[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35652-35657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16938]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Refugee Resettlement Program: Final Notice of Allocations to 
States of FY 2001 Funds for Refugee Social Services

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

ACTION: Final notice of allocations to States of FY 2001 funds for 
refugee social services.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: This notice establishes the allocations to States of FY 2001 
funds for social services under the Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP).
    This notice includes $20.5 million in two set-aside funding 
allocations to: (1) Provide outreach and referral services to ensure 
that eligible refugees access the State Children's Health Insurance 
Program (SCHIP)and other programs for low income working populations 
and provide specialized interpreter training and the hiring of 
interpreters to enable refugees to have equal access to medical and 
legal services; and (2) provide outreach, referral, and social services 
to ensure that persons granted asylum access programs to help them 
attain economic self-sufficiency, as needed.

DATES: July 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara R. Chesnik, Division of 
Refugee Self-Sufficiency, (202) 401-4558.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice of proposed allocations to States 
of FY 2001 funds for refugee social services was published in the 
Federal Register on April 27, 2001 (66 FR 21224).

I. Amounts for Allocation

    The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has available $143,621,000 
in FY 2001 refugee social service funds as part of the FY 2001 
appropriation for the Department of Health and Human Services 
(Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001, as enacted into law by Section 
1(a)(1) of Pub. L. No. 106-554).
    The FY 2001 House Appropriations Committee Report (H.R. Rept. No. 
106-645) reads as follows with respect to social services funds:

    The bill provides $143,621,000 for social services, the same as 
the fiscal year 2000 appropriation and $305,000 above the budget 
request. Funds are distributed by formula as well as through the 
discretionary grant making process for special projects. The 
Committee agrees that $19,000,000 is available for assistance to 
serve communities affected by the Cuban and Haitian entrants and 
refugees whose arrivals in recent years have increased. The 
Committee has set aside

[[Page 35653]]

$26,000,000 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.

    The FY 2001 Conference Report on Appropriations (H.R. Conf. 106-
1033) reads as follows concerning social services:

    The agreement includes $20,000,000 from carryover funds that are 
to be used under social services to increase educational support to 
schools with a significant proportion of refugee children and for 
the development of alternative cash assistance programs that involve 
case management approaches to improve resettlement outcomes. Such 
support should include intensive English language training and 
cultural assimilation programs.
    The agreement also includes $26,000,000 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.

The Conference report provided $143,621,000 in social services funds.
    ORR will use the $143,621,000 appropriated for FY 2001 social 
services as follows:
     $71,927,850 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.
     $12,693,150 will be awarded as continuation social service 
discretionary grants under prior year competitive grant announcements 
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 will be awarded through continuation awards under 
a separate prior year announcement.
     $26,000,000 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. Continuation 
awards will be made through separate prior year announcements.
     $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 a separate announcement.
     $20,000,000 will be awarded in prior year funds to 
increase educational support to schools with a significant proportion 
of refugee children and for the development of alternative cash 
assistance programs that involve case management approaches to improve 
resettlement outcomes. This support will include intensive English 
language training and cultural assimilation programs. Continuation 
awards will be made through a separate prior year announcement.
    In addition, we are adding $20,500,000 in prior year funds to the 
FY 2001 formula social services allocation as two set-aside allocations 
as follows: (1) For outreach and assistance for low-income refugees and 
interpreter capacity-building services, and (2) as a set-aside for 
outreach, referral, and services for asylees, increasing the total 
amount available for the formula social services program in FY 2001 to 
$92,427,850.
    Congress provided ORR with broad carry-over authority in the FY 
2000 HHS appropriations law (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(4) 
of Public Law 106-113) to use unexpended FY 1998 and FY 1999 CMA funds 
for assistance and other activities in the refugee program provided 
through September 30, 2001. The appropriations law states:

    That funds appropriated pursuant to section 414(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act under Public Law 105-78 for fiscal 
year 1998 and under Public Law 105-277 for fiscal year 1999 shall be 
available for the costs of assistance provided and other activities 
through September 30, 2001.

