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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Mental Health;

Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

meeting.

The meeting will be closed to the

public in accordance with the

provisions set forth in sections

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C.,

as amended. The grant applications and

the discussions could disclose

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material,

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the grant

applications, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: National Institute of

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: April 28, 2000.

Time: 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: Neuroscience Center, National

Institutes of Health, 6001 Executive Blvd.,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Conference

Call).

Contact Person: Michael J. Moody,

Scientific Review Administrator, Division of

Extramural Activities, National Institute of

Mental Health, NIH, Neuroscience Center,

6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6154, MSC 9609,

Bethesda, MD 20892–9609, 301–443–3367.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.242, Mental Health Research

Grants; 93.281, Scientist Development

Award, Scientist Development Award for

Clinicians, and Research Scientist Award;

93.282, Mental Health National Research

Service Awards for Research Training,

National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Anna P. Snouffer,

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Diabetes and

Digestive and Kidney Diseases; Notice

of Closed Meetings

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

meetings.

The meetings will be closed to the

public in accordance with the

provisions set forth in sections

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,

as amended. The grant applications and

the discussions could disclose

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material,

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the grant

applications, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: National Institute of

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Special Emphasis Panel, ZDK1 GRB–1 M1 P.

Date: April 26, 2000.

Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: Courtyard by Marriott, 2899

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

22203.

Contact Person: Carolyn Miles, PhD,

Scientific Review Administrator, Review

Branch, DEA, NIDDK, Room 641, 6707

Democracy Boulevard, National Institutes of

Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594–7791.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

Name of Committee: National Institute of

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Special Emphasis Panel, ZDK1 GRB–1 (M4).

Date: May 11, 2000.

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: 6707 Democracy Blvd, Two

Democracy Plaza, 6th Floor, Room 641, MSC

5452, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone

Conference Call).

Contact Person: Carolyn Miles, PhD,

Scientific Review Administrator, Review

Branch, DEA, NIDDK, Room 641, 6707

Democracy Boulevard, National Institutes of

Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594–7791.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes,

Endocrinology and Metabolic Research;

93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition

Research; 93.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology

and Hematology Research, National Institutes

of Health, HHS)

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Anna Snouffer,

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Refugee Resettlement Program;

Proposed Availability of Formula

Allocation Funding for FY 2000

Targeted Assistance Grants for

Services to Refugees in Local Areas of

High Need

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement

(ORR), ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of proposed availability

of formula allocation funding for FY

2000 targeted assistance grants to States

for services to refugees in local areas of

high need.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

proposed availability of funds and

award procedures for FY 2000 targeted

assistance grants for services to refugees

under the Refugee Resettlement Program

(RRP). These grants are for service

provision in localities with large refugee

populations, high refugee

concentrations, and high use of public

assistance, and where specific needs

exist for supplementation of currently

available resources.

This notice continues the eligibility of

those 50 counties located in 29 States

that previously qualified for and

received targeted assistance program

(TAP) grants beginning in FY 1999 as a

result of the three-year qualification

process. The FY 2000 TAP formula

allocations are based on the same

formula as in FY 1999, updated to

reflect arrivals during the five-year

period from FY 1995 through FY 1999.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by May 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address written comments,

in duplicate, to: Gayle A. Smith, Office

of Refugee Resettlement, Administration

for Children and Families, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20447.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: The deadline for

applications will be established by the

final notice. Applications should not be

sent in response to this notice of

proposed allocations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gayle Smith, Director, Division of

Refugee Self-Sufficiency, (202) 205–

3590.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Purpose and Scope

This notice announces the proposed

availability of funds for grants for

targeted assistance for services to

refugees in counties where, because of

factors such as unusually large refugee

populations, high refugee

concentrations, and high use of public

assistance, there exists and can be

demonstrated a specific need for

supplementation of resources for

services to this population.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement

(ORR) has available $49,477,000 in FY

2000 funds for the targeted assistance

program (TAP) as part of the FY 2000

appropriation for the Department of

Health and Human Services (Pub. L. No.

106–113).

The Director of the Office of Refugee

Resettlement (ORR) proposes to use the

$49,477,000 in targeted assistance funds

as follows:

$44,529,300 will be allocated to States

under the five-year population formula,

as set forth in this notice.

$4,947,700 (10 percent of the total)

will be used to award discretionary

grants to States under a separate grant

announcement.

