[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43388-43398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20245]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement


Refugee Resettlement Program: Final Notice of Availability of 
Formula Allocation Funding for FY 1999 Targeted Assistance Grants for 
Services to Refugees in Local Areas of High Need

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

ACTION: Final notice of availability of formula allocation funding for 
FY 1999 targeted assistance grants to States for services to refugees 
\1\ in local areas of high need.
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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 targeted assistance includes (1) Cuban and Haitian 
entrants, under section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act 
of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-422); (2) certain Amerasians from Vietnam who 
are admitted to the U.S. as immigrants under section 584 of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1988, as included in the FY 1988 Continuing 
Resolution (Pub. L. 100-202); and (3) certain Amerasians from 
Vietnam, including U.S. citizens, under title II of the Foreign 
Operations, 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 additional persons who are eligible to 
participate in refugee program services, including the targeted 
assistance program.
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SUMMARY: ORR announces the availability of funds and award procedures 
for FY 1999 targeted assistance grants for services to refugees under 
the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP). These grants are for service 
provision in localities with large refugee populations, high refugee 
concentrations, and high use of public assistance, and where specific 
needs exist for supplementation of currently available resources. The 
final notice reflects adjustments in final allocations to States as a 
result of additional arrival data.
    A notice of proposed allocations of targeted assistance funds was 
published for public comment in the Federal Register on March 10, 1999 
(64 FR 11927).

DATES: The closing date for submission of applications is September 9, 
1999. See Part IV of this announcement for more information on 
submitting applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Smith, Acting Director, Division 
of Refugee Self-Sufficiency, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 370 
L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., 6th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20447 Telephone 
(202) 205-3590, or e-mail: [email protected].
    For Further Information on Application Procedures: States should 
contact their State Analyst in ORR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This program announcement consists of four 
parts:

Part I. General Information
    Background--program purpose and scope, legislative authority.
    Discussion of Comments Received, Funding Availability, Use of 
Funds, Assurances/Information, Local Program Administration.
    Project and Applicant Eligibility--Qualification and Allocation, 
Funding Priorities, Eligible Applicants, project and budget periods, 
multiple applications.
Part II: The Project Description
Part III: The Review Process--intergovernmental review, initial ACF 
screening, evaluation criteria and application review.
Part IV: The Application--application materials, development and 
submission.

    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13): Public reporting 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average four 
hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, 
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing the collection 
of information. The following information collections are included in 
the program announcement: OMB Approval No. 0970-0139, ACF UNIFORM 
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (UPD), which expires 10/31/2000, and OMB Approval 
No. 0970-0036, ORR-6, Quarterly Performance Report (QPR), which expires 
7/31/2002. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

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Part I. General Information/Background

Purpose and Scope

    This notice announces the availability of funds for grants to 
States for targeted assistance for services to refugees in counties 
where, because of factors such as unusually large refugee populations, 
high refugee concentrations, and high use of public assistance by 
refugees, there exists and can be demonstrated a specific need for 
supplementation of resources for services to this population.
    The purpose of targeted assistance grants is to provide, through a 
process of local planning and implementation, direct services intended 
to result in the economic self-sufficiency and reduced welfare 
dependency of refugees through job placements.

Legislative Authority

    Targeted assistance projects are funded under the authority of 
section 412(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 
U.S.C. 1522(c)); section 501(a) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act 
of 1980 (Pub. L. 96-422), 8 U.S.C. 1522 note, insofar as it 
incorporates by reference with respect to Cuban and Haitian entrants 
the authorities pertaining to assistance for refugees established by 
section 412(c)(2) of the INA, as cited above; section 584(c) of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1988, as included in the FY 1988 Continuing 
Resolution (Pub. L. 100-202), insofar as it incorporates by reference 
with respect to certain Amerasians from Vietnam the authorities 
pertaining to assistance for refugees established by section 412(c)(2) 
of the INA, as cited above, including certain Amerasians from Vietnam 
who are U.S. citizens, as provided 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).
    The targeted assistance program reflects the requirements of 
section 412(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) which 
provides that targeted assistance grants shall be made available ``(i) 
primarily for the purpose of facilitating refugee employment and 
achievement of self-sufficiency, (ii) in a manner that does not 
supplant other refugee program funds and that assures that not less 
than 95 percent of the amount of the grant award is made available to 
the county or other local entity.''

Discussion of Comments Received

    Ten letters of comment were received in response to the notice of 
proposed availability of FY 1999 funds for targeted assistance. The 
comments are summarized below and are followed in each case by the 
Department's response.
    Comment: Eight commenters requested that ORR consider the impact 
that loss of targeted assistance funding will have on large counties 
with large number of refugee arrivals. These same commenters indicated 
that several arbitrary decisions by ORR, such as use of concentration 
rate as an index of impact, the weighting of concentration rate in the 
calculations, and the failure of ORR to use some assessments of impact 
such as welfare dependency and median household income in the formula 
make it possible for large counties to be disqualified. One commenter 
requested a modification of the proposed targeted assistance allocation 
methodology based on an increase in arrivals during FY 1998 and heavy 
utilization of public assistance by refugees in a county.
    Resonse: ORR understands that discontinuance of targeted assistance 
program (TAP) funds in the counties that no longer qualify will have an 
impact on the services in those counties. Counties losing targeted 
assistance formula funds may wish to apply for ORR targeted assistance 
discretionary funds through their States.
    Regarding the suggestion that ORR use welfare dependency or median 
household income as qualifying criteria, ORR must take into account all 
eligibility factors which are outlined in the statute for which data 
are available.
    In section 412(c)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the 
three factors listed for targeted assistance are high population, high 
refugee concentration, and high use of public assistance. While we do 
not have welfare dependency data, data are available on refugee 
population and refugee concentration. Therefore, ORR is required to use 
both factors in determining county qualification. As stated in the 
notice of proposed allocations, ORR assigns a double weight to 
population because we believe that large numbers of refugee/entrant 
arrivals to a county create a significant impact, regardless of the 
ratio of refugees to the county general population.
    Regarding the suggestion that ORR use median household income as a 
qualifying criterion for targeted assistance funds, this criterion is 
not one of the factors outlined in the statute governing the targeted 
assistance allocation formula.
    Comment: Two commenters questioned the number of Havana parolees 
credited to each county in the proposed notice.
    Response: At the time of the proposed notice, ORR had received no 
data on FY 1998 Havana parolees other than the gross number reported 
(13,442) for the fiscal year by the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service (INS). Rather than delay publication of the Proposed Notice, 
ORR credited each county in the U.S. with a portion of the FY 1998 
arrivals according to its share of the five-year population of entrant 
arrivals. During the comment period, ORR obtained additional records 
from the Florida Department of Health on parolees arriving in Florida 
counties. The Final Notice reflects these data. As was done in the FY 
1998 Final Notice, each Florida country is credited with the number of 
arrivals identified by the Florida Department of Health; each non-
Florida county is credited with a proportional share of the remaining 
Havana Parolees according to its share of the five-year entrant 
population.

