[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29949-29950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11823]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-04-03]


Fiscal Year 2004 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and 
Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of funds and request for 
applications to support regional projects under the Pension Counseling 
and Information 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 up to 
three (3) projects at a federal share of approximately $150,000 per 
year for a project period of up to three years. It is estimated that 
approximately $450,000 will be available for this competition.

    Legislative authority:  The Older Americans Act, Public Law 106-
501.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 93.048, Title IV and Title 
II, Discretionary Projects).

    Purpose of grant awards: The purpose of these projects is to assist 
individuals in understanding and enforcing their pension rights.
    Eligibility for grant awards and other requirements: Eligibility 
for grant awards is limited to public and/or nonprofit agencies and 
organizations, including faith-based organizations and community-based 
organizations, with a proven record of advising and representing 
individuals who have been denied employer or union-sponsored pensions 
or other retirement savings plan benefits.
    Grantees are required to provide at least 25 percent of the total 
program costs from non-federal cash or in-kind resources in order to be 
considered for the award.
    Executive Order 12372 is not applicable to these grant 
applications.
    Screening criteria: All applications will be screened to assure a 
level playing field for all applicants. Applications that fail to meet 
the screening criteria described below will not be reviewed and will 
receive no further consideration:
    1. Postmark Requirements--Applications must be postmarked by 
midnight of the deadline date indicated below, or hand-delivered by 
5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on that date, or submitted electronically by 
midnight on that date.
    2. Organizational Eligibility--Public and/or nonprofit agencies and 
organizations, including faith-based organizations and community-based 
organizations, with a proven record of advising and representing 
individuals who have been denied employer or union-sponsored pensions 
or other retirement savings plan benefits, are eligible to apply under 
this program announcement.
    3. Responsiveness to Priority Area Description--Applications will 
be screened on whether the application is responsive to the priority 
area description.
    4. Project Narrative--The Project Narrative section of the 
application must not exceed 20 pages.
    Review of applications: Applications will be evaluated against the 
following criteria: Purpose and Need for Assistance (20 points); 
Approach, Work Plan and Activities (30 points); Project Outcomes, 
Evaluation and Dissemination (30 points); and Level of Effort (20 
points).

DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is July 12, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 
Office of Consumer Choice and Protection, Washington, DC 20201, by 
calling 202/357-3531, or online at http://www.grants.gov.
    Applications may be mailed to the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management, 
Washington, D.C. 20201, attn: Margaret Tolson (AoA-04-03).
    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-04-03). If you elect to mail or hand deliver your 
application you must submit one original and two copies of the 
application; an acknowledgement card will be mailed to applicants. 
Instructions for electronic mailing of

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grant applications are available at http://www.grants.gov/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All grant applicants must 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.

    Dated: May 20, 2004.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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