The purpose of targeted assistance

grants is to provide, through a process

of local planning and implementation,

direct services intended to result in the

economic self-sufficiency and reduced

welfare dependency of refugees through

job placements.

The targeted assistance program

reflects the requirements of section

412(c)(2)(B) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act (INA), which provides

that targeted assistance grants shall be

made available ‘‘(i) primarily for the

purpose of facilitating refugee

employment and achievement of selfsufficiency, (ii) in a manner that does

not supplant other refugee program

funds and that assures that not less than

95 percent of the amount of the grant

award is made available to the county

or other local entity.’’

II. Authorization

Targeted assistance projects are

funded under the authority of section

412(c)(2) of the Immigration and

Nationality Act (INA), as amended by

the Refugee Assistance Extension Act of

1986 (Pub. L. No. 99–605), 8 U.S.C.

1522(c); section 501(a) of the Refugee

Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Pub.

L. No. 96–422), 8 U.S.C. 1522 note,

insofar as it incorporates by reference

with respect to Cuban and Haitian

entrants the authorities pertaining to

assistance for refugees established by

section 412(c)(2) of the INA, as cited

above; section 584(c) of the Foreign

Operations, Export Financing, and

Related Programs Appropriations Act,

1988, as included in the FY 1988

Continuing Resolution (Pub. L. No. 100–

202), insofar as it incorporates by

reference with respect to certain

Amerasians from Vietnam the

authorities pertaining to assistance for

refugees established by section 412(c)(2)

of the INA, as cited above, including

certain Amerasians from Vietnam who

are U.S. citizens, as provided under title

II of the Foreign Operations, Export

Financing, and Related Programs

Appropriations Acts, 1989 (Pub. L. No.

100–461), 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101–167),

and 1991 (Pub. L. No. 101–513).

III. Use of Funds

Targeted assistance funding must be

used to assist refugee families to achieve

economic independence in accordance

with regulations at 45 CFR Part 400. The

term ‘‘refugee’’ includes persons who

meet all requirements of 45 CFR 400.43

(as amended by 65 FR 15409 (March 22,

2000)) and 45 CFR 401.2 (Cuban and

Haitian entrants). In addition to the

statutory requirement that TAP funds be

used ‘‘primarily for the purpose of

facilitating refugee employment’’

(section 412(c)(2)(B)(i)), funds awarded

under this program are intended to help

fulfill the Congressional intent that

‘‘employable refugees should be placed

on jobs as soon as possible after their

arrival in the United States’’ (section

412(a)(1)(B)(i) of the INA). Therefore, in

accordance with 45 CFR 400.313,

targeted assistance funds must be used

primarily for employability services

designed to enable refugees to obtain

jobs with less than one year’s

participation in the targeted assistance

program in order to achieve economic

self-sufficiency as soon as possible.

Under 45 CFR 400.316, a State may

provide the same scope of services

under targeted assistance as may be

provided to refugees under 45 CFR

400.154 and 45 CFR 400.155, with the

exception of 45 CFR 400.155(h).

Targeted assistance services may

continue to be provided after a refugee

has entered a job to help the refugee

retain employment or move to a better

job. Targeted assistance funds may not

be used for long-term training programs

such as vocational training that last for

more than a year or educational

programs that are not intended to lead

to employment within a year.

States may not provide services

funded under this notice, except for

referral and interpreter services, to

refugees who have been in the United

States for more than 60 months (five

years).

In accordance with 45 CFR 400.314,

States are required to provide targeted

assistance services to refugees in the

following order of priority, except in

certain individual extreme

circumstances: (a) Refugees who are

cash assistance recipients, particularly

long-term recipients; (b) unemployed

refugees who are not receiving cash

assistance; and (c) employed refugees in

need of services to retain employment

or to attain economic independence.

In accordance with 45 CFR 400.317, if

targeted assistance funds are used for

the provision of English language

training, such training must be provided

in a concurrent, rather than sequential,

time period with employment or with

other employment-related activities.

Refugees who are participating in

TAP-funded or social services-funded

employment services or have accepted

employment are eligible for day care

services for children. For an employed

refugee, TAP-funded day care should be

limited to one year after the refugee

becomes employed. States and counties,

however, are expected to use day care

funding from other publicly funded

mainstream programs as a prior resource

and are encouraged to work with service

providers to assure maximum access to

other publicly funded resources for day

care.

