Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 97 /Wednesday, May 20, 1998 / Notices 27735

1 In addition to persons who meet all

requirements of 45 CFR 400.43, ‘‘Requirements for

documentation of refugee status,’’ eligibility for

targeted assistance includes: (1) Cuban and Haitian

entrants, under section 501 of the Refugee

Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96–

422); (2) certain Amerasians from Vietnam who are

admitted to the U.S. as immigrants under section

584 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); and (3) certain Amerasians

from Vietnam, including U.S. citizens, 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). For convenience, the

term ‘‘refugee’’ is used in this notice to encompass

all such eligible persons unless the specific context

indicates otherwise.

Refugees admitted to the U.S. under admissions

numbers set aside for private-sector-initiative

admissions are not eligible to be served under the

targeted assistance program (or under other

programs supported by Federal refugee funds)

during their period of coverage under their

sponsoring agency’s agreement with the Department

of State—usually two years from their date of

arrival or until they obtain permanent resident alien

status, whichever comes first.

(a) In emergency circumstances

affecting the health or safety of any

individual,

(b) For disclosure to a properly

identified person for the purpose of an

audit related to the research project, if

information that would enable research

subjects to be identified is removed or

destroyed at the earliest opportunity

consistent with the purpose of the audit,

or

(c) When required by law; and

(D) Has secured a written statement

attesting to the recipient’s

understanding of and willingness to

abide by these provisions.

[FR Doc. 98–13297 Filed 5–19–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement

Modification to the Standing

Announcement Published in the

Federal Register on December 9, 1997

(62 FR 236)

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement

(ORR) Administration for Children and

Families, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of correction.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the ORR Standing Announcement, 62

FR 236, with closing dates of January

31, 1998 and June 30, 1998 will have the

following changes.

The following programs will be

competed as scheduled in the December

9, 1997 notice: Category 1, Preferred

Communities, Category 2, Unanticipated

Arrivals, Category 5, Mental Health, and

Category 6, Ethnic Community

Organizations.

Category 3, Orientation, will be

canceled for the June 30, 1998 closing.

This program will be competed again

with closing date of January 31st

beginning in 1999 and each subsequent

year until the Standing Announcement

is revised or canceled.

Category 4, Technical Assistance to

Orientation Grantees, is hereby

canceled.

Dated: May 14, 1998.

Lavinia Limon,

Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Notice of Availability of Funding To

Provide Community Service

Employment Opportunities for

Refugees Who Have Experienced

Long-term Difficulties in Assimilation

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement,

ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Request for applications for

projects to provide community service

employment opportunities for refugees

who have experienced long-term

difficulties in assimilation.

SUMMARY: This program announcement

governs the availability of social

services funds and award procedures for

$16 million in FY 1998 discretionary

grants for community service

employment for refugees under the

Refugee Resettlement Program. These

grants, which will be awarded on a

competitive basis, are for localities with

large concentrations of refugees who

have experienced difficulty integrating

socially and economically into local

communities. Refugees are eligible to

participate in these projects regardless

of the length of time they have resided

in the U.S. Applications may include

requests for project periods of up to

three years, with an initial budget

period of one year. Where awards are

made for multiple year project periods,

continuation grant applications will be

entertained in subsequent years on a

non-competitive basis, subject to the

availability of funds, successful progress

of the project, and ACF/ORR’s

determination that this would be in the

best interest of the government.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) number assigned to

this announcement is 93.576.

DATE: The closing date for receipt of

applications is July 20, 1998.

ADDRESS: Address applications to:

Office of Refugee Resettlement, Division

of Community Resettlement, 6th Floor

East, Aerospace Building, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, SW, Washington, DC 20447

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nguyen T. Kimchi at (202) 401–4556, email: Nkimchi@acf.dhhs.gov, or send

correspondence to the above listed

address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Part I. General Information

A. Background

There are communities across this

country with large concentrations of

refugees 1, many of whom entered the

United States over a decade ago. For

some refugees, language skills, cultural

barriers, the lack of financial resources,

and years of relying on public

assistance, have isolated them from the

mainstream, limited their employment

opportunities and hindered integration

into American communities. Their rate

of assimilation has been documented in

many localities on such key indicators

as poverty levels, welfare utilization, car

and home ownership, high school

completion, college attendance or

graduation, language fluency,

employment rates, household income,

per capita income, and naturalization

rates. Prior to their arrival in the U.S.,

some refugees have experienced torture,

starvation or prolonged malnutrition,

which have exacerbated their isolation

and difficulty in adapting to life in the

United States.

In some of these communities,

refugees represent a significant

percentage of the population and,

relative to non-refugee groups, have a

sizeable impact on local services,

medical clinics, and school systems.

The purpose of this announcement is

to improve refugee rates of assimilation

in heavily impacted communities by

providing funding for workforce

experience and training, earned income

for refugees and their families, and

access to needed services for refugee

communities.

Statutory and Regulatory Authority

The FY 1998 House Appropriations

Committee Report (H.R. Rept. No. 105–

205) stated that: ‘‘The Committee has

set-aside $16,000,000 for increased

support to communities with large