[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38458-38463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18829]


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Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Refugee Resettlement


Refugee Resettlement Program: Allocations to States of FY 1996 
Funds for Refugee Social Services

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

ACTION: Final notice of allocations to States of FY 1996 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. 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. 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 1996 
funds for social services under the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP). 
This notice reflects the new social service provisions in the final 
rule published in the Federal Register on June 28, 1995, (60 FR 33584) 
which became effective October 1, 1995. This notice discontinues the 
special discretionary funds set-aside for services to former political 
prisoners from Vietnam.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 24, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children 
and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toyo Biddle, Director, Division of 
Refugee Self-Sufficiency, (202) 401-9250.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the proposed social service 
allocations to States was published in the Federal Register on May 6, 
1996, (61 FR 20268). 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 $80,802,000 
in FY 1996 refugee social service funds as part of the FY 1996 
appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services (Pub. L. 
104-134). We are discontinuing in FY 1996 the special $2,000,000 
discretionary funds set-aside for services to former political 
prisoners from Vietnam. However, ORR expects States to address the 
special needs of former political prisoners from Vietnam through their 
regular refugee social service funds as part of the States' 5-year 
eligible service population.
    Of the total of $80,802,000, the Director of ORR is making 
available to States $68,681,700 (85%) under the allocation formula set 
out in this notice. These funds are available for the purpose of 
providing social services to refugees.

Refugee Social Service Funds

    The population figures for the social service 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 $68,681,700 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, 1995 (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

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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 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.
    The $12,120,300 in remaining social service funds (15% of the total 
funds available) will be used by ORR on a discretionary basis to 
provide funds for individual projects intended to contribute to the 
effectiveness and efficiency of the refugee resettlement program. Grant 
announcements on discretionary initiatives have been issued separately.

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, effective October 1, 1995, under new regulations 
published in the Federal Register on June 28, 1995, (60 FR 33584), 
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). States may, however, 
continue to provide employability services through September 30, 1996, 
or until the services are completed, whichever occurs first, to 
refugees who have been in the U.S. for more than 60 months, who were 
receiving employability services, as defined in Sec. 400.154, as of 
September 30, 1995, as part of an employability plan.
    In accordance with Sec. 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. 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 
Secs. 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 
Sec. 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 Sec. 400.146 in the new regulations, 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 Sec. 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 
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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 
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

    We received two letters of comment in response to the notice of 
proposed FY 1996 allocations to States for refugee social services. The 
comments are summarized below and are followed in each case by the 
Department's response.
    Comment: One commenter opposed the use of 15 percent of social 
service funds for discretionary grants. The commenter recommended that 
these funds instead be distributed by formula to impacted areas with 
the requirement that each area receiving funds do an ``initiative'' 
type project that could be expanded, if successful, to the larger 
population.
    Response: We continue to believe that it is necessary to maintain a 
portion of social service funds for discretionary use. The 
discretionary grant process allows greater flexibility than does the 
formula allocation process for carrying out national initiatives and 
special projects that respond to changing needs and circumstances in 
the refugee program.
    Comment: One commenter objected to the allotment of a floor amount 
of social service funds to States with small refugee populations. In 
particular, the commenter suggested that a floor for States with less 
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, 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.
    Comment: One commenter objected to unlimited State administrative 
costs and recommended that State administrative costs be capped at 5 
percent of the grant amount.
    Response: Current regulations at 45 CFR 400.206 allow reimbursement 
to States for 100 percent of their administrative costs. Therefore, 
imposing an administrative cap would require a regulatory change and 
could not be accomplished through a notice. All costs charged by States 
to social services grants for administration must meet Federal grant 
requirements and must be reasonable, necessary, and identifiable. 
Further, there is no statutory limitation on the amount of social 
services funds that can be used by States for administrative costs. We, 
therefore, have no plans to impose a cap on what a State may charge for