Reflecting section 412(a)(1)(A)(iv) of

the INA, States must ‘‘ensure that

women have the same opportunities as

men to participate in training and

instruction.’’ In addition, in accordance

with 45 CFR 400.317, targeted

assistance services must be provided, to

the maximum extent feasible, in a

manner that includes the use of

bilingual/bicultural women on service

agency staffs to ensure adequate service

access by refugee women.

In accordance with 45 CFR 400.317,

targeted assistance services must be

provided in a manner that is culturally

and linguistically compatible with a

refugee’s language and cultural

background, to the maximum extent

feasible. In light of the increasingly

diverse population of refugees who are

resettling in this country, refugee

service agencies will need to develop

practical ways of providing culturally

and linguistically appropriate services

to a changing ethnic population.

Services funded under this notice must

be refugee-specific services that are

designed specifically to meet refugee

needs and are in keeping with the rules

and objectives of the refugee program.

Vocational or job-skills training, on-thejob training, or English language

training, however, need not be refugeespecific.

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Finally, in order to provide culturally

and linguistically compatible services in

as cost-efficient a manner as possible in

a time of limited resources, ORR

strongly encourages States and counties

to promote and give special

consideration to the provision of

services through coalitions of refugee

service organizations, such as coalitions

of Mutual Assistance Associations

(MAAs), voluntary resettlement

agencies, or a variety of service

providers. ORR believes it is essential

for refugee-serving organizations to form

close partnerships in the provision of

services to refugees in order to be able

to respond adequately to a changing

refugee picture. Coalition-building and

consolidation of providers is

particularly important in communities

with multiple service providers in order

to ensure better coordination of services

and maximum use of funding for

services by minimizing the funds used

for multiple administrative overhead

costs.

The award of funds to States under

this notice will be contingent upon the

completeness of a State’s application as

described in section VIII below.

IV. (Reserved for Discussion of

Comments in the Final Notice)

V. Eligible Grantees

Eligible grantees are those agencies of

State governments that are responsible

for the refugee program under 45 CFR

400.5 in States containing counties that

qualify for FY 2000 targeted assistance

awards.

The Director of ORR proposes to

determine the eligibility of counties for

inclusion in the FY 2000 targeted

assistance program on the basis of the

method described in section VI of this

notice.

The use of targeted assistance funds

for services to Cuban and Haitian

entrants are limited to States that have

an approved State plan under the

Cuban/Haitian Entrant Program (CHEP).

The State agency will submit a single

application on behalf of all county

governments that are qualified counties

in that State. Subsequent to the approval

of the State’s application by ORR, local

targeted assistance plans will be

developed by the county government or

other designated entity and submitted to

the State.

A State with more than one qualified

county is permitted, but not required, to

determine the allocation amount for

each qualified county within the State.

However, if a State chooses to determine

county allocations differently from

those set forth in the final notice, in

accordance with § 400.319, the FY 2000

allocations proposed by the State must

be based on the State’s population of

refugees who arrived in the U.S. during

the most recent five-year period. A State

may use welfare data as an additional

factor in the allocation of its targeted

assistance funds if it so chooses;

however, a State may not assign a

greater weight to welfare data than it has

assigned to population data in its

allocation formula. In addition, if a State

chooses to allocate its FY 2000 targeted

assistance funds in a manner different

from the formula set forth in the final

notice, the FY 2000 allocations and

methodology proposed by the State

must be included in the State’s

application for ORR review and

approval.

Applications submitted in response to

the final notice are not subject to review

by State and area-wide clearinghouses

under Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs.’’

VI. Qualification and Allocation

A. Qualification

The Director of ORR will determine

the qualification of counties for targeted

assistance once every three years, as

stated in the FY 1999 notice of proposed

availability of targeted assistance

allocations to States which was

published in the Federal Register on

March 10, 1999 (64 FR 11927). Since

ORR determined the qualification of

counties for targeted assistance in FY

1999, those qualifying counties

determined eligible in FY 1999 and

listed in this notice as qualified to apply

for FY 2000 TAP funding would remain

qualified for TAP funding through FY

2001 on the basis of the most current

five-year refugee/entrant arrival data.

ORR does not plan to consider the

eligibility of additional counties for TAP

funding until FY 2002, when ORR will

again review data on all counties that

could potentially qualify for TAP funds.

B. Allocation Formula

Of the funds available for FY 2000 for

targeted assistance, $44,529,300 would

be allocated by formula to States for

qualified counties based on the initial

placements of refugees, Amerasians,

entrants (including Havana parolees),

and Kurdish asylees in these counties

during the five-year period from FY

1995 through FY 1999 (October 1, 1994–

September 30, 1999).

