[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62840-62841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25711]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement to the University 
of Oklahoma, National Resource Center for Youth Services

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    CFDA Number: 93.674.
    Legislative Authority: Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, 
Sec.  435(d), Title IV-B, subpart 2, of the Social Security Act [42 
U.S.C. 629e].
    Amount of Award: $103,685.
    Project Period: September 30, 2010 to September 29, 2011.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children's 
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a single-source expansion supplement 
to the University of Oklahoma, National Resource Center for Youth 
Services, Tulsa, OK, to support expanded technical assistance to 
address emerging technical assistance needs for States and Tribes as 
they seek to implement legislation and changing programs dedicated to 
former foster youth. The grantee is the recipient of a cooperative 
agreement to administer the National Resource Center for Youth 
Development (NRCYD). The grantee has been providing technical 
assistance services through a cooperative agreement since September 30, 
2009, pursuant to the legislative authority of the Promoting Safe and 
Stable Families Program, Section 435(d), Title IV-B, subpart 2, of the 
Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 629e].
    In February 2008, the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) 
final regulation was promulgated. NYTD requires States to begin 
collecting information from youth in foster care and young adults 
formerly in foster care every six months, beginning October 1, 2010. 
State representatives continue to identify implementation of NYTD as a 
significant challenge, particularly since it will require State 
agencies to remain in contact with youth who may no longer be receiving 
services from the agency. The implementation of NYTD over the next four 
years will require the NRCYD to continue to provide additional 
technical assistance to States to implement this regulation 
effectively.
    Additionally, many States see the implementation of NYTD as a 
method to engage youth and to strengthen youth involvement in services 
at the State and local level. This type of youth engagement work 
involves long-term systemic technical assistance. The expansion grant 
will allow the NRCYD to support these State initiatives over the long 
term.
    Another significant development affecting the provision of services 
to youth and young adults was the passage of the Fostering Connections 
to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, Public Law 110-351, 
signed into law October 7, 2008. Among other provisions, the law added 
a provision requiring States to develop a transition plan for all youth 
emancipating from foster care. The law also provides States and Tribes 
an option to receive Federal reimbursement under title IV-E of the 
Social Security Act to extend foster care to older youth until age 21. 
In addition, the law for the first time provides an opportunity for 
certain Indian Tribes to receive direct funding for independent living 
services and education and training vouchers under the Chafee Foster 
Care Independence Program. The supplement will allow the NRCYD to 
provide more intensive technical assistance and on-site consultation to 
States and Tribes to continue to assist them in implementing these 
provisions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Shafer, Children's Bureau, 1250 
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-8172; E-
mail: [email protected].

    Dated: October 4, 2010.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2010-25711 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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