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Administration on Children, Youth and
Families Announces the Award of a
Single-Source Program Expansion
Supplement Grant to the National
Runaway Switchboard (NRS) in
Chicago, IL
Administration for Children and
Families
Family and Youth Services
Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of the Award of a SingleSource Program Expansion Supplement
grant to the National Runaway
Switchboard (NRS) in Chicago, IL, to
support initiatives in the areas of quality
assurance, comprehensive outreach and
increased capacity through technology
improvements.
AGENCY:
Part C, Section
331, of the ‘‘Reconnecting Homeless
Youth Act of 2008,’’ Public Law 110–
378.
CFDA Number: 93.623.
SUMMARY: The Administration on
Children, Youth and Families, Family
and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB),
announces the award of a single-source
program expansion supplement grant of
$311,997 to the National Runaway
Switchboard (NRS) in Chicago, IL, for
initiatives in the areas of quality
assurance, comprehensive outreach and
increased capacity through technology
improvements. Through these
initiatives, NRS will improve its
outreach to youth through Web site
enhancements such as, increased access
to the ‘‘Live Chat’’ function; recruitment
of additional Spanish-English bilingual
volunteers; increased outreach and
partnerships with local, regional and
national organizations to enhance NRS’
national impact in crisis intervention for
youth and families. In terms of
evidence-based programming, this
funding will also enable NRS to conduct
a study and evaluate efforts in the area
of reconnecting runaway youth with
their families.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
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Administration on Children, Youth and
Families Announces the Award of Five
Single-Source Expansion Supplement
Grants To Support Expanded
Technical Assistance Activities in the
Field of Child Welfare
AGENCY:
Children’s Bureau, ACYF, ACF,
HHS.
Notice announcing the award of
five single-source expansion
supplement grants to support expanded
technical assistance activities that will
address emerging issues, and technical
assistance needs for States and Tribes as
they seek to implement legislation and
changing programs that support
children and families in the child
welfare system.
ACTION:
Project Period: September 30, 2011–
September 29, 2012.
CFDA Numbers: 93.556; 93.648;
93.556; 93.658; 93.674; 93.652 .
Statutory Authorities: Fostering
Connections to Success and Increasing
Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–
351). 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). 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). Section 203 (42 U.S.C.
5113) of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment and Adoption Reform
Act (CAPTA) of 1978, (Pub. L. 95–266),
as amended. Section 203 (42 U.S.C.
5113) of the Child Abuse Prevention
and Treatment and Adoption Reform
Act (CAPTA) of 1978, (Pub. L. 95–266),
as amended.
SUMMARY: The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF),
Administration on Children, Youth and
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Families (ACYF), Children’s Bureau
(CB) announces the award of five singlesource program expansion supplement
grants to the following organizations:
University of Oklahoma, National
Resource Center for Youth Services,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Award Amount: $157,739.
Award funds will 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.
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.
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Research Foundation of CUNY on
Behalf of Hunter College School of
Social Work, New York, NY
Award Amount: $466,311.
Award funds will support 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
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Amendments of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 629e).
The supplemental funding will allow
the NRCPFC to:
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.
The supplemental funding will allow
NRCPFC to 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.
Tribal Law and Policy Institute, West
Hollywood, CA
Award Amount: $602,643.
Award funds will 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.
Supplemental funding will support
Regional Roundtables and build Tribal
capacity in the following areas:
1. In-depth overview of the Fostering
Connections Act, the Social Security
Act, and Title IV–B & IV–E provisions
and requirements to increase the
knowledge and understanding of Tribal
leaders, Tribal child welfare staff, and
Tribal judges concerning these Federal
laws and the requirements of this
Federal funding.
2. Capacity building on developing
infrastructure within the Tribal child
welfare system, including policies and
procedures, licensing standards, Tribal
child welfare code, case management
skill building and data collection.
3. Training for Tribal caseworkers and
Tribal legal/judicial staff on the
Fostering Connections Act and Title IV–
B and IV–E Program requirements in
order to document the eligibility and
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continue funding of Title IV–E eligible
children and assure that all appropriate
services are provided to children in
care.
Research Foundation of SUNY,
University of Albany, Albany, NY
Award Amount: $600,000.
Grant funds will allow the grantee to
provide more intensive technical
assistance to Tribes. The Research
Foundation of SUNY administers the
National Child Welfare Workforce
Institute under a cooperative agreement.
The goal of the National Child Welfare
Workforce Institute is to build the
capacity of the nation’s child welfare
workforce and improve outcomes for
children, youth, and families through
activities that support the development
of skilled child welfare leaders.
Supplemental funding for the
Workforce Institute will be focused on
building the capacity of the Tribal child
welfare workforce. The additional
support will begin to address capacity
needs as Tribes prepare to operate their
own foster care, adoption, and
guardianship assistance programs under
title IV–E of the Social Security Act.
