Refugee Resettlement Program: Final Notice of Allocations to States of FY 1998 Funds for Refugee Social Services

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement

Refugee Resettlement Program: Final Notice of Allocations to

States of FY 1998 Funds for Refugee Social Services

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Final notice of allocations to States of FY 1998 funds for

refugee \1\ social services.

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\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. 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. 100-202); and (3) certain Amerasians from

Vietnam, including U.S. citizens, under title II of the Foreign

Operations, Expoert Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations

Acts, 1989 (Pub. L. 100-461), 1990 (Pub. L. 101-167), and 1991 (Pub.

L. 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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SUMMARY: This notice establishes the allocations to States of FY 1998

funds for social services under the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP).

We have added approximately $22.1 million in unexpended FY 19965 CMA

funds to the social services formula program bringing the total to

$90.9 million in funds available for formula social services in FY

1998.

This notice reflects the decision by Congress to provide

$14,000,000 under social services to address the needs of refugees and

communities impacted by recent changes in Federal assistance programs

relating to welfare reform. This notice also announces ORR's intention

to postpone a final decision on the elimination of the floor formula

for States with small refugee populations until a later date. A notice

of proposed social service allocations to States was published in the

Federal Register on February 13, 1998, (63 FR 7422) for public comment.

The population estimates that were used in the proposed notice have

been adjusted in the final notice as a result of additional arrival

information.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Toyo Biddle, Director, Division of Refugee Self-sufficiency, (202) 401-

9250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Amounts for Allocation

The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has available $129,990,000

in FY 1998 refugee social service funds as part of the FY 1998

appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

(Pub. L. 105-78).

The FY 1998 House Appropriations Committee Report (H.R. Rept. No.

105-205) reads as follows with respect to social services funds:

The bill provides $129,990,000 for social services, an increase

of $19,108,000 over the comparable fiscal year 1997 appropriation

and 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 $16,000,000 for

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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, ORR may initiate planning grants to create

alternative cash and medical assistance programs for refugees.

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 1999 budget

hearings.

The FY 1998 Senate Appropriations Committee Report (S. Rept. No.

105-58) adds the following:

The Committee is concerned that the current policy of the Office

of Refugee Resettlement prohibiting the use of a portion of refugee

social services and targeted assistance formula grant funds for

refugees who have been in the United States for more than 5 years

deprives some counties and States of the ability to give employment-

related assistance to may of their refugee welfare recipients. The

Committee urges the ORR to be flexible in considering waiver

requests of the 5-year policy.

The Conference Report on Appropriations (H. Rept. No. 105-390)

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 $129,990,000 appropriated for FY 1998 social services as follows:

$68,841,500 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.

$12,148,500 will be awarded as social service

discretionary grants through competitive grant announcements that will

be issued separately from this notice.

$19,000,00 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.

$16,000,000 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. A grant

announcement will be issued separately from this notice.

$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.

In addition, we are adding $22,066,190 in unexpended CMA funds that

were obligated to States in FY 1996 to FY 1998 formula social service

allocations to States, increasing the total amount available for the

formula social services program in FY 1998 to $90,907,690. Congress

provided ORR with broad carry-over authority in the FY 1998 HHS

appropriations law to use FY 1996 CMA carry-over funds for assistance

and other activities in the refugee program in fiscal years 1997 and

1998. The appropriations law state: ``* * * That funds appropriated

pursuant to section 414(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act under

Pub.L. 104-134 for fiscal year 1996 shall be available for the costs of

assistance provided and other activities conducted in such year and in

fiscal years 1997 and 1998.'' We have decided that the best use of FY

1996 unexpended CMA funds would be to increase State allocations in the

social services formula program to enable States to more fully serve

both RCA refugees and refugee recipients of Temporary Assistance for

Needy Families (TANF) within the refugee social services system. Fourth

quarter formula social service grant awards to States will reflect the

increased funding.

