Ethnic Community Based Organizations (ECBOs)
The San Diego Refugee Forum follows these definitions of Ethnic Community Based Organizations. Any organization seeking membership to the forum that qualifies on this basis is offered reduced annual member dues of $35.
1) An ECBO is a non-profit organization that was founded and is led by a current or former refugee, or a group of current and former refugees and immigrants, primarily for the advancement of refugees.
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Ethnic Community Self-Help (ECSH) Program Implementation Guidelines
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/ecsh_program_implementation_guidelines_508.pdf
2) An ECBO … is a non-profit community-based organization whose governing board is comprised of a majority (at least 51 percent) who are current or former refugees.
California Department of Social Services, Refugee Programs Bureau, ECBO Fact Sheet
https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Refugee/FactSheets/ECBO_Fact_Sheet.pdf?ver=2017-05-02-143057-147
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Ethnic Community Self-Help (ECSH) Program Implementation Guidelines
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/ecsh_program_implementation_guidelines_508.pdf
2) An ECBO … is a non-profit community-based organization whose governing board is comprised of a majority (at least 51 percent) who are current or former refugees.
California Department of Social Services, Refugee Programs Bureau, ECBO Fact Sheet
https://www.cdss.ca.gov/Portals/9/Refugee/FactSheets/ECBO_Fact_Sheet.pdf?ver=2017-05-02-143057-147