State Letter #02-24
TO: STATE REFUGEE COORDINATORS
NATIONAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
FROM: Nguyen Van Hanh, Ph.D.
Director
Office of Refugee Resettlement
SUBJECT: Final Notice of FY 2002 Social Service Allocations
Enclosed is the FY 2002 Final Notice of Allocations to States of Funds for Refugee Social Services published on July 8, 2002 (67 FR 45131-145136).
This notice includes $11.5 million in two set-aside allocations: $3 million to promote healthy families through community-based organizations; and $8.5 million to provide planned upgrading of employment, employment retraining, and subsidized employment tied to a labor market need leading to an offer of unsubsidized employment.
Please note that due to formatting during the publication process, a digit was omitted from the Florida allocation amount which should be listed as $18,543,954.
Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Barbara Chesnik, Refugee Program Specialist, at (202) 401-4558.