[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 49 (Monday, March 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 11122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5535]


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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 non-competitive single-source program 
expansion supplement to Mountain States Group--Idaho Office for 
Refugees (MSG-IOR) under the Idaho 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: $806,360 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 refugee 
assistance program for providing integrated assistance and services to 
refugees, asylees, Amerasian Immigrants, Cuban and Haitian Entrants, 
Trafficking Victims and Iraqi/Afghani SIV's. Idaho is one of 12 sites 
that has chosen this alternative approach.
    The supplemental funds will allow the grantee, MSG-IOR, to provide 
refugee cash assistance through the end of this fiscal year to eligible 
refugees (and others eligible for refugee benefits) under the Idaho 
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 as 
amended 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 as amended, 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: March 5, 2009.
David H. Siegel,
Acting Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
 [FR Doc. E9-5535 Filed 3-13-09; 8:45 am]
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