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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Refugee Resettlement Program: Proposed Notice of Allocations to
States of FY 2000 Funds for Refugee Social Services
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Proposed notice of allocations to States of FY 2000 funds for
refugee social services.
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SUMMARY: This notice establishes the proposed allocations to States of
FY 2000 funds for social services under the Refugee Resettlement
Program (RRP). In the final notice, allocation amounts could be
adjusted slightly based on final adjustments in FY 1999 arrivals in
some States.
This notice includes a $15.5 million set-aside to: (1) Provide
outreach and referral services to ensure that eligible refugees access
the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)and other programs
for low income working populations; and (2) provide specialized
interpreter training and the hiring of interpreters to enable refugees
to have equal access to medical and legal services.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 31, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Address written comments, in duplicate, to: Barbara R.
Chesnik, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children
and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, DC 20447.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara R. Chesnik, Division of
Refugee Self-Sufficiency, (202) 401-4558.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Amounts for Allocation
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has available $143,953,000
in FY 2000 refugee social service funds as part of the FY 2000
appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services (Pub. L.
No. 106-113).
The FY 2000 House Appropriations Committee Report (H.R. Rept. No.
106-370) reads as follows with respect to social services funds:
The bill provides $140,000,000 for social services, about the
same as the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $7,990,000 below the
budget request. Funds are distributed by formula as well as through
the discretionary grant making process for special projects. 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
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$26,000,000 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. Finally, the Committee
has set aside $14,000,000 to address the needs of refugees and
communities impacted by recent changes in Federal assistance
programs relating to welfare reform. The Committee urges ORR to
assist refugees at risk of losing, or who have lost benefits,
including SSI, TANF and Medicaid, in obtaining citizenship.
In addition, the House report provides:
It is estimated that approximately $20,000,000 will be available
in FY 2000 from carryover funds, and the Committee intends that
these funds be used under social services to increase educational
support to schools with a significant proportion of refugee children
and for the development of alternative cash assistance programs that
involve case management approaches to improve resettlement outcomes.
Such support should include intensive English language training and
cultural assimilation programs.
The FY 2000 Senate Appropriations Committee Report (S. Rept. No.
106-166) recommended $147,990,00 for social services in the FY 2000
budget:
The Committee provides $19,000,000 to serve communities affected
by the Cuban and Haitian entrants and refugees, the same as the
amount contained in last year's appropriation. The Committee also
includes $14,000,000 to address the needs of refugees and
communities affected by recent changes in Federal assistance
programs, and $16,000,000 to assist communities with large
concentrations of refugees whose cultural differences make
assimilation difficult. These funds are included in the social
services line item.
The FY 2000 Conference Report on Appropriations (H.R. Conf. 106-
479) reads as follows concerning social services:
The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 from carryover
funds that are to be used under social services to increase
educational support to schools with a significant proportion of
refugee children and for the development of alternative cash
assistance programs that involve case management approaches to
improve resettlement outcomes. Such support should include intensive
English language training and cultural assimilation programs.
The agreement also includes $26,000,000 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 Conference report provided $143,995,000 in social services funds.
The Departments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (Pub L. No. 106-113,
appendix E, section 301) rescinded discretionary budget authority
government-wide by .38 percent. Agencies, however, were provided
flexibility regarding how the recission would be applied. Accordingly,
ORR's total social services appropriation was reduced from $143,995,000
to $143,953,000. In accordance with Congressional report language, the
Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) proposes to use
the $143,953,000 appropriated for FY 2000 social services as follows:
<bullet> $72,203,750 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.
<bullet> $12,749,250 will be awarded as social service
discretionary grants through competitive grant announcements that will
be issued separately from this notice.
<bullet> $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 through a discretionary grant
announcement that will be issued separately from this notice.
<bullet> $26,000,000 will be awarded through discretionary grants
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. Awards will be
made through announcements issued separately from this notice.
<bullet> $14,000,000 will be awarded to address the needs of
refugees and communities impacted by recent changes in Federal
assistance programs relating to welfare reform. Awards will be made
through announcements issued separately from this notice.
<bullet> $20,000,000 will be awarded in prior year funds to
increase educational support to schools with a significant proportion
of refugee children and for the development of alternative cash
assistance programs that involve case management approaches to improve
resettlement outcomes. This support will include intensive English
language training and cultural assimilation programs. Awards will be
made through an announcement issued separately from this notice.