Refugee Social Service Funds

    The population figures for the formula social services allocation 
include refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, and Amerasians from Vietnam. 
(A State must, however, have an approved State plan for the Cuban/
Haitian Entrant Program or indicate in its refugee program State plan 
that Cuban/Haitian entrants will be served in order to use funds on 
behalf of entrants as well as refugees.)
    The Director is allocating $71,927,850 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, 2000 (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.
    The Director is also allocating an additional total of $20.5 
million from prior year carry-over funds as two set-aside allocations 
as follow:
    (1) $10.5 million to (a) provide referral services, including 
outreach, to ensure that refugees are able to access the State 
Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and other programs for low 
income populations; and (b) expand the capacity of communities to 
provide interpretation services for refugees through special training 
and hiring of interpreters to enable refugees to have equal access to 
medical, social, and certain legal services.
    (2) $10 million to provide outreach, referrals, and social services 
to individuals granted asylum. Services for asylees may be provided 
only during the 5-year period following the date that asylum was 
granted.
    Outreach, referral and interpretation services are not subject to 
the 5-year limitation and may be provided to refugees and asylees 
regardless of their length of time in the U.S. See 45 CFR 400.152(b). 
However, the need for outreach to asylees is greatest immediately after 
asylum is granted.
    Regarding the first set-aside allocation, eligible refugee families 
often are not aware of, or do not know how

[[Page 35654]]

to access, other Federal support programs available to low income 
working families in the community. We believe that these programs, 
including SCHIP, Food Stamps, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP), Medicaid, Head Start, low-income housing, the Special 
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), 
child care assistance, adult day care for aged dependents, and other 
support programs for low-income families, are important for the well-
being of working refugees, particularly refugee families, and are 
necessary to help these refugees maintain employment and move toward 
full self-sufficiency.
    The organizations funded by the first set-aside amount are expected 
to conduct outreach into the community to identify low-income refugees 
and to help these refugees enroll in and to be familiar with the 
services available and the participation requirements of these 
programs. We expect States to fund community-based organizations, to 
the maximum extent possible, to provide hands-on assistance, which 
means having the application forms available and helping refugees to 
fill out the application, accompanying the refugee to the eligibility 
office, assisting in the communication between the family and the 
eligibility worker, closely following the application process until the 
family has been found eligible, and then helping the family effectively 
use the service or support program in which they have been enrolled. 
For example, there may be different levels of medical coverage 
available to a family, depending on the ages of the children and the 
income level of the family, each with different requirements. It is 
important for the caseworkers/advocates funded through this initiative 
to understand the program requirements (such as a co-payment structure) 
in order to help the family make decisions and fully participate.
    The organizations funded under this set-aside should develop 
effective ways to provide an on-going link between these services, the 
population they serve, and the targeted low income programs. Methods 
might include: partnering with schools to identify refugee children who 
may be eligible for SCHIP by virtue of their eligibility for the school 
lunch program; connecting with local Head Start programs to help 
identify refugee children who are eligible for SCHIP and other health 
care programs; arranging to have Medicaid eligibility workers visit the 
Mutual Assistance Association (MAA) or other participating organization 
on a scheduled basis; and working with other groups serving low income 
families, such as hospitals, WIC programs, low-income housing programs, 
and food assistance programs to make these services widely known to the 
refugee community being served.
    It is also important that States provide as high a standard as 
possible in language interpretation to non-English speaking and to 
Limited-English-Proficient (LEP) refugees, particularly with regard to 
medical and legal issues. We are therefore including funding in the 
first set-aside for States to improve the availability and quality of 
interpreter services for refugees in their communities. The set-aside 
funds are to be used by States: (1) To fund specialized interpreter 
training for medical, legal, and social services; and (2) to pay for 
the hiring and employment of these trained interpreters by MAAs, 
voluntary agencies, and other community-based organizations serving 
refugees, to the maximum extent possible, in order to increase the 
number of skilled interpreters in the community.
    Interpretation requires a great deal of skill--interpreters need to 
be fluent in English and the language spoken by the refugee. They must 
have the ability to quickly understand the message and terminology, if 
technical, in one language and to express it as quickly and correctly 
in another language. In addition to fluency in two languages, 
interpreters must have the skills to handle confidential client 
information and to deal with a variety of professionals in the medical, 
legal, law enforcement, social services, and other fields. All 
interpreters should be working under a recognized code of ethics.
    States should use qualified training programs or trainers to 
provide the interpreter training. Several strategies may be employed, 
e.g., the direct training of interpreters in a group setting, paying 
the course tuition and associated expenses for individuals at a 
community college or university, and the training of trainers in order 
to establish and maintain an efficient training capacity in the 
community. To the extent possible, we would expect States to use an 
established curriculum rather than incurring costs to develop a new 
one. Funding of interpreter services should be directed to areas of 
greatest need and to the most linguistically isolated communities.
    States must determine a community's capacity to ensure refugee 
access to medical and other services, and then examine how best to fund 
and maintain interpreter services for refugees based upon the need and 
size of refugee population. For example, an interpreter bank with 
dedicated interpreters may be a preferred option if the needs of the 
community can justify full-time interpreters. However, because the 
provision of interpreter services may not fully occupy funded staff in 
some locations or in certain languages, States may choose to train 
bilingual caseworkers at voluntary resettlement agencies, MAAs and 
refugee service providers. These workers are frequently called upon to 
interpret and should receive interpreter training. States may also 
consider cross-training of interpreters so that they may also assist, 
for example, in enrolling clients in SCHIP, Medicaid, or other services 
for low-income clients, and/or serve as case managers or in other staff 
positions. Staff with both bilingual interpreter skills and knowledge 
of the family services network, such as child protective services and 
the domestic violence system, are also highly desirable.
    We also encourage States to set up creative ways to maintain and 
expand the availability of interpreter services in the community, such 
as seeking reimbursement for services from the courts, hospitals, and 
agencies which may be able to pay for interpreter services but have 
been otherwise hindered in providing these services by the lack of 
available and appropriately trained individuals. Fees from low-income 
refugee clients, however, may not be sought.
    Regarding the second set-aside allocation, individuals granted 
asylum do not have voluntary agency caseworkers to bring them into the 
network of refugee program and benefits. They often are unaware of the 
benefits to which they are entitled. Outreach activities under the 
second set-aside allocation should be conducted with the goal of 
providing information to asylees or of providing information to the 
agencies and organizations that traditionally have contact with asylees 
and may be able to assist them in accessing needed services and 
benefits. For example, outreach through organizations and agencies may 
include training seminars on benefits-eligibility conducted for 
attorneys that represent asylum seekers, monthly liaison meetings with 
the District Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to 
establish effective contacts, or provision of benefits and eligibility 
materials to local English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for 
distribution to students. This set-aside amount may also be used to 
provide social services to asylees. Although the formula social 
services funds are

