[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 115 (Monday, June 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36216-36217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12834]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of a Supplemental Award to the Zero to Three National 
Center for Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc. Cooperative Agreement for 
the Infant-Toddler Court Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of funding award.

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SUMMARY: HRSA announces the award of supplemental funding of 
approximately $7,000,000 to the Zero to Three National Center for 
Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc. Cooperative Agreement for the 
Infant-Toddler Court Program (ITCP). The supplemental funding will 
allow the current recipient, during the period of September 30, 2020-
September 29, 2021, to continue to improve the health, safety, well-
being and development of infants, toddlers, and families in the child 
welfare system.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynlee Tanner Stapleton, Division of 
Home Visiting and Early Childhood Services, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 18N-146A, Rockville, MD 20857, Phone: 301-443-5764, Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipient of Award: Zero to Three National Center for 
Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award: $7,000,000.
    Period of Supplemental Funding: 09/30/2020-09/29/2021.
    CFDA Number: 93.110.
    Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, Sec.  501(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 
701(a)(2)).
    Justification: Starting in 2014, the Administration for Children 
and Families supported the Quality Improvement Center for Research 
Based Infant-Toddler Court Teams to provide technical assistance and 
implement projects to fully develop and expand research-based child 
welfare infant-toddler court teams. The program was transferred to HRSA 
in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 and awarded to Zero to Three National Center 
for Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc. ($3,000,000 per year for 3 
years) to provide training, technical assistance, implementation 
support, and evaluation research for a network of infant-toddler court 
teams.
    The Explanatory Statement accompanying the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020, indicated that ``The agreement includes no 
less than $10,000,000 for the third year of a cooperative agreement to 
support research-based Infant-Toddler Court Teams to change child 
welfare practices to improve the well-being of infants, toddlers, and 
their families as described in House Report 116-62.'' Furthermore, the 
House Report (H. Rept. 116-62) included the following language from the 
House Committee on Appropriations: ``The Committee includes $10,000,000 
for the third year of a cooperative agreement to support research-based 
Infant Toddler Court Teams to change child welfare practices to improve 
well-being for infants, toddlers, and their families. The Committee 
expects this increase of $7,000,000 above the fiscal year 2019 enacted 
level to: (1) Build upon the

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work of sites established through the Quality Improvement Center for 
Research-based Infant Toddler Court Teams, including by providing 
training and technical assistance in support of such court teams' 
efforts across the country, and (2) support additional outreach sites 
to start a court team.'' Providing this funding as a supplement to this 
cooperative agreement recipient, Zero to Three, Inc. is necessary to 
improve infant-toddler courts.
    ITCP provides high-quality services across multiple systems, 
building on the previously developed Safe Babies Court Team approach, 
and works to strengthen and align the child welfare, health, and early 
childhood and community systems to meet the unique and urgent needs of 
infants, toddlers, and their families who have experienced, or are at 
risk for, significant maltreatment and/or foster care placement.
    The additional funding will continue to advance outcomes associated 
with the prevention of infant/toddler maltreatment and the need for 
child placement into foster care; care linkages for involved children 
and parents with preventative and indicated health care services; 
expanded reach of infant-toddler court teams; and improved early 
identification of and response to child and family risk/need, as well 
as emphasize the continued expansion of cross-sector engagement and 
alliances at state and local levels. Expected activities include 
significantly expanding the number of new sites engaged in outreach and 
start-up activities, supporting states or other regional networks of 
sites to plan for and develop common infrastructure and resource 
sharing, increasing the depth of training and technical assistance 
offered to existing implementation sites, providing increased sub-
awards to implementation sites to increase sites' service capacity, and 
expanding current evaluation work.

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                                                                                      FY 2019         FY 2020
    Grantee/organization name               Grant No.                 State         authorized       proposed
                                                                                   funding level   funding level
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Zero to Three National Center for  U2DMC32394.................  DC..............      $2,986,820     $ 9,938,555
 Infant, Toddler and Families,
 Inc.
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Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-12834 Filed 6-12-20; 8:45 am]
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