Notice2023-04250
Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the Expanding the National Capacity for Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for Holocaust Survivors and Other Older Adults With a History of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers Program
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March 2, 2023
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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 Expanding the National Capacity for Person-Centered, Trauma- Informed (PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for Holocaust Survivors and Other Older Adults with a History of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers program. The purpose of this program is to advance the development and expansion of PCTI supportive services for Holocaust survivors living in the U.S. Additionally, the project is advancing the capacity of the broader aging services network to deliver services of this type to any older adult with a history of trauma and their family caregivers.
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<body><pre>[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04250]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the Expanding the
National Capacity for Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care:
Services and Supports for Holocaust Survivors and Other Older Adults
With a History of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers Program
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 Expanding the National Capacity for Person-Centered, Trauma-
Informed (PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for Holocaust Survivors and
Other Older Adults with a History of Trauma and Their Family Caregivers
program. The purpose of this program is to advance the development and
expansion of PCTI supportive services for Holocaust survivors living in
the U.S. Additionally, the project is advancing the capacity of the
broader aging services network to deliver services of this type to any
older adult with a history of trauma and their family caregivers.
FOR FURTHER 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#45223720226b292c2b2e052426296b2d2d366b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1671647371387a7f787d5677757a387e7e6538717960">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The overall goals of the program are as
follows:
1. Increase the number and type of innovations in PCTI care for
Holocaust survivors, older adults with a history of trauma, and their
family caregivers, and
2. Expand the capacity of the Aging Network to provide PCTI care to
the populations it serves.
The administrative supplement for FY 2023 will be in the amount of
$3,454,500, bringing the total award for FY 2023 to $8,389,500. The
supplement will provide sufficient resources to enable the grantee and
their partners, JFNA, to accomplish the following:
<bullet> Continue to address the significant needs of Holocaust
survivors living in the United States and other older adults with
histories of trauma and their family caregivers by:
[cir] Further expanding Innovations Program, deepening its focus on
existing programs to make them more PCTI, and expand the program to
additional communities;
[cir] Expanding the Critical Supports Initiative to federation
agencies and aging services providers together to identify and address
the most critical needs and allocate additional resources accordingly
to those needs. This component of the program allows each participating
community to determine how to best allocate the resources available to
meet the needs and form new partnerships to prevent emergencies; and
[cir] Growing the National Networks program to scale PCTI
approaches to multiple locations/cities.
[cir] For all of these programs, the supplement will increase
outreach, evaluation, technical assistance, and sub-grantee monitoring
and financial oversight activities.
<bullet> Expanding Technical Assistance and Capacity Building to
establish the infrastructure and framework to realize Congress' intent
for the establishment and operation of a national resource center to
provide training and technical assistance to agencies in the aging
network delivering services to older individuals experiencing the long-
term and adverse consequences of trauma, as described in Section
411(14) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. Doing so will
enable JFNA to expand the reach and effectiveness of this project by
broadening the technical assistance and capacity building activities in
the following ways:
[cir] Growth and partnerships are essential for PCTI approaches to
take root. The supplement will be used to increase the ways in which
this can be accomplished, including re-launching an Aging and Trauma
Workgroup and an Educational Advisory Committee, ensuring the voices of
Holocaust survivors, other older adults with histories of trauma and
their family caregivers are represented; enabling the grantee to
develop and implement an action plan to work with foundations.
[cir] Thought leadership in the field of PCTI care is greatly
needed for it to take root as standard practice in the aging services
network. The supplement will: (1) permit the expansion of the grantee's
PCTI training program; (2) provide the resources necessary to fund the
development of a family caregiving roadmap to support PCTI approaches
to implementing the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers; and
(3) further develop and expand the field and practice of PCTI
evaluation approaches and practices already begun under this project,
but on a limited basis.
[cir] Sustainability and efficiency are key to any demonstration
project. The supplement will enable JFNA to explore technology
enhancements to streamline the sub-grant management process, bring on
additional staff to manage expanded expectations and work, including
growth, and enhance program oversight, monitoring, evaluation, and
additional activities proportional to the increased funding and
expectations resulting from this supplement.
Program Name: Expanding the National Capacity for Person-Centered,
Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for Holocaust
Survivors and Other Older Adults with a History of Trauma and Their
Family Caregivers.
Recipient: The Jewish Federations of North America.
Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the
third year of the five-year project period of September 1, 2020 through
August 31, 2025.
Total Award Amount: $8,389,500 in FY 2023.
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 the project entitled
Expanding the National Capacity for Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed
(PCTI) Care: Services and Supports for Holocaust Survivors and Other
Older Adults with a History of Trauma and
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Their Family Caregivers for the period of September 1, 2020 through
August 31, 2025. Since project implementation began in late 2020, the
grantee has accomplished a great deal. This supplement will enable the
grantee to carry their work even further, serving more Holocaust
survivors, other older adults with histories of trauma, family
caregivers and to train more professionals in the principles of PCTI.
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's partners on this project include the
National Indian Council on Aging, the Japanese American Service
Committee, the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc., the New
Jersey Office for Refugees International Rescue Committee, the
Asociacion Nacional Pro Personas Mayores (a pioneering organization in
the field of Hispanic/minority aging); SAGE (the nation's leading
organization devoted to aging in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender community); and HIAS (which works around the world to
protect refugees). Additional project partners include, the Caregiver
Center at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at the University of
Tennessee; the Community Care Corps Program, funded by the
Administration for Community Living and led by the Oasis Institute; the
Caregiver Action Network, and USAging; LeadingAge, an association of
6,000 not for profit organizations across the continuum of aging
services; the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., which advances
models for organizing and financing health care delivery; and the
Campaign for Trauma-Informed Policy and Practice, which promotes the
building of trauma-informed communities.
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 and other older adults 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 supplement is not
provided, the project would be less able to address the significant
unmet health and social support needs of additional Holocaust survivors
and other older adults with histories of trauma. 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. Finally, providing this
supplement to JFNA will allow for the greater realization of Congress'
intent in section 411(14)(A) of the Older Americans Act, as amended,
which calls for the establishment of a national resource center to
provide training, technical assistance and sub-grants in this area.
Dated: February 25, 2023.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2023-04250 Filed 3-1-23; 8:45 am]
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