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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2010 / Notices
The Child Welfare League of America
is a recipient of a cooperative agreement
to administer the National Resource
Center for Child Welfare Data and
Technology (NRC–CWDT) in order to
ensure continued support to States in
the development of the National Youth
in Transition Database. The National
Youth in Transition Database will assist
States, Tribes, and courts to develop,
implement and/or improve effective
case management information systems,
or data collection systems, and to use
data to manage child welfare programs
in order to improve outcomes for
children, youth, and families.
Section 477 of the Social Security Act
authorizes the John H. Chafee Foster
Care Independence Program (CFCIP)
and the Chafee Education and Training
Vouchers (ETV) program. It also
requires the creation of a data collection
and performance measurement system.
The Federal regulation at 45 CFR
1356.80 establishes the National Youth
in Transition Database (NYTD)
implementing this provision. The NYTD
regulation requires States to engage in
two data collection activities: the collect
of information on youth and the
independent living services they receive
that are paid for or provided by State
agencies that administer the CFCIP and
ETV programs and the collection of
outcome information on certain youth
in foster care. States must begin
collecting NYTD data on October 1,
2010 and submit the first report period
data to ACF by May 15, 2011.
The supplemental funding will allow
the NRC–CWDT to meet the increased
demand for NYTD onsite technical
assistance and sponsor regional
meetings without reducing requested
technical assistance from courts and
Tribes in the areas of data collection and
exchange.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gail
Collins, Children’s Bureau, 1250
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–8552;
E-mail: gail.collins@acf.hhs.gov.
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Dated: October 4, 2010.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children,
Youth and Families.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Award of a Single-Source Expansion
Supplement to the University of
Southern Maine, Muskie School of
Public Service
AGENCY:
Children’s Bureau, ACYF, ACF,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
CFDA Number: 93.658.
Legislative Authority: Section
476(c)(2)(iii) of the Social Security Act,
as amended by the Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–
351).
Amount of Award: $200,000.
Project Period: September 30, 2010 to
September 29, 2011.
SUMMARY: In order to provide more
intensive technical assistance to Tribes,
the Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), Children’s Bureau (CB)
is awarding a single-source expansion
supplement to the University of
Southern Maine, Muskie School of
Public Service, Portland, ME, to assist
Tribes in building their capacity to
operate their own foster care and
adoption assistance agencies (title IV–E)
program. The University of Southern
Maine is a recipient of a cooperative
agreement to administer the National
Resource Center for Organizational
Improvement, which is charged with
building the organizational capacity of
State, local, Tribal and other publicly
supported child welfare agencies in
order to improve the outcomes of child
welfare activities and to achieve the
Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997
goals of safety, permanency and wellbeing of children and youth.
The supplemental funding will
support Regional Roundtables and build
Tribal capacity in the following areas:
1. An overview of the Social Security
Act and title IV–E provisions that
provide foster care and adoption service
funds. This presentation will be
developed to be responsive to the
cultural issues and needs of the
audience.
2. Training for Tribal caseworkers on
title IV–E requirements in order to
continue the eligibility and funding of
IV–E eligible children. Workers must be
aware of the provisions of Fostering
Connections to assure that all
appropriate services are provided to
children in care.
3. Proper foster care recruitment,
training and retention is needed because
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placement of title IV–E eligible children
must be made with licensed foster/kin
families. It is important for Tribal
leaders, child welfare and court staff to
understand the link between licensing
and maintaining title IV–E eligibility
when children are placed.
The Fostering Connections to Success
and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
(Pub. L. 110–351) added § 479B to the
Act, which allows Indian Tribes the
option to receive Federal funding to
support the administration of their own
foster care, adoption assistance, and
guardianship assistance programs under
title IV–E of the Social Security Act (the
Act). The law also amended the Act at
§ 476(c)(2)(iii) to allow Indian Tribes to
receive one-time development grants to
be used to offset the cost of developing
a title IV–E plan to carry out the
requirements of new § 479B of the Act.
