**OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT**

**MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GRANTEES**

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is currently providing funding
to the following seventeen nonprofit organizations in its
Microenterprise Development Program nationwide:

**Alliance for Multicultural Community Services, Inc.**

Contact Information:

Tibebe Menkir

Asset Building Manager

6440 Hillcroft, Suite 411

Houston, TX 77081

Phone: (713) 776-4700

Fax: 713-776-4730

<menkir@allianceontheweb.org>

**Boat People SOS, Inc**.

Contact Information:

Christy Hoang

Branch Manager

7411 Riggs Road, St. 328

Adelphi, MD 20783

Phone: (301) 439-0505

Fax: 301-439-6644

<Christy.Hoang@bpsos.org>

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Contact Information:

Theresa Santiago

Refugee Program Director

85 South Oxford Street, 2^nd^ Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11217

Phone: (718) 624-9115

Fax: 718-246-1881

<tsantiago@bocnet.org>

**Coastal Enterprise, Inc**.

Contact Information:

Jennifer Sporzynski

Director, Start-Smart

3 Portland Fish Pier

Portland, ME 041001

Phone: (207) 772-1984

Fax: 207-772-5503

<jls@ceimaine.org>

**Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission**

Contact Information:

Blong Lee

1900 Mariposa Mall, Suite 210

Fresno, CA 93721

Phone: (559) 263-1351

Fax: 559-263-1094

<Blong.lee@fresnoeoc.org>

**International Institute of Metropolitan St. Louis**

Contact Information:

Dan Albes

Program Manager

3654 S. Grand Blvd.

St. Louis, MO 63118

Phone: (314) 773-9090, ext. 131

Fax: 314-773-4081

<albesd@iistl.org>

**International Rescue Committee (California)**

Contact Information:

Kasra Movahedi

Manager

Community & Economic Development

5348 University Avenue

San Diego

Phone: (619) 641-7510, ext. 246

Fax: 619-641-7520

<Kasra.movahedi@theirc.org>

**International Rescue Committee (Arizona)**

Contact Information:

Jon Vosper

Manager

Community & Economic Development

4750 N. Black Canyon HWY., Suite 200

Phoenix, AZ 85017

Phone: (602) 433-2440

Fax: 602-433-2881

<jonv@theirc.org>

**Jewish Family & Vocational Services**

Contact Information:

Mary Cleary

Director of Multicultural Services

3587 Dutchman's Lane

Louisville, KY 40205

Phone: (502) 452-6341

Fax: 502-452-6718

<mcleary@jfvs.com>

**Mountain States Group, Inc**.

Contact Information:

Ronald (Ron) Berning

Program Director

1607 W. Jefferson St.

Boise, ID 83702

Phone: (208) 336-5533

Fax: 208-336-0880

<rberning@mtnstatesgroup.org>

**National Association of Vietnamese American Service Agencies
(NAVASA)**

Contact Information:

Long Nguyen

Director of Strategy and Development

1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 310

Phone: (301) 587-2781

Fax: 301-587-2783

<Long.nguyen@navasa.org>

**New York Associations for New Americans, Inc. (NYANA)**

Contact Information:

Yanki Tshering

Vice President

267 Broadway St., 3^rd^ Floor

New York, NY 10004

Phone: (212) 898-4112

Fax: 646-723-1399

<ytshering@nayana.org>

**Opening Doors, Inc.**

Marina Salogub

Prosperity Project Director

2118 K Street

Sacramento, CA 95816

Phone: (916) 492-259

Fax: 916-492-2628

<marina@openingdoorsinc.com>

**Pacific Association Consortium for Employment (PACE)**

Contact Information:

Namoch Sokhom

Director

Business Development Center

1055 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900 B

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Phone: (213) 989-3265

Fax: 213-353-1227

<nsokhom@pacela.org>

**Neighborhood Assets**

Contact Information:

Cara Weipert

Business Development Specialist

212 S Wall St.

Spokane, WA 99201

Phone: (509) 456-7170

Fax: 509-456-7170

<Weipert@snapwa.org>

**Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team (WESST)**

Contact Information

Humberto Fleitas

Program Director

414 Silver Avenue SW

Albuquerque, NM 87102

P: (505) 401-0020

F: 505-241-4766

<hfleitas@wesst.org>

**Refugee Women's Network**

Contact Information:

Maja Hasic

Microenterprise Program Coordinator

4151 Memorial Drive, Suite 103 F

Decatur, GA 30032

Phone: (404) 299-0180 ext. 224

Fax: 404-296-9118

<Microenterprise@riwn.org>

**For technical assistance, please contact:**

**Institute for Social & Economic Development**

**1900 L Street, NW, Suite 705**

**Washington DC 20036**

**Marijana Ababovic**

*Microenterprise Consultant*

**Phone: (**585) 313 9429

Fax: Fax: 202.223.3289

<Marijana.ababovic@ised.us>

**For additional resources, please check the following websites:**

[http://www.sba.gov](http://www.sba.gov/)/

<http://www.cdfifund.gov/>

[http://www.cfed.org](http://www.cfed.org/)

[http://www.microenterpriseworks.org](http://www.microenterpriseworks.org/)