Refugee Resettlement Program: Final Notice of Allocations to States of FY 1997 Funds for Refugee Social Services

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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