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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 refugees, asylees, 

Cuban and Haitian entrants, certain Amerasians 

from Viet Nam who are admitted to the U.S. as 

immigrants, certain Amerasians from Viet Nam who 

are U.S. citizens and victims of a severe form of 

trafficking who receive certification or eligibility 

letters from ORR, and certain other specified family 

members of trafficking victims. See Section II of this 

notice on ‘‘Authorization,’’ and refer to 45 CFR 

400.43 and the ORR State Letter #01–13 on the 

Trafficking Victims Protection Act dated May 3, 

2001, as modified by ORR State Letter #02–01, 

January 4, 2002, and ORR State Letter #04–12, June 

18, 2004. The term ‘‘refugee,’’ used in this notice 

for convenience, is intended to encompass such 

additional persons who are eligible to participate in 

refugee program services, including the targeted 

assistance program. 

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. 93.846, Arthritis, 

Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Research, 

National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: August 26, 2005. 

Anthony M. Coelho, Jr., 

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 05–17463 Filed 9–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Allergy and 

Infectious 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 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special 

Emphasis Panel; Review of an Unsolicited 

P01. 

Date: September 22, 2005. 

Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications and/or proposals. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Rockledge 6700, 6700B Rockledge Drive, 

Bethesda, MD 20817, (Telephone Conference 

Call). 

Contact Person: Cheryl P. Lapham, PhD, 

Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific 

Review Program, National Institutes of 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases, DEA/NIH/ 

DHHS, 6700B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7616, 

Room 3127, Bethesda, MD 20892–7616, 301–

402–4598, clapham@niaid.nih.gov. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Allergy and Infectious Diseases Special 

Emphasis Panel; Minor H Antigens and 

Kidney Transplantation. 

Date: September 23, 2005. 

Time: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Rockledge 6700, 6700B Rockledge Drive, 

Bethesda, MD 20817, (Telephone Conference 

Call). 

Contact Person: Sujata Vijh, PhD, Scientific 

Review Administrator, Scientific Review 

Program, Division of Extramural Activities, 

NIAID/NIH/DHHS, 6700B Rockledge Drive, 

MSC 7616, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 594–

0985, vijhs@niaid.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.955, Allergy, Immunology 

and Transplantation Research; 93.856, 

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 

Research, National Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: August 25, 2005. 

Anthony M. Coelho, Jr., 

Acting Director, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Office of Refugee Resettlement 

Final Notice for FY 2005 Formula 

Allocation for Targeted Assistance 

Grants to States for Services to 

Refugees 

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement 

(ORR), ACF, HHS. 

ACTION: Final notice of availability of 

allocations for FY 2005 targeted 

assistance grants to States for services to 

refugees 1 in local areas of high need. 

[CFDA No. 93.584, Refugee and Entrant 

Assistance—Targeted Assistance Grants] 

SUMMARY: This final notice announces 

the availability of funds and award 

procedures for FY 2005 Targeted 

Assistance Program (TAP) grants to 

States 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 where specific 

needs exist for supplementation of 

currently available resources. 

Qualification of counties for eligibility 

for targeted assistance program grants is 

determined 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). The 

FY 2002–FY 2004 three-year project 

cycle has expired. FY 2005 is the year 

for the re-qualification of counties for 

the three-year project cycle, FY 2005, 

FY 2006, and FY 2007 for TAP funds. 

Qualifications of counties are based on 

the arrivals of refugees (see Footnote 1, 

eligible population) during the 5-year 

period from FY 2000 through FY 2004, 

and on the concentration of the arrivals 

population as a percentage of the 

general population. Counties that 

qualify for TAP FY 2005 funds on the 

basis of the most current 5-year 

population are listed in this proposed 

notice in Table 1, Table 2, Table 4, and 

Table 6. 

Under this final notice, a total of 48 

counties (Table 1) qualify for targeted 

assistance grants. Of these, 6 new 

counties (Table 2) qualify for targeted 

assistance grants, and 11 counties (Table 

3) which previously received targeted 

assistance grants no longer qualify for 

targeted assistance program funding. 

Application Deadline: Application 

deadline for targeted assistance program 

funding will be September 12, 2005. A 

full application is required this 

qualifying year, FY 2005. Six (6) new 

counties are eligible for targeted 

assistance. Counties that have received 

TAP funds in the past and will continue 

to qualify for TAP have not been 

required to submit a full application 

since FY 2002. Application 

requirements in the second and third of 

a 3-year project cycle will be less 

extensive. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Do, Division of Budget, Policy 

and Data Analysis (DBPDA), (202) 401–

4579; e-mail: kdo@acf.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Purpose and Scope 

This final notice announces the 

availability of Fiscal Year 2005 funds for 

targeted assistance grants for services to 

refugees (see Footnote 1 for eligible 

population) in counties where, because 

of factors such as unusually large 

refugee populations and high refugee 

concentrations, 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 $49,081,000 in FY 

2005 funds for the targeted assistance 

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program (TAP) as part of the FY 2005 

appropriation under the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2005, (Pub. L. 108–

447). 

