2016-25496. Announcement of the Award of 38 Single-Source Low-Cost Extension Supplement Grants Under the Refugee School Impact Grant Program

AGENCY:

Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION:

Notice of award of 38 single-source low-cost extension supplement grants under the Refugee School Impact Grant Program.

SUMMARY:

ACF, ORR announces the award of 38 single-source low-cost extension supplement grants for a total of 2,500,000 under the Refugee School Impact Grant Program.

State	Grantee	Amount
Alaska	Catholic Social Services	$25,736
Arizona	Arizona Department of Social Security	102,972
California	California Department of Social Services	171,426
Colorado	Colorado Department of Human Services	67,332
Connecticut	Connecticut Department of Social Services	25,736
Florida	Florida Department of Children and Families	171,426
Georgia	Georgia Department of Human Services	108,709
Idaho	Jannus Inc.	32,098
Illinois	Illinois Department of Human Services	77,224
Indiana	Indiana Division of Disability & Rehabilitation	49,713
Iowa	Iowa Department of Human Services	25,736
Kentucky	Catholic Charities of Louisville	67,784
Maine	Maine Department of Health and Human Services	25,736
Maryland	Maryland Department of Human Resources	51,296
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants	69,049
Michigan	Michigan Department of Human Services	116,658
Minnesota	Minnesota Department of Human Services	86,304
Missouri	Missouri Department of Social Services	42,081
Nebraska	Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services	30,969
Nevada	Clark County School District	25,736
New Hampshire	NH. Dept. of Health & Human Services	25,736
New Jersey	New Jersey Department of Human Services	25,736
New Mexico	New Mexico Human Services Department	25,736
New York	NY Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance	171,426
North Carolina	North Caroline Dept. of Health & Human Services	84,000
North Dakota	North Dakota Department of Public Instruction	25,736
Ohio	Ohio Department of Job and Family Services	73,746
Oregon	Lutheran Community Services Northwest	39,822
Pennsylvania	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	100,488
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Department of Human Services	25,736
South Dakota	Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota	25,736
Tennessee	Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.	56,671
Texas	Texas Health and Human Services Commission	171,426
Utah	Utah Department of Workforce Services	43,797
Vermont	Vermont Agency of Human Services	25,736
Virginia	Virginia Department of Social Services	66,428
Washington	WA State Department of Social & Health Services	107,083
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction	31,240
Total		2,500,000

ORR provides 28 States and ten Wilson-Fish agencies with Refugee School Impact funding to undertake a comprehensive statewide approach supporting local school systems that are impacted by significant numbers of newly arrived refugee children. As currently awarded, the FY14-16 Refugee School Impact funding period concludes on August 14, 2016. Beginning in FFY17, ORR will award Refugee School Impact funding as a formula set-aside within the Refugee Social Services funding awarded to all States and Wilson-Fish programs coordinating refugee resettlement. This change in timing for Refugee School Impact funding will create a gap in Refugee School Impact program services between August 15, 2016 and October 1, 2016. The low-cost extensions will support refugee access to services critical to refugee student success at the beginning of the school year, when such services are greatest and most urgent.

DATES:

Low-cost extension supplement grants will support activities from August 15, 2016, through September 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carl Rubenstein, Director, Division of Refugee Assistance, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Email: [e-mail].

Statutory Authority: This program is authorized by Section 412(c)(1)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)(iii).

Christopher Beach,

Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration, Office of Financial Services, Division of Grants Policy.