RESIDENTIAL (SHELTER AND/OR TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN-LICENSED AND TEXAS-EXEMPT AND FLORIDA-DELICENSED ONLY - THE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN PROGRAM, SHELTERED HEARTS, OF BERKSHIRE FARM CENTER AND SERVICES FOR YOUTH BEGAN WITH ITS INITIAL GRANT AWARD IN AUGUST 2019. FROM THE OUTSET, BERKSHIRE LEADERS WORKED CLOSELY WITH ORR TO DEVELOP ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM (ADMINISTRATIVE, PROGRAMMATIC, AND FINANCIAL) INCLUDING PREPARING FOR ADMISSION OF UC DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. AS A RESULT OF THE DILIGENCE OF ALL, THE PROGRAM BEGAN ADMITTING UC IN NOVEMBER 2020, OPERATING UNDER THE FIRST GRANT AWARD UNTIL OCTOBER 2022. DURING THAT TIME, SHELTERED HEARTS SERVED 922 UC, WORKING TO SECURE THEIR SAFE AND TIMELY RELEASE. ORR AWARDED BERKSHIRE A GRANT TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND SHELTERED HEARTS FOR THE 3-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 2022. SHELTERED HEARTS PROVIDES SAFE AND SECURE RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT AND SERVICES FOR UC REFERRED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RE

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RESIDENTIAL (SHELTER AND/OR TRANSITIONAL FOSTER CARE) SERVICES FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN-LICENSED AND TEXAS-EXEMPT AND FLORIDA-DELICENSED ONLY - THE UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN PROGRAM, SHELTERED HEARTS, OF BERKSHIRE FARM CENTER AND SERVICES FOR YOUTH BEGAN WITH ITS INITIAL GRANT AWARD IN AUGUST 2019. FROM THE OUTSET, BERKSHIRE LEADERS WORKED CLOSELY WITH ORR TO DEVELOP ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM (ADMINISTRATIVE, PROGRAMMATIC, AND FINANCIAL) INCLUDING PREPARING FOR ADMISSION OF UC DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. AS A RESULT OF THE DILIGENCE OF ALL, THE PROGRAM BEGAN ADMITTING UC IN NOVEMBER 2020, OPERATING UNDER THE FIRST GRANT AWARD UNTIL OCTOBER 2022. DURING THAT TIME, SHELTERED HEARTS SERVED 922 UC, WORKING TO SECURE THEIR SAFE AND TIMELY RELEASE. ORR AWARDED BERKSHIRE A GRANT TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND SHELTERED HEARTS FOR THE 3-YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, 2022. SHELTERED HEARTS PROVIDES SAFE AND SECURE RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT AND SERVICES FOR UC REFERRED THROUGH THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RE