[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35216-35221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Refugee Resettlement Program: Final Notice of Allocations to
States of FY 1997 Funds for Refugee Social Services
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Final notice of allocations to States of FY 1997 funds for
refugee\1\ social services.
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SUMMARY: This notice establishes the allocations to States of FY 1997
funds for social services under the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP).
This notice reflects the decision by Congress to move the $19,000,000
Cuban and Haitian entrant set-aside from targeted assistance to social
services. In addition, Congress provided for $11,079,000 under social
services for increased support to communities with large concentrations
of refugees whose cultural differences make assimilation especially
difficult.
\1\ In addition to persons who meet all requirements of 45 CFR
400.43, ``Requirements for documentation of refugee status,''
eligibility for refugee social services also includes: (1) Cuban and
Haitian entrants, under section 501 of the Refugee Education
Assistance Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96-422); (2) certain Amerasians
from Vietnam who are admitted to the U.S. as immigrants under
section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1988, as included in the FY 1988
Continuing Resolution (Pub. L. No. 100-202); and (3) certain
Amerasians from Vietnam, including U.S. citizens, under title II of
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Acts, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 100-461), 1990 (Pub. L. No.
101-167), and 1991 (Pub. L. No. 101-513). For convenience, the term
``refugee'' is used in this notice to encompass all such eligible
persons unless the specific context indicates otherwise.
Refugees admitted to the U.S. under admissions numbers set aside
for private-sector-initiative admissions are not eligible to be
served under the social service program (or under other programs
supported by Federal refugee funds) during their period of coverage
under their sponsoring agency's agreement with the Department of
State--usually two years from their date of arrival or until they
obtain permanent resident alien status, whichever comes first.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 30, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children
and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toyo Biddle, Director, Division of
Refugee Self-Sufficiency, (202) 401-9250.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice of proposed social service
allocations to States was published in the Federal Register on April 2,
1997, (62 FR 15721). The population estimates that were used in the
proposed notice have been adjusted as a result of additional arrival
information.
I. Amounts for Allocation
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has available $110,882,000
in FY 1997 refugee social service funds as part of the FY 1997
appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services (Pub. L.
No. 104-208).
The FY 1997 House Appropriations Committee Report (H.R. Rept. No.
104-659) reads as follows with respect to social services funds:
Funds are distributed by formula as well as through the
discretionary grant making process for special projects. In
addition, the Committee has transferred activities previously funded
through the Targeted Assistance program to the Social Services
program. The Committee agrees that $19,000,000 is available for
assistance to serve communities affected by the Cuban and Haitian
entrants and refugees whose arrivals in recent years have increased.
The Committee has set-aside $11,079,000 for increased support to
communities with large concentrations of refugees whose cultural
differences make assimilation especially difficult justifying a more
intense level and longer duration of Federal assistance.
The Committee recommends that ORR give special consideration in
allocating grant funding to applicants providing rehabilitation
services for victims of physical and mental torture. The Committee
requests that ORR be prepared to testify regarding its activities in
support of victims of torture during the fiscal year 1998 budget
hearings.
The FY 1997 Senate Appropriations Committee Report (S. Rept. No.
104-368) further clarifies Congress' intent regarding funding for
services for victims of torture as follows:
The Committee notes the recent request for proposals to provide
mental health services to victims of torture, and recommends that
the Office of Refugee Resettlement, to the extent possible, devote
increased resources to that program in fiscal year 1997.
The Conference Report on Appropriations (H. Rept. No. 104-863)
agrees with the House and Senate Reports regarding the allocation of
social services.
The Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) will use
the $110,882,000 appropriated for FY 1997 social services as follows:
$68,682,550 will be allocated under the 3-year population
formula, as set forth in this notice for the purpose of providing
employment services and other needed services to refugees.
$12,120,450 will be used to fund continuation grants and
new grants through various discretionary grant announcements.
