[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 23702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11730]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-01-04]


Fiscal Year 2001 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and 
Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Request for applications for a National Center for Family 
Friends/Volunteer Senior Aides to provide training and technical 
assistance to current projects, fund and assist new projects, and 
develop and implement new models to demonstrate alternative funding 
strategies.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under this program 
announcement it will hold a competition for a grant award for one (1) 
project at a federal share of approximately $485,000 per year for a 
project period of two years. The purpose of the project is to support a 
national center to further build and support a national system of 
Family Friends/Volunteer Senior Aides projects, and to develop and 
implement new models to demonstrate alternative funding strategies for 
local program replication/expansion.
    The deadline date for the submission of applications is June 15, 
2001. Public and/or nonprofit agencies, organizations, or institutions 
are eligible to apply. To be considered for funding, however, the 
applicant must be experienced in providing services to the designated 
populations inherent to the Family Friends/VSA programs.
    Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Program 
Development, 330 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4264, Washington, DC 
20201, by calling 202/619-2987 or on the web at http://www.aoa.gov/t4/fy2001.

    Dated: May 4, 2001.
Norman L. Thompson,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 01-11730 Filed 5-8-01; 8:45 am]
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