each semester, we take our refugee families somewhere in Pittsburgh to do a group activity so that they can enjoy some of the opportunities Pittsburgh has to offer (as low-income they often don't have the means to participate in such activities themselves). We would like to take a few members of our refugee families to Bhangra in the Burgh, as it is a culturally similar event that they will enjoy that will hopefully assist their integration (rather than assimilation) into the Pittsburgh community. The anticipated cost of this activity for 25 refugees and 10 club members at $20 per person for the refugees and $10 per person for the club members is $600. Bringing refugees to a CMU event like "Bhangra in the Burgh" would also increase the audience diversity of the event and increase awareness of both the university and the refugees in Pittsburgh.

A bus to transport students and their refugee families (about 55 people) to the designated location.

I changed the O-code from Travel-Other to Ops-Program Expenses. JFC can only fund 50% of travel and to catagorize this expense as travel for your org is not logical in terms of funding metrics.

Food for gathering, typically purchased from the grocery store in order accommodate dietary preferences.

At the end of each semester, we take our refugee families somewhere in Pittsburgh to do a group activity so that they can enjoy some of the opportunities Pittsburgh has to offer (they often don't have the means to participate in such activities themselves). We would like to take several members of our refugee families to an activity like going to the zoo, or bowling. The anticipated cost of this activity for 40 refugees and 15 club members at $7 each (based upon previous trips to zoo @ $8 per person and bowling @$6 per person) is 385.

A bus to transport students and their refugee families (about 55 people) to the designated location.

I changed the O-code from Travel-Other to Ops-Program Expenses. JFC can only fund 50% of travel and to catagorize this expense as travel for your org is not logical in terms of funding metrics.

Food for gathering, typically purchased from the grocery store in order accommodate dietary preferences.

Fall Activities Fair printing about 200 brochures and flyers and photographs of club members working with their families.

Candy for Fall and Winter Activities Fair tables.

Winter Activities Fair printing about 100 brochures and flyers.

Pizza for information session for prospective new members at the beginning of fall semester.

Pizza for information session for prospective new members at beginning of spring semester.

Each group of tutors encounters diverse needs while working with their refugee family. We want to provide each group of tutors (~10 groups) with $20 to purchase additional educational supplies (ie: ESL workbooks, picture flashcards) or subsidize an independently- organized activity such as ice skating, visiting a museum, or bowling.

The Gelfand Center subsidizes the cost ($10 per person) for our yearly Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearances. We currently have an estimated 26 tutors from this year, and can reasonably expect a growth of 8 new tutors next year.

The cost for our yearly Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearances ($10 per person). We currently have an estimated 26 tutors from this year, and can reasonably expect a growth of 8 new tutors next year.