$19,000,000 will be awarded to serve communities most
heavily affected by recent Cuban and Haitian entrant and refugee
arrivals. These funds would be awarded under a discretionary grant
announcement that will be issued separately setting forth application
requirements and evaluation criteria.
$11,079,000 will be awarded through discretionary grants
under various grant announcements for communities with large
concentrations of refugees whose cultural differences make assimilation
especially difficult justifying a more intense level and longer
duration of Federal assistance.
Refugee Social Service Funds
The population figures for the social services allocation include
refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, and Amerasians from Vietnam since
these populations may be served through funds addressed in this notice.
(A State must, however, have an approved State plan for the Cuban/
Haitian Entrant Program or indicate in its refugee program State plan
that Cuban/Haitian entrants will be served in order to use funds on
behalf of entrants as well as refugees.)
The Director is allocating $68,682,550 to States on the basis of
each State's proportion of the national population of refugees who had
been in the U.S. 3 years or less as of October 1, 1996 (including a
floor amount for States which have small refugee populations).
The use of the 3-year population base in the allocation formula is
required by section 412(c)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(INA) which states that the ``funds available for a fiscal year for
grants and contracts [for social services] * * * shall be allocated
among the States based on the total number of refugees (including
children and adults) who arrived in the United States not more than 36
months before the beginning of such fiscal year and who are actually
residing in each State (taking into account secondary migration) as of
the beginning of the fiscal year.''
As established in the FY 1991 social services notice published in
the Federal Register of August 29, 1991, section I, ``Allocation
Amounts'' (56 FR 42745), a variable floor amount for States which have
small refugee populations is calculated as follows: If the application
of the regular allocation formula yields less than $100,000, then --
(1) A base amount of $75,000 is provided for a State with a
population of 50 or fewer refugees who have been in the U.S. 3 years or
less; and
(2) For a State with more than 50 refugees who have been in the
U.S. 3
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years or less: (a) a floor has been calculated consisting of $50,000
plus the regular per capita allocation for refugees above 50 up to a
total of $100,000 (in other words, the maximum under the floor formula
is $100,000); (b) if this calculation has yielded less than $75,000, a
base amount of $75,000 is provided for the State.
ORR has consistently supported floors for small States in order to
provide sufficient funds to carry out a minimum service program. Given
the range in numbers of refugees in the small States, we have concluded
that a variable floor, as established in the FY 1991 notice, will be
more reflective of needs than previous across-the-board floors.
Next year ORR plans to re-examine the floor formula to determine
whether it should be modified or eliminated in FY 1998.
Population To Be Served
Although the allocation formula is based on the 3-year refugee
population, in accordance with the current requirements of 45 CFR Part
400 Subpart I--Refugee Social Services, States are not required to
limit social service programs to refugees who have been in the U.S.
only 3 years. However, under 45 CFR 400.152, States may not provide
services funded by this notice, except for referral and interpreter
services, to refugees who have been in the United States for more than
60 months (5 years).
In accordance with 45 CFR 400.147, States are required to provide
services to refugees in the following order of priority, except in
certain individual extreme circumstances: (a) all newly arriving
refugees during their first year in the U.S., who apply for services;
(b) refugees who are receiving cash assistance; (c) unemployed refugees
who are not receiving cash assistance; and (d) employed refugees in
need of services to retain employment or to attain economic
independence.
ORR funds may not be used to provide services to United States
citizens, since they are not covered under the authorizing legislation,
with the following exceptions: (1) Under current regulations at 45 CFR
400.208, services may be provided to a U.S.-born minor child in a
family in which both parents are refugees or, if only one parent is
present, in which that parent is a refugee; and (2) under the FY 1989
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act (Pub. L. No. 100-461), services may be provided to
an Amerasian from Vietnam who is a U.S. citizen and who enters the U.S.
after October 1, 1988.
