[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 3746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1179]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Ryan White HIV/AIDS Part C Early Intervention Services (EIS) 
Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Non-competitive Replacement Award.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is 
issuing a non-competitive replacement award to the Orange County Health 
Department, Orlando, Florida, that will ensure continuity of Part C, 
Early Intervention Services (EIS), HIV/AIDS care and treatment services 
to women, infants, and children without disruption from Orlando Health 
Incorporated's HUG-ME Program, in Orange County and the surrounding 
areas.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Intended Recipient of the Award: Orange County Health Department, 
Orlando, Florida.
    Amount of the Award: $303,018.00.
    Period of Support: The period of the supplemental support is from 
October 1, 2009, through March 31, 2010.
    Authority: This activity is under the authority of the Public 
Health Service Act as amended, Section 2651 and 2693 of the Public 
Health Service Act, as amended (2 USC 300ff-51 and 42 USC 300ff-121). 
The authority for the exception to competition is HHS Grants Policy 
Directive 2.04, Awarding Grants.
    Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.918.
    Justification for the Exception to Competition: Critical funding 
for HIV/AIDS care and treatment to the target populations in Orange 
County, Orlando, Florida, and surrounding areas will be continued 
through a temporary, non-competitive replacement award to the Orange 
County Health Department as the new recipient. This temporary award is 
needed because the former grantee, Orlando Health, Incorporated, has 
relinquished, effective September 30, 2009, the HUG ME Program and the 
HRSA Grant award supporting it (original Project Period April 1, 2008, 
through March 31, 2010). The Orange County Health Department is known 
Statewide as an exceptional site for HIV/AIDS care and treatment 
services. It has administered its own HRSA Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program 
Part C EIS Grant for the past 9 years and is well suited to undertake 
operations of the HUG-ME Program under the previously approved scope of 
project activities. Additionally, this organization has a thorough 
understanding of the characteristics and needs of HIV/AIDS- infected 
populations. The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) and its Division of Community 
Based Programs are not aware of any other organization that could 
provide good quality care and treatment services to the impacted 
service populations without additional time and resources being devoted 
to bringing that organization's service capacity up to the level needed 
under the project scope of this award. This non-competitive replacement 
award will permit the new recipient to ensure continuity of services to 
the HIV/AIDS- infected populations. The supplemental funding will 
provide support for 6 months. Additional funding beyond March 31, 2010, 
will be provided through a limited service area competition that will 
be announced in the future.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Parham Hopson, Associate 
Administrator, HRSA/HAB, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 
phone 301-443-1993; [email protected].

    Dated: January 13, 2010.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-1179 Filed 1-21-10; 8:45 am]
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