[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53061-53062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26343]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service


Research and Demonstration Projects for Indian Health

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of single source cooperative agreement with the Center 
for Native American Health, College of Medicine/Arizona Prevention 
Center, University of Arizona.

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SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces the award of a 
cooperative agreement to the Center for Native American Health (CNAH), 
College of Medicine/Arizona Prevention Center, University of Arizona, 
for a demonstration project to build and expand on a unique 
collaborative partnership that currently exists among the CNAH, the 
IHS, and the Indian tribes located in the southwestern part of the 
country. The project is for a 2-year period, effective September 1, 
1998, through August 31, 2000. Funding for the first year of the 
project is $243,075, plus an annual in-kind contribution by the 
University of $100,390.
    The award is issued under the authority of the Public Health 
Service Act, Section 301. A general program description is contained in 
the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, number 93.933.
    The specific goals of the project are to increase opportunities for 
sub-specialty medical care at reservation health care facilities, to 
increase the availability of telemedicine at reservation health care 
facilities, to enhance community health planning and prevention 
activities, to facilitate counseling of high school level Indian 
students for entry into health careers, and to investigate the 
possibilities of replication of this collaborative project at other 
sites.
    Justification for Single Source: The CNAH is a unique organization 
within the University that is guided by an Advisory Council composed of 
leaders from 13 Indian tribes and tribal organizations located in the 
southwestern part of the country and health professionals from the 
Arizona Department of Health, the IHS, and the University of Arizona.
    Award of a Cooperative Agreement: The Project Director for this 
cooperative agreement is an IHS employee who is serving as the Director 
of CNAH; therefore, he will provide substantial on-going IHS 
programmatic involvement in the development and direction of this 
demonstration project. Also, the IHS has health professionals providing 
project guidance as members of the Advisory Council.
    Contacts: For programmatic information, please contact Ms. Jan 
Frederick, Acting Chief, Nutrition and Dietetics, Phoenix Area IHS, Two 
Renaissance Square, 40 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, 
(602) 364-5197. For grants administration or business information, 
contact Ms. M. Kay Carpentier, Grants Management

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Officer, IHS, Suite 100, Twinbrook Metro Plaza Building, 12300 
Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 443-5204.

    Dated: September 25, 1998.
Michael H. Trujillo,
Assistant Surgeon General Director.
[FR Doc. 98-26343 Filed 10-1-98; 8:45 am]
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