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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
Title: Interstate Referral Guide (IRG)
OMB No.: 0970–0209
Description: The Intergovernmental
Reference Guide (IRG) is a centralized
and automated repository of state and
tribal profiles, which contains highlevel descriptions of each state and
tribe’s child support enforcement (CSE)
program. These profiles provide state
and tribal CSE agencies, and foreign
countries with an effective and efficient
method for updating and accessing
information needed to process
intergovernmental child support cases.
The IRG information collection
activities are authorized by: (1) 42
U.S.C. 652(a)(7), which requires OCSE
to provide technical assistance to state
Number of
respondents
Instrument
Intergovernmental Reference Guide: State Profile Guidance—(States and
Territories) ....................................................................................................
Intergovernmental Reference Guide: Tribal Profile Guidance ........................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 624.40.
Additional Information:
Copies of the proposed collection may
be obtained by writing to the
Administration for Children and
Families, Office of Planning, Research
and Evaluation, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447,
Attn: ACF Reports Clearance Officer. All
requests should be identified by the title
of the information collection. Email
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Administration for Children and
Families
[CFDA Number: 93.567]
Announcing the Award of Nine SingleSource Grants Under the Voluntary
Agencies Matching Grant Program
Office of Refugee Resettlement,
Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Announcing the Award of Nine
Single-Source Grants under the
Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant
Program.
AGENCY:
The Voluntary Agencies
Matching Grant Program was created by
Congress in 1979. The program is
intended to work in consort with the
Refugee and Cuban & Haitian Entrant
Reception and Placement (R&P)
programs. Thus, competition under the
Voluntary Agency Matching Grant
Program has historically been limited to
those voluntary agencies providing R&P
services through cooperative agreements
with the Department of State or the
Department of Homeland Security.
Congress confirmed this approach to the
program in the 1986 Refugee Assistance
Extension Act. The Administration for
Children and Families (ACF) has
determined that using the solicited
single-source application process is in
the best interest of the government as it
will achieve the same result and is more
cost effective than the published
Funding Opportunity Announcement
process.
SUMMARY:
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September 30, 2015.
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Annual Burden Estimates
Number of
responses per
respondent
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62
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
DATES:
child support enforcement agencies to
help them establish effective systems for
collecting child and spousal support; (2)
42 U.S.C. 666(f), which requires states to
enact the Uniform Interstate Family
Support Act; and (3) 45 CFR 303.7,
which requires state child support
agencies to provide services in
intergovernmental cases.
Respondents: All States and
Territories and tribal CSE agencies.
18
18
Average
burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
0.3
0.3
291.60
334.80
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Giossi, Program Manager,
Division of Refugee Services, Office of
Refugee Resettlement, 370 L’Enfant
Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447.
Telephone: 202–401–5720. Email:
Thomas.Giossi@acf.hhs.gov .
The
Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant
Program, under the Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR), is an alternative to
public cash assistance designed to
enable refugees, asylees, and other ORR
eligible populations, to become selfsufficient through employment within
120 to 180 days from date of arrival into
the United States (U.S.) and/or the date
of eligibility for ORR services; however,
clients must be enrolled within 31 days
of becoming eligible to ensure that
adequate services are provided and selfsufficiency is achieved and maintained
within the period of eligibility. Services
provided include, but are not limited to,
case management, employment services,
housing and utilities, food,
transportation, cash allowance, health
and medical, English language training,
social adjustment, and other support
services. In all cases, self-sufficiency
must be achieved without accessing
public cash assistance and all program
services cease at 180 days from program
eligibility.
The Voluntary Agencies Matching
Grant Program was designed to work
directly with Reception and Placement
(R&P) programs. Congress confirmed
this approach to the program in the
1986 Refugee Assistance Extension Act.
Therefore, funding under this program
is open only to those nine voluntary
agencies that already provide R&P
services through a cooperative
agreement with the U.S. Department of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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State (DOS) or the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS).
Participating voluntary agencies agree
to match the ORR grant with cash and
in-kind contributions of goods and
services from the community. Currently,
ORR awards $2 for every $1 raised by
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the agency up to a maximum of $2,200
in federal funds per client.
