[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 50226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20278]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Announcement of a Single Source Grant Award to the Tribal Law and 
Policy Institute

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and 
Families, HHS.

ACTION: Notice to award a single source program expansion supplement 
grant to the Tribal Law and Policy Institute, located in West 
Hollywood, CA, to support activities of the National Resource Center 
for Tribes under the Tribal Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home 
Visiting Program.

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CFDA Number: 93.508.

    Statutory Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, Section 511 
(42 U.S.C. 701), as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act of 2010 (ACA), Pub. L. 111-148.
SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Children's 
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a single source program expansion 
supplement grant to the Tribal Law and Policy Institute, West 
Hollywood, CA, for the National Resource Center (NRC) for Tribes. The 
program expansion supplement funds will be used to provide technical 
assistance and support for the planning, development and implementation 
of the Tribal Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting 
program.
    The NRC for Tribes will provide technical assistance to ACF Tribal 
Home Visiting grantees to enhance their capacity to plan for and 
implement high-quality, evidence-based, and evidence-informed programs. 
Implementation of the NRC4Tribes work will include engaging, assessing, 
informing and supporting culturally-appropriate Tribal home visiting 
services that are part of coordinated early childhood systems in the 
American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) communities and that support 
quality and effectiveness of services for AIAN children, youth, and 
families, which leads to increased safety, permanency, and well-being 
for children.
    The Tribal Law and Policy Institute NRC for Tribes and its partner 
agencies are uniquely qualified to provide training and technical 
assistance to Tribes based upon their experience, expertise, and 
commitment to increasing cultural competency and sensitivity to the 
Tribal point of view in training and technical assistance. The NRC for 
Tribes expertise in Tribal culture, child maltreatment prevention, 
collaboration, evaluation, and implementation of evidence-based 
programs and practices makes them an appropriate recipient of 
supplemental funds to carry out this project.
    Amount of Award: $150,000.
    Project Period: May 15, 2011 to September 30, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roshanda Shoulders, Children's Bureau, 
1250 Maryland Ave., SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 
(202) 401-5323. E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: August 2, 2011.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2011-20278 Filed 8-11-11; 8:45 am]
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