[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 185 (Monday, September 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23602]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration


Special Project Grants; Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services; 
Federal Set-Aside Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

ACTION: Notice of limited competition.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration is announcing 
acceptance for review and funding, if approvable, of an application 
from the American Academy of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) for 
a Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Special Project of Regional and 
National Significance (SPRANS) grant. The award will be made under the 
program authority of section 502(a) of the Social Security Act, the MCH 
Federal Set-Aside Program, from funds appropriated for fiscal year 1995 
under Public Law 103-333. The MCH SPRANS grants are intended to improve 
the health of mothers and children through development and 
dissemination of new knowledge, demonstration of new or improved ways 
of delivering care or otherwise enhancing Title V program capacity to 
provide or assure provision of appropriate services, and preparation of 
personnel in MCH-relevant disciplines.
    The purpose of this limited competition is to extend and enhance 
support of an existing grant through which ACOG is stimulating office-
based research by its members. The information collected will be used 
to effect changes in the practices and standards of care provided by 
practitioners that improve access to care, efficacy of interventions, 
health status of the women being served, and pregnancy outcomes. The 
American Academy of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is the only 
national organization of and for obstetric and gynecologic 
practitioners and is, thus, the only organization with both the 
necessary access to the practitioners and the professional standing to 
effect changes in practice and standards of care.

Grant/Amount

    A single grant, of approximately $142,000, will be awarded. The 
project period will be 5 years.

Eligibility

    Eligibility for application and funding is limited to the American 
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For programmatic or technical 
information on MCH issues, contact Mr. James Papai, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 18A-55, telephone: 301 443-2190. For information concerning 
business management issues, contact Ms. Dorothy M. Kelley, Grants 
Management Branch, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Room 18-12, 
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland, telephone: 
301 443-1440.

Provision of Smoke-Free Workplace

    The Public Health Service strongly encourages all grant recipients 
to provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all 
tobacco products. This is consistent with the PHS mission to protect 
the physical and mental health of the American people.

Public Health System Reporting Requirements

    This program is subject to the Public Health System Reporting 
Requirements (approved under OMB No. 0937-0195). Under these 
requirements, the community-based nongovernmental applicant must 
prepare and submit a Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS). The 
PHSIS is intended to provide information to state and local health 
officials to keep them apprised of proposed health services grant 
applications submitted by community-based nongovernmental organizations 
within their jurisdictions. Community-based nongovernmental applicants 
are required to submit the following information to the head of the 
appropriate State and local health agencies in the area(s) to be 
impacted no later than the Federal application receipt date:
    (a) A copy of the face page of the application (SF 424).
    (b) A summary of the project PHSIS, not to exceed one page, which 
provides:
    (1) A description of the population to be served.
    (2) A summary of the services to be provided.
    (3) A description of the coordination planned with the appropriate 
State and local health agencies.

Executive Order 12372

    The MCH Federal Set-Aside Program has been determined to be a 
program which is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372 
concerning intergovernmental review of Federal programs.

    The OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93.110.

    Dated: September 19, 1995.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-23602 Filed 9-22-95; 8:45 am]
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