Funding Availability

    The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has available $49,477,000 
in FY 1999 funds for the targeted assistance program (TAP) as part of 
the FY 1999 appropriation for the Department of Health and Human 
Services (Pub. L. 105-277).
    The Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) will use 
the $49,477,000 in targeted assistance funds as follows:
     $44,529,300 will be allocated to States under the five-
year population formula, as set forth in this notice.
     $4,947,700 (10% of the total) will be used to award 
discretionary grants to States under separate grant announcements.

Use of Funds

    Targeted assistance funding must be used to assist refugee families 
to achieve economic independence.
    Services funded through the targeted assistance program are 
required to focus primarily on those refugees who, either because of 
their protracted use of public assistance or difficulty in securing 
employment, continue to need services beyond the initial years of 
resettlement. States may not provide services funded under 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 400.314, States are required to provide 
targeted assistance services to refugees in the following order of 
priority, except in

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certain individual extreme circumstances: (a) Refugees who are cash 
assistance recipients, particularly long-term recipients; (b) 
unemployed refugees who are not receiving cash assistance; and (c) 
employed refugees in need of services to retain employment or to attain 
economic independence.
    In addition to the statutory requirement that TAP funds be used 
``primarily for the purpose of facilitating refugee employment'' 
(section 412(c)(2)(B)(i)), funds awarded under this program are 
intended to help fulfill the Congressional intent that ``employable 
refugees should be placed on jobs as soon as possible after their 
arrival in the United States'' (section 412(a)(1)(B)(i) of the INA). 
Therefore, in accordance with 45 CFR 400.313, targeted assistance funds 
must be used primarily for employability services designed to enable 
refugees to obtain jobs with less than one year's participation in the 
targeted assistance program in order to achieve economic self-
sufficiency as soon as possible. Targeted assistance 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. Targeted assistance 
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 400.317, if targeted assistance funds are 
used for the provision of English language training, such training must 
be provided in a concurrent, rather than sequential, time period with 
employment or with other employment-related activities.
    A portion of a local area's allocation may be used for services 
which are not directed toward the achievement of a specific employment 
objective in less than one year but which are essential to the 
adjustment of refugees in the community, provided such needs are 
clearly demonstrated and such use is approved by the State. Allowable 
services include those listed under 45 CFR 400.316.
    Reflecting section 412(a)(1)(A)(iv) of the INA, States must 
``insure that women have the same opportunities as men to participate 
in training and instruction.'' In addition, in accordance with 45 CFR 
400.317, 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. States and counties are expected to make every effort to assure 
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 targeted 
assistance program. Refugees who are participating in TAP-funded or 
social services-funded employment services or have accepted employment 
are eligible for day care services for children. For an employed 
refugee, TAP-funded day care should be limited to one year after the 
refugees becomes employed. States and counties, however, are expected 
to use day care funding from other publicly funded mainstream programs 
as a prior resource and are encouraged to work with service providers 
to assure maximum access to other publicly funded resources for day 
care.
    In accordance with 45 CFR 400.317, targeted assistance services 
must be provided in a manner that is culturally and linguistically 
compatible with a refugee's language and cultural background, to the 
maximum extent feasible. 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.
    When planning targeted assistance 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. See 45 CFR 
400.156(b).
    ORR strongly encourages States and counties when contracting for 
targeted assistance services, including employment services, to give 
consideration to the special strengths of mutual assistance 
associations (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.

Assurances/Information

    The State's application for FY 1999 funding shall provide:
    1. Assurance that targeted assistance funds will be used in 
accordance with the requirements in 45 CFR Part 400.
    2. Assurance that the targeted assistance funds will be used 
primarily for the provision of services which are designed to enable 
refugees to obtain jobs with less than one year's participation in the 
targeted assistance program. Of the FY 1999 targeted assistance formula 
allocation used for services, States must indicate the percentage that 
will be used for employment services.
    3. Assurance that targeted assistance funds will not be used to 
offset funding otherwise available to counties or local jurisdictions 
from the State agency in its administration of other programs, e.g., 
social services, cash and medical assistance, etc.
    4. Assurance that local administrative budgets will not exceed 15% 
of the local allocation. Targeted assistance grants are cost-based 
awards. Neither a State nor a county is entitled to a certain amount 
for administrative costs. Rather, administrative cost requests should 
be based on projections of actual needs. States and counties are 
strongly encouraged to limit administrative costs to the extent 
possible to maximize available funding for services to clients.
    5. Assurance that the State will make available to the county or 
designated local entity not less than 95% of the amount of its formula 
allocation for purposes of implementing the activities proposed in the 
plan, except in the case of a State that administers the program 
locally as described below.
    6. Assurance that the State and its contractors or sub-recipients 
will follow appropriate State procurement and contracting requirements 
in the acquisition, administration and management of targeted 
assistance service contracts and sub-grants.
    7. Identification of the contracting cycle for targeted assistance 
service contracts in each county. States with more than one qualified 
county are encouraged to ensure that all counties participating in TAP 
in the State use the same contracting cycle dates.

