[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42038-42067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Availability of Funds Announced in the HRSA Preview; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Availability of Funds Announced in the HRSA Preview

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration.

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: HRSA announces the availability of funds in the HRSA Preview 
for Summer 2001. This edition of the HRSA Preview is a comprehensive 
review of HRSA's Fiscal Year 2002 competitive grant programs.
    The purpose of the HRSA Preview is to provide the general public 
with a single source of program and application information related to 
the Agency's competitive grant offerings. The HRSA Preview is designed 
to replace the multiple Federal Register notices which traditionally 
advertised the availability of HRSA's discretionary funds for its 
various programs. It should be noted that additional program 
initiatives responsive to new or emerging issues in the health care 
area and unanticipated at the time of publication of the HRSA Preview 
may be announced through the Federal Register from time to time. 
Requirements appearing elsewhere in the Federal Register are not 
changed by this notice.
    This notice contains nearly all of the content of the HRSA Preview. 
The HRSA Preview contains a description of competitive and other grant 
programs scheduled for awards in Fiscal Year 2002, and includes 
instructions on how to contact the Agency for information and receive 
application kits for all programs. Specifically, the following 
information is included in the HRSA Preview: (1) Program title; (2) 
legislative authority; (3) purpose; (4) eligibility; (5) funding 
priorities and/or preferences; (6) estimated dollar amount of 
competition; (7) estimated number of awards; (8) estimated project 
period; (9) Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 
identification number; (10) application availability date; (11) letter 
of intent deadline (if any); (12) application deadline; (13) projected 
award date; and (14) programmatic contact, with telephone and e-mail 
addresses. Certain other information, including how to obtain and use 
the HRSA Preview and grant terminology, can also be found in the HRSA 
Preview.

    Dated: July 31, 2001.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Acting Administrator.
    This notice describes funding for the following HRSA discretionary 
authorities and programs (receipt deadlines are also provided):


Health Professions Programs:
    Advanced Education Nursing Grants...................       12/3/2001
    Advanced Education Nursing--Nurse Anesthetist             11/19/2001
     Traineeship Grants.................................
    Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Grants.......      11/19/2001
    Basic Nurse Education and Practice Grants...........       1/28/2002
    Nursing Faculty Development in Geriatrics...........      11/09/2001
    Geriatric Nursing Knowledge and Experiences in Long       11/19/2001
     Term Care Facilities for Baccalaureate Nursing
     Students...........................................
    Nursing Workforce Diversity Grants..................      12/07/2001
    Health Careers Opportunity Program..................       1/10/2002
    Centers of Excellence...............................      12/03/2001
    Minority Faculty Fellowship Program.................      10/05/2001
    Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers............      12/18/2001
    Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers.      12/18/2001
    Scholarships For Disadvantaged Students.............      12/17/2001
    Faculty Loan Repayment Program......................       5/31/2002
Special Populations Programs:
    Model Interventions to Increase Organ and Tissue           6/04/2002
     Donation...........................................
    State Planning Grant Program........................       3/01/2002
HIV/AIDS Programs:
    AIDS Education and Training Centers Program.........       3/15/2002
    National Training and Technical Assistance                 8/08/2002
     Cooperative Agreement Program......................
    Ryan White Title IV: Grants for Coordinated HIV            4/01/2002
     Services and Access to Research for Children,
     Youth, Women, and Families.........................
    Funding for Early Intervention Services Planning and       5/31/2002
     Capacity Building Grants: Competing................
    Special Projects of National Significance...........       3/29/2002
Maternal and Child Health Programs:
    Genetic Services--Evaluation of the Use of New and         3/01/2002
     Evolving Technology within Newborn Screening
     Programs...........................................
    Genetic Services--Improving Health of Children:            2/28/2002
     Implementation of the State Grants for the
     Integration of Programs and Their Information
     Systems............................................
    Genetic Resources and Services Information Center...       2/28/2002
    National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource           2/28/2002
     Center.............................................
    National Blood Lead Proficiency Testing Program.....      11/15/2001
    Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment          3/01/2002
     Centers............................................
    Bright Futures Grant Health Promotion/Prevention          10/15/2001
     Education Center...................................
    Bright Futures Pediatric Implementation Cooperative       10/15/2001
     Agreement..........................................
    Oral Health Integrated Systems Development Grants...       3/08/2002
    Integrated Health and Behavioral Health Care for           2/15/2002
     Children, Adolescents, and their Families--
     Implementation Grants..............................
    Maternal and Child Health Library Services..........      10/01/2001
    Health Insurance for Children with Special Health          2/15/2002
     Care Needs (CSHCN).................................
    Healthy and Ready to Work (HRTW) National Center....       2/22/2002
    Integrated Community Systems........................       2/15/2002
    Statewide Medical Home Development Grants...........      11/15/2001
    Partnership for Information and Communication MCH          2/22/2002
     Cooperative Agreements.............................
    Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health..       4/22/2002
    SPRANS Community-Based Abstinence Education Project        1/22/2002
     Grants.............................................
    National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/Infant Death         5/17/2002
     Program Support Center.............................
    Program to Enhance Performance of Sudden Infant            5/17/2002
     Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Infant Death
     Initiatives........................................

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    Maternal and Child Health Research Program..........       8/01/2001
                                                               3/01/2002
    Health Care Information and Education for Families         1/02/2002
     of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN).
    Public Policy Analysis and Education Center for            2/22/2002
     Infant and Early Childhood Health..................
    Graduate Medical Education: Reducing Health Status        10/15/2001
     Disparities through Mentoring Training for
     Residents in OB/GYN, Pediatrics, and Family
     Practice...........................................
    Long Term Training in Adolescent Health.............       1/25/2002
    Long Term Training in Pediatric Dentistry...........      11/02/2001
    Continuing Education and Development................       1/18/2002
    Continuing Education/Distance Learning..............       1/18/2002
    Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program..      10/01/2001
    Emergency Medical Services for Children Development       11/05/2001
     Grants.............................................
    Emergency Medical Services for Children Partnerships      11/05/2001
     Demonstration Grants...............................
    Emergency Medical Services for Children Regional          11/05/2001
     Symposium Supplemental Grants......................
    Emergency Medical Services for Children Targeted          11/05/2001
     Demonstration Grants...............................
    Clinical Practice Guidelines for Emergency Care of        11/05/2001
     Children...........................................
    National Emergency Medical Services for Children          11/05/2001
     Data Analysis Resource Center (NADARC)
     Demonstration Grant................................
    Trauma/EMS Program..................................       4/01/2002
    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Implementation         12/03/2001
     Grants.............................................
    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Planning Grants..      12/03/2001
    Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Post-Demonstration.....      12/03/2001
    Developing a System of Care to Address Family              1/04/2002
     Violence During or Around the Time of Pregnancy....
Rural Health Policy Programs:
    Rural Health Network Development....................      10/15/2001
                                                               9/21/2002
    Rural Health Outreach Grant.........................       9/28/2001
                                                               9/13/2002
Primary Health Care Programs:
    Community and Migrant Health Centers................           (\1\)
    Health Care for the Homeless........................           (\1\)
    Public Housing Primary Care.........................       10/1/2001
    Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities Program........           (\1\)
    New Delivery Sites and New Starts in Programs Funded           (\2\)
     Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act.........
    Increase in Medical Capacity in Programs Funded           10/01/2001
     Under the Health Centers Consolidation Act of 1996.
    Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities Planning and          3/20/2002
     Capacity Development Grants........................
    Grants to States for Loan Repayment Programs........       5/15/2002
    Black Lung Clinics..................................           (\1\)
    National Health Center Technical Assistance              10/01/2001
     Cooperative Agreement..............................
 
\1\ Varies.
\2\ Continuous.

    Individuals may obtain the HRSA Preview by calling the toll free 
number at 1-877-477-2123 (1-877-HRSA-123). The HRSA Preview may also be 
accessed on HRSA's web site at http://www.hrsa.gov/grants.htm.

How To Use and Obtain Copies of the HRSA Preview

    It is recommended that you read the introductory materials, 
terminology section, and individual program category descriptions 
before contacting the toll-free number: 1-877-477-2123 (1-877-HRSA-
123). Likewise, we urge applicants to fully assess their eligibility 
for grants before requesting kits. As a general rule, no more than one 
kit per category will be mailed to applicants.

To Obtain a Copy of the HRSA Preview

    To have your name and address added to or deleted from the HRSA 
Preview mailing list, call the toll free number above or send a message 
by e-mail to [email protected].

To Obtain an Application Kit

    Applications kits differ depending on the grant program. Determine 
which kit(s) you wish to receive and call 1-877-477-2123 to be placed 
on the mailing list. Be sure to provide the information specialist with 
both the CFDA number and the title of the grant program. You may also 
request application kits using the e-mail address above. Application 
kits are generally available 60 days prior to application deadline. If 
kits are available earlier, they will be mailed immediately. The 
guidance contained in the various kits contains detailed instructions, 
background on the grant program, and other information, such as the 
applicability of Executive Order 12372 and 45 CFR Part 100, and 
additional information pertinent to the intergovernmental review 
process, as appropriate.

World Wide Web Access

    The HRSA Preview is available on the HRSA homepage via the World 
Wide Web at: http://www.hrsa.gov/grants.htm. You can download this 
issue in Adobe Acrobat format.
    Application materials are also available for downloading for some 
HRSA programs. HRSA's goal is to post application forms and materials 
for all programs in future cycles.
    You can register online to be sent grant application materials by 
following the instructions on the web page. Your mailing information 
will be added to our database and materials will be sent to you as they 
become available.

Grant Terminology

Application Deadlines

    Applications will be considered on time if they are received on or 
before the established deadline, or postmarked on or before the 
deadline given in the program announcement or in the application kit 
materials. Applications sent to any address other than that specified 
in the application guidance are subject to being returned.

Authorization

    The citation of the law authorizing the various grant programs is 
provided immediately following the title of the programs.

CFDA Number

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) is a Government-
wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities 
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provide assistance. Programs listed therein are given a CFDA Number. Be 
sure to use both the CFDA number and the title of the grant program 
when requesting an application kit. Note that CFDA numbers with alpha 
suffixes have different titles than the same CFDA numbers without 
suffixes.

Cooperative Agreement

    A financial assistance mechanism (grant) used when substantial 
Federal programmatic involvement with the recipient is anticipated by 
the funding agency during performance of the project. The nature of 
that involvement will always be specified in the offering or 
application guidance materials.

Eligibility

    The status an entity must possess to be considered for a grant. 
Authorizing legislation and programmatic regulations specify 
eligibility for individual grant programs, and eligibility may be 
further restricted for programmatic reasons. In general, assistance is 
provided to nonprofit organizations and institutions, State and local 
governments and their agencies, and occasionally to individuals. For-
profit organizations are eligible to receive awards under financial 
assistance programs unless specifically excluded by legislation. Under 
the President's initiative, faith-based organizations that are 
otherwise eligible and believe they can contribute to HRSA's program 
objectives are urged to consider these grant offerings.

Funding Availability and Estimated Amount of Competition

    The funding level listed is provided only as an estimate, and is 
subject to the availability of funds, congressional action, and 
changing program priorities.

Funding Priorities and/or Preferences

    Funding preferences, priorities, and special considerations may 
come from legislation, regulations, or HRSA program leadership 
decisions. They are not the same as review criteria. Funding 
preferences are any objective factors that would be used to place a 
grant application ahead of others without the preference on a list of 
applicants recommended for funding by a review committee. Some programs 
give preference to organizations which have specific capabilities such 
as telemedicine networking, or have established relationships with 
managed care organizations. Funding priorities are factors that cause a 
grant application to receive a fixed amount of extra rating points--
which may similarly affect the order of applicants on a funding list. 
Special considerations are other factors considered in making funding 
decisions that are neither review criteria, preferences, or priorities, 
e.g., ensuring that there is an equitable geographic distribution of 
grant recipients, or meeting requirements for urban and rural 
proportions.

Key Offices

    The Grants Management Office serves as the focal point for 
questions concerning business matters. In the HRSA Preview, the 
highlighted section at the head of each program indicates the 
appropriate grants management office for each program area and the main 
telephone number for the office.

Letter of Intent

    To help in planning the application review process, many HRSA 
programs request a letter of intent from the applicant in advance of 
the application deadline. Letters of intent are neither binding nor 
mandatory. Details on where to send letters can be found in the 
guidance materials contained in the application kit.

Matching Requirements

    Several HRSA programs require a matching amount, or percentage of 
the total project support, to come from sources other than Federal 
funds. Matching requirements are generally mandated in the authorizing 
legislation for specific categories. Also, matching or other cost-
sharing requirements may be administratively required by the awarding 
office. Such requirements are set forth in the application kit.

Project Period

    The total time for which support of a discretionary project has 
been programmatically approved. The project period usually consists of 
a series of budget periods of one-year duration. Once approved through 
initial review, continuation of each successive budget period is 
subject to satisfactory performance, availability of funds, and program 
priorities.

Review Criteria

    The following are generic review criteria applicable to HRSA 
programs:
     That the estimated costs to the Government of the project 
are reasonable considering the level and complexity of activity and the 
anticipated results.
     That project personnel or prospective fellows are well 
qualified by training and/or experience for the support sought, and the 
applicant organization or the organization to provide training to a 
fellow have adequate facilities and manpower.
     That, insofar as practical, the proposed activities 
(scientific or other), if well executed, are capable of attaining 
project objectives.
     That the project objectives are capable of achieving the 
specific program objectives defined in the program announcement and the 
proposed results are measurable.
     That the method for evaluating proposed results includes 
criteria for determining the extent to which the program has achieved 
its stated objectives and the extent to which the accomplishment of 
objectives can be attributed to the program.
     That, in so far as practical, the proposed activities, 
when accomplished, are replicable, national in scope and include plans 
for broad dissemination.
    The specific review criteria used to review and rank applications 
are included in the individual guidance material provided with the 
application kits. Applicants should pay strict attention to addressing 
these criteria, as they are the basis upon which their applications 
will be judged by the reviewers.

Technical Assistance

    A contact person is listed for each program and his/her e-mail 
address and telephone number provided. Some programs have scheduled 
workshops and conference calls as indicated in the HRSA Preview. If you 
have questions concerning individual programs or the availability of 
technical assistance, please contact the person listed. Also check your 
application materials and the HRSA web site at http://www.hrsa.gov/ for 
the latest technical assistance information.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Where Do I Submit Grant Applications?

    The address for submitting your grant application will be shown in 
the guidance document included in the application kit.

2. How Do I Learn More About a Particular Grant Program?

    If you want to know more about a program before you request an 
application kit, an e-mail/telephone contact is listed. This contact 
person can provide information concerning the specific program's 
purpose, scope and goals, and eligibility criteria. Usually, you will 
be encouraged to request the application kit so that you will have 
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information available to you. When requesting application materials, 
you must state the CFDA Number and title of the program. The 
application kit lists telephone numbers for a program expert and a 
grants management specialist who will provide information about your 
program of interest if you are unable to find the information within 
the written materials provided.
    In general, the program contact person provides information about 
the specific grant offering and its purpose, and the grants management 
specialist provides information about the grant mechanism and business 
matters, though their responsibilities often overlap.
    Information specialists at the toll-free number administer mailings 
and provide only basic information.

3. The Dates Listed in the HRSA Preview and the Dates in the 
Application Kit Do Not Agree. How Do I Know Which Is Correct?

    HRSA Preview dates for application kit availability and application 
receipt deadlines are based upon the best known information at the time 
of publication, often nine months in advance of the competitive cycle. 
Occasionally, the grant cycle does not begin as projected and dates 
must be adjusted. The deadline date stated in your application kit is 
generally correct. If the application kit has been made available and 
subsequently the date changes, notification of the change will be 
mailed to known recipients of the application kit, and also posted on 
the HRSA home page.

4. Are Programs Announced in the HRSA Preview Ever Canceled?

    Infrequently, announced programs may be withdrawn from competition. 
If this occurs, a cancellation notice will be provided through the HRSA 
Preview at the HRSA homepage at http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov. If 
practicable, an attempt will be made to notify those who have requested 
a kit for the canceled program by mail.
    If you have questions, please contact Jeanne Conley of the Grants 
Policy Branch at (301) 443-4972 ([email protected]).

Health Professions Programs

Funding Availability

    The Bureau of Health Professions programs listed below are proposed 
in the President's Fiscal Year 2002 budget for reduction.

