[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37227-37228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14741]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.297]


Announcement of the Award of Single-Source Expansion Supplement 
Grants to Eight Personal Responsibility Education Program Innovative 
Strategies (PREIS) Grantees

AGENCY: Family and Youth Services Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of the award of single-source expansion supplement 
grants to eight Personal Responsibility Education Program Innovative 
Strategies (PREIS) grantees to support the expansion of program 
services necessary to meet the requirements for reporting performance 
measures, conducting evaluation-related activities, and strengthening 
program outcomes for youth participants.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth 
Services Bureau (FYSB), Division of Adolescent Development and Support 
(DADS) announces the award of single-source expansion supplement grants 
to eight PREIS grantees for the purpose of expanding program 
participation and/or sites to support the increase of data necessary to 
determine the level of program effectiveness. In FY 2010, FYSB awarded 
13 cooperative agreement grants under Funding Opportunity Announcement 
(FOA) number: OPHS/OAH/TPP PREP Tier 2-2010. Under this FOA, a total of 
$9.7 million was made available on a competitive basis to implement and 
test innovative strategies.
    Single-source program expansion supplement awards are made to the 
following PREIS grantees:

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                                                            Supplement
     Grantee organization            City         State    award amount
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Children's Hospital Los        Los Angeles....  CA            $52,538.00
 Angeles.
Cicatelli Associates Inc.....  New York.......  NY            130,506.00
Demoiselle 2 Femme...........  Chicago........  IL             34,981.00
Education Development Center,  Newton.........  MA             51,181.00
 Inc.
Lighthouse Outreach..........  Hampton........  VA             50,000.00
OhioHealth...................  Columbus.......  OH              9,660.00
Oklahoma Institute for Child   Oklahoma City..  OK            108,009.00
 Advocacy.
The Village for Families &     Hartford.......  CT             60,000.00
 Children, Inc.
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DATES: The period of support under these supplements is September 30, 
2012, through September 29, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Clark, Program Director, 
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, Division of Adolescent 
Development and Support, Family and Youth Services Bureau, 1250 
Maryland Avenue SW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-
205-8496; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The award of eight single source expansion 
supplement grants to PREIS grantees is required because of the 
necessary expansion of the original scope of approved activities. In 
reviewing grantees' aggressive program and evaluation plans, combined 
with recruitment efforts to date, FYSB has determined that that these 
eight grantees would be required to increase the number of program 
participants and/or increase data collection efforts. Increased funding 
will help the grantees' programs increase recruitment and retention 
strategies for program participants that will allow grantees to obtain 
the minimal statistical power required to report significant outcome 
data. Outcome data will determine the effectiveness of the implemented 
pregnancy prevention models used in the program. Thus, the increased 
number of program participants supports the evaluation requirements 
outlined in the FOA and the Affordable Care Act.
    Additionally, grantees are required to report on performance 
measures that were specifically defined by FYSB. The data collection 
will require additional grantee staff time and other resources to 
compile and report on performance indicators. Performance indicators 
are based upon the performance measures established by the Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS) to include: (a) The number of youth 
served and hours of service delivery; (b) fidelity to the program model 
or adaptation of the program model for the target population; (c) 
community partnerships and competence in working with the target 
population; and (d) reported gains in knowledge and intentions, and 
changes in self-reported behaviors of participants.
    Award amounts for the eight single source expansion supplement 
grants total $496,875 and will support activities from September 30, 
2012, through September 29, 2013.

    Statutory Authority:  Section 2953 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act of 2010, Public. Law 111-148, added Section 513 
to Title V of the Social Security Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 713, 
authorizing the Personal Responsibility Education Program.

Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2013-14741 Filed 6-19-13; 8:45 am]
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