Office Of Refugee Resettlement: Data

Annual ORR Reports to Congress - 1997

Summary of Targeted Assistance Discretionary Grants FY 1997

TAG 10% Employment - Continuations

ORR awarded 26 grants totaling $4,431,883 to States to implement special employment services which cannot be met with formula social services or with TAG formula grants.

Alabama	Job development, financial management in Mobile area	$150,000
California	Catholic Charities English Action Center; to train and find jobs for Lao and Cambodians as school para-professionals	123,584
Colorado	Employment services and case management for arriving refugees	128,876
District of Columbia	D.C. Refugee Center and Indochineese Community Center; Vocational English as a Second Language and job seeking and job retention skills	73,050
Florida	Council of Churches; employment services for Haitians	218,415
Idaho	College of Southern District Refugee Center; economic planning, ESL, and employment services	181,040
Illinois	Mutual Assistance Associations Coalition; employment help for long-term dependency	143,039
Illinois	Employment and adjustment services for Bosnians and Pentecostals in Chicago	154,354
Iowa Kansas	Lutheran Social Services in Lynn County; economic independence among former political prisoners Crime/alcohol prevention education and employment	53,335 135,061
Maine	Vocational English and other employment services	108,457
Massachusetts Michigan	Critical issues preventing family self-sufficiency Lutheran Social Services of Detroit; training, work and family management	209,200 174,846

Minnesota	Certified nursing assistant training	62,475

Montana	Refugee Community Centers; employment services in Missoula and Billings	145,000
North Dakota	Lutheran Social Services, Fargo; job linking services	108,246
New Hampshire	Refugee Community Center; employment services	114,135
New York	Enhanced volunteer-based English for employed refugees in New York City	57,750
New York	Brooklyn College; English for licensed child care	190,908
Oregon	Computer training center for former Soviets	174,520
Tennessee	Catholic Charities; Kurdish self-sufficiency	139,000
Virginia	Council of Churches; Harrisburg employment enhancement for Soviet Evangelicals	121,304
Washington	Reimbursement for work-related expenses to reduce welfare dependency	300,000
Washington	Job development, placement and post-placement services	250,000
Washington	PIC of Clark County; employment services for Pentecostals	105,033
Wisconsin	Mutual Assistant Associations; job readiness and placement	872,700

TAG 20% Employment- Continuations

ORR awarded 49 continuation grants totaling $11,057,871 to state and county governments to implement employment services which cannot be met with formula social services or with TAG formula grants.

California	The Hmong American Women Association and the Fresno Center, family day care and family center services	$180,781
California	Fresno County and Dayspring Development Association, academic and job skills training for high school drop-outs	319,660
California	Santa Clara County, vocational English and short-term skills training	166,228
California	The Cambodian Family Association; school to work program, parenting guidance, employment services	220,968
California	Certified nurse assistant and hospital assistant training for Hmong and Russian communities	157,117
California	English training, employment services for women and youth	127,044
California	Microenterprise and loan funding - Fresno	180,781
California	Employment services, on-the-job-training, English training	250,000
California	Employment and microenterprise services for elderly and youth - Stanislaus County	350,000
California	Microenterprise and loan services - Sacramento	79,200
California	Certified nurse assistant and hospital assistant training in Stockton area - San Joaquin	196,695
California	Orange County, short-term training skills for former political prisoners and for women	496,346
California	Merced County and the Lao Family Community; work experience, vocational training, on-job-training, post-placement services	355,155
California	The Women's Economic Development Corporation of California; for Cambodians in Long Beach to assist home-based and other businesses	351,340
California	San Joaquin County; on-job-training and vocational English	346,500
Colorado	Technical assistance to English language providers	297,281
Colorado	The Refugee Network Council; vocational English, on-job-training, supportive services, access to JTPA services	134,610
Florida	Job development, placement, on-job-training, English training	210,514
Idaho	Intensive language and employment services for the elderly, women and youth	131,290
Illinois	English training, on-the-job training and 24-month specialized adjustment services	116,336
Illinois	Jewish Vocational Services; short-term training in data entry, vocational English training and internships	200,000
Illinois	An agency coalition for electronic assembly training and placement	180,093
Illinois	Employment services	187,870
Louisiana	Catholic Charities of New Orleans; two Vocational English training sites which are computer assisted	129,588
Massachusetts	Middlesex County and Boston Technical Center; short-term skills training, vocational English, mathematics and computer training	262,500
Massachusetts	Jewish Vocational Service; and self-directed job search software and web site	140,860
Massachusetts	Employment and mental health services in Western Massachusetts	210,000
Michigan	Employment services	198,240
Maryland	Geriatric nursing assistant training	78,779
Mississippi	Employment services, English training, follow-on support	104,000
North Carolina	Employment services for undeserved groups	323,589
North Dakota	Employment services	169,853
New Jersey	Refugee and Immigrant Services and providers' coalition; special employment services to Cubans and Soviets	496,975
New York	Private Industry Council; work-place English training, job placement, on-the-job training	90,746
New York	Employment services, English and vocational English training for multi-ethnic refugees	154,455
New York	Employment services for women refugees	86,100
Oregon	Employment training for Soviet Pentecostals	200,000
Oregon	Range of services for Soviet Pentecostals	137,438

