[Federal Register: October 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 194)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Office of Refugee Resettlement

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of a Noncompetitive Successor Award to California 
Department of Public Health.

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    CFDA #: 93.576
    Legislative Authority: This Program is authorized by section 
412(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended (8 
U.S.C. 1522(b)(5)), which

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authorizes the Director to provide for medical screening and initial 
medical treatment.
    Amount of Award: There are three years remaining in the project The 
remaining funds to be awarded is $1,425,000.
    Project Period: July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2010.
SUMMARY: The purpose of the ORR award is to assist California in 
providing medical screenings in accordance with ORR guidance in State 
Letter 95-37, 11/21/95, and follow-up activities to newly arriving 
refugees for conditions of public health concern. California Senate 
Bill 162 established a new California Department of Public Health to 
take the place of the California Department of Health Services which 
ceased to exist. California requests that the funds be awarded to the 
new California Department of Public Health to carry out the remaining 
years of the project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Further information regarding the 
request may be directed to Pam Green-Smith at 202-401-4531, 
pamela.greensmith@acf.hhs.gov.

    Date: September 30, 2008.
David H. Siegel,
Acting Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
 [FR Doc. E8-23479 Filed 10-3-08; 8:45 am]

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