The Department of Health and Human Services has announced funding for three refugee resettlement programs. The first program offers applicants the opportunity to implement alternative programs for refugee resettlement under a private-public sector partnership. Funding for this program is available under both the Wilson/Fish authority and the Office of Refugee Resettlement's discretionary social services program.

The second program provides $9 million in Targeted Assistance discretionary grants (TAG) for services to refugees. It also provides the availability of $1.3 million in Social Services discretionary funds for the Community and Family Strengthening (CFS) Program. TAG funds are only available to state agencies responsible for the refugee program and agencies with statewide responsibility for an alternative to the State-administered program under a Wilson/Fish grant. CFS funds are available to any public or private non-profit organization. Submission of these applications must be postmarked by July 10, 1998.

The third program provides for $16 million in discretionary grants for private non-profit organizations and state agencies responsible for refugee programs in localities with large refugee populations who have found it difficult to integrate socially and economically into local communities. Eligible refugees must be at least 21 years old and unemployed, without earned income or with members of their families receiving public assistance, and they must be residents of their communities for at least six months..

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