[[Page 35655]]

available to serve asylees, States may augment this funding using these 
set-aside funds for those agencies who are already serving, or expect 
to serve, refugees and asylees. Or, States may elect to hold a separate 
competition for the funds, depending upon State administrative 
procedures and programmatic need. As for refugees, services to asylees 
are those covered in 400.154 and 155.
    A State that can demonstrate that the total amount of set-aside 
funds awarded is not needed to provide the services described above may 
submit a written request to the Director to use a portion of the funds 
for another non-employment service. This request must fully describe 
how the need for the specified set-aside services is already being met 
in the State, as well as a description of the additional service 
proposed, why it is needed, and how it will be provided.
    In using the set-aside amount, funds should be directed to refugee 
specific organizations, where possible, such as refugee MAAs, qualified 
community based organizations with refugee experience, voluntary 
resettlement agencies, or refugee service providers.

Population To Be Served and Allowable Services

    Eligibility for refugee social services includes persons who meet 
all requirements of 45 CFR 400.43 (as amended by 65 FR 15409 (March 
22,2000)).

    Note: ORR State Letter No. 00-12 clarifies that effective June 
15, 2000, persons granted asylum are eligible for refugee benefits 
and services from the date that asylum was granted.

    Services to refugees must be provided in accordance with the rules 
of 45 CFR Part 400 Subpart I--Refugee Social Services. Although the 
allocation formula is based on the 3-year refugee population, 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 and citizenship and naturalization preparation 
services, to refugees who have been in the United States for more than 
60 months (5 years).
    Allowable social services are those indicated in 45 CFR 400.154 and 
400.155. Additional services not included in these sections which the 
State may wish to provide must be submitted to and approved by the 
Director of ORR (Sec. 400.155(h)).