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    8. A description of the State's plan for conducting fiscal and 
program monitoring of the targeted assistance program, including 
frequency of on-site monitoring.
    9. Identification of the local administering agency.

States Administering the Program Locally

    States that propose to administer the program locally or propose to 
provide direct service to the refugee population (with the concurrence 
of the county) must submit a program summary to ORR for prior review 
and approval. The summary must include a description of the proposed 
services; a justification for the projected allocation for each 
component, including relationship of funds allocated to numbers of 
clients served, characteristics of clients, duration of training and 
services, and cost per placement. In addition, the program component 
summary must describe any ancillary services or sub-components such as 
day care, transportation, or language training.

Qualification and Allocation

Qualifying New Counties
    In order to qualify for application for FY 1999 targeted assistance 
funds, a county (or group of counties with the same Standard 
Metropolitan Statistical Area, or SMSA) or independent city is required 
to rank above a selected cut-off point of jurisdictions for which data 
were reviewed, based on two criteria: (1) The number of refugee/entrant 
arrivals placed in the county during the most recent 5-year period (FY 
1994-1998); and (2) the 5-year refugee/entrant population as a 
percentage of the county's overall population. County arrival numbers 
have been adjusted based on updated refugee and entrant arrival data.
    Welfare dependency will no longer be used as a qualifying criterion 
since welfare dependency data for refugee AFDC and now TANF recipients 
have not been available at the national level since FY 1989.
    Each county was ranked on the basis of its 5-year arrival 
population and its concentration of refugees, with a relative weighting 
of 2 to 1 respectively, because we believe that large numbers of 
refugee/entrant arrivals into a county create a significant impact, 
regardless of the ratio of refugees to the general population.
    Each county was then ranked in terms of the sum of a county's rank 
on refugee/entrant arrivals and its rank on concentration. In order to 
target a sufficient level of funding to the most impacted counties, a 
county had to rank within the top 50 counties in order to qualify. It 
is ORR's intent that the 50 counties listed as qualified for TAP 
funding in the FY 1999 final TAP notice will remain qualified for TAP 
funding through FY 2001.
    ORR has screened data on all counties that have received awards for 
targeted assistance since FY 1983 and on all other counties that could 
potentially qualify for TAP funds based on the criteria in this notice. 
Analysis of these data indicates that: (1) 40 counties which have 
previously received targeted assistance continue to qualify; (2) 7 
counties which have previously received targeted assistance no longer 
qualify; and (3) 10 new counties qualify.
    Table 1 provides a list of the counties that remain qualified and 
the new counties that qualify, the number of refugee/entrant arrivals 
in those counties within the past 5 years, the percent that the 5-year 
arrival population represents of the overall county population, and 
each county's rank, based on the qualification formula described above.
    Table 2 lists the counties that have previously received targeted 
assistance funding which no longer qualify, the number of refugee/
entrant arrivals in those counties within the past 5 years, the percent 
that the 5-year arrival population represents of the overall county 
population, and each county's rank, based on the qualification formula.
Allocation Formula
    Of the funds available for FY 1999 for targeted assistance, 
$44,529,300 is allocated by formula to States for qualified counties 
based on the initial placements of refugees, Amerasians, entrants, and 
Kurdish asylees in these counties during the 5-year period from FY 1994 
through FY 1998 (October 1, 1993-September 30, 1998).
    With regard to Havana parolees, we are crediting 13,442 Havana 
parolees who arrived in FY 1998 to qualified counties in Florida based 
on data the State submitted to ORR during the public comment period. We 
have credited FY 1998 Havana parolee arrivals to the remaining 
qualified targeted assistance counties based on the counties' 
proportion of the 5-year entrant arrival population. For FY 1995 and FY 
1996, Florida's Havana parolees for each qualified county are based on 
actual data submitted by the State of Florida, while Havana parolees 
credited to counties in other States were prorated based on the 
counties' proportion of the 5-year entrant population in the U.S. The 
allocations in this notice reflect these additional parolee numbers.

Allocations

    Table 3 lists the qualifying counties, the number of refugee and 
entrant arrivals in those counties during the 5-year period from 
October 1, 1993-September 30, 1998, the prorated number of Havana 
parolees credited to each county based on the county's proportion of 
the 5-year entrant population in the U.S., the sum of the first 3 
columns, and the amount of each county's allocation based on its 5-year 
total population.
    Table 4 provides State totals for targeted assistance allocations.
    Table 5 indicates the areas that each qualified county represents.

