State Letter #00-07

TO: STATE REFUGEE COORDINATORS
NATIONAL VOLUNTARY AGENCIES
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

FROM: Lavinia Limón, Director
Office of Refugee Resettlement

SUBJECT: Grants for Technical Assistance to ORR Grantees

Notice of Cancellation of sections of the Standing Announcement

1. Notice of Availability of FY 2000 Funds to Public and Private Non-profit Agencies for Technical Assistance Services to ORR Grantees. The Notice was published in the Federal Register on April 21, 2000. The closing date for Technical Assistance applications is June 20, 2000. Additional copies of the announcement may be obtained through the Internet at: http://www.access.gpo.gov Federal Register, April 24, 2000, Office Refugee Resettlement Office, Notice of Availability of FY 2000 Funds to Public and Private Non-profit Agencies for Technical Assistance Services (FR Volume 65, Number 78, pages 21454-21464).

2. Notice of Cancellation of sections of the Standing Announcement. This Notice cancels three program areas of the ORR Standing Announcement: Category 3, Community Orientation; Category 4, Technical Assistance to Orientation Grantees; and Category 5, Mental Health. Please note that the remaining categories of the announcement retain the existing closing dates of January 31 and June 30 every year: Category 1, Preferred Communities; Category 2, Unanticipated Arrivals; and Category 6, Ethnic Community Organizations.
Questions regarding this notice may be directed to Marta Brenden at (202) 205-3589 or MBrenden@acf.hhs.gov.