[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1741-1742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01121]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Single-Source Supplement; Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-
Informed Supportive Services for Holocaust Survivors Program

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for 
the Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Supportive Services for 
Holocaust Survivors Program

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    The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the intent 
to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative 
agreement held by the Jewish Federations of North America for the 
project Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Supportive Services 
for Holocaust Survivors. The purpose of this project is to, (1) advance 
the development and

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expansion of person-centered, trauma-informed (PCTI) supportive 
services for Holocaust survivors living in the U.S. and, (2) improve 
the nation's overall capacity to deliver PCTI health and human services 
for this population and to any older adult with a history of trauma. 
The administrative supplement for FY 2019 will be in the amount of 
$2,467,000, bringing the total award for FY 2019 to $4,935,000.
    The additional funding will not be used to begin new projects, but 
to serve more Holocaust survivors with vital supports such as legal 
assistance, case management, transportation, medication management, 
social engagement activities designed to reduce isolation, loneliness 
and depression, and to provide supports for family caregivers, all of 
which will employ PCTI approaches. The additional funds will also be 
used to further expand existing technical assistance activities, under 
the second objective, in a variety of ways, including replicating and 
translating proven models of PCTI services and supports developed under 
this grant. Additional funds will also further the development of new 
training materials, curricula and partnerships to aid in the 
replication of PCTI practices; enhance and expand the evaluation 
activities currently under way; and enhance existing website capacities 
for improved information dissemination.
    Program Name: Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) 
Supportive Services for Holocaust Survivors.
    Recipient: The Jewish Federations of North America.
    Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the 
fifth (and final) year of the five-year project period of September 30, 
2015 through September 29, 2020.
    Total Award Amount: $4,935,000 in FY 2018.
    Award Type: Cooperative Agreement Supplement.
    Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, as 
amended, Public Law 109-365--Title 4, Section 411.
    Basis for Award: The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) is 
currently funded to carry out the objectives of this project, entitled 
Advancing PCTI Supportive Services for Holocaust Survivors for the 
period of September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2020. Since project 
implementation began in late 2015, the grantee has accomplished a great 
deal. The supplement will enable the grantee to carry their work even 
further, serving more Holocaust survivors and providing even more 
comprehensive training and technical assistance in the development of 
PCTI supportive services. The additional funding will not be used to 
begin new projects or activities.
    The JFNA is uniquely positioned to complete the work called for 
under this project. JFNA and its project partners, including the 
Network of Jewish Human Services Agencies (NJHSA), and the Conference 
on Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), have the 
cultural competence and long history of serving and advocating for 
Holocaust survivors. Additionally, JFNA is already working in 
collaboration with numerous partners representing a broad cross section 
of the Jewish human services network (e.g., Selfhelp Community 
Services, Bet Tzedek, The Blue Card, and the Orthodox Union of America) 
and the ``mainstream aging services network,'' (e.g., Meals on Wheels 
of America (MoWA), the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging 
(n4a), the National Council on Aging (NCOA), Leading Age and other 
members of the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations [LCAO]).
    Establishing an entirely new grant project at this time would be 
potentially disruptive to the current work already well under way. More 
importantly, the Holocaust survivors currently being served by this 
project could be negatively impacted by a service disruption, thus 
posing the risk of re-traumatization and further negative impacts on 
health and wellbeing. If this supplement is not provided, the project 
would be less able to address the significant unmet health and social 
support needs of additional Holocaust survivors. Similarly, the project 
would be unable to expand its current technical assistance and training 
efforts in PCTI concepts and approaches, let alone reach beyond 
traditional providers of services to this population to train more 
``mainstream'' providers of aging services.
    For More Information Contact: For further information or comments 
regarding this program supplement, contact Greg Link, U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, 
Administration on Aging, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services: 
telephone (202)-795-7386; email [email protected].

    Dated: January 29, 2019.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2019-01121 Filed 2-4-19; 8:45 am]
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