The Office for Refugees and Immigrants directs and manages federally-funded services for refugees and immigrants. The Office provides refugees with job counseling and placement, transitional cash assistance, English language instruction, vocational training and placement, health and mental health assistance, and foster care for minor children who arrive without parents or guardians.

Objectives

In Fiscal Year 1998, the Office will work with the Department of Transitional Assistance to unify the administration of the Refugee Resettlement Program. The Office currently serves refugees who have no dependent children, while the Department of Transitional Assistance provides assistance to refugees with children. Under authorization received as part of the Wilson/Fish amendment to the federal Refugee Act, these services will be consolidated at the Office for Refugees and Immigrants through an interdepartmental service agreement with the Department of Transitional Assistance. Approximately 370 refugee families will receive these services exclusively from the Office for Refugees and Immigrants.

Budget Recommendations

The Office is funded by federal grants. The amount of these grants for Fiscal Year 1998 will enable the Office to provide the same level of services as in Fiscal Year 1997.

Federal Grant Spending

REFUGEE TARGETED ASSISTANCE GRANT
4003-0804	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Targeted Assistance Grant	1,461,269

REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM
4003-0805	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Resettlement Program	1,877,195

REFUGEE CASH, MEDICAL, AND ADMINISTRATION
4003-0806	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Refugee Cash, Medical, and Administration	10,579,448

STATE LEGALIZATION IMPACT ASSISTANCE GRANT
4003-0807	For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, State Legalization Impact Assistance Grant	2,652,931

Trust and Other Spending

4003-7000

GRANTS AND DONATIONS FROM PRIVATE SOURCES

36,000