The Director of the Office of Refugee 

Resettlement (ORR) plans to use the 

$49,081,000 in targeted assistance funds 

as follows: 

• $44,173,066 will be allocated to 

States under the 5-year population 

formula, as set forth in this final notice. 

• $4,907,934 (10% of the total) will 

be used to award discretionary grants to 

States under continuation grant awards. 

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. 99–605), 8 U.S.C. 

1522(c)(2); section 501(a) of the Refugee 

Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Pub. 

L. 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. 100–202), insofar as it 

incorporates by reference with respect 

to certain Amerasians from Viet Nam 

the authorities pertaining to assistance 

for refugees established by section 

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

including certain Amerasians from Viet 

Nam who are U.S. citizens, as provided 

under title II of the Foreign Operations, 

Export Financing, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Acts, 1989 (Pub. L. 100–

461), 1990 (Pub. L. 101–167), and 1991 

(Pub. L. 101–513); section 107(b)(1)(A) 

of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 

of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–386), and as 

amended by the Trafficking Victims 

Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 

(Pub. L. 108–193), insofar as it states 

that a victim of a severe form of 

trafficking and certain other specified 

family members shall be eligible for 

federally funded or administered 

benefits and services to the same extent 

as a refugee. 

III. Client and Service Priorities 

Targeted assistance funding must be 

used to assist refugee families to achieve 

economic independence. To this end, 

States and counties are required to 

ensure that a coherent family selfsufficiency plan (FSSP), employment 

development plan (EDP), or individual 

employability plan (IEP) is developed 

for each eligible family that addresses 

the family’s needs from time of arrival 

until attainment of economic 

independence. (See 45 CFR 400.79, 

400.156(g), and 400.317). Each family 

self-sufficiency plan or employment 

development plan should address a 

family’s needs for both employmentrelated services and other needed social 

services. The plan must include: (1) A 

determination of the income level a 

family would have to earn to exceed its 

cash grant and move into self-support 

without suffering a monetary penalty; 

(2) a strategy and timetable for obtaining 

that level of family income through the 

placement in employment of sufficient 

numbers of employable family members 

at sufficient wage levels; (3) 

employability plans for every 

employable member of the family; and 

(4) a plan to address the family’s social 

services needs that may be barriers to 

self-sufficiency. In local jurisdictions 

that have targeted assistance and refugee 

social services programs, one family 

self-sufficiency plan may be developed 

for a family that incorporates both 

targeted assistance and refugee social 

services. 

Services funded through the targeted 

assistance program are required to focus 

primarily on those refugees who, either 

because of their protracted use of public 

assistance or difficulty in securing 

employment, continue to need services 

beyond the initial years of resettlement. 

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 (5 years). (See 45 CFR 

400.315). 

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 addition to the statutory 

requirement that TAP funds be used 

‘‘primarily for the purpose of facilitating 

refugee employment’’ (section 

412(c)(2)(B)(i) of the INA), 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. 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. 

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. 

A portion of a local area’s allocation 

may be used for services that are not 

directed toward the achievement of a 

specific employment objective in less 

than one year but that are essential to 

the adjustment of refugees in the 

community, provided such needs are 

clearly demonstrated and such use is 

approved by the State. (See 45 CFR 

400.316). 

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.’’ Additionally, in 

accordance with 45 CFR 400.317, 

services must be provided to the 

maximum extent feasible in a manner 

that includes the use of bilingual/ 

bicultural women on service agency 

staff to ensure adequate service access 

by refugee women. The Director, ORR, 

also strongly encourages the inclusion 

of refugee women in management and 

board positions in agencies that serve 

refugees. In order to facilitate refugee 

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self-support, the Director also expects 

States to implement strategies which 

address simultaneously the employment 

potential of both male and female wage 

earners in a family unit. States and 

counties are expected to make every 

effort to obtain child care services, 

preferably subsidized child care, for 

children in order to allow women with 

children the opportunity to participate 

in employment services or to accept or 

retain employment. To accomplish this, 

child care may be treated as an 

employment-related service under the 

targeted assistance program. Refugees 

who are participating in targeted 

assistance-funded or social servicesfunded employment services or have 

accepted employment are eligible for 

child care services for their children. 

States and counties are expected to use 

child care funding from other publiclyadministered programs such as child 

care services funded under the 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) or under the Child 

Care and Development Block Grant 

(CCDBG) as a primary resource. States 

and counties are encouraged to work 

with service providers to ensure 

mainstream access for refugees to other 

publicly funded resources for child care. 