With regard to Havana parolees, in the

absence of reliable data on the State-byState resettlement of this population, we

are crediting 47,805 Havana parolees

who arrived in the U.S. during the past

five years according to the Immigration

and Naturalization Service (INS), using

the following methodology. For FY

1999, we credited the qualifying

counties with Havana parolees

according to arrival numbers supplied

to us by the Parolee Orientation Program

funded by the International Affairs

Office of the INS. For FY 1995 through

FY 1998, the Havana parolees for each

qualifying county in Florida are based

on actual arrival data submitted by the

State of Florida; Havana parolees

credited to qualifying counties in other

States were prorated based on the

counties’ proportion of the four-year (FY

1995 through FY 1998) entrant

population in the U.S.

If a qualifying county does not agree

with ORR’s population estimate and

believes that its five-year population for

FY 1995–FY 1999 was undercounted

and wishes ORR to reconsider its

population estimate, the county must

provide the following evidence: The

county must submit to ORR a letter from

each local voluntary agency that

resettled refugees in the county that

attests to the fact that the refugees/

entrants listed in an attachment to the

letter were resettled as initial

placements during the five-year period

from FY 1995–FY 1999 in the county

making the claim. Documentation must

include the name, alien number, date of

birth and date of arrival in the U.S. for

each refugee/entrant claimed. Listings of

refugees who are not identified by their

alien numbers will not be considered.

Counties should submit such evidence

separately from comments on the

proposed formula no later than 30 days

from the date of publication of this

notice and should be addressed to:

Loren Bussert, Division of Refugee SelfSufficiency, Office of Refugee

Resettlement, 370 L’Enfant Promenade,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447;

telephone, (202) 401–4732; E-mail:

lbussert@acf.dhhs.gov. Failure to submit

the required documentation within the

required time period will result in

forfeiture of consideration.

VII. Allocations

Table 1 lists the qualifying counties;

the number of refugee (column 3) and

entrant (column 4) arrivals in those

counties during the five-year period

from October 1, 1994–September 30,

1999; the number of Havana parolees

(column 5) credited to each county

during this period, the total number of

arrivals; and the proposed amount of

each county’s allocation based on its

five-year arrival population.

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TABLE 1.—PROPOSED TARGETED ASSISTANCE ALLOCATIONS BY COUNTY: FY 2000

County State Refugees 1 Entrants Havana

parolees 2

Total

arrivals FY

1995–1999

Total FY 2000 proposed

1Maricopa County ...... Arizona .......................... 8,929 818 514 10,261 $1,214,851

