AGENCY:
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION:
Notice of award of 38 single-source low-cost extension supplement grants under the Refugee School Impact Grant Program.
SUMMARY:
ACF, ORR announces the award of 38 single-source low-cost extension supplement grants for a total of 2,500,000 under the Refugee School Impact Grant Program.
| State | Grantee | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Catholic Social Services | $25,736 |
| Arizona | Arizona Department of Social Security | 102,972 |
| California | California Department of Social Services | 171,426 |
| Colorado | Colorado Department of Human Services | 67,332 |
| Connecticut | Connecticut Department of Social Services | 25,736 |
| Florida | Florida Department of Children and Families | 171,426 |
| Georgia | Georgia Department of Human Services | 108,709 |
| Idaho | Jannus Inc. | 32,098 |
| Illinois | Illinois Department of Human Services | 77,224 |
| Indiana | Indiana Division of Disability & Rehabilitation | 49,713 |
| Iowa | Iowa Department of Human Services | 25,736 |
| Kentucky | Catholic Charities of Louisville | 67,784 |
| Maine | Maine Department of Health and Human Services | 25,736 |
| Maryland | Maryland Department of Human Resources | 51,296 |
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants | 69,049 |
| Michigan | Michigan Department of Human Services | 116,658 |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Department of Human Services | 86,304 |
| Missouri | Missouri Department of Social Services | 42,081 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services | 30,969 |
| Nevada | Clark County School District | 25,736 |
| New Hampshire | NH. Dept. of Health & Human Services | 25,736 |
| New Jersey | New Jersey Department of Human Services | 25,736 |
| New Mexico | New Mexico Human Services Department | 25,736 |
| New York | NY Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance | 171,426 |
| North Carolina | North Caroline Dept. of Health & Human Services | 84,000 |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Department of Public Instruction | 25,736 |
| Ohio | Ohio Department of Job and Family Services | 73,746 |
| Oregon | Lutheran Community Services Northwest | 39,822 |
| Pennsylvania | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 100,488 |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island Department of Human Services | 25,736 |
| South Dakota | Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota | 25,736 |
| Tennessee | Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc. | 56,671 |
| Texas | Texas Health and Human Services Commission | 171,426 |
| Utah | Utah Department of Workforce Services | 43,797 |
| Vermont | Vermont Agency of Human Services | 25,736 |
| Virginia | Virginia Department of Social Services | 66,428 |
| Washington | WA State Department of Social & Health Services | 107,083 |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction | 31,240 |
| Total | 2,500,000 |
ORR provides 28 States and ten Wilson-Fish agencies with Refugee School Impact funding to undertake a comprehensive statewide approach supporting local school systems that are impacted by significant numbers of newly arrived refugee children. As currently awarded, the FY14-16 Refugee School Impact funding period concludes on August 14, 2016. Beginning in FFY17, ORR will award Refugee School Impact funding as a formula set-aside within the Refugee Social Services funding awarded to all States and Wilson-Fish programs coordinating refugee resettlement. This change in timing for Refugee School Impact funding will create a gap in Refugee School Impact program services between August 15, 2016 and October 1, 2016. The low-cost extensions will support refugee access to services critical to refugee student success at the beginning of the school year, when such services are greatest and most urgent.
DATES:
Low-cost extension supplement grants will support activities from August 15, 2016, through September 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carl Rubenstein, Director, Division of Refugee Assistance, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Email: carl.rubenstein@acf.hhs.gov.
Statutory Authority: This program is authorized by Section 412(c)(1)(A)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A)(iii).
Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration, Office of Financial Services, Division of Grants Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-25496 Filed 10-20-16; 8:45 am]
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