For an employed refugee, targeted 

assistance-funded child care should be 

limited to situations in which no other 

publicly funded child care funding is 

available. In these cases, child care 

services funded by targeted assistance 

should be limited to one year after the 

refugee becomes employed. 

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. 

Short-term vocational or job-skills 

training, on-the-job training (OJT), or 

English language training (ELT), 

however, need not be refugee-specific. 

ORR strongly encourages States and 

counties when contracting for targeted 

assistance services, including 

employment services, to give 

consideration to the special strengths of 

mutual assistance associations (MAAs), 

whenever contract bidders are otherwise 

equally qualified, provided that the 

MAA has the capability to deliver 

services in a manner that is culturally 

and linguistically compatible with the 

background of the target population to 

be served. ORR also strongly encourages 

MAAs to ensure that their management 

and board composition reflect the major 

target populations to be served. 

ORR defines MAAs as organizations 

with the following qualifications: 

a. The organization is legally 

incorporated as a nonprofit 

organization; and 

b. Not less than 51% of the 

composition of the Board of Directors or 

governing board of the mutual 

assistance association is comprised of 

refugees or former refugees, including 

both refugee men and women. 

Finally, in order to provide culturally 

and linguistically compatible services in 

as cost-efficient a manner as possible in 

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 

MAAs, voluntary resettlement agencies, 

or a variety of service providers. ORR 

believes it is essential for refugeeserving organizations to form close 

partnerships in the provision of services 

to refugees in order to be able to 

respond adequately to a changing 

refugee environment. States and 

counties are encouraged to consider as 

eligible for TAP funds entities that are 

public or private non-profit agencies 

which may include faith-based, refugee 

or community-based organizations. 

Additionally, 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 final notice will be contingent upon 

the completeness of a State’s application 

as described in section IX, below. 

IV. Discussion of Comments Received 

Five States submitted comments in 

response to the proposed notice of FY 

2005 funds for targeted assistance. The 

comments are summarized below and 

are followed by ORR’s response. 

Comment: Two States submitted 

information requesting participation in 

the targeted assistance program. 

Response: Of the two requesting 

States, one is found to have a county 

which ranked within the top 48 

counties qualified for targeted assistance 

funds, therefore, the State is included in 

this qualifying project cycle (FY 2005—

FY 2007). County data (refugees, 

asylees, and secondary migrants) 

submitted by the other State failed to 

make the cut-off point. The county is 

ranked number 62. Data on secondary 

migrants is not considered for targeted 

assistance population count due to the 

improbable task of tracking in-migration 

and out-migration for all targeted 

assistance counties nationwide in order 

to arrive at adjusted population 

estimates. 

Comment: Two States requested reconsideration of their counties due to 

unprecedented new arrivals of 

secondary migration of refugees. 

Response: As stated in the above 

response, data on secondary migration 

is not considered for targeted assistance 

population count. 

Comment: One State requested 

reconsideration of one of its counties 

which was eliminated in this qualifying 

cycle. 

Response: ORR conducted the final 

re-allocation task taking into account all 

eligibility factors which are outlined in 

the statute for which data are available. 

The said county ranked number 69 on 

the list. 

ORR understands that discontinuing 

funding in the counties that no longer 

qualify for TAP will undoubtedly have 

an effect on the services in those 

counties. However, funds must be 

directed to those counties that are most 

impacted by recent arrivals as required 

by statute. 

V. Eligible Grantees 

Eligible grantees are: 1. Agencies of 

State governments that are responsible 

for the refugee program under 45 CFR 

400.5 in States containing counties 

which qualify for FY 2005 targeted 

assistance awards; and 2. non-State 

agencies funded under the Wilson-Fish 

program which administer, in lieu of a 

State, a statewide refugee assistance 

program containing counties which 

qualify for FY 2005 targeted assistance 

formula funds. All such grantees will 

hereinafter be referred to as ‘‘the State’’. 

The Director of ORR determines the 

eligibility of counties for inclusion in 

the FY 2005 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 is limited to States which have 

an approved State plan under the 

Cuban/Haitian Entrant Program (CHEP). 

The State agency will submit a single 

application to ORR on behalf of all 

county governments of the qualified 

counties in that State. Subsequent to the 

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approval of the State’s agency 

application by ORR, local targeted 

assistance plans will be developed by 

the county government or other 

designated entity and submitted to the 

State agency. 

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 45 CFR 400.319, the FY 

2005 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 5-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 2005 

targeted assistance funds in a manner 

different from the formula set forth in 

the final notice, the FY 2005 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 

this 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 

For FY 2005, ORR used the formula 

which bases allocation of targeted 

assistance funds on the most current 5- 

year arrivals data on refugees (See 

Footnote 1, eligible population). 

