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1992.01.22 :  Awards -- Crisis Nurseries

Contact: Bill McPherrin (202) 245-2760
January 22, 1992

        HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., has announced the
award of $2.8 million in grants to help states provide crisis
nurseries for abused and neglected children or children who are
at risk of abuse and neglect.
        The grants will establish centers in 15 states that
provide temporary emergency services and care for these children.
Some of the services included under the program are: individual
and family counseling, parenting classes, employment training,
help lines and substance abuse prevention counseling. 
        "These programs will protect children by providing a safe
environment at a time when the chances of neglect or physical
abuse in the home are increased," said Jo Anne B. Barnhart,
assistant secretary for children and families.  "Temporary crisis
nurseries can offer parents the needed option of 'time away' as a
preventive measure to reduce the incidence of child
maltreatment."
        Wade F. Horn, Ph.D., commissioner of the Administration
on Children, Youth and Families, said, "These centers place
emphasis on intervention and prevention, including referrals for
out-of-home placement, when appropriate.  The projects will
utilize existing community-based services to help reduce the
potential for the
maltreatment of children in families experiencing crisis."  

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      ACYF, located in HHS' Administration for Children and
Families, serves as a focal point within the federal government for
serving children and families.
   Grant recipients are:

   o     Arkansas Department of Human Services, Little Rock,      
           $182,744.

   o    Connecticut Department of Children, Youth and Families,
       Hartford, $200,000.

   o    Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services,
       Tallahassee, $187,500.

   o    Illinois Department of Children and Family Services,    
        Springfield, $186,600.

   o    Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services,  
          Topeka, $200,000.

   o    Michigan Department of Social Services, Lansing,
        $114,300.

   o    Minnesota Department of Human Services, St. Paul,         
         $200,000.

   o    Missouri Department of Social Services, Jefferson City,
       $200,000.

   o    New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services,
       Concord, $196,237.

   o    New York Department of Social Services, Albany, $200,000.

   o    North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Raleigh,
       $130,400.

   o    Ohio Department of Human Services, Columbus, $200,000.

   o    Oregon Department of Human Resources, Salem, $200,000.

   o    Texas Department of Human Services, Austin, $186,856.

   o    Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services,
       Madison, $200,000.


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