Service Priorities
Refugee social service funding should be used to assist refugee
families to achieve economic independence. To this end, States are
required to ensure that a coherent family self-sufficiency plan is
developed for each eligible family that addresses the family's needs
from time of arrival until attainment of economic independence. (See 45
CFR 400.79 and 400.156(g).) Each family self-sufficiency plan should
address a family's needs for both employment-related services and other
needed social services. The family self-sufficiency plan must include:
(1) a determination of the income level a family would have to earn to
exceed its cash grant and move into self-support without suffering a
monetary penalty; (2) a strategy and timetable for obtaining that level
of family income through the placement in employment of sufficient
numbers of employable family members at sufficient wage levels; and (3)
employability plans for every employable member of the family.
Reflecting section 412(a)(1)(A)(iv) of the INA, and in keeping with
45 CFR 400.145, States must ensure that women have the same
opportunities as men to participate in all services funded under this
notice, including job placement services. In addition, services must be
provided to the maximum extent feasible in a manner that includes the
use of bilingual/bicultural women on service agency staffs to ensure
adequate service access by refugee women. The Director also strongly
encourages the inclusion of refugee women in management and board
positions in agencies that serve refugees. In order to facilitate
refugee self-support, the Director also expects States to implement
strategies which address simultaneously the employment potential of
both male and female wage earners in a family unit, particularly in the
case of large families. States are expected to make every effort to
assure the availability of day care services for children in order to
allow women with children the opportunity to participate in employment
services or to accept or retain employment. To accomplish this, day
care may be treated as a priority employment-related service under the
refugee social services program. Refugees who are participating in
employment services or have accepted employment are eligible for day
care services for children. For an employed refugee, day care funded by
refugee social service dollars should be limited to one year after the
refugee becomes employed. States are expected to use day care funding
from other publicly funded mainstream programs as a prior resource and
are expected to work with service providers to assure maximum access to
other publicly funded resources for day care.
In accordance with 45 CFR 400.146, social service funds must be
used primarily for employability services designed to enable refugees
to obtain jobs within one year of becoming enrolled in services in
order to achieve economic self-sufficiency as soon as possible. Social
services may continue to be provided after a refugee has entered a job
to help the refugee retain employment or move to a better job. Social
service funds may not be used for long-term training programs such as
vocational training that last for more than a year or educational
programs that are not intended to lead to employment within a year.
In accordance with 45 CFR 400.156, refugee social services must be
provided, to the maximum extent feasible, in a manner that is
culturally and linguistically compatible with a refugee's language and
cultural background. In light of the increasingly diverse population of
refugees who are resettling in this country, refugee service agencies
will need to develop practical ways of providing culturally and
linguistically appropriate services to a changing ethnic population.
Services funded under this notice must be refugee-specific services
which are designed specifically to meet refugee needs and are in
keeping with the rules and objectives of the refugee program.
Vocational or job skills training, on-the-job training, or English
language training, however, need not be refugee-specific.
English language training must be provided in a concurrent, rather
than sequential, time period with employment or with other employment-
related activities.
When planning State refugee services, States must take into account
the reception and placement (R & P) services provided by local
resettlement agencies in order to utilize these resources in the
overall program design and to ensure the provision of seamless,
coordinated services to refugees that are not duplicative.
In order to provide culturally and linguistically compatible
services in as cost-efficient a manner as possible in a time of limited
resources, ORR encourages States and counties to promote and give
special consideration to the provision of refugee social services
through coalitions of refugee service organizations, such as coalitions
of mutual assistance associations (MAAs), voluntary resettlement
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agencies, or a variety of service providers. ORR believes it is
essential for refugee-serving organizations to form close partnerships
in the provision of services to refugees in order to be able to respond
adequately to a changing refugee picture. Coalition-building and
consolidation of providers is particularly important in communities
with multiple service providers in order to ensure better coordination
of services and maximum use of funding for services by minimizing the
funds used for multiple administrative overhead costs.
