[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11861-11862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5863]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-03-01]


Fiscal Year 2003 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 announces that under this program 
announcement it will hold a competition for a cooperative agreement to 
fund a National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Center at $550,000 per year 
for a period of 3 years.
    Legislative authority: The Older Americans Act, Pub. L. 106-501 
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 93.048, Title IV and Title II 
Discretionary Projects).
    Purpose of grant award: This cooperative agreement project will 
support the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. The award will 
be a cooperative agreement because AoA will be substantially involved 
in the development and implementation of the project. The cooperative 
agreement will provide for training, technical assistance and support 
to State Agencies on Aging and to the directors of the Offices of the 
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman in every state, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam.
    Eligibility for grant awards and other requirements: Eligibility 
for a cooperative agreement is limited to public and/or nonprofit 
agencies and organizations, including faith-based organizations and 
community-based organizations. To be considered for funding, however, a 
qualified applicant must demonstrate knowledge and experience with the 
Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program at national, state and local levels, 
as well as a thorough command of the history and current status of the 
program and the policy considerations bearing on its future 
development. This requirement is intended to ensure high quality 
training and assistance for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.
    Grantees are required to provide at least 25% of the total program 
costs from non-federal cash or in-kind resources in order to be 
considered for the award.

DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is April 
28, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to Administration 
on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC 
20201, attn: Sue Wheaton, or by calling (202) 357-3587.
    Applications kits are also available at http://www.aoa.gov/egrants.
    Applications may be mailed to the Office of Grants Management at 
the same address or hand-delivered to Administration on Aging, Office 
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Grants Management, One Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC.
    Instructions for electronic mailing of grant applications are 
available at http://www.aoa.gov/egrants.

    Dated: March 7, 2003.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 03-5863 Filed 3-11-03; 8:45 am]
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