Single-source awards are made to the
following organizations:
Grantee name
Location
Total
federal
annual
award
Church World Service/Immigration & Refugee Program ........................................................
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the U.S.A
Ethiopian Community Development Council/Refugee Resettlement Program ......................
HIAS, Inc. (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society)/Refugee and Immigrant Services .....................
International Rescue Committee/Resettlement ......................................................................
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service ..............................................................................
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ......................................................................
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants ........................................................................
World Relief Corporation of National Association of Evangelicals/Refugee & Immigration
Programs.
New York, NY ....................................
New York, NY ....................................
Arlington, VA ......................................
New York, NY ....................................
New York, NY ....................................
Baltimore, MD ....................................
Washington, DC .................................
Arlington, VA ......................................
Baltimore, MD ....................................
$5,885,000
4,241,600
2,059,200
1,566,400
9,143,200
7,530,600
18,977,200
11,501,600
4,404,400
Statutory Authority: Section 412(c)(1)(A)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A); Section 7(a) and (b) of
the Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1986
(Pub. L. 99–605) (8 U.S.C. 1522 note).
Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Termination of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico’s Protection and
Advocacy for Persons With
Developmental Disabilities Award
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Hearing: Termination
of PADD funding. Action to Terminate
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s
Protection and Advocacy for Persons
with Developmental Disabilities (PADD)
Award.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to regulations at 45
CFR part 1386, subpart D, this notice
announces an administrative hearing
regarding termination of Federal
funding (that is, ‘‘the allotment’’) for the
Protection and Advocacy for Persons
with Developmental Disabilities (PADD)
Award to the designated Protection and
Advocacy agency in the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico: Oficina del Procurador
de las Personas con Impedimentos
(OPPI) (Ombudsman for Persons with
Disabilities). This notice includes the
following information: Who will preside
at the hearing, the organizations or
entities that are parties to the hearing
without making a specific request to
participate, the due dates for those who
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are not parties as of right to file a
petition to participate as a party or as an
amicus curiae, the date and place of the
hearing, how certain procedural
provisions in the applicable regulations
have been modified, and a description
of the issues to be considered at the
hearing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carolyn Reines-Graubard, Director,
Appellate Division, Departmental
Appeals Board, Cohen Building, Rm. G–
644, MS 6127, 330 Independence Ave.
SW., Washington, DC 20201, 202–565–
0116.
Background: The Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights
Act of 2000 (DD Act) (codified at 42
U.S.C. 15001 et seq.) provides states and
territories with federal money for the
purpose of assuring that ‘‘individuals
with developmental disabilities and
their families participate in the design
of and have access to needed
community services, individualized
supports, and other forms of assistance
that promote self-determination,
independence, productivity, and
integration and inclusion in all facets of
community life, through culturally
competent programs authorized’’ by the
Act. DD Act § 101(b) (42 U.S.C.
15001(b)). While a number of programs
are authorized under the DD Act, the
relevant program for this proceeding is
the Protection and Advocacy (P&A)
system, described in Subtitle C of Title
I of the DD Act and, relatedly, the State
Council on Developmental Disabilities
(SCDD), described in Subtitle B of such
Title.
P&A systems are to ‘‘protect the legal
and human rights of individuals with
developmental disabilities.’’ DD Act
§ 101(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 15001(b)(2)). State
Councils are to engage in ‘‘advocacy,
capacity building, and systemic change
activities that are consistent with the
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purpose and policies of the Act,’’ DD
Act § 101(b)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C.
15001(b)(1)(A)), and that ‘‘contribute[]
to a coordinated, consumer- and familycentered, consumer- and familydirected, comprehensive system that
includes needed community services,
individualized supports, and other
forms of assistance that promote selfdetermination for individuals with
developmental disabilities and their
families.’’ DD Act § 101(b)(1)(B) (42
U.S.C. 15001(b)(1)(B)). As a condition of
funding the SCDD, the State must
establish a P&A system to ‘‘to protect
and advocate the rights of individuals
with developmental disabilities.’’ DD
Act § 143(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 15043(a)(1)).