Targeted assistance services are limited 

to the arrival population residing in 

qualified counties who have been in the 

U.S. five years or less. As stated in the 

FY 1999 notice of proposed availability 

of targeted assistance allocations to 

States which was published on March 

10, 1999 (64 FR 11927), the Director of 

ORR proposes to determine the 

qualification of counties for targeted 

assistance once every three years. The 

FY 2002—FY 2004 three-year project 

cycle has expired. This final notice 

consists of the 48 qualified counties for 

the FY 2005—FY 2007 three-year 

project cycle for TAP funds. Counties 

qualified for TAP FY 2005 funds on the 

basis of the most current 5-year (10/1/ 

99—9/30/04) population are listed in 

Tables 1, 2, 4, and 6 in this final notice. 

A. Qualifying Counties 

For FY 2005 targeted assistance funds, 

a county (or group of adjacent counties 

with the same Standard Metropolitan 

Statistical Area, or SMSA) or 

independent city, was required to: rank 

above a selected cut-off point of 

jurisdictions for which data were 

reviewed, based on two criteria: (a) The 

number of refugee arrivals placed in the 

county during the most recent 5-year 

period (FY 2000—FY 2004); and (b) the 

5-year refugee arrival population as a 

percent of the county overall 

population. 

With regards to the first qualification 

criteria, each county was ranked on the 

basis of its 5-year refugee arrival 

population and its concentration of 

refugees, with a relative weighting of 2 

to 1 respectively, because it is believed 

that large numbers of arrivals (see 

Footnote 1, eligible population) into a 

county create a significant impact, 

regardless of the ratio of refugees to the 

county general population. 

ORR decided to limit the number of 

qualified counties based on ranking 

order to the top 48 counties (Table 1) in 

order to target a sufficient level of 

funding to the most impacted counties. 

Each county was ranked in terms of the 

sum of a county’s rank on refugee 

arrivals and its rank on concentration. A 

county had to rank within the top 48 

counties to qualify for targeted 

assistance funds. 

ORR screened data on all counties 

that have received awards for targeted 

assistance since FY 1983, and on all 

other counties that could potentially 

qualify for TAP funds based on the 

criteria published in the proposed 

notice. Analysis of these data indicates 

that: (a) Forty-eight (48) counties qualify 

for targeted assistance funds, Table 1; 

(b) eleven (11) counties which have 

previously received targeted assistance 

would no longer qualify, Table 3; and 

(c) six (6) new counties qualify for FY 

2005 targeted assistance funds, Table 2. 

The 48 counties listed in this final 

notice as qualified to apply for FY 2005 

TAP funding would remain qualified for 

TAP funding through FY 2007. ORR 

does not plan to consider the eligibility 

of additional counties for TAP funding 

until FY 2008, when ORR will again 

review data on all counties that could 

potentially qualify for TAP funds based 

on the criteria contained in the 

proposed notice published in the June 

17, 2005, Federal Register [70 FR, vol. 

116 (June 17, 2005)]. It is believed that 

a more frequent re-determination of 

county qualification for targeted 

assistance would not provide qualifying 

counties a sufficient period of time 

within a stable funding climate to 

adequately address the refugee impact 

in their counties, while a less frequent 

re-determination of county qualification 

would pose the risk of not considering 

new population impacts in a timely 

manner. 

B. Allocation Formula 

The FY 2005 targeted assistance 

amount, $44,173,066, is allocated by 

formula to States for the 48 qualified 

counties based on the initial placements 

in these counties during the 5-year 

period from FYs 2000 through 2004 

(October 1, 1999–September 30, 2004). 

Data from the ORR Refugee Arrivals 

Data System (RADS) was used for the 

final allocation of funds for targeted 

assistance. This includes the total 

number of refugees, Cuban/Haitian 

entrants, parolees, and Amerasians from 

Viet Nam. Data on victims of severe 

forms of trafficking was from the 

certification and eligibility letters issued 

by ORR. Trafficking victims have been 

eligible for services since October 2000 

and their family members since 

December 2003. Data on the number of 

asylees who have been served in FYs 

2000 through 2004 through the refugee 

resettlement program or social service 

system were provided by States, 

including those in response to the 

proposed notice. For FYs 2000 through 

2004, Havana parolees were derived 

from actual data. 

For FY 2005 allocation, many States 

responded to ORR’s voluntary process 

for data submission on their number of 

asylees, entrants, or trafficking victims 

prior and after issuance of the proposed 

allocations notice. This voluntary 

process helped minimize adjustments of 

final allocations. States used the 

standardized EXCEL format suggested 

by ORR to submit data on asylees, 

entrants, and/or victims of a severe form 

of trafficking served during the 5-year 

period from FYs 2000 through 2004 

(October 1, 1999–September 30, 2004). 

