[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 187 (Thursday, September 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78876-78877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22035]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the 
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center Cooperative 
Agreement

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

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 University of Massachusetts for the Alternatives 
to Guardianship Youth Resource Center cooperative agreement. The 
purpose of this project is to divert high school students with 
intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) away from 
guardianship to less restrictive decisional supports. The target 
audience for this information includes youth with I/DD, families and 
caregivers of high school students with I/DD, teachers, education 
administrators, advocates, vocational rehabilitation counselors, 
guidance counselors, and school district officials. The administrative 
supplement for FY 2024 will amount to $200,000, bringing the total 
award for FY 2024 to $500,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Fink, 202-795-7604, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ea8e8b848bc48c838481aa8b8986c4828299c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0165606f602f67686f6a4160626d2f6969722f666e77">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This supplementary funding will expand the 
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center's engagement and 
education efforts around diverting high school students with I/DD away 
from guardianship to less restrictive decisional supports. As a result 
of funding this Center, ACL expects that:
    <bullet> More students with I/DD will have more decisional options, 
such as Powers of Attorney, supported-decision-making, joint bank 
accounts, bill paying services, and medical or educational release 
forms, on completion of high school;
    <bullet> Fewer young adults with I/DD will be subject to 
guardianship;
    <bullet> The public will become more knowledgeable of alternatives 
to guardianship; and
    <bullet> Youth will become more independent by gaining job 
experience and personal responsibilities.
    This supplement will fund:
    <bullet> Support to enhance the engagement of youth advisory board 
members, including (1) a dedicated staff member for facilitation and 
administrative

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coordination and support and; (2) paid opportunities for youth advisory 
board members to be more deeply engaged in project activities.
    <bullet> Continued support for two additional staff members from 
grant partner Self-Advocates Becoming Empowered who have joined the 
youth ambassador training team.
    <bullet> Support for travel for youth ambassadors and youth 
advisors to participate in conference presentations.
    <bullet> Supervisory support for the youth trainer position that 
will begin. This youth trainer joined the Youth Ambassador workgroup 
and is a part of the training team that facilitates the third cohort of 
youth ambassadors from Texas, California, and New York.
    <bullet> Continued enhancement to the project website, which 
includes a dedicated page for each of the 40+ youth ambassadors, youth-
friendly products and videos, and plain language documents.
    The administrative supplement for FY 2024 will amount to $200,000, 
bringing the total award for FY 2024 to $500,000.
    Program Name: Center for Youth Voice Youth Choice (CYVYC) 
Alternatives to Guardianship Youth Resource Center.
    Recipient: University of Massachusetts, Boston.
    Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued during 
the fifth year of the five-year project period of September 1, 2024, 
through August 31, 2025.
    Total Supplement Award Amount: $200,000.
    Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
    Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 15081(2).
    Basis for award: The University of Massachusetts is currently 
funded to carry out the CYVYC Project for the period of September 1, 
2020 through August 31, 2025. Much work has already been completed and 
further tasks are currently being accomplished. It would be 
unnecessarily time consuming and disruptive to the CYVYC project and 
the beneficiaries being served for ACL to establish a new grantee at 
this time when critical services are presently being provided in an 
efficient manner.

    Dated: September 22, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the Administration for Community 
Living, performing the delegable duties of the Administrator and the 
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2024-22035 Filed 9-25-24; 8:45 am]
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