Zdrowie i gospodarka · 12/07/1996

Refugee Resettlement Program; Availability of Formula Allocation Funding for FY 1996 Targeted Assistance Grants for Services to Refugees in Local Areas of High Need

This notice announces the availability of funds and award procedures for FY 1996 targeted assistance grants 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 high use of public assistance, and where specific needs exist for supplementation of currently available resources. This notice reflects the final rule published in the Federal Register on June 28, 1995 (60 FR 33584) which was effective October 1, 1995. This rule established a new subpart L, providing regulations for the Targeted Assistance Program (TAP) for the first time. This notice announces that the qualification of counties is based on refugee and entrant arrivals during the 5-year period from FY 1991 through FY 1995, in keeping with ORR's new regulation, and on the concentration of refugees and entrants as a percentage of the general population. Under this notice, 15 new counties will qualify for targeted assistance and 18 counties which previously received targeted assistance grants will no longer qualify for targeted assistance funding. This notice also establishes a new allocation