Health Careers Opportunity Program
Centers of Excellence
Minority Faculty Fellowship Program
Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers
Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers
Scholarships For Disadvantaged Students
Faculty Loan Repayment Program

Kids Into Health Careers Initiative

    The Bureau of Health Professions announces a new initiative to 
increase diversity and cultural competency of the health professions 
workforce. The Kids Into Health Careers initiative is designed to 
expand the pool of qualified and interested applicants from minority 
and disadvantaged populations. The Bureau encourages applicants to 
participate in the Kids Into Health Careers initiative by working with 
primary and secondary schools that have a high percentage of minority 
and disadvantaged students. Participation would include establishing 
linkages with one or more elementary, middle, or high schools with a 
high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform 
students and parents about health careers and financial aid to 
encourage interest in health careers; (2) promote rigorous academic 
course work to prepare for health professions training; or (3) provide 
support services such as mentoring, tutoring, counseling, after school 
programs, summer enrichment, and college visits.
    All recipients of Bureau of Health Professions grants will receive 
a packet of information and guidance materials that can be used in 
working with local school systems. Kids Into Health Careers Initiative 
information may also be obtained on the Bureau of Health Professions 
website at http://www.hrsa.gov/bhpr/.

Advanced Education Nursing Grants  93.247

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, 
Section 811, 42 U.S.C. 296j.

    Purpose: Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects 
that support the enhancement of advanced nursing education and 
practice. For the purpose of this section, advanced education nurses 
means individuals trained in advanced degree programs include these: 
individuals in combined RN to Master's degree programs; post-nursing 
Master's certificate programs; or in the case of nurse midwives, in 
certificate programs in existence on November 12, 1998. This program 
will enable graduates to serve as nurse practitioners, clinical nurse 
specialists, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse 
administrators, or public health nurses.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are schools of nursing, academic 
health centers, and appropriate public or private nonprofit entities, 
as appropriate for the category of assistance under section 811.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: As provided in Section 805 
of the Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to 
applicants with projects that will substantially benefit rural or 
underserved populations or help meet public health nursing needs in 
State or local health departments.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $10,800,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 43.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $249,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.247.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: December 3, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: June 28, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Irene Sandvold, DrPH, CNM, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-6333.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Advanced Education Nursing--Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Grants  
93.124

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, 
Section 811, 42 U.S.C. 296j.

    Purpose: Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects 
that support traineeships for licensed registered nurses enrolled as 
full-time students beyond the twelfth month of study in a Master's 
nurse anesthesia program. The traineeship program is a formula program 
and all eligible entities will receive awards.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are schools of nursing, academic 
health centers, and other public and private nonprofit institutions 
which provide registered nurses with full-time nurse anesthetist 
education and have evidence of earned pre-accreditation or 
accreditation status from the American Association of Nurse 
Anesthetists (AANA) Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia 
Educational Programs.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: As provided in Section 805 
of the Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to 
applicants with projects that will substantially benefit rural or 
underserved populations or help meet public health nursing needs in 
State or local health departments.
    Special Considerations: A statutory special consideration, as 
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Section 811(f)(3) of the PHS Act, will be given to eligible entities 
that agree to expend the award to train advanced education nurses who 
will practice in health professional shortage areas designated under 
Section 332 of the PHS Act.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $1,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 68.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $14,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 year.
    CFDA Number: 93.124.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 19, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 29, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Marcia Starbecker, MSN, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-6193.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Grants  93.358

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, 
Section 811, 42 U.S.C. 296j.

    Purpose: Grants are awarded to eligible institutions to meet the 
cost of traineeships for individuals in advanced nursing education 
programs. Traineeships are awarded to individuals by participating 
educational institutions offering Master's and doctoral degree 
programs, combined RN to Master's degree programs, post-nursing 
Master's certificate programs, or in the case of nurse midwives, 
certificate programs in existence on November 12, 1998, to serve as 
nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, nurse 
anesthetists, nurse educators, nurse administrators or public health 
nurses. The traineeship program is a formula program and all eligible 
schools will receive awards.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are schools of nursing, academic 
health centers, and other appropriate public or private nonprofit 
entities.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: As provided in Section 805 
of the Public Health Service Act, preference shall be given to 
applicants with projects that will substantially benefit rural or 
underserved populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in 
State or local health departments.
    Special Considerations: A statutory special consideration, as 
provided for in Section 811(f)(3) of the PHS Act, will be given to 
eligible entities that agree to expend the award to train advanced 
education nurses who will practice in health professional shortage 
areas designated under Section 332 of the PHS Act.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $18,600,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 316.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 year.
    CFDA Number: 93.358.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 19, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 31, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Marjorie Hamilton.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-6193.
    Email: [email protected].

Basic Nurse Education and Practice Grants  93.359.

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, 
Section 831, 42 U.S.C. 296p.

    Purpose: Grants are awarded to enhance the educational mix and 
utilization of the basic nursing workforce by strengthening programs 
that provide basic nurse education, such as through: (1) Establishing 
or expanding nursing practice arrangements in noninstitutional settings 
to demonstrate methods to improve access to primary health care in 
medically underserved communities; (2) providing care for underserved 
populations and other high-risk groups such as the elderly, individuals 
with HIV/AIDS, substance abusers, the homeless, and victims of domestic 
violence; (3) providing managed care, quality improvement, and other 
skills needed to practice in existing and emerging organized health 
care systems; (4) developing cultural competencies among nurses; (5) 
expanding the enrollment in baccalaureate nursing programs; (6) 
promoting career mobility for nursing personnel in a variety of 
training settings and cross-training or specialty training among 
diverse population groups; or (7) providing education for informatics, 
including distance learning methodologies.
    Eligibility: Regular eligible applicants for purposes one and five 
are schools of nursing. Eligible applicants for purposes two, three, 
four, six, and seven are schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic 
health centers, State or local governments, and other appropriate 
public or private nonprofit entities.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: As provided in Section 805 
of the Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to 
applicants with projects that will substantially benefit rural or 
underserved populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in 
State or local health departments.
    Special Considerations: In making awards under Purpose 1 
(establishing or expanding nursing practice arrangements in 
noninstitutional settings to demonstrate methods to improve access to 
primary health care in medically underserved communities) a funding 
priority will be given to those schools of nursing who have not 
received support for Nurse Practice Arrangements under 1992 legislation 
or the 1998 legislation.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $5,060,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 22.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $230,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.359.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: January 28, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 28, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Madeline Turkeltaub, PhD, CRNP, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-6193.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Nursing Faculty Development in Geriatrics  93.359B

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, 
Section 831, 42 U.S.C. 296p.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to provide support for 
eligible entities to provide nursing faculty development in geriatrics 
to strengthen the geriatric nursing didactic content and clinical 
components of baccalaureate and higher degree nursing education 
programs. Funds will be used to assist the applicant to plan, 
implement, and evaluate continuing education programs that will: (1) 
Provide knowledge and skills in core geriatric content; (2) develop 
specific teaching and learning resources to use in improving geriatric 
care education and practice; (3) promote learning communities; and (4) 
increase the capacity of nurses to provide effective geriatric care.
    Eligibility: Eligible entities are schools of nursing, nursing 
centers, academic health centers, State or local governments, and other 
appropriate public or private nonprofit entities.
    Funding Priorities or Preferences: As provided in Section 805 of 
the Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to applicants 
with projects that

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will substantially benefit rural or underserved populations, or help 
meet public health nursing needs in State or local health departments.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $690,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $230,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.359B.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 9, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 30, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Patricia A. Calico, DNS, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-6333.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Geriatric Nursing Knowledge and Experiences in Long Term Care 
Facilities for Baccalaureate Nursing Students  93.359A

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, 
Section 831, 42 U.S.C. 296p.

    Purpose: The purpose of this initiative is to assist eligible 
entities to strengthen the geriatric nursing didactic content and 
clinical components of their baccalaureate nursing program. Funds will 
be used to assist entities plan, implement, and evaluate a geriatric 
nursing experience that will expose senior nursing students to: (1) 
Increased course content in geriatric nursing and concepts of age-
sensitive care; (2) application of this content to geriatric patients 
with chronic illness residing in long term care, including assisted 
living facilities; and (3) use of assessment skills in the setting 
selected in order to accurately complete appropriate assessments using 
standardized tools such as the Minimum Data Set (MDS) required by 
Medicare regulations. This project should be implemented through a 
planned partnership with a geriatric long-term care or assisted living 
facility.
    Eligibility: Schools of nursing are eligible. Applications from 
schools of nursing with currently funded projects will not be accepted 
for review.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: As provided in Section 805 
of the Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to 
applicants with projects that will substantially benefit rural or 
underserved populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in 
State or local health departments.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $250,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 10.
    Average Size of Each Award: $25,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 year.
    CFDA Number: 93.359A.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 19, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 31, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Madeline Turkeltaub, PhD, CRNP, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-6193.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Nursing Workforce Diversity Grants  93.178

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, 
Section 821, 42 U.S.C. 296m.

    Purpose: Grants are awarded to increase nursing education 
opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (including 
racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses) 
by providing student scholarships or stipends, pre-entry preparation, 
and retention activities.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are schools of nursing, nursing 
centers, academic health centers, State or local governments, and other 
public or private nonprofit entities.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: As provided in section 805 
of the Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to 
applicants with projects that will substantially benefit rural or 
underserved populations, or help meet public health nursing needs in 
State or local health departments.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $3,150,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 14.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $225,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.178.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: December 7, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: June 28, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Barbara Easterling, MS, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-5763.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Health Careers Opportunity Program  93.822

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VII, 
Section 739, 42 U.S.C. 293c.

    Purpose: The goal of the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) 
is to assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds to undertake 
education to enter a health profession. The HCOP program works to build 
diversity in the health fields by providing students from disadvantaged 
backgrounds an opportunity to develop the skills needed to successfully 
compete, enter, and graduate from health professions schools. The 
legislative purposes for which HCOP funds may be awarded are: (1) 
Identifying, recruiting, and selecting individuals from disadvantaged 
backgrounds for education and training in a health profession; (2) 
facilitating the entry of such individuals into such a school; (3) 
providing counseling, mentoring, or other services designed to assist 
such individuals to complete successfully their education at such a 
school; (4) providing, for a period prior to the entry of such 
individuals into the regular course of education of such a school, 
preliminary education and health research training designed to assist 
them to complete successfully such regular course of education at such 
a school, or referring such individuals to institutions providing such 
preliminary education; (5) publicizing existing sources of financial 
aid available to students in the education program of such a school or 
who are undertaking training necessary to qualify them to enroll in 
such a program; (6) paying scholarships, as the Secretary may 
determine, for such individuals for any period of health professions 
education at a health professions school; (7) paying such stipends for 
such individuals for any period of education in student-enhancement 
programs (other than regular courses), except that such a stipend may 
not be provided to an individual for more than 12 months; (8) carrying 
out programs under which such individuals gain experience regarding a 
career in a field of primary health care through working at facilities 
of public or private nonprofit community-based providers of primary 
health services; and (9) conducting activities to develop a larger and 
more competitive applicant pool through partnerships with institutions 
of higher education, school districts, and other community-based 
entities.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants include schools of medicine, 
osteopathic medicine, public health, dentistry, veterinary medicine, 
optometry, pharmacy, allied health, chiropractic, podiatric medicine, 
public or nonprofit private schools that offer graduate programs in 
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physician assistants, and other public or private nonprofit health or 
educational entities.
    Funding Preferences and/or Priorities: Funding preference will be 
given to approved applications for programs that involve a 
comprehensive approach by several public or nonprofit private health or 
educational entities to establish, enhance, and expand educational 
programs that will result in the development of a competitive applicant 
pool of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who desire to pursue 
health professions careers. A comprehensive approach means a network of 
entities which are formally linked programmatically. The network must 
include a minimum of four entities: A health professions school, an 
undergraduate institution, a school district, and a community-based 
entity.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of this Competition: Up to $13,752,000 is 
available under the President's FY 2002 Budget.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 36.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $367,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.822.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: January 10, 2002.
    Project Award Date: August 1, 2002.
    Contact Person: CDR Sheila K. Norris.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2100.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Centers of Excellence  93.157

    Legislative Authority: Section 736 of The Public Health Service 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 293.

    Purpose: The goal of this program is to assist eligible schools in 
supporting programs of excellence in health professions education for 
underrepresented minority individuals. The grantee is required to use 
the funds awarded: (1) To develop a large competitive applicant pool 
through linkages with institutions of higher education, local school 
districts, and other community-based entities and establish an 
education pipeline for health professions careers; (2) to establish, 
strengthen, or expand programs to enhance the academic performance of 
underrepresented minority students attending the school; (3) to improve 
the capacity of such a school to train, recruit, and retain 
underrepresented minority faculty including the payment of stipends and 
fellowships; (4) to carry out activities to improve the information 
resources, clinical education, curricula, and cultural competence of 
the graduates of the school as it relates to minority health issues; 
(5) to facilitate faculty and student research on health issues 
particularly affecting underrepresented minority groups, including 
research on issues relating to the delivery of health care; (6) to 
carry out a program to train students of the school in providing health 
services to a significant number of underrepresented minority 
individuals through training provided to such students at community-
based health facilities that provide such health services and are 
located at a site remote from the main site of the teaching facilities 
of the school; and (7) to provide stipends as appropriate.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are accredited schools of 
allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, 
graduate programs in behavioral or mental health, or other public and 
private nonprofit health or educational entities that meet requirements 
of section 736(c). Historically Black Colleges and Universities as 
described in section 736(c)(2)(A) and which received a contract under 
section 788B of the Public Health Service Act (Advanced Financial 
Distress Assistance) for FY 1987 may apply for Centers of Excellence 
(COE) grants under section 736 of the Act.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of this Competition: up to $12,847,000 is 
available under the President's FY 2002 Budget.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 16.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $785,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.157.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: December 3, 2001.
    Project Award Date: June 28, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Karen L. Smith.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2100.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Minority Faculty Fellowship Program  93.923

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VII, 
Section 738(b), 42 U.S.C. 293b.

    Purpose: The purpose of the Minority Faculty Fellowship Program is 
to increase the number of underrepresented minority individuals who are 
members of the faculty in health professions schools. Eligible 
applicants must demonstrate that they have or will have the ability to: 
(1) Identify, recruit, and select underrepresented minority individuals 
who have the potential for teaching, administration, or conducting 
research at a health professions institution; (2) provide such 
individuals with the skills necessary to enable them to secure a 
tenured faculty position at such institution, which may include 
training with respect to pedagogical skills, program administration, 
the design and conduct of research, grant writing, and the preparation 
of articles suitable for publication in peer reviewed journals; (3) 
provide services designed to assist individuals in their preparation 
for an academic career, including the provision of counselors; and (4) 
provide health services to rural or medically underserved populations.
    Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: Applicant schools must match 
dollar for every dollar of Federal funds received for the fellowship. 
Further, the applicant school must provide assurance that the school's 
support will be provided for the individual for the second and third 
years at a level equal to the total amount of Federal and school funds 
provided the year in which the grant or contract was awarded.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are schools of medicine, nursing, 
osteopathic medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, allied health, podiatric 
medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, public health, or schools 
offering graduate programs in behavioral and mental health.
    Special Consideration: In determining awards, the Secretary will 
also take into consideration equity among health disciplines and 
geographic distribution.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: Up to $200,000 is available 
under the President's FY 2002 Budget.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $75,000.
    Estimated Project Period: Not to exceed 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.923.
    Application Availability: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: October 5, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 29, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Armando Pollack.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2100.
    E-mail: [email protected]

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Basic/Core Area Health Education Centers  93.824

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VII, 
Section 751, 42 U.S.C. 294a.

    Purpose: Cooperative agreements are awarded to assist schools to 
improve the distribution, supply, and quality of health personnel in 
the health services delivery system by encouraging the regionalization 
of health professions schools. Emphasis is placed on community-based 
training of primary care oriented students, residents, and providers. 
The Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program assists schools in the 
planning, development, and operation of AHECs to initiate education 
system incentives to attract and retain health care personnel in 
scarcity areas. By linking the academic resources of the university 
health sciences center with local planning, educational, and clinical 
resources, the AHEC program establishes a network of community-based 
training sites to provide educational services to students, faculty, 
and practitioners in underserved areas, and ultimately to improve the 
delivery of health care in the service area. The program embraces the 
goal of increasing the number of health professions graduates who 
ultimately will practice in underserved areas.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: The types of entities eligible to apply for this 
program are public or private nonprofit accredited schools of medicine 
and osteopathic medicine and incorporated consortia made up of such 
schools, or the parent institutions of such schools. Also, in States in 
which no AHEC program is in operation, an accredited school of nursing 
is an eligible applicant.
    Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified 
applicant that: (1) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice 
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically 
underserved communities; or (2) during the 2-year period preceding the 
fiscal year for which an award is sought, has achieved a significant 
increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. This 
statutory general preference will only be applied to applications that 
rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for approval 
by the peer review group.
    Funds will be awarded to approved applicants in the following 
order: (1) Competing continuations, (2) new starts in States with no 
AHEC program, (3) other new starts, and (4) competing supplementals.
    Special Consideration: Special consideration will be given to 
qualified applicants who support the Kids Into Health Careers 
initiative by establishing linkages with one or more elementary, 
middle, or high schools with a high percentage of minority and 
disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform students and parents about health 
careers and financial aid to encourage interest in health careers; (2) 
promote rigorous academic course work to prepare for health professions 
training; or (3) provide support services such as mentoring, tutoring, 
counseling, after school programs, summer enrichment, and college 
visits. More information can be found at http://www.hrsa.gov/bhpr. 
Recipients of BHPr grants will receive a packet of information and 
guidance materials.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Matching Requirements: Awardees shall make available (directly 
through contributions from State, county or municipal government, or 
the private sector) non-Federal contributions in cash in an amount not 
less than 50 percent of the operating costs of the AHEC Program, except 
that the Secretary may grant a waiver for up to 75 percent of the 
amount required in the first 3 years in which an awardee receives funds 
for this program. These funds must be for the express use of the AHEC 
Programs and Centers to address AHEC project goals and objectives.
    Estimated Amount of this Competition: Up to $3,778,000 is available 
under the President's FY 2002 Budget.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $1,000,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: December 18, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: August 30, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Louis D. Coccodrilli, MPH.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-6950.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Model State-Supported Area Health Education Centers  93.107.

