Office of Refugee Resettlement; Grant Notice, 29773 [E8-11440]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Office of Refugee Resettlement; Grant
Notice
Office of Refugee Resettlement,
Administration for Children and
Families, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice to supplement funding to
the 2008 Voluntary Agency Matching
Grant Program.
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AGENCY:
CFDA#: 93.567.
Legislative Authority: Section
412(c)(1)(A) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A);
Section 7(a) and (b) of the Refugee
Assistance Extension Act of 1986 (P.L.
99–605) (8 U.S.C. 1522 note)
Amount of Award: $2.17 million
supplemental to 2008 awards of $60
million federal funds plus $30 million
in cash and in-kind ‘‘match’’.
Project Period: February 15, 2008 to
January 31, 2010.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Office of Resettlement, Division of
Community Resettlement, will award
supplemental funds without
competition to nine agencies: Church
World Service, Ethiopian Community
Development Council, Episcopal
Migration Ministries, Hebrew Immigrant
Aid Society, International Rescue
Committee, Lutheran Immigration and
Refugee Services, the United States
Committee for Refugees and Immigrants,
the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops, and World Relief Corporation.
The cost for these supplemental awards
is $2.17 million.
The Voluntary Agency Matching
Grant program was created by Congress
in 1979. Matching Grant services enable
the Voluntary Agencies’ resettlement
agencies to work with recently arrived
refugees and other eligible clients. The
goal of the program is to assist refugees
become economically self-sufficient
without accessing public assistance
within 120–180 days. Last year, 81% of
clients entering the program were
economically self-sufficient within 180
days.
Since the Presidential Determination
was signed in October 2007, the ceiling
for refugees was raised from 70,000 to
80,000 to accommodate 10,000
additional Iraqi refugees. In addition,
legislation passed in December 2007
and January 2008 created a new class of
individuals eligible for the refugee
services. Thousands of Afghani and
Iraqi interpreters who served the U.S.
military have been provided ‘‘Special
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Immigrant Visas’’ (SIV) and are now
eligible for six or eight months of
refugee services. The Matching Grant
program is often the program of choice
for these special populations as it is
geared for readily employable cases and
for SIV cases, conforms to the legislative
time limits.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald A. Munia, Director, Division of
Community Resettlement, Office of
Refugee Resettlement, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC
20047. E-mail: rmunia@acf.hhs.gov and
phone: 202–401–4559.
Dated: May 13, 2008.
David H. Siegel,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2008–0049]
Science and Technology Directorate;
Submission for Review; Information
Collection Request for the DHS S&T
Bio-Knowledge Center Expert
Database
Science and Technology
Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 30-day Notice and request for
comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) invites the general
public to comment on a new data
collection form for the Bio-Knowledge
Center Expert Database: Subject Matter
Expert (SME) Registration Form (DHS
Form 10043). The Bio-Knowledge
Center Database will collect SME
information in order to understand who
can provide scientific expertise for peer
review of scientific programs, and who
can provide expertise in the event of a
perceived biothreat. In addition, the
directory will make it easier to identify
scientific specialty areas for which there
is a shortage of SMEs with appropriate
security clearances. SME contact
information, scientific expertise, and
level of education will be collected
electronically through a Web portal
currently being developed by DHS S&T.
The SME information will be shared
with U.S. Government program
managers and other members of the
biodefense community who have a
legitimate need to identify biological
SMEs. Cleared SMEs are necessary to
accomplish scientific reviews, attend
topical meetings, and to consult in the
event of a perceived biothreat. This
notice and request for comments is
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required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35). Previously, a 60-day notice
was published in the Federal Register
on March 14, 2008.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until June 23, 2008.
Comments: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to Desk Officer for the Department of
Homeland Security, Science &
Technology Directorate, and sent via
electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed
to (202) 395–6974. Please include
docket number [DHS–2008–00XX] in
the subject line of the message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Bowerbank (202) 254–6895
(this is not a toll free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Counterproliferation Center
has identified the need for a
comprehensive and readily available list
of biological agent SMEs that includes
security clearance status. In particular,
there is no database that contains
security clearance information,
biological domain expertise, and contact
information. Therefore, the SME
Directory is being coordinated at the
national level to address this need. If a
similar database is identified in the
future, we will work with the identified
collection agent to ensure a cooperative
partnership is developed.
The SME Directory will use electronic
(Web-based) technology to collect,
maintain, and transmit SME
information. The SMEs will have access
to their own data and will be able to edit
and update the information
electronically.
DHS is particularly interested in
comments that:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Suggest ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Suggest ways to minimize the
burden of the data collection on those
who respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Refugee Resettlement; Grant Notice
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, DHHS.
ACTION: Notice to supplement funding to the 2008 Voluntary Agency
Matching Grant Program.
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CFDA#: 93.567.
Legislative Authority: Section 412(c)(1)(A) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A); Section 7(a) and (b) of the
Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1986 (P.L. 99-605) (8 U.S.C. 1522
note)
Amount of Award: $2.17 million supplemental to 2008 awards of $60
million federal funds plus $30 million in cash and in-kind ``match''.
Project Period: February 15, 2008 to January 31, 2010.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office of Resettlement,
Division of Community Resettlement, will award supplemental funds
without competition to nine agencies: Church World Service, Ethiopian
Community Development Council, Episcopal Migration Ministries, Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society, International Rescue Committee, Lutheran
Immigration and Refugee Services, the United States Committee for
Refugees and Immigrants, the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops, and World Relief Corporation. The cost for these supplemental
awards is $2.17 million.
The Voluntary Agency Matching Grant program was created by Congress
in 1979. Matching Grant services enable the Voluntary Agencies'
resettlement agencies to work with recently arrived refugees and other
eligible clients. The goal of the program is to assist refugees become
economically self-sufficient without accessing public assistance within
120-180 days. Last year, 81% of clients entering the program were
economically self-sufficient within 180 days.
Since the Presidential Determination was signed in October 2007,
the ceiling for refugees was raised from 70,000 to 80,000 to
accommodate 10,000 additional Iraqi refugees. In addition, legislation
passed in December 2007 and January 2008 created a new class of
individuals eligible for the refugee services. Thousands of Afghani and
Iraqi interpreters who served the U.S. military have been provided
``Special Immigrant Visas'' (SIV) and are now eligible for six or eight
months of refugee services. The Matching Grant program is often the
program of choice for these special populations as it is geared for
readily employable cases and for SIV cases, conforms to the legislative
time limits.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald A. Munia, Director, Division of
Community Resettlement, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20047. E-mail: rmunia@acf.hhs.gov and
phone: 202-401-4559.
Dated: May 13, 2008.
David H. Siegel,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. E8-11440 Filed 5-21-08; 8:45 am]
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