                           Table 1.--Top 50 Counties Eligible for Targeted Assistance
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                    County                                  State                arrival   Concentration  Sum of
                                                                                  total     (in percent)   ranks
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                             Targeted Assistance Counties Eligible for Continuation
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Dade County..................................  FL.............................     67,889       3.5047         3
Sacramento County............................  CA.............................     11,795       1.1328        30
New York.....................................  NY.............................     55,411       0.7567        30
City of St. Louis............................  MO.............................      7,672       1.9340        32
Multnomah....................................  OR.............................     12,231       0.8660        36
King/Snohomish...............................  WA.............................     14,507       0.7353        38
DeKalb County................................  GA.............................      6,584       1.2062        41
Santa Clara County...........................  CA.............................     10,899       0.7278        49
Oneida County................................  NY.............................      4,125       1.6445        50

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Fulton County................................  GA.............................      5,681       0.8754        55
Orange County................................  CA.............................     12,858       0.5334        58
Jefferson County.............................  KY.............................      5,155       0.7753        65
Suffolk County...............................  MA.............................      4,757       0.7165        72
Dallas/Tarrant...............................  TX.............................     12,652       0.4185        77
San Francisco................................  CA.............................      8,108       0.5056        78
Polk County..................................  IA.............................      3,435       1.0500        79
Hennepin County..............................  MN.............................      5,323       0.5156        86
District of Columbia.........................  DC.............................      3,889       0.6408        86
Cook/Kane....................................  IL.............................     17,362       0.3202        90
Maricopa County..............................  AZ.............................      8,686       0.4093        91
Duval County.................................  FL.............................      3,851       0.5722        94
Monroe County................................  NY.............................      3,863       0.5411        94
San Diego County.............................  CA.............................      9,332       0.3736        97
Denver County................................  CO.............................      3,246       0.6942       102
Harris County................................  TX.............................      9,382       0.3329       103
Bernalillo County............................  NM.............................      3,226       0.6713       106
Davidson County..............................  TN.............................      3,249       0.6361       107
Philadelphia County..........................  PA.............................      5,794       0.3654       109
Ingham County................................  MI.............................      2,514       0.8918       113
City of Richmond.............................  VA.............................      2,335       1.1499       115
Lancaster County.............................  NE.............................      2,335       1.0930       116
Hudson County................................  NJ.............................      2,991       0.5408       125
Ramsey County................................  MN.............................      2,700       0.5558       129
Fairfax County...............................  VA.............................      3,610       0.3764       129
Los Angeles County...........................  CA.............................     17,313       0.1953       129
Fresno County................................  CA.............................      3,014       0.4515       136
Cass County..................................  ND.............................      1,669       1.6224       139
Pierce County................................  WA.............................      2,658       0.4534       147
Cuyahoga County..............................  OH.............................      3,817       0.2703       152
Broward County...............................  FL.............................      3,449       0.2747       156
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Spokane County...............................  WA.............................      3,009       0.8327        99
Davis/Salt Lake..............................  UT.............................      4,605       0.3911       113
Clark County.................................  NV.............................      3,462       0.4669       118
Hillsborough County..........................  FL.............................      3,084       0.3698       148
Guilford County..............................  NC.............................      2,093       0.6024       153
Minnehaha County.............................  SD.............................      1,430       1.1550       154
Kent County..................................  MI.............................      2,372       0.4738       154
Erie County..................................  PA.............................      1,873       0.6797       155
Hampden County...............................  MA.............................      2,239       0.4907       157
Yolo County..................................  CA.............................      1,433       1.0156       158
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                                    Table 2.--Counties That No Longer Qualify
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                                                                                  5-year
                    County                                  State                arrival   Concentration  Sum of
                                                                                  total     (in percent)   ranks
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Alameda County...............................  CA.............................      3,329       0.2602       165
Oakland County...............................  MI.............................      2,826       0.2608       180
Palm Beach County............................  FL.............................      2,398       0.2777       190
Baltimore City...............................  MD.............................      2,105       0.2860       198
Broome County................................  NY.............................      1,098       0.5175       222
San Joaquin County...........................  CA.............................      1,221       0.2540       259
Merced County................................  CA.............................        690       0.3868       296
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                               Table 3.--Targeted Assistance Allocations by County
                                                    [FY 1999]
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                                                                                         Total     Total FY 1999
               County               State         Refugees    Entrants      Havana    arrival FY       final
                                                    \1\                    parolees      94-98      allocation
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    1  Maricopa County......  Arizona.........        7,394         780          512       8,686        $979,275

