[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22090-22091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08544]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.652]


Announcing the Award of a Single-Source Program Expansion 
Supplement to University of Denver (Colorado Seminary), in Denver, CO, 
for the Capacity Building Center for Tribes

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

ACTION: Notice of the award of a single-source program expansion 
supplement to University of Denver (Colorado Seminary)to expand the 
Capacity Building Center for Tribes.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 program expansion 
supplement in the amount of $350,000 to University of Denver (Colorado 
Seminary), Denver, CO, for the expansion of the Capacity Building 
Center for Tribes (CBCT) to provide expanded tailored technical 
assistance to Tribes across the nation and allow for expanded and 
enhanced collaboration with the other centers that form the Child 
Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative.

DATES: The expansion supplement will support project activities from 
September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roshanda Shoulders, Tribal Specialist, 
Children's Bureau, 330 C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: 
202-205-8709; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CB announces the award of a single-source 
program expansion supplement in the amount of $350,000 to University of 
Denver (Colorado Seminary), Denver, CO, for the expansion of the 
Capacity Building Center for Tribes (CBCT) to provide expanded tailored 
technical assistance to Tribes across the nation and allow for expanded 
and enhanced collaboration with the other centers that form the Child 
Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative. The Center will also utilize 
the supplemental funds to increase its collaborative efforts with other 
CB supported capacity building providers to improve child welfare 
systems in achieving measurable, sustainable systemic change that 
results in greater safety, permanency, and well-being for children, 
youth, and families.
    The supplement also will support successful engagement and support 
to Title IV-E and IV-B Tribes in continuous quality improvement 
efforts, the quality of permanency efforts, and assist Tribal agencies 
in designing, implementing and testing innovations to build evidence of 
effective practices, interventions, and models. The CBCT will also 
utilize the supplement to expand and enhance its collaborative work and 
activities with and within the Child Welfare Capacity Building 
Collaborative and the Center for States and Center for Courts, 
specifically, to support joint work toward shared outcomes.
    University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) is uniquely positioned to 
expand this project as a result of their work as the current grantee to 
launch and operate the Capacity Building Center for Tribes. The project 
is currently in its inaugural year.

    Statutory Authority: The statutory authority is the Adoption 
Opportunities Program, section 203 (42 U.S.C. 5113) of the

[[Page 22091]]

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 
1978, (Pub. L. 95-266), as amended by the Keeping Children and 
Families Safe Act of 2003 (Pub. L. 108-36).

Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-08544 Filed 4-13-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-25-P