[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 179 (Friday, September 15, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54499-54500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15324]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Administration on Children, Youth and Families

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

ACTION: Noncompetitive Successor Grantee Award.

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    CFDA#: 93.616.
    Legislative Authority: Public Law (Pub. L.) 107-133, Promoting Safe 
and Stable Families Amendments of 2001, Subtitle B.
    Amount of Award: $82,000 for one year.
    Project Period: 7/30/2006-7/29/2007.
    Justification for the Exception to Competition: In a letter dated 
June 19, 2006, Mr. Neil J. Hufnagel, Board President/Interim Director 
of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clinton and Ionia Counties voluntarily 
relinquished the agency's grant funds to ACF as a result of their 
merger with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Michigan Capital Region. To 
ensure that grant monies are obligated and that services provided by 
the grant funds may continue, Big Brothers of Michigan Capital Region, 
submitted an application dated July 31, 2006 to become the permanent 
successor

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grantee for the final budget and project periods of Grant No. 90CVO172.
    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clinton and Ionia Counties was 
responsible for assisting children in Clinton and Ionia Counties whose 
parents are incarcerated to alleviate risk factors and to improve their 
quality of life by providing them with specially-trained adult mentors 
who can provide supportive relationships, guidance and encouragement. 
As Big Brothers Big Sisters of Michigan Capital Region is proposing to 
continue services to the same community with the same staff as 
previously done by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clinton and Iona 
Counties, the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is requesting 
that Big Brothers Big Sisters of Michigan Capital Region be granted a 
deviation to be funded as the permanent successor grantee without 
competition for the remaining twelve months of the project period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curtis Porter, Director, Youth 
Development Division, Family and Youth Services Bureau, Administration 
for Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and 
Families, Portals Building, Suite 800, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-8102

    Dated: September 8, 2006.
Joan E. Ohl,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. E6-15324 Filed 9-14-06; 8:45 am]
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