[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 157 (Monday, August 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 50386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18588]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Notice of Public Consultation

AGENCY: Administration for Native Americans (ANA).

ACTION:  Notice of Public Consultation.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) will be 
holding a half-day Tribal Consultation Session on September 20, 2004 at 
the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC.

DATES: September 20, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Vigue, Administration for Native 
Americans, toll free at 1-877-922-9262 or www.masterkeyconsulting.com/acfconference.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION: Tribal leaders and representatives interested 
in submitting written testimony or topics to be discussed on the 
Consultation Session agenda should contact Kim Vigue toll free at 1-
877-922-9262.
    If you are proposing a topic to be addressed in the Consultation 
Session, please be sure to include a brief description of the topic 
area along with the name and contact information of a suggested 
presenter.
    The public record will remain open for 60 days following the 
September 20, 2004 consultation. Written comment and testimony can be 
submitted until November 19, 2004.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The Administration for Children and Families would like to invite 
Tribal leaders to participate in a formal consultation Session with ACF 
senior officials and program directors. The Consultation Session will 
take place Monday, September 20, 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in 
Rayburn House Office Building Room B-339.
    The intent of this Consultation Session is to allow ACF officials 
to hear first hand from Tribal leaders and representatives of Tribal 
organizations and Native Americans non-profit organizations about the 
implementation of ACF programs in Native Americans communities. Of 
particular interest are the challenges that Tribes and Tribal 
organizations face in accessing ACF program funding and using program 
funding to support social and economic development activities in Native 
American communities. ACF offices such as the Administration for Native 
Americans, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Office of Community 
Services, Office of Family Assistance, Child Care Bureau, Children's 
Bureau, Head Start Bureau, and the Family and Youth Services Bureau 
will be represented.
    Because of the limited time, ACF has collaborated with Master Key 
Consulting to plan and facilitate the session. Master Key Consulting 
will be responsible for coordinating the stakeholders who wish to 
participate in the Consultation Session and will work with a planning 
committee to develop a structured agenda, identifying key issues to be 
raised and spokespersons to present testimony on the issues.

    Dated: August 6, 2004.
Quanah Crossland Stamps,
Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans.
[FR Doc. 04-18588 Filed 8-13-04; 8:45 am]
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