[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 208 (Friday, October 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65391-65392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26349]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration For Children And Families

[CFDA Number: 93.605]


Announcement of the Award of a Noncompetitive Single Source 
Replacement Grant to the Larimer County (CO) Department of Human 
Services in Fort Collins, CO

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of the award of a noncompetitive single source 
replacement grant to the Larimer County (CO) Department of Human 
Services in Fort Collins, CO.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families, Administration 
on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau (CB) awarded a 36-
month demonstration grant to the American Humane Association (AHA) on 
September 29, 2011. On April 27, 2012, AHA submitted a letter 
requesting a relinquishment, effective June 30, 2012. The Larimer 
County Department of Human Services, an eligible organization, 
submitted its letter, along with its grant application, requesting 
approval to complete all of the remaining grant activities from July 1, 
2012, through September 29, 2014. The Larimer County Department of 
Human Services will continue to provide all program activities. No 
changes to the grant activities will occur. All existing key personnel 
for the grant will remain to ensure continuity in accomplishing all of 
the program activities, as described in the original proposal. For the 
remainder of the project period listed below, this organization has 
been awarded funds in the amount of $1,189,750 as the permanent 
replacement grantee.

DATES: July 1, 2012, through September 29, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Overbagh, Child Welfare Program 
Specialist, Division of Program Innovation, Children's Bureau, 1250 
Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-7273; 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Family Connection Grant Program was

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established for the purpose of helping children who are in, or at risk 
of entering, foster care reconnect with family members through the 
implementation of programs of kinship navigator programs, programs 
using intensive family finding efforts, programs using family group 
decision-making meetings, and residential family treatment programs. In 
September 2011, the Children's Bureau awarded a cluster of 36-month 
demonstration grants, including the grant relinquished by AHA, to focus 
on using family group decision-making meetings to build protective 
factors for children and families.

    Statutory Authority: Section 427 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. Sections 620-629) as amended by the Fostering Connections to 
Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351, 
Section 102(a)).

Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2012-26349 Filed 10-25-12; 8:45 am]
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