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administrative costs, choosing instead to allow States to make that 
determination.
    Comment: One commenter suggested that reductions in social services 
funding in some States may impact performance outcomes in FY 1996. The 
commenter further suggested that surpassing previous years' performance 
may become increasingly more difficult for States that receive less 
funds.
    Response: States that receive reduced funding in comparison to 
previous years are States that have also experienced reduced numbers of 
refugee arrivals over the past three years. The performance measures 
developed by ORR, in conjunction with States, take into consideration 
the impact of reduced arrivals, and reduced funding, on performance 
outcomes by looking not only at actual outcome figures but also at 
outcomes in the context of total caseloads and as percentages of 
caseloads. We believe, therefore, that reduced funding should not 
impact the ability of States to continue to improve their performance 
outcomes since changing caseloads are taken into consideration in 
setting goals and assessing performance.
    Comment: One commenter suggested that ORR should support a 
statutory change to provide that social services funds be allocated 
based on the five-year refugee population rather than the three-year 
population that is currently used. The commenter suggested that such a 
change would more equitably reflect State and local workloads.
    Response: We do not believe there is a compelling enough reason to 
seek a statutory change that would change the social service allocation 
method from a three-year population base to a five-year population 
base. An argument can be made that basing social service allocations on 
a three-year population, by reflecting the pattern of more recent 
refugee arrivals, ensures that funds are allocated to those States most 
in need of additional funds in meeting the needs of new arrivals.
    Comment: One commenter suggested that ORR is asking for an 
inappropriate amount of detail in specifying what the family self-
sufficiency plan must include. The commenter suggested that the 
information to be collected would not necessarily enable the refugee to 
obtain a job earlier or for a longer period of time. The commenter 
further suggested that the exercise of developing family self-
sufficiency plans would require more paperwork and staff time and would 
result in increased administrative costs.
    Response: We believe that social services providers should focus on 
the family, not on the individual refugee, as the unit of intervention. 
The purpose of the family self-sufficiency plan is to ensure that the 
refugee family as a whole is enabled to become self-supporting as 
quickly as possible. The plan, as described in the notice, ensures that 
providers will make a determination of the total amount of income that 
a family would have to earn to become self-sufficient. It also ensures 
that a strategy and timetable will be developed for obtaining the 
necessary level of income to move the family off assistance. Although 
the additional information required for a family self-sufficiency plan 
may not result in an individual refugee obtaining a job earlier or for 
a longer period of time, there is evidence that the development of such 
plans result in earlier family self-sufficiency through the attainment 
of jobs for one or more wage-earners at self-supporting wages. We 
believe that the long-term benefits of this approach to family self-
sufficiency will outweigh any additional paperwork or staff time that 
may be required. Further, we believe that, by increasing the efficiency 
and effectiveness of the refugee program in promoting family self-
sufficiency, this approach will result in decreased, rather than 
increased, overall, long-term administrative costs.

III. Allocation Formula

    Of the funds available for FY 1996 for social services, $68,681,700 
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, 1995, 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 1996 are 
based on data on refugee arrivals from the ORR Refugee Data System, 
adjusted as of October 1, 1995, for estimated secondary migration. The 
data base includes refugees of all nationalities, Amerasians from 
Vietnam, and Cuban and Haitian entrants.
    For fiscal year 1996, 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: 1993, 1994, and 1995, 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, 1992, and September 30, 1995, who are thought 
to be living in each State as of October 1, 1995. Refugees admitted 
under the Federal Government's private-sector initiative are not 
included, since their assistance and services are to be provided by the 
private sponsoring organizations under an agreement with the Department 
of State.
    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, 
1995. 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.
    At this time, ORR entrant arrival data do not include Cuban 
parolees who came to the U.S. directly from Havana in FY 1995 under the 
U.S. Bilateral Agreement with Cuba. Reliable data on these parolees are 
difficult to obtain since these parolees are not resettled through 
sponsoring agencies. One State, the State of Florida, was able to 
provide appropriate documentation to ORR regarding the number of Havana 
parolee arrivals to that State. We have adjusted the 3-year population 
to include Havana parolees to that State based on the data it 
submitted. For those States that were not able to submit documentation 
on Havana parolee arrivals, we have decided, in the absence of actual 
data, to credit each State that received entrant arrivals during the 3-
year period from FY 1993-FY 1995 with a prorated share of the parolees 
who came to the U.S. directly from Havana in FY 1995. We believe it is 
a reasonable proxy to base the proration on the percentage of the total 
3-year entrant population that each county received. The allocations in 
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notice reflect these additional parolee numbers.
    Table 1, below, shows the estimated 3-year populations, as of 
October 1, 1995, of refugees (col. 1), entrants, including Havana 
parolees (col. 2); total refugee/entrant population, (col. 3); the 
formula amounts which the population estimates yield (col. 4); and the 
allocation amounts after allowing for the minimum amounts (col. 5).