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VII, 
Section 751, 42 U.S.C. 294a.

    Purpose: This program awards funds to schools to improve the 
distribution, supply, and quality of health personnel in the health 
services delivery system by encouraging the regionalization of health 
professions schools. Emphasis is placed on community-based training of 
primary care oriented students, residents, and providers. The Area 
Health Education Centers (AHEC) program assists schools in the 
development and operation of AHECs to implement educational system 
incentives to attract and retain health care personnel in scarcity 
areas. By linking the academic resources of the university health 
science center with local planning, educational, and clinical 
resources, the AHEC program establishes a network of health-related 
institutions to provide educational services to students, faculty, and 
practitioners, and ultimately to improve the delivery of health care in 
the service area. These programs are collaborative partnerships which 
address current health workforce needs within a region of a State or in 
an entire State.
    Matching or Cost Sharing Requirements: Awardees shall make 
available (directly or through contributions from State, county or 
municipal governments, or the private sector) recurring non-Federal 
contributions in cash in an amount not less than 50 percent of the 
operating costs of the Model State-Supported AHEC program.
    Eligibility: The entities eligible to apply for this program are 
public or private nonprofit accredited schools of medicine and 
osteopathic medicine and incorporated consortia made up of such schools 
or the parent institutions of such schools. Applicants must have 
previously received funds, but are no longer receiving funds under 
Section 751(a)(1) of the Public Health Service Act, and be operating an 
AHEC program.
    Statutory Funding Preference: As provided in Section 791(a) of the 
Public Health Service Act, preference will be given to any qualified 
applicant that: (1) Has a high rate for placing graduates in practice 
settings having the principal focus of serving residents of medically 
underserved communities; or (2) during the 2-year period preceding the 
fiscal year for which an award is sought, has achieved a significant 
increase in the rate of placing graduates in such settings. This 
statutory general preference will only be applied to applications that 
rank above the 20th percentile of applications recommended for approval 
by the peer review group.
    Funds will be awarded to approved applications in the following 
order: (1) Competing continuations, (2) new starts in States with no 
current AHEC program, (3) other new starts, and (4) competing 
supplementals.

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    Special Consideration: Special consideration will be given to 
qualified applicants who support the Kids Into Health Careers 
initiative by establishing linkages with one or more elementary, 
middle, or high schools with a high percentage of minority and 
disadvantaged students to: (1) Inform students and parents about health 
careers and financial aid to encourage interest in health careers; (2) 
promote rigorous academic course work to prepare for health professions 
training; or (3) provide support services such as mentoring, tutoring, 
counseling, after school programs, summer enrichment, and college 
visits. More information can be found at http://www.hrsa.gov/bhpr. 
Recipients of BHPr grants will receive a packet of information and 
guidance materials.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of this Competition: Up to $3,788,000 is available 
under the President's FY 2002 Budget.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $650,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.107.
    Application Availability Date: July 16, 2001.
    Application Deadline: December 18, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: August 30, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Louis D. Coccodrilli, MPH.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-6950.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Scholarships For Disadvantaged Students  93.925

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VII, 
Section 737, 42 U.S.C. 293a.

    Purpose: The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program 
contributes to the diversity of the health professions students and 
practitioners. The program provides funding to eligible health 
professions and nursing schools to be used for scholarships to students 
from disadvantaged backgrounds who have financial need for scholarships 
and are enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, as full-time students at 
the eligible schools.
    Eligibility: The following entities are eligible to apply for this 
program: (1) Dchools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, 
dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, veterinary 
medicine, public health, nursing, chiropractic, or allied health, 
graduate programs in behavioral and mental health practice, or an 
entity providing programs for the training of physician assistants; and 
(2) schools with a program for recruiting and retaining students from 
disadvantaged backgrounds, including students who are members of racial 
and ethnic minority groups.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: An applicant must agree to 
give preference in providing scholarships to students for whom the 
costs of attending the schools would constitute a severe financial 
hardship and to former recipients of Exceptional Financial Need and 
Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions Students 
Scholarships, former section 736 and 740(d)(2)(B).
    A priority will be given to eligible entities that are health 
professions and nursing schools based on the proportion of graduating 
students going into primary care, the proportion of underrepresented 
minority students, and the proportion of graduates working in medically 
underserved communities.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: Up to $18,657,000 is 
available under the President's FY 2002 Budget.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 200.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $93,255.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 year.
    CFDA Number: 93.925.
    Application Availability Date: November 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: December 17, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 15, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Andrea Castle, Pam Wellens.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-1701, 301-443-5168.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Faculty Loan Repayment Program  93.923

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title VII, 
section 738(a), 42 U.S.C. 293b.

    Purpose: The Faculty Loan Repayment Program (FLRP) provides a 
financial incentive for degree-trained health professions personnel 
from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue an academic career. The 
individuals agree to serve as members of the faculties of health 
professions schools providing teaching services for a minimum of 2 
years. The Federal Government in turn agrees to pay, for each year of 
service, as much as $20,000 of the outstanding principal and interest 
on the individual's education loans.
    Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: The school which has entered 
into a contractual agreement with a recipient is required, for each 
year in which the recipient serves as a faculty member under contract 
with HHS, to make payments of principal and interest in an amount equal 
to the amount of such quarterly payments made by the HHS Secretary. The 
payments must be in addition to the faculty salary the recipient would 
ordinarily receive or the school must request a waiver of its share of 
cost. The Secretary may waive the school's matching requirement if the 
Secretary determines it will impose an undue financial hardship on the 
school. The school must provide supporting documentation such as audit 
report, budget report, etc. Employment is documented by a copy of the 
employment contract or the employer letter of intent.
    Eligibility: An individual is eligible to apply for loan repayment 
under FLRP if the individual is from a disadvantaged background, holds 
a health professions degree, is enrolled in an approved health 
professions graduate program, or will be enrolled as a full-time 
student in the final year of health professions training that leads to 
a degree in one of the following health professions: allopathic 
medicine, osteopathic medicine, podiatric medicine, veterinary 
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, optometry, nursing, public health, 
dental hygiene, medical laboratory technology, occupational therapy, 
physical therapy, radiologic technology, speech pathology, audiology, 
medical nutrition therapy and graduate programs in behavioral health 
and mental health practice, clinical psychology, clinical social work, 
and marriage and family therapy.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
applicants who have not previously held a faculty position; been out of 
school less than 5 years; not previously participated in FLRP; received 
from the employing institution a commitment to match FLRP funds; and 
who contribute to geographic distribution across the country and 
represent diverse health professions disciplines.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: Up to $357,000 is available 
under the President's FY 2002 Budget.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 11.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $35,000.
    Estimated Project Period: Not less than 2 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.923.

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    Application Availability Date: March 1, 2002.
    Application Deadline: May 31, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: September 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Lorraine Evans.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0785.
    Internet Address: http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/dsa/flrp.

Special Populations Programs

Model Interventions to Increase Organ and Tissue Donation  93.134

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 
273(a)(3).

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to assist in the evaluation 
or implementation of highly promising strategies that can serve as 
model interventions for increasing organ and tissue donation. 
Interventions must be (1) effective in producing a verifiable and 
demonstrable impact on donation, (2) replicable, (3) transferable, (4) 
feasible in practice, and (5) must have rigorous methodology and 
evaluation components. Applications may propose single-site pilot 
projects or replications of interventions already shown to be effective 
in a pilot study.
    Eligibility: An applicant organization must be a Federally-
designated organ procurement organization or other private not-for-
profit organization/institution, and be part of a consortium consisting 
of at least one transplant-related organization and one organization/
institution with demonstrated research experience and expertise.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $6,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 28.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $215,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.134.
    Application Availability Date: January 31, 2002.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: May 1, 2002.
    Application Deadline: June 4, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: September 30, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Mary L. Ganikos, PhD.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-7577.
    E-mail: [email protected].

State Planning Grant Program  93.256

    Legislative Authority: PHS Act, Section 301.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to ensure that every 
citizen in every State has access to affordable health insurance 
benefits similar in scope to the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan, 
Medicaid, benefits offered to State employees, or other similar quality 
benchmarks. Each State grantee is to develop a plan or propose options 
to meet this objective.
    Eligibility: The Governor of each State or territory which has not 
previously received a State Planning Grant is invited to apply. The 
Governor can designate an individual or agency authorized to prepare 
the State's application on behalf of the State. Only a State entity can 
be the official recipient of a grant. Only one application per State is 
permitted.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
States with a low level of uninsured or the ability to significantly 
decrease a relatively high level of uninsured.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $13 million.
    Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 10 State grants.
    Estimated Size of Each Award: $1.3 million.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 year
    CFDA Number: 93.256.
    Application Availability Date: December 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: March 1, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: July 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Joyce G. Somsak.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0938.
    E-mail: [email protected].

HIV/AIDS Programs

AIDS Education and Training Centers Program  93.145

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act As Amended by 
Public Law 104-146 Ryan White CARE Act of 1990 as Amended by the 
Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 1996, 2000.

    Purpose: The purpose of this grant program is to improve the 
quality of HIV/AIDS clinical care through the training of health 
professionals. The program includes both regional AIDS Education and 
Training Centers (AETCs) which provide HIV/AIDS clinical training 
within a defined region, as well as national centers, including but not 
limited to, the National Resource AETC and the National Minority AETC. 
Applicants for the regional AETCs must demonstrate the ability to 
provide expert clinical HIV/AIDS care training, information 
dissemination, and other information support to health professionals in 
a defined geographic region. National Centers serve to enhance the work 
of the regional AETCs through expert support in specified areas. The 
National Resource AETC serves as a resource for HIV/AIDS training 
materials and rapid dissemination of information. The National Minority 
AETC fosters HIV/AIDS care capacity through training in minority 
institutions including Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 
Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges.
    Eligibility: Grants may be awarded to public and nonprofit private 
entities and schools and academic health sciences centers that can 
provide expert HIV/AIDS clinical care training to medical 
professionals.
    Funding Priorities or Preferences: Applicants with ability to 
provide expert clinical training to medical professionals in 
underserved regions are given special priority.
    Special Considerations: The AIDS Education and Training Centers 
provides national coverage of training through its regional centers. 
The regions are not predefined, but only one AETC will be funded for 
each state or region.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $29,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 18.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $1,200,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.145.
    Application Availability Date: January 2, 2002.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: February 1, 2002.
    Application Deadline: March 15, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: July 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Laura W. Cheever, MD.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-3067.
    E-mail: [email protected].

National Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement 
Program  93.145A

    Legislative Authority: Title XXVI, Part F of the Public Health 
Service Act [Title 42, USC] as amended by Public Law 106-345 the 
Ryan White Care Act Amendments of 2000 (dated October 20, 2000).

    Purpose: This grant program is designed to transfer knowledge and 
provide practical help to grantees, providers, planning bodies, and 
other constituents in their work with CARE Act-funded programs through 
cooperative agreements. All cooperative agreements will focus on the 
information and technical assistance needs of programs addressing the 
needs of HIV-infected women, children, and their families. Training and 
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diverse group of individuals, including administrative and direct 
service staff of State/local AIDS programs, State/local health 
departments, CARE Act grantees and their subcontractors, other AIDS 
service organizations and community-based organizations, members of 
CARE Act planning bodies, and consumers.
    The cooperative agreements will address the various informational 
and technical needs through the following general areas: Providing 
specific training and TA on various fiscal and programmatic topics; 
promoting best practices for the provision of high quality HIV related 
services; developing and disseminating publications; and providing 
opportunities for increased communication and collaboration.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are public or private nonprofit 
organizations with: (1) A service mission to address the needs of 
children, youth, and women that are living with HIV/AIDS, and (2) a 
national or regional constituency currently receiving HIV-related 
information or assistance.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
organizations who can demonstrate familiarity with Ryan White CARE Act 
programs, especially Title IV programs. Preference will also be given 
to organizations that have worked directly with CARE Act programs in 
the last 3 years.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $1,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 3.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $330,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.145A.
    Application Availability Date: June 7, 2002.
    Application Deadline: August 8, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: September 27, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Rene Sterling.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-7778.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Ryan White Title IV: Grants for Coordinated HIV Services and Access to 
Research for Children, Youth, Women, and Families  93.153A

    Legislative Authority: PHS Act, Public Law 106-345, Ryan White 
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Amendments of 2000.

    Purpose: The purpose of the Title IV funding is to improve access 
to primary medical care, research, and support services for HIV-
infected children, youth, and women, and to provide support services 
for their affected family members. Funded projects will link clinical 
research and other research with comprehensive care systems, and 
improve and expand the coordination of a system of comprehensive care 
for children, youth, and women who are HIV-infected. Funds will be used 
to support programs that: (1) Cross established systems of care to 
coordinate service delivery, HIV prevention efforts, and clinical 
research and other research activities; and (2) address the intensity 
of service needs, high costs, and other complex barriers to 
comprehensive care and research experienced by medically underserved 
and hard-to-reach populations. Activities under these grants should 
address the goals of enrolling and maintaining clients in HIV primary 
care; increasing client access to research by linking development and 
support of comprehensive, community-based and family-centered care 
infrastructures; and emphasizing prevention within the care system, 
particularly the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission.
    Eligibility: Eligible organizations are public or private nonprofit 
entities that provide or arrange for primary care. Applicants are 
limited to currently funded Title IV programs whose project periods 
expire in FY 2002 and new organizations proposing to serve the same 
populations currently being served by these existing projects. These 
are the areas:

State--Areas

AL--Birmingham, Montgomery and surrounding counties
AR--Pine Bluff and Northeast Arkansas
CA--San Diego and Fresno
CT--Hartford, New Haven, and Fairfield
DC--Citywide
FL--City of Orlando, Orange and surrounding counties, and West Palm 
Beach
LA--Baton Rouge
MD--Baltimore and Prince Georges Counties
MI--Detroit and surrounding counties
NC--Asheville and Charlotte
NH--Statewide and Southeast Vermont
NY--Elmhurst, Queens, Lower Manhattan and Staten Island, and Stony 
Brook
PA--Philadelphia
SC--Statewide

    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference for funding will 
be given to projects that support a comprehensive, coordinated system 
of HIV care serving HIV-infected children, youth, women, and their 
families, and are linked with or have initiated activities to link with 
clinical trials or other research.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $14,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $700,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.153A.
    Application Availability Date: December 19, 2001.
    Application Deadline: April 1, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: August 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Jose Raphael Morales, MD.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-9051.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Funding for Early Intervention Services Planning and Capacity Building 
Grants  93.918C

    Legislative Authority:  PHS Act, Public Law 106-345, Ryan White 
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Amendments of 2000.

    Purpose: The purpose of this grant program is to support public and 
nonprofit entities in their efforts to plan and expand their efforts to 
provide high quality and broad scope of primary HIV health care 
services to rural or underserved communities. Planning grants support 
the planning process and does not fund any service delivery or patient 
care. Proposed capacity building activities must lead to or expand HIV 
primary care services.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants must be public or nonprofit 
private entities that are, or intend to become, eligible to apply for 
the Title III Early Intervention Services grant. Current Ryan White 
CARE Act grant recipients (or subcontractors under Title I or II), 
including Title III providers, are eligible for a capacity building 
grant.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: In awarding these grants, 
preference will be given to applicants located in rural or underserved 
areas where emerging or ongoing HIV primary health care needs have not 
been adequately met.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $9,295,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 135.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: Up to $150,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 to 2 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.918; 93.918C.
    Application Availability Date: February 1, 2002.
    Application Deadline: May 31, 2002.

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    Projected Award Date: August 30, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Andrew Kruzich.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0759.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Special Projects of National Significance  93.928

    Legislative Authority: PHS, Public Law 104-146, Ryan White 
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act Amendments of 2000, 
Section 2691, Special Projects of National Significance.

