[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 51499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20375]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement


 Single-Source Program Expansion Supplement

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and 
Families.

ACTION: Notice To Award a Single-Source Program Expansion Supplement to 
the Catholic Social Services (CSS) Under the Alabama Wilson-Fish 
Program.

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    CFDA#: 93.583.
    Legislative Authority: The Refugee Act of 1980 as amended, Wilson-
Fish Amendment, 8 U.S.C. 1522(e)(7); section 412(e)(7)(A) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act.
    Amount of Award: $125,163 supplement for current year.
    Project Period: 09/30/2005-09/29/2010.
    Justification for the Exception to Competition: The Wilson-Fish 
program is an alternative to the traditional State-administered welfare 
system for providing integrated assistance and services to refugees, 
asylees, Amerasian Immigrants, Cuban and Haitian Entrants, and 
Trafficking Victims. Alabama is one of 12 sites that has chosen this 
alternative approach.
    The supplemental funds will allow the grantee, Catholic Social 
Services, to provide refugee cash and medical assistance through the 
end of this fiscal year to eligible refugees (and others eligible for 
refugee benefits) under the Alabama Wilson-Fish Program.
    The primary reason for the grantee's supplemental request is a 
higher number of arrivals than anticipated when the grantee's budget 
was submitted and approved last year. The Refugee Act of 1980 mandates 
that the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) reimburse States and 
Wilson-Fish projects for the costs of cash and medical assistance for 
newly arriving refugees. Since 1991, ORR has reimbursed States and 
Wilson-Fish agencies for providing cash and medical assistance to 
eligible individuals during their first eight months in the United 
States.
    Hence, the supplement is consistent with the purposes of the 
Wilson-Fish Program, the Refugee Act of 1980, and ORR policy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Rubenstein, Wilson-Fish Program 
Manager, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Aerospace Building, 8th Floor 
West, 901 D Street, SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: 202-205-5933.

    Dated: August 19, 2008.
David H. Siegel,
Acting Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. E8-20375 Filed 9-2-08; 8:45 am]
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