Tribal Self-Governance Study
Description of Program,
Service, Function or Activity (PSFA)
INVENTORY
1. Agency Name: Office of Refugee Resettlement
2. Program Name: Refugee and Entrant Assistance _Discretionary Grants
3. CFDA #: 93.576
4. Program Objectives: To improve resettlement services for refugees through a variety of discretionary program initiatives such as 1) preventive health grants; 2) decreasing refugee dependence on public cash assistance; 3) promoting refugee community and family stability; 4) encouraging refugee micro-enterprise and individual development accounts.
5. Titles and Descriptions of at least Three Funded Grantees:
Fresno (CA) County Economic Opportunities Commission - Microenterprise grantee
International Refugee Center of (Portland) Oregon - Community/Family Strengthening
Wisconsin Community Action Program Association - Individual Development Accounts
AUTHORITY
6. Authorizing Statute(s): Refugee Act of 1980, Public law 96-212,Section 412, 94 Stat. 111, 8 U.S.C 1522, as amended; Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, Title V, 94 Stat. 1809, as amended.
7. Regulatory/Administrative Requirements: 45 CFR Part 400
8. Mandatory Statutory Changes Needed to Operate PSFA as a Demonstration: Our statutory authority does not explicitly include tribes, or Sovereign Indian Nations as eligible grantees or contractors.
APPLICANTS, BENEFICIARIES and FORMULAS
9. Type of Funding: Project grants
10. Eligible Applicants: Public and private non-profit organizations.
11. Allotment Formulas, Etc.: This program has no statutory formula.
12. Applicant Provisions/Allotments in Law for Indians: None
13. Eligible Beneficiaries: Assistance is limited to refugees, asylees, Cuban/Haitian entrants, and Amerasian immigrants, as defined in the authorizing Acts, who have appropriate documentation of immigration status from the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
14. Beneficiary Provisions/Allotments in Law for Indians: None
15. Amount and Percent of Total that is Mandatory for Indians: None
FINANCIAL
16. Total FY 2000 Funding: $112.6 M
17. Amount and Percent of Total Funding Awarded to Indians: None
18. For Awards to Tribes: Number, Range and Average Amounts: None
19. Total FY 2001 Funding and Amount for Indians, If Known: None
OTHER
20. -- how long assistance is funded? Varies with program
-- fund use restrictions Governed by allowable activities and terms of award
-- reporting requirements? Generally semi-annual for program and fiscal reports
-- audit requirements? OMB Circular A-133
CONTACTS
21. DHHS Workgroup Contact: Sharon McCully
22. HHS Agency/Program Contact: Nguyen Kimchi