In addition, we are proposing to add $15,500,000 in prior year
funds to the FY 2000 formula social services allocation as a set-aside
for referral and interpreter services, increasing the total amount
available for the formula social services program in FY 2000 to
$87,703,750.
Congress provided ORR with broad carry-over authority in the FY
2000 HHS appropriations law to use unexpended FY 1998 and FY 1999 CMA
funds for assistance and other activities in the refugee program
provided through September 30, 2001. The appropriations law states:
That funds appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act under Public Law 105-78 for fiscal
year 1998 and under Public Law 105-227 for fiscal year 1999 shall be
available for the costs of assistance provided and other activities
through September 30, 2001.
Refugee Social Service Funds
The population figures for the social services allocation include
refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, Amerasians from Vietnam, and Kurdish
asylees 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 proposing to allocate $72,203,750 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, 1999
(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 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.
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The Director is also proposing to allocate an additional $15.5
million from prior year carry-over funds as a set-aside to: (1) Provide
referral services, including outreach, to ensure that refugees are able
to access the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and
other programs for low income populations; and (2) provide for the
hiring of interpreters and special interpreter training to enable
refugees to have equal access to medical and certain legal services.
Depending upon the existing capacity and need in the community, we
encourage States to use the funds equally for both activities. Both
types of services are not subject to the 5-year limitation and may be
provided to refugees regardless of their length of time in the U.S. See
45 CFR 400.152(b).
Eligible refugee families often are not aware of, or do not know
how to access, other Federal support programs available to low income
working families in the community. We believe that these programs,
including SCHIP, Food Stamps, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP), Medicaid, Head Start, low-income housing, the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC),
child care assistance, adult day care for aged dependents, and other
support programs for low-income families, are important for the well-
being of working refugees, particularly refugee families, and are
necessary to help these refugees maintain employment and move toward
full self-sufficiency.
The organizations funded by the set-aside amount are expected to
conduct outreach into the community to identify low-income refugees and
to help these refugees enroll in and to be familiar with the services
available and the participation requirements of these programs. We
expect States to fund community-based organizations, to the maximum
extent possible, to provide hands-on assistance, which means having the
application forms available and helping refugees to fill out the
application, accompanying the refugee to the eligibility office,
assisting in the communication between the family and the eligibility
worker, closely following the application process until the family has
been found eligible, and then helping the family effectively use the
service or support program in which they have been enrolled. For
example, there may be different levels of medical coverage available to
a family, depending on the ages of the children and the income level of
the family, each with different requirements. It is important for the
caseworkers/advocates funded through this initiative to understand the
program requirements (such as a co-payment structure) in order to help
the family make decisions and fully participate.
The organizations funded under this set-aside should develop
effective ways to provide an on-going link between these services, the
population they serve, and the targeted low income programs. Methods
might include: partnering with schools to identify refugee children who
may be eligible for SCHIP by virtue of their eligibility for the school
lunch program; connecting with local Head Start programs to help
identify refugee children who are eligible for SCHIP and other health
care programs; arranging to have Medicaid eligibility workers visit the
Mutual Assistance Association (MAA) or other participating organization
on a scheduled basis; and working with other groups serving low income
families, such as hospitals, WIC programs, low-income housing programs,
and food assistance programs to make these services widely known to the
refugee community being served.
It is also important that States provide as high a standard as
possible in interpretation to non-English speaking and to Limited-
English-Proficient (LEP) refugees, particularly in regard to medical
and legal issues. As mentioned earlier, we are therefore including
funding in the set-aside for States to improve the availability and
quality of interpreter services for refugees in their communities. The
set-aside funds are to be used by States: (1) To fund specialized
interpreter training for medical and legal services; and (2) to pay for
the hiring and employment of these trained interpreters by MAAs,
voluntary agencies, and other community-based organizations serving
refugees, to the maximum extent possible, in order to increase the
number of skilled interpreters in the community.
Interpretation requires a great deal of skill--interpreters need to
be fluent in English and the language spoken by the refugee. They must
have the ability to quickly understand the message and terminology, if
technical, in one language and to express it as quickly and correctly
in another language. In addition to fluency in two languages,
interpreters must have the skills to handle confidential client
information and to deal with a variety of professionals in the medical,
legal, law enforcement, social services, and other fields.
