[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 164 (Thursday, August 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 42659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18230]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.676]


Announcement of Intent To Solicit and Issue One OPDIV-Initiated 
Supplement to Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Inc. Under the 
Standing Announcement for Residential (Shelter) Services for 
Unaccompanied Children, HHS-2017-ACF-ORR-ZU-1132

AGENCY: Unaccompanied Alien Children (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 solicitation and intent to issue of one OPDIV-
Initiated Supplement to Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Inc., 
Baltimore, MD under the UAC Program.

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SUMMARY: ACF, ORR announces the solicitation and intent to issue one 
OPDIV-Initiated Supplement to Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, 
Inc., Baltimore, MD in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000.
    ORR has been identifying additional capacity for fingerprinting 
services for an expected increase in the number of sponsors (parents, 
guardians, or family friends to whom the UAC will be released) who will 
need to be fingerprinted. Planning for increased fingerprinting 
capacity is a prudent step to ensure that ORR is able to meet its 
responsibility, by law, to ensure that the sponsor has not engaged in 
any activity that would indicate a potential risk to the UAC.

DATES: Supplemental award funds will support activities for up to eight 
months after award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jallyn Sualog, Director, Division of 
Unaccompanied Children Operations, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 
C Street SW, Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: 202-401-4997; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ORR is continuously monitoring its capacity 
to provide fingerprinting services to the sponsors of UAC 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 fingerprinting services to the sponsors of 
UAC referred to its care by DHS.
    ORR plans to solicit an application from Lutheran Immigration and 
Refugee Service, Inc., Baltimore, MD to meet the fingerprinting needs. 
If the application received a favorable objective review, ORR intends 
to issue a supplement in the amount up to $1,000,000.
    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. 2018-18230 Filed 8-22-18; 8:45 am]
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