[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 78 (Friday, April 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 18727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9429]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement


Notice of Grants Awards

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and 
Families.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given that awards will be made to nine 
unaccompanied alien children (UAC) care providers in the amount of 
$9,714,681: Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Miami, FL: $1,460,667; 
Heartland Alliance, Chicago, IL: $935,645; Southwest Key Phoenix, AZ: 
$762,970; Southwest Key El Paso, TX: 229,590; Florence Crittenton, 
Fullerton, CA: $2,215,000; LSS of the South, Corpus Christi, TX: 
$439,955; Baptist Children and Families, San Antonio, TX: $2,970,854; 
Lutheran Immigrant and Refugee Services, Baltimore, MD: $350,000; and 
US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Baltimore, MD: $350,000.

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    CFDA#: 93.676.
    Legislative Authority: Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, 6 U.S.C. 279, and Section 235 of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, 8 U.S.C. 
1232.
    Project Period: 5/1/2009-9/30/2009.

SUMMARY: This funding will support the expansion of shelter/foster care 
program bed capacity to meet the additional number of unaccompanied 
alien children (UAC) referrals from the Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS) and other Federal agencies resulting from the recent passage of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act (TVPRA) of 2008. Many provisions in the TVPRA will dramatically 
affect the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) UAC program's capacity 
to provide placement, custodial and residential shelter care services. 
ORR expects an additional 6,800 referrals annually from DHS.
    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, (202) 401-4858.

    Dated: April 13, 2009.
David H. Siegel,
Acting Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. E9-9429 Filed 4-23-09; 8:45 am]
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