    Purpose: This funding initiative will support American Indian/
Alaska Native communities in their efforts to increase access to 
primary care for American Indian/Alaska Native individuals who are 
living with HIV/AIDS or at risk of HIV infection. Applications must 
include plans for the integration of existing substance abuse 
treatment/services (drug and/or alcohol) and/or mental health services 
with HIV primary care services. The plan must also include community 
outreach, HIV testing and counseling, education on risk reduction, and 
client follow-up. The application must also include a local program 
evaluation plan. An American Indian/Alaska Native Technical Assistance 
Center will also be established under this initiative to work with the 
funded projects.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are public, nonprofit private, or 
tribal entities that have experience in the coordination, delivery, or 
provision of substance abuse services/treatment or mental health care 
services and primary care services to American Indians/Alaska Natives 
living with or at risk of HIV infection. Applicants applying as the 
Technical Assistance Center are considered eligible if they are public, 
nonprofit private, or tribal entities and have experience in working 
with the American Indian/Alaska Native community.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: In awarding these grants, 
preference will be given to applicants who address the health care 
needs of American Indians/Alaska Natives who are HIV-positive or at 
risk for infection, and have histories of substance abuse, as well as 
other contributing factors such as mental illness or sexually 
transmitted diseases. Under the Technical Assistance Center category, 
preference will be given to entities that can demonstrate their ability 
to work effectively with the American Indian/Alaska Native community.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $1,500,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 6.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: 5 sites @ $200,000; 1 
Technical Assistance Center @ $400,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 5 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.928.
    Application Availability Date: January 7, 2002.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: February 1, 2002.
    Application Deadline: March 29, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Barbara Aranda-Naranjo, PhD, RN, FAAN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-4149.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Maternal and Child Health Programs

Genetic Services--Evaluation of the Use of New and Evolving Technology 
within Newborn Screening Programs  93.110A

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this grant activity is to fund one project 
that will address issues confronting newborn genetic screening programs 
that have emerged from the use of new and evolving technologies such as 
DNA-based and tandem mass technology within these newborn screening 
programs. The project will identify models and materials for addressing 
the clinical validity and utility of these new technologies within such 
programs. The project must also address the assurance of informed 
consent, patient privacy rights, and protection against discrimination. 
It is proposed that the project utilize the recommendations developed 
by the Newborn Screening Task Force, Serving the Family: From Birth to 
the Medical Home, Newborn Screening: A Blueprint for the Future: 
Recommendations from the Newborn Screening Task Force. It is expected 
that the project will develop models and materials for the Genetic 
Services Branch grantees and for state MCH newborn genetic screening 
programs.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3 (b), only public or 
nonprofit institutions of higher learning and public or private 
nonprofit agencies engaged in research or in programs relating to 
maternal and child health and/or services for children with special 
health care needs may apply for grants, contracts or cooperative 
agreements for research in maternal and child health services or in 
services for children with special health care needs.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
a State Public Health Agency in partnership with academic institutions 
and coalitions/organizations that represent public and private 
community-based providers and consumer organizations and industry.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $300,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    Application Availability Date: December 14, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 14, 2002.
    Application Deadline: March 1, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: August 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Marie Mann, MD, MPH.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-1080.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Genetic Services--Improving Health of Children: Implementation of the 
State Grants for the Integration of Programs and Their Information 
Systems   93.110A

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this grant activity is to provide support 
for implementation activities to grantees who participated in the FY 
1999, 2000, and 2001 Genetic Service Branch's State planning and 
development grants for Newborn Screening Efforts and Infrastructure 
Development. Specifically, the grant activity is to facilitate the 
integration of newborn genetic screening programs into State systems of 
care for children with special health care needs. States funded by this 
initiative must build on their planning grant activity for newborn 
genetic screening integration and address the technical obstacles, 
legal barriers, partnerships required for the initiative, 
sustainability of the projects beyond Federal funding, and a plan for 
program evaluation.
    Eligibility: Eligibility is limited to previous grantees who 
participated in the FY 1999, 2000, and 2001 Genetic Service Branch's 
State planning and development grants for Newborn Screening Efforts and 
Infrastructure Development.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
State health agencies that have previously received funding from the 
Genetic Services Branch to develop a State plan for State newborn 
screening efforts and infrastructure development.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of this Competition: $2,100,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 7.

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    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $300,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 4 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110A.
    Application Availability Date: December 14, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 15, 2002.
    Application Deadline: February 28, 2002.
    Project Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Deborah Linzer, MS.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-1080.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Genetic Resources and Services Information Center  93.110A

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This competition will fund a cooperative agreement to a 
national genetics consumer organization to work on consumer issues 
related to genetics. The national organization will:
     Serve as a forum for emergent consumer groups and 
consumers to promote genetics literacy;
     Serve as a forum for the family services community and 
other consumer organizations to promote genetics literacy;
     Provide a mechanism to evaluate issues pertinent to the 
provision of genetic services, such as transition to adult services for 
adolescents with genetic disorders, payment for treatment and 
therapies, workplace discrimination, quality genetic services, 
understanding genetic diversity, and shared-decision making; and
     Outline national policy issues related to improving the 
quality, accessibility, and utilization of genetic services at the 
National, State, and community level.
    The successful applicant will have demonstrated partnerships with 
other local and national consumer organizations around genetic issues, 
as well as the capacity to address issues of access to genetic services 
and technology, consumer attitudes, and concerns regarding 
ethnocultural issues.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
a national genetics organization with special knowledge of genetics and 
issues important to the provision of genetic services.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria will be included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of this Competition: $200,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 5 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110A.
    Application Availability Date: December 14, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 15, 2002.
    Application Deadline: February 28, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Penny Kyler.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-1080.
    E-mail: [email protected].

National Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center  93.110A

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This competition will fund a cooperative agreement to 
support a national newborn screening and genetics resource center. The 
purpose of this cooperative agreement is to: (1) Provide a forum for 
policy initiatives and emerging issues in newborn screening and genetic 
services; (2) provide support, including grant related technical 
assistance, to Genetic Services Branch grantees and State public health 
agencies in their newborn screening and genetic activities; (3) 
establish and implement a dissemination and education strategy to 
provide educational opportunities and enhance timely interactive 
communication among key stakeholders such as community leaders, policy 
makers, consumers, health care providers, government officials, and 
researchers concerning issues related to newborn screening and 
genetics; and (4) enhance the capacity to collect, analyze, and use 
information that will strengthen newborn screening activities and 
genetics planning at the State and local level. Federal involvement 
will be specified in the application materials.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3 (a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
entities that have expertise and a working knowledge of State newborn 
screening and genetics programs and are able to clearly demonstrate 
their expertise and capacity to address newborn screening, genetics, 
and public health policy and issues.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria will be included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $700,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 4 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110A.
    Application Availability Date: December 17, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 14, 2002.
    Application Deadline: February 28, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Marie Mann MD, MPH.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-1080.
    E-mail: [email protected].

National Blood Lead Proficiency Testing Program  93.110AA

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to improve, nationwide, the 
performance of laboratories which provide erythrocyte protoporphyrin 
(EP) screening tests and blood lead determinations for childhood lead 
poisoning prevention programs, and on request provide technical 
assistance and consultation to health care programs and providers 
responsible for the treatment and management of children and maternal 
health adults with elevated blood lead levels (EBLL). Accurate, timely 
EP and blood lead testing are critical to the prevention, diagnosis, 
treatment, and management of children and adults with EBLL. The 
applicant organization must demonstrate: (1) The capacity to prepare, 
distribute, and process proficiency testing samples for more than 400 
participating laboratories; (2) the ability to remain current and 
knowledgeable in response to advancements in blood lead collection and 
testing technology; and (3) competence in the provision, as requested, 
of consultation and technical assistance nationwide to laboratories, 
programs, and providers responsible for the delivery of health and 
health-related services to at-risk populations.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $250,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 to 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110AA.

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    Application Availability: September 14, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 15, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: January 01, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Richard J. Smith III, MS.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0324.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Comprehensive Hemophilia Diagnostic and Treatment Centers  93.110B

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This program supports the provision of comprehensive care 
to people with hemophilia and their families through an integrated 
regional network of centers in the diagnosis and treatment of 
hemophilia and related bleeding disorders. Grants will be used to 
promote: (1) Maintenance and enhancement of comprehensive care teams to 
meet the medical, psycho-social, peer support, genetic counseling, and 
financial support needs of individuals and their families, throughout 
their lifetime, including the transition from pediatric to adult care; 
(2) continued outreach to unserved and underserved people with 
congenital bleeding disorders; and (3) continued collaboration with 
hemophilia treatment centers within the defined area and promotion of 
family-centered care within the client population.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference for funding will 
be given to: (1) Previously funded regional grantees who have 
developed, maintained, and improved the network of integrated treatment 
centers within their respective areas; and (2) public and private 
organizations that can demonstrate the ability to organize and 
administer a regional network of affiliated treatment centers, meeting 
the standards and criteria for the care of persons with congenital 
bleeding disorders issued by the National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) 
and the requirements of the MCHB Hemophilia Program Guidance for 2002.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $5,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 12.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $416,500.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110B.
    Application Availability Date: December 28, 2001.
    Application Deadline: March 1, 2002.
    Project Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Judith Hagopian.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-1080.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Bright Futures Health Promotion/Prevention Education Center  93.110BF

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of the educational center building upon the 
foundation of the Bright Futures Guidelines for Infants, Children and 
Adolescents is to promote and improve the health of infants, children, 
adolescents, families, and communities through educating and enhancing 
the way health professionals practice; increasing family's knowledge, 
skills, and participation in health promotion and prevention 
activities; educating policy makers to implement community-based health 
promotion and prevention well child care; and fostering partnerships 
among health professionals, families, communities, and others.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3 (a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $700,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 5 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110BF.
    Application Availability Date: June 1, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: July 2, 2001.
    Application Deadline: October 15, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: November 30, 2001.
    Program Contact Person: Ann Drum, DDS.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2340.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Bright Futures Pediatric Implementation Cooperative Agreement Grant  
93.110BI

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to support activities to 
improve health promotion and prevention practices through the effective 
implementation of the Bright Futures Guidelines for Infants, Children 
and Adolescents among pediatric health providers. Specifically the 
program is designed to promote problem solving approaches to enhance 
pediatric provider participation in health promotion and prevention, 
including the development of practical strategies, tools, and 
partnerships. Any national membership organization able to demonstrate 
that it represents a significant group(s) of providers of pediatric 
services will be considered for funding. Program Requirements include: 
analysis of obstacles (issues and contributing factors) to pediatric 
provider participation in providing health promotion/prevention 
services to children within a medical home, as well as involvement in 
problem-solving at the system and community levels; development of 
strategies to improve the implementation of the Bright Futures 
Guidelines among pediatric providers, encouraging provider 
participation and encouraging private sector and other support at the 
community level to improve access to health promotion and prevention 
services; and dissemination and effective communication of concerns and 
information pertaining to the issues and strategies employed in 
promoting Bright Futures health promotion/prevention efforts to their 
members and other key national organizations and partners.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3 (a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in application 
kit.
    Estimated Amount of this Competition: Up to $300,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 5 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110BI.
    Application Availability Date: June 1, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: July 2, 2001.
    Application Deadline: October 15, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: November 30, 2001.
    Program Contact Person: Ann Drum, DDS.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2340.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Oral Health Integrated Systems Development Grants  93.110AD

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.


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    Purpose: The purpose of these targeted issues grants is to build a 
service and support system infrastructure at the State and community 
level to increase access to dental services for State Children's Health 
Insurance Program (SCHIP) and Medicaid eligible children and to develop 
and implement comprehensive integrated public and private sector 
services and support systems to address the unmet oral health needs of 
this population. The grants will build upon the HRSA/HCFA sponsored 
conference, Building Partnerships to Improve Children's Access to 
Medicaid Oral Health Services, and to address follow up issues and 
recommendations of HRSA/HFCA supported State Oral Health Summits and 
the National Governors Association Policy Academies on Improving Oral 
Health of Children.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3 (a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
States, or State-approved government or non-government agencies who 
have never received Oral Health Integrated Systems Development Grant 
funds.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $400,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $50,000.
    CFDA Number: 93.110AD.
    Application Availability: January 07, 2002.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: February 01, 2002.
    Application Deadline: March 08, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 01, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: John P. Rossetti, DDS.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-3177.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Integrated Health and Behavioral Health Care for Children, Adolescents, 
and their Families--Implementation Grants  93.110AF

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: These 3-year implementation grants are designed to 
operationalize the models of service integration established during a 
2-year planning process by current grantees of this program. This 
implementation grant activity will allow initializing of established 
formalized working relationships among community resources, 
specifically the physical and psychosocial primary health care, 
comprehensive mental health services, and substance abuse prevention 
and treatment services as required under the previous planning grant 
announcement. The implementation activities are to include the 
necessary efforts to initiate and establish the model of integration 
developed over the 2-year planning time, including but not limited to: 
integration of clinical/social services, organizational structure, 
staffing, facilities, information systems including protection of 
confidentiality, and fiscal arrangements.
    Eligibility: Eligibility is limited to grantees completing their 
second planning year as awarded under CFDA 93.110AF--Integrated Health 
and Behavioral Health Care for Children, Adolescents, and Their 
Families--Planning Program.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $400,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 2.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $200,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110AF.
    Application Availability: December 14, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 31, 2002.
    Application Deadline: February 15, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: April 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Sue Martone.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-4996.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Library Services  93.110AL

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This purpose of the MCH Library Services cooperative 
agreement is to support a national information and education resource 
library which provides the information needed by the MCH community to 
plan and carry out program and policy development and to improve 
service delivery. The overall goal is to use information sciences and 
information technology to identify, collect, and organize information 
from the MCH field that is not readily available from other information 
sources, such as Healthy Start, infant mortality, oral health, 
nutrition, mental health, health promotion, women's health, MCH 
organizations, Medicaid, research, etc. The MCH Library is expected to 
conduct activities in the following areas: Collection and management of 
MCH information, and outreach for awareness and utilization of MCH 
information, including maintenance of databases, bibliographies, and 
other information resources on a website which provides national access 
to key MCH-related data and information.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3 (a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $550,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110AL.
    Application Availability Date: August 1, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: September 4, 2001.
    Application Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: December 3, 2001.
    Program Contact Person: Carol Galaty or Sharon Adamo.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2778.
    E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected].

Health Insurance for Children With Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)  
93.110C

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This activity will provide assistance to statewide or 
regional collaborative efforts to assure that all families of children 
with special health care needs have adequate private and/or public 
insurance to pay for the services they need. Grants will support 
partnerships between State agencies, insurance companies, managed care 
organizations, employers, providers, families and other entities to: 
(1) Expand public or private insurance to decrease the number of 
uninsured children with special health care needs; (2) provide 
comprehensive coverage for children with special health care needs who 
currently have insurance that does not meet their needs; and (3) 
strengthen the financing system through demonstration of innovative 
financing strategies.
    Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: Twenty percent of annual

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grant awards in direct or in-kind contributions (e.g., personnel time, 
rental space) up to $50,000 per budget period is required.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3 (a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $2,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $250,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 4 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110C.
    Application Availability Date: November 9, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: December 21, 2001.
    Application Deadline: February 15, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: July 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Lynda Honberg.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2370.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Healthy and Ready to Work (HRTW) National Center  93.110D

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of the HRTW National Center is to: promote 
communication among the Healthy and Ready to Work grant projects in the 
areas of youth transition; collaborate on approaches to address the 
transition of youth with special health needs from pediatric to adult 
health care; and provide technical assistance to the State Title V 
Children with Special Health Needs Programs in improving the health and 
quality of life of youth and young adults and reducing the disparities 
that exist for this population compared to youth and young adults in 
general. The HRTW National Center will serve States; communities and 
community-based organizations; professional, academic and provider 
organizations; and the general public. The National Center will focus 
on resource development, communication, dissemination, and the 
continuing education of the served populations listed above.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $274,500.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 4 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110D.
    Application Availability Date: December 3, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 25, 2002.
    Application Deadline: February 22, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 30, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Thomas L. Gloss.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2370.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Integrated Community Systems  93.110E

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This activity will support grants to States and/or major 
community-based development initiatives within the State to promote 
integrated community-based systems that are inclusive of children with 
special health care needs and their families. The activity is intended 
to leverage existing community-based development initiatives within the 
State targeted toward improving health and developmental outcomes for 
children. These funds will expand or enhance the capacity of the 
initiative to address issues related to children with special health 
care needs in an inclusive manner through: (1) Community planning/
governance activities; (2) community leadership; and (3) development of 
service capacity. Expected outcomes include improved access to 
comprehensive coordinated community-based services; ongoing health care 
through a medical home; family/professional partnerships; and family-
centered, culturally competent services.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $400,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 2.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $200,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 4 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110E.
    Application Availability Date: October 1, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 2, 2002.
    Application Deadline: February 15, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Diana Denboba.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2370.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Statewide Medical Home Development Grants  93.110F

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This activity will support grants to promote access to 
ongoing comprehensive care through a medical home for all children with 
special health care needs (CSHCN). The grants will assist in the 
development and implementation of a statewide strategy for medical home 
implementation for children with special health care needs. These 
strategies include: (1) Working with primary care providers to 
implement the medical home concept; (2) incorporating well-defined 
strategies for coordination of primary care with specialty/subspecialty 
care; and (3) demonstrating care coordination models that link the 
medical home to the community-based system of services. These 
activities will serve as examples within the State and nationally to 
stimulate the operation of the medical home concept. Activities will 
coordinate with the Title V needs assessment activities related to 
medical home, and project outcomes, reporting, and evaluation will be 
incorporated into ongoing activities of the State Title V Block Grant.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
States and territories without an existing Medical Home Development 
Grant.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $810,569.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $162,113.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110F.
    Application Availability Date: August 15, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: October 15, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 15, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 31, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Tom Castonguay.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2370.
    E-mail: [email protected].

