83_FR_47357 83 FR 47176 - Announcement of Intent To Issue an OPDIV-Initiated Supplement Under the Standing Announcement for Residential (Shelter) Services for Unaccompanied Children, HHS-2017-ACF-ORR-ZU-1132

83 FR 47176 - Announcement of Intent To Issue an OPDIV-Initiated Supplement Under the Standing Announcement for Residential (Shelter) Services for Unaccompanied Children, HHS-2017-ACF-ORR-ZU-1132

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 181 (September 18, 2018)

Page Range47176-47176
FR Document2018-20295

Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee Resettlement, announces the intent to issue an OPDIV-Initiated Supplement in multiple installments to BCFS Health and Human Services, San Antonio, TX. The aggregate total of the multiple installments will not exceed $367,860,381. The first two installments will be issued prior to September 30, 2018. The remaining installments will be issued after September 30, 2018 on to be determined dates. 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 Alien Children referred to its care by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). To ensure sufficient capacity to provide shelter to unaccompanied children referred to HHS, BCFS proposed to provide ORR with 3,800 beds in an expedited manner.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[CFDA Number: 93.676]


Announcement of Intent To Issue an OPDIV-Initiated Supplement 
Under the Standing Announcement for Residential (Shelter) Services for 
Unaccompanied Children, HHS-2017-ACF-ORR-ZU-1132

AGENCY: Unaccompanied Alien Children's (UAC) Program, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of intent to issue an OPDIV-Initiated Supplement.

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SUMMARY: Administration for Children and Families, Office of Refugee 
Resettlement, announces the intent to issue an OPDIV-Initiated 
Supplement in multiple installments to BCFS Health and Human Services, 
San Antonio, TX. The aggregate total of the multiple installments will 
not exceed $367,860,381. The first two installments will be issued 
prior to September 30, 2018. The remaining installments will be issued 
after September 30, 2018 on to be determined dates. 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 Alien Children referred to its care 
by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). To ensure sufficient 
capacity to provide shelter to unaccompanied children referred to HHS, 
BCFS proposed to provide ORR with 3,800 beds in an expedited manner.

DATES: Supplemental award funds will support activities through 
December 31, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jallyn Sualog, Director, Division of 
Children's Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 C Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20447. Phone: 202-401-4997. 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 those requirements. The 
expansion of the existing program and its services through this 
supplemental award is a key strategy for ORR to be prepared to meet its 
responsibility to provide shelter for Unaccompanied Children referred 
to its care by DHS and so that the U.S. Border Patrol can continue its 
vital national security mission to prevent illegal migration, 
trafficking, and protect the borders of the United States.
    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.