States should also expect to use funds available under this notice
to pay for social services which are provided to refugees who
participate in alternative projects. Section 412(e)(7)(A) of the INA
provides that:
The Secretary [of HHS] shall develop and implement alternative
projects for refugees who have been in the United States less than
thirty-six months, under which refugees are provided interim
support, medical services, support [social] services, and case
management, as needed, in a manner that encourages self-sufficiency,
reduces welfare dependency, and fosters greater coordination among
the resettlement agencies and service providers.
This provision is generally known as the Wilson/Fish Amendment. The
Department has already issued a separate notice in the Federal Register
with respect to applications for such projects (60 FR 15766, March 27,
1995). The notice on alternative projects does not contain provisions
for the allocation of additional social service funds beyond the
amounts established in this notice. Therefore a State which may wish to
consider carrying out such a project should take note of this in
planning its use of social service funds being allocated under the
present notice.
Funding to MAAs
ORR no longer provides set-aside funds to refugee mutual assistance
associations as a separate component under the social service notice;
instead we have folded these funds into the social service formula
allocation to States. Elimination of the MAA set-aside, however, does
not represent any reduction in ORR's commitment to MAAs as important
participants in refugee resettlement. ORR believes that the continued
and/or increased utilization of qualified refugee mutual assistance
associations in the delivery of social services helps to ensure the
provision of culturally and linguistically appropriate services as well
as increasing the effectiveness of the overall service system.
Therefore, ORR expects States to use MAAs as service providers to the
maximum extent possible. ORR strongly encourages States when
contracting for services, including employment services, to give
consideration to the special strengths of MAAs, whenever contract
bidders are otherwise equally qualified, provided that the MAA has the
capability to deliver services in a manner that is culturally and
linguistically compatible with the background of the target population
to be served. ORR also strongly encourages MAAs to ensure that their
management and board composition reflect the major target populations
to be served. ORR expects States to continue to assist MAAs in seeking
other public and/or private funds for the provision of services to
refugee clients.
States may use a portion of their social service grant, either
through contracts or through the use of State/county staff, to provide
technical assistance and organizational training to strengthen the
capability of MAAs to provide employment services, particularly in
States where MAA capability is weak or undeveloped.
ORR defines MAAs as organizations with the following
qualifications:
a. The organization is legally incorporated as a nonprofit
organization; and
b. Not less than 51% of the composition of the Board of Directors
or governing board of the mutual assistance association is comprised of
refugees or former refugees, including both refugee men and women.
II. Discussion of Comments Received
Three letters of comment were received in response to the notice of
proposed FY 1997 allocations to States for refugee social services. The
comments are summarized below and are followed in each case by the
Department's response.
Comment: Three commenters felt that States and counties should have
the flexibility to serve refugees in the U.S. over 5 years with social
services formula funds. These commenters stated that there are large
numbers of post-5-year refugees who are in need of services. One
commenter stated that many of these refugees have difficulty accessing
mainstream services and will soon lose eligibility for assistance. One
commenter argued that ORR continues to provide funding for refugees in
the U.S. over 60 months through discretionary funding suggesting that
ORR recognizes the needs of post-5-year refugees. The commenter felt
that local officials are in a better position than ORR to determine
what services are needed and by whom.
Response: We continue to believe that social services formula funds
should be used for refugees during their first 5 years in the U.S. in
order to concentrate adequate resources on helping refugees to become
self-sufficient as soon as possible without becoming long-term welfare
recipients. Of particular concern are the large numbers of refugees in
the U.S. less than 5 years who reside in high welfare States and have
been on welfare since their arrival. These refugees require top
priority in the refugee program. Also of top priority is to make sure
that refugee arrivals never get to the point of being on welfare for
most of their first 5 years in the U.S. For these reasons, we do not
agree with the commenters that the 5-year limitation should be changed.
Regarding the comment that many post-5-year refugees are at risk of
losing eligibility for assistance, it is important to note that most
States have decided to allow refugees who were residing in the U.S.
before August 22, 1996, to continue to be eligible for Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families to the same extent as U.S. citizens.
