[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2509-2510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-582]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notification of Exception to Competition

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notification of Exception to Competition.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is 
issuing a non-competitive program expansion supplement to the National 
Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) to provide expanded 
training and technical assistance to HRSA-funded grantees serving 
individuals who are homeless.
    Authority: This activity is under the authority of the Public 
Health Service Act, section 330(l).

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    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.224.
    Background: The National Health Care for the Homeless Council 
(NHCHC) is a cooperative agreement grantee that provides training and 
technical assistance support to health centers that serve homeless 
individuals and families.
    The NHCHC requires supplemental funding to provide, through 
expanded regional and national training activities, a broader and 
enriched menu of support for HRSA grantees, including Health Care for 
the Homeless (HCH) administrators, clinicians, and members of HCH 
Boards of Directors and consumer advisory groups.
    Amount: The amount of the award is $225,000.
    Project Period: July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2008.
    Budget Period Supplemented: July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008.
    Justification for The Exception to Competition: Given the recent 
growth of the HCH component of HRSA's Health Center program, it is 
critical that expanded regional and national training be provided in as 
timely a manner as possible. This supplemental request is being awarded 
noncompetitively because, at this time, there are no other 
organizations with the expertise to complete these activities, and no 
other organization is prepared to provide these services within the 
timeframe in which they are needed. Due to the emerging and urgent 
needs of the HCH program, this supplemental request and the activities 
proposed are essential to ensuring successful delivery of health care 
to the target population.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean L. Hochron, M.P.H., Director, 
Office of Minority and Special Populations, Bureau of Primary Health 
Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 16-105, Rockville, MD 20857; phone: 301-594-4437, FAX 301-443-
0248, e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: January 8, 2008.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
 [FR Doc. E8-582 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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