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The Child Welfare League of America 

is a recipient of a cooperative agreement 

to administer the National Resource 

Center for Child Welfare Data and 

Technology (NRC–CWDT) in order to 

ensure continued support to States in 

the development of the National Youth 

in Transition Database. The National 

Youth in Transition Database will assist 

States, Tribes, and courts to develop, 

implement and/or improve effective 

case management information systems, 

or data collection systems, and to use 

data to manage child welfare programs 

in order to improve outcomes for 

children, youth, and families. 

Section 477 of the Social Security Act 

authorizes the John H. Chafee Foster 

Care Independence Program (CFCIP) 

and the Chafee Education and Training 

Vouchers (ETV) program. It also 

requires the creation of a data collection 

and performance measurement system. 

The Federal regulation at 45 CFR 

1356.80 establishes the National Youth 

in Transition Database (NYTD) 

implementing this provision. The NYTD 

regulation requires States to engage in 

two data collection activities: the collect 

of information on youth and the 

independent living services they receive 

that are paid for or provided by State 

agencies that administer the CFCIP and 

ETV programs and the collection of 

outcome information on certain youth 

in foster care. States must begin 

collecting NYTD data on October 1, 

2010 and submit the first report period 

data to ACF by May 15, 2011. 

The supplemental funding will allow 

the NRC–CWDT to meet the increased 

demand for NYTD onsite technical 

assistance and sponsor regional 

meetings without reducing requested 

technical assistance from courts and 

Tribes in the areas of data collection and 

exchange. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail 

Collins, Children’s Bureau, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–8552; 

E-mail: gail.collins@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Bryan Samuels, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Award of a Single-Source Expansion 

Supplement to the University of 

Southern Maine, Muskie School of 

Public Service 

AGENCY: Children’s Bureau, ACYF, ACF, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

CFDA Number: 93.658. 

Legislative Authority: Section 

476(c)(2)(iii) of the Social Security Act, 

as amended by the Fostering 

Connections to Success and Increasing 

Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110– 

351). 

Amount of Award: $200,000. 

Project Period: September 30, 2010 to 

September 29, 2011. 

SUMMARY: In order to provide more 

intensive technical assistance to Tribes, 

the Administration for Children and 

Families (ACF), Children’s Bureau (CB) 

is awarding a single-source expansion 

supplement to the University of 

Southern Maine, Muskie School of 

Public Service, Portland, ME, to assist 

Tribes in building their capacity to 

operate their own foster care and 

adoption assistance agencies (title IV–E) 

program. The University of Southern 

Maine is a recipient of a cooperative 

agreement to administer the National 

Resource Center for Organizational 

Improvement, which is charged with 

building the organizational capacity of 

State, local, Tribal and other publicly 

supported child welfare agencies in 

order to improve the outcomes of child 

welfare activities and to achieve the 

Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 

goals of safety, permanency and wellbeing of children and youth. 

The supplemental funding will 

support Regional Roundtables and build 

Tribal capacity in the following areas: 

1. An overview of the Social Security 

Act and title IV–E provisions that 

provide foster care and adoption service 

funds. This presentation will be 

developed to be responsive to the 

cultural issues and needs of the 

audience. 

2. Training for Tribal caseworkers on 

title IV–E requirements in order to 

continue the eligibility and funding of 

IV–E eligible children. Workers must be 

aware of the provisions of Fostering 

Connections to assure that all 

appropriate services are provided to 

children in care. 

3. Proper foster care recruitment, 

training and retention is needed because 

placement of title IV–E eligible children 

must be made with licensed foster/kin 

families. It is important for Tribal 

leaders, child welfare and court staff to 

understand the link between licensing 

and maintaining title IV–E eligibility 

when children are placed. 

The Fostering Connections to Success 

and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 

(Pub. L. 110–351) added § 479B to the 

Act, which allows Indian Tribes the 

option to receive Federal funding to 

support the administration of their own 

foster care, adoption assistance, and 

guardianship assistance programs under 

title IV–E of the Social Security Act (the 

Act). The law also amended the Act at 

§ 476(c)(2)(iii) to allow Indian Tribes to 

receive one-time development grants to 

be used to offset the cost of developing 

a title IV–E plan to carry out the 

requirements of new § 479B of the Act. 

As the designated National Resource 

Center for Organizational Improvement, 

the University of Southern Maine is 

qualified to provide training and 

technical assistance to Tribes because of 

their demonstrated commitment to 

meaningful stakeholder involvement by 

involving Tribes and other relevant 

stakeholders in program planning, 

implementation and evaluation and 

other systems change initiatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

Morgan, Children’s Bureau, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–8807; Email: jane.morgan@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Bryan Samuels, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Award of a Single-Source Expansion 

Supplement to the University of 

Oklahoma, National Resource Center 

for Youth Services 

AGENCY: Children’s Bureau, ACYF, ACF, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

CFDA Number: 93.674. 

Legislative Authority: Promoting Safe 

and Stable Families Program, § 435(d), 

Title IV–B, subpart 2, of the Social 

Security Act [42 U.S.C. 629e]. 

Amount of Award: $103,685. 

Project Period: September 30, 2010 to 

September 29, 2011. 

