[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 140 (Thursday, July 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43848-43849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16708]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-04-07]


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 an Alzheimer's Disease Social Research Project.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under this program 
announcement it will hold a competition for a grant award for one (1) 
project at a federal share of $2,943,530.00 for a project period of one 
year. It is estimated that $2,943,530.00 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 award: The purpose of this project is to conduct 
social research into Alzheimer's disease care options, best practices 
and other Alzheimer's research priorities that include research into 
cause, cure, and care, as well as respite care, assisted living, the 
impact of intervention by social service agencies on persons with 
Alzheimer's disease, and related needs.
    Eligibility for grant awards and other requirements: Eligibility 
for this grant award is limited to applicants designated by the Mayor 
of the municipality as officially representing a municipality with 1 
million (1,000,000) or more persons 60 years of age and older. 
Preference will be given to the largest population. Priority will be 
given to applications that utilize and give discretion to Area Agencies 
on Aging and their nonprofit divisions. Applicants are encouraged to 
involve community-based organizations in the planning and 
implementation of their project. Applicants should include 
disadvantaged populations, including limited-English speaking 
populations, as a target population for their proposed intervention. 
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 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--Eligibility for grant award is 
limited to applications representing municipalities with aged 
populations (over the age of 60) of over 1,000,0000, with preference 
given to the largest population.
    3. Project Narrative--It must be double-spaced on singled-sided 
8.5'' by 11'' plain white paper with a 1'' margin on each side and a 
font size of not less than 11. Applicants may use smaller font sizes to 
fill in the standard forms and sample formats. AoA will not

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accept applications with a project narrative that exceeds 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: Purpose and Need for Assistance (20 points); 
Approach/Method--Workplan and Activities (30 points); Outcomes/
Evaluation/Dissemination (30 points); and Level of Effort (20 points).

DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is August 
31, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 
Office of Community-Based Services, Washington, DC 20201, or by calling 
202/357-3452, 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-04-07).
    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-04-07).
    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 are required to 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 
https://eupdate.dnb.com/requestoptions.html.

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: July 19, 2004.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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