[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 152 (Tuesday, August 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 46181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15679]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Office of Refugee Resettlement

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Notice of public comment on the proposed Noncompetitive Single 
Source Program expansion supplement to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society 
(HIAS).

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    CFDA#: The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 
for this program is 93.576. The title is the Refugee Family 
Enrichment Program.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that it has been proposed that a 
noncompetitive single-source program expansion supplement to an ongoing 
competitive award be made to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in 
response to an unsolicited application. This application proposes to 
provide additional training and technical assistance to organizations 
implementing Refugee Marriage Enrichment projects. The application is 
not within the scope of any existing or expected to be issued program 
announcement for the Fiscal Year 2006. HIAS's application is expected 
to address issues critical to the development and implementation of 
marriage education programs for refugees by providing valuable on-site 
training and technical assistance to grantees and sub-grantees that 
offer marital communication training to refugee couples.
    In September of 2003, ORR awarded HIAS a grant of $200,000 to 
develop a Refugee Family Enrichment program which included technical 
assistance to subgrantees. Because of their success in the development 
of their marriage enrichment program, in 2004 HIAS was awarded a 
noncompetitive single source program expansion supplement to an ongoing 
competitive award to expand its Technical Assistance Services Program 
to Refugee Family Enrichment project sites specified by ORR. HIAS has 
since provided over 600 hours of technical assistance to project sites 
operated by organizations across the country. Their technical 
assistance primarily supports the work of small Mutual Assistance 
Associations, and without it, these agencies might struggle to provide 
refugee clients with the programs they need in order to achieve self 
sufficiency. The proposed project period is 9/30/2005-9/29/2006.
    Technical assistance to support grantees in developing better 
approaches to the delivery of services provided to refugees is 
authorized by section 412(c)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(c)(1)).

DATES: The deadline for receipt of comments is 15 days from the date of 
publication in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments in response to this notice should be addressed to 
Nguyen Van Hanh, Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Refugee Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 
20447.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Administration for Children and 
Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Washington, DC 20447, Loren Bussert--(202) 401-4732, 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 2, 2005.
Nguyen Van Hanh,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 05-15679 Filed 8-8-05; 8:45 am]
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