Supplemental activities will expand
services and supports for university
traineeships for Native American
students, and expand the Leadership
Academy for Middle Managers (LAMM)
to increase training and supports for
Tribal middle managers in child
welfare. There are five traineeship
universities supporting American
Indian students that will increase the
total number of student stipends by at
least 12 students, increase student
stipend amounts, and increase student
travel awards for travel to and from
classes and field education placements
and for relevant State Tribal conferences
and meetings. The LAMM training will
further build the capacity of Tribal
Middle Managers who have already
completed the basic Leadership
Academy of Middle Managers by
providing a three-day follow up
residential advanced training and six
months of coaching, as well as
evaluation of this cultural adaptation of
the current LAMM model for tribal
participants.
Regents of the Board of the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Award Amount: $300,000,
Award funds will support the grantee
to provide more intensive technical
assistance and conduct a rigorous
evaluation of research and
demonstration sites. The Regents of the
University of Michigan administers the
National Quality Improvement Center
on the Representation of Children in the
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Child Welfare System (QIC–ChildRep)
under a cooperative agreement. The
purpose of the QIC–ChildRep is to
improve the quality of legal
representation for children and youth in
child welfare cases so that States and
Tribes achieve the best safety,
permanency, and well-being outcomes
for children and youth. This systems
improvement model funds three
research and demonstration sites, each
involving a rigorous evaluation. Given
the complexity of the models being
implemented, considerable training,
technical assistance, monitoring and
support are necessary for each site to
design and implement evaluation plans.
Supplemental funds will allow for an
increased level of effort in conducting
evaluations to meet the requirements of
the cooperative agreement. Additional
training, technical assistance, and
support to each research and
demonstration site, coupled with more
intensive monitoring of site specific
evaluation efforts, will enhance the
depth and rigor of all evaluation results.
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 13, 2011.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children,
Youth and Families.
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Act, as amended by Section 201 of the
CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, Pub. L.
111–320.
The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF),
Administration on Children, Youth and
Families (ACYF), Family and Youth
Services Bureau (FYSB) is announcing
the award of a single-source program
expansion supplement of $250,000 to
the Pennsylvania Coalition Against
Domestic Violence in Harrisburg, PA.
The supplemental funds will support
the grantee in providing training and
technical assistance to domestic
violence service providers including
ACF grantees, State and local social
service agencies; so that they better
serve victims of domestic violence and
their children who are experiencing the
mental health and traumatic effects of
intimate partner violence. These efforts
will increase domestic violence
programs awareness and access to
effective interventions that are trauma
informed.
DATES: September 30, 2011 through
September 29, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marylouise Kelley, Ph.D., Director,
Family Violence Prevention and
Services Program, 1250 Maryland
Avenue SW., Suite 8216, Washington,
DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 104–5756.
Email: Marylouise.kelley@acf.hhs.gov.
SUMMARY:
Dated: October 13, 2011.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children,
Youth and Families.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Children, Youth and
Families Announces the Award of a
Single-Source Program Expansion
Supplement Grant To Support
Expanded Training and Technical
Assistance to the Pennsylvania
Coalition Against Domestic Violence in
Harrisburg, PA
Administration for Children and
Families
Family and Youth Services
Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice to Announce the Award
of a Single-Source Program Expansion
Supplement to Pennsylvania Coalition
Against Domestic Violence, National
Resource Center on Domestic Violence
to Support a Family Violence
Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA)
Technical Assistance (TA) Project.
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AGENCY:
CFDA Number: 93.592.
Statutory Authority: Section 310 of the
Family Violence Prevention and Services
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Announcing the Award of a SingleSource Expansion Supplement Grant
to the National Association of Councils
on Developmental Disabilities in
Washington, DC
Administration on
Developmental Disabilities, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of the award of a singlesource program expansion supplement
grant to the National Association of
Councils on Developmental Disabilities,
Washington, DC, to support selfadvocacy summits.
AGENCY:
CFDA Number: 93.631.
Statutory Authority: The Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act
of 2000 (DD Act), Pub. L. 106–402, Section
129(b).
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The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF),
Administration on Developmental
Disabilities (ADD), Office of Program
Support (OPS) announces the award of
a single-source program expansion
supplement grant of $388,640 to the
National Association of Councils on
Developmental Disabilities (NACDD),
Washington, DC, to support
implementation of 3 to 4 self-advocacy
summit meetings.
The self-advocacy summits will be
interactive meetings requiring a high
degree of participation from the
attending self-advocates who will act as
the primary presenters. The meetings
are intended to educate both the
network of ADD grantees on the ADD
Program’s four goals and, as such, every
participant will be required to
communicate their expertise related to:
SUMMARY:
The current status of self-advocacy in
their home State, which will include
reporting on support structures,
activities, accomplishments, and
challenges;
The discerned steps needed to
strengthen and enhance current
efforts at the State level; and
Recommendations for action items
intended to strengthen and enhance
current self-advocacy efforts at the
national level.
Summit participants are primarily
individuals with developmental
disabilities (as defined by the DD Act)
who are experts with specialized
knowledge in the self-advocacy
movement in their States. Other
participants will include ADD grantees
with specific expertise related to
supporting individuals with
developmental disabilities to fully
participate in systems change and
advocacy efforts in their States.
