81 FR 23708 - Announcement of the Award a Single-Source Program Expansion Supplement Grant to BCFS Health and Human Services in San Antonio, TX

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 78 (April 22, 2016)

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), announces the award of a single-source program expansion supplement grant for $5,820,000 to BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS) in San Antonio, TX, under the Unaccompanied Children's (UC) Program to support a program expansion supplement. The expansion supplement grant will support the need to increase shelter capacity to accommodate the increasing numbers of UCs being referred by DHS. BCFS has a network of trained, qualified emergency staff able to bring on board and operate emergency beds in short timeframe. BCFS provides residential services to UC in the care and custody of ORR, as well as services to include counseling, case management, and additional support services to the family or to the UC and their sponsor when a UC is released from ORR's care and custody.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 23708]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09383]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.676]


Announcement of the Award a Single-Source Program Expansion 
Supplement Grant to BCFS Health and Human Services in San Antonio, TX

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of award of a single-source program expansion supplement 
grant to BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS) in San Antonio, TX.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of 
Refugee Resettlement (ORR), announces the award of a single-source 
program expansion supplement grant for $5,820,000 to BCFS Health and 
Human Services (BCFS) in San Antonio, TX, under the Unaccompanied 
Children's (UC) Program to support a program expansion supplement.
    The expansion supplement grant will support the need to increase 
shelter capacity to accommodate the increasing numbers of UCs being 
referred by DHS.
    BCFS has a network of trained, qualified emergency staff able to 
bring on board and operate emergency beds in short timeframe. BCFS 
provides residential services to UC in the care and custody of ORR, as 
well as services to include counseling, case management, and additional 
support services to the family or to the UC and their sponsor when a UC 
is released from ORR's care and custody.

DATES: Supplemental award funds will support activities from October 1, 
2015 through September 30, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jallyn Sualog, Director, Division of 
Children's Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 C Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20201. Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: While the number of referrals, to the 
Unaccompanied Children Program in FY 2015, was below the total 
referrals from FY 2014, ORR has seen a change to recent referral 
trends. The UC program has seen an increase in the numbers of UC 
referred for placement since January 2015. FY15 was the first fiscal 
year, in the history of the UC program, in which there were eight (11) 
consecutive months of steadily increasing referrals. During FY 15, the 
largest total referrals occurred during August, with over 4,300 
referrals, and these high referral numbers continued into the month of 
September with 4,172 referrals. In October and November, 2015, the DCS 
program has received referrals for initial placements for 10,158 
unaccompanied children. ORR has experienced a steadily increasing 
census of UC in care, with longer average length of stay. This 
increase, in UC referred for placement, has increased the need for 
additional shelter beds.
    ORR has specific requirements for the provision of services. Award 
recipients must have the infrastructure, licensing, experience, and 
appropriate level of trained staff to meet the service requirements and 
the urgent need for expansion of services. The program's ability to 
avoid a buildup of children waiting, in Border Patrol stations, for 
placement in shelters, can only be accommodated through the expansion 
of the existing program and its services through the supplemental 
award.

    Statutory Authority:  This program is authorized by--
    (A) Section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which in 
March 2003, transferred responsibility for the care and custody of 
Unaccompanied Alien Children from the Commissioner of the former 
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to the Director of ORR 
of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
    (B) The Flores Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85-4544RJK (C.D. 
Cal. 1996), as well as the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub.L. 110-457), which 
authorizes post release services under certain conditions to 
eligible children. All programs must comply with the Flores 
Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996), 
pertinent regulations and ORR policies and procedures.

Christopher Beach,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-09383 Filed 4-21-16; 8:45 am]
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