[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 207 (Thursday, October 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 65196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26244]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.658]


Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Program Expansion 
Supplement Grant to the Tribal Law and Policy Institute in West 
Hollywood, CA

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and 
Families, Administration for Children and Families, Health and Human 
Services.

ACTION: Announcement of the award of a single-source program expansion 
supplement grant to the Tribal Law and Policy Institute in West 
Hollywood, CA, to support technical assistance to Tribes in the 
development of oversight plans for prescription medicines for children 
in Tribal foster care systems.

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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 in the amount of $100,000 to the Tribal Law and Policy 
Institute, West Hollywood, CA, to provide new or modified technical 
assistance to assist States and Tribes in implementing the 
Administration on Children, Youth and Families' well-being framework in 
the context of the new requirements of the Child and Family Services 
Improvement and Innovation Act (Pub. L. 112-34) and explore the need 
for technical assistance to Tribes in the development of oversight 
plans for prescription medicines for children in Tribal foster care 
systems.
    The Tribal Law and Policy Institute administers the National 
Resource Center for Tribes (NRC4Tribes) under a cooperative agreement 
where technical assistance is provided to Tribes to assist in building 
organizational capacity so that Tribes may operate their own foster 
care programs under title IV-E of the Social Security Act. Under the 
agreement, Tribal Law and Policy Institute identifies promising 
practices in Tribal child welfare systems, identifies and effectively 
implements community, and culturally-based strategies and resources 
that strengthen Tribal child and family services.

DATES: September 30, 2012 through September 29, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Morgan, Children's Bureau, 1250 
Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-8807; 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tribes receiving funding under title IV-B, 
subpart 1, are required to address in the Annual Progress and Services 
Report (APSR) how the Health Care Oversight and Coordination plan 
requirements are being met for Tribal children in foster care. The 
NRC4Tribes will address this need through the following:
    1. The NRC4Tribes will convene a technical assistance key informant 
workgroup on the topic of Title IV-B Plan Prescription Medication 
Oversight for American Indian/Alaska Native children in tribal foster 
care systems. Tribal input will also be elicited to determine what type 
of technical assistance can support tribes in the development of 
prescription medication oversight plans.
    2. Based upon the information gathered during these meetings and 
telephone calls the NRC4Tribes, with input from the technical 
assistance key informant workgroup, will develop easy to understand 
step-by-step recommendations for tribes to follow in development of 
their plan for oversight and coordination of health care services for 
children in foster care.
    Additional training and technical assistance will be provided 
through peer-to-peer training and technical assistance, webinars, 
training teleconferences, and resource materials located on the 
NRC4Tribes Web site.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 476(c)(2)(iii) of the Social 
Security Act, as amended by the Fostering Connections to Success and 
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351).

Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2012-26244 Filed 10-24-12; 8:45 am]
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