[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55914-55915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19018]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration

[CFDA 93.223]


Cooperative Agreement for Border Health Best Practices

AGENCY: Office of Rural Health Policy, HRSA, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of Single Source Award.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP), in cooperation with 
the Office of Global Health Affairs (OGHA), Office of Minority Health 
(OMH), Office on Women's Health (OWH), and Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC) will award a one year single source award to the 
U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association (USMBHA) to identify and promote 
best practices in border communities. As defined in the La Paz 
Agreement, the border region is 100 km north and south of the 
international boundary line between the United States and Mexico. Funds 
will be used on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border for the 
development of activities under the second annual Border Binational 
Health Week (October 10-16, 2005).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Rezai-zadeh, Office of Rural 
Health Policy, Room 9A-55, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Telephone: 301-443-4107. E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Intended Recipient of the Award

    U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association in El Paso, TX.

Amount of the Award

    $383,000.

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Authority

    42 U.S.C. 912; 42 U.S.C. 300u-2; 42 U.S.C. 300u-6; and 42 U.S.C. 
247b.

Project Period

    The project period of the award will begin on September 1, 2005 and 
will last through August 31, 2006.

Justification for the Exception to Competition

    On March 31, 2005, ORHP announced a Border Health Best Practices 
Cooperative Agreement (Announcement HRSA 05-130). ORHP 
received only one application that was from an entity, as ORHP 
understood, would have had significant administrative issues to 
overcome in order to fulfill the requirements of the announcement. 
Given the response from the initial competition, there are not many 
applicants along the border who are capable of performing the breadth 
of these activities. ORHP has identified USMBHA as the only entity with 
the capacity to fill the void and to work in partnership with HRSA to 
organize events in the short time frame before the Border Binational 
Health Week (BBHW) celebration with Mexico is scheduled to take place. 
USMBHA is eminently qualified to receive a single source award. USMBHA 
was formally created in 1943 and is composed of health professionals 
from both Mexico and the United States. Annual meetings have occurred 
without interruption since this time with involvement from senior 
Federal, State, and local officials from both countries. Furthermore, 
USMBHA has worked with the U.S.-Mexico Border Health Commission, HRSA 
and other Federal Agencies in the past and were involved in last year's 
BBHW celebration.

    Dated: September 16, 2005.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-19018 Filed 9-22-05; 8:45 am]
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