[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 15 (Monday, January 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 4032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01340]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Announcement of the Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement 
Grant to PathWays PA in Philadelphia, PA

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

ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source expansion supplement 
grant Transitional Living Program (TLP) to PathWays PA in Philadelphia, 
PA, to serve additional runaway and homeless youth.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), 
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth 
Services Bureau's (FYSB), Runaway and Homeless Youth Program, announces 
the award of $200,000 as a single-source expansion supplement grant to 
PathWays PA to support activities and services for homeless youth under 
the TLP grant in Philadelphia, PA.

DATES: The period of support is September 30, 2015, through September 
29, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Resa F. Matthew, Director, Division of 
Adolescent Development and Support, Family and Youth Services Bureau, 
330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201; telephone: (202) 401-5124; 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PathWays PA will serve homeless parenting 
and non-parenting young women age 16-21. Over the next 12 months, they 
will serve 10 residential homeless young women in the city of 
Philadelphia, PA.
    The goal of PathWays PA's TLP program is to support homeless youth 
with positive adult supervision while supporting them in building the 
assets, strengths, and resources necessary for successful independence. 
Youth will be housed in five one-bedroom apartments. While in the 
program, the youth will build life skills and carry out developmental 
tasks to gain the capacity for independent living and address their 
assessed/identified needs. They will build assets and strengthen 
protective factors that reduce the impact of prior trauma (e.g., 
domestic violence) and reduce the harm of high-risk behaviors through 
gaining skills in money management, budgeting, consumer education, and 
use of credit; building life skills and interpersonal skills (and 
parenting, as appropriate); acquiring their high school diploma or 
equivalent (e.g., GED); strengthening job attainment skills, and 
improving their mental and physical health.
    PathWays PA TLP staff will work with each youth in the context of 
their experience (e.g., domestic violence) to minimize the impact of 
trauma and to develop coping skills through a Personalized Empowerment 
Plan (PEP). The PEP will identify their pathway for transitioning from 
supervised participation in the program to independent living or 
another appropriate living arrangement. As part of this plan, staff 
will facilitate connections with agencies, organizations, and resources 
in Philadelphia that will assist in the youth's transition to 
independence and create a strong plan for aftercare support.
    Statutory Authority: Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 42 U.S.C. 
5701-5752, as most recently amended by the Reconnecting Homeless Youth 
Act, of 2008, Pub. L. 110-378 on October 8, 2008. Under Sec. 321 
Authority for Program, the Secretary is authorized to make grants and 
to provide technical assistance to public and nonprofit private 
entities to establish and operate transitional living youth projects 
for homeless youth (42 U.S.C. 5714-1).
    CFDA Number: 93.550.

Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-01340 Filed 1-22-16; 8:45 am]
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