[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57120-57121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18051]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Supplemental Award; Infant-Toddler Court Program--National 
Resource Center

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

ACTION: Notice of a HRSA-initiated supplemental award.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is providing approximately $1.91 million in supplemental 
award funds under HRSA-22-074 in fiscal year 2023 to the recipient of 
the Infant-Toddler Court Program (ITCP)--National Resource Center (NRC) 
award, to support state and local capacity to implement the ITC 
approach at sites that previously received funding under HRSA-18-123 
but that do not currently receive HRSA funding under HRSA-22-073 or 
HRSA-22-074. It is also providing approximately $650,000 in 
supplemental award funds under this notice of funding opportunity 
(NOFO) to support ITC sites with high need and capacity to provide 
Medicaid redetermination navigation support to families.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kateryna Zoubak, Early Childhood 
Systems Analyst, Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems, 
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, at [email protected] or 240-475-8014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipient of the Award: ZERO TO THREE National Center for 
Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award(s): One award of approximately 
$2.56 million.
    Project Period: September 30, 2023, to September 29, 2024.
    Assistance Listing (CFDA) Number: 93.110.
    Award Instrument: Cooperative Agreement.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2) (Social Security Act, title V, 
section 501(a)(2)).

                                      Table 1--Recipients and Award Amounts
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          Grant No.                     Award recipient name              City, State           Award amount
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U2DMC32394...................  ZERO TO THREE National Center for      DC                   $2.56 million
                                Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc.                          (estimated).
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    Justification: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, included 
additional funds that are being used to support ITCs. HRSA understands 
guidance provided in House Report 117-403 to support the award of 
additional funds for the NRC to provide implementation support and 
subject matter expertise to ITC teams and to advance national-level 
reach and impact of the program, including via subaward funds to local 
ITC teams who previously received financial support and technical 
assistance under HRSA-18-123, which was in place in 2022. Both of these 
objectives will be accomplished through a supplement to the NRC.
    The planned supplemental award to the ITCP NRC aligns with the most 
recent funding opportunity (HRSA-22-074) and program purpose outlined 
in the NOFO, which is ``to continue and expand research-based infant-
toddler court teams to change child welfare practices and improve the 
early developmental health and well-being of infants, toddlers, and 
their families,'' with primary goals to (1) build the capacity of 
state/territorial/tribal and local teams to implement the ITC approach 
and lead aligned community-driven efforts to prevent and respond to 
child maltreatment; and (2) advance the evidence and national reach, 
impact, and sustainability of the ITC approach. Additional expectations 
of the NRC in HRSA-22-074 include that it will ``lead and coordinate 
improvements nationwide to policy and practice in child welfare and 
early childhood systems'' and ``provide a range of tailored supports to 
states and local sites that implement the ITC approach'' that ``build 
upon previously-funded ITCP efforts'' (e.g., funding awards under HRSA-
18-123). Additionally, under the NOFO, the NRC advances the objective 
of increasing the spread, scale, and coordination of local ITC sites 
across States, Territories, jurisdictions, and Tribal nations.
    HRSA will award approximately $1.91 million to the current ITCP NRC 
recipient. This funding will enhance resource development, provision of 
subject matter expertise, the building of capacity to implement the ITC 
approach, further develop national-level partnerships, and provide 
subawards to local court teams that were previously funded under HRSA-
18-123 (but not under HRSA-22-074/073), which will advance the national 
reach, impact, and sustainability of ITC teams. In addition, HRSA will 
provide a supplement of approximately $650,000 to enable

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subawards to local ITC sites with high need and capacity to provide 
Medicaid redetermination navigation support to families. It will 
support core objectives related to timely service access and program 
expectations in the NOFO.

Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-18051 Filed 8-21-23; 8:45 am]
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