[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12569-12570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6618]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-02-03]


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.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging (AoA) announces that under this 
program announcement it will hold a competition for ``Senior Medicare 
Patrol Projects'' for up to 33 projects at a federal share of 
approximately $160,000 per year for a period of three years.

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    Purpose of Grant Awards: The purpose of these projects is to test 
the best ways of using the skills of retired nurses, doctors, 
accountants and other professionals to train seniors to serve as expert 
resources to detect and stop health care error, fraud and abuse.
    Eligibility for Grant Awards and Other Requirements: Eligibility 
for grant awards is limited to public state and local agencies or 
nonprofit agencies, organizations and institutions in the following 
states and jurisdictions: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, 
Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, 
Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, 
Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Texas, Utah, 
Vermont, Virginia, and Washington--to carry out cooperative agreement 
awards to train retired persons to serve in their communities as 
volunteer expert resources and educators in combating health care 
error, fraud, and abuse. Faith-based organizations are eligible to 
apply from the states and jurisdictions listed above.
    Grantees are required to provide a 25 percent non-federal match.

DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is May 3, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to the Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of 
Consumer Choice and Protection, 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 4278 
Washington, DC 20201. For further information, please contact Doris 
Summey or Barbara Lewis, at (202) 619-3775 or (202) 619-1351. 
Applications must be mailed or hand-delivered to the Office of Grants 
Management at the same address. Applicants should notify AoA by email 
or fax when the application is mailed. Instructions for electronic 
mailing of grant applications are available at http://www.aoa.gov/egrants

    Dated: March 13, 2002.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 02-6618 Filed 3-18-02; 8:45 am]
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