Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2010 / Notices 62839 

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 

§ 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: 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 Tribal Law and 

Policy Institute 

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: $400,000. 

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 expansion supplement to 

the Tribal Law and Policy Institute, 

West Hollywood, CA, to provide more 

intensive technical assistance to Tribes. 

The Tribal Law and Policy Institute 

administers the National Resource 

Center for Tribes under a cooperative 

agreement where technical assistance is 

provided to Tribes to assist in building 

organizational capacity so that Tribes 

may operate their own foster care 

programs under title IV–E of the Social 

Security Act. Under the agreement, 

Tribal Law and Policy Institute 

identifies promising practices in Tribal 

child welfare systems, identifies and 

effectively implements community and 

culturally based strategies and resources 

that strengthen Tribal child and family 

services. 

The Fostering Connections to Success 

and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 

(the Act) was amended in 2008 by the 

addition of § 479B, which allows Indian 

Tribes the option to apply for 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 (SSA). The Act was also 

amended 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 § 479B. 

Supplemental funding will support 

Regional Roundtables and build Tribal 

capacity in the following areas: 

1. Development of a presentation on 

the Social Security Act and title IV–E 

provisions that provide foster care and 

adoption service funds. The 

presentation will be developed to be 

responsive to the cultural issues and 

needs of the Tribal audience. 

2. Training for Tribal caseworkers on 

title IV–E requirements in order to 

continue the eligibility and funding of 

IV–E eligible children. Caseworkers will 

be made aware of the provisions of 

Public Law 110–351 to insure that all 

appropriate services are provided to 

children in care. 

3. Assistance in the development of 

training for appropriate foster care 

recruitment, and retention so that 

placement of title IV–E eligible children 

will be made with licensed foster/kin 

families. Training will emphasize the 

linkages between for Tribal leaders, 

child welfare and court staff in the 

licensing and maintaining of title I–VE 

eligibility when children are placed in 

foster care. 

CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Jane 

Morgan, Children’s Bureau, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024. Telephone: 202–205–8807; 

E-mail: jane.morgan@acf.hhs.gov. 

Dated: October 4, 2010. 

Bryan Samuels, 

Commissioner, Administration on Children, 

Youth and Families. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25709 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration For Children And 

Families 

Award of a Single-Source Expansion 

Supplement to the Child Welfare 

League of America 

AGENCY: ACF, ACYF, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

CFDA Number: 93.599. 

Legislative Authority: Section 

477(g)(2) of the Social Security Act. 

Amount of Award: $295,116. 

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 expansion supplement to 

the Child Welfare League of America, 

Arlington, VA, to support the provision 

of intensive technical assistance to 

States. 

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