Administration for Children and Families October 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority. The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has reorganized. The reorganization adds the Chief of Staff, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs, and the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development positions to the Office of the Assistant Secretary. It also renames the Inter-Departmental Liaison for Early Childhood Development position to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Early Childhood Development. It eliminates the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and External Affairs. The reorganization removes the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response from within the Office of the Assistant Secretary and creates the Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response as a direct report to the Assistant Secretary. It renames the Office of Public Affairs to the Office of Communications. Lastly, it changes the reporting relationship of the Office of Regional Operations and the Office of Communications from the Assistant Secretary to a direct report to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs. This notice amends Part K of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), as follows: Chapter K, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), as last amended in 77 FR 2325023260, April 18, 2012; Chapter KA, Office of the Assistant Secretary, as last amended in 80 FR 3326933270, June 11, 2015; Chapter KJ, Office of Regional Operations, as last amended in 71 FR 59117-59123, October 6, 2006; and Chapter KN, Office of Public Affairs, as last amended in 77 FR 61002-61003, October 5, 2012. I. Under Chapter K, Administration for Children and Families, delete K.00 Mission in its entirety and replace with the following:

The Administration for Children and Families proposes to revise regulations applying to the Family Violence Prevention and Services Programs. These proposed revisions would update existing rules to reflect statutory changes, would update procedures for soliciting and awarding grants, and would make other changes to increase clarity and reduce potential confusion over statutory and regulatory standards. The proposed revisions would codify standards already used by the program in the Funding Opportunity Announcements and awards, in technical assistance, in reporting requirements, and in sub-regulatory guidance.