[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 190 (Monday, October 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 57607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19650]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Administration on Children, Youth, and Families; Notice of Award 
of Non-Competitive Grant

AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Award announcement.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families herein 
announces an urgent grant award to the National Association of Child 
Care Resource and Referral Agencies (NACCRRA) to provide technical 
assistance to reestablish the operations of the resource and referral 
agencies in Mississippi and Louisiana whose operations have been 
disrupted by Hurricane Katrina. This grant will help to re-establish 
child care referral services so that families along the Gulf Coast can 
find child care. This grant will also support local and Statewide 
inventories of child care need and availability.
    The amount of the proposed grant to NACCRRA is $99,500 in FY 2005 
child care funds. The duration of the grant is 12 months.

    Statutory Authority:  This award will be made pursuant to the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 as amended (CCDBG 
Act); section 418 of the Social Security Act; Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub. L. 106-554).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Rudisill, Director of 
Technical Assistance, Child Care Bureau, at 202-205-8051.

    Dated: September 27, 2005.
Joan E. Ohl,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 05-19650 Filed 9-30-05; 8:45 am]
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