[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8364-8365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3931]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-00-2]


Fiscal Year 2000 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and 
Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of funds and request for 
applications for the Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States 
Program, to (1) develop models of assistance for persons with 
Alzheimer's disease and their families, and (2) improve the 
responsiveness of existing home and community based care systems for 
persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders and their 
families.

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APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS: Eligibility for grant awards is 
limited to state agencies. Only one application per state will be 
accepted. Applicants must provide a letter from their state's Governor 
designating the applicant agency as the sole applicant for the state. 
Grantees are required to provide a 25% non-federal match during the 
first year, 35% during the second year, and 45% during the third year 
of the grant.

SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under this program 
announcement it will hold a competition for grant awards for fourteen 
(14) to twenty (20) projects that develop services and assistance, and 
improve the home and community based care system to better respond to 
the needs of persons with Alzheimer's disease, their families, and 
caregivers.
    The deadline date for the submission of applications is April 21, 
2000.
    Application kits are available by writing to the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Immediate Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Aging, 200 Independence Ave., SW, HHH 
Building, Room 309-F, Washington, DC 20201, or by calling 202/401-4547 
or 202/401-4634.

    Dated: February 14, 2000.
Jeanette C. Takamura,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 00-3931 Filed 2-17-00; 8:45 am]
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