[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 51736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20370]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement

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


Notice of FY 2013 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 (ORR), Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), announces the allocation of Refugee 
Targeted Assistance formula awards to States and Wilson/Fish 
Alternative Project grantees.

DATES: The awards are effective immediately.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Refugee Targeted Assistance award 
allocations are available on the ORR Web page. The table of FY 2013 
Allocations to Counties and Targeted Assistance Areas and the Table of 
FY 2013 Allocations to States may be found at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/spotlight#announcements.
    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 grants are awarded to 
States on behalf of counties with the greatest number of arrivals of 
the eligible populations. Services provided are intended to assist 
refugees obtain employment within one year's participation in the 
program and to achieve self-sufficiency. Awards are determined by the 
number of the eligible populations residing in each county during the 
two-year period from October 1, 2010, to September 30, 2012.
    Funds must be obligated by September 30, 2014, and funds must be 
expended by September 30, 2015.
    ACF reminds recipients and members of the public that a Federal 
Register notice, concerning a change in procedures that requires 
electronic submission of State/Tribal plans and reporting, is open for 
comment through August 27, 2013. The notice is available in Federal 
Register, Volume 78, No. 125, published on June 28, 2013, and at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-28/pdf/2013-15465.pdf.

    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. 2013-20370 Filed 8-20-13; 8:45 am]
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