[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 117 (Monday, June 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32824-32825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15286]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-01-08]


Fiscal Year 2001 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 innovative programs and activities of national 
significance under the National Family Caregiver Support Program, title 
III-E, sections 375 and 376, of the Older Americans Act as amended 
(Pub. L. 106-501). These grants and cooperative agreements are to 
develop services and systems which demonstrate new or improved 
approaches to sustaining the efforts of families and other informal 
caregivers of older individuals and grandparents of older individuals 
who are relative caregivers of children.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under this program 
announcement it will hold a competition for grants and cooperative 
agreements for approximately 24 to 28 projects nationwide. The projects 
will be approved for varying periods and amounts from one to three 
years and a maximum federal share of $250,000 per year. Funding after 
the first year is contingent on the availability of federal funds and 
the grantee's performance

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relative to project goals and the grantee's compliance with the terms 
and conditions of the grant. The federal share of the costs of any of 
the projects will not exceed 75 percent. The purpose of these projects 
is to demonstrate new or improved approaches to sustaining the efforts 
of families and other informal caregivers.
    The deadline date for the submission of applications is August 10, 
2001. Eligibility for grant awards is limited to public and/or 
nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions with demonstrated 
expertise in aging and caregiving.
    Application kits are available by writing to the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Program 
Operations and Development, 330 Independence Ave., SW., Wilbur J. Cohen 
Building, Room 4733, Washington, DC 20201, by calling 202/619-0011, or 
on the web at http://www.aoa.gov/t4/fy2001.

    Dated: June 13, 2001.
Norman L. Thompson,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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