States should use qualified training programs or trainers to
provide the interpreter training. Several strategies may be employed,
e.g., the direct training of interpreters in a group setting, paying
the course tuition and associated expenses for individuals at a
community college or university, and the training of trainers in order
to establish and maintain an efficient training capacity in the
community. To the extent possible, we would expect States to use an
established curriculum rather than incurring costs to develop a new
one. Funding of interpreter services should be directed to areas of
greatest need and to the most linguistically isolated communities.
States must determine a community's capacity to ensure refugee
access to medical and other services, and then examine how best to fund
and maintain interpreter services for refugees based upon the need and
size of refugee population. For example, an interpreter bank with
dedicated interpreters may be a preferred option if the needs of the
community can justify full-time interpreters. However, because the
provision of interpreter services may not fully occupy funded staff in
some locations or in certain languages, States may choose to train
bilingual caseworkers at voluntary resettlement agencies, MAAs and
refugee service providers. States may also consider cross-training of
interpreters so that they may also assist, for example, in enrolling
clients in SCHIP, Medicaid, or other services for low-income clients,
and/or serve as case managers or in other staff positions. Staff with
both bilingual interpreter skills and knowledge of the family services
network, such as child protective services and the domestic violence
system, are also highly desirable.
We also encourage States to set up creative ways to maintain and
expand the availability of interpreter services in the community, such
as seeking reimbursement for services from the courts, hospitals, and
agencies which may be able to pay for interpreter services but have
been otherwise hindered in providing these services by the lack of
available and appropriately trained individuals. Fees from low-income
refugee clients, however, may not be sought.
In light of the unique position that refugee MAAs have in the
communities where refugees reside, we are asking that States give
special consideration to MAAs in using the set-aside amount, where
possible, to provide these services to refugee families. However,
qualified community based organizations with refugee experience,
voluntary resettlement agencies, or refugee service providers may be
funded as well.
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A State that can demonstrate that the total amount of set-aside
funds awarded is not needed to provide the services described above may
submit a written request to the Director to use a portion of the funds
for another non-employment service. This request must fully describe
how the need for the specified set-aside services is already being met
in the State, as well as a description of the additional service
proposed, why it is needed, and how it will be provided.
Population To Be Served and Allowable Services
Eligibility for refugee social services includes persons who meet
all requirements of 45 CFR 400.43 (as amended by 65 FR 15409 (March
22,2000)) and 45 CFR 401.2 (Cuban and Haitian entrants).
Services to refugees must be provided in accordance with the rules
of 45 CFR Part 400 Subpart I--Refugee Social Services. Although the
allocation formula is based on the 3-year refugee population, 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 and citizenship and naturalization preparation
services, to refugees who have been in the United States for more than
60 months (5 years).
Allowable social services are those indicated in 45 CFR 400.154 and
400.155. Additional services not included in these sections which the
State may wish to provide must be submitted to and approved by the
Director of ORR (Sec. 400.155(h)).
Service Priorities
In the past, a number of States have focused primarily on serving
refugee cash assistance (RCA) recipients because of the need to help
these refugees become employed and self-sufficient within the 8-month
RCA eligibility period. Now, with the passage of welfare reform,
refugee recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
also face a time limit for cash assistance and need appropriate
services as quickly as possible to become employed and self-sufficient.
In order for refugees to move quickly off TANF, we believe it is
crucial for these refugees to receive refugee-specific services that
are designed to address the employment barriers that refugees typically
face.
Some States are doing remarkably well in helping refugees achieve
self-sufficiency. For this reason, this may be a good time for these
States to re-examine the range of services they currently offer to
refugees and expand the range of services beyond employment services to
address the broader needs that refugees have in order to successfully
integrate into the community.
States should also expect that these funds will be made available
to pay for social services which are provided to refugees who
participate in Wilson/Fish 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 (64 FR 19793, April 22,
1999).
II. (Reserved for Discussion of Comments in Final Notice)
III. Allocation Formulas
Of the funds available for FY 2000 for social services, $72,203,750
is allocated to States in accordance with the formula specified below.
In addition, $15.5 million in set-aside funds are allocated 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, Cuban/Haitian entrants, Amerasians
from Vietnam, and Kurdish asylees 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, as shown by the ORR Refugee Data System.
