81 FR 94381 - Announcement of an Award for a Single-Source Urgent and Compelling Grant Under the Unaccompanied Children's Services Program to BCFS Health and Human Services Emergency Management Division (BCFS EMD)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 247 (December 23, 2016)

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), announces the award of a single-source urgent and compelling grant for $160,459,524 under the Unaccompanied Children's (UC) Program in response to Unsolicited Proposal UN-2016-01. The proposal submitted by BCFS EMD was not solicited either formally, or informally, by any Federal Government Official. The proposed turnkey operations are outside of the scope of ACF funding opportunity announcements that have been or are expected to be issued. BCFS EMD has proposed to build temporary semi-permanent infrastructure and capacity to provide for operational requirements to support the housing and daily living activities of up to 5,000 UC, throughout their initial intake, assessment and reunification phase. These additional beds will allow for additional capacity until the end of the fiscal year to accommodate the anticipated level of UC referrals through FY 15 should HHS exceed the shelter capacity currently available. ORR has been identifying additional capacity to provide shelter for potential increases in apprehensions of Unaccompanied Children at the U.S. Southern Border. Planning for increased shelter capacity is a prudent step to ensure that ORR is able to meet its responsibility, by law, to provide shelter for Unaccompanied Children referred to its care by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). BCFS has the infrastructure, licensing, experience and appropriate level of emergency staff to meet the service requirements and the urgent need for expansion of services. 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 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94381-94382]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31014]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.676]


Announcement of an Award for a Single-Source Urgent and 
Compelling Grant Under the Unaccompanied Children's Services Program to 
BCFS Health and Human Services Emergency Management Division (BCFS EMD)

AGENCY: Office of Refugee Resettlement, ACF, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Award of a single-source urgent and compelling 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 
urgent and compelling grant for $160,459,524 under the Unaccompanied 
Children's (UC) Program in response to Unsolicited Proposal UN-2016-01.
    The proposal submitted by BCFS EMD was not solicited either 
formally, or informally, by any Federal Government Official. The 
proposed turnkey operations are outside of the scope of ACF funding 
opportunity announcements that have been or are expected to be issued. 
BCFS EMD has proposed to build temporary semi-permanent infrastructure 
and capacity to provide for operational requirements to support the 
housing and daily living activities of up to 5,000 UC, throughout their 
initial intake, assessment and reunification phase. These additional 
beds will allow for additional capacity until the end of the fiscal 
year to accommodate the anticipated level of UC referrals through FY 15 
should HHS exceed the shelter capacity currently available.
    ORR has been identifying additional capacity to provide shelter for 
potential increases in apprehensions of Unaccompanied Children at the 
U.S. Southern Border. Planning for increased shelter capacity is a 
prudent step to ensure that ORR is able to meet its responsibility, by 
law, to provide shelter for Unaccompanied Children referred to its care 
by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
    BCFS has the infrastructure, licensing, experience and appropriate 
level of emergency staff to meet the service requirements and the 
urgent need for expansion of services. 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: Single-source urgent and compelling award funds will support 
activities from September1, 2016 through December 31, 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: 
    ORR is continuously monitoring its capacity to shelter the 
unaccompanied children referred to HHS, as well as the information 
received from interagency partners, to inform any future decisions or 
actions.
    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 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.

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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,
Office of Administration, Office of Financial Services, Division of 
Grants Policy.
[FR Doc. 2016-31014 Filed 12-22-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4184-45-P