[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 99 (Monday, May 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 29769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12655]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of a Noncompetitive Replacement Award to the University 
of Nevada School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will 
transfer remaining Special Projects of Regional and National 
Significance (SPRANS) discretionary grant funds in H17MC08971 from the 
Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center, the current grantee of 
record, to the University of Nevada School of Medicine, Department of 
Pediatrics, in order to continue Healthy Tomorrows supported prevention 
and intervention services to low-income, underserved women, children 
and adolescents in Clark County and Southern Nevada.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Former Grantee of Record: Southern Nevada Area Health Education 
Center.
    Original Period of Grant Support: Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for 
Children Program--March 1, 2008 to February 28, 2013.
    Replacement Awardee: The University of Nevada School of Medicine, 
Department of Pediatrics.
    Amount of Replacement Award: $100,000 (remaining two years of 
grant, Year 4 and Year 5).
    Period of Replacement Award: The period of support for this award 
is March 1, 2011 to February 28, 2013.
    Authority: Social Security Act as amended, Title V, Section 
501(a)(2), (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2)).
    CFDA Number: 93.110.
    Justification for the Exception to Competition: The former grantee, 
Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center, relinquished all grants 
due to financial difficulties and closure of facilities and programs. 
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) has identified the 
University of Nevada School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics as 
the best qualified grantee for this replacement award because: the 
University of Nevada School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics 
maintains an on-going partnership with the original grantee, the 
Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center; the original Project 
Director has a clinical appointment with the Department of Pediatrics; 
the Department of Pediatrics is maintaining the project despite not 
having access to grant funds; and obstetrical care for pregnant women 
occurs at a clinic jointly run by the Department of Pediatrics and the 
Department of Family and Community Medicine. Transferring funds to the 
Department of Pediatrics will not change the project as originally 
proposed and funded, as it still serves the intended target population, 
maintains partnerships with many of the community organizations 
discussed in the original application and proposes to enhance services 
with the addition of the Project Outreach Coordinator. In sum, the 
Department of Pediatrics has the capacity to provide an array of 
Healthy Tomorrows supported prevention and intervention services to the 
target population and to fulfill the expectations of the originally 
funded grant application.
    This grant transfer will ensure that prevention and intervention 
services remain available for approximately 100 African American, 
Hispanic, and/or American Indian pregnant women in Clark County and 
Southern Nevada and their children; launch a community-wide, bi-lingual 
program of culturally competent public education and awareness services 
to recruit and enroll at least 100 women into the Nevada Care Program; 
and maintain the Nevada Care Program Screening Clinic to monitor the 
health and development of infants born to pregnant women enrolled in 
the program. Not ensuring continued funding to provide these services 
would have a substantially negative impact on the healthcare needs of 
this population, while continued funding to the Department of 
Pediatrics will ensure that these critical services remain available to 
address the demonstrated needs of low-income, underserved women, 
children and adolescents in Clark County and Southern Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madhavi Reddy via e-mail at 
[email protected] or via phone at 301-443-0754.

    Dated: May 17, 2011.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-12655 Filed 5-20-11; 8:45 am]
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