Data for each population group was 

submitted separately on an EXCEL 

spreadsheet. Data submitted was 

verified by ORR against the ORR arrivals 

database (RADS), and as a result of this 

process, adjustments were included in 

this final notice for FY 2005 allocations 

for targeted assistance funds. 

Documentation submitted by States 

include the name of state, name of 

county, name of refugee (see Footnote 1, 

eligible population), alien number, date 

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

for each of the eligible populations 

claimed for targeted assistance funding. 

Listings of refugees who were not 

identified by their alien numbers (ANumbers) were not considered. 

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Additionally, in FY 2005, ORR asked 

States to submit list of asylees that they 

have served in their Targeted Assistance 

employment services programs. About 

49,000 names were submitted. ORR 

matched these names and A-Numbers 

with the data that ORR had received 

from the U.S. Citizenship and 

Immigration Services (USCIS) and the 

Executive Office of Immigration Review 

(EOIR). However, only about 47 percent 

or 23,337 of the names submitted were 

found to match with the records in the 

database. The primary reasons for the 

unmatched submissions were that the 

asylum claim was granted outside the 

five-year eligibility period, the ANumber did not appear in the ORR 

database, or the name submitted did not 

match the A-Number and name in the 

ORR database. The reason for the lack 

of the A-number occurred when the 

head of household applied for asylum 

but failed to list his/her family members 

in the asylum claim. The family 

members eventually received derivative 

asylum status based upon the head of 

household claim. These family members 

may have received ORR-funded 

services, however, their names do not 

appear in the database of asylum 

claimants because they were not 

included in the initial asylum 

application of the head of household. 

Therefore, these individuals remain 

unverifiable. 

VII. Allocations 

Table 1 lists the 48 qualifying 

counties, the State, the number of 

refugee arrivals (see Footnote 1, eligible 

population) in those counties during the 

5-year period from October 1, 1999–

September 30, 2004, the concentration 

percent to the county overall 

population, the sum of ranks 

population, and each county’s rank, 

based on the qualification formula 

described above. 

Table 2 lists the 6 new eligible 

counties that qualify under the targeted 

assistance criteria. 

Table 3 lists the 11 counties which no 

longer qualify for TAP funds based 

upon the qualification formula. 

Table 4 lists the final targeted 

assistance allocations by county for FY 

2005. 

Table 5 lists the final allocations by 

State for FY 2005. 

Table 6 lists the targeted assistance 

areas. 

VIII. Application and Implementation 

Process 

Under the FY 2005 targeted assistance 

program, States may apply for and 

receive grant awards on behalf of 

qualified counties in the State. A single 

allocation will be made to each State by 

ORR on the basis of an approved State 

application. The State agency will, in 

turn, receive, review, and determine the 

acceptability of individual county 

targeted assistance plans. 

Pursuant to 45 CFR 400.210(b), FY 

2005 targeted assistance funds must be 

obligated by the State agency no later 

than one year after the end of the 

Federal fiscal year in which the 

Department awarded the grant. Funds 

must be liquidated within two years 

after the end of the Federal fiscal year 

in which the Department awarded the 

grant. A State’s final financial report on 

targeted assistance expenditures must 

be received no later than ninety days 

after the end of the two-year 

expenditure period. If final reports are 

not received on time, the Department 

will de-obligate any unexpended funds, 

including any un-liquidated obligations, 

on the basis of the State’s last filed 

report. 

The requirements regarding the 

discretionary portion of the targeted 

assistance program will be addressed 

under separate continuation grant 

awards. Continuation applications for 

these funds are therefore not subject to 

provisions contained in this notice but 

to other requirements which will be 

conveyed separately. 

IX. Application Requirements 

In applying for targeted assistance 

funds, a State agency is required to 

provide the following: 

A. Assurance that the targeted 

assistance funds will be used in 

accordance with the requirements for 

grants in 45 CFR part 400. 

B. Assurance that the targeted 

assistance funds will be used in 

compliance with the administrative 

requirements for grants in 45 CFR part 

92. 

C. Assurance that targeted assistance 

funds will be used primarily for the 

provision of services which are 

designed to enable refugees to obtain 

jobs with less than one year’s 

participation in the targeted assistance 

program. States must indicate what 

percentage of FY 2005 targeted 

assistance formula allocation funds that 

are used for services will be allocated 

for employment services. 

D. Assurance that targeted assistance 

funds will not be used to offset funding 

otherwise available to counties or local 

jurisdictions from the State agency in its 

administration of other refugee 

programs, such as social services, cash 

and medical assistance. 