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    2  Fresno County........  California......        3,011           2            1       3,014         339,804
    3  Los Angeles County...  California......       16,581         434          298      17,313       1,951,899
    4  Orange County........  California......       12,817          23           18      12,858       1,449,634
    5  Sacramento County....  California......       11,788           4            3      11,795       1,329,790
    6  San Diego County.....  California......        8,476         517          339       9,332       1,052,107
    7  San Francisco........  California......        8,028          48           32       8,108         914,111
    8  Santa Clara County...  California......       10,815          51           33      10,899       1,228,773
    9  Yolo County..........  California......        1,425           5            3       1,433         161,559
   10  Denver County........  Colorado........        3,241           3            2       3,246         365,960
   11  District of Columbia.  District of             3,866          14            9       3,889         438,453
                               Columia.
   12  Broward County.......  Florida.........          978       1,578          893       3,449         388,847
   13  Dade County..........  Florida.........        8,426      33,125       26,338      67,889       7,653,928
   14  Duval County.........  Florida.........        3,788          28           35       3,851         434,169
   15  Hillsborough County..  Florida.........        1,525         767          792       3,084         347,696
   16  DeKalb County........  Georgia.........        6,562          13            9       6,584         742,292
   17  Fulton County........  Georgia.........        5,334         209          138       5,681         640,486
   18  Cook/Kane............  Illinois........       16,699         399          264      17,362       1,957,424
   19  Polk County..........  Iowa............        3,433           1            1       3,435         387,268
   20  Jefferson County \3\.  Kentucky........        3,605         934          616       5,155         581,184
   21  Hampden County.......  Massachusetts...        2,224           9            6       2,239         252,429
   22  Suffolk County.......  Massachusetts...        4,648          63           46       4,757         536,313
   23  Ingham County........  Michigan........        1,785         440          289       2,514         283,433
   24  Kent County..........  Michigan........        2,304          41           27       2,372         267,424
   25  Hennepin County......  Minnesota.......        5,318           3            2       5,323         600,125
   26  Ramsey County........  Minnesota.......        2,683          10            7       2,700         304,403
   27  City of St. Louis....  Missouri........        7,670           1            1       7,672         864,955
   28  Lancaster County.....  Nebraska........        2,272          38           25       2,335         263,252
   29  Clark County \4\.....  Nevada..........        1,363       1,264          835       3,462         390,312
   30  Hudson County........  New Jersey......        1,605         809          577       2,991         337,211
   31  Bernalillo County....  New Mexico......        1,137       1,261          828       3,226         363,705
   32  Monroe County........  New York........        2,723         688          452       3,863         435,522
   33  New York.............  New York........       54,272         682          457      55,411       6,247,137
   34  Oneida County........  New York........        4,123           1            1       4,125         465,060
   35  Guilford County......  North Carolina..        2,081           7            5       2,093         235,969
   36  Cass County..........  North Dakota....        1,664           3            2       1,669         188,166
   37  Cuyahoga County......  Ohio............        3,805           6            6       3,817         430,336
   38  Multnomah............  Oregon..........       11,216         613          402      12,231       1,378,945
   39  Erie County..........  Pennsylvania....        1,873           0            0       1,873         211,165
   40  Philadelphia County..  Pennsylvania....        5,708          52           34       5,794         653,226
   41  Minnehaha County \5\.  South Dakota....        1,430           0            0       1,430         161,221
   42  Davidson County......  Tennessee.......        3,160          54           35       3,249         366,298
   43  Dallas/Tarrant.......  Texas...........       11,479         707          466      12,652       1,426,410
   44  Harris County........  Texas...........        9,065         189          128       9,382       1,057,744
   45  Davis/Salt Lake......  Utah............        4,603           1            1       4,605         519,176
   46  Fairfax County.......  Virginia........        3,595           8            7       3,610         406,998
   47  City of Richmond.....  Virginia........        2,153         110           72       2,335         263,252
   48  King/Snohomish.......  Washington......       14,423          51           33      14,507       1,635,546
   49  Pierce County........  Washington......        2,641          10            7       2,658         299,668
   50  Spokane County.......  Washington......        3,009           0            0       3,009         339,240
                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------
    T  .....................  ................      313,824      46,056       35,087     394,967     44,529,300
 
 
 
     o.
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\1\ Refugees includes refugees, Kurdish asylees, and Amerasian immigrants from Vietnam.
\2\ For all years, Havana parolee arrivals to the qualifying Florida counties (28,058) are based on actual data,
  while parolees in the non-Florida counties (7,029) are prorated based on the counties' proportion of the five-
  year (FY 1994-1998) entrant population.
\3\ The allocation for Jefferson County, Kentucky will be awarded to the Kentucky Wilson/Fish project.
\4\ The allocation for Clark County, Nevada will be awarded to the Nevada Wilson/Fish project.
\5\ The allocation for Minnehaha County, South Dakota will be awarded to the South Dakota Wilson/Fish project.


        Table 4.--Targeted Assistance Final Allocations by State
                                [FY 1999]
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                                                           Total FY 1999
                          State                             allocation
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Arizona.................................................        $979,275
California..............................................       8,427,677
Colorado................................................         365,960
District of Columbia....................................         438,453

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Florida.................................................       8,824,640
Georgia.................................................       1,382,778
Illinois................................................       1,957,424
Iowa....................................................         387,268
Kentucky................................................         581,184
Massachusetts...........................................         788,742
Michigan................................................         550,857
Minnesota...............................................         904,528
Missouri................................................         864,955
Nebraska................................................         263,252
Nevada..................................................         390,312
New Jersey..............................................         337,211
New Mexico..............................................         363,705
New York................................................       7,147,719
North Carolina..........................................         235,969
North Dakota............................................         188,166
Ohio....................................................         430,336
Oregon..................................................       1,378,945
Pennsylvania............................................         864,391
South Dakota............................................         161,221
Tennesee................................................         366,298
Texas...................................................       2,484,154
Utah....................................................         519,176
Virginia................................................         670,250
Washington..............................................       2,274,454
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................      44,529,300
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                   Table 5.--Targeted Assistance Areas
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                               Targeted assistance
            State                     area               Definition
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Arizona.....................  Maricopa County.....
California..................  Fresno County.......
                              Los Angeles County..
                              Orange County.......
                              Sacramento County...
                              San Diego...........
                              San Francisco.......  Marin, San
                                                     Francisco, and San
                                                     Mateo Counties.
                              San Clara County....
                              Yolo County.........
Colorado....................  Denver..............
District of Columbia........
Florida.....................  Broward County......
                              Dade County.........
                              Duval County........
                              Hillsborough County.
Georgia.....................  DeKalb County.......
                              Fulton County.......
Illinois....................  Cook and Kane
                               Counties.
Iowa........................  Polk County.........
Kentucky....................  Jefferson County....
Massachusetts...............  Hampden County......
                              Suffolk County......
Michigan....................  Ingham County.......
                              Kent County.........
Minnesota...................  Hennepin County.....
                              Ramsey County.......
Missouri....................  City of St. Louis...
Nebraska....................  Lancaster County....
Nevada......................  Clark County........
New Jersey..................  Hudson County.......
New Mexico..................  Bernalillo County...
New York....................  Monroe County.......
                              New York............  Bronx, Kings,
                                                     Queens, New York,
                                                     and Richmond
                                                     Counties.
                              Oneida County.......
North Carolina..............  Cuilford County.....
North Dakota................  Cass County.........
Ohio........................  Cuyahoga County.....
Oregon......................  Multnomah...........  Clackamas,
                                                     Multnomah, and
                                                     Washington
                                                     Counties, Oregon,
                                                     and Clark County,
                                                     Washington.
Pennsylvania................  Erie................
                              Philadelphia........
South Dakota................  Minnehaha County....
Tennesee....................  Davidson County.....
Texas.......................  Dallas/Tarrant......
                              Harris County.......
Utah........................  Davis/Salt Lake.....  Davis, Salt Lake,
                                                     and Utah Counties.
Virginia....................  Fairfax.............  Fairfax County and
                                                     the cities of Falls
                                                     Church, Fairfax,
                                                     and Alexandria.
                              City of Richmond....
Washington..................  King/Snohomish......
                              Pierce Count........

