[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58403-58404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23245]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Refugee Resettlement

[CFDA Number 93.676]


Announcing the Award of 24 Single-Source Program Expansion 
Supplement Grants Under the Unaccompanied Alien Children's Shelter Care 
Program

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announces the award of 
24 single-source program expansion supplement grants under its 
Unaccompanied Alien Children's (UAC) Program where grantees provide a 
range of custodial/residential shelter care and services for recently 
arrived unaccompanied alien children.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announces the award of 24 single-source 
program expansion supplement grants for a total of $60,835,955. The 
additional funding provided to current grantees under ORR's UAC program 
will support services to unaccompanied alien children through September 
30, 2012.
    The ORR UAC grantees that have received single-source program 
expansion supplements are:

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       Grantee organization               Location         Award amount
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BCFS Health and Human Services....  San Antonio, TX.....     $24,765,693
BCFS Health and Human Services....  San Antonio, TX.....         272,645
A New Leaf........................  Mesa, AZ............         180,000
Bokenkamp.........................  Corpus Christi, TX..         547,826
Catholic Charities Miami            Miami, FL...........         752,203
 (Boystown).
Catholic Charities Galveston/       Houston, TX.........         213,733
 Houston.
Children's Village................  Dobbs Ferry, NY.....       1,712,029
Children's Village................  Dobbs Ferry, NY.....         152,000
David and Margaret................  LaVerne, CA.........         402,000
Florence Crittenton...............  Fullerton, CA.......         348,817
His House.........................  Miami, FL...........         423,535
International Education Services..  Los Fresnos, TX.....       2,260,821
International Education Services..  Los Fresnos, TX.....         638,042
International Education Services..  Los Fresnos, TX.....         192,577
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee    Baltimore, MD.......       1,836,754
 Services (LIRS).
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee    Baltimore, MD.......         268,612
 Services (LIRS).
Shenandoah Valley Children's        Staunton, VA........         135,000
 Center.
Morrison Child and Family Services  Portland, OR........         228,684
Pioneer Human Services............  Tacoma, WA..........         135,257
YouthCare.........................  Seattle, WA.........         322,080
Heartland Alliance................  Chicago, IL.........       6,121,454
Southwest Key Inc.................  Austin, TX..........      18,615,410
US Conference of Catholic Bishops   Washington, DC......         182,855
 (USCCB).
US Committee on Refugees and        Washington, DC......         127,928
 Immigrants (USCRI).
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DATES: October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Tota, Deputy Director, Office 
of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, 370 
L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, Telephone (202) 401-4858.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The expansion supplement grants will support 
the expansion of bed capacity to meet the number of unaccompanied alien 
children referrals from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The 
funding program is mandated by Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act 
to ensure appropriate placement of all referrals from the DHS. The 
program is tied to DHS apprehension strategies and a sporadic number of 
border crossers.

    Statutory Authority: Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002, Pub. L. 6 U.S.C. 279(b) (A)-(J) and Section 235 (a)(5)(C) of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110-457, (8 U.S.C. 1232), gives 
the ORR statutory authority to ensure the appropriate placement of 
all DHS UAC referrals within specified timeframes and

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provides a range of custodial/residential shelter care and services.

Eskinder Negash,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
[FR Doc. 2012-23245 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am]
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