Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement to the Child Welfare League of America, 62839-62840 [2010-25715]
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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2010 / Notices
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 the Research Foundation
of CUNY on behalf of Hunter College
School of Social Work, New York, NY,
to provide expanded technical
assistance to address continuing
challenges in the field as child welfare
programs work to implement the
requirements of new legislation. The
Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf
of Hunter College is the recipient of a
cooperative agreement to act as the
administrator for National Resource
Center for Permanency and Family
Connections (NRCPFC), which provides
technical assistance services pursuant to
the legislative authority of the
Promoting Safe and Stable Families
Amendments of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 629e).
The Fostering Connections to Success
and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
(Pub. L. 110–351) provides for a
discretionary matching grant program to
implement projects in the areas of
Kinship Navigator, Family Finding,
Family Group Decision Making, and
Residential Family Treatment. The law
also added a new plan requirement at
§ 471(a)(29) that directs State foster care
and adoption agencies (title IV–E
agencies) to exercise due diligence to
identify and notify all adult relatives of
a child, within 30 days of the child’s
removal, of the relative’s options to
become a placement resource for the
child. The supplemental funding will
allow the NRCPFC to do the following:
1. Provide focused technical
assistance to Family Connections
grantees.
2. Engage States that did not receive
discretionary grants in on-site
consultation regarding effectively
involving relatives in child welfare
practice.
3. Proactively transfer the knowledge
developed under the discretionary grant
program to States to assist in meeting
new plan requirements.
Under the proposed supplemental
funding, the NRCPFC will increase
technical assistance efforts to enhance
the achievement of permanency by
assisting agencies to better locate, notify
and involve families and relatives in the
engagement and planning process while
maintaining awareness of
confidentiality issues.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane
Morgan, Children’s Bureau, 1250
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–8807;
E-mail: jane.morgan@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 Tribal Law and
Policy Institute
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: $400,000.
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 expansion supplement to
the Tribal Law and Policy Institute,
West Hollywood, CA, to provide more
intensive technical assistance to Tribes.
The Tribal Law and Policy Institute
administers the National Resource
Center for Tribes under a cooperative
agreement where technical assistance is
provided to Tribes to assist in building
organizational capacity so that Tribes
may operate their own foster care
programs under title IV–E of the Social
Security Act. Under the agreement,
Tribal Law and Policy Institute
identifies promising practices in Tribal
child welfare systems, identifies and
effectively implements community and
culturally based strategies and resources
that strengthen Tribal child and family
services.
The Fostering Connections to Success
and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008
(the Act) was amended in 2008 by the
addition of § 479B, which allows Indian
Tribes the option to apply for 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 (SSA). The Act was also
amended 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 § 479B.
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Supplemental funding will support
Regional Roundtables and build Tribal
capacity in the following areas:
1. Development of a presentation on
the Social Security Act and title IV–E
provisions that provide foster care and
adoption service funds. The
presentation will be developed to be
responsive to the cultural issues and
needs of the Tribal audience.
2. Training for Tribal caseworkers on
title IV–E requirements in order to
continue the eligibility and funding of
IV–E eligible children. Caseworkers will
be made aware of the provisions of
Public Law 110–351 to insure that all
appropriate services are provided to
children in care.
3. Assistance in the development of
training for appropriate foster care
recruitment, and retention so that
placement of title IV–E eligible children
will be made with licensed foster/kin
families. Training will emphasize the
linkages between for Tribal leaders,
child welfare and court staff in the
licensing and maintaining of title I–VE
eligibility when children are placed in
foster care.
CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Jane
Morgan, Children’s Bureau, 1250
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–8807;
E-mail: 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 Child Welfare
League of America
ACF, ACYF, HHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
CFDA Number: 93.599.
Legislative Authority: Section
477(g)(2) of the Social Security Act.
Amount of Award: $295,116.
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 expansion supplement to
the Child Welfare League of America,
Arlington, VA, to support the provision
of intensive technical assistance to
States.
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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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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration For Children And Families
Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement to the Child
Welfare League of America
AGENCY: ACF, ACYF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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CFDA Number: 93.599.
Legislative Authority: Section 477(g)(2) of the Social Security
Act.
Amount of Award: $295,116.
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 expansion
supplement to the Child Welfare League of America, Arlington, VA, to
support the provision of intensive technical assistance to States.
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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.
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2010-25715 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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