[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29322-29323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12418]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.652]


Announcing the Award of a Single-Source Cooperative Agreement to 
the American Public Human Services Association for the Association of 
Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children 
(AAICPC) in Washington, DC

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and 
Families, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source cooperative agreement to 
the American Public Human Services Association on behalf of its' 
affiliate, the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact 
On the Placement of Children to scale the successful pilot National 
Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise (NEICE) system to a national 
level.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Children's 
Bureau (CB) announces the award of a single-source cooperative 
agreement in the amount of $1,200,000 for each of 3 years to the 
American Public Human Services Association for its affiliate the 
Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the 
Placement of Children (AAICPC), Washington, DC, for the national 
expansion of the NEICE to improve the administrative efficiency in the 
interstate process of the ICPC nationally. The ICPC establishes uniform 
legal and administrative procedures governing the interstate placement 
of children for the purposes of foster care, adoption and residential 
placement in all 52 member jurisdictions of the ICPC.
    Award funds will support the development of the NEICE beyond the 
original six pilot sites to include all 50 states, the District of 
Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The NEICE system was previously 
developed as a pilot project through the Partnership Fund for Program 
Integrity Innovation with funding directed through The Administration 
for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and 
Families (ACYF). Implementation of a national inter-jurisdictional 
Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) electronic 
system is intended to improve the administrative efficiency in the 
interstate process via the ICPC.
    The AAICPC as an affiliate of the APHSA is uniquely positioned to 
scale up this project due to their governance of the placement of 
children across state lines for purposes of foster care, adoption and 
residential placements.

DATES: The first year of this 3 year project will begin June 1, 2015 
and end May 31, 2016. Pending the availability of grant funds, the same 
level will be made available for 2 subsequent years to complete the 
expansion of the NEICE.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June Dorn, National Adoption 
Specialist, Division of Capacity Building, 1250 Maryland Avenue SW., 
Suite 8150, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-9540; Email: 
[email protected]


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    Statutory Authority: The statutory authority is title II, 
section 203(b) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and 
Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5113(b)(3)), as most recently 
amended by CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010.

Mark Greenberg,
Acting Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2015-12418 Filed 5-20-15; 8:45 am]
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