[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 58628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16355]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Administration for Children and Families Administration on 
Developmental Disabilities

AGENCY: Administration on Developmental Disabilities, Administration 
for Children and Families.

ACTION: Single-Source Non-Competitive Continuation Award.

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    CFDA Number: 93.632.
    Legislative Authority: Public Law (Pub. L.) 106-402, Developmental 
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000.
    Amount of Award: $60,000 for one year.
    Project Period: 09/30/2006--09/29/2007.
    This notice announces the award of a single-source non-competition 
continuation award to the Texas Center for Disability Studies, 
University of Texas, Austin (the Center) to address the needs of 
underserved and unserved individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina.
    Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina reflected that there was 
insufficient capacity in relief efforts to address the needs of 
individuals with developmental disabilities during and following the 
hurricane. With this award this Center, which currently has a grant 
from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) to operate 
a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities 
(UCEDD), will expand its mission to address gaps in the Texas disaster 
relief efforts and the subsequent services to people with developmental 
disabilities. This proposed project is consistent with the 
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, which 
among other provisions, requires that UCEDDs assist underserved and 
unserved populations of individuals with developmental disabilities and 
their families through community outreach, capacity building, and 
systems change.
    The proposed project will develop and conduct training around Texas 
that will increase emergency preparedness by creating a pool of 
disaster response systems navigators ready and able to assist 
individuals with developmental disabilities and their families in a 
disaster. The navigators will be trained to navigate both State and 
local health and human service systems in order to quickly identify and 
access services for the targeted individuals. The navigator model 
proposed could easily be adapted by other States to improve their 
emergency readiness as well.
    The outcomes of this project will strengthen Texas' ability to 
respond to the needs of individuals with developmental disabilities in 
the event of a disaster by:
    1. Expanding awareness of the needs of individuals with 
developmental disabilities in the event of a disaster.
    2. Expanding the pool of volunteer disaster response navigators for 
individuals with developmental disabilities.
    3. Creating a data base of these navigators for the Red Cross, so 
that these navigators may be mobilized with other first response teams.
    4. Expanding the State's disaster relief plan to include the 
emergency services and supports needed by individuals with 
developmental disabilities.
    For Further Information Contact: Jennifer Johnson, Administration 
on Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and 
Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 370 L'Enfant 
Promenade, SW., MAIL STOP: Humphrey Building, 405D, Washington, DC 
20447. Telephone: 202-690-5982.

    Dated: September 27, 2006.
Patricia A. Morrissey,
Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities.
 [FR Doc. E6-16355 Filed 10-3-06; 8:45 am]
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