[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22090-22091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08544]
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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 Program Expansion
Supplement to University of Denver (Colorado Seminary), in Denver, CO,
for the Capacity Building Center for Tribes
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and
Families, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source program expansion
supplement to University of Denver (Colorado Seminary)to expand the
Capacity Building Center for Tribes.
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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 program expansion
supplement in the amount of $350,000 to University of Denver (Colorado
Seminary), Denver, CO, for the expansion of the Capacity Building
Center for Tribes (CBCT) to provide expanded tailored technical
assistance to Tribes across the nation and allow for expanded and
enhanced collaboration with the other centers that form the Child
Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative.
DATES: The expansion supplement will support project activities from
September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roshanda Shoulders, Tribal Specialist,
Children's Bureau, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Telephone:
202-205-8709; Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CB announces the award of a single-source
program expansion supplement in the amount of $350,000 to University of
Denver (Colorado Seminary), Denver, CO, for the expansion of the
Capacity Building Center for Tribes (CBCT) to provide expanded tailored
technical assistance to Tribes across the nation and allow for expanded
and enhanced collaboration with the other centers that form the Child
Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative. The Center will also utilize
the supplemental funds to increase its collaborative efforts with other
CB supported capacity building providers to improve child welfare
systems in achieving measurable, sustainable systemic change that
results in greater safety, permanency, and well-being for children,
youth, and families.
The supplement also will support successful engagement and support
to Title IV-E and IV-B Tribes in continuous quality improvement
efforts, the quality of permanency efforts, and assist Tribal agencies
in designing, implementing and testing innovations to build evidence of
effective practices, interventions, and models. The CBCT will also
utilize the supplement to expand and enhance its collaborative work and
activities with and within the Child Welfare Capacity Building
Collaborative and the Center for States and Center for Courts,
specifically, to support joint work toward shared outcomes.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) is uniquely positioned to
expand this project as a result of their work as the current grantee to
launch and operate the Capacity Building Center for Tribes. The project
is currently in its inaugural year.
Statutory Authority: The statutory authority is the Adoption
Opportunities Program, section 203 (42 U.S.C. 5113) of the
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Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of
1978, (Pub. L. 95-266), as amended by the Keeping Children and
Families Safe Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-36).
Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-08544 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am]
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