83 FR 18309 - Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Supportive Services for Holocaust Survivors Program

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 81 (April 26, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18309-18310]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08708]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the 
Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Supportive Services for 
Holocaust Survivors Program

    The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the intent 
to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative 
agreement held by the Jewish Federations of North America for the 
project Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Supportive Services 
for Holocaust Survivors. The purpose of this project is to, (1) advance 
the development and expansion of person-centered, trauma-informed 
(PCTI) supportive services for Holocaust survivors living in the U.S. 
and, (2) improve the nation's overall capacity to deliver PCTI health 
and human services for this population and to any older adult with a 
history of trauma. The administrative supplement for FY 2018 will be in 
the amount of $2,467,000, bringing the total award for FY 2018 to 
$4,935,000.
    The additional funding will not be used to begin new projects, but 
to serve more Holocaust survivors with vital supports such as legal 
assistance, case management, transportation, medication management, 
social engagement activities designed to reduce isolation, loneliness 
and depression, and supports for family caregivers, all of which will 
employ PCTI approaches. The additional funds will also be used to 
expand existing technical assistance activities, under the second 
objective, in a variety of ways, including replicating and translating 
proven models of PCTI developed under this grant; developing new 
training materials, curricula and partnerships to aid in the 
replication of PCTI practices; enhance and expand the evaluation 
activities currently under way; and enhance website capacities for 
improved information dissemination.
    Program Name: Advancing Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) 
Supportive Services for Holocaust Survivors.
    Recipient: The Jewish Federations of North America.
    Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the 
fourth year of the five-year project period of September 30, 2015 
through September 29, 2020.
    Total Award Amount: $4,935,000 in FY 2018.
    Award Type: Cooperative Agreement Supplement.
    Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, as 
amended, Public Law 109-365--Title 4, Section 411.
    Basis for Award: The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) is 
currently funded to carry out the objectives of this project, entitled 
Advancing PCTI Supportive Services for Holocaust Survivors for the 
period of September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2020. Since project 
implementation began in late 2015, the grantee has accomplished a great 
deal. The supplement will enable the grantee to carry their work even 
further, serving more Holocaust survivors and providing even more 
comprehensive training and technical assistance in the development of 
PCTI supportive services. The additional funding will not be used to 
begin new projects or activities.
    The JFNA is uniquely positioned to complete the work called for 
under this project. JFNA and its project partners, including the 
Network of Jewish Human Services Agencies (NJHSA), and the Conference 
on Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), have the 
cultural competence and long history of serving and advocating for 
Holocaust survivors. Additionally, JFNA is already working in 
collaboration with numerous partners representing a broad cross section 
of the Jewish human services network (e.g., Selfhelp Community 
Services, Bet Tzedek, The Blue Card, and the Orthodox Union of America) 
and the ``mainstream aging services network,'' (e.g., Meals on Wheels 
of America (MoWA), the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging 
(n4a), the National Council on Aging (NCOA), Leading Age and other 
members of the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations [LCAO]).
    Establishing an entirely new grant project at this time would be 
potentially disruptive to the current work already well under way. More 
importantly, the Holocaust survivors currently being served by this 
project could be negatively impacted by a service disruption, thus 
posing the risk of re-traumatization and further negative impacts on 
health and wellbeing. If this

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supplement were not provided, the project would be less able to address 
the significant unmet needs of additional Holocaust survivors. 
Similarly, the project would be unable to expand its current technical 
assistance and training efforts in PCTI concepts and approaches, let 
alone reach beyond traditional providers of services to this population 
to train more ``mainstream'' providers of aging services.
    For More Information Contact: For further information or comments 
regarding this program supplement, contact Greg Link, U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, 
Administration on Aging, Office of Supportive and Caregiver Services: 
telephone (202)-795-7386; email [email protected].

    Dated: April 18, 2018.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2018-08708 Filed 4-25-18; 8:45 am]
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