98-17313. Announcement of the Availability of Financial Assistance and Request for Applications to Support Demonstration Projects Under the Adoption Opportunities Program

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17313]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families
[Program Announcement No. ACF/ACYF/CB-98-04A]


Announcement of the Availability of Financial Assistance and 
Request for Applications to Support Demonstration Projects Under the 
Adoption Opportunities Program

AGENCY: Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), ACF, 
DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of correction.

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SUMMARY: This notice corrects the Notice of an Announcement published 
in the Federal Register on June 9, 1998 (63 FR 31502) by correcting the 
category of eligible applicants under Priority Area 98.3--Achieving 
Increased Placements of Children in Foster Care. For this priority area 
only State agencies are eligible to compete for funds. Under section 
203(d)(1) of Title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 
as amended, Pub. L. 104-235, states that the Secretary ``shall make 
grants for improving State efforts to increase the placement of foster 
children legally free for adoption * * *. Additionally, states are 
encouraged to collaborate with private, non-profit agencies and Indian 
tribes to increase the number of adoptions or permanent placements of 
children who are in foster care.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) Operations 
Center, 1225 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 415, Arlington, Virginia 
22201, the telephone number is 1-800-351-2293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 9, 1998, the Administration on 
Children, Youth and Families published the Notice of Announcement 
Number: CB-98-04 in the Federal Register soliciting proposals to 
support demonstration projects under the Adoption Opportunities 
Program. The eligibility should have been limited to State social 
service agencies. This amendment corrects that error. Further, the 
Children's Bureau encourages states to develop collaborate agreements 
with private, non-profit agencies and Indian tribes to increase the 
number of adoptions or permanent placements of children who are in 
foster care. All other requirements for mailed applications/overnight/
express mail service and hand-delivered applications/applicant couriers 
remain the same as in the original announcement.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program Number 93.652, 
Adoption Opportunities Program)

    Dated: June 23, 1998.
James A. Harrell,
Deputy Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 98-17313 Filed 6-29-98; 8:45 am]
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