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Homeless Youth (RHY). In that regard,

the Office provides policy guidance to

state, county, city or town and tribal

governments and public and private

organizations to assure consistent and

uniform adherence to federal

requirements. The Office provides

technical assistance to entities

responsible for administering these

programs to ensure that appropriate

procedures and practices are adopted,

and monitors the programs to ensure

their efficiency and effectiveness. The

Office performs systematic fiscal

reviews and makes recommendations to

the Regional Administrator to approve

or disallow costs under ACF

discretionary grant programs. The Office

issues certain discretionary grant

awards based on a review of project

objectives, budget projections, and

proposed funding levels. As applicable,

recommendations are made on the

clearance and closure of audits of

grantee programs, paying particular

attention to financial management

deficiencies that decrease the efficiency

and effectiveness of the ACF programs

and taking steps to monitor the

resolution of such deficiencies. The

Office oversees the management and

coordination of office automation

systems in the region such as the PC

Cost and HS Cost systems for budget

analysis on Head Start Applications and

monitors grantee systems projects such

as the Head Start Program Information

Report, Head Start Management

Tracking System and the Youth

Development and Head Start Bulletin

Board. The Office represents the

Regional Administrator in dealing with

ACF Program Offices on all program

policy and financial matters under its

jurisdiction. Alerts or early warnings are

provided to the Regional Administrator

regarding problems or issues that may

have significant implications on the

programs.

Dated: May 15, 1995.

Mary Jo Bane,

Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.

[FR Doc. 95–12550 Filed 5–22–95; 8:45 am]

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Office of Refugee Resettlement;

Statement of Organization, Functions,

and Delegations of Authority

This Notice amends Part K, Chapter K

of the Statement of Organization,

Functions and Delegations of Authority

of the Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children

and Families (56 FR 42332) as last

amended, August 27, 1991; KR, The

Office of Refugee Resettlement (59 FR

23888), as last amended, May 9, 1994.

This reorganization will realign the

functions of the Office of Refugee

Resettlement into two divisions, thereby

improving the efficiency and

effectiveness of the refugee activities in

the Administration for Children and

Families. Specifically, we are amending

Chapter KR with the following:

KR.00 Mission. The Office of Refugee

Resettlement (ORR) advises the

Secretary, through the Assistant

Secretary for Children and Families, on

matters relating to refugee resettlement,

immigration, and repatriation. The

Office plans, develops and directs

implementation of a comprehensive

program for domestic refugee and

entrant resettlement assistance. It

develops, recommends, and issues

program policies, procedures and

interpretations to provide program

direction. The Office monitors and

evaluates the performance of states and

other public and private agencies in

administering these programs and

supports actions to improve them. It

provides leadership and direction in the

development and coordination of

national public and private programs

that provide assistance to refugees,

entrants, and other immigrants.

The Office also plans, develops and

provides direction on the administration

of the U.S. Repatriate Program.

KR.10 Organization. The Office of

Refugee Resettlement is headed by a

Director who reports directly to the

Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families and consists of:

Office of the Director [KRA]

Division of Refugee Self-Sufficiency

[KRE]

Division of Community Resettlement

[KRF]

KR.20 Functions. A. Office of the

Director is directly responsible to the

Assistant Secretary for Children and

Families for carrying out ORR’s mission

and providing guidance and general

supervision to the components of ORR.

Within the Office of the Director, staff

assist the Director in managing the

formulation of program policy and

budget and in the formulation of salaries

and expense budgets. Staff also provide

administrative, personnel and data

processing support services.

The Office coordinates with the lead

refugee and entrant program offices of

other federal departments; provides

leadership in representing refugee and

entrant programs, policies and

administration to a variety of

governmental entities and other public

and private interests; and acts as the

coordinator of the total refugee and

entrant resettlement effort for ACF and

the Department.

B. Division of Refugee SelfSufficiency provides direction for

assuring that refugees are provided

assistance and services through the

State-administered program and

alternative programs such as the

voluntary agency program and Wilson/

Fish projects in a manner that helps

refugees to become employed and

economically self-sufficient as soon

after their arrival in the United States as

possible. It monitors and provides

technical assistance to the stateadministered domestic assistance

programs and develops guidance and

procedures for their implementation;

manages special initiatives to increase

refugee self-sufficiency such as through

demonstration or pilot programs;

manages the unaccompanied minors

program to ensure that refugee and

entrant unaccompanied minors are

provided appropriate care and services;

manages the allocation and tracking of

funds for refugee cash and refugee

medical assistance and State

administrative costs; prepares annual

budget estimates and related materials;

and develops regulations, legislative

proposals, and routine interpretations of

policy regarding the State-administered

and alternative programs.

C. Division of Community

Resettlement directs and manages

effective refugee resettlement through

the programmatic implementation of

grants, contracts and special initiatives

associated with national discretionary

activity and other activities as specified

by the Director or required by

Congressional mandate.

The Division ensures the quality of

medical screening and initial medical

treatment of refugees; collects data and

performs analyses on the changing

needs of the refugee and entrant

population; provides leadership to

identify data needs and sources,

formulates data and reporting

requirements; assists states and private

agencies on data reporting and the

resolution of reporting problems;

compiles, evaluates, and disseminates

information on the nationwide

performance and costs of refugee service

programs; responds to unanticipated

refugee and entrant arrivals or

significant increases in arrivals to

communities where adequate or

appropriate services do not exist;

strengthens the role of ethnic

community national or multi-State

organizations to promote economic

independence among refugees; provides

for English Language Training and

provides where specific needs have

been shown and recognized by the

Director for health (including mental
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health) services, social services,

educational and other services.

