[Federal Register: June 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 117)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Office of Child Support Enforcement
AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE), Administration for
Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS).
ACTION: Notice to administratively impose a matching requirement.
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CFDA Number: 93.564.
Legislative Authority
Section 1115 of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1315] provides
funds for experimental, pilot or demonstration projects that are likely
to assist in promoting the objectives of Part D of the Title IV. The
projects must be designed to improve the financial well-being of
children or otherwise improve the operation of the child support
program. Projects may not permit modifications in the child support
program that would have the effect of disadvantaging children in need
of support.
SUMMARY: The Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE) in the
Administration for Children and Families (ACF) hereby gives notice to
the public that a matching requirement of five percent (5%) will be
administratively imposed upon awards made under competitions governed
by the following ``Section 1115'' funding opportunities in Fiscal Year
2009.
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Funding opportunity
Funding opportunity No. title CFDA No.
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HHS-2009-ACF-OCSE-FD-0093....... Partnership to 93.654
Strengthen Families--
Child Support
Enforcement/Temporary
Assistance for Needy
Families--University
Partnership
Demonstration Project.
HHS-2009-ACF-OCSE-FD-0095....... Projects to Address the 93.654
Sudden and Prolonged
Effect of the Economic
Downturn on the IV-D
Caseload and Program
Operations.
HHS-2009-ACF-OCSE-FD-0098....... Health Care/Medical 93.654
Support in Child
Support Enforcement:
Reform Strategy Grants.
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Historically, the imposition of a matching requirement on awards
under this program resulted in an increased level of commitment to the
project and its success and sustainability, without creating an undue
financial burden on the grantee.
Section 1115 funds awarded to each project will represent 29
percent (29%) of the total project costs. The total approved project
cost is the sum of the ACF grant award under Section 1115, regular
Federal Financial Participation (FFP), and the State share. For the
purposes of the demonstration projects, the total expenditures will be
treated as State expenditures under Title IV-D that will be reimbursed
by the regular Title IV-D FFP match of 66 percent (66%). Applicants
must prepare a formal budget on the required standard forms, as listed
in Section IV.2, Content and Form of Application Submission of the
funding opportunity announcements.
Grantees must provide at least five percent (5%) of the total
approved project cost. This non-Federal, i.e., State share, may be met
by cash, incentive funds (awarded under section 458 of the Social
Security Act), or in-kind contributions. The five percent (5%) match
may be provided through in-kind contributions, as allowed by section
1115(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act. For example, if an
applicant's total project budget is $150,000, this would be made up of
three funding sources: Section 1115 funds (29% = $43,500), cost sharing
(5% = $7,500) and regular Title IV-D Federal Financial Participation/
FFP (66% = $99,000).
Title IV-D applicants that anticipate satisfying the matching
requirement through in-kind contributions, or the use of incentive
funds awarded under section 458 of the Social Security Act, must
request prior approval as part of the required budget justification
(see Section IV.2. Budget and Budget Justification in the published
funding opportunity announcements) in accordance with section
1115(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act. Costs borne by matching
contributions are subject to the regulations governing allowability
found under and 45 CFR 92.24.
Eligible applicants for these Section 1115 demonstration project
grants are State (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands) Title IV-D agencies or the umbrella
agencies of the IV-D program.
Planned ACF funding opportunity announcements may be found at the
HHS Grants Forecast Web site at http://www.hhs.gov/grantsforecast/. The
HHS's Grants Forecast is a database of planned funding opportunities
proposed by its operating divisions, including ACF. Each Forecast
record contains actual or estimated dates and funding levels for awards
that an operating division intends to award during the fiscal year.
ACF's publicly published funding opportunity announcements are
available on http://www.Grants.gov, where applicants may also apply for
funding electronically, and on the ACF Grant Opportunities Web page at
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myles Schlank, Office of Child Support
Enforcement, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20047.
Telephone: 202-401-9329, e-mail: myles.schlank@acf.hhs.gov.
Dated: June 15, 2009.
Robert Cohen,
Acting Commissioner, Program Office: Child Support Enforcement.
[FR Doc. E9-14363 Filed 6-18-09; 8:45 am]