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Partnership for Information and Communication MCH Cooperative 
Agreements  93.110G

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to fund cooperative 
agreements with governmental, professional, and private organizations 
represented by leaders concerned with issues related to maternal and 
child health. Specifically, this program is designed to facilitate the 
dissemination of new information in a format that will be most useful 
when developing MCH policies and programs in the private and public 
sectors at local, State, and national levels. In addition, it will 
provide those individuals and organizations with a means of 
communicating issues directly to the Maternal and Child Health program 
and to each other. Organizations currently receiving support as part of 
this cooperative agreement represent State governors and their staff; 
State legislatures and their staff; State, city and county local health 
officials; city and county health policymakers; municipal policymakers; 
private businesses; philanthropic organizations; families of children 
with special health needs; nonprofit and/or for-profit managed care 
organizations; coalitions of organizations promoting the health of 
mothers and infants; and national membership organizations representing 
survivors of traumatic brain injury (TBI), providing emergency medical 
care for children, and representing State Emergency Medical Services 
programs.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3 (a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: To ensure continuity, 
membership for the organizations participating in PIC is rotated so 
that not all project periods coincide. For this year, national 
membership organizations representing the following groups will be 
considered for funding: city and county health policymakers; municipal 
health policymakers; governors and their staff; State and territorial 
health officials; nonprofit and/or for-profit managed care 
organizations, and coalitions of organizations promoting the health of 
mothers and infants.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $1,400,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 7.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $200,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110G.
    Application Availability Date: December 21, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 10, 2002.
    Application Deadline: February 22, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: April 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Sue Martone.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-4996.
    Email: [email protected].

Partners in Program Planning for Adolescent Health  93.110N

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The goal of this partnership with a group of national 
membership organizations is to promote an adolescent health agenda 
among key professional disciplines likely to have encounters with 
adolescents and their families. It promotes the development of an 
organizational infrastructure at national and State levels that can 
effectively address adolescent health issues; enhances intra- and 
inter-disciplinary communication, education and training needs relevant 
to adolescent health; and encourages the growth of collaborative effort 
across disciplines and professional organizations on behalf of 
adolescent health and well-being. In particular, member organizations 
will be expected to use the 21 critical adolescent health objectives 
contained in Healthy People 2010 as a framework for addressing selected 
adolescent health issues, based on the disciplinary expertise of the 
organization, and to contribute to State's efforts to improve the 
health status of adolescents. The organizational collaborative will 
approach its efforts from the perspective of positive youth 
development.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3 (a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Funding preference will be 
given to national membership organizations representing the following 
disciplines: nursing, health education, law, medicine, nutrition/
dietetics, oral health, psychology, psychiatry, social work, and youth 
services, as well as to organizations representing a coalition of 
professional membership organizations affiliated with the specific 
discipline, if more than one national organization exists.
    Special Consideration: Special consideration will also be given to 
ensure a maximum diversity of professional disciplines represented 
among grantees. This factor will be considered in making overall 
funding decisions and may move an applicant out of rank order.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $100,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 4 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110N.
    Application Availability: January 22, 2002.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: February 22, 2002.
    Application Deadline: April 22, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: August 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Audrey Yowell, PhD.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-4292.
    E-mail: [email protected].

SPRANS Community-Based-Abstinence Education Project Grants  93.110NO

    Legislative Authority: Section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2).

    Purpose: The purpose of the SPRANS Community-Based Abstinence 
Education Project Grants is to provide support to public and private 
entities for the development and implementation of abstinence education 
programs for adolescents, ages 12 through 18, in communities across the 
country. Projects funded through the SPRANS Community-Based Abstinence 
Education grant program must promote abstinence-only education as 
defined by Section 510 of Title V of the Social Security Act and agree 
not to provide a participating adolescent any other education regarding 
sexual conduct in the same setting.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Priority for funding will be 
given to entities in local communities which demonstrate a strong 
record of support for abstinence education among adolescents. An 
approved proposal that reflects this priority will receive a 5-point 
favorable adjustment in the priority score, before funding decisions 
are made. Preference will also be given

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to FY 2001 planning grantees who are applying for an FY 2002 
implementation grant.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $11,500,000
    Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 20 planning and 25 implementation 
project grants.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: Estimated range for a 
planning grant is $50,000 to $100,000. Estimated range for an 
implementation grant is $250,000 to $1,000,000 annually.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 year for a planning grant and 3 years 
for an implementation grant.
    CFDA Number: 93.110NO.
    Application Availability Date: October 15, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: December 3, 2001.
    Application Deadline: January 22, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: July 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Michele Lawler.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2204.
    E-mail: [email protected].

National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome/Infant Death Program Support 
Center  93.110O.

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This cooperative agreement supports the development of 
community-based services to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death 
Syndrome/Infant Death (SIDS/ID); to appropriately support families when 
an infant death occurs; to reach out to underserved populations and 
analyze standardized information about infant deaths in the hope of 
discovering factors which can reduce the risk of future infant death.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $250,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110O.
    Application Availability Date: February 15, 2002.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: March 15, 2002.
    Application Deadline: May 17, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: August 01, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Paul S. Rusinko.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2115.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Program to Enhance Performance of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 
and Other Infant Death Initiatives  93.110O

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this project is to support and enhance the 
efforts of MCH program professionals in State/local SIDS and Other 
Infant Death (ID) programs. This effort is designed to promote 
professionals as they implement their programs for counseling, 
education, advocacy, and research to ensure a supportive community 
response to those impacted by an infant death and to reduce the risk of 
death for future children. This proposal differs from the continuation 
of the National SIDS/ID Program Support Center as it focuses more 
narrowly on SIDS/ID professionals and MCH State/local SIDS/ID programs.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3 (a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $200,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110O.
    Application Availability Date: February 15, 2002.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: March 15, 2002.
    Application Deadline: May 17, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: August 01, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Paul S. Rusinko.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2115.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Maternal and Child Health Research Program  93.110RS

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to support applied research 
relating to maternal and child health services, which shows promise of 
substantial contribution to the current knowledge pool, and when used 
in States and communities should result in health and health services 
improvements.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR 51a.3 (b), only public or nonprofit 
institutions of higher learning and public or private nonprofit 
agencies engaged in research or in programs relating to maternal and 
child health and/or services for children with special health care 
needs may apply for grants, contracts or cooperative agreements for 
research in maternal and child health services or in services for 
children with special health care needs.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Fifteen priority issues/
questions selected from 11 broadly demarcated areas of program concern, 
and keyed to goals and objectives of the Bureau and HRSA strategic 
plans, will be given priority for funding. The special consideration 
consists of a 50-point adjustment to the priority score assigned to an 
application when recommended for support by the MCH Research Review 
Committee. Priority scores range from 100 to 500, with 100 representing 
the best score, and 500 the poorest. The 15 issues/questions selected 
from the 11 broadly demarcated areas of program concern are detailed in 
the guidance material contained in the application kit.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $2,200,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 10.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $220,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 to 4 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110RS.
    Application Availability Date: Continuous.
    Application Deadline: August 1, 2001, and March 1, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: January 1, 2002 and August 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Kishena Wadhwani, Ph.D.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2927.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Health Care Information and Education for Families of Children With 
Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)  93.110S

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this competition is to provide grants to 
establish statewide family run centers in collaboration with State/
Territorial Title V CSHCN programs. Successful applicants will be 
expected to: (1) Develop and disseminate needed health care information 
to families and providers; (2) provide education and training 
opportunities for families; (3) collect and analyze data related to 
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impact, and the Healthy People 2010 agenda; (4) work with the National 
Cooperative Agreement, Health Care Information and Education for 
Families of CSHCN--Family Voices; (5) contribute funding may including 
in-kind; and (6) integrate the philosophy and practices of family-
centered care, family/professional partnerships, and cultural 
competence.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Funding preference will be 
given to collaborative efforts submitted by State/Territorial Title V 
CSHCN programs and family run organizations.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $357,125.
    Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 4.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $89,280.
    Estimated Project Period: 4 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110S.
    Application Availability Date: September 28, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: October 30, 2001.
    Application Deadline: January 2, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Diana Denboba.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2370.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Public Policy Analysis and Education Center for Infant and Early 
Childhood Health  93.110PC

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this Center is to analyze the effects of 
public policies, regulations, and practices at the community, State, 
and Federal levels on the health and well-being of infants and young 
children and their families. The Center's work will include the 
development of conceptual models for health and related services as 
well as analysis of the utility of various indicators of health status 
and well-being for these age groups.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
public or nonprofit private institutions of higher learning.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of this Competition: $250,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110PC.
    Application Availability Date: November 19, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 22, 2002.
    Application Deadline: February 22, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: April 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Phyllis E. Stubbs-Wynn, MD.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-4489.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Graduate Medical Education: Reducing Health Status Disparities through 
Mentoring Training for Residents in OB/GYN, Pediatrics, and Family 
Practice   93.110TD

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This program will: (1) Enhance the education and training 
of residents in obstetrics, adolescent gynecology, family practice, 
and/or pediatrics in order to help them provide effective primary care 
for at-risk, underserved populations in community-based settings, and 
reduce disparities in the health status, and address the special health 
needs of these populations; and (2) stimulate the interest of high 
school and undergraduate students from traditionally underserved 
populations in careers in MCH-related health professions. The aim is to 
broaden participation in MCHB programs by institutions of higher 
learning that are uniquely equipped to reduce health status disparities 
and increase opportunities for all Americans to participate in and 
benefit from Federal public health programs.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3 (b), only public or 
nonprofit private institutions of higher learning may apply for 
training grants.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $333,000
    Estimated Number of Awards: 2.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $166,500.
    Estimated Project Period: 4 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110 TD.
    Application Availability Date: August 15, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: September 14 , 2001.
    Application Deadline: October 15, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Aaron Favors, Ph.D..
    Phone Number: 301-443-0392.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Long Term Training in Adolescent Health  93.110TA

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to provide 
interdisciplinary leadership training for several professional 
disciplines at the graduate and postgraduate levels to prepare them for 
leadership roles in clinical services, research, training, and 
development of health services for adolescents. The training is 
designed to integrate biological, developmental, mental health, social, 
economic, educational, and environmental issues within a preventive 
public health framework.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3(b), only public or 
nonprofit private institutions of higher learning may apply for 
training grants.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
departments of pediatrics and internal medicine of accredited U.S. 
medical schools or from pediatric teaching hospitals having formal 
affiliations with schools of medicine.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $2,405,650.
    Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 7.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $340,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 5 Years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110TA.
    Application Availability Date: October 15, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: November 15, 2001.
    Application Deadline: January 25, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: July 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Denise Sofka, MPH.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0344.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Long Term Training in Pediatric Dentistry  93.110TG

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This program provides leadership training in pediatric 
dentistry through support of: (1) Postdoctoral training of dentists in 
the primary care specialty of pediatric

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dentistry to assume public health leadership roles related to oral 
health programs for populations of children, particularly those with 
special health care needs; (2) development and dissemination of 
curriculum resources to enhance pediatric content in dentistry training 
programs; and (3) consultation, technical assistance, and continuing 
education in pediatric dentistry geared to the needs of the MCH 
community.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR part 51a.3 (b), only public or 
nonprofit private institutions of higher learning may apply for 
training grants.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
advanced education programs in pediatric dentistry accredited by the 
Commission on Dental Accreditation.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $600,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $150,000 to $200,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 5 Years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110TG.
    Application Availability Date: August 30, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 2, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: July 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Nanette H. Pepper, BSRN, MEd.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-6445.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Continuing Education and Development  93.110TO

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, Section 
502, 42 U.S.C. 702.

    Purpose: Continuing Education and Development (CED) focuses on 
increasing the leadership skills of MCH professionals by facilitating 
the timely transfer of new information (research findings and 
technology) related to MCH; and updating and improving the knowledge 
and skills of health and related professionals in programs serving 
mothers and children. CED programs support the conduct of short-term, 
non-degree related courses, workshops, conferences, symposia, 
institutes, and distance learning strategies and/or development of 
curricula, guidelines, standards of practice, and educational tools/
strategies intended to assure quality health care for the MCH 
population.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3(b), only public or 
nonprofit private institutions of higher learning may apply for 
training grants.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $240,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 8.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $30,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 to 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110TO.
    Application Availability Date: November 9, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: December 7, 2001.
    Application Deadline: January 18, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Diana L. Rule, MPH.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-2190.
    E-mail: [email protected]

Continuing Education/Distance Learning  93.110TQ

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: This grant program supports the development, 
implementation, utilization, application, and evaluation of distance 
education opportunities for MCH health professionals. Projects will not 
only develop distance learning based curricula, but will also work 
collaboratively with one another to provide technical assistance in 
distance education and technology to the MCH community.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3 (b), only public or 
nonprofit private institutions of higher learning may apply for 
training grants.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $517,400.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 3 to 4.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $172,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110TQ.
    Application Availability Date: November 9, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: December 7, 2001.
    Application Deadline: January 18, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Aaron Favors, PhD.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0392.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program  93.110V

    Legislative Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, 42 U.S.C. 
701.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to support projects for 
mothers and children that improve access to health services and utilize 
preventive strategies. The initiative encourages grantees to develop 
the ability to seek additional support from the private sector and from 
foundations to form community-based partnerships to coordinate health 
resources for pregnant women, infants, and children.
    Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: The applicant must 
demonstrate the capability to meet cost participation goals by securing 
matching funds for the second through fifth years of the project. The 
specific requirements are detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3(a), any public or 
private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as 
those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b), is eligible to apply for 
this Federal funding.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference will be given to 
projects from States without a currently funded project in this 
category. These States are as follows: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, 
Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, 
Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New 
Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, 
Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, American Samoa, Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, 
Puerto Rico, Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 
the Virgin Islands.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $600,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 12.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $50,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 5 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.110V.
    Application Availability Date: August 1, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: September 4, 2001.
    Application Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Jose Belardo, MSW, MS.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0757.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Emergency Medical Services for Children Development Demonstration 
Grants  93.127A

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 1910, 
42 U.S.C. 300w-9.

    Purpose: This grant will improve the capacity of a State's EMS 
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address the particular needs of children. The grant will be used to 
assist States in integrating research-based knowledge and state-of-the-
art systems development approaches into the existing State EMS, MCH, 
and CSHCN systems, using the experience and products of previous EMSC 
demonstration grantees. Applicants are encouraged to consider 
activities that: (1) Address identified needs within their State EMS 
system and that lay the groundwork for permanent changes in that 
system; (2) develop or monitor pediatric EMS capacity; and (3) if 
determined to be effective, will be institutionalized within the State 
EMS system.
    Eligibility: States and accredited schools of medicine are eligible 
applicants.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $250,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.127A.
    Application Availability Date: September 4, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 5, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Cindy R. Doyle, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-3888.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Emergency Medical Services for Children Partnerships Demonstration 
Grants  93.127C

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 1910, 
42 U.S.C. 300w-9.

    Purpose: State partnership demonstration grants will fund 
activities that represent the next logical step or steps to take in 
order to institutionalize EMSC within Emergency Medical Services (EMS) 
and to continue to improve and refine EMSC. Proposed activities should 
be consistent with documented needs in the State and should reflect a 
logical progression in enhancing pediatric capabilities. For example, 
funding might be used to address problems identified in the course of a 
previous EMSC grant; to increase the involvement of families in EMSC; 
to improve linkages between local, regional, or State agencies; to 
promulgate standards developed for one region of the State under 
previous funding to include the entire State; to devise a plan for 
coordinating and funding poison control centers; or to assure effective 
field triage of the child in physical or emotional crisis to 
appropriate facilities and/or other resources.
    Eligibility: States and accredited schools of medicine are eligible 
applicants.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $700,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 7.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $100,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.127C.
    Application Availability Date: September 4, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 5, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Cindy R. Doyle, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-3888.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Emergency Medical Services for Children Regional Symposium Supplemental 
Grants  93.127CS

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 1910, 
42 U.S.C. 300w-9.