Pennsylvania	Employment services and job placement for multi-ethnic refugees	245,264
South Dakota	Lutheran Social Services; career planning and job skills training for Sudanese and Bosnians	88,260
Texas	Orientation, support services for employment for Bosnians	65,883
Virginia	Enhanced employment services for Arlington, County's multicultural population	153,572
Washington	Employment and training in five counties	250,000
Washington	Youth employment	141,276
Washington	Cambodian MAA, employment services	120,000
Wisconsin	Keeping Education For Youth Success (KEYS) School-to-work services and youth employment	1,368,290

Microenterprise Development Initiative

In FY 1997, ORR awarded five continuation awards and seven new awards. The total funds awarded were $1,898,905 to develop and administer microenterprise programs and to provide technical assistance. Five grants were awarded to continue activities that totaled $8,454,408 and seven awards were first year grants that totaled $941,167. The technical assistance grant was $99,980. The FY 1996 technical assistance grantee was awarded additional $12,350 for additional technical work during FY97.

These projects are intended for recently arrived refugees on public assistance, who possess few personal assets or who lack a credit history that meets commercial lending standards Microenterprise projects typically include components of training and technical assistance in business skills, credit, administration of revolving loan funds, and business management seminars.

Since the program's inception in September, 1991, ORR has provided funding for 17 three-year microenterprise development projects which have achieved outcomes from the beginning of the program to September 30, 1997, as follows:

Client Businesses: Five hundred ninety-three businesses have been developed under this program. Of these 499 were new businesses and 94 expanded existing businesses. Forty-nine percent of the businesses were in service industries, 31% were in retail and 11% were in manufacturing. The survival rate of businesses as of September 30, 1997 was 84.5%.

Loan Funds: Since 1991, the value of loans from ORR funds totaled $876,624. In addition, ORR projects granted loans totaling an additional $1,342,567 in value from other sources such as banks. The total of loans made from ORR funds and other sources was $2,219,191. The default rate was 2.6% of the amount of money loaned and 2.4% of the number of loans.

Client Characteristics: Over 5,240 clients have received orientation to microenterprise, with 3,611 clients being served in the training programs of group or individual technical assistance. At the time of entry into training, 33.1% had been in the U.S. less than 2 years; another 36.7% had been in the U.S. 2-5 years. Twenty-two percent had been in the U.S. over 5 years. About 57.5% were competent in English while 35.2% had little or no English language skills. The largest ethnic groups in the training classes were: Vietnamese 44.3%; former Soviets 22%; Laotian 8.3%; Hmong 6.4%; Ethiopian 3.8%; and Bosnian 2.5%.

Statistics reported on gender distribution indicate 33.3% were women and 63.8% were men, with some clients not noted. Married clients equaled 59.8% and singles equaled 29.3%, 10.9% were undesignated.

Catholic Charities of Louisville, KY,(Wilson-Fish grantee for the State of Kentucky) for Jewish Family & Vocational Services, Louisville, KY	$93,566

Commonwealth of Massachusetts for Jewish Vocational Services	$176,842

State of New York for Worker Ownership Resource Center, Geneva, NY	$125,000

State of Pennsylvania for Lutheran Child and Family Services	$150,000

State of Wisconsin for ADVOCAP, Inc. in Fond Du Lac, for CAP Services, Inc. in Stevens Point, and for Western Dairyland Opportunity Council in Independence, WI	$300,000

Ethiopian Community Development Council Arlington, VA	$93,595

Fresno County Economic Opportunity Commission, Fresno,CA	$157,000

Coastal Enterprises Portland, ME	$149,710

Chinatown Manpower Project New York, NY	$150,000

Jewish Family and Vocational Services of Middlesex County Edison, NJ	$120,862

New York Association for New Americans, New York, NY	$150,000

Economic and Employment Development Center Los Angeles, CA	$120,000

An additional grant was awarded for technical assistance to microenterprise grantees:
Institute for Social and Economic Development Iowa City, IA	$99,980

In addition, a supplement was awarded to ISED of $12,350.

