[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39149-39150]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18583]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


AIDS Education and Training Centers Program Grants

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of limited competition.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) HIV/
AIDS Bureau (HAB) announces a limited competition to support regional 
AIDS Education and Training Centers in the following regional areas: 
Delta Region (serving Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi), Mid Atlantic 
Region serving Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, 
DC and Texas/Oklahoma Region to provide state-of-the-art treatment 
education, training consultation and support to health care 
professionals treating HIV seropositive patients for HRSA's AIDS 
Education Training Centers Program under section 2692(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act as amended by Pub. L. 104-146, the Ryan White 
Comprehensive Aids Resources Emergency Act Amendments of 1996. 
Assistance will be provided only to these there regional areas. No 
other applications are solicited, nor will they be accepted.
    Approximately $2,500,000 is available in fiscal year 1999. The 
first budget period will be for 9 months with a start date of October 
1, 1999. The total project period will be for 2 years 9 months. 
Continuation awards within the project period will have a July 1 start 
date with a 12 month budget period and

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will be made on the basis of satisfactory progress and the availability 
of funds.
    HRSA is limiting competition to the three regional areas because 
during the previously announced competitive cycle, applications 
submitted for the three regional areas did not successfully compete for 
funds. It is HRSA's intent to fund AETC Programs in all regions of the 
United States. This limited competition will focus on supporting a 
regional AETC Program in each of the three regions to provide state-of-
the-art treatment education, training, consultation, and support to 
health care professionals treating HIV seropositive patients for the 
Health Resources and Services Administration's AETC Programs during the 
period of support.

DATES: Applications for these announced grants must be received in the 
Grants HRSA Application Center by the close of business September 1, 
1999 to be considered for competition. Applications will meet the 
deadline if they are either (1) received on or before the deadline date 
or (2) postmarked on or before the deadline date, and received in time 
for submission to the objective review panel. A legibly dated receipt 
from a commercial carrier of U.S. Postal Service will be accepted as 
proof of timely mailing. Applications received after the deadline will 
be returned to the applicant.

ADDRESSES: All applications should be mailed or delivered to: Grants 
Management Officer, HRSA Grants Application Center, Parklawn Building, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 4-91, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Grant 
applications sent to any address other than that above are subject to 
being returned. Federal Register notices and application guidance for 
the HIV/AIDS Bureau program are available on the World Wide Web via the 
Internet. The web site for the HIV/AIDS Bureau is: http://www.hrsa.gov/
hab/. Federal grant application kits are available at the following 
Internet address: http://forms.psc.gov/phsforms.htm. For those 
applicants who are unable to access application materials 
electronically, a hard copy of the official grant application kit (PHS 
Form 6025-1) must be obtained from the HRSA Grants Application Center. 
The Center may be contacted by (telephone, 1-888-300-4772) FAX: 301-
309-0579, or 3 e-mail, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional Information may be obtained from Mrs. Juanita Koziol, Deputy 
Branch Director, HIV Education Branch, Division of Training and 
Technical Assistance, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9A-39, Rockville, Maryland 
20857. Telephone number (301) 443-6364 and the FAX: (301) 443-9887.

    Dated: July 14, 1999.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-18583 Filed 7-20-99; 8:45 am]
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