[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62838-62839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25713]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families


Award of a Single-Source Expansion Supplement to the Research 
Foundation of CUNY on Behalf of Hunter College School of Social Work

AGENCY: Children's Bureau, ACYF, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    CFDA Number: 93.556.
    Legislative Authority: Fostering Connections to Success and 
Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351).
    Amount of Award: $229,877.

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    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 the Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf of Hunter 
College School of Social Work, New York, NY, to provide expanded 
technical assistance to address continuing challenges in the field as 
child welfare programs work to implement the requirements of new 
legislation. The Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf of Hunter 
College is the recipient of a cooperative agreement to act as the 
administrator for National Resource Center for Permanency and Family 
Connections (NRCPFC), which provides technical assistance services 
pursuant to the legislative authority of the Promoting Safe and Stable 
Families Amendments of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629e).
    The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act 
of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-351) provides for a discretionary matching grant 
program to implement projects in the areas of Kinship Navigator, Family 
Finding, Family Group Decision Making, and Residential Family 
Treatment. The law also added a new plan requirement at Sec.  
471(a)(29) that directs State foster care and adoption agencies (title 
IV-E agencies) to exercise due diligence to identify and notify all 
adult relatives of a child, within 30 days of the child's removal, of 
the relative's options to become a placement resource for the child. 
The supplemental funding will allow the NRCPFC to do the following:
    1. Provide focused technical assistance to Family Connections 
grantees.
    2. Engage States that did not receive discretionary grants in on-
site consultation regarding effectively involving relatives in child 
welfare practice.
    3. Proactively transfer the knowledge developed under the 
discretionary grant program to States to assist in meeting new plan 
requirements.
    Under the proposed supplemental funding, the NRCPFC will increase 
technical assistance efforts to enhance the achievement of permanency 
by assisting agencies to better locate, notify and involve families and 
relatives in the engagement and planning process while maintaining 
awareness of confidentiality issues.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Morgan, Children's Bureau, 1250 
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: 202-205-8807; E-
mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d373c33387330322f3a3c331d3c3e3b7335352e733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e78d868982c98a8895808689a7868481c98f8f94c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: October 4, 2010.
Bryan Samuels,
Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 2010-25713 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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