[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29322-29323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12418]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Number: 93.652]
Announcing the Award of a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement to
the American Public Human Services Association for the Association of
Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
(AAICPC) in Washington, DC
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and
Families, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source cooperative agreement to
the American Public Human Services Association on behalf of its'
affiliate, the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact
On the Placement of Children to scale the successful pilot National
Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise (NEICE) system to a national
level.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Children's
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a single-source cooperative
agreement in the amount of $1,200,000 for each of 3 years to the
American Public Human Services Association for its affiliate the
Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the
Placement of Children (AAICPC), Washington, DC, for the national
expansion of the NEICE to improve the administrative efficiency in the
interstate process of the ICPC nationally. The ICPC establishes uniform
legal and administrative procedures governing the interstate placement
of children for the purposes of foster care, adoption and residential
placement in all 52 member jurisdictions of the ICPC.
Award funds will support the development of the NEICE beyond the
original six pilot sites to include all 50 states, the District of
Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The NEICE system was previously
developed as a pilot project through the Partnership Fund for Program
Integrity Innovation with funding directed through The Administration
for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and
Families (ACYF). Implementation of a national inter-jurisdictional
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) electronic
system is intended to improve the administrative efficiency in the
interstate process via the ICPC.
The AAICPC as an affiliate of the APHSA is uniquely positioned to
scale up this project due to their governance of the placement of
children across state lines for purposes of foster care, adoption and
residential placements.
DATES: The first year of this 3 year project will begin June 1, 2015
and end May 31, 2016. Pending the availability of grant funds, the same
level will be made available for 2 subsequent years to complete the
expansion of the NEICE.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June Dorn, National Adoption
Specialist, Division of Capacity Building, 1250 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Suite 8150, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-9540; Email:
[email protected]
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Statutory Authority: The statutory authority is title II,
section 203(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and
Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113(b)(3)), as most recently
amended by CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010.
Mark Greenberg,
Acting Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2015-12418 Filed 5-20-15; 8:45 am]
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