September 30, 2011 to
September 29, 2012.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Johnson, Administration on
Developmental Disabilities,
Administration for Children and
Families, U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Aerospace Center, 370
L’Enfant Promenade, SW., 2nd Floor,
Washington, DC 20447; Telephone:
(202) 690–5982; E-mail:
jennifer.johnson@acf.hhs.gov
Dated: October 21, 2011.
Sharon B. Lewis,
Commissioner, Administration on
Developmental Disabilities.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Administration on Children, Youth and Families Announces the
Award of Five Single-Source Expansion Supplement Grants To Support
Expanded Technical Assistance Activities in the Field of Child Welfare
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice announcing the award of five single-source expansion
supplement grants to support expanded technical assistance activities
that will address emerging issues, and technical assistance needs for
States and Tribes as they seek to implement legislation and changing
programs that support children and families in the child welfare
system.
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Project Period: September 30, 2011-September 29, 2012.
CFDA Numbers: 93.556; 93.648; 93.556; 93.658; 93.674; 93.652 .
Statutory Authorities: Fostering Connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351). 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). 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). Section 203 (42 U.S.C. 5113) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act (CAPTA) of 1978, (Pub.
L. 95-266), as amended. Section 203 (42 U.S.C. 5113) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act (CAPTA) of 1978, (Pub.
L. 95-266), as amended.
SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
Administration on Children, Youth and
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Families (ACYF), Children's Bureau (CB) announces the award of five
single-source program expansion supplement grants to the following
organizations:
University of Oklahoma, National Resource Center for Youth Services,
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Award Amount: $157,739.
Award funds will 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. 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.
Research Foundation of CUNY on Behalf of Hunter College School of
Social Work, New York, NY
Award Amount: $466,311.
Award funds will support 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 supplemental funding will allow the NRCPFC to:
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.
The supplemental funding will allow NRCPFC to 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.
Tribal Law and Policy Institute, West Hollywood, CA
Award Amount: $602,643.
Award funds will 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.
Supplemental funding will support Regional Roundtables and build
Tribal capacity in the following areas:
1. In-depth overview of the Fostering Connections Act, the Social
Security Act, and Title IV-B & IV-E provisions and requirements to
increase the knowledge and understanding of Tribal leaders, Tribal
child welfare staff, and Tribal judges concerning these Federal laws
and the requirements of this Federal funding.
2. Capacity building on developing infrastructure within the Tribal
child welfare system, including policies and procedures, licensing
standards, Tribal child welfare code, case management skill building
and data collection.
3. Training for Tribal caseworkers and Tribal legal/judicial staff
on the Fostering Connections Act and Title IV-B and IV-E Program
requirements in order to document the eligibility and continue funding
of Title IV-E eligible children and assure that all appropriate
services are provided to children in care.
Research Foundation of SUNY, University of Albany, Albany, NY
Award Amount: $600,000.
Grant funds will allow the grantee to provide more intensive
technical assistance to Tribes. The Research Foundation of SUNY
administers the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute under a
cooperative agreement. The goal of the National Child Welfare Workforce
Institute is to build the capacity of the nation's child welfare
workforce and improve outcomes for children, youth, and families
through activities that support the development of skilled child
welfare leaders.
Supplemental funding for the Workforce Institute will be focused on
building the capacity of the Tribal child welfare workforce. The
additional support will begin to address capacity needs as Tribes
prepare to operate their own foster care, adoption, and guardianship
assistance programs under title IV-E of the Social Security Act.
Supplemental activities will expand services and supports for
university traineeships for Native American students, and expand the
Leadership Academy for Middle Managers (LAMM) to increase training and
supports for Tribal middle managers in child welfare. There are five
traineeship universities supporting American Indian students that will
increase the total number of student stipends by at least 12 students,
increase student stipend amounts, and increase student travel awards
for travel to and from classes and field education placements and for
relevant State Tribal conferences and meetings. The LAMM training will
further build the capacity of Tribal Middle Managers who have already
completed the basic Leadership Academy of Middle Managers by providing
a three-day follow up residential advanced training and six months of
coaching, as well as evaluation of this cultural adaptation of the
current LAMM model for tribal participants.
Regents of the Board of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Award Amount: $300,000,
Award funds will support the grantee to provide more intensive
technical assistance and conduct a rigorous evaluation of research and
demonstration sites. The Regents of the University of Michigan
administers the National Quality Improvement Center on the
Representation of Children in the
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Child Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep) under a cooperative agreement. The
purpose of the QIC-ChildRep is to improve the quality of legal
representation for children and youth in child welfare cases so that
States and Tribes achieve the best safety, permanency, and well-being
outcomes for children and youth. This systems improvement model funds
three research and demonstration sites, each involving a rigorous
evaluation. Given the complexity of the models being implemented,
considerable training, technical assistance, monitoring and support are
necessary for each site to design and implement evaluation plans.
Supplemental funds will allow for an increased level of effort in
conducting evaluations to meet the requirements of the cooperative
agreement. Additional training, technical assistance, and support to
each research and demonstration site, coupled with more intensive
monitoring of site specific evaluation efforts, will enhance the depth
and rigor of all evaluation results.
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 13, 2011.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2011-28038 Filed 10-28-11; 8:45 am]
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