Refugee Crime Victimization

Outreach to New Americans (ONA), a technical assistance project, supported through a partnership among the National Crime Prevention Assitance, is now in its fifth year. The project assists programs in a wide range of ways, from serving as a coordinating body for law enforcement agencies and refugee service providers, to providing information about promising practices and funding opportunities, to assisting programs to develop and strengthen broad-based community coalitions.

ORR provided $200,000 to support these activities through an interagency agreement with the Department of Justice.

It provides access to resources and needed information to a growing number of law enforcement agencies and refugee communities around the country. They, in turn, are seeing real results from their efforts to build partnerships, to work together to ensure the well being of new community residents and improved quality of life in the community as a whole.

Law enforcement and refugee leaders in the communities which have received ONA services report that this project occupies a unique niche which is essential to the full and continued success of their work.

Where law enforcement-refugee partnerships have been established, crime problems have diminished while reporting rates have increased. Workers in youth projects are seeing increasing numbers of children become interested in their programs and hear from the schools that attendance has increased and behavior has improved. Many of the projects have developed models that are of use to other communities around the country.

English Language Training (ELT)

Technical Assistance

In FY 1997, under the Targeted Assistance Discretionary Grant Program, ORR provided a grant to the Colorado Refugee Services Program to subcontract to the Spring Institute for International Studies to continue the technical assistance and consultations to English language training (ELT) programs around the country. Technical assistance and training are provided by a network of seven partners including the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL), the Refugee Education and Employment Program (REEP) in Virginia, the Minnesota Department of Children, Families and Learning, the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) in California, the International Institute of St. Louis, Missouri, the California Department of Social Services, Refugee Programs Branch, and the Spring Institute.

Community/Family Strengthening

FY 1997 Funds

ORR awarded 66 grants totaling $5,737,883 to public and private non-profit organizations to support the third year of projects designed to strengthen refugee families in the areas of health, youth, employment, English language training, parent-school relationships, crime, spouse and child abuse, citizenship and community activities. These grantees committed to cost-share 20-50% of the costs of these projects.

Arizona		International Consortium of Phoenix; community center for all area refugees			$53,002
California		Cambodian Association, Long Beach; counseling for women			62,500
California		International Rescue Committee, San Diego; coalition of organizations for classes for mothers and children			225,000
California		Vietnamese Community, Orange County; in-home counseling for spouse/child abuse			75,140
California		State University, Stanislaus, Turlock; parent-child literacy and parenting instructions			60,059
California		African Community Refugee Center, Los Angeles; various services, counseling, information and referral, English language training			60,228
California		Catholic Charities, Santa Clara; with Vietnamese MAA, youth services			107,500
California		Catholic Charities of Orange County; Consortium of local agencies for citizenship education			367,000
California		International MAA, San Diego; family preservation and outreach to train women			37,500
California			Jewish Federation of Greater East Bay; Jewish family and children's services for youth, seniors, and victims of domestic abuse	$160,000
California			Jewish Vocation and Career Counseling Services; day care for Soviet seniors, survival skills, training for certified nurse assistants	124,576
Colorado		Jewish Family Services; support groups, English as a Second Language, classes at community library			75,000
Colorado		Lutheran Social Services, Colorado Springs; health, family relations, safety, crime prevention			37,500
Connecticut		Jewish Family Services of Stamford; health issues among Soviet refugees			50,423
Connecticut		Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford; citizenship training			37,660
District of Columbia		Indochinese Community Center; leadership project for Vietnamese youth			75,445
District of Columbia		Lutheran Social Services; physical and mental health services, access for women			50,276
Georgia			Leadership training for refugee women	200,000
Georgia		Save the Children Foundation; available services for domestic violence			131,250
Georgia		New Sullivan Center, liaison among refugees and law enforcement and education systems			107,522
Idaho		Services to decrease isolation and stress, and to increase social and economic adjustment			35,000
Illinois		Travelers and Immigrants Aid; for Bosnian MAA in Chicago			53,953
Illinois Iowa		East Central Mutual Assistance Association, Urbana; family strengthening through English language training, referral, counseling, volunteers Police Liaison, Bosnian and Sudanese Orientation			29,781 45,907
Iowa		English language training, day care, employment			45,000
Kansas		Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association; health education and access to health services			64,102
Kansas		Community Services Center, Kansas City; expand facilities			88,541
Kentucky		Western Mutual Assistance Association, Bowling Green; parent training, health care, ELT and day care			49,500
Kentucky		Catholic Charities of Louisville; varied services			30,715
Louisiana		Associated Catholic Charities of New Orleans; youth services through recreation, life planning courses and tutoring			108,865
Maryland		Domestic violence, linking with women-in-crises services			150,000
Massachusetts	International Rescue Committee, Boston; newly arrived refugee youth program			145,000
Massachusetts		Cambodian Community, Greater Fall River; community center, develop leadership services			75,000

