[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 134 (Friday, July 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38597-38598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3433]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration On Aging


Availability of Funding Opportunity Announcement

    Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: Alzheimer's Disease 
Demonstration Grants to States (ADDGS) Program: Translating Evidence-
Based Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Direct Services Research 
Into Practice.
    Announcement Type: Initial Announcement.
    Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2007-AoA-AZ-0718.
    Statutory Authority: Sec. 398 of the Public Health Service Act 
(Pub. L. 78-410; 42 U.S.C. 280c-3), amended by the Home Health Care and 
Alzheimer's Disease Amendments of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-557) and by the 
Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-
392).
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.051, 
Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States (ADDGS) Program.

DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is August 
28, 2007. The deadline date for submission of a letter of intent is 
July 31, 2007.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    This announcement seeks proposals that will demonstrate how 
existing evidence-based service delivery research programs targeting 
persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) or their 
caregivers can be translated into useful programs that can be 
administered at a reasonable cost at the community level through the 
Aging Services Network. Applications that seek to replicate evidence-
based programs that do not specifically target persons with ADRD or 
their caregivers will not be considered for funding. ADDGS Program's 
mission is to expand the availability of diagnostic and support 
services for persons with Alzheimer's disease, their families, and 
their caregivers, as well as improve the responsiveness of the home and 
community based care system to persons with ADRD. The program focuses 
on serving hard-to-reach and underserved people with ADRD. A detailed 
description of the funding opportunity may be found at http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp.

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II. Award Information

    1. Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement.
    2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding Per Budget Period: AoA 
intends to make available, under this program announcement, cooperative 
agreements for up to eight (8) projects, with eighteen (18) month 
project periods, at a federal share up to $400,000 with most awardees 
expected to receive $250,000.

III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements

1. Eligible Applicants

    This is a limited grant competition. Eligibility for grant awards 
is limited to agencies of State Government including, but not limited 
to, current ADDGS grantees.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    Under this program, AoA will fund no more than 75 percent of the 
project's total cost. 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

Address to Request Application

    Application materials are available online at http://www.grants.gov.

1. Submission Requirements

    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.

2. Submission Dates and Times

    To receive consideration, applications must be submitted 
electronically by midnight, Eastern time, August 28, 2007.

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 (15 points); Approach/Method-- Workplan and 
Activities (40 points); Outcomes/Benefits/Impacts (25 points); and 
Level of Effort, Program Management, Organizational Capacity (20 
points).

VII. Agency Contacts

    Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of 
Community-Based Services, Washington, DC 20201, telephone: 202-357-
3452.

    Dated: July 10, 2007.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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