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1992.03.11 :  Award -- National Resource Center for Crisis Nurseries

Contact: Bill McPherrin (202) 245-2760
March 11, 1992

       HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., has announced the
award of $500,000 to establish a national resource center for 
programs which serve children who are at risk of abuse or
neglect, chronically disabled or terminally ill.
       The National Resource Center for Crisis Nurseries and
Respite Care will be developed by the North Carolina Department
of Human Resources in Raleigh.  The center will provide training
and technical assistance; evaluate the effectiveness of current
services; conduct research to identify effective models for
service delivery; and act as a clearinghouse to coordinate,
exchange and disseminate information.
       "Providers who devote themselves to working with
terminally ill children and children who are at risk of abuse and
neglect will receive quality assistance for their programs with
the creation of the national resource center," said Jo Anne B.
Barnhart, assistant secretary for children and families. 
"Opportunities will exist for information sharing and exchange,
and providers will be able to contact a readily available single
source to receive answers."
       "The center will develop knowledge about what constitutes
effective crisis nursery and respite care services," said Wade F.
Horn, Ph.D., commissioner of the Administration on Children,
Youth and Families.  "Both of these services address the needs of
drug-exposed children at a time when substance abuse is affecting
greater numbers of America's families.  These resources will help
identify, develop and share program practices that are most
effective."
       ACYF, located in HHS' Administration for Children and
Families, serves as a focal point within the federal government
for children and families.


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