Massachusetts			International Institute of Greater Lawrence; English language training, job skills training, placement				60,000
Massachusetts			International Institute of Boston; orientation and other services for Ethiopians				50,000
Maine			Catholic Charities, Portland; employment services,				30,000

Michigan			Arab-American/Chaldean Council, Detroit; family strengthening through information and referral, English training, orientation				45,000
Minnesota				International Institute of Minnesota; English training, parenting education, citizenship preparation for Sudanese women	141,345
Minnesota			Institution for Education and Advocacy; advanced ESL and mentoring for students and adults				161,231
Missouri				International Institute of Metro St. Louis; develop community links for refugees	39,864
Nebraska			Lincoln Interfaith Council; Asian community and cultural center, social services				97,500
New Hampshire			International Institute of Boston; aid for refugees in Manchester and Hillsboro				37,500
New Jersey			Jewish Family Services, northern Middlesex County; Soviet employment				50,000
New York			Haitian Centers Council, Brooklyn; citizenship education, parenting skills for Haitians in three States				150,000
New York			Interreligious Council of Central Syracuse; Southeast Asian community center, social services for women and seniors				50,000
New York			St. Rita's Center, New York City; family strengthening through domestic violence intervention				40,000
North Carolina		Catholic Social Services, Mecklenburg County; crime prevention, community education/orientation				56,352
Ohio			Training women for child care, clinical intervention, English				129,700
Oregon			Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon; community development center for Soviets in Portland				98,274
Pennsylvania			Jewish Family and Children Services, Pittsburgh; family strengthening through ELT, school liaison				104,990
Rhode Island		City of Providence; drop-out prevention and protective service for Southeast Asian youth				188,800
South Dakota			Pierre; community development through housing, parenting education				47,500
Texas	Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services; two community centers, orientation to American culture, health education				68,204
Texas			Catholic Charities, Fort Worth; family literacy, citizenship classes, survival workshops				60,547
Vermont			Immigration and Refugee Services; employment services in Addison and Chittenden Counties				57,035
Virginia			Refugee and Immigrant Services, Richmond; English language training and employment assistance				93,750
Virginia			English training and job enhancement in four northern counties				165,000
Washington				Refugee and Immigrant Forum, Snohomish County; expand citizenship classes	77,477
Washington			Bi-lingual education and support for women and families at risk of domestic violence				67,500
Washington			Central Seattle Community Health Centers; health education and advocacy				90,000
Wisconsin				Wausau School District; parent outreach and literacy program for Southeast Asians	83,152
Wisconsin				Hmong MAA, La Crosse; address domestic violence, gang delinquency, leadership, citizenship	88,000
Wisconsin			Lakeshore Indochinese MAA, Manitowoc; parenting education, juvenile gang diversion, elderly isolation services				30,000
Wisconsin			Wausau, MAA; coordinated case management for 45 families				82,575
Wisconsin			Family violence prevention				150,000
Wisconsin			Hmong MAA; of Sheboygan, strengthen parents and intergenerational recreation				27,642

Mental Health: ORR - SAMHSA/CMHSA Intra-Agency Agreement

Technical Assistance for mental health activities with refugees is available to U.S. resettlement communities under an intra-agency agreement with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Center for Mental Health Services. Under this agreement, telephone consultation is available for communities on mental health treatment for refugee populations. Other activities conducted by the two SAMHSA professionals include: presentations at conferences, consultation to ORR on mental health issues and technical assistance in local communities.

