[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 130 (Monday, July 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 36558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14722]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.676]


Announcement of Intent To Issue One Operating Division (OPDIV)-
Initiated Supplement to BCFS Health and Human Services Under the 
Standing Announcement for Residential (Shelter) Services for 
Unaccompanied Alien 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), 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of intent to issue one OPDIV-Initiated Supplement to 
BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS), San Antonio, Texas under the 
UAC Program.

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SUMMARY: ACF, ORR, announces the issuance of one OPDIV-Initiated 
Supplement to BCFS HHS, San Antonio, Texas in the amount of up to 
$475,868,102. ORR has been identifying additional capacity to provide 
shelter for potential increases in apprehensions of UAC at the 
Southwest 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 UAC referred to its care by the Department of 
Homeland Security. To ensure sufficient capacity to provide shelter to 
UAC referred to HHS, ORR is requesting that BCFS HHS continue the use 
of up to 1008 hard-sided beds at Carrizo Springs, Texas.

DATES: Supplemental award funds will support activities until January 
31, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Antkowiak, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, Division of Unaccompanied Alien Children Operations, 330 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20447. Phone: 202-260-6165. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ORR is continuously monitoring its capacity 
to shelter the 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 shelter for UAC referred to its care by the 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and so the Customs and Border 
Protection 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 UAC 
from the Commissioner of the former Immigration and Naturalization 
Service to the Director of ORR within HHS.
    (B) The Flores Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85-4544-RJK (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,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-14722 Filed 7-7-21; 4:15 pm]
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