[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 121 (Monday, June 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34690-34691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12276]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Availability of Funding Opportunity Announcement

    Purpose of Notice: Availability of funding opportunity 
announcement.
    Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: Nursing Home Diversion 
Modernization Grant.
    Announcement Type: Initial Announcement.
    Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2006-AoA-CD-0713.
    Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act, 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 August 
24, 2007.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    This Program Announcement provides an opportunity for State Units 
on Aging (SUA) in partnership with Area Agencies on Aging (AAA) to 
collaborate with aging service provider organizations, and other long-
term care stakeholders to modernize and transform their existing Older 
Americans Act Title IIIB, IIIE, and Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration 
Grant (ADDGS) funds, and other non-Medicaid state revenue sources, into 
flexible, consumer directed service dollars that support nursing home 
diversion programs consistent with the standards described on the 
Nursing Home Diversion Modernization Grant Announcement Resource Page 
(http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/announcements/2007/NHDP_Resource_Page.doc).
    While statewide implementation of nursing home diversion programs 
should be a long-term goal of programs funded under this announcement, 
a SUA, working with at least one AAA, may propose a project within the 
AAA's geographic area of the state. States with a single Planning and 
Service Area (PSA) may propose activities targeted to a single county 
or region of the state.
    A detailed description of the funding opportunity may be found at 
http://www.grants.gov or at http://www.aoa.gov on the AoA Grant 
Programs Funding Opportunity webpage (http://aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp).

II. Award Information

1. Funding Instrument Type

    These grants will be issued as Cooperative Agreements because AoA 
anticipates having substantial involvement with the recipients during 
performance of funded activities. This involvement may include: 
assisting the project leadership in understanding the strategic goals 
and objectives, policy perspectives, and priorities of the Assistant 
Secretary for Aging and the AoA by sharing such information on an 
ongoing basis via e-mail, conference calls, briefings, and other 
consultations; providing technical assistance and support on grant 
management and implementation issues, including execution of the 
cooperative agreement; defining project performance criteria and 
expectations; and, monitoring, evaluating and supporting the projects' 
efforts in achieving performance goals.

2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding per Budget Period

    AoA intends to make available, under this program announcement, 
grant awards for up to $500,000 each for to up to 12 States at a total 
federal share of approximately $5,000,000 for an 18 month project 
period.

III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements

1. Eligible Applicants

    Eligibility for grant awards is limited to State Units on Aging.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    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.

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

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and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Richard Nicholls, Center 
for Planning and Policy Development, Washington, DC 20201, at (202) 
357-0152, [email protected], or online at http://www.grants.gov or http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp.

2. Address for Application Submission

    Applications must be submitted electronically to http://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 http://www.grants.gov/CCRRegister. 
Instructions for electronic submission of grant applications are 
available at http://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.

4. Information Teleconference

    An open information teleconference for applicants of this 
solicitation will be held July 11, 2007 at 3 p.m., EST. The toll-free 
teleconference phone number will be (888) 381-5770, passcode: 9559261, 
leader name: John Wren. For information about the call, contact: U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Linda 
Velgouse, Center for Planning and Policy Development, Washington, DC 
20201, [email protected], or (202) 357-3427.

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:
    A. Demonstration of an accurate understanding of AoA's vision for 
Nursing Home Diversion Programs, including the key design elements 
described in Attachment A, and how nursing home diversion programs 
targeted at individuals who are not eligible for Medicaid fit into the 
larger long-term care policy environment, and state long-term care 
reform/rebalancing efforts;
    B. The degree of progress anticipated during the 18 month project 
period, compared to the ``status quo'' in the State and in the 
geographic area where the project will be implemented, in transforming 
existing OAA and other non-Medicaid funding to reflect the standards 
described in Attachment A;
    C. The likelihood that the project, based on the information 
provided in the application and consistent with the standards in 
Attachment A, will be able--by the end of the 18 month grant period--to 
be:
    1. Serving consumers with flexible service options that are not 
limited to any particular service or package of services with funds 
from Title III-B, III-E, ADDGS, and/or other non-Medicaid programs;
    2. Using targeting criteria that allow the project to effectively 
identify and serve individuals who are at risk of nursing home 
placement and spend down to Medicaid; and,
    3. Using a Single Entry Point system to perform the functions of 
client screening, assessment, care planning, and the targeting of 
services to individuals who are at-risk of nursing home placement and 
spend-down to Medicaid;
    D. The likelihood that the project will actually succeed in 
achieving all its goals and objectives, based on the proposed approach, 
the project work plan, the involvement of key stakeholders, and other 
information contained in the application;
    E. The likelihood, based on the information contained in the 
application, that the changes resulting from the project will be 
sustained beyond the grant period, as well as the degree to which the 
changes are likely to be incorporated into the state's overall system 
of long-term care.

VII. Agency Contacts

    Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Linda Velgouse, 
Center for Planning and Policy Development, Washington, DC 20201, at 
(202) 357-3427, or [email protected].

    Dated: June 20, 2007.
John Wren,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management.
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