[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 41455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11578]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Office of Refugee Resettlement; Division of Community 
Resettlement; Supplement to Community Refugee and Immigration Services

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Division of Community 
Resettlement, Administration for Children And Families, HHS.

ACTION: Program expansion supplement.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, Division of Community Resettlement, will award 
supplemental funds without competition to Community Refugee and 
Immigration Services (CRIS). This supplement is being awarded for a 
project that will deliver comprehensive services to meet the housing, 
employment and case management needs of the Somali Bantu.
    The arrival of more than 200 Somali Bantu refugee secondary 
migrants into Columbus, Ohio, has severely impacted CRIS' ability to 
provide employment and other services as well as the capacity of the 
local homeless shelter system in the community. This supplement will 
provide assistance with the needs of these refugees to ensure that they 
have adequate housing and other services to assist in their successful 
resettlement into this community.
    The grantee, Community Refugee and Immigration Services, is the 
Ohio affiliate of Church World Service and is engaged in the primary 
resettlement of newly arriving refugees in Franklin County.
    These supplemental funds will support 3 months of assistance at a 
cost of $116,133 in Federal support.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue Benjamin, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, Division of Community Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, Phone: 202-401-4851.

    Dated: July 14, 2006.
Martha E. Newton,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
 [FR Doc. E6-11578 Filed 7-20-06; 8:45 am]
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