As the designated National Resource
Center for Organizational Improvement,
the University of Southern Maine is
qualified to provide training and
technical assistance to Tribes because of
their demonstrated commitment to
meaningful stakeholder involvement by
involving Tribes and other relevant
stakeholders in program planning,
implementation and evaluation and
other systems change initiatives.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane
Morgan, Children’s Bureau, 1250
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–8807; Email: jane.morgan@acf.hhs.gov.
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children,
Youth and Families.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Award of a Single-Source Expansion
Supplement to the University of
Oklahoma, National Resource Center
for Youth Services
AGENCY:
Children’s Bureau, ACYF, ACF,
HHS.
ACTION:
Notice.
CFDA Number: 93.674.
Legislative Authority: Promoting Safe
and Stable Families Program, § 435(d),
Title IV–B, subpart 2, of the Social
Security Act [42 U.S.C. 629e].
Amount of Award: $103,685.
Project Period: September 30, 2010 to
September 29, 2011.
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The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Children’s
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a
single-source expansion supplement to
the University of Oklahoma, National
Resource Center for Youth Services,
Tulsa, OK, to support expanded
technical assistance to address emerging
technical assistance needs for States and
Tribes as they seek to implement
legislation and changing programs
dedicated to former foster youth. The
grantee is the recipient of a cooperative
agreement to administer the National
Resource Center for Youth Development
(NRCYD). The grantee has been
providing technical assistance services
through a cooperative agreement since
September 30, 2009, pursuant to the
legislative authority of the Promoting
Safe and Stable Families Program,
Section 435(d), Title IV–B, subpart 2, of
the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 629e].
In February 2008, the National Youth
in Transition Database (NYTD) final
regulation was promulgated. NYTD
requires States to begin collecting
information from youth in foster care
and young adults formerly in foster care
every six months, beginning October 1,
2010. State representatives continue to
identify implementation of NYTD as a
significant challenge, particularly since
it will require State agencies to remain
in contact with youth who may no
longer be receiving services from the
agency. The implementation of NYTD
over the next four years will require the
NRCYD to continue to provide
additional technical assistance to States
to implement this regulation effectively.
Additionally, many States see the
implementation of NYTD as a method to
engage youth and to strengthen youth
involvement in services at the State and
local level. This type of youth
engagement work involves long-term
systemic technical assistance. The
expansion grant will allow the NRCYD
to support these State initiatives over
the long term.
Another significant development
affecting the provision of services to
youth and young adults was the passage
of the Fostering Connections to Success
and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008,
Public Law 110–351, signed into law
October 7, 2008. Among other
provisions, the law added a provision
requiring States to develop a transition
plan for all youth emancipating from
foster care. The law also provides States
and Tribes an option to receive Federal
reimbursement under title IV–E of the
Social Security Act to extend foster care
to older youth until age 21. In addition,
the law for the first time provides an
opportunity for certain Indian Tribes to
receive direct funding for independent
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living services and education and
training vouchers under the Chafee
Foster Care Independence Program. The
supplement will allow the NRCYD to
provide more intensive technical
assistance and on-site consultation to
States and Tribes to continue to assist
them in implementing these provisions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan
Shafer, Children’s Bureau, 1250
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–8172; Email: jan.shafer@acf.hhs.gov.
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children,
Youth and Families.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration For Children and
Families
Award of a Single-Source Program
Expansion Supplement to Chapel Hill
Training Outreach Project, Inc.
AGENCY:
Children’s Bureau, ACYF, ACF,
Notice.
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children,
Youth and Families.
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CFDA Number: 93.505.
Legislative Authority: Social Security
Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C.
701), as amended by the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act of
2010 (ACA) (Pub.L. 111–148).
Amount of Award: $90,000.
Project Period: September 30, 2010 to
September 29, 2011.
SUMMARY: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Children’s
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a
single-source program expansion
supplement to Chapel Hill Training
Outreach Project, Inc. in Chapel Hill,
NC, the administrator of the FRIENDS
National Resource Center for the
Community-Based Child Abuse
Prevention Program (NRCCBCAP), to
support technical assistance and
support for the implementation of the
new home visiting program by ACF and
Health Resources Services
Administration (HRSA) grantees under
the Maternal, Infant and Early
Childhood Home Visiting program,
authorized by the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act.