2 Fresno County ......... California ....................... 1,799 2 1 1,802 213,348

3 Los Angeles County California ....................... 13,313 351 390 14,054 1,663,923

4 Orange County ......... California ....................... 8,367 24 19 8,410 995,702

5 Sacramento County California ....................... 11,646 4 7 11,657 1,380,130

6 San Diego County .... California ....................... 6,973 397 344 7,714 913,299

7 San Francisco .......... California ....................... 6,288 33 34 6,355 752,400

8 Santa Clara County California ....................... 8,322 47 37 8,406 995,228

9 Yolo County ............. California ....................... 1,341 5 3 1,349 159,715

10 Denver County ......... Colorado ........................ 3,085 1 5 3,091 365,959

11 District of Columbia .. Dist. of Col ..................... 3,626 15 14 3,655 432,734

12 Broward County ....... Florida ............................ 788 1,402 1,277 3,467 410,475

13 Dade County ............ Florida ............................ 7,870 26,214 37,721 71,805 8,501,350

14 Duval County ........... Florida ............................ 4,236 21 51 4,308 510,046

15 Hillsborough County Florida ............................ 1,648 634 1,120 3,402 402,780

16 DeKalb County ......... Georgia .......................... 7,902 12 9 7,923 938,043

17 Fulton County ........... Georgia .......................... 5,145 196 153 5,494 650,462

18 Cook/Kane ............... Illinois ............................. 15,790 368 297 16,455 1,948,189

19 Polk County .............. Iowa ............................... 3,612 1 3 3,616 428,116

20 Jefferson County 3 .... Kentucky ........................ 3,813 1,353 621 5,787 685,152

21 Hampden County ..... Massachusetts ............... 2,281 9 6 2,296 271,835

22 Suffolk County .......... Massachusetts ............... 4,285 53 59 4,397 520,583

23 Ingham County ......... Michigan ........................ 1,927 647 290 2,864 339,083

24 Kent County ............. Michigan ........................ 2,836 73 34 2,943 348,436

25 Hennepin County ..... Minnesota ...................... 6,601 3 4 6,608 782,354

26 Ramsey County ....... Minnesota ...................... 2,024 10 7 2,041 241,644

27 City of St. Louis ....... Missouri ......................... 8,606 1 1 8,608 1,019,144

28 Lancaster County ..... Nebraska ....................... 2,378 38 25 2,441 289,002

29 Clark County 4 .......... Nevada .......................... 1,566 1,261 867 3,694 437,351

30 Hudson County ........ New Jersey .................... 1,327 665 825 2,817 333,519

31 Bernalillo County ...... New Mexico ................... 1,051 1,006 828 2,885 341,570

32 Monroe County ........ New York ....................... 2,730 833 453 4,016 475,474

33 New York ................. New York ....................... 42,317 590 532 43,439 5,142,960

34 Oneida County ......... New York ....................... 4,698 1 1 4,700 556,456

35 Guilford County ........ North Carolina ............... 2,430 7 11 2,448 289,831

36 Cass County ............ North Dakota ................. 1,791 3 2 1,796 212,637

37 Cuyahoga County .... Ohio ............................... 3,600 7 8 3,615 427,998

38 Multnomah ............... Oregon ........................... 11,319 776 404 12,499 1,479,819

39 Erie County .............. Pennsylvania ................. 1,922 0 0 1,922 227,555

40 Philadelphia County Pennsylvania ................. 4,833 44 37 4,914 581,793

41 Minnehaha County 5 South Dakota ................. 1,592 0 0 01,592 188,485

42 Davidson County ...... Tennessee ..................... 3,248 54 42 3,344 395,913

43 Dallas/Tarrant ........... Texas ............................. 11,248 525 485 12,258 1,451,286

44 Harris County ........... Texas ............................. 8,525 348 137 9,010 1,066,739

45 Davis/Salt Lake ........ Utah ............................... 5,135 1 3 5,139 608,432

46 Fairfax County .......... Virginia ........................... 3,152 7 10 3,169 375,194

48 City of Richmond ..... Virginia ........................... 2,310 103 72 2,485 294,212

48 King/Snohomish ....... Washington .................... 13,378 51 34 13,463 1,593,952

49 Pierce County .......... Washington .................... 2,421 10 7 2,438 288,647

50 Spokane County ...... Washington .................... 3,255 0 1 3,256 385,494

Total ........................ ........................................ 289,279 39,024 47,805 376,108 44,529,300

1 Refugees includes refugees, Kurdish asylees, and Amerasian immigrants from Vietnam.

2For FY 1999, the Havana parolees for all counties are based on actual data. For previous years, the Havana parolees of Florida counties are

based on actual data, while parolees from other counties are prorated based on each county’s proportion. of the four-year (FY 1995–1998) entrant population. 3The allocation for Jefferson County, Kentucky will be awarded to the Kentucky Wilson/Fish project.

4The allocation for Clark County, Nevada will be awarded to the Nevada Wilson/Fish.

5The allocation for Minnehaha County, South Dakota will be awarded to the South Dakota Wilson/Fish project.

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Table 2 provides State totals for

proposed targeted assistance allocations.

TABLE 2.—TARGETED ASSISTANCE

PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS BY STATE:

FY 2000

State FY 2000

Arizona .................................. $1,214,851

California ............................... 7,073,745

Colorado ............................... 365,959

District of Columbia .............. 432,734

Florida ................................... 9,824,651

Georgia ................................. 1,588,505

Illinois .................................... 1,948,189

Iowa ...................................... 428,116

Kentucky ............................... 685,152

Massachusetts ...................... 792,418

Michigan ............................... 687,519

Minnesota ............................. 1,023,998

Missouri ................................ 1,019,144

Nebraska .............................. 289,002

Nevada ................................. 437,351

New Jersey ........................... 333,519

New Mexico .......................... 341,570

New York .............................. 6,174,890

North Carolina ...................... 289,831

North Dakota ........................ 212,637

Ohio ...................................... 427,998

Oregon .................................. 1,479,819

Pennsylvania ........................ 809,348

South Dakota ........................ 188,485

Tennesee .............................. 395,913

Texas .................................... 2,518,025

Utah ...................................... 608,432

Virginia .................................. 669,406

Washington ........................... 2,268,093

Total ............................... $44,529,300

VIII. Application and Implementation

Process

States that are currently operating

under approved management plans for

their FY 1999 targeted assistance

program and wish to continue to do so

for their FY 2000 grants may provide the

following in lieu of resubmitting the full

currently approved plan:

