[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22431]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Special Projects of National Significance; Adolescent-focused HIV 
Service Delivery and Care Demonstration Models

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of limited competition.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 
announces a limited competition to support the completion and 
dissemination of innovative programs to advance knowledge and skills in 
the delivery of health and support services for adolescents at high 
risk for infection or who are living with HIV disease. The purpose of 
the Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program is to 
demonstrate innovative and replicable service delivery models of HIV 
care, to conduct rigorous evaluations on the models proposed, and to 
disseminate the project findings and lessons learned. Awards will be 
made under the program authority of Section 2691 of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended by the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996, 
Public Law 104-146, dated May 20, 1996.
    HRSA is limiting competition among those ten (10) currently funded 
Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program Adolescent-
focused HIV Service Delivery and Care Demonstration Model grants that 
were initially funded in fiscal years (FY) 1992 and 1993 for three 
years; including: Bay Area Young Positives, San Francisco, CA; 
Children's Hospital of Boston, Boston HAPPENS Program, Boston, MA; 
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Division Of Adolescent Medicine, 
Los Angeles, CA; Greater Bridgeport Adolescent Pregnancy Project, TOPS 
Program, Bridgeport, CT; Health Initiatives for Youth, Youth 
Empowerment Services Project, San Francisco, CA; Indiana State 
Department of Health/Indiana Youth Access Project, Indianapolis, IN; 
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Adolescent Medicine, 
Birmingham, AL; University of Minnesota Youth & AIDS Project, 
Minneapolis, MN; Walden House, Inc., Adolescent Planetree Program, San 
Francisco, CA; and YouthCare, Adolescent Health Promotion Program, 
Seattle, WA.
    Experience has taught the SPNS Program that a minimum five year 
project period is required to maximize the opportunity to fully and 
comprehensively initiate, evaluate and disseminate the models of HIV 
care developed by SPNS Program grantees. In their first three years of 
funding, these ten (10) adolescent-focused SPNS Program grantees have 
successfully identified a set of core characteristics relating to the 
provision of services for young people.

GRANTS/AMOUNTS: This program announcement is a contingency action being 
taken to assure that should funds become available in fiscal year (FY) 
1997 for this purpose, grants can be awarded in a timely fashion 
consistent with the needs of the program. It is anticipated that a 
maximum of ten (10) projects will be approved and funded for fiscal 
year (FY) 1997. All budget periods for funded projects will begin on 
December 1, 1996. Project periods will be for two years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information may be obtained 
from Mr. Russell E. Brady, Project Officer, SPNS Branch, Office of 
Science and Epidemiology, Bureau of Health Resources Development, 
Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 
7A-08, Rockville, MD 20857. The telephone number is (301) 443-3496 or 
(301) 443-9976 and the FAX number is (301) 594-2511.

OTHER GRANT INFORMATION:

    Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Public 
Health Service strongly encourages all grant and contract recipients to 
provide a smoke-free workplace and to promote the non-use of all 
tobacco products. In addition, Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act 
of 1994, prohibits smoking in certain facilities (or in some cases, any 
portion of a facility) in which regular or routine education, library, 
day care, health care or early childhood development services are 
provided to children.

(OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: The number for the 
Special Projects of National Significance is 93.928.)

    Dated: August 27, 1996.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-22431 Filed 9-3-96; 8:45 am]
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