[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 207 (Thursday, October 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65197-65198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26303]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number 93.556]


Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Program Expansion 
Supplement Grant to the Research Foundation of CUNY on Behalf of Hunter 
College School of Social Work, New York, NY

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

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ACTION: Announcement of the award of a single-source program expansion 
supplement grant to the Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf of Hunter 
College School of Social Work in New York, NY, to provide targeted 
technical assistance to Family Connections grantees.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children's 
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a single-source program expansion 
supplement in the amount of $420,000 to the Research Foundation of CUNY 
on behalf of Hunter College School of Social Work, New York, NY, to 
provide targeted technical assistance to address continuing challenges 
in the field as child welfare programs work to implement the 
requirements of new legislation. The Research Foundation of CUNY on 
behalf of Hunter College is the recipient of a cooperative agreement to 
act as the administrator for the National Resource Center for 
Permanency and Family Connections (NRCPFC).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The supplemental funding will afford the 
National Resource Center on Permanency and Family Connections the 
opportunity 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). In addition, the Fostering Connections 
to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351) 
provides for a discretionary matching grant program to implement 
projects in the areas of Kinship Navigator, Family Finding, Family 
Group Decision Making and Residential Family Treatment. The law also 
added a requirement at section 471(a)(29) that directs State foster 
care and adoption agencies (title IV-E agencies) to exercise due 
diligence to identify and notify all adult relatives of a child, within 
30 days of the child's removal, of the relative's options to become a 
placement resource for the child. In total, the supplemental funding 
will allow the NRCPFC to do the following:
    1. Provide focused technical assistance to Family Connections 
grantees.
    2. Engage States that did not receive discretionary grants in on-
site consultation regarding effectively involving relatives in child 
welfare practice.
    3. Proactively transfer the knowledge developed under the 
discretionary grant program to States to assist in meeting new plan 
requirements.
    The NRCPFC will increase technical assistance efforts to enhance 
the achievement of permanency by assisting agencies to better locate, 
notify and involve families and relatives in the engagement and 
planning process while maintaining awareness of confidentiality issues.

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

    Statutory Authority:  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. 2012-26303 Filed 10-24-12; 8:45 am]
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