[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66305-66306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23960]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.676]


Announcement of the Intent To Award Single-Source Awards for Long 
Term Foster Care

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for 
Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services 
(HHS).

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of Single-Source Awards.

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SUMMARY: ACF, ORR announces the intent to award five single-source 
awards in the amount of $9,118,248, in multiple states across the 
country, for Long Term Foster Care (LTFC) services for Unaccompanied 
Children. ORR proposes to have the recipient conduct the following 
activities: provide additional capacity for long term placement 
services. The action is needed because ORR has a pending list with over 
300 minors on it who need LTFC placement due to the unanticipated 
influx of unaccompanied children at the southwestern border in 2021 and 
the unforeseen arrival of Unaccompanied Afghan Minors (UAM) over the 
past year.

DATES: The proposed period of performance is October 1, 2022, through 
April 30, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Kiesler, Director, Division of 
Unaccompanied Alien Children Operations, 330 C Street SW, Washington, 
DC 20447. Phone: 202-893-5037. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ORR is continuously monitoring its capacity 
to shelter the unaccompanied children referred to LTFC services, 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.
    ORR announces the intent to award the following single-source 
awards:

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                                                      Proposed period of
         Recipient name             City & state     support budget  (10/
                                                        1/22-4/30/23)
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Lutheran Immigration and         Moreno Valley, CA,           $1,653,049
 Refugee Services.                Newport News, VA,
                                  & York, PA.
Bethany Christian Services.....  Fresno and                    3,958,841
                                  Modesto, CA &
                                  Grand Rapids, MI.
Building Bridges Foster Family   Southern CA.......              974,839
 Agency.
New Life Foster Family Agency..  Colton, CA........            1,465,532
Board of Child Care............  Nicholasville and             1,065,987
                                  Owensboro, KY &
                                  Redford Charter
                                  TWP, MI.
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    Total of Awards............  ..................            9,118,248
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    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 to the Director of ORR within 
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.
    (C) The Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, and 
Additional Afghanistan Supplemental Appropriation Act, 2022, designated 
funding for citizens and nationals of Afghanistan including UAM (Pub. 
L. 117-43 and Pub. L. 117-70). This funding is available to the 
Unaccompanied Children Program and is utilized by ORR to support the 
care and custody of UAM.

Elizabeth A. Leo,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-23960 Filed 11-2-22; 8:45 am]
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