[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62838-62839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25713]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement to the Research
Foundation of CUNY on Behalf of Hunter College School of Social Work
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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CFDA Number: 93.556.
Legislative Authority: Fostering Connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351).
Amount of Award: $229,877.
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Project Period: September 30, 2010 to September 29, 2011.
SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children's
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a single-source program expansion
supplement to the Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf of Hunter
College School of Social Work, New York, NY, to provide expanded
technical assistance to address continuing challenges in the field as
child welfare programs work to implement the requirements of new
legislation. The Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf of Hunter
College is the recipient of a cooperative agreement to act as the
administrator for National Resource Center for Permanency and Family
Connections (NRCPFC), which provides technical assistance services
pursuant to the legislative authority of the Promoting Safe and Stable
Families Amendments of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629e).
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act
of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351) provides for a discretionary matching grant
program to implement projects in the areas of Kinship Navigator, Family
Finding, Family Group Decision Making, and Residential Family
Treatment. The law also added a new plan requirement at Sec.
471(a)(29) that directs State foster care and adoption agencies (title
IV-E agencies) to exercise due diligence to identify and notify all
adult relatives of a child, within 30 days of the child's removal, of
the relative's options to become a placement resource for the child.
The supplemental funding will allow the NRCPFC to do the following:
1. Provide focused technical assistance to Family Connections
grantees.
2. Engage States that did not receive discretionary grants in on-
site consultation regarding effectively involving relatives in child
welfare practice.
3. Proactively transfer the knowledge developed under the
discretionary grant program to States to assist in meeting new plan
requirements.
Under the proposed supplemental funding, the NRCPFC will increase
technical assistance efforts to enhance the achievement of permanency
by assisting agencies to better locate, notify and involve families and
relatives in the engagement and planning process while maintaining
awareness of confidentiality issues.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Morgan, Children's Bureau, 1250
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-8807; E-
mail: [email protected].
Dated: October 4, 2010.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2010-25713 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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