Karen Shields,
Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-20295 Filed 9-14-18; 11:15 am]
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                                               DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                   ORR has specific requirements for the              Employment Coaching for TANF and
                                               HUMAN SERVICES                                          provision of services. Award recipients               Related Populations. The Office of
                                                                                                       must have the infrastructure, licensing,              Management and Budget (OMB) Office
                                               Administration for Children and                         experience, and appropriate level of                  of Information and Regulatory Affairs
                                               Families                                                trained staff to meet those requirements.             approved this information collection in
                                               [CFDA Number: 93.676]                                   The expansion of the existing program                 March 2018 (0970–0506). ACF is
                                                                                                       and its services through this                         proposing a second follow-up survey
                                               Announcement of Intent To Issue an                      supplemental award is a key strategy for              conducted as part of the evaluation.
                                               OPDIV-Initiated Supplement Under the                    ORR to be prepared to meet its                           This study will provide an
                                               Standing Announcement for                               responsibility to provide shelter for                 opportunity to learn more about the
                                               Residential (Shelter) Services for                      Unaccompanied Children referred to its                potential of coaching to help clients
                                               Unaccompanied Children, HHS–2017–                       care by DHS and so that the U.S. Border               achieve self-sufficiency and other
                                               ACF–ORR–ZU–1132                                         Patrol can continue its vital national                desired employment-related outcomes.
                                                                                                       security mission to prevent illegal                   It will take place over five years in the
                                               AGENCY: Unaccompanied Alien                             migration, trafficking, and protect the
                                               Children’s (UAC) Program, Office of                                                                           following employment programs:
                                                                                                       borders of the United States.                         MyGoals for Employment Success in
                                               Refugee Resettlement (ORR),
                                                                                                          Statutory Authority: This program is               Baltimore, MyGoals for Employment
                                               Administration for Children and
                                                                                                       authorized by—                                        Success in Houston, Family
                                               Families (ACF), U.S Department of
                                                                                                          (A) Section 462 of the Homeland                    Development and Self-Sufficiency
                                               Health and Human Services (HHS).
                                                                                                       Security Act of 2002, which in March                  program in Iowa, LIFT in New York
                                               ACTION: Notice of intent to issue an                    2003, transferred responsibility for the
                                               OPDIV-Initiated Supplement.                                                                                   City, Chicago, and Los Angeles; Work
                                                                                                       care and custody of Unaccompanied                     Success in Utah; and Goal4 It! in
                                               SUMMARY:   Administration for Children                  Alien Children from the Commissioner                  Jefferson County, Colorado. Together,
                                               and Families, Office of Refugee                         of the former Immigration and                         these programs will include Temporary
                                               Resettlement, announces the intent to                   Naturalization Service (INS) to the                   Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
                                               issue an OPDIV-Initiated Supplement in                  Director of ORR of the Department of                  agencies and other public or private
                                               multiple installments to BCFS Health                    Health and Human Services (HHS).                      employment programs that serve low-
                                               and Human Services, San Antonio, TX.                       (B) The Flores Settlement Agreement,               income individuals. Each site will have
                                               The aggregate total of the multiple                     Case No. CV85–4544RJK (C.D. Cal.                      a robust coaching component and the
                                               installments will not exceed                            1996), as well as the William                         capacity to conduct a rigorous impact
                                               $367,860,381. The first two installments                Wilberforce Trafficking Victims                       evaluation. This study will provide
                                               will be issued prior to September 30,                   Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008                information on whether coaching helps
                                               2018. The remaining installments will                   (Pub. L. 110–457), which authorizes                   people obtain and retain jobs, advance
                                               be issued after September 30, 2018 on                   post release services under certain                   in their careers, move toward self-
                                               to be determined dates. ORR has been                    conditions to eligible children. All                  sufficiency, and improve their overall
                                               identifying additional capacity to                      programs must comply with the Flores                  well-being. To meet these objectives,
                                               provide shelter for potential increases in              Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85–                  this study includes an impact and
                                               apprehensions of Unaccompanied                          4544–RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996), pertinent                  implementation study, as approved by
                                               Children at the U.S. Southern Border.                   regulations and ORR policies and                      OMB.
                                               Planning for increased shelter capacity                 procedures.                                              This submission builds on the
                                               is a prudent step to ensure that ORR is                 Karen Shields,                                        existing impact study, which randomly
                                               able to meet its responsibility, by law,                Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants          assigned participants to either a
                                               to provide shelter for Unaccompanied                    Policy, Office of Administration.                     ‘‘program group,’’ who were paired with
                                               Alien Children referred to its care by the              [FR Doc. 2018–20295 Filed 9–14–18; 11:15 am]          a coach, or to a ‘‘control group,’’ who
                                               Department of Homeland Security                         BILLING CODE 4184–45–P                                were not paired with a coach. The
                                               (DHS). To ensure sufficient capacity to                                                                       effectiveness of the coaching will be
                                               provide shelter to unaccompanied                                                                              determined by differences between
                                               children referred to HHS, BCFS                          DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                              members of the program and control
                                               proposed to provide ORR with 3,800                      HUMAN SERVICES                                        groups in outcomes such as obtaining
                                               beds in an expedited manner.                                                                                  and retaining employment, earnings,
                                               DATES: Supplemental award funds will                    Administration for Children and                       measures of self-sufficiency, and
                                               support activities through December 31,                 Families                                              measures of self-regulation.
                                               2018.                                                                                                            The proposed information collection
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                       Proposed Information Collection
                                                                                                                                                             activity is a second follow-up survey,
                                               Jallyn Sualog, Director, Division of                    Activity
                                                                                                                                                             which will be available to participants
                                               Children’s Services, Office of Refugee                  AGENCY:  Office of Planning, Research,                approximately 21 months after random
                                               Resettlement, 330 C Street SW,                          and Evaluation; ACF; HHS.                             assignment. The second follow-up
                                               Washington, DC 20447. Phone: 202–                       ACTION: Request for public comment.                   survey will provide rigorous evidence
                                               401–4997. Email: DCSProgram@                                                                                  on whether the coaching interventions
                                               acf.hhs.gov.                                              Title: Evaluation of Employment                     are effective, for whom, and under what
                                                                                                       Coaching for TANF and Related                         circumstances.
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                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ORR is
                                               continuously monitoring its capacity to                 Populations—Second Follow-Up Survey                      Respondents: Individuals enrolled in
                                               shelter the unaccompanied children                      (OMB #0970–0506).                                     the Evaluation of Employment Coaching
                                               referred to HHS, as well as the                         SUMMARY: The Administration for                       for TANF and Related Populations. All
                                               information received from interagency                   Children and Families (ACF) is                        participants will be able to opt out of
                                               partners, to inform any future decisions                proposing an additional data collection               participating in the data collection
                                               or actions.                                             activity as part of the Evaluation of                 activities.



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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of intent to issue an OPDIV-Initiated Supplement.
DatesSupplemental award funds will support activities through December 31, 2018.
ContactJallyn Sualog, Director, Division of Children's Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC 20447. Phone: 202-401-4997. Email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 47176 

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