Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement Grant to PathWays PA in Philadelphia, PA, 4032 [2016-01340]

Download as PDF 4032 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 15 / Monday, January 25, 2016 / Notices asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES meet regularly and facilitate ongoing communication to coordinate the delivery of national training and technical assistance to primary health clinics. Supplemental award funds will support the grantee in providing training and technical assistance to domestic violence service and health care providers. This award will expand the scope of Futures Without Violence’s technical assistance activities to include additional activities concerned with assessing and responding to domestic violence in health clinics and supporting children/youth and abused parents experiencing domestic violence. This additional technical assistance and training may involve such activities as: (1) Providing technical assistance for nine health centers to create health system changes that support providers and create sustainable responses to victims of intimate partner violence; (2) providing training on comprehensive, culturally competent responses to domestic violence within a Patient Centered Medical Home model; (3) creating new technical assistance resources that promote protective factors and resilience when working with children, youth, and teens impacted by domestic violence, which includes fostering stronger relationships with their non-abusive parents or caregivers; (4) providing training to domestic violence programs that improves consistent implementation of evidence-informed, trauma-informed, and culturally relevant programming for children, youth, and abused parents; (4) maintaining an online resource for domestic violence programs: www.PromisingFuturesWithout Violence.org. The solicited application from Futures Without Violence underwent objective review by a federal panel using criteria that assessed the application’s project approach, its organizational capacity, and budgeting of projected project costs. Statutory Authority: The statutory authority for this award is Section 310 of FVPSA, as amended by Section 201 of the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111–320. The HRSA authority for its funding is through Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b). Christopher Beach, Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of Administration. [FR Doc. 2016–01328 Filed 1–22–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184–32–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:09 Jan 22, 2016 Jkt 238001 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement Grant to PathWays PA in Philadelphia, PA Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), ACYF, ACF, HHS. ACTION: Notice of the award of a singlesource expansion supplement grant Transitional Living Program (TLP) to PathWays PA in Philadelphia, PA, to serve additional runaway and homeless youth. AGENCY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau’s (FYSB), Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, announces the award of $200,000 as a single-source expansion supplement grant to PathWays PA to support activities and services for homeless youth under the TLP grant in Philadelphia, PA. DATES: The period of support is September 30, 2015, through September 29, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Resa F. Matthew, Director, Division of Adolescent Development and Support, Family and Youth Services Bureau, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201; telephone: (202) 401–5124; email: resa.matthew@acf.hhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PathWays PA will serve homeless parenting and non-parenting young women age 16–21. Over the next 12 months, they will serve 10 residential homeless young women in the city of Philadelphia, PA. The goal of PathWays PA’s TLP program is to support homeless youth with positive adult supervision while supporting them in building the assets, strengths, and resources necessary for successful independence. Youth will be housed in five one-bedroom apartments. While in the program, the youth will build life skills and carry out developmental tasks to gain the capacity for independent living and address their assessed/identified needs. They will build assets and strengthen protective factors that reduce the impact of prior trauma (e.g., domestic violence) and reduce the harm of high-risk behaviors through gaining skills in money management, budgeting, consumer education, and use of credit; building life skills and interpersonal skills (and parenting, as appropriate); acquiring their high school diploma or equivalent SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (e.g., GED); strengthening job attainment skills, and improving their mental and physical health. PathWays PA TLP staff will work with each youth in the context of their experience (e.g., domestic violence) to minimize the impact of trauma and to develop coping skills through a Personalized Empowerment Plan (PEP). The PEP will identify their pathway for transitioning from supervised participation in the program to independent living or another appropriate living arrangement. As part of this plan, staff will facilitate connections with agencies, organizations, and resources in Philadelphia that will assist in the youth’s transition to independence and create a strong plan for aftercare support. Statutory Authority: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 42 U.S.C. 5701– 5752, as most recently amended by the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act, of 2008, Pub. L. 110–378 on October 8, 2008. Under Sec. 321 Authority for Program, the Secretary is authorized to make grants and to provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private entities to establish and operate transitional living youth projects for homeless youth (42 U.S.C. 5714–1). CFDA Number: 93.550. Christopher Beach, Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of Administration. 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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement 
Grant to PathWays PA in Philadelphia, PA

AGENCY: Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), ACYF, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source expansion supplement 
grant Transitional Living Program (TLP) to PathWays PA in Philadelphia, 
PA, to serve additional runaway and homeless youth.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth 
Services Bureau's (FYSB), Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, announces 
the award of $200,000 as a single-source expansion supplement grant to 
PathWays PA to support activities and services for homeless youth under 
the TLP grant in Philadelphia, PA.

DATES: The period of support is September 30, 2015, through September 
29, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Resa F. Matthew, Director, Division of 
Adolescent Development and Support, Family and Youth Services Bureau, 
330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201; telephone: (202) 401-5124; 
email: resa.matthew@acf.hhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PathWays PA will serve homeless parenting 
and non-parenting young women age 16-21. Over the next 12 months, they 
will serve 10 residential homeless young women in the city of 
Philadelphia, PA.
    The goal of PathWays PA's TLP program is to support homeless youth 
with positive adult supervision while supporting them in building the 
assets, strengths, and resources necessary for successful independence. 
Youth will be housed in five one-bedroom apartments. While in the 
program, the youth will build life skills and carry out developmental 
tasks to gain the capacity for independent living and address their 
assessed/identified needs. They will build assets and strengthen 
protective factors that reduce the impact of prior trauma (e.g., 
domestic violence) and reduce the harm of high-risk behaviors through 
gaining skills in money management, budgeting, consumer education, and 
use of credit; building life skills and interpersonal skills (and 
parenting, as appropriate); acquiring their high school diploma or 
equivalent (e.g., GED); strengthening job attainment skills, and 
improving their mental and physical health.
    PathWays PA TLP staff will work with each youth in the context of 
their experience (e.g., domestic violence) to minimize the impact of 
trauma and to develop coping skills through a Personalized Empowerment 
Plan (PEP). The PEP will identify their pathway for transitioning from 
supervised participation in the program to independent living or 
another appropriate living arrangement. As part of this plan, staff 
will facilitate connections with agencies, organizations, and resources 
in Philadelphia that will assist in the youth's transition to 
independence and create a strong plan for aftercare support.
    Statutory Authority: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 42 U.S.C. 
5701-5752, as most recently amended by the Reconnecting Homeless Youth 
Act, of 2008, Pub. L. 110-378 on October 8, 2008. Under Sec. 321 
Authority for Program, the Secretary is authorized to make grants and 
to provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private 
entities to establish and operate transitional living youth projects 
for homeless youth (42 U.S.C. 5714-1).
    CFDA Number: 93.550.

Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-01340 Filed 1-22-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4184-33-P
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