[Federal Register: August 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 154)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

 
Awards to Eleven Office of Refugee Resettlement Shelter Care 
Providers

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of grant awards.

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    CFDA #: 93.676.
SUMMARY: This notice is hereby given that awards will be made to eleven 
unaccompanied alien shelter care providers in the amount of 
$10,633,009. This funding will support services through September 30, 
2007.

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                                                                                                        Amount
                   Grantee                                 Location                Project period     (dollars)
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The Children's Village.......................  Dobbs Ferry, NY.................     10/1/04-9/30/09      405,415
Pioneer......................................  Tacoma, WA......................     10/1/04-9/30/09      151,771
Southwest Key--Brownsville...................  Brownsville, TX.................     10/1/05-9/30/10      585,099
Southwest Key--Conroe........................  Houston, TX.....................     10/1/05-9/30/10      666,590
Southwest Key--Mesa..........................  Houston, TX.....................     10/1/05-9/30/10      753,300
Lutheran Social Services of the South........  El Paso, TX.....................     10/1/05-9/30/10    2,318,670
Southwest Key--El Paso.......................  El Paso, TX.....................     10/1/05-9/30/10    1,526,590
Heartland/ICC................................  Chicago, IL.....................     10/1/05-9/30/10    2,457,752
Southwest Key--Phoenix.......................  Phoenix, AZ.....................     10/1/05-9/30/10      634,810
International Educational Services--Foster     Harlingen, TX...................      3/1/06-2/28/11      245,567
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Florence Crittenton..........................  Fullerton, CA...................      3/1/06-2/28/11      887,445
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    This funding will support the expansion of shelter/foster care 
program bed capacity to meet the number of unaccompanied alien children 
referrals from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    The program is mandated by section 462 of the Homeland Security Act 
to ensure appropriate placement of all referrals from the DHS. ORR's 
ability to meet this mandate is often a challenge since the program is 
completely tied to DHS apprehension strategies and the sporadic number 
of border crossers. The program has seen a dramatic increase in the 
number of children referred from DHS in the past few months 
necessitating an expansion of existing shelter care capacity.
    The program has very specific requirements for the provision of 
services. Existing grantees are the only entities with the 
infrastructure, licensing, experience and appropriate level of trained 
staff to meet the service requirements and the urgent need for 
expansion. The program's ability to avoid a backlog of children waiting 
in border patrol stations for placement can only be accommodated 
through the expansion of existing programs through this supplemental 
award process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Tota, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC, 20447, telephone (202) 401-4858.

    Dated: August 7, 2007.
Kenneth Tota,
Chief of Operations, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. E7-15726 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]

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