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.
    Some States are doing remarkably well in helping refugees achieve 
self-sufficiency. For this reason, this may be a good time for these 
States to re-examine the range of services they currently offer to 
refugees and expand beyond employment services to address the broader 
needs that refugees have in order to successfully integrate into the 
community.
    States should also expect that these funds will be made available 
to pay for social services which are provided to refugees who 
participate in Wilson/Fish 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 (64 FR 19793 (April 22, 
1999)).

II. Discussion of Comments Received

    No comments were received.

III. Allocation Formulas

    Of the funds available for FY 2001 for social services, $71,927,850 
is allocated to States in accordance with the formula specified in A. 
below. In addition, $20.5 million in set-aside funds are allocated in 
accordance with the formulas specified in B. and C. below.
    A. A State's allowable formula 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, and 
Amerasians from Vietnam who arrived in the United States not more than 
3 years prior to the beginning of the fiscal year for which the funds 
are appropriated, as shown by the ORR Refugee Data System. The 
resulting per capita amount is multiplied by--
    3. The number of persons in item 2, above, in the State as of 
October 1, 2000, adjusted for estimated secondary migration.
    The calculation above yields the formula allocation for each State. 
Minimum allocations for small States are taken into account.
    B. A State's allowable first set-aside 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, and 
Amerasians from Vietnam who arrived in the United States not more than 
3 years prior to the beginning of the fiscal year for which the funds 
are appropriated, as shown by the ORR Refugee Data System. The 
resulting per capita amount is multiplied by--
    3. The number of persons in item 2 above, in the State as of 
October 1, 2000, adjusted for estimated secondary migration.
    C. A State's allowable second set-aside 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 asylees who were granted asylum in FY 2000 
by the INS asylum corps (22,809), the asylum judges of the Executive 
Office of Immigration Review (12,763), and the Bureau of Immigration 
Appeals (1,402).
    The calculations in B. and C. above yield the set-aside formula 
allocations for each State.
    Adding the results for A., B., and C. above yields the total 
formula allocation for each State.

IV. Basis of Population Estimates

    The population estimates for the allocation of funds in FY 2001 for 
the formula social service allocation and the first set-aside are based 
on data on refugee arrivals from the ORR Refugee Data System, adjusted 
as of October 1, 2000, for estimated secondary migration. The data base 
includes refugees of all nationalities, Amerasians from Vietnam, Cuban 
and Haitian entrants.

[[Page 35656]]

    For fiscal year 2001, ORR's formula social service allocations for 
the States are based on the numbers of refugees, Amerasians, and 
entrants in the ORR data base. The numbers are based upon the arrivals 
during the preceding three fiscal years: 1998, 1999, and 2000.
    The estimates of secondary migration are 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, 2000. 
The total migration reported by each State is summed, yielding in- and 
out-migration figures and a net migration figure for each State. The 
net migration figure is applied to the State's total arrival figure, 
resulting in a revised population estimate.
    Estimates are developed separately for refugees and entrants and 
then combined into a total estimated 3-year refugee/entrant population 
for each State. Eligible Amerasians are included in the refugee 
figures. Havana parolees (HP's) are enumerated in a separate column in 
Table 1, below because they are tabulated separately from other 
entrants. For FY 2000 and FY 1999, Havana parolee arrivals for all 
States are based on actual data. For FY 1998, Florida's HP's (10,183) 
are based on actual data, while HP's in other States (3,258) are 
prorated according to the State's proportion of the three-year entrant 
populations.
    The second set-aside is based on the number of asylees granted 
asylum in FY 2000, according to data received from the Department of 
Justice for cases approved by the Asylum Corps, the immigration judges 
of the Executive Office of Immigration Review, and the Bureau of 
Immigration Appeals. These data show the asylee's zip code of record. 
Because we are asking States to set up systems to identify and serve 
those asylees in need of services, we have added this second set-aside 
amount to the total allocation for States. During the next year, ORR 
intends to revise the ORR-11 and seek OMB approval to capture the 
number of asylees and secondary migrants accessing services at the 
county level. ORR will adjust the social services formula 3-year 
population based on these data.
    Table 1, below, shows the estimated 3-year populations, as of 
October 1, 2000, of refugees (col. 1), entrants (col. 2), Havana 
parolees (col. 3); total refugee/entrant population, (col. 4); the 
formula amounts which the population estimates yield, (col. 5); the 
allocation amounts after allowing for the minimum amounts (col. 6); 
first set-aside allocation, (col. 7); the 1 year asylee population 
(col. 8); the second set-aside amount, (col. 9); and the total 
allocation (col. 10).

