98-15284. Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Notice of an Announcement of the Availability of Financial Assistance and Request for Applications To Support Demonstration Projects Under the Adoption Opportunities Program

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

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


Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Notice of an 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 Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 availability of financial 
assistance and request for applications to support demonstration 
projects under the Adoption Opportunities Program, Title II of the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as amended, Pub. L. 104-235.

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SUMMARY: The Children's Bureau, within the Administration on Children, 
Youth and Families announces the availability of FY 1998 funds for 
competing new discretionary grants under the Adoption Opportunities 
Program. Adoption Opportunities Program funds are designed to provide 
services that facilitate the elimination of barriers to adoption and to 
provide permanent loving homes for children who would benefit from 
adoption, particularly children with special needs. Specific priority 
areas for which grant awards are being solicited include:

98.1--National Resource Center on Special Needs Adoption
98.2--Administration of the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical 
Assistance
98.3--Achieving Increased Adoptive Placements of Children in Foster 
Care
98.4--Effective Collaborations for Timely Adoptions
98.5--Overcoming State and Local Barriers to Adoption
98.6--Adoption 2002 Support Project
98.7--Post-Legal Adoption Services

DATES: The date and time deadline for RECEIPT of applications by DHHS 
for new grants under this announcement 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time Zone) on 
July 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the program announcement will be automatically sent to all 
current Adoption Opportunities Program grantees, all organizations that 
applied for grant awards in FY 97 and all individuals and organizations 
that have asked to be placed on the mailing list for FY 1998. Copies of 
the program announcement can be obtained the ACYF Operations Center at 
1-800-351-2293. A copy of this program announcement is also located at 
the CB website at http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/CB under Policy and 
Funding Announcements.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grant awards of FY 1998 funds will be made 
by September 30, 1998. The estimated funds available for new awards is 
$4.9 million and the approximate number of new grants is estimated at 
28.

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

    Dated: June 3, 1998.
James A. Harrell,
Deputy Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.
[FR Doc. 98-15284 Filed 6-8-98; 8:45 am]
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