[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 47326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20235]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 03073]


Strengthen Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society Response to HIV/
AIDS Chennai, India; Notice of Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
intent to fund fiscal year (FY) 2003 funds for a cooperative agreement 
program for the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TNSACS). The 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 
93.941.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to TNSACS. The State Government 
possesses the capability and institutional capacity to collaborate with 
the CDC Global AIDS Program (GAP), India in support of activities in 
the public sector in a way that no other agency or organization in the 
State of Tamil Nadu is qualified to do.
    The State Government and the National AIDS Control Organization 
(NACO) are currently implementing their HIV/AIDS activities and 
programs through the TNSACS, which is registered under the Government 
of India Societies Act. TNSACS is recognized at the national level as 
the policy and planning organization for all programs related to HIV 
throughout the state. TNSACS is charged with carrying out and 
implementing the National and State Government policies on HIV/AIDS.
    TNSACS has the infrastructure, including systems to manage funds, 
as well as the human resources; the supervisory experience; and the 
expertise needed to track funds.
    TNSACS, the State of Tamil Nadu, and CDC GAP have worked 
collaboratively in developing a plan to build infrastructure and 
provide training around information systems and a quality assured 
laboratory at the Chennai-based Government Hospital for Thoracic 
Medicine (GHTM) since the CDC GAP established activities in Tamil Nadu 
in 2001. The TNSACS is uniquely qualified to continue to support the 
GHTM activities initiated by CDC GAP. It is also the most appropriate 
organization to support the replication and expansion of CDC GAP 
activities into other areas of the state.

C. Funding

    Approximately $50,000 is available in FY 2003 to fund this award. 
It is expected that the award will begin on or before September 15, 
2003, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project 
period of up to five years. Funding estimate may change.

D. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact: 
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
    For technical questions about this program, contact: Nancy Hedemark 
Nay, MPH, Associate Director for Operations, Global AIDS Program, C/o 
U.S. Consulate, 220 Mount Road, Chennai, 600 006, India, Telephone: 91-
44-2811-2000. e-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: August 4, 2003.
Edward Schultz,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-20235 Filed 8-7-03; 8:45 am]
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