Finally it is important to note that a substantial amount of ORR
discretionary funds, approximately $42.7 million, will be available
this year. These funds may be used to provide a variety of services to
post 5-year refugees.
Comment: One commenter recommended that ORR pursue a statutory
change to allow social services funds to be allocated on the basis of
the total refugee population needing employment services in each State,
instead of the three-year population formula that is currently required
by statute.
Response: We do not believe there is a compelling enough reason to
seek a statutory change that would change the social services
allocation method from the three-year refugee population formula to the
entire population in need of employment services. The current
allocation formula ensures that funding is available to those States
most in need of funds to meet the needs of new arrivals.
Comment: One commenter opposes the allotment of a floor amount of
social services funds to States with small refugee populations. In
particular, the commenter suggested that a floor for States with fewer
than 1,000 refugees should not be included in the allocation.
Response: We continue to believe that a minimum allocation for
social services is necessary to cover basic costs which a State incurs
in providing services,
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regardless of the number of refugees to be served. Therefore, we view
the establishment of a floor as a reasonable approach to allocating
funds to States with small refugee populations, where the use of the
formula alone would yield too small an amount to be practical.
However, we do plan to re-examine this issue next year to determine
whether our policy on floor allotments should be modified.
Comment: One commenter requested that social services discretionary
funds be awarded only to those States with 5,000 refugees or more. The
commenter stated that focusing on areas with a high refugee
concentration in relation to the overall population often does not
reflect where large refugee populations need services.
Response: There are many areas of the country which have fewer than
5,000 arrivals where refugees have many of the same needs as refugees
residing in areas with large refugee populations. We do not agree with
the commenter's view.
Comment: Two commenters expressed concern over ORR's requirement
for family self-sufficiency plans. One commenter questioned whether
services should be provided to take refugees to self-sufficiency
thereby using resources that would otherwise be available to help some
refugees find employment. The commenter felt that the requirement
implied that services should be provided to a full-time employed
refugee until the family is off aid. One commenter stated that
individual employability plans are already a requirement under ORR
regulations. This commenter recommended that ORR eliminate the family
self-sufficiency plan requirement and waive this requirement in the
interim.
Response: As stated in several previous notices, the family self-
sufficiency plan is a tool that assists both the refugee family and the
employment counselor to focus more clearly on what steps need to be
taken to achieve self-sufficiency. In many cases it requires more than
one wage-earner to go to work in order for a family to become self-
sufficient. The development of a family self-sufficiency plan puts the
proper focus on the family as the client unit. The employment plan, in
contrast, focuses on one person's employment without addressing what is
needed of other adults in the family to get the family unit self-
sufficient. We do not view self-sufficiency plans and individual
employment plans to be redundant; individual employment plans are part
of a family self-sufficiency plan, not a separate entity.
We do not require that employment service providers work with all
refugee families until they are self-sufficient at the expense of other
clients, but we encourage States and providers to design programs that
efficiently use resources to help refugee families become self-
sufficient to the maximum extent feasible. By developing a family self-
sufficiency plan, at least a refugee family will be able to understand
what it takes not only to get a job, but to get off welfare. Experience
in a number of States shows that the use of family self-sufficiency
plans results ultimately in earlier family self-sufficiency through the
attainment of jobs for one or more wage earners at self-supporting
wages. We would be happy to connect any State and county that does not
understand how to use family self-sufficiency plans to good effect with
States and providers experienced in using family self-sufficiency plans
effectively.
III. Allocation Formula
Of the funds available for FY 1997 for social services, $68,682,550
is allocated to States in accordance with the formula specified below.
