[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38654-38655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18521]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Administration for Children and Families; Office of Refugee 
Resettlement

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice to Award Five Program Expansion Supplements to Wilson-
Fish Projects.

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    CFDA Number: 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: $1,744,533.
    Period Of Support: 09/30/2009-09/29/2010.
SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announces the award 
of program expansion supplements to five Wilson-Fish Program grantees. 
The Wilson-Fish Program is an alternative to traditional State-
administered refugee assistance programs and provides integrated 
assistance and services to refugees, asylees, Amerasian Immigrants, 
Cuban and Haitian Entrants, Trafficking Victims and Iraqi/Afghani 
Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs). The five supplemental awards will allow 
the grantees to provide cash and medical assistance to arriving 
refugees and to others who are also eligible for refugee benefits 
through the remainder of Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. The expansion 
supplement awards will enable the grantees to provide services needed 
to a higher number of arrivals than originally planned. The Refugee Act 
of 1980 mandates that the ORR reimburse State agencies and Wilson-Fish 
projects for the costs of cash and medical assistance for newly 
arriving refugees. Since 1991, ORR has reimbursed State agencies and 
Wilson-Fish agencies for providing cash and medical assistance to 
eligible individuals during their first eight months in the United 
States. The following Wilson-Fish Program grantees are awarded program 
expansion supplemental funding:

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      Grantee organization             Location         Amount of award
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Catholic Social Services........  Anchorage, AK.....             $86,931
Colorado Department of Human      Denver, CO........             798,411
 Services.
Catholic Charities of Louisville  Louisville, KY....             575,000
Catholic Charities Diocese of     Baton Rouge, LA...              94,368
 Baton Rouge.
Massachusetts Office of Refugees  Boston, MA........             189,823
 and.
Immigrants......................
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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:

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202-205-5933 E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: July 27, 2009.
Eskinder Negash,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. E9-18521 Filed 8-3-09; 8:45 am]
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