[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42505-42506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18152]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
Announcement of Intent To Issue one OPDIV-Initiated Supplement to
BCFS Health and Human Services Under the Standing Announcement for
Residential (Shelter) Services for Unaccompanied Children, HHS-2017-
ACF-ORR-ZU-1132
AGENCY: Unaccompanied Alien Children's (UAC) Program, Office of Refugee
Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of intent to issue one OPDIV-Initiated Supplement to
BCFS Health and Human Services, San Antonio, TX under the UAC Program.
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SUMMARY: ACF, ORR, announces the intent to issue one OPDIV-Initiated
Supplement to BCFS Health and Human Services, San Antonio, TX in the
amount of $28,003,926. 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 Alien Children referred to its care by the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS). To ensure sufficient capacity to provide
shelter to unaccompanied children referred to HHS, BCFS proposed to
provide ORR with 850 beds in an expedited manner.
DATES: Supplemental award funds will support activities through
September 13, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jallyn Sualog, Director, Division of
Children's Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 C Street SW,
Washington, DC 20447. Phone: 202-401-4997. 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
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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 U.S. 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.
Elizabeth Leo,
Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-18152 Filed 8-21-18; 8:45 am]
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