[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68684-68685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27226]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.592]


Announcing the Award of a Single-Source Program Expansion 
Supplement Grant to Casa de Esperanza in St. Paul, MN

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

ACTION: The Family and Youth Services Bureau announces the award of a 
single-source program expansion supplement grant under the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) Technical Assistance 
Project to Casa de Esperanza to support training and technical 
assistance activities.

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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 Family Violence and Prevention 
Services (DFVPS) announces the award of $125,000 as a single-source 
program expansion supplement to Casa de Esperanza in St. Paul, 
Minnesota. The grantee, funded under the FVPSA

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program, is a technical assistance provider that assists FVPSA service 
providers to build the capacity of domestic violence programs to serve 
Latina victims of domestic violence.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawndell Dawson, Senior Program 
Specialist, Family Violence Prevention and Services Program, 1250 
Maryland Avenue SW., Suite 8219, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-
205-1476; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplemental award funds will support the 
grantee in providing training and technical assistance to domestic 
violence service providers.
    This award will expand the scope of Casa de Esperanza's technical 
assistance for domestic violence programs to include additional 
activities around the issue of trafficking, such as:
     Survivor Centered Trauma-Informed Trafficking Services 
webinar series and resources;
     Grantee listening sessions regarding needs, challenges and 
barriers related to offering trafficking services;
     Documentation of current promising practices for serving 
survivors of trafficking within domestic violence programs (i.e. 
program profiles, a case study, online page); and
     Partnership considerations and recommendations for 
domestic violence programs.
    In addition, the grantee will enhance training and technical 
assistance around the issue of language access planning for domestic 
violence programs, such as:
     State Coalitions Language Access Planning Training of 
Trainers with twenty states;
     Providing resources for the FVPSA state administrators;
     Targeted technical assistance to the twenty states that 
complete the training of trainers;
     Language Access Planning for Domestic Violence Services 
webinar series in partnership with Asian and Pacific Islander Institute 
on Domestic Violence (4 webinars);
     Documentation of the twenty states implementing enhanced 
language access planning (i.e., program profiles, a case study, short 
report).
    Statutory Authority: Section 310 of the Family Violence Prevention 
and Services Act, as amended by Section 201 of the CAPTA 
Reauthorization Act of 2010, Public Law 111-320.

Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014-27226 Filed 11-17-14; 8:45 am]
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