[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 55 (Thursday, March 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 14903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05746]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.676]


Announcement of the Award of One Single-Source Expansion 
Supplement Grant Within the Office of Refugee Resettlement's 
Unaccompanied Children's Program

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of Award of one single-source expansion supplement grant 
under the Unaccompanied Children's (UC) Program.

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SUMMARY: ACF, ORR, announces the award of one single-source expansion 
supplement grant for a total of $1,768,571 under the UC Program.

DATES: Expansion supplement grants will support activities from 
February 1, 2017, through March 31, 2017.

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: The following supplement grant will support 
the immediate need for additional capacity of shelter services to 
accommodate the increasing number of UC referred by the Department of 
Homeland Security (DHS) into ORR care. The increase in the UC 
population necessitates the need for expansion of services to expedite 
the release of UC. In order to be prepared for an increase in referrals 
for shelter services, ORR will solicit proposals from one grantee to 
accommodate the extensive amount of referrals from DHS.

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                                                                             Proposed        Proposed
                                                                             period of       period of                       Number of
                         Grantee                             Grant No.     support start    support end   Number of days   shelter beds    Award amount
                                                                               date            date
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International Educational Services, Inc.................        90ZU0119        2/1/2017       3/31/2017              59             100      $1,768,571
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    Total...............................................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............       1,768,571
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    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 shelter services program through this 
supplemental award is a key strategy for ORR to be prepared to meet its 
responsibility of safe and timely release of UC referred to its care by 
DHS and so that the U.S. Border Patrol can continue its vital national 
security mission to prevent illegal migration and 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 
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.

Elizabeth Leo,
Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration, Administration for Children and Families.
[FR Doc. 2017-05746 Filed 3-22-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-45-P