[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31373]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Part C Early Intervention Services Grant

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Non-competitive Program Expansion Supplemental Award.

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SUMMARY: HRSA will be providing temporary critical HIV medical care and 
treatment services through the Medical Center of Louisiana at New 
Orleans to avoid a disruption of HIV clinical care to clients in 
Orleans Parish in Louisiana.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Intended recipient of the award: Medical Center of Louisiana at New 
Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana.
    Amount of the award: $186,664 to ensure ongoing clinical services 
to the target population.

    Authority: Section 2651 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 
U.S.C. 300ff-51.

    CFDA Number: 93.918.
    Project period: July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2011. The period of 
supplemental support is from November 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009.
    Justification for the Exception to Competition: Critical funding 
for HIV medical care and treatment services to clients in Orleans 
Parish in Louisiana will be continued through a non-competitive program 
expansion supplement to an existing grant award to Medical Center of 
Louisiana at New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana. This is a temporary 
award because the previous grant recipient serving this population 
notified HRSA that it would not be able to continue participating in 
the program after the fiscal year (FY) 2008 award was made. Medical 
Center of Louisiana at New Orleans is the best qualified grantee for 
this supplement since it serves many of the former grantee's patients 
and is the closest Part C Program to the former grantee. Further 
funding beyond June 30, 2009, for this service area will be 
competitively awarded during the Part C HIV Early Intervention Service 
(EIS) competing application process for FY 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Treat, through e-mail 
[email protected], or via telephone, 301-443-0493.

    Dated: December 19, 2008.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E8-31373 Filed 1-2-09; 8:45 am]
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