[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9454-9455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4917]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-02-02]


Fiscal Year 2002 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and 
Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of funds and request for 
applications for the Alzheimer Disease Demonstration Grants to States 
Program.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under this program 
announcement it will hold a competition for grant awards for five (5) 
to seven (7) projects at a federal share of approximately $225,000-
$350,000 per year for a project period of three years.

Purpose of Grant Awards

    The purpose of these projects is to:
    1. Develop models of home and community based care for persons with 
Alzheimer's disease and their families, and

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    2. Improve the existing home and community based care system to 
better respond to the needs of persons with dementia and their 
families.

Eligibility for Grant Awards and Other Requirements

    Eligibility for grant awards is limited to state agencies. The 
twenty-five states currently funded under the Alzheimer's Demonstration 
Program are not eligible. Only one application per state will be 
accepted. Applicants must provide a letter from their state's Governor 
designating the applicant agency as the sole applicant for the state.
    Grantees are required to provide a 25% non-federal match during the 
first year, 35% during the second year, and 45% during the third year 
of the grant.

DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is April 
24, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 
Center for Policy and Planning Development, 330 Independence Ave., SW, 
Room 4270, Washington, DC 20201, by calling 202/401-4547, or online at 
http://www.aoa.gov/egrants.
    Applications may be mailed or hand-delivered to the AoA Office of 
Grants Management at the same address. Instructions for electronic 
submission of grant applications are available at 
http://www.aoa.gov/egrants.

    Dated: February 25, 2002.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 02-4917 Filed 2-28-02; 8:45 am]
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