[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36457-36458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12858]


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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: Advanced Performance 
Outcome Measurement Project (POMP).
    Announcement Type: Initial.
    Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2006-AoA-PO-0716.
    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 15, 2007.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    This announcement seeks proposals for Advanced Performance Outcome 
Measurement Projects (POMP) that will be funded with grant awards. 
Advanced POMP projects have been designed for the purpose of developing 
more robust performance outcome measures quantifying program impact in 
a manner that can be associated with cost. The purpose of this 
competition is to enhance or expand the existing POMP projects. Grant 
projects will receive technical support if requested.
    A detailed description of the funding opportunity may be found at 
http://www.aoa.gov and http://www.gpra.net.

II. Award Information

1. Funding Instrument Type

    Grant.

2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding per Budget Period

    AoA intends to make available, under this program announcement, 
grant awards for up to nine projects for a two year period at a federal 
share of approximately $60,000-$70,000 per year for the first year and 
approximately $80,000-$100,000 for the second year contingent on the 
availability of funds.

III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements

1. Eligible Applicants

    Only state agencies on aging that received an Advanced Performance 
Outcome Measurement Project award in FY 2004 are eligible to apply. 
These states are Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, New York, North 
Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and South Carolina.

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

    Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of 
Evaluation, Washington, DC 20201, by calling 202-357-0145, or online at 
http://www.grants.gov or http://www.gpra.net. 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 the electronic submission 
of grant applications are available at http://www.grants.gov. To 
receive consideration, applications must be submitted electronically by 
midnight

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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 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:
     Purpose and Need for Assistance--(20 points)
     Approach, Workplan and Activities--(30 points)
     Outcomes/Evaluation/Dissemination--(25 points)
     Level of Effort--(25 points).

VII. Agency Contacts

    Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of 
Evaluation, Washington, DC 20201, telephone: (202) 357-0145.

    Dated: June 28, 2007.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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