[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 124 (Thursday, June 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14429]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Office of Refugee Resettlement; Unaccompanied Alien Children 
Shelter Care Facilities

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice to award ten non-competitive supplements to existing 
Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Shelter Care Facilities.

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    CFDA #: 93.676.
    Legslative Authority: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is 
mandated by Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act to ensure 
appropriate placement of all unaccompanied alien children referred to 
ORR for care and custody by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    Amount of Award: $2,521,320.
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Administration for Children and 
Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement intends to award ten 
unaccompanied alien shelter care providers in the amount of $2,521,320. 
This funding will support services through September 30, 2008.

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               Grantee                         Location              Project period               Amount
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Southwest Key--El Paso...............  El Paso, TX............        06/10/08-09/30/08                 $390,320
The Children's Village...............  New York, NY...........        06/10/08-09/30/08                  445,000
Florence Crittenton..................  Los Angeles, CA........        06/10/08-09/30/08                  336,000
Lutheran Social Services of the South  Austin, TX.............        06/10/08-09/30/08                  600,000
Heartland/ICC........................  Chicago, IL............        06/10/08-09/30/08                  325,000
Southwest Indiana Youth Village......  Vincennes, IN..........        06/10/08-09/30/08                  120,000
International Educational Services--   Brownsville, TX........        06/10/08-09/30/08                   90,000
 Foster Care.
International Educational Services--   Harlingen, TX..........        06/10/08-09/30/08                   70,000
 Foster Care.
Pioneer Services.....................  Fife, WA...............        06/10/08-09/30/08                   85,000
Southwest Key--Pleasant Hill.........  Pleasant Hill, CA......        06/10/08-09/30/08                   60,000
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    This funding will support the expansion of shelter/foster/staff 
secure/secured/therapeutic care program bed capacity to meet the number 
of unaccompanied alien children referrals from the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS). This expansion is necessary to replace bed 
capacity discontinued at several sites as well as to accommodate the 
increase of length of stay of UAC in ORR's care. This supplemental 
funding will support the additional bed capacity through the summer 
high season, terminating at the end of the 2008 fiscal year.
    To ensure the program would have complete flexibility to expand and 
contract to meet the ever-changing demands of the program, ORR 
specifically included language in its program announcement to stipulate 
that funding and capacity may increase based on the needs of the 
program. The program has very specific requirements for the provision 
of services. Existing grantees are the only entities with the 
infrastructure, licensing, experience and appropriate level of trained 
staff to meet the service requirements and the urgent need for 
expansion. The program's ability to avoid a backlog of children waiting 
in border patrol stations for placement can only be accommodated 
through the expansion of existing programs through this supplemental 
award process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Tota, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447, telephone (202) 401-4858.

    Dated: June 17, 2008.
David H. Siegel,
Acting Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. E8-14429 Filed 6-25-08; 8:45 am]
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