Annual ORR Reports to Congress - 2001
Partnerships to Improve Employment and Self-Sufficiency Outcomes
- Entered Employments, defined as the entry of a refugee into unsubsidized employment.
- Terminations Due to Earnings, defined as the termination of a cash assistance case (RCA, TANF, and general assistance) due to earned income.
- Reductions Due to Earnings, defined as a reduction in the amount of cash assistance that a case receives as a result of earned income.
- Average Wage at Placement, calculated as the sum of the hourly wages for the full-time placements divided by the total number of individuals placed in employment.
- Job Retentions, defined as the number of persons working for wages (in any unsubsidized job) on the 90th day after placement. This is a measure of continued participation in the labor market, not retention of a specific job.
- Entered Employments with Health Benefits, defined as a job placement with health benefits offered within six months of employment, regardless of whether the refugee actually accepts the coverage offered.
ORR tracked State and county performance throughout the year, with FY 2001 performance reported as follows:
- Entered Employments totaled 45,893, a six percent decline from the number recorded in FY 2000 (48,900).
- Terminations due to Earnings totaled 14,223, an eight percent decline from FY 2000 (15,438).
- Reductions due to Earnings totaled 2,978, a forty-six percent decline from FY 2000 (5,462).
- Average Wage at Placement ($7.92) rose four percent from FY 2000 ($7.57).
- Employment Retentions totaled 31,137, an eight percent decline from FY 2000 (33,743).
- Entered Employments with Health Benefits reached 27,270, a one percent increase from FY 2000 (27,094).
These performance measure outcomes must be viewed in the overall context of decreasing arrival numbers and an increasing caseload. A caseload is defined as the unduplicated number of active employable adults enrolled in employment services. In FY 2001 the caseload increased by four percent. The rate of job placements decreased by six percent, and 68 percent of refugees who found employment retained their employment for ninety days, a one percent decrease from FY 2000. Sixty-nine percent of full-time placements offered health insurance, compared to 62 percent the year before.
State Outcome Goal Plans
Nineteen States and four
Twenty-one States and five
FY 2001 saw significant improvement in the quality of jobs found for refugees. Thirty-seven States and eight
Refugees found employment not only at higher wages, but also with more benefits. Twenty-one States and one
ORR also tracked the cost per job placement in each State and
Shown below is a summary of the FY 2000 and FY 2001 outcomes by State. The caseload presented for each State and county consists of the number of refugees with whom a service provider had regular and direct involvement during the fiscal year in planned employment-related activities for the purpose of assisting the refugee to find or retain employment. For terminations, reductions, and retentions, each goal and outcome is also described as a percentage of entered employments. Some States opted to express terminations and reductions as a percentage of refugee cash assistance recipients who entered employment, rather than as a percentage of all entered employments. Health benefit availability is presented as a percentage of full-time entered employments.
FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
145 |
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68 |
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Entered Employments |
141 |
97% |
68 |
101 % |
Terminations |
0 |
0 % |
0 |
0 % |
Reductions |
0 |
0 % |
0 |
0 % |
Average Wage |
$6.28 |
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$6.59 |
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Retentions |
111 |
71 % |
68 |
100 % |
Health Benefits |
50 |
35 % |
47 |
69 % |
In
FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
1,247 |
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1,115 |
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Entered Employments |
917 |
74% |
910 |
82 % |
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Terminations |
693 |
76 % |
564 |
81 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
3 $6.84 808 838 |
1 % 80 % 93 % |
16 $6.94 739 848 |
2% 82 % 96 % |
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IIn FY 2001 cash assistance termination and reduction rates are based on entered employments of refugees actually receiving assistance.
FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
3 |
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12 |
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Entered Employments |
3 |
100% |
12 |
100 % |
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Terminations |
0 |
0 % |
0 |
0 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
0 $8.25 3 3 |
0 % 100 % 100 % |
0 $9.28 12 12 |
0 % 100 % 100 % |
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In FY 2001 cash assistance terminations were based on
entered employments of refugees actually receiving assistance.
FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
342 |
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325 |
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Entered Employments |
167 |
49% |
125 |
38% |
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Terminations |
21 |
72% |
4 |
100% |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
8 $7.97 144 134 |
28% 90% 93% |
0 $8.64 108 102 |
0% 78% 84% |
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FY 2000 |
FY 2000 |
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Caseload |
934 |
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990 |
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Entered Employments |
622 |
67 % |
610 |
62 % |
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Terminations |
116 |
74 % |
152 |
81 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
14 311 |
9 % 47 % 54 % |
5 $7.90 402 382 |
3 % 62 % 69 % |
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FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
15 |
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31 |
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Entered Employments |
10 |
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31 |
100 % |
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Terminations |
9 |
90 % |
11 |
35 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
1 $8.07 12 8 |
10 % 86 % 89 % |
0 $8.03 15 28 |
0 % 83 % 97 % |
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Dist. of Columbia |
FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
226 |
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280 |
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Entered Employments |
170 |
75% |
205 |
73% |
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Terminations |
157 |
92 % |
64 |
88% |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
13 $8.20 111 125 |
9% 75% 80% |
9 $8.06 164 96 |
12% 80% 54% |
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FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
24,538 |
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27,709 |
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Entered Employments |
10,511 |
43 % |
9,724 |
35 % |
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Terminations |
3,782 |
99 % |
4,291 |
85 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
0 $6.43 7,588 3,457 |
0 % 66 % 35 % |
0 $6.62 6,464 4,602 |
0 % 63 % 51 % |
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Due to low assistance payment levels, almost all refugees who enter employment terminate assistance.
FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
2,936 |
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2,620 |
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Entered Employments |
2,055 |
70 % |
1,926 |
73 % |
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Terminations |
593 |
87 % |
278 |
80 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
0 $7.70 1260 1342 |
0 % 75 % 65 % |
0 $7.73 1,276 1,267 |
0 % 64 % 69 % |
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In FY 2001
FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
80 |
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24 |
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Entered Employments |
22 |
28 % |
14 |
58 % |
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Terminations |
6 |
27 % |
12 |
86 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
16 $6.03 17 11 |
73 % 85 % 100 % |
2 $5.55 11 2 |
14 % 65 % 100 % |
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FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
463 |
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263 |
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Entered Employments |
322 |
70% |
218 |
83 % |
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Terminations |
199 |
77 % |
133 |
72 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
0 $6.80 266 226 |
0 % 84 % 81 % |
0 $7.02 180 139 |
0 % 83 % 74 % |
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Because benefits are very low, most full-time placements result in termination, rather than reduction, of benefits.
FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
4,345 |
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3,451 |
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Entered Employments |
2,579 |
59 % |
1,610 |
47 % |
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Terminations |
631 |
44 % |
441 |
41 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
416 $8.35 1,753 1,498 |
29 % 68 % 70 % |
268 $8.39 1,172 1,109 |
25 % 73 % 80 % |
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FY 2000 |
FY 2001 |
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Caseload |
356 |
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176 |
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Entered Employments |
339 |
95% |
176 |
100 % |
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Terminations |
96 |
54 % |
38 |
40 % |
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Reductions Average Wage Retentions Health Benefits |
4 $7.60 284 323 |
2 % 98 % 100 % |
14 $7.00 229 176 |
15 % 93 % 100 % |
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