[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44934-44935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18960]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children And Families


Announcement of Five Single Source Grant Awards

AGENCY: Office of Child Care, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Award of five single source grants under the Tribal Home 
Visiting Program to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Cherokee, NC; 
Native American Health Center, Inc., Oakland, CA; Riverside-San 
Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc., Banning, CA; Taos Pueblo, Taos, 
NM; and United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, Seattle, WA.

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    CFDA Number: 93.508.

    Statutory Authority: Section 511(h)(2)(A) of Title V of the Social 
Security Act, as added by Section 2951 of the Affordable Care Act of 
2010 (Pub. L. 111-148, ACA), authorizes the Secretary of HHS to award 
grants to

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Indian Tribes (or a consortium of Indian Tribes), Tribal Organizations, 
or Urban Indian Organizations to conduct an early childhood home 
visiting program. Specifically, the legislation provides for a 3 
percent set-aside of the total Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood 
Home Visiting Program appropriation (authorized in Section 511(j)) for 
discretionary competitive grants to Tribal entities.
    Summary: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office 
of Child Care (OCC) announces the award of five Fiscal Year 2011 Tribal 
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting single source 
grants to the following:
    Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: $205,000. Cherokee, NC.
    Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians will provide home visiting 
services to children under the age of 5 and their families on the 
Qualla Boundary.
    Native American Health Center, Inc.: $227,000. Oakland, CA.
    Native American Health Center, Inc. is an urban Tribal organization 
that will provide home visiting services to the American Indian and 
Alaska Native (AIAN) population in a five-county region in Northern 
California, which includes Oakland and San Francisco.
    Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc.: $348,000. 
Banning, CA.
    Riverside-San Bernardino County Indian Health, Inc. is a tribally 
controlled health care organization that will provide home visiting 
services to approximately 2,000 families on 10 tribal reservations in 
Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
    Taos Pueblo: $340,000. Taos, NM.
    At the Taos Pueblo, there are currently no services for infants 
under the age of 18 months and their parents. The award will allow the 
Taos Pueblo to provide home visiting services for up to 300 families in 
order to complete the continuum of services for children, aged birth to 
age 5, and their families.
    United Indians of All Tribes Foundation: $182,000. Seattle, WA.
    This is an urban Indian organization that will provide home 
visiting services to the AIAN population in King County, WA, which 
represents more than 100 different Tribal entities.
    The Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
single source awards will support the grantees in conducting community 
needs assessments; planning for and implementation of high-quality, 
culturally relevant, evidence-based home visiting programs in at-risk 
Tribal communities for pregnant women and families with young children 
aged birth to kindergarten entry; and participate in research and 
evaluation activities to build the knowledge base on home visiting 
among American Indian and Alaska Native populations.
    It is expected that the five grantees will continue with their 
projects for the remainder of a projected five-year project period by 
implementing home visiting activities for which grantees may receive 
noncompetitive continuation awards. Home visiting programs are intended 
to promote outcomes such as improvements in maternal and prenatal 
health, infant health, and child health and development; reduced child 
maltreatment; improved parenting practices related to child development 
outcomes; improved school readiness; improved family socio-economic 
status; improved coordination of referrals to community resources and 
supports; and reduced incidence of injuries, crime, and domestic 
violence.
    Dates: July 1, 2011-June 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Gage, Office of Child Care, 370 
L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20047, Telephone: 202-690-6243, 
e-mail: [email protected].

     Dated: July 21, 2011.
Shannon L. Rudisill,
Director, Office of Child Care.
[FR Doc. 2011-18960 Filed 7-26-11; 8:45 am]
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