[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 31502] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-15284] [[Page 31502]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Administration for Children and Families [Program Announcement No. ACF/ACYF/CB-98-04] Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Notice of an Announcement of the Availability of Financial Assistance and Request for Applications To Support Demonstration Projects Under the Adoption Opportunities Program AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families, ACYF, ACF, DHHS. ACTION: Notice of Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 availability of financial assistance and request for applications to support demonstration projects under the Adoption Opportunities Program, Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as amended, Pub. L. 104-235. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Children's Bureau, within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families announces the availability of FY 1998 funds for competing new discretionary grants under the Adoption Opportunities Program. Adoption Opportunities Program funds are designed to provide services that facilitate the elimination of barriers to adoption and to provide permanent loving homes for children who would benefit from adoption, particularly children with special needs. Specific priority areas for which grant awards are being solicited include: 98.1--National Resource Center on Special Needs Adoption 98.2--Administration of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance 98.3--Achieving Increased Adoptive Placements of Children in Foster Care 98.4--Effective Collaborations for Timely Adoptions 98.5--Overcoming State and Local Barriers to Adoption 98.6--Adoption 2002 Support Project 98.7--Post-Legal Adoption Services DATES: The date and time deadline for RECEIPT of applications by DHHS for new grants under this announcement 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time Zone) on July 24, 1998. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the program announcement will be automatically sent to all current Adoption Opportunities Program grantees, all organizations that applied for grant awards in FY 97 and all individuals and organizations that have asked to be placed on the mailing list for FY 1998. Copies of the program announcement can be obtained the ACYF Operations Center at 1-800-351-2293. A copy of this program announcement is also located at the CB website at http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/CB under Policy and Funding Announcements. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grant awards of FY 1998 funds will be made by September 30, 1998. The estimated funds available for new awards is $4.9 million and the approximate number of new grants is estimated at 28. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. Number 93.652, Adoption Opportunities Grants) Dated: June 3, 1998. James A. Harrell, Deputy Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. [FR Doc. 98-15284 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4184-01-M