[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8167]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 
1990, as Amended by the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of a Pre-Application Technical Assistance Workshop for 
Ryan White Title III HIV Planning Grants.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will 
hold a pre-application technical assistance workshop for competing 
applicants for Ryan White Title III HIV Planning Grants, of Part C of 
Title XXVI of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act. A Ryan White Title 
III HIV Planning Grant will assist health care service entities to 
qualify for grant support under the Ryan White Title III Early 
Intervention Services Program.
    Eligible applicants for the Ryan White Title III HIV Planning 
Grants are public or nonprofit private entities. Grant recipients of 
the Ryan White Title III Early Intervention Services Program are not 
eligible to receive Ryan White Title III HIV Planning Grants.
    It should be noted that eligible applicants for the Ryan White 
Title III Early Intervention Services Program are public or private, 
nonprofit entities that are: Current primary care service providers to 
populations at risk for HIV disease; community health centers under 
section 330 of the PHS Act; migrant health centers under section 330(g) 
of the PHS Act; health care for the homeless grantees under section 
330(h) of the PHS Act; family planning grantees under section 1001 of 
the PHS Act, other than states; comprehensive hemophilia diagnostic and 
treatment centers; or federally qualified health centers under section 
1905(1)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act.

PURPOSE: The purpose of the pre-application technical assistance 
workshop is to provide information about the Ryan White Title III HIV 
Planning Grant program, and to review application procedures. 
Information will also be provided about the Ryan White Title III Early 
Intervention Services Program. Participants will have the opportunity 
to review the program guidance and to receive technical assistance 
pertaining to all aspects of writing a Ryan White Title III HIV 
Planning Grant application.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER: Anyone interested in attending 
this workshop must contact Ms. Karin Martinsen, Professional and 
Scientific Associates, Inc., 8180 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1050, McLean 
VA 22102-3823 (phone: 703-442-9824). Costs of attending the workshop 
are the sole responsibility of the attendee. There is a nominal 
registration fee of $50 to cover the cost of materials, lunch and 
refreshments.
    For general information, contact the HIV Primary Care Programs 
Branch, Division of Programs for Special Populations, Bureau of Primary 
Health Care, 4350 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814 (telephone: 
301-594-4444).

Date, Time, and Location

    Wednesday, April 9, 1997 (the due date for the Ryan White Title III 
HIV Planning Grant is May 1, 1997). 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., St. Louis 
Airport Marriot, St. Louis, Missouri, (314) 423-9700.
    The OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this 
program is 93.918.

    Dated: March 26, 1997.
Claude Earl Fox,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 97-8167 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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