A State's allowable allocation is calculated as follows:
1. The total amount of funds determined by the Director to be
available for this purpose; divided by--
2. The total number of refugees and Cuban/Haitian entrants who
arrived in the United States not more than 3 years prior to the
beginning of the fiscal year for which the funds are appropriated and
the number of Amerasians from Vietnam eligible for refugee social
services, as shown by the ORR Refugee Data System. The resulting per
capita amount will be multiplied by--
3. The number of persons in item 2, above, in the State as of
October 1, 1996, adjusted for estimated secondary migration.
The calculation above yields the formula allocation for each State.
Minimum allocations for small States are taken into account.
IV. Basis of Population Estimates
The population estimates for the allocation of funds in FY 1997 are
based on data on refugee arrivals from the ORR Refugee Data System,
adjusted as of October 1, 1996, for estimated secondary migration. The
data base includes refugees of all nationalities, Amerasians from
Vietnam, and Cuban and Haitian entrants.
For fiscal year 1997, ORR's formula allocations for the States for
social services are based on the numbers of refugees and Amerasians who
arrived, and on the numbers of entrants who arrived or were resettled,
during the preceding three fiscal years: 1994, 1995, and 1996, based on
final arrival data by State. Therefore, estimates have been developed
of the numbers of refugees and entrants with arrival or resettlement
dates between October 1, 1993, and September 30, 1996, who are thought
to be living in each State as of October 1, 1996.
The estimates of secondary migration were based on data submitted
by all participating States on Form ORR-11 on secondary migrants who
have resided in the U.S. for 36 months or less, as of September 30,
1996. The total migration reported by each State was summed, yielding
in-and out-migration figures and a net migration figure for each State.
The net migration figure was applied to the State's total arrival
figure, resulting in a revised population estimate.
Estimates were developed separately for refugees and entrants and
then combined into a total estimated 3-year refugee/entrant population
for each State. Eligible Amerasians are included in the refugee
figures.
With regard to Havana parolees, we have adjusted the 3-year
population of one State, the State of Florida, based on documentation
the State provided regarding the number of Havana parolee arrivals to
that State. For all other States, in the absence of reliable data on
Havana parolees, we are crediting each State that received entrant
arrivals during the 3-year period from FY 1994--FY 1996 with a prorated
share of the parolees who came to the U.S. directly from Havana in FY
1996. In addition, we have credited each State with the same share of
FY 1995 Havana parolees that they were credited with in the final FY
1995 social service notice. The allocations in this notice reflect
these additional parolee numbers.
Table 1, below, shows the estimated 3-year populations, as of
October 1, 1996, of refugees (col. 1), entrants (col. 2), Havana
parolees (col. 3); total refugee/entrant population, (col. 4); the
formula amounts which the population estimates yield (col. 5); and the
allocation amounts after allowing for the minimum amounts (col. 6).
V. Allocation Amounts
Funding subsequent to the publication of this notice will be
contingent upon the submittal and approval of a State annual services
plan that is developed on the basis of a local consultative process, as
required by 45 CFR 400.11(b)(2) in the ORR regulations. The following
amounts are allocated for refugee social services in FY 1997:
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Table 1.--Estimated 3-Year Refugee/Entrant Populations of States Participating in the Refugee Program and Social
Service Formula Amounts and Allocations for FY 1997
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Havana Total
State Refugees Entrants parolees population Formula amount Allocation
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
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Alabama..................... 497 117 40 654 $125,803 $125,803
Alaska \2\.................. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona..................... 4,242 576 222 5,040 969,489 969,489
