[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 64809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26079]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA NUMBER: 93.670]


Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Replacement Grant to 
the University of Colorado Denver, Kempe Center for the Prevention and 
Treatment of Child Abuse & Neglect

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of the award of a single-source replacement grant 
to the University of Colorado Denver, Kempe Center for the Prevention 
and Treatment of Child Abuse & Neglect.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families, Administration 
on Children, Youth and Families, Children's Bureau (CB) awarded the 
National Quality Improvement Center on Differential Response (QIC-DR) 
cooperative agreement to the American Humane Association on September 
30, 2008. On April 13, 2012, the American Humane Association submitted 
a letter relinquishing its grant effective June 30, 2012. The 
University of Colorado, Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment 
of Child Abuse & Neglect (Kempe Center), Denver, CO, an eligible 
organization, submitted its letter along with its grant application 
requesting approval as the replacement grantee for the QIC-DR grant. CB 
has received and reviewed the application from the Kempe Center. For 
the remainder of the project period listed below, this organization has 
been awarded funds in the amount of $3,028,694 as the permanent 
replacement grantee.

DATES: This project period is from July 1, 2012, through September 29, 
2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dori Sneddon, Child Welfare Program 
Specialist, Office on Child Abuse and Neglect, Children's Bureau, 1250 
Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-8024; 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Quality Improvement Center on 
Differential Response in Child Protective Services (QIC-DR) is a five-
year project to generate and disseminate new knowledge about 
differential response practices and strategies in child protective 
service systems. QIC-DR has three primary goals: (1) Design and conduct 
evaluation, to rigorously study implementation, outcomes and cost 
impact of differential response in research and demonstration sites; 
(2) Learn if differential response is an effective approach in CPS; and 
(3) Build cutting-edge, innovative and replicable knowledge about 
differential response, including guidance on best practices in 
differential response.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 105 of the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 5106).

Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2012-26079 Filed 10-22-12; 8:45 am]
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