Supplemental funding will assist in
the initial planning and implementation
of this new program. Award funds will
be used to:
• Provide logistical support for
outreach, planning, executing, and
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follow-up with prospective applicants,
ACF and HRSA grantees, and other
stakeholders;
• Support consultation time with
various experts on evidence-based home
visitation and implementation science;
• Convene meetings/calls/webinars
with ACF and HRSA grantees and
various experts and stakeholders
including national program model
developers;
• Provide staff time for support for
general communication, other meetings,
transition information to new TA
contractor; and,
• Develop a temporary Web site or
other electronic tools for the program
that would make key information
available in a timely and accessible
manner.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Brodowski, Office on Child
Abuse and Neglect, Children’s Bureau,
1250 Maryland Ave., SW., #8111,
Washington, DC 20024. Telephone:
202–206–2629, E-mail:
melissa.brodowski@acf.hhs.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Award of a Single-Source Grant to
Chapin Hall at the University of
Chicago, Chicago, IL
Office of Planning, Research,
and Evaluation, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
CFDA Number: 93.595.
Statutory Authority: This award is
authorized under section 1110 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1310).
Amount of Award: $448,618.
Project Period: 9/30/2010 through 9/
29/2011.
SUMMARY: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Office of
Planning, Research and Evaluation
(OPRE) announces the award of a singlesource grant to Chapin Hall at the
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, to
study the characteristics, dynamics, and
context of the child-only Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
client population. Chapin Hall’s
application was received at ACF as an
unsolicited proposal and underwent
objective review on December 17, 2009,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement to the University
of Oklahoma, National Resource Center for Youth Services
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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CFDA Number: 93.674.
Legislative Authority: Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program,
Sec. 435(d), Title IV-B, subpart 2, of the Social Security Act [42
U.S.C. 629e].
Amount of Award: $103,685.
Project Period: September 30, 2010 to September 29, 2011.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children's
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a single-source expansion supplement
to the University of Oklahoma, National Resource Center for Youth
Services, Tulsa, OK, to support expanded technical assistance to
address emerging technical assistance needs for States and Tribes as
they seek to implement legislation and changing programs dedicated to
former foster youth. The grantee is the recipient of a cooperative
agreement to administer the National Resource Center for Youth
Development (NRCYD). The grantee has been providing technical
assistance services through a cooperative agreement since September 30,
2009, pursuant to the legislative authority of the Promoting Safe and
Stable Families Program, Section 435(d), Title IV-B, subpart 2, of the
Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 629e].
In February 2008, the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD)
final regulation was promulgated. NYTD requires States to begin
collecting information from youth in foster care and young adults
formerly in foster care every six months, beginning October 1, 2010.
State representatives continue to identify implementation of NYTD as a
significant challenge, particularly since it will require State
agencies to remain in contact with youth who may no longer be receiving
services from the agency. The implementation of NYTD over the next four
years will require the NRCYD to continue to provide additional
technical assistance to States to implement this regulation
effectively.
Additionally, many States see the implementation of NYTD as a
method to engage youth and to strengthen youth involvement in services
at the State and local level. This type of youth engagement work
involves long-term systemic technical assistance. The expansion grant
will allow the NRCYD to support these State initiatives over the long
term.
Another significant development affecting the provision of services
to youth and young adults was the passage of the Fostering Connections
to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, Public Law 110-351,
signed into law October 7, 2008. Among other provisions, the law added
a provision requiring States to develop a transition plan for all youth
emancipating from foster care. The law also provides States and Tribes
an option to receive Federal reimbursement under title IV-E of the
Social Security Act to extend foster care to older youth until age 21.
In addition, the law for the first time provides an opportunity for
certain Indian Tribes to receive direct funding for independent living
services and education and training vouchers under the Chafee Foster
Care Independence Program. The supplement will allow the NRCYD to
provide more intensive technical assistance and on-site consultation to
States and Tribes to continue to assist them in implementing these
provisions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Shafer, Children's Bureau, 1250
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-8172; E-
mail: jan.shafer@acf.hhs.gov.
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2010-25711 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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