E. The name of the local agency 

administering the funds, the name and 

telephone number of the responsible 

person, if administered locally. 

F. The amount of funds to be awarded 

to the targeted county or counties. In 

instances where a State receives targeted 

assistance funding for impacted 

counties contained in a standard 

metropolitan statistical area (SMSA) 

that includes a county or counties 

located in a neighboring State, the State 

receiving those funds must provide a 

description of coordination and 

planning activities undertaken with the 

State Refugee Coordinator of the 

neighboring State in which the 

impacted county or counties are located. 

These planning and coordination 

activities should result in a proposed 

allocation plan for the equitable 

distribution of targeted assistance funds 

by county based on the distribution of 

the eligible population by county within 

the SMSA. The proposed allocation 

plan must be included in the State’s 

application to ORR. 

G. Assurance that county targeted 

assistance plans will include: 

1. A description of the local planning 

process for determining targeted 

assistance priorities and services, taking 

into consideration all other ORR-funded 

services available to the refugee 

population, including formula social 

services. 

2. Identification of refugee/entrant 

populations to be served by targeted 

assistance projects, including 

approximate numbers of clients to be 

served, and a description of 

characteristics and needs of targeted 

populations. (As per 45 CFR 400.314). 

3. Description of specific strategies 

and services to meet the needs of 

targeted populations. 

4. The relationship of targeted 

assistance services to other services 

available to refugees/entrants in the 

county including formula allocated ORR 

social services to States/Wilson-Fish 

agencies. 

5. Analysis of available employment 

opportunities in the local community. 

Examples of acceptable analysis of 

employment opportunities might 

include surveys of employers or 

potential employers of refugee clients, 

surveys of presently effective 

employment service providers, review 

of studies on employment 

opportunities/forecasts which would be 

appropriate to the refugee populations. 

6. Description of the monitoring and 

oversight responsibilities to be carried 

out by the county or qualifying local 

jurisdiction. 

H. Assurance that the local 

administrative budget will not exceed 

15% of the local allocation. Targeted 

assistance grants are cost-based awards. 

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Neither a State nor a county is entitled 

to a certain amount for administrative 

costs. Rather, administrative cost 

requests should be based on projections 

of actual needs. All TAP counties will 

be allowed to spend up to 15% of their 

allocation on TAP administrative costs, 

as need requires. However, States and 

counties are strongly encouraged to 

limit administrative costs to the extent 

possible to maximize available funding 

for services to refugees. 

I. For any State that administers the 

program directly or otherwise provides 

direct services to the refugee/entrant/ 

asylee population in a qualified county 

(with the concurrence of the county), 

the State must have the same 

information contained in a county plan 

prior to issuing a Request for Proposals 

(RFP) for services. States that administer 

the TAG program directly may spend no 

more than 5% of the total allocation, 

and up to 10% of the county’s 

allocation, on administrative costs that 

are reasonable, allocable, and necessary. 

J. A description of the State’s plan for 

conducting fiscal and programmatic 

monitoring and evaluations of the 

targeted assistance program, including 

frequency of on-site monitoring. 

K. A line item budget and justification 

for State administrative costs limited to 

a maximum of 5% of the total award to 

the State. Assurance that the State will 

make available to the county or 

designated local entity not less than 

95% of the amount of its formula 

allocation for purposes of implementing 

the activities proposed in its plan. As 

stated previously, States that administer 

the program directly in lieu of the 

county (through a mutual agreement 

with the qualifying county), may spend 

no more than 5% of the total award, and 

up to 10% of the county’s TAG 

allocation on administrative costs. The 

administrative costs must be reasonable, 

allocable, and necessary. Allocable costs 

for State contracting and monitoring for 

targeted assistance, if charged, must be 

charged to the targeted assistance grant 

and not to general State administration. 

X. Results or Benefits Expected 

All applicants must establish 

proposed targeted assistance 

performance goals for each of the six 

ORR performance outcome measures for 

each impacted 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.’’

States that are currently grantees for 

targeted assistance funds should base 

projected annual outcome goals on past 

performance. Current grantees should 

have adequate baseline data for all of 

the six ORR performance outcome 

measures based on a history of targeted 

assistance program experience. 

States identified as new eligible 

targeted assistance grantees are also 

required to set proposed outcome goals 

for each of the six ORR performance 

outcome measures. New grantees may 

use baseline data, as available, and 

current data as reported on the ORR–6 

for social services program activity to 

assist them in the goal-setting process. 

New qualifying counties within States 

that are current grantees are also 

required to set proposed outcome goals 

for each of the six ORR performance 

outcome measures. New counties may 

use baseline data, as available, and 

current data as reported on the ORR–6 

for social services program activity to 

assist them in the goal-setting process. 

