[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 214 (Friday, November 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 76948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26673]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Number: 93.676]
Announcement of the Award of Nine Single-Source Program Expansion
Supplement Grants Under the Unaccompanied Children's (UC) Program
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Award of nine single-source program expansion
supplement grants under the UC Program.
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SUMMARY: ACF, ORR announces the award of nine single-source program
expansion supplement grants for a total of $21,164,141 under the UC's
Program.
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Organization Location Amount
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BCFS Health and Human Services. San Antonio, TX........ $2,736,000
Heartland Human Care Services, Chicago, IL............ 1,463,856
Inc..
Youth for Tomorrow............. Bristow, VA............ 2,184,311
Children's Village............. Dobbs Ferry, NY........ 1,922,400
International Educational Brownsville, TX........ 6,551,312
Services.
Mercy First.................... Syosset, NY............ 877,255
Children's Home of Kingston.... Kingston, NY........... 464,743
Cayuga Center.................. New York, NY........... 3,553,107
Leake and Watts Services....... Yonkers, NY............ 1,411,157
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ORR has been identifying additional capacity to provide shelter for
potential increases in apprehensions of UC at the U.S. Southern Border.
Planning for increased shelter capacity is a prudent step to ensure
that ORR is able to meet its responsibility, by law, to provide shelter
for UC referred to its care by the Department of Homeland Security
(DHS).
The expansion supplement grants will support the need to increase
shelter capacity to accommodate the increasing numbers of UCs being
referred by DHS. All nine grantees have the infrastructure, licensing,
experience, and appropriate level of trained staff to meet the service
requirements and the urgent need for expansion of services. The
grantees provide residential services to UC in the care and custody of
ORR, as well as services to include counseling, case management, and
additional support services to the family or to the UC and their
sponsor when a UC is released from ORR's care and custody.
DATES: Supplemental award funds will support activities from October 1,
2015, through September 30, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jallyn Sualog, Director, Division of
Children's Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 C Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20201. Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ORR is continuously monitoring its capacity
to shelter the UC referred to HHS, as well as the information received
from interagency partners, to inform any future decisions or actions.
ORR has specific requirements for the provision of services. Award
recipients must have the infrastructure, licensing, experience, and
appropriate level of trained staff to meet those requirements. The
expansion of the existing program and its services through this
supplemental award is a key strategy for ORR to be prepared to meet its
responsibility to provide shelter for UC referred to its care by DHS
and so that the U.S. Border Patrol can continue its vital national
security mission to prevent illegal migration, trafficking, and protect
the borders of the United States.
Statutory Authority: This program is authorized by--
(A) Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which in
March 2003, transferred responsibility for the care and custody of
Unaccompanied Alien Children from the Commissioner of the former
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to the Director of ORR
of HHS.
(B) The Flores Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85-4544RJK (C.D.
Cal. 1996), as well as the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-457), which
authorizes post release services under certain conditions to
eligible children. All programs must comply with the Flores
Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996),
pertinent regulations, and ORR policies and procedures.
Christopher Beach,
Office of Administration, Office of Financial Services, Division of
Grants Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-26673 Filed 11-3-16; 8:45 am]
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