[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 154 (Monday, August 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47580-47581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20355]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 03151]


Institutional Strengthening of People Living With HIV/AIDS 
Networks in the Caribbean Region; 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 to provide support to people living with HIV/AIDS in the 
Caribbean. This will be accomplished by developing the

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communication and institutional infrastructure of the People Living 
with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) Networks in the area. The Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance number for this program is 93.941.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the Caribbean Regional Network 
of Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (CRN+). No other applications are 
solicited. This is the original, and only network of PLWHA in this 
region that links twenty-seven islands, seven active national networks, 
and a functioning regional office based in Port of Spain, Trinidad. 
CRN+ also has the support of the Global Network of PLWHA and the 
International Community of Women Living With HIV/AIDS. Since 1996, CRN+ 
has addressed the most pertinent issues relating to HIV/AIDS and plays 
an integrally esteemed role throughout the region among PLWHA and 
partner agencies alike. CRN+ is a member of the Pan Caribbean 
Partnership Against AIDS (PANCAP) that developed and implements the 
Caribbean regional strategic plan to combat HIV and AIDS.

C. Funding

    Approximately $60,000 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 estimates 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: Ethleen Lloyd, 
CDC GAP Caribbean Regional Office, 9 Alexandra Street, Port of Spain, 
Trinidad and Tobago, Phone: 1-868-622-3153, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: August 5, 2003.
Edward Schultz,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 03-20355 Filed 8-8-03; 8:45 am]
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