[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23314-23315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10721]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-03-03]


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 for the Alzheimer's 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 two (2) to 
three (3) projects at a Federal share of approximately $225,000-
$350,000 per year for a project period of three years.

    Legislative Authority: The Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration 
Grants to States Programs (ADDGS) was established under Section 398 
of the Public Health Service Act (Pub. L. 78-410) as amended by 
Public Law 101-157, and by Public Law 105-379, the Health 
Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998. (Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance 93.051).

    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
    2. Improve the existing home and community based care system to 
better respond to the needs of persons with dementia and their 
families, through improving the coordination and integrated access to 
health and social support services.
    Eligibility for grant awards and other requirements: Eligibility 
for grant awards is limited to state agencies. The thirty-three (33) 
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.

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    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. Executive Order 12372 is not applicable to these grant 
applications.
    Review of applications: Applications will be evaluated against the 
following criteria: Purpose and Need for Assistance (15 points); 
Approach/Method--Workplan and Activities (35 points); Outcomes/
Benefits/Impacts (25 points); and Level of Effort, Program Management, 
and Organizational Capacity (25 points).

DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is June 16, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 
Center for Planning and Policy Development, Washington, DC 20201; by 
calling 202/357-3452; or online at http://www.aoa.gov/egrants. 
Applications may be mailed to the U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management, 
Washington, DC 20201, attn: Margaret Tolson (AoA 03-03).
    Applications may be delivered to the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management, 
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Room 4604, Washington, DC 20001, attn: 
Margaret Tolson (AoA 03-03). Instructions for electronic mailing of 
grant applications available at http://www.aoa.gov/egrants/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All grant applicants are encouraged to 
obtain a D-U-N-S number from Dun and Bradstreet. It is a nine-digit 
identification number, which provides unique identifiers of single 
business entities. The D-U-N-S number is free and easy to obtain from 
http://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Health and Human 
Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management, 
Washington, DC 20201, telephone: (202) 357-3440.

Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 03-10721 Filed 4-30-03; 8:45 am]
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