[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 2432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-814]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA-2112-N]


Medicaid Program; Infrastructure Grant Program To Support the 
Competitive Employment of People With Disabilities

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of our funding, through 
grants, for eligible States under the Ticket to Work and Work 
Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. The grant program is designed to 
assist States in developing infrastructures to support the competitive 
employment of people with disabilities by extending necessary Medicaid 
coverage to these individuals. This notice also contains pertinent 
information where States may apply for the grant program.

DATES: States should submit a notice of intent to apply for a grant no 
later than March 15, 2001.
    Deadline for Grant Submission: Grant applications must be submitted 
by May 21, 2001 to be considered under the Fiscal Year 2002 annual 
funding cycle.

ADDRESSES: Standard application forms and related instructions are 
available from and must be formally submitted to: Marilyn Lewis-Taylor, 
Health Care Financing Administration, Office of Internal Customer 
Support, AGG, Grants Management Staff, Mail Stop C2-15-21, 7500 
Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21244-1850, (410) 786-5701, 
Internet:[email protected]. 
    Please note: While State agencies are only required to submit an 
original and two copies, submission of an original and 14 copies will 
greatly expedite the application process.
    Website: You may access up-to-date information about the Medicaid 
Infrastructure Grants and obtain a complete Grant Solicitation at: 
http://www.hcfa.gov/medicaid/twwiia/twwiiahp.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the grants may be 
directed to: Joe Razes, TWWIIA Program Manager, Disabled and Elderly 
Health Programs Group, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Health 
Care Financing Administration, Room S2-14-26, 7500 Security Boulevard, 
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850, (410) 786-6126, Internet:[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 31, 2000, we published a notice in 
the Federal Register (65 FR 34715) to announce our availability of 
funding, through grants, for eligible States under the Ticket to Work 
and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. In that notice, we 
solicited eligible States to apply for those grants to provide 
financial assistance for the Competitive Employment of People with 
Disabilities under the Medicaid program. States that wish to apply for 
these grants and desire further detailed information, such as 
application requirements, review procedures, an explanation of a timely 
submission, and other relevant information, should refer to the above-
mentioned Federal Register notice and Website listed.

    Authority: Section 203 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentive 
Improvement Act of 1999, Public Law 106-170. (Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.779, Health Care Financing 
Research, Demonstration, and Evaluations)

    Dated: January 5, 2001.
Robert A. Berenson,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration.
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