[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16621]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; 
Notice of an Extension of Cooperative Agreements for National Poverty 
Research Centers

    The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 
(OASPE) announces its intention to award a one year non-competitive 
extension of its poverty research center cooperative agreements. In FY 
1996 the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) awarded two five-year 
cooperative agreements to support national poverty research centers. 
The poverty center program provides basic and applied research into the 
causes, consequences and remedies of poverty as well as provide for the 
mentoring and training of poverty scholars, and a forum for 
dissemination of research and evaluation findings. The recipients of 
the cooperative agreements were the Joint Center for Poverty Research 
at Northwestern University/University of Chicago (JCPR) and the 
Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin (IRP). 
The current grant period expires in late FY 2001.
    OASPE intends to extend the cooperative agreements for one-year at 
current funding levels: $1,500,000 to JCPR and $500,000 to IRP. The 
extension will allow sufficient time for OASPE to reexamine the 
purposes and goals of its poverty center program and provide ample time 
for a new full and open competition. This extension will allow the 
current national poverty research centers to continue to provide high 
quality basic and applied poverty research, mentoring and training 
activities, and dissemination of policy relevant findings as specified 
in the cooperative agreements.

Authorizing Legislation

    These cooperative agreements are authorized under Section 1110 of 
the Social Security Act.
    Nothing in this announcement commits OASPE to renewing or re-
competing the poverty center program.
    Comments and questions related to this extension will be accepted 
until July 18, 2001. Written comments should be directed to Donald T. 
Oellerich, OASPE Project Officer by e-mail at [email protected] 
or fax at 202-690-6562 or by mail at DHHS, OASPE, 200 Independence Av. 
SW., Room 404E, Washington, DC 20201.

    Dated: June 25, 2001.
William F. Raub,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
[FR Doc. 01-16621 Filed 7-2-01; 8:45 am]
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