Executive Order 21

ot~~tl~.~tJ~ ~~~ ID~~~tJ 1!fx£ruh1Ji> lIIl-e,p ar1utrui WHEREAS I WHEREAS, WHEREAS, IH lHE NAME AHO BY fll( AUHIORIJY OF THE SJArE or IOWA EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER TWENTY-ONE it is the historic policy of the United States and the State of Iowa to provide eafe asylum to refu9eee who are the victims of wer and persecution and who have been forced from their homelande; and the State of Iowa coordinates and provides refugee services funded through the U.S. Department of , llealth and lluman Services and the u.s. State ·Department: and the Iowa· Refugee Service Center has been the agency administratively responsible for these services since 1975 and was formally established on January 27, 1984 to: l. Coordinate, develop, and implem~nt federal, state and local programs which provide resettlement services and other eoclal services which promote the economic sel!- sufficiency and social self - reliance of refugees and other eligible groups. TI. Provide specialized cultural information and immigration and other services to refugees, entrants, and immigrants as well as the private individuals, organizations, corporations, and state agencies whose activities are associated with them. NOW THEREFORE, I, Terry E. Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power · and authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the State of Iowa do hereby order and authorize that:· 1. The Iowa Refugee Service Center will .be known as the Bureau of Refugee Programs and becomes administratively part of the Iowa Department of Human Services. 2. The Iowa Departmeni of Human Services will be the designated state agency to receive and administer all federal refugee program funds heretofore administered by the Iowa Refugee Service Center. 3. The Commissioner of the Iowa Department of Human Services is now appointed by me as the State Coordinator for Refugee Affairs. 4. The Commissioner shall appoint to serve st his pleasure, a Chief of the Bureau of Refugee Programs who shall be Deputy State Coordinator for Refugee Affairs. 5. To aasurand to r:a that the refu efficienc lize maximum gee program c January ly thie order"hdministrati ontinuea Eight o ' 1986. EX e all be in ve reacind!d~anuary 27,e~~~!v~ Order ~~~~ct,. hereby er IN .. TESTIMONY . hereunto WHEREOF caueed subscribed ' I have State o~h~ Great Sea~yo~ame and Oon a at O owa to be affi the day oC Oe~:mMoinee thie ~y·~our Lo d ber in th - ,.1,._ hundre~ ~ne thousande iear of e ghty-five. n ne