Standing Announcement for Residential (Shelter) Services for Unaccompanied Alien Children

This FOA was modified on September 11, 2019. The Office of Refugee Resettlement has modified: Section I. Program Description to include a new section on SUBAWARDS, Unallowable Costs for Facilities, Leasing Documents, and Rental Cost for Leased Property; Section II. Federal Award Information; Section III. Eligibility Information; Section IV.2. Content and Form of Application Submission; Section IV.4. Submission Dates and Times; Section IV.6. Funding Restrictions; Section V.1. Criteria; and Section VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements. The Office of Refugee Resettlement/ Division of Unaccompanied Children's Operations (ORR/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's immigration case results in a final disposition of removal from the United States (U.S.). 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's age and needs. ORR is announcing this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to seek shelter care providers, including group homes and transitional foster care. Care providers operating a shelter facility(ies) must be licensed by an appropriate state agency to provide residential, group, or foster care services for children. All entities, funded under this FOA, must also comply with the Flores v. Reno, Case No. CV 85-4544RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996) (the Flores settlement agreement), the Perez-Olano Settlement Agreement, Case No. CV05-3604 (C.D. Cal., Dec. 14, 2010), pertinent regulations, laws, and ORR policies, instructions, and procedures. ORR encourages applicants to review ORR's policies, instructions, and procedures at: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/resource/child ren-entering-the-united-states-unaccompanied as these will be critical to the overall program design.