Announcing the Award of 24 Single-Source Program Expansion Supplement Grants Under the Unaccompanied Alien Children's Shelter Care Program
Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)
Federal Register Volume 77, Number 183 (Thursday, September 20, 2012)
Notices
Pages 58403-58404
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office www.gpo.gov
FR Doc No: 2012-23245
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of Refugee Resettlement
CFDA Number 93.676
Announcing the Award of 24 Single-Source Program Expansion Supplement Grants Under the Unaccompanied Alien Children's Shelter Care Program
AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.
ACTION: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announces the award of 24 single-source program expansion supplement grants under its Unaccompanied Alien Children's (UAC) Program where grantees provide a range of custodial/residential shelter care and services for recently arrived unaccompanied alien children.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announces the award of 24 single-source program expansion supplement grants for a total of $60,835,955. The additional funding provided to current grantees under ORR's UAC program will support services to unaccompanied alien children through September 30, 2012.
The ORR UAC grantees that have received single-source program expansion supplements are:
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Grantee organization Location Award amount
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BCFS Health and Human Services.... San Antonio, TX..... $24,765,693
BCFS Health and Human Services.... San Antonio, TX..... 272,645
A New Leaf........................ Mesa, AZ............ 180,000
Bokenkamp......................... Corpus Christi, TX.. 547,826
Catholic Charities Miami Miami, FL........... 752,203
(Boystown).
Catholic Charities Galveston/ Houston, TX......... 213,733
Houston.
Children's Village................ Dobbs Ferry, NY..... 1,712,029
Children's Village................ Dobbs Ferry, NY..... 152,000
David and Margaret................ LaVerne, CA......... 402,000
Florence Crittenton............... Fullerton, CA....... 348,817
His House......................... Miami, FL........... 423,535
International Education Services.. Los Fresnos, TX..... 2,260,821
International Education Services.. Los Fresnos, TX..... 638,042
International Education Services.. Los Fresnos, TX..... 192,577
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Baltimore, MD....... 1,836,754
Services (LIRS).
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Baltimore, MD....... 268,612
Services (LIRS).
Shenandoah Valley Children's Staunton, VA........ 135,000
Center.
Morrison Child and Family Services Portland, OR........ 228,684
Pioneer Human Services............ Tacoma, WA.......... 135,257
YouthCare......................... Seattle, WA......... 322,080
Heartland Alliance................ Chicago, IL......... 6,121,454
Southwest Key Inc................. Austin, TX.......... 18,615,410
US Conference of Catholic Bishops Washington, DC...... 182,855
(USCCB).
US Committee on Refugees and Washington, DC...... 127,928
Immigrants (USCRI).
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DATES: October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Tota, Deputy Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade SW., Washington, DC 20447, Telephone (202) 401-4858.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The expansion supplement grants will support the expansion of bed capacity to meet the number of unaccompanied alien children referrals from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The funding program is mandated by Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act to ensure appropriate placement of all referrals from the DHS. The program is tied to DHS apprehension strategies and a sporadic number of border crossers.
Statutory Authority: Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Pub. L. 6 U.S.C. 279(b) (A)-(J) and Section 235 (a)(5)(C) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, Pub. L. 110-457, (8 U.S.C. 1232), gives the ORR statutory authority to ensure the appropriate placement of all DHS UAC referrals within specified timeframes and
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provides a range of custodial/residential shelter care and services.
Eskinder Negash,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement.
FR Doc. 2012-23245 Filed 9-19-12; 8:45 am
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