[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 39938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14904]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-04-05]


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 Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) project efforts 
for integration of Medicare and Medicaid fraud prevention, detection 
and reporting activities within states and communities.

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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 
twenty (20) projects at a federal share of approximately $50,000 to 
$100,000 per year for a project period of up to three years. It is 
estimated that approximately $1,278,000 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 the 
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 
(Pub. L. 104-191)

    Purpose of grant awards: The purpose of these projects is to expand 
capacity of current SMP projects to better fulfill the SMP program 
mission of health care fraud prevention, identification and reporting, 
through increased awareness of older consumers.
    Eligibility for grant awards and other requirements: Eligibility 
for grant awards is limited to existing SMP project grantees. This does 
not include SMP grantees operating on no-cost extensions into the 
current grant period. Two or three current SMP project grantees may 
submit a joint regional application; however, the benefits of a 
regional approach must be supported. 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--Only current SMP project grantees 
are eligible to apply under this program announcement. This does not 
include SMP grantees operating on no-cost extensions into the current 
grant period.
    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 August 
16, 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) 357-0139, 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-04-05).
    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-04-05).
    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/.

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: June 25, 2004.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 04-14904 Filed 6-30-04; 8:45 am]
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