[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42271-42272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15655]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Notice of Award of Non-Competitive Grant

AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), ACF, 
DHHS.

ACTION: Notice; opportunity to comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that ACYF is considering awarding grant 
funds without competition to the California Institute for Human 
Services (CIHS) at Sonoma State University for up to $3,000,000 of Head 
Start funds in FY 2002. And, pending the availability of Federal funds, 
and the continuing non-Federal support from the Hilton Foundation, ACYF 
will award up to $3,000,000 of Head Start funds per year for four 
additional fiscal years. The five-year project period would begin 
September 1, 2002 and end August 31, 2007. This award will be made to 
the CIHS to provide Federal support for a second phase of the public/
private partnership between the Head Start Bureau and the Conrad N. 
Hilton Foundation to support the Hilton/Early Head Start Training 
Program.
    The Hilton/Early Head Start Training Program, developed and 
implemented by the CIHS since the program began in 1997, provides a 
combination of training and technical assistance to local community 
teams throughout the nation, so that Early Head Start and Migrant and 
Seasonal Head Start programs can more effectively include infants and 
toddlers with disabilities and their families. The model supports high 
levels of involvement of such key stakeholders as the local Part C/
Early Intervention providers and the parents of infants and toddlers 
with disabilities. The Hilton/Early Head Start model's support for 
ongoing follow-up coaching in every participating community is cited by 
local teams as essential to implementing local strategies addressing 
their programs' objectives for improving the inclusion of young 
children with disabilities and their families.
    The CIHS staff developed and refined the program's SpecialQuest 
training model, trained the trainers and learning coaches on its use, 
and are uniquely qualified to provide direction and coordination for a 
timely implementation of a second phase of this project. ACF believes 
only CIHS has:
     The requisite staff resources, organizational capacity and 
experience to undertake this project in a manner that improves and 
expands upon the results already realized;
     A trained and coordinated national network of 140 learning 
coaches and 60 trainers with substantial experience delivering the 
SpecialQuest curriculum and on-site coaching;
     The capacity to retain and quickly mobilize this network 
for training and technical assistance activities in the 2002-2003 
program year; and
     Substantial continued non-Federal support for a second 
phase of this project.
    The Agency is providing members of the public, including qualified 
organizations which would be interested in competing for the funding if 
a competition were held, an opportunity to comment on the planned 
action.

    Statutory Authority: This award will be made pursuant to the 
Head Start Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9801 et seq. (CFDA: 93.600)

DATES: In order to considered, comments on this planned action must be 
received on or before July 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties, including qualified organizations which 
would be interested in competing for the funding if a competition were 
held, should write to: James O'Brien, Head Start Bureau, Administration 
on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human

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Services. 330 C Street SW., room 2018, Washington, DC 20447.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James O'Brien, Head Start Bureau, at 
(202) 205-8646.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Program Number 93.600, Project Head 
Start)

    Dated: June 17, 2002.
Joan E. Ohl,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 02-15655 Filed 6-20-02; 8:45 am]
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