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 allocating $90,907,690 to States on the basis of

each State's proportion of the national population of refugees who has

been in the U.S. 3 years or less as of October 1, 1997 (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 FR 1991 social services notice published in

the Federal Register of August 29, 1991, section I, ``Allocation

Amounts'' (56 FR 42745), a viable 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.

We indicated in the proposed notice that ORR intends to eliminate

the floor formula beginning in FY 1999 and to use the 3-year refugee

population allocations formula for all participating States. The

Director has decided to postpone a final decision on this issue at this

time to allow consideration of this issue within the context of other

program changes that may result through ORR regulations changes. See

the ``Discussion of Comments Received'' section of this notice for

further discussion of this issue.

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

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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. 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

In the past, a number of States have focused primarily on servicing

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. We, therefore, strongly encourage State Refugee Coordinators to

make every effort to develop agreements with their State TANF program

to utilize, to the maximum extent possible, the existing refugee

service system in a State for refugee TANF participants.

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(c), 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 very 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(e), refugee social services must

be provided, to the maximum extent feasible, in a manner that is

culturally and linguistically compatible with 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 (45 CFR

400.156(d)).

English language training must be provided in a concurrent, rather

than sequential, time period with employment or with other employment-

related activities (45 CFR 400.156(c)).

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 (45 CFR

400.156(b)).

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

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

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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.

The Use of MAAs

ORR believes that the use 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, we expect States to use MAAs as service providers to the

maximum extent possible. We strongly encourage 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

We received 16 letters of comment in response to the notice of

proposed FY 1998 allocations to States for refugee social services. The

comments are summarized below and are followed in each case by the

Department's response.

Comment: Thirteen commenters expressed concern over the proposed

elimination of a floor amount for States with small refugee

populations. Four States that receive a floor amount indicated that

they would be forced to withdraw from the refugee program if the floor

allocation is eliminated because the social services grant level would

be insufficient to enable the program to continue to operate. Several

comments indicated that refugees would go unserved in small States

without a floor allocation. Other commenters made the point that once a

State program is eliminated, it would be very difficult, and perhaps

impossible, to reinstate the program in order to meet refugee

emergencies that may arise in the future. Two commenters felt that the

basis for elimination of the floor was unclear and needed to be

clarified.

Representing an alternate view, two commenters expressed support

for elimination of the floor for small States. One of the commenters,

however, recommended reserving a small portion of discretionary funds

to assist small States to continue in the refugee program.

Response: We recognize the expressed concerns of the States and

refugee service providers that would be affected by the elimination of

the small State floor and wish to be careful in considering all factors

in making a final decision on this issue. We are also mindful of the

fact that significant changes in refugee policy may result from the

regulations process we are currently engaged in, and that it would make

sense to consider other policy changes, such as elimination of the

floor, within that context. We have decided, therefore, to postpone a

final decision on elimination of the floor for small States to allow

consideration of the floor issue within the context of other program

changes that may result through ORR regulations changes. This means

that we do not plan to eliminate floor allocations to small States in

FY 1999. We also want to assure the floor States that the Director will

not make a final decision on this issue without first meeting with each

of the affected States to discuss implications and alternatives.

Comment: Three commenters objected to the fact that each year an

ever increasing portion of refugee social services funding is awarded

through discretionary programs instead of through the social service

formula program. While recognizing that Congress increased the social

services appropriation to serve specific types of needs, the commenters

recommended that a responsible approach to the allocation of these

funds would be to allocate these funds through the social services

formula program, thereby allowing States to determine how best to

address these special needs at the local level. The commenters felt

that the quality of services would improve by allowing States and local

areas greater discretion in determining how needs should be met. One

commenter indicated that the different funding sources for self-

sufficiency services within the refugee program make it difficult and

unnecessarily complicated for States. Another commenter recommended

that ORR consider an allotment of 75% of the total social services

appropriation to States and 25% to discretionary programs.