Proposed targeted assistance outcome 

goals should reflect improvement over 

past performance and strive for 

continuous improvement during the 

project period from one year to another. 

Final targeted assistance outcome 

goals are due on November 15, 2005, in 

conjunction with the ORR Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 

cycle. 

XI. Budget and Budget Justification 

Provide line item detail and detailed 

calculations for each budget object class 

identified on the Budget Information 

form (424A). Detailed calculations must 

include estimation methods, quantities, 

unit costs, and other similar quantitative 

detail sufficient for the calculation to be 

duplicated. The detailed budget must 

also include a breakout by the funding 

sources identified in Block 15 of the SF–

424. 

Provide a narrative budget 

justification that describes how the 

categorical costs are derived. Discuss 

the necessity, reasonableness, and 

allocability of the proposed costs. The 

Office of Refugee Resettlement is 

particularly interested in the following: 

A line item budget and justification 

for State administrative costs limited to 

a maximum of 5% of the total award to 

the State. Each total budget period 

funding amount requested must be 

necessary, reasonable, and allocable to 

the project. States that administer the 

program locally in lieu of the county, 

through a mutual agreement with the 

qualifying county, may request 

administrative costs that add up to, but 

may not exceed, 10% of the county’s 

TAP allocation to the State’s 

administrative budget. 

XII. Reporting Requirements 

States are required to submit quarterly 

reports on the outcomes of the targeted 

assistance program, using Schedule A 

and Schedule C of the ORR–6 Quarterly 

Performance Report (0970–0036). 

XIII. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) 

All information collections within 

this program notice are approved under 

the following valid OMB control 

numbers: 424 (0348–0043); 424A (0348–

0044); 424B (0348–0040); Disclosure of 

Lobbying Activities (0348–0046); 

Financial Status Report (SF–269) (0348–

0039) and ORR Quarterly Performance 

Report (0970–0036). 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 10 hours per response, 

including the time for reviewing 

instructions, gathering and maintaining 

the data needed, and reviewing the 

collection of information. 

Dated: August 18, 2005. 

Nguyen Van Hanh, 

Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Current List of Laboratories Which 

Meet Minimum Standards To Engage in 

Urine Drug Testing for Federal 

Agencies 

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Services Administration, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) notifies Federal 

agencies of the laboratories currently 

certified to meet the standards of 

Subpart C of the Mandatory Guidelines 

for Federal Workplace Drug Testing 

Programs (Mandatory Guidelines). The 

Mandatory Guidelines were first 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 11, 1988 (53 FR 11970), and 

subsequently revised in the Federal 

Register on June 9, 1994 (59 FR 29908), 

on September 30, 1997 (62 FR 51118), 

and on April 13, 2004 (69 FR 19644). 

A notice listing all currently certified 

laboratories is published in the Federal 

Register during the first week of each 

month. If any laboratory’s certification 

is suspended or revoked, the laboratory 

will be omitted from subsequent lists 

until such time as it is restored to full 

certification under the Mandatory 

Guidelines. 

If any laboratory has withdrawn from 

the HHS National Laboratory 

Certification Program (NLCP) during the 

past month, it will be listed at the end, 

and will be omitted from the monthly 

listing thereafter. 

This notice is also available on the 

Internet at http://workplace.samhsa.gov 

and http://www.drugfreeworkplace.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Giselle Hersh or Dr. Walter Vogl, 

Division of Workplace Programs, 

SAMHSA/CSAP, Room 2–1035, 1 Choke 

Cherry Road, Rockville, Maryland 

20857; 240–276–2600 (voice), 240–276–

2610 (fax). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Mandatory Guidelines were developed 

in accordance with Executive Order 

12564 and section 503 of Public Law 

100–71. Subpart C of the Mandatory 

Guidelines, ‘‘Certification of 

Laboratories Engaged in Urine Drug 

Testing for Federal Agencies,’’ sets strict 

standards that laboratories must meet in 

order to conduct drug and specimen 

validity tests on urine specimens for 

Federal agencies. To become certified, 

an applicant laboratory must undergo 

three rounds of performance testing plus 

an on-site inspection. To maintain that 

certification, a laboratory must 

participate in a quarterly performance 

testing program plus undergo periodic, 

on-site inspections. 

Laboratories which claim to be in the 

applicant stage of certification are not to 

be considered as meeting the minimum 

requirements described in the HHS 

Mandatory Guidelines. A laboratory 

must have its letter of certification from 

HHS/SAMHSA (formerly: HHS/NIDA) 

which attests that it has met minimum 

standards. 

In accordance with Subpart C of the 

Mandatory Guidelines dated April 13, 

2004 (69 FR 19644), the following 

laboratories meet the minimum 

standards to conduct drug and specimen 

validity tests on urine specimens: 

ACL Laboratories, 8901 W. Lincoln 

Ave., West Allis, WI 53227, 414–328–

7840/800–877–7016, (Formerly: 

Bayshore Clinical Laboratory). 

