Notice2021-14722
Announcement of Intent To Issue One Operating Division (OPDIV)-Initiated Supplement to BCFS Health and Human Services Under the Standing Announcement for Residential (Shelter) Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children, HHS-2017-ACF-ORR-ZU-1132
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July 12, 2021
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
ACF, ORR, announces the issuance of one OPDIV-Initiated Supplement to BCFS HHS, San Antonio, Texas in the amount of up to $475,868,102. ORR has been identifying additional capacity to provide shelter for potential increases in apprehensions of UAC at the Southwest 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 UAC referred to its care by the Department of Homeland Security. To ensure sufficient capacity to provide shelter to UAC referred to HHS, ORR is requesting that BCFS HHS continue the use of up to 1008 hard-sided beds at Carrizo Springs, Texas.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 130 (Monday, July 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 36558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14722]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[CFDA Number: 93.676]
Announcement of Intent To Issue One Operating Division (OPDIV)-
Initiated Supplement to BCFS Health and Human Services Under the
Standing Announcement for Residential (Shelter) Services for
Unaccompanied Alien 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),
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of intent to issue one OPDIV-Initiated Supplement to
BCFS Health and Human Services (BCFS HHS), San Antonio, Texas under the
UAC Program.
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SUMMARY: ACF, ORR, announces the issuance of one OPDIV-Initiated
Supplement to BCFS HHS, San Antonio, Texas in the amount of up to
$475,868,102. ORR has been identifying additional capacity to provide
shelter for potential increases in apprehensions of UAC at the
Southwest 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 UAC referred to its care by the Department of
Homeland Security. To ensure sufficient capacity to provide shelter to
UAC referred to HHS, ORR is requesting that BCFS HHS continue the use
of up to 1008 hard-sided beds at Carrizo Springs, Texas.
DATES: Supplemental award funds will support activities until January
31, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Antkowiak, Office of Refugee
Resettlement, Division of Unaccompanied Alien Children Operations, 330
Street SW, Washington, DC 20447. Phone: 202-260-6165. Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e3d3a2b3e262b20602f203a252139272f250e2f2d286026263d60292138"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="186b6c7d68707d763679766c73776f71797358797b7e3670706b367f776e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ORR is continuously monitoring its capacity
to shelter the UAC 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 UAC referred to its care by the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and so the Customs and Border
Protection 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 UAC
from the Commissioner of the former Immigration and Naturalization
Service to the Director of ORR within HHS.
(B) The Flores Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV85-4544-RJK (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.
Elizabeth Leo,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Grants Policy, Office of
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-14722 Filed 7-7-21; 4:15 pm]
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