[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 121 (Thursday, June 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35348-35349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14295]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-04-04]


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 for the Performance Outcomes Measures Project (POMP).

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under this program 
announcement it will hold a competition for grant awards for 8-10 
Standard POMP (Priority Area 1) projects at a Federal share of 
approximately $35,000-$50,000 per year for a project period of one 
year. It is estimated that $350,000 will be available for this 
competition. Further, the Administration on Aging announces that under 
this program announcement it will hold a competition for cooperative 
agreement awards for 8-12 Advanced POMP projects at a Federal share of 
approximately $15,000 per year for a project period of three years; 
budget period of one year. It is estimated that $150,000 will be 
available for this competition.
    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 awards: The purpose of these projects is to 
continue the development of performance outcome measures. The 
Administration on Aging (AoA) will fund two different types of 
Performance Outcome Measures Projects (POMP); one type will be funded 
with grant awards and the other with cooperative agreement awards.
    Priority Area 1: Standard POMP--Grants will be awarded to State 
Agencies on Aging for the purpose of developing and/or refining 
consumer assessment performance measurement tools and developing 
service provider surveys to inform performance outcome measurement. 
Grant projects will receive technical support for conference calls, 
survey design, sampling, and data entry/data summary if requested.
    Priority Area 2: Advanced POMP--Cooperative agreements will be 
awarded to State Agencies on Aging for the purpose of designing a 
protocol for the development of more robust performance outcome 
measures quantifying program impact in a manner that can be associated 
with program cost. The latter awards will be cooperative agreements 
because the Administration on Aging will be substantially involved in 
the development and execution of the activities of the projects. The 
cooperative agreement will provide for technical assistance and support 
to funded States. The applicants and the Administration on Aging will 
work cooperatively to clarify the issues to be addressed by the 
project.

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    Awardee activities for this priority area are as follows:
    a. Working collaboratively with AoA, form a conference call 
workgroup to identify potential methodologies to measure program 
impacts in relationship to cost.
    b. Selecting two grantees to co-lead the workgroup with AoA.
    c. Forming subgroups to investigate existing research, identify 
promising methodology, investigate potential data sources, etc. 
Grantees should participate in at least two subgroups.
    d. Drafting a plan that recommends two to three possible 
performance measurement approaches for future year testing.
    AoA activities for this priority area are as follows:
    a. Providing logistics for all conference calls (through technical 
assistance contract).
    b. Co-leading the main workgroup with grantees.
    c. Reviewing and commenting on products developed by subgroups.
    d. Providing input for plan.
    e. Providing contractor technical assistance identifying existing 
research and critiquing potential methodology.
    Eligibility for grant awards and other requirements: Eligibility 
for grant awards is limited to State Units on Aging (SUAs).
    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: In order for an application to be reviewed it 
must meet the following screening requirements:
    1. Postmark Requirements: Applications must be postmarked by 
midnight of the deadline date for submission 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: For the competitions under this 
announcement, eligibility is limited to State Units on Aging. State 
Agencies must collaborate with one or more Area Agency on Aging. For 
SUAs that function as a single planning and service area, applications 
must reflect substantial collaboration with one or more service 
provider agencies.
    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 must be double-spaced 
on single-sided 8.5'' x 11'' plain white paper with a 1'' margin on 
each side and a font size of not less than 11. You can use smaller font 
sizes to fill in the standard forms and sample formats. The suggested 
length of the narrative is ten to twenty pages; twenty pages is the 
maximum length allowed. AoA will not accept applications with a project 
narrative that exceed twenty pages excluding the project work plan 
grid, letters of cooperation and vitae of key personnel.
    Review of applications: Applications will be evaluated against the 
following criteria:
    Standard POMP (Priority Area 1): Purpose and Need for Assistance 
(20 points); Approach, Work Plan and Activities (35 points); Project 
Outcomes, Evaluation and Dissemination (25 points); Level of Effort (20 
points).
    Advanced POMP (Priority Area 2): Purpose and Need for Assistance 
(30 points); Approach, Work Plan and Activities (30 points); Project 
Outcomes, Evaluation and Dissemination (20 points); Level of Effort (20 
points).

DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is July 26, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 
Office of Evaluation, Washington, DC 20201, by calling (202) 357-0145, 
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, DC 20201, attn: Margaret Tolson (AoA-04-04).
    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-04-04). 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 grant applications are available 
at http://www.grants.gov/.

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.

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/.

    Dated: June 21, 2004.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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