V. Allocation Amounts

    Funding subsequent to the publication of this notice will be 
contingent upon the submittal and approval of a State annual services 
plan that is developed on the basis of a local consultative process, as 
required by 45 CFR 400.11(b)(2) in the ORR regulations.
    The following amounts are for allocation for refugee social 
services in FY 2001:

   Table 1.--Estimated Three-Year Refugee/Entrant/Asylee/Parolee Populations of States Participating in the Refugee Program and Final Social Service Formula Amount and Allocation for FY 2001
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                        Final set-                  Asylee set-
                        State                           Refugees   Entrants     Havana       Total     Final formula       Final       aside ($10.5     Asylees     aside ($10      Total final
                                                          \1\                  parolees   population      amount        allocation       million)         \3\        million)       allocation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------\2\------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama.............................................         460          5          59         524         $127,579        $127,579         $18,721         33           $8,931        $155,231
Alaska..............................................           0          0           0           0   ..............  ..............  ..............          0   ..............  ..............
Arizona.............................................       7,466        433         190       8,089        1,969,438       1,969,438         288,999        306           82,810       2,341,247
Arkansas............................................          46          9           8          63           15,339          75,000           2,251         21            5,683          82,934
California..........................................      29,576         53         379      30,008        7,306,081       7,306,081       1,072,108     13,525        3,660,155      12,038,344
Colorado............................................       3,349          3           5       3,357          817,332         817,332         119,937        268           72,527       1,009,796
Connecticut.........................................       3,428         28         102       3,558          866,270         866,270         127,118        194           52,501       1,045,889
Delaware............................................         124         11           1         136           33,112          75,000           4,859         50           13,531          93,390
Dist. of Columbia...................................         964          1           9         974          237,141         237,141          34,798        298           80,645         352,584
Florida.............................................      13,324     12,004      34,839      60,167       14,648,926      14,648,926       2,149,611      5,295        1,432,940      18,231,477
Georgia.............................................      11,230         33         118      11,381        2,770,945       2,770,945         406,614        567          153,442       3,331,001
Hawaii..............................................          97          0           0          97           23,617          75,000           3,466         24            6,495          84,961
Idaho \5\...........................................       2,077          0           3       2,080          506,420         506,420          74,313          4            1,082         581,815
Illinois............................................      10,868         14         190      11,072        2,695,712       2,695,712         395,574        524          141,806       3,233,092
Indiana.............................................       1,830          4          13       1,847          449,691         449,691          65,989        103           27,874         543,554
Iowa................................................       5,298          0           3       5,301        1,290,640       1,290,640         189,391         41           11,095       1,491,126
Kansas..............................................         727          1           8         736          179,195         179,195          26,295         46           12,449         217,939
Kentucky \6\........................................       3,586      1,171         396       5,153        1,254,607       1,254,607         184,103         35            9,472       1,448,182
Louisiana...........................................       1,491        104          78       1,673          407,327         407,327          59,772         41           11,095         478,194
Maine...............................................         872          0           0         872          212,307         212,307          31,154         14            3,789         247,250
Maryland............................................       3,086         10          34       3,130          762,065         762,065         111,827      1,579          427,311       1,301,203
Massachusetts.......................................       6,393        102          78       6,573        1,600,336       1,600,366         234,836        686          185,646       2,020,818
Michigan............................................       8,067        713         191       8,971        2,184,179       2,184,179         320,511        411          111,225       2,615,915
Minnesota...........................................      10,266          2           7      10,275        2,501,666       2,501,666         367,099        566          153,172       3,021,937
Missippi............................................         126          5           8         139           33,842          75,000           4,966         38           10,284          90,250
Missouri............................................       8,316          6          22       8,344        2,031,523       2,031,523         298,109         27            7,307       2,336,939
Montana.............................................          12          0           2          14            3,409          75,000             500          1              271          75,771
Nebraska............................................       2,433          3          22       2,458          598,452         598,452          87,818         38           10,284         696,554
Nevada \6\..........................................       1,498        735         341       2,574          626,695         626,695          91,962        181           48,982         767,639
New Hampshire.......................................       1,715          0           0       1,715          417,553         417,553          61,272         25            6,766         485,591
New Jersey..........................................       4,446        265         818       5,529        1,346,152       1,346,152         197,537        770          208,378       1,752,067
New Mexico..........................................         421        330         229         980          238,602         238,602          35,013         10            2,706         276,321
New York............................................      22,833      1,113         526      24,472        5,958,225       5,958,225         874,321      6,847        1,852,944       8,685,490
North Carolina......................................       4,375         15          57       4,447        1,082,716       1,082,716         158,880        235           63,596       1,305,192
North Dakota........................................       1,603          0           0       1,603          390,284         390,284          57,271          0   ..............         447,555
Ohio................................................       4,639          5          28       4,672        1,137,497       1,137,497         166,918        208           56,289       1,360,704
Oklahoma............................................         412          0           8         420          102,258         102,258          15,006         63           17,049         134,313
Oregon..............................................       4,858        460         170       5,488        1,336,169       1,336,169         196,072        129           34,910       1,567,151
Pennsylvania........................................       7,700        166         158       8,024        1,953,612       1,953,612         286,677        657          177,798       2,418,087
Rhode Island........................................         603          1           8         612          149,004         149,004          21,865         87           23,544         194,413
South Carolina......................................         199          1          21         221           53,807          91,634           7,896         37           10,013         109,543
South Dakota \6\....................................       1,265          0           0       1,265          307,991         307,991          45,195         10            2,706         355,892

