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pated.
"All I know is that if
Congress passes the Private
Resettlement Program, our of-
fice would lose coordination
and advocacy functions," said
Judi Hall, director of the
state's Refugee Assistance
Program. "Certain functions
would remain, but I do not
know whether they would con-
tinue to be performed by a re-
duced Refugee Assistance
Program office or elsewhere in
the department."
As part of the proposed cuts,
the federal. Office of
Resettlement Services wants
to channel funds for refugees
through private, voluntary
agencies under a proposed
Private Resettlement
Program. Such a program
could provide for a longer pe-
riod of help than possible un-
der the current
state-administered Cash and
Medical Assistance program,
officials said.
The federal Office of
Refugee Resettlement says the
change creates an integrated
public, private partnership
among the states and private
voluntary agencies.
`The private sector agencies
will have flexibility to allocate
the grants among clients," said
a spokesman for the Office of
Refugee Resettlement.
The spokesman said that
the proposed changes would
eliminate red tape and be
more efficient, thus allowing
refugees to find work sooner
than is now possible. Savings
gained through early employ-
ment of those refugees could
be used to help others finding
it difficult to attain self-suffi-
ciency.
Yet Resettlement officials
remain skeptical.
'What will happen to the
refugees' health benefits? "
asks Sandy Hyman, director
of Resettlement Service. "Will
refugees have to pay their
share of medical costs such as
deductible and co-payments?
There are still lots of issues
and questions to be answered
and clarified.
Another feature of the pro-
posed cutbacks would be the
elimination of Cash and
Medical Assistance benefits,
now provided by the state to
refugees ineligible for other
cash and medical assistance
programs like Aid to Families
with Dependent Children,
Supplemental Security
Income or Medicaid.
Each year, about 100 local
Soviet Jewish refugees, all
over age 55, apply for Cash
and Medical Assistance.
Medical c
Cash
and
Assistance coverage has de-
creased in the past decade. In` -
1980, refugees were covered
for up to 36 months. In 1990,
coverage was reduced to up to-
12 months. In 1992, coverage
again decreased to up to eight
months.
The Office of Refugee
Resettlement has proposee;
funding medical care through
private insurers, Health
Maintenance Organizations,
or community health centers
of the U.S. Public Health
Service.
Jewish Vocational Service,
which works with numerous
Soviet Jewish refugees, may
feel the pinch of federal cut-
backs as well.
Under the current system,
the Refugee Assistance.
k
Twelve governors,
including
Michigan's John
Engler, are asking
Congress to
approve a one-year
reauthorization of
the current
program with four --
months of
matching grants.
Program of the Michigan,
Department of Social Services
contracts with JVS, providing-
the vocational agency with fed-
eral funds.
"It's still too early to tell
what the results will be," said
Shirley Shlang, director of ca- -
reer development and job
placement services for JVS.
"There might still be grants, (--
but we dOn't how they will be
allocated."
Twelve governors, including
Michigan's John Engler, are
asking Congress to approve a-
one-year reauthorization of the
current program with four
months of matching grants.
The governors in May sent
a letter in support of the rec- cH
ommendations to Sen.
Edward M. Kennedy, D2__
Mass., subcommittee chair-
man on Immigration and
Refugee Affairs.
The other governors sup-
porting continuing the current
program are California's Pete,
Wilson, Florida's Lawton
Chiles, Washington's Booth