About Region 9
Our Mission
Region 9 is dedicated to promoting and enhancing the economic independence and social well-being of children, families, individuals, and communities.
Service Area
ACF Region 9 serves Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada , American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Profile
4 States and 6 Outer Pacific Territories
Over 140 Federally Recognized Tribes
92 Head Start and Early Head Start Grantees serving 123,689 pregnant
women, infants, toddlers and children
58 Runaway and Homeless Grantees
Organization
The Regional Office is located in San Francisco and is headed by a Regional Administrator who reports to the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families through the Director, Office of Regional Operations. The Office of the Regional Administrator (ORA) is responsible for the Administration's key national goals and priorities in the region. The Regional Administrator provides executive leadership and direction to state, county, city, territorial and tribal governments, as well as to other public and private local grantees to ensure effective and efficient program and financial management. The Regional Administrator ensures that grantee agencies conform to federal laws, regulations, policies and procedures governing the programs, and exercises all delegated authorities and responsibilities for oversight of the programs. The Deputy Regional Administrator serves as the full deputy to the Region 9 Regional Administrator.
The Program Support Unit (PSU), which is headed by the Deputy Regional Administrator, provides supports to the Office of the Regional Administrator and the Self-Sufficiency and Children and Youth Development Units in the areas of strategic planning, public affairs, data management, administrative operations, and information technology. The Grants Officer, who has lead responsibility for fiscal matters involving grantees in Region 9 jurisdictions, is also located in the PSU.
The Self-Sufficiency Unit (SSU) is headed by a Director who reports to the Regional Administrator. The Unit is responsible for providing program and financial management services, and for technical administration of ACF formula, block and entitlement grant programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Child Support Enforcement (CSE), Child Care and Development Fund, Foster Care and Adoption Assistance, Child Welfare, Child Abuse and Neglect and Developmental Disabilities. The Unit provides policy guidance to state, county, city, territorial and tribal governments, as well as to other public and private organizations to assure consistent and uniform adherence to federal requirements governing formula, block and entitlement grant programs. State plans are reviewed and recommendations concerning state plan approval or disapproval are made to the Regional Administrator. The Unit provides technical assistance to entities responsible for administering these programs to resolve identified problems; ensures that appropriate procedures and practices are adopted; monitors the programs to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness; establishes regional financial management priorities; reviews cost allocation plans; and provides technical assistance to and monitors state systems projects for designated ACF programs.
SSU also provides financial management services for ACF formula, entitlement, and block grants in the region. It reviews cost estimates and reports for these grant programs and recommends funding levels. The Unit performs systematic fiscal reviews and makes recommendations to approve, defer or disallow claims for federal financial participation. As applicable, recommendations are made on the clearance and closure of grantee audits, paying particular attention to financial management deficiencies that decrease the efficiency and effectiveness of ACF programs and to monitoring the resolution of such deficiencies. The Unit represents the Regional Administrator in dealing with the ACF program offices on all program and financial policy matters under its jurisdiction.
The Children and Youth Development Unit (CYDU) is headed by a Director who reports to the Regional Administrator. The Unit is responsible for providing program and financial management services, and for technical administration of ACF discretionary grant programs such as Head Start (HS), Early Head Start (EHS), and Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY). In that regard, the Unit provides policy guidance to public and private organizations, as well as to state, county, city, territorial and tribal governments to assure consistent and uniform adherence to federal requirements. The Unit provides technical assistance to and coordinates various training activities for entities responsible for administering these programs to ensure that appropriate procedures and practices are adopted, and monitors the programs to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness. The Unit administers a system of fiscal reviews; reviews costs for allowability; and makes recommendations to disallow costs under ACF discretionary grant programs. It issues certain discretionary grant awards based on a review of project objectives, budget projections, and proposed funding levels. As applicable, recommendations are made on the clearance and closure of audits of grantee programs, paying particular attention to financial management deficiencies that decrease the efficiency and effectiveness of the ACF programs and to monitoring the resolution of such deficiencies. The Unit represents the Regional Administrator in dealing with ACF program offices on all program policy and financial matters under its jurisdiction.
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