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 Sec. 400.11(b)(2) in the ORR regulations. The following 
amounts are allocated for refugee social services in FY 1996:

Table 1.--Estimated 3-Year Refugee/Entrant Populations of States Participating in the Refugee Program and Social
                               Service Formula Amounts and Allocations for FY 1996                              
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                   State                     Refugees\1\   Entrants\1\   population      Formula     Allocation 
                                                 (1)           (2)           (3)       amount (4)        (5)    
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Alabama...................................           618            79           697      $124,525      $124,525
Alaska\2\.................................             0             0             0             0             0
Arizona...................................         3,574           520         4,094       731,428       731,428
Arkansas..................................           317             6           323        57,707        98,774
California................................        78,043         1,194        79,237    14,156,375    14,156,375
Colorado..................................         3,808            15         3,823       683,012       683,012
Connecticut...............................         2,903           269         3,172       566,705       566,705
Delaware..................................            89             6            95        16,973        75,000
Dist. of Columbia.........................         1,746            12         1,758       314,082       314,082
Florida...................................        13,826        41,546        55,372     9,892,687     9,892,687
Georgia...................................         9,811           241        10,052     1,795,877     1,795,877
Hawaii....................................           758             0           758       135,423       135,423
Idaho.....................................         1,090             5         1,095       195,631       195,631
Illinois..................................        12,642           336        12,978     2,318,632     2,318,632
Indiana...................................         1,140            15         1,155       206,351       206,351
Iowa......................................         3,461             5         3,466       619,231       619,231
Kansas....................................         2,112            14         2,126       379,828       379,828
Kentucky\4\...............................         2,301           208         2,509       448,255       448,255
Louisiana.................................         2,030           286         2,316       413,773       413,773
Maine.....................................           724             1           725       129,528       129,528
Maryland..................................         6,349           177         6,526     1,165,926     1,165,926
Massachusetts.............................        10,009           205        10,214     1,824,819     1,824,819
Michigan..................................         7,725           235         7,960     1,422,123     1,422,123
Minnesota.................................         9,846            25         9,871     1,763,540     1,763,540
Mississippi...............................           111            41           152        27,156        75,000
Missouri..................................         4,998            31         5,029       898,474       898,474
Montana...................................           182             0           182        32,516        75,000
Nebraska..................................         1,847             7         1,854       331,233       331,233
Nevada\4\.................................           769           935         1,704       304,434       304,434
New Hampshire.............................           686             1           687       122,738       122,738
New Jersey................................         6,371         1,481         7,852     1,402,828     1,402,828
New Mexico................................           948         1,160         2,108       376,612       376,612
New York..................................        60,179         1,409        61,588    11,003,229    11,003,229
North Carolina............................         3,221            26         3,247       580,105       580,105
North Dakota..............................         1,044             5         1,049       187,413       187,413
Ohio......................................         5,094            25         5,119       914,554       914,554
Oklahoma..................................         1,351            16         1,367       244,226       244,226
Oregon....................................         5,149           343         5,492       981,193       981,193
Pennslyvania..............................         9,759           175         9,934     1,774,795     1,774,795
Rhode Island..............................           656             4           660       117,915       117,915
South Carolina............................           503             2           505        90,223       100,000
South Dakota..............................           658             0           658       117,557       117,557
Tennessee.................................         3,408            81         3,489       623,340       623,340
Texas.....................................        15,889         1,170        17,059     3,047,738     3,047,738
Utah......................................         1,774             0         1,774       316,940       316,940
Vermont...................................           720             0           720       128,634       128,634
Virginia..................................         5,905           220         6,125     1,094,284     1,094,284
Washington................................       119,081            27        19,108     3,413,809     3,413,809
West Virginia.............................            27             1            28         5,002        75,000
Wisconsin.................................         5,095            16         5,111       913,124       913,124
Wyoming\2\................................             0             0             0             0             0
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    Total.................................       330,347        52,576       382,923    68,412,503    68,681,700
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\1\ Includes 8240 Havana Parolees (HP's) to Florida and Havana parolees credited to States other than Florida   
  based on States' proportion of the 3-year entrant population in the U.S.                                      
\2\ Alaska and Wyoming on 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: July 18, 1996.
Lavinia Limon,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 96-18829 Filed 7-23-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-01-P