OpportunityTitle: Standing Announcement for Residential (Shelter and/or Transitional Foster Care) Services for Unaccompanied Children-PRELICENSED
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligibility is unrestricted.  Current RecipientsAny current recipient funded under the UC program who wishes to apply for this SNOFO to provide Shelter and/or TFC services must propose services in a new and different facility. Current UC recipients with UC awards in the final year of their project period need to review the dates for their existing cohorts and apply to the correct application due date.  Please note that ACF does not fund concurrent projects (i.e., funding a recipient to provide the same type of service in the same facility), so if an applicant is successful under this SNOFO, any subsequent applications in response to other SNOFOs from the same applicant for the same service delivery area (e.g., facilities) will not be funded. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from the merit review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization&apos;s religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
Description: This SNOFO has been updated for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 competition. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) has modified: Executive Summary, Section I. Program Description; Section II. Federal Award Information; Section IV.1. Address to Request Application Package; Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times; and Section. VII. HHS Award Agency Contact(s). The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), within the Administration for Children and Families, provides temporary shelter care and other child welfare-related services to Unaccompanied Children (UC) in ORR custody. Residential care services begin once ORR accepts a UC for placement and end when the minor is released from ORR custody, turns 18 years of age, or the minor&#8217;s immigration case results in a final disposition of removal from the United States. Residential care and other child welfare-related services are provided by state child placement licensed residential care programs in the least restrictive setting appropriate for the UC&#8217;s age and special needs. ORR is announcing the availability of funds under this Standing Notice of Funding Opportunity (SNOFO) to seek residential care providers, including shelter, group home, and transitional foster care. At the time of application, applicants do not have to be licensed by an appropriate licensing agency to provide residential shelter, group, or foster care services for children. However, applicants must be prepared to obtain the appropriate state child placement and facility licensure post-award. All entities funded under this SNOFO are subject to the provisions of the Service Contract Act (SCA) and implementing regulations found in title 29 of the C.F.R. Part 4 including SCA labor standard clauses and must abide by applicable wage determinations. For further information on wage determination, please visit https://alpha.sam.gov/content/wage-determinations. This award is also subject to Executive Order 14026 &#8211; Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors, and its implementing regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 23; and Executive Order 13706, Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors, and its implementing regulations at 29 C.F.R. Part 13. For additional information on the Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave requirements, please visit: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/minimum-wage and https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/government-contracts/sick-leave. All entities, funded under this SNOFO, must also comply with the Flores Settlement Agreement Case No. CV 85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996), pertinent regulations, laws, and ORR policies, instructions, and procedures including, but not limited to, the ORR Policy Guide and Manual of Procedures. ORR encourages applicants to review ORR&apos;s policies, instructions, and procedures at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/children-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied as these will be critical to the overall program design. Please refer to the SNOFO when it publishes for more details on licensing timeframes, application closing dates and project periods.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: DCS_ProjectOfficers@acf.hhs.gov
GrantorContactText: Valerie Kanya&lt;br/&gt;DCS_ProjectOfficers@acf.hhs.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the listed application due date.