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SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Children’s 

Bureau (CB) announces the award of a 

single-source expansion supplement to 

the University of Oklahoma, National 

Resource Center for Youth Services, 

Tulsa, OK, to support expanded 

technical assistance to address emerging 

technical assistance needs for States and 

Tribes as they seek to implement 

legislation and changing programs 

dedicated to former foster youth. The 

grantee is the recipient of a cooperative 

agreement to administer the National 

Resource Center for Youth Development 

(NRCYD). The grantee has been 

providing technical assistance services 

through a cooperative agreement since 

September 30, 2009, pursuant to the 

legislative authority of the Promoting 

Safe and Stable Families Program, 

Section 435(d), Title IV–B, subpart 2, of 

the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 629e]. 

In February 2008, the National Youth 

in Transition Database (NYTD) final 

regulation was promulgated. NYTD 

requires States to begin collecting 

information from youth in foster care 

and young adults formerly in foster care 

every six months, beginning October 1, 

2010. State representatives continue to 

identify implementation of NYTD as a 

significant challenge, particularly since 

it will require State agencies to remain 

in contact with youth who may no 

longer be receiving services from the 

agency. The implementation of NYTD 

over the next four years will require the 

NRCYD to continue to provide 

additional technical assistance to States 

to implement this regulation effectively. 

Additionally, many States see the 

implementation of NYTD as a method to 

engage youth and to strengthen youth 

involvement in services at the State and 

local level. This type of youth 

engagement work involves long-term 

systemic technical assistance. The 

expansion grant will allow the NRCYD 

to support these State initiatives over 

the long term. 

Another significant development 

affecting the provision of services to 

youth and young adults was the passage 

of the Fostering Connections to Success 

and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, 

Public Law 110–351, signed into law 

October 7, 2008. Among other 

provisions, the law added a provision 

requiring States to develop a transition 

plan for all youth emancipating from 

foster care. The law also provides States 

and Tribes an option to receive Federal 

reimbursement under title IV–E of the 

Social Security Act to extend foster care 

to older youth until age 21. In addition, 

the law for the first time provides an 

opportunity for certain Indian Tribes to 

receive direct funding for independent 

living services and education and 

training vouchers under the Chafee 

Foster Care Independence Program. The 

supplement will allow the NRCYD to 

provide more intensive technical 

assistance and on-site consultation to 

States and Tribes to continue to assist 

them in implementing these provisions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan 

Shafer, Children’s Bureau, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–8172; Email: jan.shafer@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Bryan Samuels, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration For Children and 

Families 

Award of a Single-Source Program 

Expansion Supplement to Chapel Hill 

Training Outreach Project, Inc. 

AGENCY: Children’s Bureau, ACYF, ACF, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

CFDA Number: 93.505. 

Legislative Authority: Social Security 

Act, Title V, Section 511 (42 U.S.C. 

701), as amended by the Patient 

Protection and Affordable Care Act of 

2010 (ACA) (Pub.L. 111–148). 

Amount of Award: $90,000. 

Project Period: September 30, 2010 to 

September 29, 2011. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Children’s 

Bureau (CB) announces the award of a 

single-source program expansion 

supplement to Chapel Hill Training 

Outreach Project, Inc. in Chapel Hill, 

NC, the administrator of the FRIENDS 

National Resource Center for the 

Community-Based Child Abuse 

Prevention Program (NRCCBCAP), to 

support technical assistance and 

support for the implementation of the 

new home visiting program by ACF and 

Health Resources Services 

Administration (HRSA) grantees under 

the Maternal, Infant and Early 

Childhood Home Visiting program, 

authorized by the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act. 

Supplemental funding will assist in 

the initial planning and implementation 

of this new program. Award funds will 

be used to: 

• Provide logistical support for 

outreach, planning, executing, and 

follow-up with prospective applicants, 

ACF and HRSA grantees, and other 

stakeholders; 

• Support consultation time with 

various experts on evidence-based home 

visitation and implementation science; 

• Convene meetings/calls/webinars 

with ACF and HRSA grantees and 

various experts and stakeholders 

including national program model 

developers; 

• Provide staff time for support for 

general communication, other meetings, 

transition information to new TA 

contractor; and, 

• Develop a temporary Web site or 

other electronic tools for the program 

that would make key information 

available in a timely and accessible 

manner. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Brodowski, Office on Child 

Abuse and Neglect, Children’s Bureau, 

1250 Maryland Ave., SW., #8111, 

Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 

202–206–2629, E-mail: 

melissa.brodowski@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Bryan Samuels, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Award of a Single-Source Grant to 

Chapin Hall at the University of 

Chicago, Chicago, IL 

AGENCY: Office of Planning, Research, 

and Evaluation, ACF, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

CFDA Number: 93.595. 

Statutory Authority: This award is 

authorized under section 1110 of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1310). 

Amount of Award: $448,618. 

Project Period: 9/30/2010 through 9/ 

29/2011. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF), Office of 

Planning, Research and Evaluation 

(OPRE) announces the award of a singlesource grant to Chapin Hall at the 

University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, to 

study the characteristics, dynamics, and 

context of the child-only Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 

client population. Chapin Hall’s 

application was received at ACF as an 

unsolicited proposal and underwent 

objective review on December 17, 2009, 

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