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                              Spokane County......
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Eligible Applicants

    ORR invites eligible entities to submit grant applications for 
Targeted Assistance Grants for Services to Refugees in Local Areas of 
High Need.
    Eligible grantees are those agencies of State governments that are 
responsible for the refugee program under 45 CFR 400.5 in States 
containing counties which qualify for FY 1999 targeted assistance 
awards.
    Under the FY 1999 targeted assistance program, States may apply for 
and receive grant awards on behalf of qualified counties in the State. 
A single allocation will be made to each State by ORR on the basis of 
an approved State application. The State agency will, in turn, receive, 
review, and determine the acceptability of individual county targeted 
assistance plans. The State agency will submit a single application on 
behalf of all county governments of the qualified counties in that 
State. Subsequent to the approval of the State's application by ORR, 
local targeted assistance plans will be developed by the county 
government or other designated entity and submitted to the State.
    The use of targeted assistance funds for services to Cuban and 
Haitian entrants is limited to States which have an approved State plan 
under the Cuban/Haitian Entrant Program (CHEP).
    A State with more than one qualified county is permitted, but not 
required, to determine the allocation amount for each qualified county 
within the State. However, if a State chooses to determine county 
allocations differently from those set forth in this notice, in 
accordance with 45 CFR 400.319, the FY 1999 allocations proposed by the 
State must be based on the State's population of refugees who arrived 
in the U.S. during the most recent 5-year period. A State may use 
welfare data as an additional factor in the allocation of its targeted 
assistance funds if it so chooses; however, a State may not assign a 
greater weight to welfare data than it has assigned to population data 
in its allocation formula. In addition, if a State chooses to allocate 
its FY 1999 targeted assistance funds in a manner different from the 
formula set forth in this notice, the FY 1999 allocations and 
methodology proposed by the State must be included in the State's 
application for ORR review and approval.
    This announcement is inviting applications for project periods up 
to 3 years. Awards will be for a one-year budget period, although 
project periods may be for 3 years. Applications for continuation 
grants funded under these awards beyond the one-year budget period but 
within the 3 year project period will be entertained in subsequent 
years on a noncompetitive basis, subject to availability of funds, 
satisfactory progress of the grantee and a determination that continued 
funding would be in the best interest of the Government.

Part II: The Project Description

Purpose

    The project description provides a major means by which an 
application is evaluated and ranked to compete with other applications 
for available assistance. The project description should be concise and 
complete and should address the activity for which Federal funds are 
being requested. Supporting documents should be included where they can 
present information clearly and succinctly. Applicants are encouraged 
to provide information on their organizational structure, staff, 
related experience, and other information considered to be relevant. 
Awarding offices use this and other information to determine whether 
the applicant has the capability and resources necessary to carry out 
the proposed project. It is important, therefore, to carry out the 
proposed project, and it is important that this information be included 
in the application. However, in the narrative the applicant must 
distinguish between resources directly related to the proposed project 
from those that will not be used in support of the specific project for 
which funds are requested.

General Instructions

    Cross-referencing should be used rather than repetition. ACF is 
particularly interested in specific factual information and statements 
of measurable goals in quantitative terms. Project descriptions are 
evaluated on the basis of substance, not length. Extensive exhibits are 
not required. (Supporting information concerning activities that will 
not be directly funded by the grant or information that does not 
directly pertain to an intergral part of the grant funded activity 
should be placed in an appendix.) Pages should be numbered and a table 
of contents should be included for easy reference.
    General Instructions for Preparing a Full Project Description

Introduction

    Applicants required to submit a full project description shall 
prepare the project description statement in accordance with the 
following instructions.

Project Summary/Abstract

    Provide a summary of the project description (a page or less) with 
reference to the funding request.

Objectives and Need for Assistance

    Clearly identify the physical, economic, social, financial, 
institutional, and/or other problem(s) requiring a solution. The need 
for assistance must be demonstrated and the principal and subordinate 
objectives of the project must be clearly stated; supporting 
documentation, such as letters of support and testimonials from 
concerned interests other than the applicant, may be included. Any 
relevant data based on planning studies should be included or referred 
to in the endnotes/footnotes. Incorporate demographic data and 
participation/beneficiary information, as needed. In developing the 
project description, the applicant may volunteer or be requested to 
provide information on the total range of projects currently being 
conducted and supported (or to be initiated), some of which may be 
outside the scope of the program announcement.

Results or Benefits Expected

    Identify the results and benefits to be derived. For example, when 
applying for a grant to establish a neighborhood child care center, 
describe who will occupy the facility, who will use the facility, how 
the facility will be used, and how the facility will benefit the 
community which it will serve.

Approach

    Outline a plan of action which describes the scope and detail of 
how the proposed work will be accomplished. Account for all functions

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or activities identified in the applications. Cite factors which might 
accelerate or decelerate the work and state your reason for taking the 
proposed approach rather than others. Describe any unusual features of 
the project such as design or technological innovations, reductions in 
cost or time, or extraordinary social and community involvement.
    Provide quantitative monthly or quarterly projections of the 
accomplishments to be achieved for each function or activity in such 
terms as the number of people to be served and the number of microloans 
made. When accomplishments cannot be quantified by activity or 
function, list them in chronological order to show the schedule of 
accomplishments and their target dates.
    Identify the kinds of data to be collected, maintained, and/or 
disseminated. Note that clearance from the U.S. Office of Management 
and Budget might be needed prior to a ``collection of information'' 
that is ``conducted or sponsored'' by ACF. List organizations, 
cooperating entities, consultants, or other key individuals who will 
work on the project along with a short description of the nature of 
their effort or contribution.

