Children and Families Administration March 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) notice is hereby given that the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities will hold its first quarterly meeting of 2006 by telephone conference call. The conference call will be open to the public to listen, with call-ins limited to the number of telephone lines available. Individuals who plan to call in and need special assistance, such as TTY, assistive listening devices, or materials in alternative format, should inform Ericka Alston, Executive Assistant, PCPID, Telephone202-619-0634, Fax202-205-9519, E-mail: ealston@acf.hhs.gov, no later than March 10, 2006. Efforts will be made to meet special requests received after that date, but availability of special needs accommodations to respond to these requests cannot be guaranteed.

The Administration for Children and Families published a document in the Federal Register of February 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 23) Page 5855-5856 titled ``Notice of proposed child abuse and neglect research priorities for Fiscal Years 2006-2008.'' Contact information was omitted from the document. Comments on this document should be directed to Catherine Howard electronically at choward@acf.hhs.gov. If sending a hard copy, please deliver to: Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration on Children and Families, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1250 Maryland Ave., SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Electronic submissions are preferred.

This announcement governs the proposed award of formula grants under the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) to private, non-profit State Domestic Violence Coalitions (Coalitions). The purpose of these grants is to assist in the conduct of activities to promote domestic violence intervention and prevention and to increase public awareness of domestic violence issues. This notice for family violence prevention and services grants to Coalitions serves two purposes. The first is to confirm a Federal commitment to reducing family and intimate partner violence; and the second purpose is to urge States, localities, cities, and the private sector to become involved in State and local planning towards an integrated service delivery approach.