ORR provides $180,000 under this agreement.

ORR - National Institute of Mental Health Intra-Agency Agreement

Survivors of Torture

This Agreement awarded in FY 1996 culminated in a conference held in Washington,DC in April 1997. Participants invited were known torture survivors; local refugee and asylee serving agencies; academic institutions which had projects and research on torture survivors; State Refugee Coordinators; Department of State; Immigration and Naturalization Services; Department of Health and Human Services (ORR and NIMH); and the United Nations, as well as torture treatment centers from several countries.

The conference considered areas needing research; the nature of appropriate services for survivors; directions for advocacy; and issues in administration. Conference proceedings were published and distributed.

ORR Standing Announcement

In June 1996, the Office of Refugee Resettlement issued a revision of the Standing Announcement (first published in 1994) which provides for services to newly arriving refugees. This announcement provides for two application dates each year and will continue to be available for applicants when new populations of refugees are admitted to the U.S.

There are allowable activities under this announcement. These include the following: categories: Category 1, Preferred Communities; Category 2, Unanticipated Arrivals; Category 3, Community Orientation; Category 4, Technical Assistance for Employment Services; and Category 5, Mental Health project.

Category 1: Preferred Communities

In 1994, with the intent to increase opportunities for refugee self-sufficiency and effective resettlement, the ORR Director announced funds available for grants to voluntary agencies to increase placements of newly arriving refugees in preferred communities where there is a history of low welfare utilization and a favorable earned income potential relative to the cost of living. The initiative was designed to decrease placements of refugees in communities where there is a history of extended welfare use.

In 1997, ORR awarded five third-year continuation grants, one second-year continuation grant and two new grants totaling $1,593,296 to each of eight national voluntary resettlement agencies to enhance services in preferred communities and to reduce the number of refugees placed in high refugee impact communities.

The continuation grants for increased placement of refugees in preferred communities were awarded to:

International Rescue Committee, $150,000

World Relief Corporation, $233,755

Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society: Episcopal Migration Ministries, $173,169

Church World Service, $256,810

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, $143,880

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, $200,000

Two new grants were awarded under Preferred Communities:

U.S. Catholic Conference, $256,160

Immigration and Refugee Services of America, $179,522

Category 2: Unanticipated Arrivals

The unanticipated arrivals program is intended to provide resources that bridge the gap between the arrival of refugees and the time when their numbers are included in the population-based formula social services funds. Situations that unanticipated arrivals funding are intended to mediate include those where bilingual staff are needed for new arrivals, where refugee services do not exist and where available services are not sufficient to meet the needs of the additional refugees.

In 1997, ORR awarded six grants and one grant supplement totaling $906,962 to provide services for a significant and unanticipated increase in the number of arriving refugees.

Otter Tail/Wadena Community Action Council of New York Mills, MN to provide employment, language, and support services to Bosnians in Pelican Rapids, MN, $150,000

Iowa Department of Human Services of Des Moines, IA to provide employment services to a secondary migration of Bosnians to Waterloo, IA, $122,250.

World Relief of Congers, NY to provide case management, employment, ESL, and translation services to Kurdish refugees in three of their local affiliates: Nashville, TN, Atlanta, GA, and Seattle, WA, $214,080.

International Institute of Boston, MA, to provide case management, outreach, and ESL training to Kurdish refugees in Manchester, NH, $145,132.

International Institute of Connecticut, Inc. of Bridgeport, CT to provide employment services to refugee women from Northern Iraq and Somalia, $95,000.

Lutheran Social Services of Michigan, Southfield, MI to provide case management, vocational ESL, and transportation to Bosnian refugees in Metropolitan Detroit, $125,000.

International Rescue Committee, NY, supplement of $44,400.

Category 3: Community Orientation

In FY 1997, ORR funded 10 community orientation projects (4 new and 6 continuations) for a total of $1,093,340. These are:

The African Community Resource Center (ACRC), Los Angeles, CA $155,738; to develop an orientation and youth project for African refugee youth 12-18 years of age who are resettled in 2 sites: Los Angeles and San Diego, CA.

Ethiopian Community Development Center (ECDC), Virginia $105,000; to conduct outreach to newly arrived refugees from Africa via a weekly radio program, monthly newsletter, cross-cultural orientation to 200 refugees, and workshops for service providers. A mentoring program will be established between arriving African refugee families and African-American families.

