[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 43 (Thursday, March 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10917-10918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5740]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging
[Program Announcement No. AoA-98-4]


Fiscal Year 1998 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and 
Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of funds and request for 
applications to further strengthen the national system of legal 
assistance aimed at supporting the elder rights activities of state and 
area agencies on aging and at improving the quality and accessibility 
of the legal assistance provided to older people.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under this program 
announcement it will hold a competition for grant awards for four (4) 
to six (6) projects that build and strengthen the national system of 
legal assistance which supports the elder rights activities of state 
and area agencies on aging and which improves the quality and 
accessibility of the legal assistance provided to older people.
    The deadline date for the submission of applications is May 18, 
1998. As provided by Title IV, Section 424(c) of the Older Americans 
Act, eligibility for grant awards is limited to national nonprofit 
legal assistance organizations experienced in providing support, on a 
nationwide basis, to local legal assistance providers.
    Application kits are available by writing to the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Elder 
Rights Protection, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 4270, 
Washington, DC 20201, or by calling 202/619-0769.

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    Dated: February 26, 1998.
Jeanette C. Takamura,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 98-5740 Filed 3-4-98; 8:45 am]
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