[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 62840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25719]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement to the University
of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service
AGENCY: Children's Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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CFDA Number: 93.658.
Legislative Authority: Section 476(c)(2)(iii) of the Social
Security Act, as amended by the Fostering Connections to Success and
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351).
Amount of Award: $200,000.
Project Period: September 30, 2010 to September 29, 2011.
SUMMARY: In order to provide more intensive technical assistance to
Tribes, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children's
Bureau (CB) is awarding a single-source expansion supplement to the
University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service,
Portland, ME, to assist Tribes in building their capacity to operate
their own foster care and adoption assistance agencies (title IV-E)
program. The University of Southern Maine is a recipient of a
cooperative agreement to administer the National Resource Center for
Organizational Improvement, which is charged with building the
organizational capacity of State, local, Tribal and other publicly
supported child welfare agencies in order to improve the outcomes of
child welfare activities and to achieve the Adoption and Safe Families
Act of 1997 goals of safety, permanency and well-being of children and
youth.
The supplemental funding will support Regional Roundtables and
build Tribal capacity in the following areas:
1. An overview of the Social Security Act and title IV-E provisions
that provide foster care and adoption service funds. This presentation
will be developed to be responsive to the cultural issues and needs of
the audience.
2. Training for Tribal caseworkers on title IV-E requirements in
order to continue the eligibility and funding of IV-E eligible
children. Workers must be aware of the provisions of Fostering
Connections to assure that all appropriate services are provided to
children in care.
3. Proper foster care recruitment, training and retention is needed
because placement of title IV-E eligible children must be made with
licensed foster/kin families. It is important for Tribal leaders, child
welfare and court staff to understand the link between licensing and
maintaining title IV-E eligibility when children are placed.
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act
of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351) added Sec. 479B to the Act, which allows
Indian Tribes the option to receive Federal funding to support the
administration of their own foster care, adoption assistance, and
guardianship assistance programs under title IV-E of the Social
Security Act (the Act). The law also amended the Act at Sec.
476(c)(2)(iii) to allow Indian Tribes to receive one-time development
grants to be used to offset the cost of developing a title IV-E plan to
carry out the requirements of new Sec. 479B of the Act.
As the designated National Resource Center for Organizational
Improvement, the University of Southern Maine is qualified to provide
training and technical assistance to Tribes because of their
demonstrated commitment to meaningful stakeholder involvement by
involving Tribes and other relevant stakeholders in program planning,
implementation and evaluation and other systems change initiatives.
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. 2010-25719 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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