ACM Medical Laboratory, Inc., 160 

Elmgrove Park, Rochester, NY 14624, 

585–429–2264. 

Advanced Toxicology Network, 3560 

Air Center Cove, Suite 101, Memphis, 

TN 38118, 901–794–5770/888–290–

1150. 

Aegis Analytical Laboratories, Inc., 345 

Hill Ave., Nashville, TN 37210, 615–

255–2400. 

Baptist Medical Center-Toxicology 

Laboratory, 9601 I–630, Exit 7, Little 

Rock, AR 72205–7299, 501–202–2783, 

(Formerly: Forensic Toxicology 

Laboratory Baptist Medical Center). 

Clinical Reference Lab, 8433 Quivira 

Road, Lenexa, KS 66215–2802, 800–

445–6917. 

Diagnostic Services, Inc., dba DSI, 

12700 Westlinks Drive, Fort Myers, 

FL 33913, 239–561–8200/800–735–

5416. 

Doctors Laboratory, Inc., 2906 Julia 

Drive, Valdosta, GA 31602, 229–671–

2281. 

DrugScan, Inc., P.O. Box 2969, 1119 

Mearns Road, Warminster, PA 18974, 

215–674–9310. 

Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories*, 

10150–102 St., Suite 200, Edmonton, 

Alberta, Canada T5J 5E2, 780–451–

3702/800–661–9876. 

ElSohly Laboratories, Inc., 5 Industrial 

Park Drive, Oxford, MS 38655, 662–

236–2609. 

Express Analytical Labs, 3405 7th Ave., 

Suite 106, Marion, IA 52302, 319–

377–0500. 

Gamma-Dynacare Medical 

Laboratories*, A Division of the 

Gamma-Dynacare, Laboratory 

Partnership, 245 Pall Mall Street, 

London, ONT, Canada N6A 1P4, 519–

679–1630. 

General Medical Laboratories, 36 South 

Brooks St., Madison, WI 53715, 608–

267–6225. 

Kroll Laboratory Specialists, Inc., 1111 

Newton St., Gretna, LA 70053, 504–

361–8989/800–433–3823, (Formerly: 

Laboratory Specialists, Inc.). 

LabOne, Inc., 10101 Renner Blvd., 

Lenexa, KS 66219, 913–888–3927/ 

800–873–8845, (Formerly: Center for 

Laboratory Services, a Division of 

LabOne, Inc.). 

Laboratory Corporation of America 

Holdings, 7207 N. Gessner Road, 

Houston, TX 77040, 713–856–8288/ 

800–800–2387. 

Laboratory Corporation of America 

Holdings, 69 First Ave., Raritan, NJ 

08869, 908–526–2400/800–437–4986, 

(Formerly: Roche Biomedical 

Laboratories, Inc.). 

Laboratory Corporation of America 

Holdings, 1904 Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, 

919–572–6900/800–833–3984, 

(Formerly: LabCorp Occupational 

Testing Services, Inc., CompuChem 

Laboratories, Inc.; CompuChem 

Laboratories, Inc., A Subsidiary of 

Roche Biomedical Laboratory; Roche 

CompuChem Laboratories, Inc., A 

Member of the Roche Group). 

Laboratory Corporation of America 

Holdings, 10788 Roselle St., San 

Diego, CA 92121, 800–882–7272, 

(Formerly: Poisonlab, Inc.). 

Laboratory Corporation of America 

Holdings, 550 17th Ave., Suite 300, 

Seattle, WA 98122, 206–923–7020/ 

800–898–0180, (Formerly: DrugProof, 

Division of Dynacare/Laboratory of 

Pathology, LLC; Laboratory of 

Pathology of Seattle, Inc.; DrugProof, 

Division of Laboratory of Pathology of 

Seattle, Inc.). 

Laboratory Corporation of America 

Holdings, 1120 Main Street, 

Southaven, MS 38671, 866–827–8042/ 

800–233–6339, (Formerly: LabCorp 

Occupational Testing Services, Inc.; 

MedExpress/National Laboratory 

Center). 

Marshfield Laboratories, Forensic 

Toxicology Laboratory, 1000 North 

Oak Ave., Marshfield, WI 54449, 715–

389–3734/800–331–3734. 

MAXXAM Analytics Inc.*, 6740 

Campobello Road, Mississauga, ON, 

Canada L5N 2L8, 905–817–5700, 

(Formerly: NOVAMANN (Ontario), 

Inc.). 

MedTox Laboratories, Inc., 402 W. 

County Road D, St. Paul, MN 55112, 

651–636–7466/800–832–3244.