H-8330

   Amend House File 2578 as follows:
   1.  Page 58, after line 22 by inserting: 
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REFUGEE SERVICES

   Sec. ___.  REFUGEE SERVICES —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the Iowa coronavirus fiscal recovery fund pursuant to section 8.57G, to the department of human services, bureau of refugee services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes designated:
   ...................................................................... $ 10,000,000

   1.  The bureau of refugee services shall utilize the funds appropriated under this section to provide grants to nonprofit organizations to develop and enhance local capacity and deliver services to support refugees or immigrants in integrating into Iowa communities. Grant applications shall include plans for supporting the employment of the refugees or immigrants served. A grantee shall provide a minimum of a ten percent cash match from private or local government sources for the amount of the grant received. Priority in the awarding of grants shall be given to applications that include support for Afghan and Ukrainian refugees.
   2.  Up to five percent of the funds appropriated under this section may be used by the bureau of refugee services for administrative purposes including the hiring of up to two full-time equivalent positions as necessary to administer the grant program and to coordinate program delivery.
   3.  Up to $250,000 of the funds appropriated under this section shall be used by the bureau of refugee services to engage a statewide, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization comprised of over twenty chief decision makers of the state’s largest employers and that elevates Iowa’s economy through global thought leadership, research, and advocacy to assist the bureau and grantees in facilitating communications with Iowa employers and to provide technical assistance to employers in the employment of refugees and immigrants.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ISENHART of Dubuque