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cal conditions of certain aliens to local health departments as re-
quired under clause (D) of this paragraph; and
(v) other information the administering agency considers is ap-
propriate in monitoring the effectiveness of the agency or organi-
zation receiving the grant or contract in carrying out its functions
under the grant or contract.
(2) The administering agency shall submit promptly to the Committees
on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate a copy
of each report submitted under paragraph (1)(F) of this subsection.
(3) Paragraph (1)(A), (C), and (F) of this subsection applies to a grant
or contract made or renewed after December 5, 1986. Paragraph (1)(E) of
this subsection applies to a grant or contract made or renewed after May
5, 1987.
(c) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA.—The administering agency shall prescribe
criteria for the performance of each agency or organization in connection
with a grant or contract under subsection (a) of this section. The prescribed
criteria shall include criteria related to that agency’s or organization’s—
(1) efforts to reduce welfare dependency among refugees resettled by
the agency or organization;
(2) collection of travel loans made to refugees resettled by the agency
or organization for travel to the United States;
(3) arrangements for effective local sponsorship and other nonpublic
assistance for refugees resettled by the agency or organization;
(4) cooperation with refugee mutual assistance associations, local so-
cial service providers, health agencies, and welfare offices;
(5) compliance with guidelines established by the Director of the Of-
fice of Refugee Resettlement for placing and resettling refugees in the
United States; and
(6) compliance with other requirements contained in the grant or
contract, including requirements under subsection (b) of this section.
(d) MEDICAL SCREENING AND INITIAL MEDICAL TREATMENT.—The Di-
rector may make a grant to, or contract with, a State or local health agency
for payments to meet the agency’s costs of providing medical screening and
initial medical treatment to refugees.
§ 13106. Project grants and contracts for services
(a) SERVICE PROJECTS.—(1) The Director of the Office of Refugee Re-
settlement may make grants to, and contracts with, public agencies and pri-
vate nonprofit organizations for projects specifically designed—
(A) to assist refugees in obtaining skills necessary for economic self-
sufficiency, including projects for job training, employment services,
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day care, and professional refresher training and other recertification
services;
(B) to provide instruction in English when necessary even when refu-
gees are employed or are receiving assistance; and
(C) to provide health (including mental health) services, social serv-
ices, and educational and other services when specific needs have been
shown and recognized by the Director.
(2) Amounts available in a fiscal year for grants and contracts under this
subsection shall be allocated among the States based on the total number
of refugees who—
(A) arrived in the United States within the 36 months before the be-
ginning of the fiscal year; and
(B) actually are residing in each State (taking into account second-
ary migration) at the beginning of the fiscal year.
(3) A limitation that the Director establishes on that part of amounts al-
located to a State under this subsection that the State may use for services
(except those services described in section 13101(2) of this title) does not
apply if the Director—
(A) receives a plan that has been established by or with the consulta-
tion of political subdivisions; and
(B) decides that the plan provides for the maximum appropriate em-
ployment services for, and the maximum placement of, employable refu-
gees consistent with the performance standards established under sec-
tion 106 of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1516).
(b) TARGETED ASSISTANCE PROJECT GRANTS.—(1) The Director may
make a grant to a State for assistance to a political subdivision in the State
that has a demonstrated specific need for additional available resources for
providing services to refugees because of factors such as—
(A) an unusually large refugee population (including secondary mi-
gration);
(B) high refugee concentrations; and
(C) high use of public assistance by refugees.
(2) The Director shall make a grant under this subsection—
(A) primarily to facilitate refugee employment and self-sufficiency;
and
(B) in a way that does not supplant amounts available under other
refugee programs and ensures that at least 95 percent of the amount
of the grant is made available to the political subdivision.
(c) MAINTAINING LEVEL OF MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.—To the ex-
tent of available appropriations, the Director may not—
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(1) reduce the maximum average contribution level of the United
States Government for each refugee in the voluntary agency program,
known as the matching grant program and financed under subsection
(a) of this section, below the level in effect under the program for
grants in the fiscal year that ended September 30, 1985; or
(2) increase the percentage grantee matching requirement under the
program above the percentage in effect under the program for grants
in the fiscal year that ended September 30, 1985.
§ 13107. Assistance for refugee children
(a) SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.—Where a need is shown, the Sec-
retary of Education may make grants and contracts for projects to provide
special educational services (including instruction in English) to refugee
children in elementary and secondary schools.
(b) CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.—The Director of the Office of Refugee
Resettlement may provide assistance, reimburse States, and make grants to,
and contracts with, public agencies and private nonprofit organizations to
provide child welfare services (including foster care maintenance payments
and services and health care) to a refugee child during the 36-month period
that begins with the first month the child is in the United States. If a refu-
gee child is unaccompanied by a parent or other close adult relative (as de-
fined by the Director), those services may be provided until the month after
the child becomes 18 years of age (or a later age prescribed in the State’s
child welfare services plan under part B of title IV of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 620 et seq.) for the availability of those services to another
child in the State).
(c) PLACING UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN.—(1) The Director shall try to
arrange, under the laws of the States, to place an unaccompanied refugee
child referred to in subsection (b) of this section who has been accepted for
admission to the United States. The Director shall make the arrangements
before or as soon as possible after the child arrives in the United States.
If necessary, the Director shall assume legal and financial responsibility for
the child during the period before the child is placed when the child is in
the United States or is in transit to the United States. The Director may
make necessary decisions to provide for the child’s immediate care.
(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Director may make contracts with
appropriate public agencies and private nonprofit organizations under condi-
tions the Director considers appropriate.
(3) The Director shall maintain a list of—
(A) all unaccompanied refugee children who have entered the United
States after April 1, 1975;
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(B) the name and last known residence of each living parent of each
of those children at the child’s time of arrival; and
(C) the locations, status, and progress of the children.
§ 13108. Cash and medical assistance
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Director of the Office of Refugee Reset-
tlement may provide assistance, reimburse States, and make grants to, and
contracts with, public agencies and private nonprofit organizations for 100
percent of the cash and medical assistance provided to a refugee during the
36-month period that begins with the first month the refugee enters the
United States. The Director also may pay for the identifiable and reason-
able administrative costs of providing the assistance.
(b) CONDITIONS AND LIMITATION.—(1) Except for good cause shown,
cash assistance may be provided to an employable refugee under this section
only if the refugee—
(A) registers with an appropriate entity providing employment serv-
ices described in section 13106(a)(1)(A) of this title, or, if such an en-
tity is not available, with an appropriate State or local employment
service;
(B) participates in an available and appropriate service or targeted
assistance project grant financed under section 13106 of this title pro-
viding job or language training in the area in which the refugee resides;
and
(C) accepts an appropriate offer of employment.
(2)(A) Cash assistance provided under this section shall be suspended for
any alien entering the United States as a refugee after March 31, 1987,
who refuses—
(i) an offer of employment that the public agency or private non-
profit organization providing initial resettlement assistance under sec-
tion 13105(a) of this title or the appropriate State or local employment
service decides is appropriate;
(ii) to go to a job interview that has been arranged through the
agency, organization, or employment service; or
(iii) to participate in a service or targeted assistance project grant
referred to in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection that the agency, or-
ganization, or employment service decides is available and appropriate.
(B) The assistance shall be suspended for 3 months for the first refusal
and for 6 months for any subsequent refusal. The refugee shall be given
an opportunity for a hearing before cash assistance is suspended.
(3) A refugee who is a full-time student in an institution of higher edu-
cation, as defined by the Director after consultation with the Secretary of
Education, may not receive cash assistance.