The State’s application for FY 2000

funding shall provide:

• Assurance that the State’s current

management plan for the administration

of the targeted assistance program, as

approved by ORR in FY 1999, will

continue to be in full force and effect for

the FY 2000 targeted assistance

program, subject to any additional

assurances or revisions required by this

notice which are not reflected in the

current plan. Any proposed

modifications to the approved plan will

be identified in the application and are

subject to ORR review and approval,

e.g., if the State assumes local

administration of the program or if the

State chooses to determine county

allocations differently. Any proposed

changes must address and reference all

appropriate portions of the FY 1999

application content requirements to

ensure complete incorporation in the

State’s management plan.

• A line item budget and justification

for State administrative costs limited to

a maximum of five percent of the total

award to the State. Each total budget

period funding amount requested must

be necessary, reasonable, and allocable

to the project.

• All applicants must submit targeted

assistance performance goals as

described under Section IX.

IX. Results or Benefits Expected

All applicants must establish targeted

assistance proposed performance goals

for each of the six ORR performance

outcome measures for each targeted

assistance county’s proposed service

contract(s) or sub-grants for the next

contracting cycle. Proposed

performance goals must be included in

the application for each performance

measure. The six ORR performance

measures are: entered employments,

cash assistance reductions due to

employment, cash assistance

terminations due to employment, 90-

day employment retentions, average

wage at placement, and job placements

with available health benefits. Targeted

assistance program activity and progress

achieved toward meeting performance

outcome goals are to be reported

quarterly on the ORR–6, the ‘‘Quarterly

Performance Report.’’

X. Reporting Requirements

States will be required to submit

quarterly reports on the outcomes of the

targeted assistance program, using the

same form which States use for

reporting on refugee social services

formula grants. This is Schedule A and

Schedule C, pages 1 and 2 of the ORR–

6 Quarterly Performance Report form

(OMB #0970–0036).

XI. The Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13)

This notice does not create any

reporting or recordkeeping requirements

requiring OMB clearance.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

(CFDA) Number: 93.584

Dated: April 25, 2000.

Lavinia Limo ́n

Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.

[FR Doc. 00–10782 Filed 4–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Refugee Resettlement Program:

Proposed Notice of Allocations to

States of FY 2000 Funds for Refugee

Social Services

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement

(ORR), ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Proposed notice of allocations to

States of FY 2000 funds for refugee

social services.

SUMMARY: This notice establishes the

proposed allocations to States of FY

2000 funds for social services under the

Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP). In

the final notice, allocation amounts

could be adjusted slightly based on final

adjustments in FY 1999 arrivals in some

States.

This notice includes a $15.5 million

set-aside to: (1) Provide outreach and

referral services to ensure that eligible

refugees access the State Children’s

Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)and

other programs for low income working

populations; and (2) provide specialized

interpreter training and the hiring of

interpreters to enable refugees to have

equal access to medical and legal

services.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by May 31, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address written comments,

in duplicate, to: Barbara R. Chesnik,

Office of Refugee Resettlement,

Administration for Children and

Families, 370 L’Enfant Promenade,

S.W., Washington, DC 20447.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara R. Chesnik, Division of Refugee

Self-Sufficiency, (202) 401–4558.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Amounts for Allocation

The Office of Refugee Resettlement

(ORR) has available $143,953,000 in FY

2000 refugee social service funds as part

of the FY 2000 appropriation for the

Department of Health and Human

Services (Pub. L. No. 106–113).

The FY 2000 House Appropriations

Committee Report (H.R. Rept. No. 106–

370) reads as follows with respect to

social services funds:

The bill provides $140,000,000 for social

services, about the same as the fiscal year

1999 appropriation and $7,990,000 below the

budget request. Funds are distributed by

formula as well as through the discretionary

grant making process for special projects. The

Committee agrees that $19,000,000 is

available for assistance to serve communities

affected by the Cuban and Haitian entrants

and refugees whose arrivals in recent years

have increased. The Committee has set aside