[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 1994)]
[Unknown Section]
[Page 0]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-10020]


[[Page Unknown]]

[Federal Register: April 26, 1994]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration

 

Special Projects of National Significance

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Advance notice of application deadline date for special 
projects of national significance for fiscal year 1994.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration's Bureau of 
Health Resources Development (BHRD) will provide funding for new grant 
applications during fiscal year 1994 to support innovative programs to 
advance knowledge and skills in the delivery of health and support 
services for people with HIV disease under the Special Projects of 
National Significance (SPNS) program. The SPNS program is designed to 
demonstrate and evaluate innovative and potentially replicable HIV 
service delivery models. A complete Notice of Availability of Funds 
(NOAF) will be published at a later date in the Federal Register giving 
a full description of specific funding categories and their program 
requirements. Proposals are being sought for HIV service delivery model 
projects that demonstrate and evaluate: [1] Comprehensive primary care 
service delivery systems for people with HIV within one of six distinct 
environments or settings, including people in managed care plans, 
people in capitated reimbursement systems, people in intermediate 
levels of care, people in rural areas, adolescents and young adults 
with symptomatic HIV disease, and women with HIV; [2] Coordinated 
delivery of HIV health and support services to specific mobile 
populations in the United States; [3] Reduction of cultural, 
linguistic, and/or organizational barriers to care in a geographically 
defined area targeting one of four specific populations (underserved 
populations, ethnic groups, substance abuse, discrimination); and, [4] 
Provider training and education models that develop, test, and evaluate 
strategies for increasing, improving or updating knowledge about HIV 
disease and its treatment for providers in three distinct provider 
groups. Applicants may also request additional funds which will be 
provided to one or more successful applicants to establish, either on 
site or by subcontract, evaluation and dissemination center(s) to work 
with all of the SPNS grantees funded under the HIV Service Delivery 
Models Categories [1] through [4]. The purpose of this announcement is 
to give advance notice to potential applicants of the amount of funding 
and the estimated application deadline date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Potential applicants who wish to 
receive a grant application following the date of publication of the 
NOAF may contact the Grants Management Officer, Ms. Glenna Wilcom, 
Bureau of Health Resources Development, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, room 7-15, Rockville, MD 20857, 
(301) 443-2280 FAX (301) 594-6096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Availability of Funds (NOAF) 
will be published in the Federal Register announcing program 
provisions, priorities, and evaluation criteria for this program. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Funds  
      Program            Application        Number of awards   available
                          deadline              (est.)          (est.)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Special projects of  Approximately July   25.................  $9.7     
 national             5, 1994 (45 days                          million.
 significance.        after publication                                 
                      of NOAF).                                         
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Dated: April 20, 1994.
John H. Kelso,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-10020 Filed 4-25-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160-15-P