[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 116 (Monday, June 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27834-27835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12627]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Number: 93.676]
Announcement of the Award of Six Single-Source Program Expansion
Supplement Grants Under the Unaccompanied Children's Program
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of award of six single-source program expansion
supplement grants under the Unaccompanied Children's (UC) Program.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families, Office of
Refugee Resettlement (ORR), announces the award of six single-source
program expansion supplement grants for a total of $14,821,314 under
the UC Program.
DATES: Supplemental award funds will support activities for four
grantees from October 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016, and for two
grantees from October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jallyn Sualog, Director, Division of
Unaccompanied Children Operations, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330
C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Phone: 202-401-4997. Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ORR is continuously monitoring its capacity
to shelter the UC referred to the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), and the information received from interagency partners,
to inform any future decisions or actions. The six recipients are:
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Organization Location Amount
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Heartland Human Care, Inc...... Chicago, IL............ $845,855
International Educational San Benito, TX......... 131,109
Services, Inc.
International Educational Los Fresnos, TX........ 1,118,780
Services, Inc.
Cayuga Home for Children DBA New York, NY........... 979,200
Cayuga Centers.
Southwest Key.................. Phoenix, AZ............ 2,460,800
Southwest Key.................. Brownsville, TX........ 9,285,570
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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 Unaccompanied Children 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 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.
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 and trafficking, and to
protect the borders of the United States.
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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 to the Director of ORR of HHS.
(B) The Flores Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85-4544-RJK (C. D.
Cal. 1996), and 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,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-12627 Filed 6-16-17; 8:45 am]
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