[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26396-26397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8880]


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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: Integrating Access to Long-Term Care.
    Announcement Type: Initial.
    Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2007-AoA-DR-0707.
    Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act of 2006, Public Law 
109-365.
    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 June 
29, 2007.

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

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FY 2005. To view the Program Announcements published in FY 2003 and FY 
2005 please visit www.aoa.gov/prof/aging_dis/background.asp. For more 
information on the 43 funded ADRC projects please visit www.adrc-tae.org.
    This announcement seeks proposals for competitive grants to assist 
states funded to develop ADRCs in FY 2004 to significantly expand their 
existing Resource Center programs. Building on current efforts, state 
Resource Center programs funded under this Program Announcement will 
be:
    (1) Expanded to provide services to additional communities, and/or
    (2) Positioned to assume the role as the only entry point to 
publicly funded long-term support systems, and/or;
    (3) Enhanced to support states long-term care rebalancing efforts 
either through nursing facility diversion activities, nursing facility 
transition or participation in the re-direction of services dollars to 
consumer directed models including cash & counseling.
    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 new grants will be issued as cooperative agreements because 
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 one-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 this funding 
opportunity is $2.4 million. AoA anticipates funding up to 12 projects 
nationwide for a period of 1 year. The maximum Federal award for the 
entire project period is approximately $200,000.

III. Eligibility Criteria And Other Requirements

1. Eligible Applicants

    Only states that received an AoA and CMS Aging and Disability 
Resource Center Grant in FY 2004 are eligible to apply. These states 
are Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, 
Iowa, New Mexico, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, and 
Wisconsin. Only the state agency that was the ADRC applicant in FY 
2004, or a state agency with a Memorandum of Agreement with the 
existing ADRC grantee (e.g. the Single State Agency on Aging, Single 
State Medicaid Agency or State Agency serving the target populations of 
people with disabilities) may apply for this Resource Center grant. The 
applicant agency must have the documented support, in the form of a 
Memorandum of Understanding and active participation by the Single 
State Agency on Aging, the Single State Medicaid Agency and the State 
Agency(s) serving the target population(s) of people with disabilities 
specified in the applicant's proposal. A letter of support from the 
Governor indicating high-level state executive support and designating 
the lead agency is also required. Only one application per state will 
be accepted. ``State'' refers to the definition provided under 45 CFR 
74.2. Executive Order 12372 is not applicable to these grant 
applications.

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 
project cost.

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 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

    Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Center for Planning 
and Policy, Washington, DC 20201, by calling Joseph Lugo at 202/357-
3417, or online at http://www.grants.gov.

2. Address for Application Submission

    Applications must be submitted electronically to www.grants.gov. In 
order to be able to submit the application, you must register in the 
Central Contractor Registry (CCR) database. Information about CCR is 
available at www.grants.gov/CCRRegister. Instructions for electronic 
submission of grant applications are available at www.grants.gov.

3. Submission Dates and Times

    To receive consideration, applications must be submitted 
electronically by midnight Eastern time by the deadline listed in the 
DATES section at the beginning 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 ProgramAnnouncement. 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 can be directed to 
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on 
Aging, Center for Planning and Policy Development, Washington, DC 
20201, Joseph Lugo at telephone (202) 357-3417.

    Dated: May 4, 2007.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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