[[Page 35657]]

 
Tennessee...........................................       3,226          7         118       3,351          815,872         815,872         119,723        263           71,173       1,006,768
Texas...............................................      13,282        831         459      14,572        3,547,861       3,547,861         520,620        798          215,956       4,284,437
Utah................................................       3,433          0           2       3,435          836,323         836,323         122,724         48           12,990         972,037
Vermont.............................................         981          0           0         981          238,845         238,845          35,049          9            2,436         276,330
Virginia............................................       4,867        111          72       5,050        1,229,529       1,229,529         180,423      1,330          359,926       1,769,878
Washington..........................................      15,760          0          36      15,796        3,845,869       3,845,869         564,350        387          104,730       4,514,949
West Virginia.......................................          20          0           0          20            4,869          75,000             715          4            1,082          76,797
Wisconsin...........................................       1,667          2           4       1,673          407,327         407,327          59,772        119           32,204         499,303
Wyoming \4\.........................................  ...........  ........  ...........  ..........  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..........  ..............  ..............
  Total.............................................     235,315     18,757      39,820     293,892       71,554,211      71,927,850      10,500,000     36,952       10,000,000     92,427,850
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Includes: refugees and Amerasian immigrants from Vietnam adjusted for secondary migration.
\2\ For FY 1999 and FY 2000, Havana Parolee arrivals for all States are based on actual data. For FY 1998, Florida's HP's based on actual data, while Havana Parolees in other States are
  prorated according to the State's proportion of the three-year entrant population.
\3\ Includes individuals granted asylum in FY 2000 by the INS asylum corps (22,787), the immigration judges of the Executive Office of Immigration Review (12,763), and the Bureau of
  Immigration Appeals (1,402). These numbers were not used for the social services allocation. See narrative for their use in the set-aside.
\4\ Alaska and Wyoming no longer participate in the Refugee Program.
\5\ The allocation for Idaho is expected to be awarded to the State replacement designee.
\6\ The allocations for South Dakota, Kentucky, and Nevada are expected to be awarded to Wilson/Fish projects.

VI. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This notice does not create any reporting or recordkeeping 
requirements requiring OMB clearance.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 93.566 Refugee 
Assistance--State Administered Programs)

    Dated: June 26, 2001.
Carmel Clay-Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement
[FR Doc. 01-16938 Filed 7-5-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-01-P