[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 31384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13177]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.598]


Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Program Expansion 
Supplement Grant to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants in 
Arlington, VA

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of the award of a single-source program expansion 
supplement to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) 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 a single-source 
program expansion supplement grant to U.S. Committee for Refugees and 
Immigrants in Arlington, Virginia for a total of $1,060,805.
    The supplemental funding will ensure that clients' essential needs, 
such as housing, transportation, communication, food, and medical care, 
will be met. The supplemental funding will also ensure that USCRI has 
sufficient staff for the increased number of cases.

DATES: The period of support under these supplements is June 01, 2015 
through September 29, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maggie Wynne, Director, Division of 
Anti-Trafficking in Persons, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 901 D 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20024, Telephone (202) 401-4664. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Human Trafficking Victim 
Assistance Program (NHTVAP) provides funding for comprehensive case 
management services to victims of trafficking and certain family 
members on a per capita basis. The NHTVAP grantees help clients gain 
access to housing, employability services, mental health screening and 
therapy, medical care, and some legal services. During FY 2015, a 
grantee, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), served 
more clients than it had planned for in its budget for the year. 
Without the additional funding, USCRI would have to make significant 
cuts in services to current clients and limit the enrollment of new 
clients. Also, without additional funding USCRI would not have 
sufficient programmatic support for the increase in client enrollments. 
With the supplemental funding, USCRI 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), 
authorizes 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.

Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-13177 Filed 6-1-15; 8:45 am]
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