Budget and Budget Justification

    Provide line item detail and detailed calculations for each budget 
object class identified on the Budget Information form. Detailed 
calculations must include estimation methods, quantities, unit costs, 
and other similar quantitative detail sufficient for the calculation to 
be duplicated. The detailed budget must also include a breakout by the 
funding sources identified in Block 15 of the SF-424.
    Provide a narrative budget justification that describes how the 
categorical costs are derived. Discuss the necessity, reasonableness, 
and allocability of the proposed costs.

General

    The following guidelines are for preparing the budget and budget 
justification. Both Federal and non-Federal resources shall be detailed 
and justified in the budget and narrative justification. For purposes 
of preparing the budget and budget justification, ``Federal resources'' 
refers only to the ACF grant for which you are applying. Non-Federal 
resources are all other Federal and non-Federal resources. It is 
suggested that budget amounts and computations be presented in a 
columnar format: first column, object class categories; second column, 
Federal budget; next column(s), non-Federal budget(s), and last column, 
total budget. The budget justification should be a narrative.

Part III: The Review Process

A. Intergovernmental Review

    This program is not covered under Executive Order 12372, 
``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,'' and 45 CFR Part 100, 
``Intergovernmental Review of Department of Health and Human Services 
Programs and Activities.''

B. Initial ACF Screening

    Each application submitted under this program announcement will 
undergo a pre-review to determine that (1) the application was received 
by the closing date and submitted in accordance with the instruction in 
this announcement and (2) the applicant is eligible for funding.

C. Application Review and Review Criteria

    Applications which pass the initial ACF screening will be evaluated 
and rated based on the completeness of the application as described 
below.

Criteria 1: Objectives and Need

    States and counties 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. In local jurisdictions that 
have both targeted assistance and refugee social services programs, one 
family self-sufficiency plan that incorporates both targeted assistance 
and refugee social services may be developed for a family.
    In instances where a State received targeted assistance funding for 
impacted counties contained in a standard metropolitan statistical area 
(SMSA) which includes a county or counties located in a neighboring 
State, the State receiving those funds must provide a description of 
the coordination and planning activities undertaken with the State 
Refugee Coordinator of the neighboring State in which the impacted 
county or counties are located. These planning and coordination 
activities should result in a proposed allocation plan for the 
equitable distribution of targeted assistance funds by county based on 
the distribution of the eligible population by county within the SMSA. 
The proposed allocation plan must be included in the State's 
application to ORR.

Criteria 2: Approach

    A description of the State's guidelines for the targeted assistance 
plans for the required content of county targeted assistance plans or 
requests for proposals (RFPs), in the case of States that administer 
the program directly on behalf of an impacted county, and a description 
of the State's review/approval process for such county plans or RFPs. 
Acceptable county plans must minimally include the following:
    a. Assurance that targeted assistance funds will be used in 
accordance with the requirements of 45 CFR Part 400.
    b. Procedures for carrying out a local planning process for 
determining targeted assistance priorities and service strategies. All 
local targeted assistance plans will be developed through a planning 
process that involves, in addition to the State Refugee Coordinator, 
representatives of the private sector (for example, private employers, 
the private industry council, Chamber of Commerce, etc.), leaders of 
refugee/entrant community-based organizations, voluntary resettlement 
agencies, refugees from the impacted communities, and other public 
officials associated with the social services and employee agencies 
that serve refugees. Counties are encouraged to foster coalition-
building among those participating organizations.
    c. Identification of the refugee/entrant populations to be served 
by targeted assistance projects, including approximate numbers of 
clients to be served, and a description of characteristics and needs of 
targeted populations. (As per 45 CFR 400.314).
    d. Description of specific strategies and services to meet the 
needs of targeted populations. These should be justified where possible 
through analysis of strategies and outcomes from projects previously 
implemented under targeted assistance programs, and any other services 
available to the refugee populations.
    e. The relationship of targeted assistance services to other 
services available to refugees in the county

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including State-allocated ORR social services.
    f. Analysis of available employment opportunities in the local 
community. Examples of acceptable analysis of employment opportunities 
might include surveys of employers or potential employers of refugee 
clients and reviews of studies on employment opportunities/forecasts 
which would be appropriate to the refugee populations. Description of 
the monitoring and oversight responsibilities to be carried out by the 
county or qualifying jurisdiction.