Under the DD Act, a P&A system must
have certain powers. Such powers
include, but are not limited to, the
authority to ‘‘pursue legal,
administrative, and other appropriate
remedies or approaches to ensure the
protection of, and advocacy for, the
rights of such individuals within the
State who are or who may be eligible for
treatment, services, or habilitation, or
who are being considered for a change
in living arrangements, with particular
attention to members of ethnic and
racial minority groups,’’ as well as to
‘‘investigate incidents of abuse and
neglect . . . if the incidents are reported
to the system or if there is probable
cause to believe that the incidents
occurred.’’ DD Act § 143(a)(2)(A)(i) and
(B) (42 U.S.C. 15043(a)(2)(A)(i) and (B)).
Pertinent regulations implementing
the DD Act are contained in 45 CFR
parts 1385 and 1386. Part 1385 includes
general requirements applicable to most
programs and projects authorized under
the DD Act, including both the SCDDs
and P&A systems. Part 1386 is specific
to SCDDs and P&A systems. Subpart A
of Part 1386 contains regulations
applicable to both programs; Subpart B
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Number: 93.567]
Announcing the Award of Nine Single-Source Grants Under the
Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, HHS.
ACTION: Announcing the Award of Nine Single-Source Grants under the
Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program.
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SUMMARY: The Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program was created by
Congress in 1979. The program is intended to work in consort with the
Refugee and Cuban & Haitian Entrant Reception and Placement (R&P)
programs. Thus, competition under the Voluntary Agency Matching Grant
Program has historically been limited to those voluntary agencies
providing R&P services through cooperative agreements with the
Department of State or the Department of Homeland Security. Congress
confirmed this approach to the program in the 1986 Refugee Assistance
Extension Act. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has
determined that using the solicited single-source application process
is in the best interest of the government as it will achieve the same
result and is more cost effective than the published Funding
Opportunity Announcement process.
DATES: October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Giossi, Program Manager,
Division of Refugee Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 370
L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: 202-401-5720.
Email: Thomas.Giossi@acf.hhs.gov .
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant
Program, under the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), is an
alternative to public cash assistance designed to enable refugees,
asylees, and other ORR eligible populations, to become self-sufficient
through employment within 120 to 180 days from date of arrival into the
United States (U.S.) and/or the date of eligibility for ORR services;
however, clients must be enrolled within 31 days of becoming eligible
to ensure that adequate services are provided and self-sufficiency is
achieved and maintained within the period of eligibility. Services
provided include, but are not limited to, case management, employment
services, housing and utilities, food, transportation, cash allowance,
health and medical, English language training, social adjustment, and
other support services. In all cases, self-sufficiency must be achieved
without accessing public cash assistance and all program services cease
at 180 days from program eligibility.
The Voluntary Agencies Matching Grant Program was designed to work
directly with Reception and Placement (R&P) programs. Congress
confirmed this approach to the program in the 1986 Refugee Assistance
Extension Act. Therefore, funding under this program is open only to
those nine voluntary agencies that already provide R&P services through
a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of
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State (DOS) or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Participating voluntary agencies agree to match the ORR grant with
cash and in-kind contributions of goods and services from the
community. Currently, ORR awards $2 for every $1 raised by the agency
up to a maximum of $2,200 in federal funds per client.
Single-source awards are made to the following organizations:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total
federal
Grantee name Location annual
award
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Church World Service/Immigration & New York, NY.......... $5,885,000
Refugee Program.
Domestic and Foreign Missionary New York, NY.......... 4,241,600
Society of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the U.S.A.
Ethiopian Community Development Arlington, VA......... 2,059,200
Council/Refugee Resettlement
Program.
HIAS, Inc. (Hebrew Immigrant Aid New York, NY.......... 1,566,400
Society)/Refugee and Immigrant
Services.
International Rescue Committee/ New York, NY.......... 9,143,200
Resettlement.
Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Baltimore, MD......... 7,530,600
Service.
United States Conference of Washington, DC........ 18,977,200
Catholic Bishops.
US Committee for Refugees and Arlington, VA......... 11,501,600
Immigrants.
World Relief Corporation of Baltimore, MD......... 4,404,400
National Association of
Evangelicals/Refugee & Immigration
Programs.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Statutory Authority: Section 412(c)(1)(A) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)(A); Section 7(a) and (b) of
the Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-605) (8
U.S.C. 1522 note).
Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration.
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