[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28832-28833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10084]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the Expanding the 
National Capacity for Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care: 
Services and Supports for Holocaust Survivors and Other Older Adults 
With a History of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers Program

SUMMARY: 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 Expanding the National Capacity for Person-Centered, Trauma-
Informed (PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for Holocaust Survivors and 
Other Older Adults with a History of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers 
program. The purpose of this program is to advance the development and 
expansion of PCTI supportive services for Holocaust survivors living in 
the U.S. Additionally, the project is advancing the capacity of the 
broader aging services network to deliver services of this type to any 
older adult with a history of trauma and their family caregivers. The 
overall goals of the program are as follows:
    1. Increase the number and type of innovations in PCTI care for 
Holocaust survivors, older adults with a history of trauma, and their 
family caregivers, and
    2. Expand the capacity of the Aging Network to provide PCTI care to 
the populations it serves.
    The administrative supplement for FY 2022 will be in the amount of 
$987,000, bringing the total award for FY 2022 to $5,922,000.
    The additional funding will not be used to begin new projects, but 
to permit JFNA to expand current activities. For example, to increase 
the number and diversity of innovations in PCTI care, the grantee will 
expand its National Networks Program with a focus on addressing social 
isolation, a leading risk factor for poor health among older adults 
that has become even more acute because of COVID-19, and on providing 
PCTI care to foreign born older adults with histories of trauma. JFNA 
will also promote special topics and innovations in PCTI care among 
subgrantees in the Expanded Critical Supports Program, including 
innovations that promote the safe and welcoming re-integration of 
Holocaust survivors and other traumatized older populations into in-
person programs as COVID-19 becomes less of a risk factor and that 
promote resilience in older trauma survivors to reduce their risk for 
institutionalization. To augment project efforts and build the capacity 
of the Aging Network to provide PCTI care, JFNA will work with project 
partners to expand and enhance the online PCTI training program 
currently under way in the original ACL grant. This training will 
increase system-wide awareness and knowledge about PCTI care. 
Additionally, JFNA will recruit a year-long, graduate level fellow to 
enhance its evaluation and dissemination promising practices in PCTI 
care and in PCTI program evaluation.
    Program Name: Expanding the National Capacity for Person-Centered, 
Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for Holocaust 
Survivors and Other Older Adults with a History of Trauma and Their 
Family Caregivers.
    Recipient: The Jewish Federations of North America.
    Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the 
third year of the five-year project period of September 1, 2020 through 
August 31, 2025.
    Total Award Amount: $5,922,000 in FY 2022.
    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 the project entitled 
Expanding the National Capacity for Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed 
(PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for Holocaust Survivors and Other 
Older Adults with a History of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers for 
the period of September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2025. Since project 
implementation began in late 2020, the grantee has accomplished a great 
deal. The supplement will enable the grantee to carry their work even 
further, serving more Holocaust survivors, other older adults with 
histories of trauma, family caregivers and to train more professionals 
in the principles of PCTI. 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's partners on this project include the 
National Indian Council on Aging, the Japanese American Service 
Committee, the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc., the New 
Jersey Office for Refugees International Rescue Committee, the 
Asociacion Nacional Pro Personas Mayores (a pioneering organization in 
the field of Hispanic/minority aging); SAGE (the nation's leading 
organization devoted to aging in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 
transgender community); and HIAS (which works around the world to 
protect refugees). Additional project partners include, the Caregiver 
Center at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at the University of 
Tennessee; the Community Care Corps Program, funded by the 
Administration for Community Living and led by the Oasis Institute; the 
Caregiver Action Network, and USAging; LeadingAge, an association of 
6,000 not for profit organizations across the continuum of aging 
services; the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., which advances 
models for organizing and financing health care delivery; and the 
Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice, which promotes the 
building of trauma-informed communities; among others.
    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 and other older adults 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 
and other older adults with histories of trauma.

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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 Further 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: May 6, 2022.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2022-10084 Filed 5-10-22; 8:45 am]
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