    Purpose: To provide supplemental funds to existing State 
Partnership Demonstration grantees for regional roundtable meetings 
that are convened for the purpose of knowledge sharing. The primary 
goal of the Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) program is 
to improve the quality of care to children. In collaboration with 
schools of medicine, regional consortia of State EMS programs will meet 
annually to develop and evaluate improved procedures and protocols for 
treating children. Meetings will involve coordinating, exchanging, and 
demonstrating innovative activities of common interest to participating 
States, while facilitating a forum for knowledge transfer on EMSC 
related issues between individual care providers and care providing 
organizations. The collection, analysis, and dissemination of 
information and data will be useful to States which have not received 
EMSC grants.
    Eligibility: Eligibility is limited to existing EMSC State 
Partnership Demonstration grantees.
    Special Consideration: One supplement will be awarded per EMSC 
region. Up to 8 regional consortia are anticipated; some have been 
established, others are to be formed.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $280,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 8.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $30,000 to $50,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 year.
    CFDA Number: 93.127CS.
    Application Availability Date: September 4, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 5, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: February 1, 2001.
    Program Contact Person: Cindy R. Doyle, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-3888.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Emergency Medical Services for Children Targeted Demonstration Grants  
93.127D

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title XIX, 
Section 1910, 42 U.S.C. 300w-9.

    Purpose: Targeted Issue Demonstration Grants are intended to 
address specific, focused issues related to the development of EMSC 
knowledge and capacity with the intent of advancing the state-of-the-
art tools, and creating tools or knowledge that will be helpful to the 
field. Proposals must have well-conceived methodology for analysis and 
evaluation. Targeted issue priorities have been identified as: cost-
benefit analysis related to EMSC; implications of managed care for 
EMSC; evaluations of EMSC components; models for improving the care of 
culturally distinct populations; evaluation of systems for provision of 
emergency health care within day care and/or school settings; and 
evaluation of family-centered care models. Proposals may be submitted 
on emerging issues that are not included in the identified priorities. 
However, any such proposal must demonstrate relevance to the field and 
must make a persuasive argument that the issue is particularly 
critical.
    Eligibility: States and accredited schools of medicine are eligible 
applicants.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $1,200,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 6.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $200,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 2 to 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.127D.
    Application Availability Date: September 4, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: October 1, 2001.

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    Application Deadline: November 5, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Cindy R. Doyle, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-3888.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Emergency Care of Children 
Demonstration Grants  93.127I

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title XIX, 
Section 1910, 42 U.S.C. 300w-9.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to develop and to 
demonstrate the usefulness of a set of clinical practice guidelines 
applicable to all medical personnel who are responsible for treating 
children's emergency conditions (e.g., pediatricians, family 
practitioners, nurse practitioners, emergency department physicians, 
physician associates). These guidelines are intended to improve care 
for common problems that children present within emergency departments 
and doctor's offices. They will be based on an assessment of published 
research and will be used for accumulating valid summary of use to the 
EMS field.
    Eligibility: States and accredited schools of medicine are eligible 
applicants.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $500,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.127I.
    Application Availability Date: September 4, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 5, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: February 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Cindy R. Doyle, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-3888.
    E-mail: [email protected].

National Emergency Medical Services for Children Data Analysis Resource 
Center Demonstration Grant  93.127F

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 1910, 
42 U.S.C. 300w-9.

    Purpose: This cooperative agreement will focus on demonstrating the 
uses of collaborative EMSC relationships among State EMS offices in an 
effort to enhance States' abilities to collect, manage, and analyze 
data involving the care of acutely ill and injured children. Applicants 
are encouraged to consider activities that: (1) Facilitate successful 
EMS quality improvement plans; and (2) encourage collaboration among 
MCHB, NHTSA, Federal agencies, and national groups to facilitate 
planning for successful national EMS data development planning.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: States and accredited schools of medicine are eligible 
applicants.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $1,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.127F.
    Application Availability Date: September 4, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: November 5, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: March 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Cindy R. Doyle, RN.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-3888.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Trauma/EMS Program  93.952

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 1201, 
42 U.S.C. 300d.

    Purpose: Implementation grants will build and/or enhance the 
infrastructure of State's overall emergency medical services and trauma 
systems. Applicants are encouraged to consider activities that: (1) 
Emphasize integrating research-based knowledge and state-of-the-art 
trauma care development into the existing EMS system; (2) address 
identified and unique needs of rural EMS; (3) emphasize integration of 
data collection systems that link or incorporate non-trauma/EMS related 
information, i.e., crash databases, medical examiner's databases, non-
trauma center hospital information, etc.; (4) emphasize innovative uses 
of new and current communications technology; (5) assess and develop 
training within their State EMS system and/or trauma system; (6) design 
innovative protocols and agreements increasing access to necessary pre-
hospital care and equipment for transporting seriously ill patients to 
appropriate facilities; and (7) develop or monitor trauma care and EMS 
system delivery. These projects should lay the groundwork for permanent 
changes in that system.
    Eligibility: State agencies responsible for oversight of emergency 
medical services or the designee of such agency, and those agencies 
that designate trauma care regions and trauma centers in the State are 
eligible to apply.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $2,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $100,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.952.
    Application Availability Date: February 1, 2002.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: March 1, 2002.
    Application Deadline: April 1, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: August 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Richard J. Smith III, MS or Jennifer 
Riggle.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0324, Rick Smith; (301) 443-7530, Jennifer 
Riggle.
    E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected].

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Implementation Grants  93.234A

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 1252, 
42 U.S.C. 300d-52.

    Purpos: The purpose of this grant program is to improve health and 
other services for people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury 
(TBI). Implementation grants provide funding to assist States in moving 
toward statewide systems that assure access to comprehensive and 
coordinated TBI services.
    Matching Requirements: The State agrees to make available non-
Federal contributions in an amount that is not less than $1 for each $2 
of Federal funds provided under the grant. Non-Federal contributions 
may be cash or in kind.
    Eligibility: State governments are eligible to apply. The 
application for Implementation funds may only come from the State 
agency designated as the lead for TBI services.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $1,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $200,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.234A.
    Application Availability Date: September 4, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: November 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: December 3, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: April 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Betty Hastings, MSW.

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    Phone Number: (301) 443-5599.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Planning Grants  93.234B

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 1252, 
42 U.S.C. 300d-52.

    Purpose: The purpose of this grant program is to improve health and 
other services for people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury 
(TBI). Planning grants provide funding to assist States in developing 
infrastructure. The following are four core capacity components: (1) A 
lead designated State agency; (2) a statewide advisory board; (3) a 
statewide resource/needs assessment; and (4) a statewide action plan 
moving toward statewide systems that assure access to comprehensive and 
coordinated TBI services.
    Matching Requirements: The State agrees to make available non-
Federal contributions in an amount that is not less than $1 for each $2 
of Federal funds provided under the grant. Non-Federal contributions 
may be cash or in kind.
    Eligibility: State governments are eligible to apply.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $375,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $75,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 2 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.234B.
    Application Availability Date: September 4, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: November 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: December 3, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: April 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Betty Hastings, MSW.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-5599.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Post-Demonstration  93.234C

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title XII, 
Section 1252, 42 U.S.C. 300d-52.

    Purpose: The program is designed for the continuation of previously 
awarded demonstration projects. A State that received a grant under 
this section prior to the date of enactment of the Children's Health 
Act of 2000 (October 17, 2000) may compete for new project grants under 
this section.
    Matching Requirements: The State agrees to make available non-
Federal contributions in an amount that is not less than $1 for each $2 
of Federal funds provided under the grant. Non-Federal funds may be 
cash or in kind.
    Eligibility: State governments are the only eligible applicants for 
funding. The application for a TBI Post Demonstration Grant may only 
come from the State agency designated as the lead for TBI services.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Preference for TBI Post 
Demonstration Grants will be given to States who have successfully 
completed a 3-year TBI State Implementation Grant.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $900,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 9.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $100,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 year.
    CFDA Number: 93.234C.
    Application Availability Date: September 4, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: November 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: December 3, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: April 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Betty Hastings, MSW.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-5599.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Developing a System of Care to Address Family Violence During or Around 
the Time of Pregnancy  93.926J

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 330H, 
42 U.S.C. 254C-8.
    Purpose: The goal of this program is to develop and/or enhance 
systems that identify pregnant, pre-conceptional, or postpartum women 
experiencing family violence and provide appropriate information and 
linkages to interventions within a clearly defined system of care. The 
nature of the linkages should be such that barriers to access are 
significantly reduced and women are actively supported in their desire 
to utilize services within a coordinated, confidential network of 
medical and psycho-social providers, women's shelters, legal and law 
enforcement, and other support services. Funded programs are restricted 
to those which target a geographic area with high annual rates of 
infant mortality.
    All funded projects must have, or establish for their project 
areas, community-based consortia of individuals and organizations which 
provide significant sources of health care services. In addition, they 
must coordinate their funded activities with the State agency that 
administers MCH block grant programs under Title V of the Social 
Security Act in order to promote cooperation, integration, and 
dissemination of information with statewide systems and with other 
community services.
    Eligibility: Any public or private entity, including an Indian 
tribe or tribal organization (as those terms are defined at 25 U.S.C. 
450b), is eligible to apply.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Priority for funding (5 
points on a 100-point scale) will be given to applicants who are 
grantees of Healthy Start service implementation projects. Only one 
application will be accepted per State/Territory. Applications from 
States with a current MCHB Perinatal Domestic Violence Grant 93.926J 
(IL, MD, NY, WA) may apply under this competition for a new community 
within their State. However, the community must be outside the 
catchment area currently served by the existing MCHB Perinatal Domestic 
Violence grant.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: Up to $600,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 4.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $150,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.926J.
    Application Availability Date: November 2, 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: December 3, 2001.
    Application Deadline: January 4, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: June 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Karen Hench.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-9708.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Rural Health Policy Programs

Rural Health Network Development 93.912B

    Legislative Authority: Section 330A of the Public Health Service 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 254c.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to support the development 
of health care networks in rural areas. Project funds are given to 
develop the organizational capabilities of these networks. The 
networks, which are tools for overcoming the fragmentation and 
vulnerability of the health care delivery system in rural areas, must 
be composed of at least three separately owned health care 
organizations. As such, the network supports rural health care 
organizations in a variety of ways, thereby strengthening the local 
delivery system to meet the health care needs of rural communities.

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    Eligibility: Rural public or nonprofit private organizations that 
are part of a network of at least three entities that support the 
delivery of health care services and will work together to complete the 
proposed project are eligible. Geographic eligibility requirements are 
(1) The lead applicant organization must be located in a rural area or 
in a rural zip code of an urban county (list included in the 
application materials). If the applicant is owned by or affiliated with 
an urban entity or health system the rural component may still apply as 
long the rural entity can directly receive and administer the grant 
funds in the rural area, be in complete control in the planning, 
program management and financial management of the project; and, the 
urban parent organization assures the Office of Rural Health Policy in 
writing that, for this project, they will exert no control over or 
demand collaboration with the rural entity; or (2) the organization 
must be constituted exclusively to provide services to migrant and 
seasonal farm workers in rural areas and supported under Section 330(g) 
of the Public Health Service Act (these organizations are eligible 
regardless of the urban or rural location of the administrative 
headquarters); or (3) the project services will be delivered on 
Federally-designated tribal lands. For all grants, not less than 50 
percent of the award must be spent in a rural area or to provide 
services to residents of rural areas.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Funding preference may be 
given to applicant networks that include: (1) A majority of the health 
care providers serving in the area or region to be served by the 
network; (2) any Federally-qualified health centers, rural health 
clinics, and local public health departments serving in the area or 
region; (3) outpatient mental health providers serving in the area or 
region; or (4) appropriate social service providers, such as agencies 
on aging, school systems, and providers under the women, infants, and 
children program (WIC), to improve access to and coordination of health 
care services.
    Special Considerations: Applicant organization must be located in a 
rural area and the proposed project must be directed to and services 
must remain in the rural area. (A list of eligible rural areas is 
included in application packet.)
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $6,207,553.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 31 for FY 2002 and 33 for FY 2003.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $182,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.912B.
    Application Availability Date: 06/15/01 for FY 2002 and 6/17/02 for 
FY 2003.
    Application Deadline: October 5, 2001 for the FY 2002 competition 
and September 20, 2002 for the FY 2003 competition.
    Projected Award Date: 05/01/02 for FY 2002 and 05/01/03 for FY 
2003.
    Program Contact Person: Lilly Smetana.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0835.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Rural Health Outreach Grant  93.912A

    Legislative Authority: Section 330A of The Public Health Service 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 254c.

    Purpose: The purpose of this grant program is to expand access to, 
coordinate, restrain the cost of, and improve the quality of essential 
health care services, including preventive and emergency services, 
through the development of health care networks in rural areas and 
regions. Funds are available for projects to support the direct 
delivery of health care and related services, to expand existing 
services, or to enhance health service delivery through education, 
promotion, and prevention programs. The emphasis of this program is on 
the actual delivery of specific services rather than the development of 
organizational capabilities. Networks may comprise the same providers 
(e.g., all hospitals) or more diversified networks.
    Eligibility: Rural public or nonprofit private organizations that 
are part of a network of at least three entities that support the 
delivery of health care services and will work together to complete the 
proposed project are eligible. Geographic eligibility requirements are 
(1) The lead applicant organization must be located in a rural area or 
in a rural zip code of an urban county (list included in the 
application materials) and all services must be provided in a rural 
county. If the applicant is owned by or affiliated with an urban entity 
or health system the rural component may still apply as long the rural 
entity can directly receive and administer the grant funds in the rural 
area, be in complete control in the planning, program management and 
financial management of the project; and, the urban parent organization 
assures the Office of Rural Health Policy in writing that, for this 
project, they will exert no control over or demand collaboration with 
the rural entity; or (2) the organization must be constituted 
exclusively to provide services to migrant and seasonal farm workers in 
rural areas and supported under Section 330(g) of the Public Health 
Service Act (these organizations are eligible regardless of the urban 
or rural location of the administrative headquarters); or (3) the 
project services will be delivered on Federally-designated tribal 
lands. For all grants, not less than 50 percent of the award must be 
spent in a rural area or to provide services to residents of rural 
areas.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Funding preference may be 
given to applicant networks that include: (1) A majority of the health 
care providers serving in the area or region to be served by the 
network; (2) Federally-qualified health centers, rural health clinics, 
and local public health departments serving in the area or region; (3) 
outpatient mental health providers serving in the area or region; or 
(4) appropriate social service providers, such as agencies on aging, 
school systems, and providers under the women, infants, and children 
program (WIC), to improve access to and coordination of health care 
services.
    Special Considerations: Applicant organization must be located in a 
rural area and the proposed project must be directed to and services 
must remain in the rural area. (A list of eligible rural areas is 
included in application packet.) Review Criteria: Final review criteria 
are included in the application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $6,207,553.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 31 for FY 2002 and 33 for FY 2003.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $185,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.912A.
    Application Availability Date: June 15, 2001 for FY 2002 and June 
17, 2002 for FY 2003.
    Application Deadline: September 28, 2001 for the FY 2002 
competition and September 13, 2002 for the FY 2003 competition.
    Projected Award Date: May 01, 2002 for FY 2002 and May 01, 2003 for 
FY 2003.
    Program Contact Person: Lilly Smetana.
    Phone Number: (301) 443-0835.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Primary Health Care Programs

Community and Migrant Health Centers  93.224 and 93.246

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title III, 
Section 330, 42 U.S.C. 254b.

    Purpose: The Community Health Center and Migrant Health Center (C/
MHC) programs are designed to promote

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the development and operation of community-based primary health care 
service systems in medically underserved areas for medically 
underserved populations. It is the intent of HRSA to continue to 
support health services in these areas, given the unmet need inherent 
in their provision of services to medically underserved populations. 
HRSA is committed to 100 percent access to primary care services with 
zero health disparities for the underserved. HRSA will open competition 
for awards under Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act for 
community and migrant centers to support health services in the areas 
served by these grants. Section 330(g) has additional criteria for 
migrant health centers. Two-hundred twenty-four C/MHC grantees will 
reach the end of their project period during FY 2002. Applications are 
due 120 days before the expiration date.
    Eligibility: Applicants are limited to currently funded programs 
whose project periods expire during FY 2002 and new organizations 
proposing to serve the same areas or populations currently being served 
by these existing programs.
    Special Considerations: Communication with field office staff is 
essential for interested parties in deciding whether to pursue Federal 
funding as a C/MHC. Technical assistance and detailed information about 
each service area, such as census tracts, can be obtained by contacting 
the HRSA Field Office.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $223,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 224.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $1,000,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 to 5 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.224 and 93.246.
    Application Availability Date: Continuous.
    Application Deadline: Varies.
    Projected Award Date: Varies.
    Program Contact Person: 93.224, Cephas Goldman; 93.246, George 
Ersek.
    Phone Number: Goldman, (301) 594-4300; Ersek, (301) 594-4301.
    E-mail: [email protected].

