[Federal Register: November 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 218)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Notice of Upcoming Public Consultation
AGENCY: Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health
and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of upcoming public consultation.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), in
conjunction with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), will
be holding a one-day Consultation Session on December 2, 2003 at the
Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort in Phoenix, Arizona.
DATES: December 2, 2003.
Consultation Submission Information: Those interested in submitting
Consultation Session topics for the agenda or participating in the
tribal planning committee to assist in the development of the
Consultation Session agenda should contact NCAI Fellow Christina Morrow at (202) 466-7767 or cmorrow@ncai.org.
If you are proposing a topic to be addressed in the Consultation
Session, please be sure to include a brief description of the topic and
the name and contact information of the suggested presenter.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ACF would like to invite Tribal leaders to
participate in a formal Consultation Session, facilitated by NCAI. The
Consultation Session will take place on Tuesday, December 2, 2003, from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the day before the ACF National Native American
Conference. ACF senior leadership will be present for the Consultation
Session.
The intent of this Consultation Session is for ACF officials to
hear firsthand from tribal leaders, as well as representatives from
tribal organizations and community-based non-profits, about the
implementation of ACF programs in native communities. Of particular
interest are the challenges that tribes and tribal organizations face
in accessing ACF program funding and using programmatic funding to
support social and economic development activities in Native American
communities. ACF offices such as the Administration for Native
Americans, the Office of Child Support Enforcement, the Office of
Community Services, the Office of Family Assistance, the Child Care
Bureau, the Children's Bureau, the Head Start
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Bureau, and the Family and Youth Services Bureau will be represented.
Because of the limited time for this day-long Consultation Session,
ACF has partnered with the NCAI to plan and facilitate the session.
NCAI will be responsible for coordinating the stakeholders who wish to
participate in the Consultation Session. NCAI will work with a tribal
planning committee to develop a structured agenda, identifying key
issues to be raised and spokespersons to present testimony on the
issues.
For further information for the ACF National Native American
Conference contact: Stacia Henderson at 703-821-2226 x232 at Native
American Management Services, Inc. (NAMS) or toll-free 866-313-2955 or on-line at: http://www.acfconference@namsinc.org">http://www.acfconference@namsinc.org.inc.org">http://www.acfconference@namsinc.org">http://www.acfconference@namsinc.org.
Dated: November 5, 2003.
Quanah Crossland Stamps,
Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans.
[FR Doc. 03-28336 Filed 11-10-03; 8:45 am]
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