Notice2024-20827
Announcement of the Intent To Award a Within Scope Awarding Agency-Initiated Non-Competitive Supplement With Extension to the American Public Human Services Association for the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) in Washington, DC
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Published
September 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentChildren and Families Administration
Abstract
The ACF, ACYF, CB, Division of Capacity Building announces the intent to award a within scope awarding agency-initiated non- competitive supplement with extension in the amount of up to $1,600,000, to the American Public Human Services Association for its affiliate the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) in Washington, DC, for the further implementation and support nationally of the National Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise (NEICE) system. The NEICE is an inter-jurisdictional electronic system to improve administrative efficiency in implementing the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), a process that ensures safe and suitable interstate placements for children in foster care.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74964-74965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20827]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[Assistance Listing Number: 93.652]
Announcement of the Intent To Award a Within Scope Awarding
Agency-Initiated Non-Competitive Supplement With Extension to the
American Public Human Services Association for the Association of
Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
(AAICPC) in Washington, DC
AGENCY: Children's Bureau (CB), Administration for Children and
Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Issuance of a within scope awarding agency-initiated
non-competitive supplement with extension.
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SUMMARY: The ACF, ACYF, CB, Division of Capacity Building announces the
intent to award a within scope awarding agency-initiated non-
competitive supplement with extension in the amount of up to
$1,600,000, to the American Public Human Services Association for its
affiliate the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact
on the Placement of Children (AAICPC) in Washington, DC, for the
further implementation and support nationally of the National
Electronic Interstate Compact Enterprise (NEICE) system. The NEICE is
an inter-jurisdictional electronic system to improve administrative
efficiency in implementing the Interstate Compact on the Placement of
Children (ICPC), a process that ensures safe and suitable interstate
placements for children in foster care.
DATES: The proposed period of performance is September 30, 2024,
through September 29, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June Dorn, National Adoption
Specialist, Children's Bureau, Division of Capacity Building, 330 C St.
SW, Suite 3521B, Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: (202) 205-9240;
Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d892adb6bdf69cb7aab698b9bbbef6b0b0abf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="216b544f440f654e534f614042470f4949520f464e57">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Award funds will support the continued
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implementation, support, and scale up of the NEICE. The NEICE is a
national electronic system for quickly and securely exchanging the data
and documents required by the Interstate Compact on the Placement of
Children (ICPC) to place children with foster, adoptive, and kinship
families across state lines. APHSA has been the recipient of funding
from the ACYF/CB for the development and national implementation of the
NEICE since its inception as a pilot project funded by the Partnership
Fund for Program Integrity Innovation at the Office of Management and
Budget and administered by CB in November 2013. This 20-month pilot
proved successful and led to a new sole source cooperative agreement
for the expansion of the pilot to all 52 jurisdictions of the AAICPC
nationwide. This funding was further extended and supplemented to
continue to support the expansion of the project nationally with the
current funding period expiring September 29, 2024. This within scope
awarding agency-initiated non-competitive supplement with extension is
essential to allow the remaining states to join the system and to
provide ongoing support and upgrades necessary for an electronic
system. In addition, the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018
requires all states to join an electronic exchange system by October 1,
2027, and NEICE is on track to support states in meeting this
requirement.
It is CB's intention to provide funding of up to $1,600,000
beginning September 30, 2024. The state members of the AAICPC
contribute annual membership and connection fees; however, these are
currently not adequate to meet the full operational costs of managing
the national system. The APHSA is well-positioned to continue to scale
the project nationally and to assure the continued optimal maintenance
of the NEICE.
Statutory Authority: Title II, section 203(b) of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C.
5113(b)(3)), as most recently amended by CAPTA Reauthorization Act of
2010.
Anthony Petruccelli,
Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of Grants Policy, Office of
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-20827 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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