The Division develops Repatriation

plans to make arrangements and

approve payments for temporary

assistance to certain U.S. citizens and

dependents repatriated from foreign

countries, and for the hospitalization of

certain U.S. Nationals repatriated

because of mental illness.

Dated: May 17, 1995.

Mary Jo Bane,

Assistant Secretary for Children and Families.

[FR Doc. 95–12551 Filed 5–22–95; 8:45 am]

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Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Announcement 553]

Cooperative Agreement for Adult

Blood Lead Epidemiology Surveillance

Programs and/or Intervention Projects

to Prevent Adult Lead Poisoning

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 1995

funds for new and competing

continuation of State-Based Adult Blood

Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance

Programs (ABLES) and intervention

projects to prevent adult lead poisoning

in high-risk industries and occupations.

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention

objectives of Healthy People 2000, a

PHS-led national activity to reduce

morbidity and mortality and improve

the quality of life. This announcement

is related to the priority area of

Occupational Safety and Health. (To

order a copy of Healthy People 2000, see

the Section Where To Obtain Additional

Information.)

Authority

This program is authorized under the

Occupational Safety and Health Act of

1970, section 20(a), (29 U.S.C. 669(a)),

and section 22(e)(7), (29 U.S.C.

671(e)(7)).

Smoke-Free Workplace

The Public Health Service strongly

encourages all grant recipients to

provide a smoke-free workplace and

promote the non-use of all tobacco

products, and Public Law 103–227, the

Pro-Children Act of 1994, prohibits

smoking in certain facilities that receive

Federal funds in which education,

library, day care, health care, and early

childhood development services are

provided to children.

Environmental Justice Initiative

Activities conducted under this

announcement should be consistent

with the Federal Executive Order No.

12898 entitled ‘‘Federal Actions to

Address Environmental Justice in

Minority Populations and Low-Income

Populations.’’ Awardees, to the greatest

extent practicable and permitted by law,

shall make achieving environmental

justice part of its program’s mission by

identifying and addressing, as

appropriate, disproportionately high

and adverse human health and

environmental effects of lead on

minority populations and low-income

populations.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants must have

regulations for reporting blood lead

levels or provide assurances that such

regulations will be in place within six

months of awarding the cooperative

agreement. Eligible applicants are State

health departments or other State health

agencies or departments deemed most

appropriate by the State to direct and

coordinate the State’s adult lead

poisoning prevention program. This

eligibility includes health departments

or other official organizational authority

(agency or instrumentality) of the

District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any

territory or possession of the United

States. Also eligible are federally

recognized Indian tribal governments.

Note: Other official State and territorial

agencies with occupational safety and health

jurisdiction may also apply. Applicants other

than health departments must apply in

collaboration with and through their State

and territorial health department.

For Surveillance Funds Only: Eligible

applicants must have regulations for

reporting of blood lead (PbB) levels by

both public and private laboratories or

provide assurances that such regulations

will be in place no later than September

30, 1995. This program is intended to

initiate and build capacity for

surveillance of adult PbB levels.

Therefore, any applicant that already

has in place a PbB level surveillance

activity must demonstrate how these

grant funds will be used to enhance,

expand or improve the current activity,

in order to remain eligible for funding.

CDC funds should be added to bloodlead surveillance funding from other

sources, if such funding exists.

Applicants other than State health

departments must apply in conjunction

with their State or territorial health

department. If a State agency applying

for cooperative agreement funds is other

than the official State health

department, written concurrence by the

State health department must be

provided.

(In order to compete for additional

funding, applicants that are currently

being funded for ‘‘Adult Blood Lead

Epidemiology and Surveillance’’

programs must submit new

supplemental proposals for their

surveillance activities, and/or a

proposal for an intervention project.

These supplements must meet all the

above eligibility and will be evaluated

as a part of the surveillance program/

intervention project objective review.)

Availability of Funds

Surveillance/Intervention Funds

Approximately $539,500 will be

available in FY 1995. These funds will

be awarded as follows:

Surveillance Programs

A. Approximately $81,000 to fund up

to three cooperative agreements for

States currently without a lead

surveillance program but who meet the

eligibility criteria. These awards are

expected to range from approximately

$25,000 to $30,000 with the average

award being approximately $27,000.

B. Approximately $278,500 to fund

up to thirteen cooperative agreements.

Eligible applicants include those States

currently receiving CDC/NIOSH ABLES

support and those which provide

quarterly data to the national reporting

system. These awards are expected to

range from $20,000 to $22,000, with the

average award being approximately

$21,500.

Intervention Project(s)

C. Approximately $180,000 to fund

up to two cooperative agreements for

intervention projects. These awards are

expected to range from $80,000 to

$100,000, with the average award being

approximately $90,000.

The new awards are expected to begin

on or about September 30, 1995. New

awards for surveillance programs listed

under Parts A and B are made for 12-

month budget periods within project

periods not to exceed 5 years. Awards

for Intervention project(s) under Part C

are made for a project period of one

year. Funding estimates outlined above

are subject to change based on the actual

availability of funds and the scope and

quality of applications received.

Continuation awards within the project

period will be made on the basis of

satisfactory progress and availability of

funds.

These awards are intended to

develop, expand, or improve adult

blood lead epidemiology and