USCC/Washsington, DC National Office $111,963; to fund four affiliates for delivery of outreach and orientation services to newly arrived refugees, and to provide a mechanism for the new ethnic organizations to develop their own community organizations. The four affiliates are located in Atlanta, GA; Portland, ME; Baton Rouge, LA; San Diego, CA.

USCC/Washington, DC, National Office, $117,521; to fund three affiliates in Louisville, KY; Orlando, FL; and Phoenix, AZ for delivery of outreach and orientation services to newly arrived refugees.

The six community orientation projects funded in FY 1996 were provided continuation grants in FY 97. These are:

Fresno Pacific University, Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies, Fresno, CA, $150,000; to train trainers around the country to enable them to train refugee and mainstream service providers, and newly arrived refugee groups on cross-cultural understanding, cross-cultural mediation and conflict resolution.

Immigrant and Refugee Services of America, Washington, DC, $200,000; to provide orientation training and outreach to recently arrived refugee families from Iraq and the Horn of Africa.

Catholic Charities of Boston, Massachusetts, $20,805; to provide outreach and orientation services to Bosnians, Cubans, Somali and Iraqi families.

Catholic Social Services, Lincoln, Nebraska, $26,602; to assist Vietnamese and Cubans in organizing community orientation training and outreach groups.

International Rescue Community, New York, $132,643; to fund five affiliates to provide outreach and orientation services to newly arrived refugee families. The five affiliates are located in Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Phoenix, AZ; Pierre, SD; and Seattle, WA

Wausau Hmong Mutual Assistance Association, Wisconsin, $73,068; to provide outreach and orientation for new Hmong families recently arrived from the camps in Thailand, and resettled in central Wisconsin.

Category 4: Technical Assistance for Employment Services

In a continuing effort to improve employment services and to increase the capacity of employment service providers to help refugees attain employment, ORR awarded a cooperative agreement to Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, New York, NY for $168,500 for technical assistance and training to refugee employment service providers. Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services, in collaboration with their subcontractor, Refugee Works, provides technical assistance and training nationwide to refugee employment service providers. Technical assistance was provided by identifying model and best practices for providing employment services to refugees; conducting on-site analysis of employment services and providing the TA needed to improve outcomes; and by providing training in basic employment services skills to newly hired or less experienced staff, to agencies experiencing staff turnover, or to agencies which lack expertise in employment services.

Category 5: Mental Health

In 1997, ORR awarded $1,878,807 to 17 grantees for mental health. Newly arriving refugees arrive with anticipation of their new lives. They also may have difficult adjustments with the resettlement experience, and some arrivals having experienced severe trauma related to their flight. ORR provides for four types of activities under the Mental Health program: 1) training and ongoing consultation for direct service workers to increase their knowledge and skill in working with refugees experiencing distress, 2) orientation programs for refugees to U.S. mental health services, 3) orientation for mainstream mental health professionals to refugees and refugee programs, and 4) clinical services to refugees of populations new to U.S. communities where there is little understood about their cultures and mental health characteristics.

Awards under the mental health program were given to:

Center for Cultural Dynamics, Denver, CO, $115,418.

Catholic Social Services, Atlanta, GA, $150,000

Immigration and Refugee Services of America, Minneapolis, MN, Chicago, IL, Falls Church, VA, $300,000

International Rescue Committee, San Francisco, CA, $66,331

East Dallas Counseling Center, Inc., Dallas, TX, $82,685

Survivors International, San Francisco, CA, $61,430

Catholic Social Services, Mobile, AL, $25,000

USCC/Washington, DC (national coordination activities), $28,558

Catholic Charities, Syracuse, NY, $25,000

Catholic Charities, Portland, ME, $20,620

Child and Family Services of the Pioneer Valley, Springfield, MA, $111,200

Catholic Charities, Boston, MA, $23,775

Bethany Christian Services, Grand Rapids, MI, $150,000

International Institute of New Jersey, Jersey City, NY, $91,672

International Institute of Boston, Boston, MA, (New England region), $272,118

Arab-American Chaldean Council, Lathrup Village, MI, $250,000

Catholic Charities, San Diego, CA, $105,000

Elderly Refugees

ORR undertook a number of steps in 1997 to create opportunities for serving a population frequently overlooked: the older refugee. The ORR Director entered into an interagency agreement with HHS' Assistant Secretary on Aging to identify ways in which both the aging