[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22091-22092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08534]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Numbers: 93.592]


Announcing the Award of a Single-Source Grant to the Pennsylvania 
Coalition Against Domestic Violence in Harrisburg, PA

AGENCY: Family and Youth Services Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source grant under the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) Technical Assistance (TA) 
Project to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) 
to support training and technical assistance

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activities by Women of Color Network, Inc. (WOCN).

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth 
Services Bureau (FYSB), Division of Family Violence and Prevention 
Services (DFVPS) announces the award of $175,000 as a single-source 
grant to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) 
in Harrisburg, PA, to support activities by Women of Color Network Inc. 
(WOCN). The grantee, funded under the FVPSA program, is a technical 
assistance provider that assists FVPSA service providers to build the 
capacity of domestic violence programs.

DATES: The period of support for the single-source program expansion 
supplement is September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shena Williams, Senior Program 
Specialist, Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, 330 C 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: 202-205-5932; Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grant funds will support WOCN, through the 
PCADV, to provide training and technical assistance to individuals and 
organizations dedicated to enhancing services to those in historically 
marginalized communities in domestic violence programs across the 
country.
    The WOCN will provide technical assistance and training to FVPSA 
state administrators to strengthen collaborative efforts of state 
administrators and community-based organizations for the purposes of 
improving services to victims of domestic violence in diverse and 
historically marginalized communities.
    This project may include such activities as listening sessions to 
identify specific needs, challenges and barriers to funding, services 
and collaborative efforts; documentation of technical assistance needs; 
and development of state-specific technical assistance plans and 
written recommendations for fostering and sustaining collaborative 
partnerships and capacity-building activities.
    In addition to the issue of capacity-building activities, the 
grantee will provide support and training to address the identified 
barriers including gaps in leadership development. Training will 
include such activities as targeted technical assistance for state 
administrators, graduates and community-based organizations; resource 
sharing for the FVPSA state administrators, graduates and community-
based organizations; evaluation and documentation of how the technical 
assistance and processes improved the skills, access, engagement and/or 
participation of the graduates, state administrators and community-
based organizations.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 310 of the Family Violence 
Prevention and Services Act, as amended by Section 201 of the CAPTA 
Reauthorization Act of 2010, Pub. L. 111-320.

Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-08534 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am]
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