Criteria 3: Budget and Budget Justification

    Provide line item detail and detailed calculations for each budget 
object class identified on the Budget Information form (SF-424A). 
Detailed calculations must include estimation methods, quantities, unit 
costs, and other similar quantitive detail sufficient for the 
calculation to be duplicated. The detailed budget must also include a 
breakout by the funding sources identified in Block 15 of the SF-424.
    Provide a narrative budget justification that describes how the 
categorical costs are derived. Discuss the necessary, reasonableness, 
and allocability for the proposed costs. Tnt Office of Refugee 
Resettlement is particularly interested in the following:
    A line item budget and budget, justification for State 
administrative costs limited to a maximum of 5% of the total award to 
the State. Each total budget period funding amount requested must be 
necessary, reasonable, and allocable to the project. Sates that 
administer the program locally in lieu of the country, through a mutual 
agreement with the qualifying county, may request administrative costs 
that add up to, but may not exceed, 10% of the country's TAP allocation 
to the State's administrative budget.
    Each applicant should describe the amount of funds to be awarded to 
the targeted county or counties. If a State with more than one 
qualifying targeted assistance county chooses to allocate its targeted 
assistance funds differently from the formula allocation for counties 
presented in the ORR targeted assistance notice in a fiscal year, its 
allocations must be based on the State's population of refugees who 
arrived in the U.S. during the most recent 5-year period. A State may 
use welfare data as an additional factor in the allocation of targeted 
assistance funds if it so chooses; however, a State may not assign a 
greater weight to welfare data than it has assigned to population data 
in its allocation formula. The application must provide a description 
of, and supporting data for, the State's proposed allocation plan, and 
the proposed allocation for each county.
    In instances where a State receives targeted assistance funding for 
impacted counties contained in a standard metropolitan statistical area 
(SMSA) which includes a county or counties located in a neighboring 
State, the State receiving those funds must provide a description of 
the coordination and planning activities undertaken with the State 
Refugee Coordinator.
    A line item budget and justification for State Administrative costs 
limited to a maximum of 5% of the total award to the State. Each budget 
request must be necessary, reasonable and allocable to the project. 
States that administer the program locally in lieu of the county may 
use up to, but not exceed, 10% of the county's TAP allocation for the 
State's administrative budget.

Criteria 4: Results or Benefits Expected

    All applicants must establish targeted assistance proposed 
performance goals for each of the 6 ORR performance outcome measures 
for each impacted county's proposed service contracts or sub-grants for 
the next contracting cycle. Proposed performance goals must be included 
in the application for each performance measure. The 6 ORR performance 
measures are: entered employments, cash assistance terminations due to 
employment, cash assistance reductions due to employment, 90-day 
employment retentions, average wage at placement, and entered 
employments with available health benefits. Targeted assistance program 
activity and progress achieved toward meeting performance outcome goals 
are to be reported quarterly on the ORR-6, the Quarterly Performance 
Report (OMB Approval No. 0970-0036, expires 7/31/2002).
    States that are currently grantees for targeted assistance funds 
should base projected annual outcome goals for each performance measure 
on past performance.
    States identified as new eligible targeted assistance grantees and 
States that are currently grantees that have new qualifying counties 
are also required to set proposed outcome goals for each of the 6 ORR 
performance outcome measures. New grantees may use baseline data, as 
available, and current data as reported on the ORR-6 for social 
services program activity to assist them in the goal-setting process. 
Proposed targeted assistance goals should reflect improvement over past 
performance and strive for continuous improvement during the project 
period from one year to another.

Part IV. The Application

A. Application Development

    In order to be considered for a grant under this program 
announcement, an application must be submitted on the forms supplied 
and in the manager prescribed by ACF. Application materials including 
forms and instructions are available from the ORR State Analyst 
assigned to your State.

B. Application Submission

    1. Mailed applications postmarked after the closing date will be 
classified as late.
    2. Deadline: Mailed applications shall be considered as meeting an 
announced deadline if they are received on or before the deadline date 
to DHHS, ACF, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Attention: Shirley B. 
Parker, ORR Grants Officer, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Sixth Floor, 
Washington, DC 20447.
    Applicants must ensure that a legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 
postmark or a legibly dated, machine produced postmark of a commercial 
mail service is affixed to the envelope/package containing the 
application(s). To be acceptable as proof of timely mailing, a postmark 
from a commercial mail service must include the logo/emblem of the 
commercial mail service company and must reflect the date the package 
was received by the commercial mail service company from the applicant. 
Private Metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof of timely 
mailing. (Applicants are cautioned that express/overnight mail services 
do not always deliver as agreed.)
    Applications hand-carried by applicants, applicant couriers, or by 
other representatives of the applicant shall be considered as meeting 
an announced deadline if they are received on or before the deadline 
date, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., EDT, at the Department 
of Health and human Services, Administration for Children and Families, 
Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor (near loading 
dock), Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024, 
between Monday and Friday (excluding Federal holidays). The address 
must appear on the envelope/package containing the application with the 
note: ``Attention: Shirley B. Parker, ORR Grants Officer.'' Applicants 
are cautioned that express/overnight mail services do not always 
deliver as agreed.
    ACF cannot accommodate transmission of applications by fax or 
through other electronic media.

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Therefore, applications transmitted to ACF electronically will not be 
accepted regardless of date or time of submission and time of receipt.
    3. Late applications. Applications which do not meet the criteria 
above are considered late applications.
    4. Extension of deadlines. ACF may extend an application deadline 
when circumstances such as acts of God (floods, hurricanes, etc.) 
occur, or when there are widespread disruptions of the mail service, or 
in other rare cases. Determinations to extend or waive deadline 
requirements rest with ACF's Chief Grants Management Officer.

Reporting Requirements

    States are required to submit quarterly reports on the outcomes of 
the targeted assistance program, using schedule A and Schedule C of the 
ORR-6 Quarterly Performance Report, OMB Approval No. 0970-0036, which 
expires 7/31/2002.
    Pursuant to 45 CFR 400.210(b), FY 1999 targeted assistance funds 
must be obligated by the State agency no later than one year after the 
end of the Federal fiscal year in which the Department awarded the 
grant. Funds must be liquidated within two years after the end of the 
Federal fiscal year in which the Department awarded the grant. A 
State's final financial report on targeted assistance expenditures must 
be received no later than two years after the end of the Federal fiscal 
year in which the Department awarded the grant. If final reports are 
not received on time, the Department will deobligate any unexpended 
funds, including any unliquidated obligations, on the basis of the 
State's last filed report.

    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 93-584.

    Dated: August 2, 1999.
Lavinia Limon,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 99-20245 Filed 8-9-99; 8:45 am]
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