[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18309-18310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08708]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the
Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Supportive Services for
Holocaust Survivors Program
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the intent
to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the Jewish Federations of North America for the
project Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Supportive Services
for Holocaust Survivors. The purpose of this project is to, (1) advance
the development and expansion of person-centered, trauma-informed
(PCTI) supportive services for Holocaust survivors living in the U.S.
and, (2) improve the nation's overall capacity to deliver PCTI health
and human services for this population and to any older adult with a
history of trauma. The administrative supplement for FY 2018 will be in
the amount of $2,467,000, bringing the total award for FY 2018 to
$4,935,000.
The additional funding will not be used to begin new projects, but
to serve more Holocaust survivors with vital supports such as legal
assistance, case management, transportation, medication management,
social engagement activities designed to reduce isolation, loneliness
and depression, and supports for family caregivers, all of which will
employ PCTI approaches. The additional funds will also be used to
expand existing technical assistance activities, under the second
objective, in a variety of ways, including replicating and translating
proven models of PCTI developed under this grant; developing new
training materials, curricula and partnerships to aid in the
replication of PCTI practices; enhance and expand the evaluation
activities currently under way; and enhance website capacities for
improved information dissemination.
Program Name: Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI)
Supportive Services for Holocaust Survivors.
Recipient: The Jewish Federations of North America.
Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the
fourth year of the five-year project period of September 30, 2015
through September 29, 2020.
Total Award Amount: $4,935,000 in FY 2018.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement Supplement.
Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, as
amended, Public Law 109-365--Title 4, Section 411.
Basis for Award: The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) is
currently funded to carry out the objectives of this project, entitled
Advancing PCTI Supportive Services for Holocaust Survivors for the
period of September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2020. Since project
implementation began in late 2015, the grantee has accomplished a great
deal. The supplement will enable the grantee to carry their work even
further, serving more Holocaust survivors and providing even more
comprehensive training and technical assistance in the development of
PCTI supportive services. The additional funding will not be used to
begin new projects or activities.
The JFNA is uniquely positioned to complete the work called for
under this project. JFNA and its project partners, including the
Network of Jewish Human Services Agencies (NJHSA), and the Conference
on Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), have the
cultural competence and long history of serving and advocating for
Holocaust survivors. Additionally, JFNA is already working in
collaboration with numerous partners representing a broad cross section
of the Jewish human services network (e.g., Selfhelp Community
Services, Bet Tzedek, The Blue Card, and the Orthodox Union of America)
and the ``mainstream aging services network,'' (e.g., Meals on Wheels
of America (MoWA), the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging
(n4a), the National Council on Aging (NCOA), Leading Age and other
members of the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations [LCAO]).
Establishing an entirely new grant project at this time would be
potentially disruptive to the current work already well under way. More
importantly, the Holocaust survivors currently being served by this
project could be negatively impacted by a service disruption, thus
posing the risk of re-traumatization and further negative impacts on
health and wellbeing. If this
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supplement were not provided, the project would be less able to address
the significant unmet needs of additional Holocaust survivors.
Similarly, the project would be unable to expand its current technical
assistance and training efforts in PCTI concepts and approaches, let
alone reach beyond traditional providers of services to this population
to train more ``mainstream'' providers of aging services.
For More Information Contact: For further information or comments
regarding this program supplement, contact Greg Link, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living,
Administration on Aging, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services:
telephone (202)-795-7386; email [email protected].
Dated: April 18, 2018.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2018-08708 Filed 4-25-18; 8:45 am]
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