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092404 1 (1972-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacwhl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ni UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION March 22, 1972 Dear Mr. Twiname: We have reviewed the Cuban refugee program administered by your agency within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). On November 3, 1971, we issued a report entitled Analysis of Federal Expenditures :o Aid Cuban Refugees (B-164031(3)), to the Subcommittee to Investigat, Problems Connected with Refugees and Escapees, Senate Committee on the Judiciary. This letter report--based on our review at HEW headquarters and at local welfare offices in two metropolitan areas--presents our views that certain HEW policies concerning the States' providing public as- sistance to Cuban refugees are in need of clarification. INTRODUCTION When Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba early in 1959, thousands of Cuban people fled that country and many of them came to the United States, principally to the Miami area. Most of the refugees left all personal belongs in Cuba and arrived with virtually no money or resources. Initially emergency assistance to meet the needs of the refugees was furnished by local public and private welfare organizations. In December 1960, however, the President established a Cuban Refugee Emergency Center in Miami to relieve the mounting economic and social problems created by the heavy influx of refugees in that area. In February 1961 the President directed that a Cuban refugee program be established in HEW. Permanent authority for the program was provided by the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601), which provides for (1) financial assistance to needy refugees, (2) financial assistance to State and local public agencies which provide services for substantial numbers of refugees, (3) paying the costs of resettling refugees from Miami, and (4) establishing employment and professional refresher train- ing courses for refugees.

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