[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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