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                                                             Expiration
                 City                          State            date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HRSA Boston Field Office--(617) 565-
 1482:
  Roxbury.............................  MA                    12/31/2001
  Willimantic.........................  CT                    12/31/2001
  Lubec...............................  ME                    12/31/2001
  Roxbury.............................  MA(2)                  1/31/2002
  Holyoke.............................  MA                     1/31/2002
  Allston.............................  MA                     1/31/2002
  Truro...............................  MA                     1/31/2002
  Hartford............................  CT                     1/31/2002
  Waterbury...........................  CT                     2/28/2002
  Turners Falls.......................  MA                     3/31/2002
  Patten..............................  ME                     3/31/2002
  Harrington..........................  ME                     3/31/2002
  Worcester...........................  MA                     3/31/2002
  Peabody.............................  MA                     3/31/2002
  Augusta.............................  ME                     3/31/2002
  New Bedford.........................  MA                     5/31/2002
  New Haven...........................  CT                     5/31/2002
  Brockton............................  MA                     6/30/2002
  Manchester..........................  NH                     6/30/2002
HRSA New York Field Office--(212) 264-
 2664
  Cortland............................  NY                    11/30/2001
  Newark..............................  NJ                    11/30/2001
  Brockport...........................  NY                    12/31/2001
  Rochester...........................  NY                    12/31/2001
  Mt. Vernon..........................  NY                    12/31/2001
  Brooklyn............................  NY                    12/31/2001
  Buffalo.............................  NY                    12/31/2001
  Camden..............................  NJ                    12/31/2001
  Mayaguez............................  PR                     1/31/2002
  New York............................  NY                     1/31/2002
  Brooklyn............................  NY                     1/31/2002
  Camuy...............................  PR                     1/31/2002
  Hatillo.............................  PR                     1/31/2002
  Morovis.............................  PR                     1/31/2002
  Bronx...............................  NY                     1/31/2002
  New York............................  NY                     2/28/2002
  St. Thomas..........................  VI                     2/28/2002
  Patillas............................  PR                     3/31/2002
  Arverne.............................  NY                     3/31/2002
  Brooklyn............................  NY                     3/31/2002
  Santurce............................  PR                     3/31/2002
  Trenton.............................  NJ                     3/31/2002
  Loiza...............................  PR                     5/31/2002
  West New York.......................  NJ                     6/30/2002
  Brooklyn............................  NY                     6/30/2002
  Gurabo..............................  PR                     6/30/2002
HRSA Philadelphia Field Office--(215)
 861-4422
  Chambersburg........................  PA                    11/30/2001
  Philadelphia........................  PA                    11/30/2001
  Baltimore...........................  MD                    11/30/2001
  Camden-on-Gauley....................  WV                    11/30/2001
  Washington..........................  DC                    11/30/2001
  Boydton.............................  VA                    12/31/2001
  Richmond............................  VA                    12/31/2001
  Victoria............................  VA                    12/31/2001
  Denton..............................  MD                    12/31/2001
  Chester.............................  PA                     1/31/2002
  Bastian.............................  VA                     1/31/2002
  Wilmington..........................  DE                     1/31/2002
  Gary................................  WV                     1/31/2002
  Axton...............................  VA                     1/31/2002
  Pittsburgh..........................  PA                     1/31/2002
  Franklin............................  WV                     2/28/2002
  Pittsburgh..........................  PA                     2/28/2002
  Dover...............................  DE                     3/31/2002
  Susquehanna.........................  PA                     3/31/2002
  Ivor................................  WA                     3/31/2002
  New Holland.........................  PA                     3/31/2002
  Princess Anne.......................  MD                     5/31/2002
  Erie................................  PA                     5/31/2002
  Philadelphia........................  PA(2)                  5/31/2002
  Williamsburg........................  WV                     5/31/2002
  Blossburg...........................  PA                     5/31/2002
  Grafton.............................  WV                     5/31/2002
  Madake..............................  WV                     5/31/2002
HRSA Atlanta Field Office--(404) 562-
 2996
  Dade City...........................  FL                    11/30/2001
  Snow Hill...........................  NC                    11/30/2001
  Morgantown..........................  GA                    11/30/2001
  Mobile..............................  AL                    11/30/2001
  Fairmont............................  NC                    11/30/2001
  Tylertown...........................  MS                    11/30/2001
  Makers..............................  NC                    11/30/2001
  Chapel Hill.........................  NC                    11/30/2001
  Huntsville..........................  AL                    11/30/2001
  Tuscaloosa..........................  AL                    11/30/2001
  Vanceburg...........................  KY                    11/30/2001
  Mantachie...........................  MS                    11/30/2001
  Belle Glade.........................  FL                    12/31/2001
  Coconut Grove.......................  FL                    12/31/2001
  Stone Mountain......................  GA                    12/31/2001
  Miami Beach.........................  FL                    12/31/2001
  Miami...............................  FL(2)                  1/31/2002
  Nashville...........................  TN(2)                  1/31/2002
  Hattiesburg.........................  MS                     1/31/2002
  Pompano Beach.......................  FL                     1/31/2002
  Smithville..........................  MS                     1/31/2002
  Columbia............................  SC                     1/31/2002
  Sebastopol..........................  MS                     3/31/2002
  West Palm Beach.....................  FL                     3/31/2002
  Newport.............................  TN                     3/31/2002
  Gadsden.............................  AL                     3/31/2002
  Raleigh.............................  NC                     3/31/2002
  Maynardville........................  TN                     3/31/2002
  Whitesburg..........................  KY                     3/31/2002
  Sumterville.........................  FL                     3/31/2002
  Colbert.............................  GA                     3/31/2002
  Cookeville..........................  TN                     3/31/2002
  Linden..............................  TN                     3/31/2002
  Tallahassee/Wewahitchka.............  FL                     3/31/2002
  Hendersonville......................  NC                     3/31/2002
  Meridian............................  MS                     3/31/2002
  Conway..............................  SC                     3/31/2002
  Charlotte...........................  NC                     3/31/2002
  Canton..............................  MS                     5/31/2002
  Port Gibson.........................  MS                     5/31/2002
  Shubuta.............................  MS                     5/31/2002
  Lake City...........................  FL                     5/31/2002
  St. Petersburg......................  FL                     5/31/2002
  Atlanta.............................  GA                     5/31/2002
  Cumming.............................  GA                     5/31/2002
  Tallahassee.........................  FL                     6/30/2002
  Wrightsville........................  GA                     6/30/2002
  Jacksonville........................  FL                     6/30/2002
  Wilmington..........................  NC                     6/30/2002
HRSA Chicago Field Office--(312) 353-
 1715
  Chicago.............................  IL(3)                 11/30/2001
  East Chicago........................  IL                    11/30/2001
  Akron...............................  OH                    11/30/2001
  Evansville..........................  IN                    12/31/2001
  Houghton Lake.......................  MI                    12/31/2001
  Cincinnati..........................  OH                    12/31/2001
  Marquette...........................  MI                     1/31/2002
  Chicago.............................  IL                     1/31/2002
  St. Paul............................  MN                     1/31/2002
  Jackson.............................  MI                     2/28/2002
  Chicago.............................  IL                     2/28/2002
  Duluth..............................  MN                     2/28/2002
  Muncie..............................  IN                     2/28/2002
  Cleveland...........................  OH                     2/28/2002
  Bangor..............................  MI                     3/31/2002

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  Christopher.........................  IL                     3/31/2002
  Flint...............................  MI                     3/31/2002
  Milwaukee...........................  WI                     3/31/2002
  Minneapolis.........................  MN                     3/31/2002
  Indianapolis........................  IN                     5/31/2002
  Chicago.............................  IL                     5/31/2002
  Minong..............................  WI                     5/31/2002
  Ft. Wayne...........................  IN                     6/30/2002
  Muskegon Heights....................  MI                     6/30/2002
  Lafayette...........................  IN                     6/30/2002
  Battle Creek........................  MI                     6/30/2002
HRSA Dallas Field Office--(214) 767-
 3872
  Uvalde..............................  TX                    11/30/2001
  Dallas..............................  TX                    11/30/2001
  New Orleans.........................  LA                    11/30/2001
  Gonzales............................  TX                    11/30/2001
  West Memphis........................  AR                    11/30/2001
  Houston.............................  TX                    12/31/2001
  Albuquerque.........................  NM                    12/31/2001
  Brownsville.........................  TX                     1/31/2002
  Tierra Amarillo.....................  NM                     1/31/2002
  Portales............................  NM                     1/31/2002
  Natchitoches........................  LA                     1/31/2002
  Crystal City........................  TX                     3/31/2002
  Harlingen...........................  TX                     3/31/2002
  Franklin............................  LA                     5/31/2002
  Lake Charles........................  LA                     5/31/2002
  Oklahoma City.......................  OK(2)                  6/30/2002
  Shreveport..........................  LA                     6/30/2002
  Lubbock.............................  TX                     6/30/2002
  Lordsburg...........................  NM                     6/30/2002
  El Paso.............................  TX                     6/30/2002
HRSA Kansas City Field Office--(816)
 426-5296
  St. Louis...........................  MO                    11/30/2001
  Topeka..............................  KS                    11/30/2001
  Des Moines..........................  IA                     1/31/2002
  Sioux City..........................  IA                     1/31/2002
  St. Louis...........................  MO                     1/31/2002
  Ottumwa.............................  IA                     2/28/2002
  Kirksville..........................  MO                     3/31/2002
  Emporia.............................  KS                     6/30/2002
  Garden City.........................  KS                     6/30/2002
  Gering..............................  NE                     6/30/2002
HRSA Denver Field Office--(303) 844-
 3203
  Provo...............................  UT                    12/31/2001
  Englewood...........................  CO                    12/31/2001
  Casper..............................  WY                     2/28/2002
  Greeley.............................  CO                     3/31/2002
  Laramie.............................  WY                     3/31/2002
  Ogden...............................  UT                     3/31/2002
  Elk Point...........................  SD                     3/31/2002
  Pierre..............................  SD                     5/31/2002
  Missoula............................  MT                     6/30/2002
  Livingston..........................  MT                     6/30/2002
HRSA San Francisco Field Office--(415)
 437-8090
  Fresno..............................  CA                    11/30/2001
  San Mateo...........................  CA                    11/30/2001
  San Marcos..........................  CA                    12/31/2001
  Watsonville.........................  CA                    12/31/2001
  Marana..............................  AZ                    12/31/2001
  Bloomington.........................  CA                    12/31/2001
  Honolulu............................  HI                     1/31/2002
  Point Reyes.........................  CA                     2/28/2002
  Ajo.................................  AZ                     2/28/2002
  Greenbrae...........................  CA                     2/28/2002
  Tulare..............................  CA                     2/28/2002
  Oakland.............................  CA                     3/31/2002
  Honolulu............................  HI                     3/31/2002
  Nipomo..............................  CA                     5/31/2002
  Irvine..............................  CA                     5/31/2002
  Berkeley............................  CA                     6/30/2002
  Flagstaff...........................  AZ                     6/30/2002
  Elfrida.............................  AZ                     6/30/2002
  Redding.............................  CA                     6/30/2002
HRSA Seattle Field Office--(206) 615-
 2491
  Anchorage...........................  AK                    11/30/2001
  Twin Falls..........................  ID                     1/31/2002
  Seattle.............................  WA(2)                  1/31/2002
  Moses Lake..........................  WA                     3/31/2002
  Okanogan............................  WA                     3/31/2002
  Pocatello...........................  ID                     3/31/2002
  Oregon City.........................  OR                     6/30/2002
  Anchorage...........................  AK                     6/30/2002
  Longview............................  WA                     6/30/2002
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Health Care for the Homeless  93.151

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title III, 
Section 330(h), 42 U.S.C. 254b(h).

    Purpose: The Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) program is designed 
to increase the access of homeless populations to cost-effective, case 
managed, and integrated primary care and substance abuse services 
provided by existing community-based programs/providers. These 
organizations are committed to providing or arranging for 100 percent 
access to comprehensive health care and social services, and to 
eliminating health disparities for homeless people. It is the intent of 
HRSA to continue to support health services to the homeless people in 
these areas/locations given the continued need for cost-effective, 
community-based primary care services. Thirty-one HCH grantees will 
reach the end of their project period during FY 2002. Applications are 
due 120 days before the expiration date.
    Eligibility: Applicants are limited to currently funded programs 
whose project periods expire during FY 2002 and new organizations 
proposing to serve the same areas and populations currently being 
served by these existing programs.
    Special Considerations: Communication with field office staff is 
essential for interested parties in deciding whether to pursue Federal 
funding as an HCH program. Technical assistance and detailed 
information about each service area, such as census tracts, can be 
obtained by contacting the HRSA Field Office.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $15,500,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 31.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $500,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 to 5 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.151.
    Application Availability Date: Continuous.
    Application Deadline: Varies.
    Projected Award Date: Varies.
    Program Contact Person: Monica Toomer.
    Phone Number: (301) 594-4430.
    E-mail: [email protected].

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                                                             Expiration
                 City                          State            date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HRSA Boston Field Office--(617) 565-
 1482:
    Willimantic.......................  CT                    12/31/2001
    New Haven.........................  CT                     5/31/2002
HRSA New York Field Office--(212) 264-
 2664:
    Newark............................  NJ                    10/31/2001
    Mount Vernon......................  NY                    12/31/2001
    Jersey City.......................  NJ                     3/31/2002
    Trenton...........................  NJ                     3/31/2002
HRSA Philadelphia Field Office--(215)
 861-4422:
    Washington........................  DC                    11/30/2001
    Pittsburgh........................  PA                     1/31/2002
    Wilmington........................  DE                     1/31/2002
    Erie..............................  PA                     5/31/2002
HRSA Atlanta Field Office--(404) 562-
 2996:
    Clearwater........................  FL                    10/31/2001
    Nashville.........................  TN                    10/31/2001
    Mobile............................  AL                    11/30/2001
HRSA Chicago Field Office--(312) 353-
 1715:
    Detroit...........................  MI                    10/31/2001
    Battle Creek......................  MI                    10/31/2001
    Chicago...........................  IL                    11/30/2001
    Evansville........................  IN                    12/31/2001
    Cincinnati........................  OH                    12/31/2001
    St. Paul..........................  MN                     1/31/2002
    Flint.............................  MI                     3/31/2002
    Indianapolis......................  IN                     5/31/2002
HRSA Dallas Field Office--(214) 767-
 3872:
    El Paso...........................  TX                     6/30/2002
    Lubbock...........................  TX                     6/30/2002
HRSA San Francisco Field Office--(415)
 437-8090:
    Phoenix...........................  AZ                    10/31/2001
    Martinez..........................  CA                    10/31/2001
    Santa Barbara.....................  CA                    10/31/2001
    Oakland...........................  CA                    10/31/2001
    Oakland...........................  CA                    10/31/2001
    Sacramento........................  CA                    10/31/2001
    Nipomo............................  CA                     5/31/2002
HRSA Seattle Field Office--(206) 615-
 2491:
    Anchorage.........................  AK                    11/30/2001
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Public Housing Primary Care 93.927

    Legislative Authority: Section 330(i) of the Public Health 
Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b(i).

    Purpose: The mission of the Public Housing Primary Care (PHPC) 
program is to increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive 
health care and to improve the physical, mental and economic well-being 
of public housing residents. It is the intent of HRSA to continue to 
support health services to residents of public housing. The three 
priorities for promoting access to primary care and improving the well 
being of residents of public housing are: (1) Resident involvement and 
participation in program development and implementation; (2) innovative 
service delivery systems that address the special health needs of 
public housing residents; and (3) collaborations with other health, 
education and community-based organizations. Central to the program's 
past and future success is the commitment to the provision of health 
care that emphasizes improving the availability, accessibility, 
comprehensiveness, continuity, and quality of health service to 
residents of public housing.
    Twelve PHPC grantees will reach the end of their project period 
during FY 2002. Applications are due 120 days before the expiration 
date.
    Eligibility: Applicants are limited to currently funded programs 
whose project periods expire in FY 2002 and new organizations proposing 
to serve the same populations currently being served by these existing 
programs.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Administrative funding 
preferences are included in the application materials.
    Special Considerations: Communication with field office staff is 
essential for interested parties in deciding whether to pursue Federal 
funding as a PHPC. Technical assistance and detailed information about 
each service area, such as census tracts, can be obtained by contacting 
the HRSA Field Office.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $4,800,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 12.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $400,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 to 5 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.927.
    Application Availability Date: June 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: February 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Evan R. Arrindell.
    Phone Number: (301) 594-4334.
    E-mail: [email protected].

