[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56906-56907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22426]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

Office of Refugee Resettlement

[CFDA Number: 93.598]


Announcement of the Award of Three Single-Source Program 
Expansion Supplement Grants to National Human Trafficking Victim 
Assistance Program Grantees

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of the award of single-source expansion 
supplements to three current grantees to support expanded services to 
foreign trafficking victims, potential trafficking victims, and certain 
family members.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announces the award of expansion supplement 
grants to the following current grantees for a total of $350,000:

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                                                        Supplement award
       Grantee organization           Grant location         amount
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U.S. Committee for Refugees and     Arlington, VA.....          $170,000
 Immigrants.
Tapestri, Inc.....................  Tucker, GA........            96,000
Heartland Human Care Services.....  Chicago, IL.......            84,000
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    These supplement grants will ensure sufficient funds to meet 
clients' essential needs, such as housing, transportation, 
communication, food, and medical care.

DATES: The period of support under these supplements is August 14, 2013 
through September 29, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maggie Wynne, Director, Division of 
Anti-Trafficking in Persons, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 901 D 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20447, Telephone (202) 401-4664. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Human Trafficking Victim 
Assistance Program (NHTVAP) provides funding for comprehensive case 
management services on a per capita basis. The NHTVAP grantees help 
victims gain access to housing, employability services, mental health 
screening and therapy, medical care, and some legal services, enabling 
them to live free of violence and exploitation. During FY 2013, the 
NHTVAP grantees have served more clients than they planned for in their 
budgets. Without additional funding, they will have to make significant 
cuts in services to clients and that enrollment of new clients will be 
limited. With supplemental funding, the grantees will be able to ensure 
that all of the clients' essential needs will be met.

    Statutory Authority:  Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 
(TVPA), as amended, Section 107(b)(1)(B), 22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(1)(B), 
provides funding for benefits and services to foreign victims of 
severe forms of trafficking in persons in the United States, 
potential victims of trafficking seeking HHS Certification, and 
certain family members.

Eskinder Negash,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 2013-22426 Filed 9-13-13; 8:45 am]
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