Response: The use of discretionary programs allows ORR to better

ensure that the service funds that Congress intends for certain

populations or certain needs are targeted to the communities where

these special populations reside or where special needs are the

greatest. Allocation of these funds through the social services formula

program would distribute funds to all States, regardless of whether the

target populations reside or the target needs exist to any significant

degree in each State. We believe the former method is the better method

to ensure that Congressional intent is met.

Comment: One commenter stated that the 3-year population formula

for social services is inequitable to States with high concentrations

of refugees who have been in the U.S. more than 3 years. The commenter

recommended that ORR work to have the Refugee Act amended to allow

social services funds to be allocated on the basis of a State's total

refugee population needing employment services.

Response: States with large concentrations of refugees also receive

targeted assistance funding which is

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expressly intended for services to long-term refugee welfare

recipients, such as the post-36-month population, who are still in need

of employment services. Therefore, we do not see a particular need to

amend the statutory formula for social services.

Comment: One commenter recommended that ORR should be responsive to

the Senate Appropriations Committee's request that ORR be flexible in

considering waiver requests regarding the limitation of eligibility for

services to refugees who have been in the U.S. less than 5 years. The

commenter recommended that ORR grant States maximum flexibility to use

service funds for refugees who have been in the U.S. more than 5 years.

Response: We are very willing to consider any requests for a waiver

of the 5-year service limitation that are submitted to ORR, as long as

documentation is provided to ensure that all refugees residing in a

State or California county, who have been in the U.S. less than 5

years, are being fully served. What we cannot do, however, is to

delegate the authority to waive Federal regulations pertaining to the

refugee program to a State official, as was requested by one State. The

authority for waiving Federal refugee program regulations rests solely

with the Director of ORR as the Federal official responsible for the

administration of the program and, therefore, may not be delegated.

III. Allocation Formula

Of the funds available for FY 1998 for social services, $90,907,690

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, 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 Sate as of

October 1, 1997, 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 1998 are

based on data on refugee arrivals from the ORR Refugee Data System,

adjusted as of October 1, 1997, 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 1998, ORR's 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: 1995, 1996, and 1997, 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, 1994,

and September 30, 1997, and who are thought to be living in each State

as of October 1, 1997.

The estimates of secondary migration were based on data submitted

by all participating States on Form ORR-11 (OMB # 0970-0043) on

secondary migrants who have resided in the U.S. for 36 months or less,

as of September 30, 1997. 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.

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

the State-by-State resettlement of this population, we are crediting

each State that received entrant arrivals during the 3-year period from

FY 1995-FY 1997 with a prorated share of the 5,992 parolees reported by

the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to have come to the

U.S. directly from Havana in FY 1997. In addition, we have credited

each State with the same share of FY 1995 and FY 1996 Havana parolees

that they were credited with in the final FY 1996 and FY 1997 social

service notices. The allocations in this notice reflect these

additional parolee numbers.

Table 1, below, shows the estimated 3-year populations, as of

October 1, 1997, 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 submitted 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 1998:

Table 1.--Estimated 3-Year Refugee/Entrant Populations of States Participating in the Refugee Program and Final

Social Service Formula Amounts and Allocations for FY 1998

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Havana \2\ Total

State Refugees Entrants parolees population Formula Allocation

\1\ (1) (2) (3) (4) amount (5) (6)

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Alabama........................... 523 113 61 697 $201,618 $201,618

Alaska \3\........................ 0 0 0 0 0 0

Arizona........................... 4,979 542 324 5,845 1,690,760 1,690,760

Arkansas.......................... 183 13 6 202 58,432 93,968

California \4\.................... 45,673 948 667 47,288 13,678,816 13,678,816

Colorado.......................... 3,502 9 7 3,518 1,017,638 1,017,638

Connecticut....................... 2,124 297 182 2,603 752,960 752,960

Delaware.......................... 34 4 3 41 11,860 75,000

Dist. of Columbia................. 1,831 14 8 1,853 536,010 536,010

Florida........................... 14,625 24,247 19,517 58,389 16,889,960 16,889,960