Arkansas.................... 257 14 4 275 52,899 93,281
California \3\.............. 62,173 1,209 488 63,870 12,285,959 12,285,959
Colorado.................... 3,632 12 5 3,649 701,917 701,917
Connecticut................. 2,519 354 126 2,999 576,884 576,884
Delaware.................... 84 4 2 90 17,312 75,000
Dist. of Columbia........... 1,683 14 5 1,702 327,395 327,395
Florida..................... 13,914 35,241 15,548 64,703 12,446,194 12,446,194
Georgia..................... 9,164 282 106 9,552 1,837,412 1,837,412
Hawaii...................... 518 1 0 519 99,834 100,000
Idaho....................... 1,215 1 1 217 234,101 234,101
Illinois.................... 11,790 480 167 12,437 2,392,367 2,392,367
Indiana..................... 1,016 17 7 1,040 200,053 200,053
Iowa........................ 3,576 6 2 3,584 689,414 689,414
Kansas...................... 1,837 18 7 1,862 358,172 358,172
Kentucky \4\................ 2,692 473 139 3,304 635,554 635,554
Louisiana................... 1,717 293 118 2,128 409,340 409,340
Maine....................... 647 1 0 648 124,649 124,649
Maryland.................... 4,871 180 72 5,123 985,454 985,454
Massachusetts............... 8,354 211 85 8,650 1,663,904 1,663,904
Michigan.................... 7,655 338 117 8,110 1,560,030 1,560,030
Minnesota................... 9,640 26 10 9,676 1,861,264 1,861,264
Mississippi................. 102 41 16 159 30,585 75,000
Missouri.................... 5,154 32 13 5,199 1,000,074 1,000,074
Montana..................... 188 0 0 188 36,163 76,546
Nebraska.................... 1,705 38 9 1,752 337,013 337,013
Nevada \4\.................. 888 1,034 400 2,322 446,657 446,657
New Hampshire............... 725 1 0 726 139,653 139,653
New Jersey.................. 5,018 1,426 590 7,034 1,353,052 1,353,052
New Mexico.................. 629 1,132 465 2,226 428,191 428,191
New York.................... 49,229 1,397 570 51,196 9,848,003 9,848,003
North Carolina.............. 3,024 49 15 3,088 594,004 594,004
North Dakota................ 1,028 4 2 1,034 198,899 198,899
Ohio........................ 4,285 62 18 4,365 839,646 839,646
Oklahoma.................... 1,009 19 7 1,035 199,091 199,091
Oregon...................... 4,751 523 176 5,450 1,048,356 1,048,356
Pennsylvania................ 8,482 332 104 8,918 1,715,456 1,715,456
Rhode Island................ 524 7 2 533 102,527 102,527
South Carolina.............. 469 8 2 479 92,140 100,000
South Dakota................ 816 0 0 816 156,965 156,965
Tennessee................... 3,181 225 63 3,469 667,293 667,293
Texas....................... 13,671 1,303 502 15,476 2,976,946 2,976,946
Utah........................ 1,902 1 0 1,903 366,059 366,059
Vermont..................... 707 0 0 707 135,998 135,998
Virginia.................... 5,182 253 96 5,531 1,063,937 1,063,937
Washington.................. 17,275 62 18 17,355 3,338,388 3,338,388
West Virginia............... 24 1 0 25 4,809 75,000
Wisconsin................... 3,849 22 8 3,879 746,160 746,160
Wyoming \2\................. 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total................... 287,510 47,840 20,347 355,697 68,421,465 68,682,550
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\1\ Includes Havana Parolees (HP's) for FY 1995 and FY 1996.
For FY 1995, Florida's HP's (8245) were based on actual data while HP's in other States (2188) were prorated
based on the States' proportion of the three year (FY 1993-1995) entrant population.
For FY 1996, Florida's HP's (7303) were based on actual data while HP's in other States (2611) were prorated
based on the States' proportion of the three year (FY 1994-1996) entrant population.
\2\ Alaska and Wyoming no longer participate in the Refugee Program.
\3\ A portion of the California allocation is expected to be awarded to continue a Wilson/Fish project in San
Diego.
\4\The allocation for Kentucky and Nevada is expected to be awarded to continue a Wilson/Fish project.
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VI. Paperwork Reduction Act
This notice does not create any reporting or recordkeeping
requirements requiring OMB clearance.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 93.566 Refugee
Assistance--State Administered Programs)
Dated: June 20, 1997.
Lavinia Limon,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 97-16959 Filed 6-22-97; 8:45 am]
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