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                                                             Expiration
                 City                          State            date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HRSA Boston Field Office--(617) 565-
 1482:
    Roxbury...........................  MA                     1/31/2002
    New Haven.........................  CT                     5/31/2002
HRSA New York Field Office--(212) 264-
 2664:
    Brooklyn..........................  NY                     3/31/2002
HRSA Philadelphia Field Office--(215)
 861-4422:
    Pittsburgh........................  PA                     1/31/2002
HRSA Atlanta Field Office--(404) 562-
 2996:
    Birmingham........................  AL                    10/31/2001
    Gadsden...........................  AL                     3/31/2002
    Atlanta...........................  GA                     5/31/2002
HRSA Chicago Field Office--(312) 353-
 1715:
    St. Paul..........................  MN                     1/31/2002
HRSA Dallas Field Office--(214) 767-
 3872:
    Monroe............................  LA                     8/31/2002
HRSA San Francisco Field Office--(415)
 437-8090:
    Honolulu..........................  HI                     3/31/2002
    San Diego.........................  CA                     8/31/2002
HRSA Seattle Field Office--(206) 615-
 2491:
    Seattle...........................  WA                     1/31/2002
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Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities Program--Competing Continuations  
93.151A

    Legislative Authority: Section 330 of the Public Health Services 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b.

    Purpose: The purpose of the Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities 
(HSHC) program is to increase access to comprehensive primary and 
preventive health care to underserved children, adolescents, and 
families. Grants made under the HSHC program are awarded to public and 
private nonprofit community-based health care entities for the 
development and operation of school-based health centers (SBHCs). The 
HSHC programs and other Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC)-supported 
SBHC programs in the school or on school grounds on a full-time basis 
provide comprehensive primary and preventive health care services 
including mental health, oral health, ancillary, and enabling services. 
Theses services are culturally sensitive, appropriate, family oriented, 
and tailored to meet the health care needs of youth, adolescents, and 
the community. The array of provided services on-site is locally 
determined by school principals, school boards, parents, and providers, 
and referral arrangements are provided for services not available on-
site. No SBHC services are provided without fully informed parental 
consent. By supporting educational efforts by making sure that children 
are ready to learn, SBHCs are (1) Part of an integrated system of care 
and provide continuity of care to assure after hours and year round 
coverage, and (2) proven to provide access to confidential and 
comprehensive preventive and primary health services. The BPHC is 
opening the competition for Federal funds to provide services through 
the HSHC Program. The goal of this competition is to provide the best 
possible health care services to students and families; to ensure that 
Federal funds are utilized most effectively and efficiently; and to 
ensure that HSHC grantees are prepared and equipped to handle the 
challenges of the future. Applications are due 120 days before the 
expiration date.
    Eligibility: Applicants are limited to currently funded programs 
whose project periods expire in FY 2002 and new organizations proposing 
to serve the same populations currently being served by these existing 
programs.
    Funding Priorities or Preferences: Final administrative funding 
preferences are included in the application materials.
    Special Considerations: Communication with Field Office staff is 
essential for interested parties in deciding whether to pursue Federal 
funding as a HSHC program. Technical assistance and detailed 
information about each service area, such as census tracts, can be 
obtained by contacting the HRSA Field Office.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $2,700,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 9.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $300,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.151A.
    Application Availability Date: Continuous.
    Application Deadline: Varies.
    Project Award Date: Varies.
    Program Contact Person: Darryl Burnett.
    Phone: (301) 594-4449.
    Email: [email protected].

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                                                             Expiration
                 City                          State            date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HRSA Boston Field Office--(617) 565-
 1482:

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    Boston............................  MA                     6/30/2002
HRSA New York Field Office--(212) 264-
 2664:
    Bronx.............................  NY                     6/30/2002
    New York..........................  NY                     6/30/2002
HRSA Philadelphia Field Office--(215)
 861-4422:
    Denton............................  MD                    12/31/2001
HRSA Atlanta Field Office--(404) 562-
 2996:
    Wilmington........................  NC                     6/30/2002
HRSA Chicago Field Office--(312) 353-
 1715:
    Milwaukee.........................  WI                     6/30/2002
HRSA Dallas Field Office--(214) 767-
 3872:
    Albuquerque.......................  NM                     6/30/2002
HRSA San Francisco Field Office--(415)
 437-8090:
    Campbell..........................  CA                     6/30/2002
HRSA Seattle Field Office--(206) 615-
 2491:
    Medford...........................  OR                     6/30/2002
------------------------------------------------------------------------

New Delivery Sites and New Starts in Programs Funded Under the Health 
Centers Consolidation Act  93.224, 93.246, 93.151, 93.927, 93.151A

    Legislative Authority: Section 330 Public Health Service Act, 42 
U.S.C. 254b.

    Purpose: The purpose of this program is to support the 
establishment of new service delivery sites in each of the Health 
Center programs funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service 
Act. These programs include: (1) Community Health Centers, section 
330(e); (2) Migrant Health Centers, section 330(g); (3) Health Care for 
the Homeless program, section 330(h); (4) Public Housing Primary Care, 
section 330(i); and (5) Healthy School, Healthy Communities program, 
section 330(e). The populations served by these programs are: (1) 
Medically underserved populations including medically underserved 
populations in urban and rural areas; (2) migratory and seasonal 
agricultural workers and their families; (3) homeless people, including 
children and families; (4) residents of public housing; and (5) 
students attending schools (K-12) that serve low income and high-risk 
children. The purpose of the Health Center program is to extend 
comprehensive preventive and primary health services, (including mental 
health, substance abuse, and oral health services) and supplemental 
services to populations currently without access to such services and 
to improve their health status. The HRSA will support new service 
delivery sites operated by existing health centers or through newly 
established health centers.
    Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: Communities seeking support 
are strongly encouraged to promote and seek outside funding and are 
required to maximize third party revenue to establish and maintain new 
service delivery sites.
    Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit entities are eligible to 
apply.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Final priorities and/or 
preferences are included in the application materials.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $43,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 100.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $350,000 to $650,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 2 years or consistent with existing 
project period for currently funded organizations.
    CFDA Number: 93.224, 93.246, 93.151, 93.927, 93.151A.
    Application Availability Date: July 2001.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: The letter of intent deadline is 
ongoing. Letters of intent are encouraged for organizations seeking 
funding for a new delivery site. Letters of intent will be accepted 
beginning July 31, 2001. The submission of a letter of intent is 
recommended but not required in order to submit an application to 
compete for funds in FY 2002. Information requirements to be included 
in the letter of intent submissions will be available in the 
application guidance.
    Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted beginning 
October 1, 2001. Applications received by November 15, 2001, will be 
reviewed with funding decisions announced by February 28, 2002. 
Applications received by January 31, 2002 will be reviewed with funding 
decisions announced by April 30, 2002. Applications received by April 
30, 2002 will be reviewed with funding decisions announced by July 31, 
2002. Applications received after April 30, 2002 will be considered for 
funding in FY 2003, depending on the availability of funds.
    Projected Award Date: See above.
    Program Contact Person: 93.224, Tonya Bowers; 93.246, George Ersek; 
93.151, Jean Hochron; 93.927, Evan R. Arrindell; 93.151A, Sheri 
Downing-Futrell.
    Phone Numbers: (301) 594-4329, Bowers; (301) 594-4303, Ersek; (301) 
594-4437, Hochron; (301) 594-4334, Arrindell; (301) 594-4468, Downing-
Futrell.
    E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; 
[email protected]; [email protected].

Increase in Medical Capacity in Programs Funded Under the Health 
Centers Consolidation Act of 1996  93.224, 93.246

    Legislative Authority: Section 330 of the Public Health Service 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 254b.

    Purpose: The HRSA is committed to achieving 100 percent access to 
health care for the underserved and to pledging new funding to 
strengthen the health care safety net through Community and Migrant 
Health Centers (C/MHC). C/MHCs extend preventive and primary health 
services to populations currently without such services and improve the 
health status of medically underserved individuals. One way of 
achieving these goals and reaching new users of health centers is to 
approve funding increases for existing C/MHC grantees who provide a 
plan for achieving increased medical capacity within their existing C/
MHC current service area. Applicants for funding increases will be 
asked to demonstrate need, present a definitive medical capacity 
expansion strategy, provide evidence of the organization's readiness 
and capacity for expansion, and present a sound business plan for 
accomplishing increases in the number of people served.
    Eligibility: Applicants are limited to currently funded community 
and migrant health centers (i.e., those organizations funded 
under sections 330(e) and 330(g).
    Funding Priorities or Preferences: Final priorities and/or 
preferences are included in the application materials.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: Up to $40,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 125 to 150.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $250,000 to $350,000
    CFDA Number: 93.224, 93.246.
    Application Availability Date: 7/20/01.
    Application Deadlines: Applications will be accepted from grantees 
no later than October 1, 2001.
    Program Contact Person: 93.224, Janet Wetmore; 93.246, George 
Ersek.
    Phone Numbers: (301) 594-4340, Janet Wetmore; (301) 594-4301, 
George Ersek.
    Email: [email protected]; [email protected].

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Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities Planning and Capacity Development 
Grants

    Legislative Authority: Section 330 of the Public Health Service 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 254.

    Purpose: The purpose of this grant program is to support 
communities and health care service entities through the planning 
process, to develop full service school-based health centers which will 
offer comprehensive primary and preventive health care, including 
mental and oral health services. The Planning and Capacity Development 
grant is not an operational grant; it will not support any type of 
service delivery or patient care activities. Applications must propose 
activities which will lead to the establishment of full service school-
based health centers in accordance with community needs and 
consolidated health center program expectations that improve access to 
care.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants must currently be funded under 
section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. Applicants cannot be 
current Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities grant recipients; have not 
operated a school-based health center within the last 3 years; and must 
target medically underserved areas or populations.
    Funding Priorities or Preferences: Final administrative preferences 
are included in the application materials.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $700,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 15.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $50,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 year.
    CFDA Number: N/A.
    Application Availability Date: January 1, 2002.
    Letter of Intent Deadline: January 31, 2002.
    Application Deadline: March 20, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: July 1, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: LaVerne M. Green.
    Phone Number: (301) 594-4470.
    E-mail: [email protected].
    Grants to States for Loan Repayment Programs  93.165

    Legislative Authority:  Public Health Service Act, Title III, 
Section 338I, 42 U.S.C. 254q-1.

    Purpose: The purpose of these grant funds is to assist States in 
operating programs for the repayment of educational loans of health 
professionals in return for their practice in Federally-designated 
health professional shortage areas to increase the availability of 
primary health services in such areas. Of the estimated 36 awards, 5 
are project period renewals. Further information about these activities 
can be obtained from the contact person.
    Matching or Cost Sharing Requirement: States seeking support must 
provide adequate assurances that, with respect to the costs of making 
loan repayment under contracts with health professionals, the State 
will make available (directly or through donations from public or 
private entities) non-Federal contributions in cash in an amount equal 
to not less than $1 for $1 of Federal funds provided in the grant. In 
determining the amount of non-Federal contributions in cash that a 
State has to provide, no Federal funds may be used in the State's 
match.
    Eligibility: All States are eligible to apply for funding.
    Special Considerations: See matching or Cost Sharing Requirements 
above.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $1,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $200,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.165.
    Application Availability Date: April 1, 2002.
    Application Deadline: May 15, 2002.
    Projected Award Date: August 31, 2002.
    Program Contact Person: Jackie Brown.
    Phone Number: (301) 594-4400.
    E-mail: [email protected].

Black Lung Clinics  93.965

    Legislative Authority: Section 427(a) of the Black Lung Benefits 
Reform Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. 937(a).

    Purpose: The primary purpose of the Black Lung Clinics grant 
program is to provide treatment and rehabilitation for Black Lung 
patients and others with occupationally-related pulmonary diseases. In 
addition, individual grantee programs are expected to include case 
finding and outreach, preventive and health promotion services, 
education for patients and their families, and testing to determine 
eligibility for Department of Labor or State benefits. Although the 
number of active coal miners has decreased substantially because of 
mechanization, there has been an increase in the number of retired coal 
miners with the disease and in the number of pulmonary patients from 
other occupations. A current objective of the program is to expand 
outreach so that more of the eligible population is made aware of the 
services offered by the grantee clinics.
    Eligibility: Health clinics that provide diagnosis, treatment, and 
rehabilitation of active and retired coal miners with respiratory and 
pulmonary impairments are eligible.
    Funding Priorities and/or Preferences: Priority will be given to 
clinics that provide a combination of services, i.e., outreach, 
testing, treatment, and rehabilitation.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $6,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 13.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $460,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 3 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.965.
    Application Availability Date: January 07, 2002.
    Application Deadline: Varies.
    Projected Award Date: Varies.
    Program Contact Person: Sharley Chen.
    Phone Number: (301) 594-4424.
    E-mail: [email protected].

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Expiration
                 City                          State            date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HRSA Philadelphia Field Office--(215)
 861-4422:
    Harrisburg........................  PA                     6/30/2002
    Fredericktown.....................  PA                     6/30/2002
    Charleston........................  WV                     8/31/2002
    St. Charles.......................  VA                     8/31/2002
HRSA Atlanta Field Office--(404) 562-
 2996:
    Whitesburg........................  KY                     6/30/2002
    Birmingham........................  AL                     8/31/2002
    Greenville........................  KY                     8/31/2002
HRSA Chicago Field Office--(312) 353-
 1715:
    Princeton.........................  IN                     6/30/2002
    Chicago...........................  IL                     6/30/2002
    Columbus..........................  OH                     8/31/2002
    Caterville........................  IL                     8/31/2002
HRSA Dallas Field Office--(214) 767-
 3872:
    Raton.............................  NM                     8/31/2002
HRSA Denver Field Office--(303) 844-
 3203:
    Worland...........................  WY                     6/30/2002
------------------------------------------------------------------------

National Health Center Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement  
93.130A

    Legislative Authority: Public Health Service Act, Title III, 
Section 330(k), 42 U.S.C. 254b(k).

    Purpose: The Health Center programs deliver cost effective, high 
quality primary health care to underserved, vulnerable, low income, and 
minority populations. HRSA supports technical

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and non-financial assistance to Federally-funded Health Centers to 
assist in these efforts. This technical assistance announcement is for 
a participatory evaluation and action project to assess how the 
nation's Health Centers and other safety net resources are being 
restructured to deliver 100 percent access to care and zero health 
disparities; how to improve the operations and management of Federally-
funded Health Centers through in this community-by-community 
restructuring; and how to replicate and accelerate proven best 
practices for achieving the 100 percent access/zero disparities goals 
with resources already in place. Further information about this 
activity will be available in the application guidance.
    Federal Involvement: Substantial Federal involvement will be 
detailed in the application materials.
    Eligibility: Public and private nonprofit entities are eligible.
    Review Criteria: Final review criteria are included in the 
application kit.
    Estimated Amount of This Competition: $500,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
    Estimated or Average Size of Each Award: $500,000.
    Estimated Project Period: 1 to 5 years.
    CFDA Number: 93.130A.
    Application Availability Date: August 1, 2001.
    Application Deadline: October 1, 2001.
    Projected Award Date: December 1, 2001.
    Program Contact Person: Dennis Wagner.
    Phone Number: (301) 594-4121.
    Email: [email protected].

Exhibit and Conference/Meeting Information

    HRSA's exhibit schedule and HRSA-sponsored conferences and meetings 
can be accessed online at http://www.hrsa.gov/newsroom/calendar.htm. 
For more information, contact Steve Merrill at [email protected].

HRSA's Field Offices

Northeast Cluster

Philadelphia Field Office--Field Director, Vincent C. Rogers--(215) 
861-4422
Boston Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Kenneth Brown--(617) 
565-1420
New York Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Ron Moss--(212) 264-
3032

Southeast Cluster

Atlanta Field Office--Field Director, Ketty M. Gonzalez--(404) 562-7972

Midwest Cluster

Chicago Field Office--Field Director, Deborah Willis-Fillinger--(312) 
353-6835
Kansas City Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Hollis Hensley--
(816) 426-5226

West Central Cluster

Dallas Field Office--Field Director, Frank Cantu--(214) 767-3872
Denver Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Jerry Wheeler--(303) 
844-3203

Pacific West Cluster

San Francisco Field Office--Field Director, Thomas Kring--(415) 437-
8090
Seattle Field Office--Assistant Field Director, Richard Rysdam 
(Acting)--(206) 615-2491

Related World Wide Web Addresses

HRSA Preview Online

http://www.hrsa.gov/grants.htm

HRSA Home Page

http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov

DHHS Home Page

http://www.os.dhhs.gov

Grantsnet

http://www.hhs.gov/progorg/grantsnet/index.html

PHS Grants Policy Statement

http://www.nih.gov/grants/policy/gps

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)

http://www.gsa.gov/fdac

Code of Federal Regulations

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html

OMB Circulars

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/omb
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/index.html#circulars

Federal Register

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

Healthfinder

http://www.healthfinder.gov

Fedworld Information Network

http://www.fedworld.gov

State Single Points of Contact (SPOC)

http://thomas.loc.gov

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