[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 53884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21614]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement


Noncompetitive Successor Award

AGENCY: Division of Community Resettlement, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of a Noncompetitive Successor Award to Northern Virginia 
Family Service.

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    CFDA#: 93.604.
    Legislative Authority: ``Torture Victims Relief Act (TVRA) of 
1998,'' Public Law 105-320 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note), reauthorized by 
Public Law 109-165 in January 2006. Sec. 5(a) of the law provides: 
Assistance for Treatment of Torture Victims--The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services may provide grants to programs in the United States 
to cover the cost of the following services: (1) Services for the 
rehabilitation of victims of torture, including treatment of the 
physical and psychological effects of torture. (2) Social and legal 
services for victims of torture. (3) Research and training for health 
care providers outside of treatment centers, or programs for the 
purpose of enabling such providers to provide the services described in 
paragraph (1).
    Amount of Award: Remainder of current budget period April 1, 2008 
through September 29, 2008. Award $225,896. Final budget period of the 
originally approved three-year project period September 30, 2008 
through September 29, 2009. Annual Amount $415,000.
    Project Period: April 1, 2008-September 29, 2009.
    Summary: In FY 2006, ORR awarded a competitive Services for 
Survivors of Torture grant to the Center for Multicultural Human 
Services (CMHS) in Falls Church, Virginia. The original project period 
was from September 30, 2006 through September 29, 2009. CMHS served as 
fiscal sponsor and legal entity of the approved project. As of March 
31, 2008, CMHS ceased operations. CMHS has requested permission for 
Northern Virginia Family Service to assume the grant. Northern Virginia 
has agreed to this request. The effect of this deviation request is to 
transfer the grant from the initial grantee to a new grantee with the 
scope and operations of the grant remaining unchanged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Munia, Director, Division of 
Community Resettlement, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone: 202-401-4559. E-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: September 9, 2008.
Pamela Green-Smith,
Director, Division of Refugee Assistance, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement.
[FR Doc. E8-21614 Filed 9-16-08; 8:45 am]
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