The resulting per capita amount is multiplied by--
3. The number of persons in item 2, above, in the State as of
October 1, 1999, 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 2000 are
based on data on refugee arrivals from the ORR Refugee Data System,
adjusted as of October 1, 1999, for estimated secondary migration. The
data base includes refugees of all nationalities, Amerasians from
Vietnam, Cuban and Haitian entrants, and Kurdish asylees.
For fiscal year 2000, ORR's proposed formula allocations for the
States for social services are based on the numbers of refugees,
Amerasians, Kurdish asylees, and entrants who arrived during the
preceding three fiscal years: 1997, 1998, and 1999, based on arrival
data by State. Therefore, estimates have been developed of the numbers
of refugees and entrants with arrival or resettlement dates between
October 1, 1996, and September 30, 1999, who are thought to be living
in each State as of October 1, 1999.
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,
1999. 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 and Kurdish asylees are included in
the refugee figures.
Havana parolees (HP's) are enumerated in a separate column in Table
1, below because they are tabulated separately from other entrants. For
FY 1999, Havana parolee arrivals for all States are based on actual
data. For FY 1998, Florida's HP's (10,183) are based on actual data,
while HP's in other States (3,258) are prorated according to the States
proportion of the three-year ((FY 1996-FY 1998) entrant populations.
For FY 1997, Florida's HP's (3,957) are based on actual data, while
HP's in other States (2,035) were prorated according to their
proportions of the three-year entrant population.
If a State does not agree with ORR's population estimate and wishes
ORR to reconsider its population estimate, it should submit written
evidence to ORR, including a list of refugees identified by name, alien
number, date of birth, and date of arrival. Listings of refugees who
are not identified by their alien number will not be considered. Such
evidence should be submitted separately from comments on the proposed
allocation formula no later than 30 days from the date of publication
of this notice and should be addressed to: Loren Bussert, Division of
Refugee Self-Sufficiency,
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Office of Refugee Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW.,
Washington, DC 20447, Telephone: (202) 401-4732.
Table 1, below, shows the estimated 3-year populations, as of
October 1, 1999, of refugees (col. 1), entrants (col. 2), Havana
parolees (col. 3); total refugee/entrant population, (col. 4); the
proposed formula amounts which the population estimates yield (col. 5);
the proposed allocation amounts after allowing for the minimum amounts
(col. 6); the proposed set-aside amount (col. 7); and the proposed
total allocation (col. 8).
V. Proposed 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 for allocation for refugee social
services in FY 2000:
Table 1.--Estimated Three-Year Refugee/Entrant Populations of States Participating in the Refugee Program and Proposed Social Service Formula Amount and
Proposed Allocations for FY 2000--
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Havana Total Proposed Proposed
State Refugees Entrants parolees population formula amount allocation Set-aside Total proposed
\1\ (1) (2) \2\ (3) (4) (5) (6) allocation
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Alabama............................. 570 4 69 643 $162,891 $162,891 $35,145 $198,036
Alaska \3\.......................... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona............................. 7,141 367 292 7,800 1,975,977 1,975,977 426,326 2,402,303
Arkansas............................ 64 0 10 74 18,746 75,000 4,045 79,045
California.......................... 30,770 41 476 31,287 7,925,949 7,925,949 1,710,058 9,636,007
Colorado............................ 3,402 3 6 3,411 864,110 864,110 186,435 1,050,545
Connecticut......................... 3,084 19 150 3,253 824,084 824,084 177,800 1,001,884
Delaware............................ 74 7 2 83 21,026 75,000 4,537 79,537
Dist. of Columbia................... 1,666 1 10 1,677 424,835 424,835 91,660 516,495
Florida............................. 12,854 7,288 27,085 47,227 11,964,036 11,964,036 2,581,293 14,545,329
Georgia............................. 10,578 18 129 10,725 2,716,969 2,716,969 586,198 3,303,167
Hawaii.............................. 100 0 0 100 25,333 75,000 5,466 80,466
Idaho \4\........................... 2,045 0 0 2,045 518,061 518,061 111,774 629,835
