[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01340]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement
Grant to PathWays PA in Philadelphia, PA
AGENCY: Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), ACYF, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source expansion supplement
grant Transitional Living Program (TLP) to PathWays PA in Philadelphia,
PA, to serve additional runaway and homeless youth.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF),
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth
Services Bureau's (FYSB), Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, announces
the award of $200,000 as a single-source expansion supplement grant to
PathWays PA to support activities and services for homeless youth under
the TLP grant in Philadelphia, PA.
DATES: The period of support is September 30, 2015, through September
29, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Resa F. Matthew, Director, Division of
Adolescent Development and Support, Family and Youth Services Bureau,
330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201; telephone: (202) 401-5124;
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PathWays PA will serve homeless parenting
and non-parenting young women age 16-21. Over the next 12 months, they
will serve 10 residential homeless young women in the city of
Philadelphia, PA.
The goal of PathWays PA's TLP program is to support homeless youth
with positive adult supervision while supporting them in building the
assets, strengths, and resources necessary for successful independence.
Youth will be housed in five one-bedroom apartments. While in the
program, the youth will build life skills and carry out developmental
tasks to gain the capacity for independent living and address their
assessed/identified needs. They will build assets and strengthen
protective factors that reduce the impact of prior trauma (e.g.,
domestic violence) and reduce the harm of high-risk behaviors through
gaining skills in money management, budgeting, consumer education, and
use of credit; building life skills and interpersonal skills (and
parenting, as appropriate); acquiring their high school diploma or
equivalent (e.g., GED); strengthening job attainment skills, and
improving their mental and physical health.
PathWays PA TLP staff will work with each youth in the context of
their experience (e.g., domestic violence) to minimize the impact of
trauma and to develop coping skills through a Personalized Empowerment
Plan (PEP). The PEP will identify their pathway for transitioning from
supervised participation in the program to independent living or
another appropriate living arrangement. As part of this plan, staff
will facilitate connections with agencies, organizations, and resources
in Philadelphia that will assist in the youth's transition to
independence and create a strong plan for aftercare support.
Statutory Authority: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 42 U.S.C.
5701-5752, as most recently amended by the Reconnecting Homeless Youth
Act, of 2008, Pub. L. 110-378 on October 8, 2008. Under Sec. 321
Authority for Program, the Secretary is authorized to make grants and
to provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private
entities to establish and operate transitional living youth projects
for homeless youth (42 U.S.C. 5714-1).
CFDA Number: 93.550.
Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-01340 Filed 1-22-16; 8:45 am]
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