[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 57586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19886]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Award Announcement; Administration on Children, Youth and 
Families

AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration 
for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Award announcement.

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CFDA No.: 93.550, 93.623, 93.557.
SUMMARY: The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), 
Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) announces the approval of a 
deviation to supplement the National Runaway Switchboard for the 
purpose of expanding their services. Congress authorized the 
establishment of a ``national communications system to assist runaway 
and homeless youth in making contact with their families and service 
providers'' through the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA) of the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended. 
Funding for the system was first authorized in fiscal year 1980. (The 
system currently is authorized through Part C, section 331, of the 
``Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children Protection Act,'' Pub. L. 
108-96.)
    The Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Family and 
Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), herein announces an expansion supplement 
award to the National Runaway Switchboard (NRS) for two initiatives; a 
comprehensive research project on runaway and at-risk youth and a 
comprehensive database conversion.
    The results of the comprehensive research project will enable NRS 
to better understand how to communicate with youth and develop 
strategies to connect with them and them with the NRS. The 
comprehensive database conversion will enhance the Switchboard's 
capability to download and manage information. This project will 
provide the NRS with the internal controls necessary to query and 
analyze data collected in their crisis logs. It is anticipated that the 
enhanced internal controls will result in a significant improvement in 
the way needs of runaway, homeless and other youth in at-risk 
situations are met. This expansion supplement is for a nine month 
project period for the amount of $162,637.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Curtis O. Porter, Acting Associate 
Commissioner, Family and Youth Services Bureau, ACYF, ACF, DHHS. 
Portals Building, 1250 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024; 202-
205-8102.

    Dated: September 28, 2007.
Susan Orr,
Associate Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. E7-19886 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
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