[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 53893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21584]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement

[C.F.D.A. Number 93.584]


 Notice of FY 2012 Refugee Targeted Assistance Formula Awards to 
States and Wilson/Fish Alternative Project Grantees

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of awards.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), announces the allocation of Refugee 
Targeted Assistance formula awards to States and Wilson/Fish 
Alternative Project grantees. The purpose of the Targeted Assistance 
program is to provide employment and other resettlement services to 
refugees, Amerasians, asylees, Cuban and Haitian entrants, victims of 
trafficking, and Iraqis and Afghans with Special Immigrant Visas. The 
grant allocations are awarded to States on behalf of counties that have 
had high levels of arrivals of the eligible populations. The awards 
supplement available refugee resettlement resources to ensure that 
refugees and other eligible populations become employed and self-
sufficient as soon as possible. Awards are determined by the number of 
the eligible populations residing in each county during the two-year 
period from October 1, 2009, to September 30, 2011.
    Targeted Assistance allocations are available on the ORR Web page. 
The table of FY 2012 Allocations to Counties and Targeted Assistance 
Areas and the Table of FY 2012 Allocations to States may be found at: 
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/policy/fy2012_formula_allocations_targeted_assistance.htm.

DATES: The awards are effective immediately. Funds must be obligated by 
September 30, 2013, and funds must be expended by September 30, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Henley Portner, Office of the 
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, (202) 401-5363, 
[email protected].

    Statutory Authority: Section 412(c)(2)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1522).

Eskinder Negash,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 2012-21584 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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