PART IV:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A. CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS
The closing date for receipt of all applications under Title II of the CAPTA Amendments of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-235) for the Community-Based Family Resource and Support Grant program is 45 days from the issuance date.
B. GRANT ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS
The regulations that apply to the administration of these grants are contained in 45 CFR Part 92, "Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments." (See Attachment 2 for a copy of the 45 CFR Part 92 revised regulations.)
A State must obligate these Federal funds not later than three years after the end of the Federal fiscal year in which the funds are allocated, and they must be liquidated by the year 2007. This means that these FFY 2002 funds must be obligated by September 30, 2005, and liquidated by December 31, 2007. The Office of Program Support/Office of Management Services/DFEBG, in cooperation with the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), will review the State's financial reports, and if the State does not fully obligate these funds within the three-year period, all unobligated funds will be recouped for return to the Treasury.
If it is not possible for a State to obligate all of the FY 2002 CBFRS funds by September 30, 2005, the lead agency may submit a written request for a no-cost extension, not to exceed 12 months, to obligate the remaining funds. The letter should be addressed to the Federal project office not-later-than June 30, 2005, and should include the following information:
- The amount of funds requested to be extended;
- The amount of time necessary to obligate the funds;
- The reason the funds will not be obligated by September 30, 2005; and
- The purpose for which the extended funds will be used.
Under the provisions of CFR Part 92, each State receiving a grant under the CBFRS program must provide both a financial report and a program report. These reports are required annually and are due 90 days after the close of each 12-month period within the three-year project period, (i.e., on or before December 31 of 2003, 2004, and 2005). A grant year runs 12 months from the date of issuance of the award. The project period for the CBFRS grant is 36 months or until all funds are liquidated. (§203(c)(1))
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Financial Reports:
Total expenditures under the CBFRS program (including the 20% match) are to be reported by the lead agency, using the Financial Status Report (Standard Form 269A). Each financial report must cover an entire 12-month period. If the funds are liquidated over a three-year period, the first two reports will be interim reports covering the first and second 12-month periods of the project. The final report will cover the entire 36-month project period. If the funds are liquidated over a four or five year period, an annual report must be submitted for each 12-month period until all funds are liquidated, with the final report covering the entire project period. Financial reports are due not-later-than December 31, and are to be mailed concurrently to the State's ACF Regional Administrator (see Attachment 8), and to:
Administration for Children, Youth and Families
Office of Management Services
ATTENTION: Doris Lee
Switzer Building, Room 2421
330 C Street, SW
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State Program Report:
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General Requirement. Each State's annual program report should (1) document activities conducted during the grant award period on which the report is based, and (2) provide specific information to demonstrate compliance with the requirements for these funds:
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Performance Measures. Section 207 of the Act provides that any State receiving a grant under the CBFRS program shall, through reports provided to the Secretary, do the following:
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Demonstrate (through contracts, interagency agreements, and other means) the effective development, operation and expansion of a Statewide network of community-based, prevention-focused, family resource and support programs that meets the requirements of the CBFRS program. (§207(1))
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Provide the inventory and description of the services provided to families by local programs that meet identified community needs, including core and optional services as described in §202 of this legislation; (207(2))
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Provide evidence demonstrating the establishment of new respite care and other specific new family resource services, and the expansion of existing services that address unmet needs identified by the inventory and description required by §205(3) of this legislation; (§207(3))
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Include a description of the number of families served, noting and including families with children with disabilities, and the involvement of a diverse representation of families in the design, operation, and evaluation of the network of programs that are part of the Statewide network funded under this legislation; (§207(4)
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Demonstrate (through evaluation data) a high level of satisfaction among families who have used the services of the CBFRS program; (§207(5))
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Demonstrate (through information and documentation) the establishment or maintenance of innovative funding mechanisms, at the State or community level, that blend Federal, State, local and private funds, and innovative, interdisciplinary service delivery mechanisms for the development, operation, expansion and enhancement of the Statewide network of CBFRS programs;
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Provide a description of the results of the peer review process conducted under the State program; (§207(7)) and
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Provide an implementation plan that ensures the leadership of parents in the on-going planning, implementation, and evaluation of CBFRS programs. (§207(8))
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Final Program Report. The final program report must include:
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All of the information listed above; and
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A statement indicating how the lead agency, in conjunction with the collaborative network, plans to continue to improve its system of child abuse and neglect prevention and the delivery of family resource services.
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Submission of Program Reports. One copy of the Program Reports should be mailed to the State's ACF Regional Administrator and three (3) copies of the Report should be mailed to:
Office on Child Abuse and Neglect
ATTENTION: Melissa Lim Brodowski
Switzer Building, Room 2417
330 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20447
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E. INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS (EXECUTIVE ORDER 12372)
This program has been excluded from the provisions of Executive Order 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs," and 45 CFR Part 100, "Intergovernmental Review of Department of Health and Human Services Programs and Activities" (52 FR 161).
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 hours per Application response, and 24 hours per Annual Program Report response, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and reviewing the collection of information.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.104-13), the information collection requirements in this Program Instruction have been approved through April 30, 2005 by the Office of Management and Budget under OMB Control Number: 0970-0155.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance # 93.590
Melissa Lim Brodowski
Office on Child Abuse and Neglect
Switzer Building; Room 2417
330 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20447
Office: (202) 205-2629; FAX: (202) 205-8221
INTERNET: mbrodowski@acf.hhs.gov
Upon Issuance
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____________________________ Joan E. Ohl Commissioner Administration on Children, Youth and Families |
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