[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 207 (Thursday, October 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65196-65197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26305]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number 93.652]


Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Program Expansion 
Supplement Grant to the Regents of the Board of the University of 
Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI

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 Regents of the Board of the University of 
Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, to support the National Quality Improvement 
Center on the Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System in 
providing additional training, technical assistance and support to 
multiple research and demonstration sites.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Children's 
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a single-source year program 
expansion supplement in the amount of $250,000 to the Regents of the 
Board of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, to provide more 
intensive technical assistance and conduct a rigorous evaluation of 
research and demonstration sites.

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: The Regents of the University of Michigan 
administers the National Quality Improvement Center on the 
Representation of Children in the Child Welfare System (QIC-ChildRep) 
under a cooperative agreement. The purpose of the QIC-ChildRep is to 
improve the

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quality of legal representation for children and youth in child welfare 
cases so the States and Tribes achieve the best safety, permanency and 
well-being outcomes for children and youth. This systems improvement 
model supports three research and demonstration sites, each involving a 
rigorous evaluation. Given the complexity of the models being 
implemented, considerable training, technical assistance, monitoring 
and support are necessary for each site to design and implement 
evaluation plans. Program expansion supplement funds will allow for an 
increased level of effort in conducting the evaluations in order to 
meet the requirements of the cooperative agreement. Additional 
training, technical assistance, and support to each research and 
demonstration site, coupled with more intensive monitoring of site 
specific evaluation efforts, will enhance the depth and rigor of all 
evaluation results.
    The supplemental funding will also afford QIC-ChildRep 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).

    Statutory Authority:  Section 203 (42 U.S.C. 5113) of the Child 
Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act (CAPTA) of 
1978, (Pub. L. 95-266), as amended.

Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2012-26305 Filed 10-24-12; 8:45 am]
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