[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 39269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14267]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.676]


Announcement of the Award of Two Single-Source Program Expansion 
Supplement Grants Under the Unaccompanied Children's (UC) Program

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of award of two single-source program expansion 
supplement grants under the Unaccompanied Children's (UC) Program.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Refugee Resettlement (ORR), announces the award of two single-source 
program expansion supplement grants for a total of $16,476,723 under 
the Unaccompanied Children's (UC) Program.

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           Organization                   Location            Amount
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BCFS Health and Human Services....  San Antonio, TX.....      $9,525,387
Southwest Key, Inc................  Austin, TX..........       6,951,336
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    ORR has been identifying additional capacity to provide shelter for 
potential increases in apprehensions of Unaccompanied Children at the 
U.S. Southern Border. Planning for increased shelter capacity is a 
prudent step to ensure that ORR is able to meet its responsibility, by 
law, to provide shelter for Unaccompanied Children referred to its care 
by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    The expansion supplement grants will support the need to increase 
shelter capacity to accommodate the increasing numbers of UCs being 
referred by DHS. Both grantees have the infrastructure, licensing, 
experience and appropriate level of trained staff to meet the service 
requirements and the urgent need for expansion of services. The 
grantees provide residential services to UC in the care and custody of 
ORR, as well as services to include counseling, case management, and 
additional support services to the family or to the UC and their 
sponsor when a UC is released from ORR's care and custody.

DATES: Supplemental award funds will support activities from October 1, 
2015, through September 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jallyn Sualog, Director, Division of 
Children's Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 C. Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ORR is continuously monitoring its capacity 
to shelter the unaccompanied children referred to HHS, as well as the 
information received from interagency partners, to inform any future 
decisions or actions.
    ORR has specific requirements for the provision of services. Award 
recipients must have the infrastructure, licensing, experience, and 
appropriate level of trained staff to meet those requirements. The 
expansion of the existing program and its services through this 
supplemental award is a key strategy for ORR to be prepared to meet its 
responsibility to provide shelter for Unaccompanied Children referred 
to its care by DHS and so that the US Border Patrol can continue its 
vital national security mission to prevent illegal migration, 
trafficking, and protect the borders of the United States.

    Statutory Authority:  This program is authorized by--
    (A) Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which in 
March 2003, transferred responsibility for the care and custody of 
Unaccompanied Alien Children from the Commissioner of the former 
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to the Director of ORR 
of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
    (B) The Flores Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85-4544RJK (C.D. 
Cal. 1996), as well as the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-457), which 
authorizes post release services under certain conditions to 
eligible children. All programs must comply with the Flores 
Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996), 
pertinent regulations and ORR policies and procedures.

Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Administration, Office of 
Financial Services, Division of Grants Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-14267 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-01-P