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Mitiku Ashebir Director Division of Refugee Assistance

Office of Refugee Resettlement Administration for Children and Families U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ORR Update June 2013. Mitiku Ashebir Director Division of Refugee Assistance. Current General Resettlement Factors . Refugee flow is steady.

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Mitiku Ashebir Director Division of Refugee Assistance

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  1. Office of Refugee ResettlementAdministration for Children and FamiliesU.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesORR Update June 2013 Mitiku Ashebir Director Division of Refugee Assistance

  2. Current General Resettlement Factors • Refugee flow is steady. • Unprecedented influx of unaccompanied children continues. • Pockets of resistance against new arrivals. • Split /Incremental funding. • TANF challenges – reduced amounts; shorter coverage time; reduced or strict support services; new access requirements e.g. Drug Test. • Refugee employment increased in 2012 by 3% over 2011. 2

  3. ORR Budget Budget Parameters: • ORR sustained a substantial funding shortfall for the first half of the fiscal year. • Sequestration reductions. • Across the board rescission. • ORR received a final FY13 enacted budget level that exceeds $1 billion for the first time in history. • The Department has executed the Secretary’s 1% transfer authority, which provides an additional $30 million to ORR. 3

  4. ORR Budget continued… Going Forward: • The net impact of the $17M reduction will be distributed across all refugee programs and will amount to approximately 2.8% reductions. • It is very likely that these grants will continue to be incrementally funded each fiscal year. • With the support of the Department and Congress, these reductions are significantly less than originally thought and the reductions to our stakeholders should be minimal. • Questions on ORR’s budget should be channeled to Joann Simmons, Budget Director. 4

  5. U.S. Refugee Resettlement ProgramORR Caseload - FY 2013 5

  6. Number of UAC by Fiscal Year 6 *As of April 2013

  7. ORR-PRM Joint Quarterly Placement Meetings (QPMs) • QPMs are a key mechanism for sharing information with partners on prospective and current refugee populations slated for resettlement, the pipeline, overseas processing, funding, capacity, and other related issues affecting placement planning. • QPMs participants include ORR, PRM, DHS, state refugee coordinators and refugee health coordinators, national/local resettlement agencies, and ORR funded Ethnic Community Self-Help Group. • A total of 9 QPMs were hosted by ORR & PRM since 2011. The next QPM will take place in early July 2013. • ORR-PRM’s joint visits 7

  8. National Performance Outcomes 8

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  10. Match Grant Objective 10

  11. Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program FY 2012 Enrollees by Eligibility Status 11

  12. Match Grant 12

  13. ORR Partnerships Assets for Independence (AFI); Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals (JOLI) Refugee Health Screening Review Healthy Marriage Program Affordable Care Act 13

  14. Resource Center for LGBT Refugees • Visit: www.rainbowwelcome.org 14

  15. Moving Forward 15

  16. Office of Refugee ResettlementFor more information about ORR programming, please visit our website at:www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/ 16

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