[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 151 (Friday, August 5, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 47593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19847]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Award of Replacement Grant for Preventive Health to Lutheran 
Social Services of North Dakota, Fargo, ND

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of award.

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CFDA NUMBER: 93.576.

    Statutory Authority: This program is authorized by Section 
412(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 
1522(b)(5)), which provides for medical screening and initial medical 
treatment for refugees.
    Amount of Award: $66,000.

SUMMARY: In Fiscal Year 2006, in an effort to assist States and local 
health departments to ensure that newly arriving refugees have access 
to preventive health screenings, the Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Division of 
Refugee Assistance (DRA) awarded, through competition, a Refugee 
Preventive Health grant to the North Dakota Department of Human 
Services for a project period of July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2011. The 
North Dakota Department of Human Services has relinquished the grant.
    ORR announces the award of a single-source replacement grant to 
Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota of Fargo, ND, a non-profit 
organization engaged in the resettlement of refugees, to continue 
services under the Refugee Preventive Health grant. Services provided 
under the grant to Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota are within 
the scope and operation of the original award, and address the 
preventive health needs of refugees in their first year in the United 
States. The program includes initial health screening, treatment of 
immediate health needs, follow up on chronic illnesses, nursing case 
management, interpretation services and preventive health education. 
The project period for the award is July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela Green-Smith, Director, Division 
of Refugee Assistance, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: 202-401-4531. E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: July 27, 2011.
Mitiku Ashebir,
Acting Director, Division of Refugee Assistance, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 2011-19847 Filed 8-4-11; 8:45 am]
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