[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7422-7427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3764]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Refugee Resettlement Program: Proposed Allocations to States of
FY 1998 Funds for Refugee Social Services
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of proposed 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. 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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SUMMARY: This notice establishes the proposed allocations to States of
FY 1998 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 1997 arrivals in
some States. 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 eliminate the floor formula for States with small refugee
populations, beginning in FY 1999.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Comments on the proposed allocations contained in this
notice must be received by March 16, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Address written comments, in duplicate, to: Toyo Biddle,
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:
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 (Pub. L.
No. 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
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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 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 many 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) proposes
to 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.
$19,000,000 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.
$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 the Wilson/Fish grant announcement and discretionary grant
announcements issued separately from this notice.
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 proposes to allocate $68,841,500 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, 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 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.
ORR intends FY 1998 to be the last year in which a floor allocation
is used for States with small refugee populations. ORR's intention is
to eliminate the floor formula beginning in FY 1999 and to use the 3-
year refugee population allocations formula for all participating
States. We invite comments, particularly from the floor States,
regarding the potential impact of eliminating the floor.
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
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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 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. 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 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(e), 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 (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 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
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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. [Reserved for Discussion of Comments In Final Notice]
III. Allocation Formulas
A. Allocation Formula
Of the funds available for FY 1998 for social services, $68,841,500
is proposed to be 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 will be multiplied by--
3. The number of persons in item 2, above, in the State 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 proposed 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 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: 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, 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 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, 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 proposed allocations in this notice reflect these
additional parolee numbers.
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 numbers 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, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, S.W., Washington, DC 20447, Telephone: (202) 401-4732.
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
proposed formula amounts which the population estimates yield (col. 5);
and the proposed allocation amounts after allowing for the minimum
amounts (col. 6).
These population estimates and proposed allocation amounts are
intended to be as close to the final figures as was possible at the
time they were developed. However, revisions may need to be made to
reflect final adjustments in FY 1997 arrival data in some States.
V. Proposed Allocation Amounts
Funding 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 proposed for allocation for
refugee social services in FY 1998:
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Table 1.--Estimated 3-Year Refugee/Entrant Populations of States Participating in the Refugee Program and
Proposed Social Service Formula Amounts and Allocations for FY 1998
Proposed
State Refugees Entrants Havana Total formula Proposed
\1\ parolees population amount allocation
................................ (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
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Alabama........................... 523 113 60 696 $152,467 $152,467
Alaska \3\........................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arizona........................... 4,986 539 316 5,841 1,279,541 1,279,541
Arkansas.......................... 184 13 6 203 44,470 83,516
California \4\.................... 45,934 948 653 47,535 10,413,111 10,413,111
Colorado.......................... 3,450 9 7 3,466 759,269 759,269
Connecticut....................... 2,125 297 178 2,600 569,561 569,561
Delaware.......................... 34 4 3 41 8,982 75,000
Dist. of Columbia................. 1,851 14 7 1,872 410,084 410,084
Florida........................... 14,508 23,701 19,662 57,871 12,677,335 12,677,335
Georgia........................... 8,426 247 149 8,822 1,932,565 1,932,565
Hawaii............................ 252 1 0 253 55,423 94,470
Idaho............................. 1,446 1 1 1,448 317,202 317,202
Illinois.......................... 11,469 446 244 12,159 2,663,574 2,663,574
Indiana........................... 1,195 11 9 1,215 266,160 266,160
Iowa.............................. 4,889 6 3 4,898 1,072,966 1,072,966
Kansas............................ 1,605 17 10 1,632 357,509 357,509
Kentucky \5\...................... 3,071 576 239 3,886 851,275 851,275
Louisiana......................... 1,350 239 159 1,748 382,920 382,920
Maine............................. 674 1 0 675 147,867 147,867
Maryland.......................... 3,697 170 102 3,969 869,457 869,457
Massachusetts..................... 7,181 151 111 7,443 1,630,478 1,630,478
Michigan.......................... 7,327 399 186 7,912 1,733,218 1,733,218
Minnesota......................... 8,730 25 14 8,769 1,920,954 1,920,954
Mississippi....................... 38 32 22 92 20,154 75,000
Missouri.......................... 5,765 22 17 5,804 1,271,436 1,271,436
Montana........................... 227 0 0 227 49,727 88,774
Nebraska.......................... 1,672 40 16 1,728 378,539 378,539
Nevada \5\........................ 693 812 541 2,046 448,201 448,201
New Hampshire..................... 903 1 0 904 198,032 198,032
New Jersey........................ 3,881 1,110 783 5,774 1,264,864 1,264,864
New Mexico........................ 466 787 602 1,855 406,360 406,360
New York.......................... 38,406 1,180 775 40,361 8,841,560 8,841,560
North Carolina.................... 3,181 45 23 3,249 711,732 711,732
North Dakota...................... 1,164 4 3 1,171 256,522 256,522
Ohio.............................. 3,985 54 27 4,066 890,706 890,706
Oklahoma.......................... 774 17 10 801 175,469 175,469
Oregon............................ 4,419 515 265 5,199 1,138,903 1,138,903
Pennsylvania...................... 7,225 327 161 7,713 1,689,625 1,689,625
Rhode Island...................... 346 7 3 356 77,986 100,000
South Carolina.................... 346 8 3 357 78,205 100,000
South Dakota...................... 670 0 0 670 146,772 146,772
Tennessee......................... 3,581 225 102 3,908 856,094 856,094
Texas............................. 11,498 1,067 687 13,252 2,903,009 2,903,009
Utah.............................. 2,573 1 0 2,574 563,865 563,865
Vermont........................... 715 0 0 715 156,629 156,629
Virginia.......................... 4,838 251 140 5,229 1,145,475 1,145,475
Washington........................ 17,111 66 29 17,206 3,769,180 3,769,180
West Virginia..................... 14 1 0 15 3,286 75,000
Wisconsin......................... 2,387 18 11 2,416 529,254 529,254
Wyoming........................... 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Total....................... 251,785 34,518 26,339 312,642 68,487,973 68,841,500
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\1\ Includes: refugees, Kurdish asylees, and Amerasian immigrants from Vietnam.
\2\ For FY 1997, 5992 Havana Parolees (HP's) were prorated to all States based on the States' proportion of the
three year (FY 1995-1997) entrant population in the U.S. 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.
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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: February 9, 1998.
Lavinia Limon,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
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