[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR400.5]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN 

          AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 400_REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart B_Grants to States for Refugee Resettlement

 

Sec.  400.5  Content of the plan.



    The plan must:

    (a) Provide for the designation of, and describe the organization 

and functions of, a State agency (or agencies) responsible for 

developing the plan and administering, or supervising the administration 

of, the plan;

    (b) Describe how the State will coordinate cash and medical 

assistance with support services to ensure their successful use to 

encourage effective refugee resettlement and to promote employment and 

economic self-sufficiency as quickly as possible.

    (c) Describe how the State will ensure that language training and 

employment services are made available to refugees receiving cash 

assistance, and to other refugees, including State efforts to actively 

encourage refugee registration for employment services;

    (d) Identify an individual designated by the Governor or the 

appropriate legislative authority of the State, with the title of State 

Coordinator, who is employed by the State and will have the 

responsibility and authority to ensure coordination of public and 

private resources in refugee resettlement in the State;

    (e) Provide for, and describe the procedures established for, the 

care and supervision of, and legal responsibility (including legal 

custody and/or guardianship under State law, as appropriate) for, 

unaccompanied refugee children in the State;

    (f) Provide for and describe (1) the procedures established to 

identify refugees who, at the time of resettlement in the State, are 

determined to have medical conditions requiring, or medical histories 

indicating a need for, treatment or observation, and (2) the procedures 

established to monitor any necessary treatment or observation;

    (g) Provide that assistance and services funded under the plan will 

be provided to refugees without regard to race, religion, nationality, 

sex, or political opinion; and

    (h) Provide that the State will, unless exempted from this 

requirement by the Director, assure that meetings are convened, not less 

often than quarterly, whereby representatives of local resettlement 

agencies, local community service agencies, and other agencies that 

serve refugees meet with representatives of State and local governments 

to plan and coordinate the appropriate placement of refugees in advance 

of the refugees' arrival. All existing exemptions to this requirement 

will expire 90 days after the effective date of this rule. Any State 

that wishes to be exempted from the provisions regarding the holding and 

frequency of meetings may apply by submitting a written request to the 

Director. The request must set forth the reasons why the State considers 

these meetings unnecessary because of the absence of problems associated 

with the planning and coordination of refugee placement. An approved 

exemption will remain in effect for three years, at which time a State 

may reapply.

    (i) Provide that the State will:

    (1) Comply with the provisions of title IV, Chapter 2, of the Act 

and official issuances of the Director;

    (2) Meet the requirements in this part;

    (3) Comply with all other applicable Federal statutes and 

regulations in effect during the time that it is receiving grant 

funding; and

    (4) Amend the plan as needed to comply with standards, goals, and 

priorities established by the Director.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

0960-0418)



[51 FR 3912, Jan. 30, 1986, as amended at 60 FR 33602, June 28, 1995; 65 

FR 15443, Mar. 22, 2000]