[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13123-13124]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04250]


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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

ACTION: Notice.

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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.

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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 2023 will be in the amount of 
$3,454,500, bringing the total award for FY 2023 to $8,389,500. The 
supplement will provide sufficient resources to enable the grantee and 
their partners, JFNA, to accomplish the following:
     Continue to address the significant needs of Holocaust 
survivors living in the United States and other older adults with 
histories of trauma and their family caregivers by:
    [cir] Further expanding Innovations Program, deepening its focus on 
existing programs to make them more PCTI, and expand the program to 
additional communities;
    [cir] Expanding the Critical Supports Initiative to federation 
agencies and aging services providers together to identify and address 
the most critical needs and allocate additional resources accordingly 
to those needs. This component of the program allows each participating 
community to determine how to best allocate the resources available to 
meet the needs and form new partnerships to prevent emergencies; and
    [cir] Growing the National Networks program to scale PCTI 
approaches to multiple locations/cities.
    [cir] For all of these programs, the supplement will increase 
outreach, evaluation, technical assistance, and sub-grantee monitoring 
and financial oversight activities.
     Expanding Technical Assistance and Capacity Building to 
establish the infrastructure and framework to realize Congress' intent 
for the establishment and operation of a national resource center to 
provide training and technical assistance to agencies in the aging 
network delivering services to older individuals experiencing the long-
term and adverse consequences of trauma, as described in Section 
411(14) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. Doing so will 
enable JFNA to expand the reach and effectiveness of this project by 
broadening the technical assistance and capacity building activities in 
the following ways:
    [cir] Growth and partnerships are essential for PCTI approaches to 
take root. The supplement will be used to increase the ways in which 
this can be accomplished, including re-launching an Aging and Trauma 
Workgroup and an Educational Advisory Committee, ensuring the voices of 
Holocaust survivors, other older adults with histories of trauma and 
their family caregivers are represented; enabling the grantee to 
develop and implement an action plan to work with foundations.
    [cir] Thought leadership in the field of PCTI care is greatly 
needed for it to take root as standard practice in the aging services 
network. The supplement will: (1) permit the expansion of the grantee's 
PCTI training program; (2) provide the resources necessary to fund the 
development of a family caregiving roadmap to support PCTI approaches 
to implementing the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers; and 
(3) further develop and expand the field and practice of PCTI 
evaluation approaches and practices already begun under this project, 
but on a limited basis.
    [cir] Sustainability and efficiency are key to any demonstration 
project. The supplement will enable JFNA to explore technology 
enhancements to streamline the sub-grant management process, bring on 
additional staff to manage expanded expectations and work, including 
growth, and enhance program oversight, monitoring, evaluation, and 
additional activities proportional to the increased funding and 
expectations resulting from this supplement.
    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: $8,389,500 in FY 2023.
    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

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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. This 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.
    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. 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. Finally, providing this 
supplement to JFNA will allow for the greater realization of Congress' 
intent in section 411(14)(A) of the Older Americans Act, as amended, 
which calls for the establishment of a national resource center to 
provide training, technical assistance and sub-grants in this area.

    Dated: February 25, 2023.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2023-04250 Filed 3-1-23; 8:45 am]
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