[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51735-51736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20377]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement

[C.F.D.A. Number: 93.566]


Notice of FY 2013 Refugee Social Services 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 Social 
Services formula awards to States and Wilson/Fish Alternative Project 
grantees.
    The FY 2013 formula allocations for Social Services are available 
on ORR's Web site at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/spotlight#announcements.

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: The purpose of the Refugee Social Services 
program is to provide employability services, English language 
training, case management, social adjustment services, interpretation 
and translation services, and other resettlement services to refugees, 
Amerasians, asylees, Cuban and Haitian entrants, victims of 
trafficking, and Iraqis and Afghans with Special Immigrant Visas. The 
awards are determined by the number of the eligible populations 
residing in the State during the two-year period from October 1, 2010, 
to September 30, 2012. States with allocations under $100,000 through 
this calculation instead receive floor allocations ranging from $75,000 
to $100,000 depending on the number of the eligible population in each 
State. The purpose of the floor allocations is to ensure that all 
participating States receive an award sufficient to maintain a program 
of resettlement services.
    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

[[Page 51736]]

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-06-28/pdf/2013-15465.pdf.

    Statutory Authority:  Sections 412(c)(1)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(B))

Eskinder Negash,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 2013-20377 Filed 8-20-13; 8:45 am]
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