[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62158-62159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24554]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.508]


Announcing the Award of Four Single-Source Expansion Supplement 
Grants Under the Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting (MIECHV) Program for the Tribal Early Learning Initiative

AGENCY: Office of Child Care, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of the award of four single-source program expansion 
supplement grants to Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home 
Visiting (MIECHV) grantee participants in the Tribal Early Learning 
Initiative.

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SUMMARY: This announces the award of single-source program expansion 
supplement grants to the following Tribal Maternal, Infant, and Early 
Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) grantees to support their ongoing 
participation in the Tribal Early Learning Initiative, by the Office of 
Child Care, in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF): 
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in Durant, OK, Pueblo of San Felipe in San 
Felipe Pueblo, NM, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Pablo, 
MT, and White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians in White Earth, MN.
    The program expansion supplement awards will support expanded 
efforts by the grantees to identify and analyze systems to improve 
their effectiveness and efficiency as models for use across early 
childhood programs; to share their action plans to improve outcomes; to 
continue the implementation of, and expand the development of, concrete 
community plans; and to develop peer learning relationships.

DATES: The period of support is September 30, 2014-September 29, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shannon Rudisill, Director, Office of 
Child Care, 901 D Street SW., Washington, DC 20447. Telephone:

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(202) 401-6984; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: One of the stated goals of the Tribal MIECHV 
program is to support and strengthen cooperation and coordination, and 
promote linkages among various programs that serve pregnant women, 
expectant fathers, young children, and families, resulting in the 
establishment of coordinated and comprehensive early childhood systems 
in grantee communities. The Tribal MIECHV program expansion supplements 
for the Tribal Early Learning Initiative will allow for more integrated 
and efficient activities among the four grantees who currently receive 
grants from the 3 early learning programs administered by ACF (American 
Indian/Alaska Native Head Start/Early Head Start, Tribal Child Care and 
Development Fund, and Tribal MIECHV).
    The continued activities of the four grantees are expected to 
result in models for tribal early learning systems that can be 
replicated in other tribal communities. In addition, the supplements 
will expand the reach and impact of technical assistance efforts by 
supporting and strengthening existing coordination and collaboration 
activities and expanding the scope of additional such activities in 
tribal communities.
    A supplemental award of $45,000 is made to White Earth Band of 
Chippewa Indians in White Earth, MN, to support the building of an 
early childhood system and their focused efforts in implementing a 
cross-tribe care coordination data system, known as WE-CARE (White 
Earth Coordinated Assessment, Resources, and Education).
    A supplemental award of $35,000 is made to Choctaw Nation of 
Oklahoma in Durant, OK, to support the building of connections across 
tribal early childhood programs, including the development of a tribal 
resource directory for families, and the very large service area they 
are attempting to reach.
    Supplemental awards of $25,000 each are made to the Confederated 
Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Pablo, MT, and to Pueblo of San Felipe in 
San Felipe, NM, to support their continuing efforts to build early 
childhood systems. These efforts have included joint professional 
development activities, community events to highlight the importance of 
early childhood and the available programming, and strong relationship-
building across Head Start, child care, and home visiting programs.

    Statutory Authority: Awards are supported by section 
511(h)(2)(A) of Title V of the Social Security Act, as added by 
Section 2951 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. 
L. 111-148, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Melody Wayland,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration, Office of 
Financial Services, Division of Grants Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014-24554 Filed 10-15-14; 8:45 am]
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