2020-12564. Announcement of Intent To Award 35 Operating Division (OPDIV)-Initiated Supplements for Grantees Under the Direct Services for Survivors of Torture Program

AGENCY:

Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION:

Notice of intent to issue 35 OPDIV-Initiated Supplements.

SUMMARY:

ACF, ORR, Division of Refugee Health announces the intent to award 35 OPDIV-Initiated Supplements in amounts ranging from $23,500 to $95,569 to grantees providing direct services funded through the Services for Survivors of Torture Program. See Table 1 below for more details on the supplement awards.

DATES:

The proposed period of support for the supplements begins on September 30, 2020, and ends on September 29, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Curi Kim, Division Director, Division of Refugee Health, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 330 C Street SW, Washington, DC, 20201. Telephone: [phone]. Email: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The supplements will be allocated to (1) make grantee award amounts whole (equal to their original requested amount); (2) provide a $23,500 increase to all grantees; and (3) provide an increase to two grantees in areas of highest need with the largest waiting lists: Texas and New York. The table below shows the grantees' organization name, location, and supplemental award amount.

Table 1

Organization name	City	State	Supplement amount
Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services	Dearborn	MI	$36,869
Asian Americans for Community Involvement, Center for Survivors of Torture	San Jose	CA	23,500
Bethany Christian Services, Center for Healing Torture Trauma	Grand Rapids	MI	31,409
Bilingual International Assistance Services	St. Louis	MO	47,912
Boston Medical Center, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights	Boston	MA	53,231
Catholic Charities Corporation	Cleveland	OH	53,166
Center for Survivors of Torture	Dallas	TX	90,989
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants	Bridgeport	CT	23,500
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services, Florida Center for Survivors of Torture	Clearwater	FL	23,500
Heartland Alliance International, Marjorie Kovler Center	Chicago	IL	53,231
HIAS, Capital Area Healing Coalition	Silver Spring	MD	84,083
International Rescue Committee in Colorado	New York	NY	23,500
International Rescue Committee in Arizona	New York	NY	53,231
Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Northwest Health and Human Rights	Seatac	WA	53,015
Lutheran Social Services Rocky Mountains, Southwest Program for Survivors of Torture in New Mexico	Denver	CO	23,500
Nationalities Service Center, Philadelphia Partnership for Resilience Collaborative	Philadelphia	PA	53,229
New York City Health & Hospitals, Bellevue Hospital, Program for Survivors of Torture	New York	NY	79,110
New York City Health & Hospitals, Bellevue Hospital, Torture Treatment Coalition	New York	NY	23,500
New York City Health & Hospitals, Elmhurst Hospital, Libertas Center for Human Rights	New York	NY	23,500
Northern Virginia Family Service, Program for Survivors of Torture and Trauma	Oakton	VA	28,652
Oregon Health & Science University, Torture Treatment Center of Oregon	Portland	OR	78,267
Program for Torture Victims	Los Angeles	CA	23,500
Program for Torture Victims in Orange County	Los Angeles	CA	23,500
Survivors of Torture, International	San Diego	CA	23,500
The Center for Victims of Torture in Georgia	St. Paul	MN	23,500
The Center for Victims of Torture	St. Paul	MN	53,231
The University of California, San Francisco Trauma Recovery Center, Survivors International	San Francisco	CA	23,500
Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition International	Washington	DC	52,887
Utah Health and Human Rights Project	Salt Lake City	UT	79,809
Vermont Psychological Services, New England Survivors of Torture and Trauma	Burlington	VT	53,239
Jewish Family Services of Western NY	Buffalo	NY	74,401
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center	Boise	ID	62,879
Partnership for Trauma Recovery	Berkeley	CA	71,878
University of Louisville Research Foundation	Louisville	KY	95,557
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles	Los Angeles	CA	95,569

Statutory Authority: Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, section 5(a), Public Law 105-320, 22 U.S.C. 2152 note.

Elizabeth Leo,

Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Division of Grants Policy, Office of Administration.