[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 117 (Monday, June 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35273-35274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9591]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Purpose of Notice: Availability of Funding Opportunity 
Announcement

    Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: Aging and Disability 
Resource Center Initiative: Competitive Supplemental for FY2004 
Grantees.
    Announcement Type: Supplemental.
    Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2006-AoA-DR-0610.
    Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act, Public Law 106-501.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048, Title 
IV and Title II, Discretionary Projects.
    Dates: The deadline date for the submission of applications is July 
21, 2006.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    In FY 2003, the Administration on Aging (AoA) and the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formed a historic partnership to 
launch the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) demonstration 
grant initiative. The goal of the ADRC program is to empower 
individuals to make informed choices and to streamline access to long 
term support services. AoA and CMS share a vision to have Resource 
Centers in every community serving as highly visible and trusted places 
where people of all ages can turn for information on the full range of 
long term support options and a single point of entry to public long 
term support programs and benefits. ADRCs are a resource for both 
public and private-pay individuals. They serve older adults, younger 
individuals with disabilities, family caregivers, as well as persons 
planning for future long term support needs. ADRCs are also a resource 
for health and long term support professionals and others who provide 
services to older adults and to people with disabilities. Since FY 
2003, 43 states have received three year grants from AoA and CMS to 
design and implement ADRC demonstrations serving the elderly and at 
least one other target population of adults with disabilities in at 
least one community. An ADRC Program Announcement published in FY 2003 
resulted in the funding of twelve states that year with an additional 
twelve states funded to develop ADRC programs in FY 2004. Nineteen 
additional states were funded to develop ADRC programs based on a 
Program Announcement published in FY 2005. To view the Program 
Announcements published in FY 2003 and FY 2005 go to http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aging_dis/background.asp. For more information on the 
43 funded ADRC projects go to http://www.adrc-tae.org.
    This announcement seeks proposals for competitive supplemental 
grants to assist states funded to develop ADRCs in FY2004 to expand 
their existing Resource Center programs. Building on current efforts, 
states will be able to advance the ADRC project through one or more of 
the following ways:
     Expansion of the ADRC to additional communities;
     Enhancement of key ADRC partnerships.
    A detailed description of the funding opportunity may be found at 
http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp.

II. Award Information

1. Funding Instrument Type

    These additional funds will be issued as part of the 2004 ADRC 
existing cooperative agreements. AoA, in cooperation with CMS, 
anticipates having substantial involvement with the recipients during 
performance of funded activities. This involvement may include 
collaboration, participation, or intervention in the funded activities. 
AoA, in cooperation with CMS, will also be involved in the development 
and implementation of the funded projects by way of conducting a review 
of the applications and providing technical assistance, training, 
guidance, and oversight throughout the two-year project period. 
Grantees will be expected to keep in contact with their Federal project 
officer on a regular basis. Grantees will also be expected to share all 
significant products that result from their projects with AoA.

2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding Per Budget Period

    The total amount of Federal funds available for 2004 ADRC grantees 
through this funding opportunity is $1 million. AoA anticipates funding 
12 projects at $85,000 each for a two-year project period.
    All supplemental funds will be awarded by September 30, 2006.

III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements

1. Eligible Applicants

    Only states that received an AoA and CMS Aging and Disability 
Resource Center Grant (ADRC) in FY 2004 are eligible to apply. The FY 
2004 ADRC grantees states include Alaska, Arkansas, California, 
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New Mexico, North Carolina, 
Northern Marianas, and Wisconsin.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    Grantees are required to make a non-financial or cash recipient 
contribution (match) of a minimum of five percent (5%) of the total 
grant award.

3. DUNS Number

    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

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entities. The D-U-N-S number is free and easy to obtain from http://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/.

4. Intergovernmental Review

    Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs, is not applicable to these grant applications.

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Address To Request Application Package

    Application materials can be obtained from http://www.grants.gov or 
http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp.
    Application materials are also available by writing to: U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, John 
Murphy, Center for Planning and Policy Development, Washington, DC 
20201, Or by calling: 202-357-0136, Or e-mailing: 
[email protected].

2. Address for Application Submission

    Electronic submissions must be sent to: http://www.grants.gov. 
Applicants unable to submit their application via http://www.grants.gov 
may request permission to submit a hard copy from the AoA Project 
Officer: Joseph Lugo, [email protected], (202) 357-3417.
    If you mail or hand deliver your application, you must submit one 
original application and two copies, plus a completed application 
checklist to AoA. The application deadline for applications sent by 
U.S. Postal Service must be postmarked by midnight July 21, 2006 or 
hand-delivered by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on July 21, 2006.
    Submissions using the regular, U.S. Postal Service must be 
addressed to: Department of Health and Human Services, Administration 
on Aging, Grants Management Division, Washington, DC 20201, Attention: 
Stephen Daniels.
    Submissions by courier, overnight delivery, delivered in person, 
etc. should be addressed to: Department of Health and Human Services, 
Administration on Aging, Grants Management Division, One Massachusetts 
Avenue, NW., Room 4604, Washington, DC 20001, Attention: Stephen 
Daniels.

3. Submission Dates and Times

    To receive consideration, applications must be received by the 
deadline listed in the DATES section of this Notice.

V. Responsiveness Criteria

    Each application submitted will be screened to determine whether it 
was received by the closing date and time. Applications received by the 
closing date and time will be screened for completeness and conformity 
with the requirements outlined in Sections III and IV of this Notice 
and the Program Announcement. Only complete applications that meet 
these requirements will be reviewed and evaluated competitively.

VI. Application Review Information

    Eligible applications in response to this announcement will be 
reviewed according to the following evaluation criteria:
     Accomplishments and Problem Statement--Weight: 30 points.
     Approach, Work Plan and Activities--Weight: 40 points.
     Project Outcomes and Evaluation--Weight: 15 points.
     Level of Effort (Organization and Management; Budget and 
Resources)--Weight: 15 points.

VII. Agency Contacts

    Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues should be sent to: 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 
Center for Planning and Policy Development, Attention: Joseph Lugo, 
Washington, DC 20201. Telephone: (202) 357-3417.

    Dated: June 14, 2006.
John Wren,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management.
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