[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                      
                                                                                                                
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               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.
[FR Doc. 98-3764 Filed 2-12-98; 8:45 am]
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