OpportunityTitle: Standing Announcement for Residential (Secure) Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Care providers are required to provide documentation of state or county licensing to operate a secure juvenile detention facility. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and from funding under this announcement.
Description: The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Division of Unaccompanied Children Operations (DUCO), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), provides temporary shelter care and other child welfare-related services to unaccompanied alien children (UAC) in ORR custody. Residential care services begin once ORR accepts a UAC for placement and ends when the UAC is released from ORR custody, turns 18 years of age, or the UAC&#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 licensed residential care programs in the least restrictive setting appropriate for the UAC&#8217;s age and needs. ORR is publishing this Standing Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to seek secure care providers. Care providers operating a secure facility(ies) are required to be licensed in the state in which it is located to provide secure care. The secure care provider manages a specialized population of UAC who have exhibited the following behaviors: violent or criminal behavior that endangers others; serious escape history/risk; extremely disruptive/dangerous behavior in a shelter; and/or disruptive/dangerous behavior in a staff secure setting. All entities, funded under this FOA, must also comply with Flores v. Reno, CV 85-4544RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996) (Flores settlement agreement), pertinent regulations, laws, and ORR policies, instructions, and 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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ACF Applications Help Desk
GrantorContactText: ACF Applications Help Desk&lt;br/&gt;app_support@acf.hhs.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.