[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 87 (Friday, May 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 24049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9124]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA: 93.601]


Deviation From Competition To Award a Single-Source Program 
Expansion Supplement From the Office of Child Support Enforcement to 
the Community Services for Children, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Child Support Enforcement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a program expansion supplement in 
the amount of $99,227 is being award to the Community Services for 
Children, Incorporated CSC) by the Office of Child Support Enforcement 
(OCSE). CSC has requested additional funds and a one-year extension to 
build on the success of its program by offering the Family Formation 
and Development Project (FFDP) to 40 additional unwed, low-income 
couples.
    The current project has shown promising results. During the past 
two years CSC has administered a successful Special Improvement Project 
(SIP) project. It has served 40 couples, meeting all stated objectives. 
The project serves only unwed couples with children. The majority of 
these families are Hispanic and are enrolled in Head Start and Early 
Head Start programs to ensure comprehensive family services.
    CSC's objectives are:
     To improve family formation and development including 
marriage as a choice. CSC will provide an 8-week family formation and 
development course called ``Healthy Relationship and Marriage 
Education'' to 40 low-income, unwed couples with children in Head Start 
or Early Head Start programs.
     To promote stable families. CSC will present through 
course materials, other resources and home visits, information on the 
long-term benefits of two-parent families on the health and success of 
their children.
     To increase awareness of the importance of providing 
financial and medical support of children. CSC will collaborate with 
the Office of Child Support Enforcement to provide training and 
referral on the benefits of paternity establishment and child support 
services.
    Section 452(j) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. 652(j), 
provides Federal funds for information dissemination and technical 
assistance to States, training of Federal and State staff to improve 
child support programs, and research, demonstration, and special 
projects of regional or national significance relating to the operation 
of State child support enforcement programs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Susan Greenblatt, Deputy Director, 
Division of State, Tribal and Local Assistance, Office of Child Support 
Enforcement, 202-401-4849, [email protected].

    Dated: May 2, 2005.
David Siegel,
Acting Commissioner, Office of Child Support Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 05-9124 Filed 5-5-05; 8:45 am]
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