Georgia........................... 8,420 247 153 8,820 2,551,327 2,551,327

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Hawaii............................ 236 1 0 237 68,556 100,000

Idaho............................. 1,443 1 1 1,445 417,990 417,990

Illinois.......................... 11,462 446 251 12,159 3,517,187 3,517,187

Indiana........................... 1,195 11 9 1,215 351,458 351,458

Iowa.............................. 4,851 6 3 4,860 1,405,833 1,405,833

Kansas............................ 1,601 17 10 1,628 470,925 470,925

Kentucky \5\...................... 3,065 579 248 3,892 1,125,824 1,125,824

Louisiana......................... 1,345 239 163 1,747 505,348 505,348

Maine............................. 674 1 0 675 195,255 195,255

Maryland.......................... 3,700 170 104 3,974 1,149,544 1,149,544

Massachusetts..................... 7,176 151 113 7,440 2,152,140 2,152,140

Michigan.......................... 7,327 396 192 7,915 2,289,541 2,289,541

Minnesota......................... 8,726 25 15 8,766 2,535,707 2,535,707

Mississippi....................... 37 32 22 91 26,323 75,000

Missouri.......................... 5,765 22 17 5,804 1,678,901 1,678,901

Montana........................... 226 0 0 226 65,374 100,000

Nebraska.......................... 1,825 40 17 1,882 544,399 544,399

Nevada \5\........................ 692 803 551 2,046 591,838 591,838

New Hampshire..................... 903 1 0 904 261,497 261,497

New Jersey........................ 3,866 1,110 799 5,775 1,670,512 1,670,512

New Mexico........................ 466 787 613 1,866 539,771 539,771

New York.......................... 38,386 1,184 793 40,363 11,675,649 11,675,649

North Carolina.................... 3,179 45 23 3,247 939,247 939,247

North Dakota...................... 1,163 4 3 1,170 338,441 338,441

Ohio.............................. 3,985 54 28 4,067 1,176,445 1,176,445

Oklahoma.......................... 772 17 10 799 231,124 231,124

Oregon............................ 4,383 514 273 5,170 1,495,506 1,495,506

Pennsylvania...................... 7,217 327 166 7,710 2,230,242 2,230,242

Rhode Island...................... 346 7 3 356 102,979 102,979

South Carolina.................... 346 8 4 358 103,557 103,557

South Dakota...................... 658 0 0 658 190,337 190,337

Tennessee......................... 3,570 225 105 3,900 1,128,138 1,128,138

Texas............................. 11,470 1,064 703 13,237 3,829,016 3,829,016

Utah.............................. 2,567 1 0 2,568 742,835 742,835

Vermont........................... 714 0 0 714 206,536 206,536

Virginia.......................... 4,834 252 143 5,229 1,512,573 1,512,573

Washington........................ 17,412 66 30 17,508 5,064,471 5,064,471

West Virginia..................... 14 1 0 15 4,339 75,000

Wisconsin......................... 2,387 18 11 2,416 698,867 698,867

Wyoming \3\....................... 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Total....................... 251,878 35,059 26,351 313,288 90,623,606 90,907,690

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\1\ Includes: refugees, Kurdish asylees, and Amerasian immigrants from Vietnam.

\2\ For FY 1997, Florida's HP's (3957) were based on actual data while HP's in other States (2035) were prorated

based on the States' proportion of the three year (FY 1995-1997) 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. 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.

\3\ Alaska and Wyoming no longer participate in the Refugee Program.

\4\ A portion of the California allocation is expected to be awarded to continue a Wilson/Fish project in San

Diego.

\5\ The allocation for Kentucky and Nevada is expected to be awarded to continue a Wilson/Fish project.

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 19, 1998.

Lavinia Limon,

Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.

[FR Doc. 98-17266 Filed 6-26-98; 8:45 am]

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