Illinois............................ 12,003 7 239 12,249 3,103,044 3,103,044 669,495 3,772,539
Indiana............................. 1,750 0 11 1,761 446,115 446,115 96,251 542,366
Iowa................................ 6,075 0 4 6,079 1,539,996 1,539,996 332,261 1,872,257
Kansas.............................. 868 0 8 876 221,917 221,917 47,880 269,797
Kentucky \5\........................ 3,675 918 503 5,096 1,290,972 1,290,972 278,533 1,569,505
Louisiana........................... 1,495 57 93 1,645 416,729 416,729 89,911 506,640
Maine............................... 638 0 0 638 161,625 161,625 34,871 196,496
Maryland............................ 2,755 6 61 2,822 714,898 714,898 154,242 869,140
Massachusetts....................... 6,711 67 99 6,877 1,742,153 1,742,153 375,877 2,118,030
Michigan............................ 8,433 432 263 9,128 2,312,400 2,312,400 498,910 2,811,310
Minnesota........................... 8,362 0 10 8,372 2,120,882 2,120,882 457,590 2,578,472
Mississippi......................... 116 2 11 129 32,680 75,000 7,051 82,051
Missouri............................ 7,553 2 16 7,571 1,917,965 1,917,965 413,809 2,331,774
Montana............................. 59 0 0 59 14,946 75,000 3,225 78,225
Nebraska............................ 2,338 4 30 2,372 600,900 600,900 129,647 730,547
Nevada \5\.......................... 1,077 520 479 2,076 525,914 525,914 113,468 639,382
New Hampshire....................... 1,496 0 0 1,496 378,982 378,982 81,767 460,749
New Jersey.......................... 3,327 167 801 4,295 1,088,054 1,088,054 234,752 1,322,806
New Mexico.......................... 460 256 375 1,091 276,383 276,383 59,631 336,014
New York............................ 26,881 818 692 28,391 7,192,304 7,192,304 1,551,771 8,744,075
North Carolina...................... 3,860 3 39 3,902 988,495 988,495 213,272 1,201,767
North Dakota........................ 1,509 0 1 1,510 382,529 382,529 82,532 465,061
Ohio................................ 4,285 5 36 4,326 1,095,907 1,095,907 236,447 1,332,354
Oklahoma............................ 501 0 9 510 129,199 129,199 27,875 157,074
Oregon.............................. 4,881 285 266 5,432 1,376,091 1,376,091 296,898 1,672,989
Pennsylvania........................ 7,532 62 201 7,795 1,974,711 1,974,711 426,052 2,400,763
Rhode Island........................ 397 1 6 404 102,345 102,345 22,081 124,426
South Carolina...................... 268 1 9 278 70,426 100,000 15,195 115,195
South Dakota \5\.................... 1,037 0 0 1,037 262,704 262,704 56,679 319,383
Tennessee........................... 3,767 4 140 3,911 990,775 990,775 213,764 1,204,539
Texas............................... 12,944 637 622 14,203 3,598,052 3,598,052 776,295 4,374,347
Utah................................ 3,526 0 2 3,528 893,750 893,750 192,830 1,086,580
Vermont............................. 1,048 0 0 1,048 265,490 265,490 57,281 322,771
Virginia............................ 4,538 101 111 4,750 1,203,320 1,203,320 259,621 1,462,941
Washington.......................... 17,779 4 41 17,824 4,515,362 4,515,362 974,209 5,489,571
West Virginia....................... 16 0 0 16 4,053 75,000 875 75,875
Wisconsin........................... 1,755 2 7 1,764 446,875 446,875 96,415 543,290
Wyoming \3\......................... 0 0 0 0 .............. .............. .............. ..............
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Total........................... 238,063 12,109 33,414 283,586 71,840,960 72,203,750 15,500,000 87,703,750
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\1\ Includes: refugees, Kurdish asylees, and Amerasian immigrants from Vietnam adjusted for secondary migration.
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\2\ For FY 1999, Havana Parolee arrivals for all States are based on actual data. For FY 1998, Florida's HP's (10,183) are based on actual data, while
HP's in other States (3,258) are prorated according to the State's proportion of the three-year (FY 1996-FY 1998) entrant population. For FY 1997,
Florida's HP's (3,957) are based on actual data, while HP's in other States (2,035) were prorated according to their proportions of the three-year
entrant population.
\3\ Alaska and Wyoming no longer participate in the Refugee Program.
\4\ The allocation for Idaho is expected to be awarded to the State replacement designee.
\5\ The allocations for South Dakota, Kentucky, and Nevada are expected to be awarded to Wilson/Fish projects.
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: April 25, 2000.
Lavinia Limon,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 00-10783 Filed 4-28-00; 8:45 am]