[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 41260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17579]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Supplemental Funding for the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Program

ACTION: Notice of intent to provide supplemental funding to the 
existing cooperative agreement (90NP0001) with the Administration on 
Aging.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging is announcing the intent to 
provide supplemental grant funds for the support of the Senior Medicare 
Patrol (SMP) program. The goal of this supplemental grant funding is to 
address the increased need of SMP project grantees for technical 
assistance and support from the National Consumer Protection Technical 
Resource Center (the Center). This need has been generated by CMS 
program expansion grants which have recently doubled the size of the 
SMP program.

Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: National Consumer Protection 
Technical Resource Center

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048 
Discretionary Projects.

I. Award Information

    A. Intended Recipient: Hawkeye Valley Area Agency on Aging, Inc.
    B. Purpose of the Award: Supplemental funding to provide expanded 
support for the SMP program network.
    C. Amount of the Award: $178,000.
    D. Project Period: September 1, 2011-August 31, 2012.

II. Justification for the Exception to Competition

    AoA has awarded the National Consumer Protection Technical Resource 
Center (the Center) a cooperative agreement through the competitive 
awards process to provide technical assistance, training, and support 
to the 54 SMP program grantees on a nationwide basis. Through this 
cooperative agreement, the Center develops the tools, materials, 
website, expertise, resources and training activities to assist SMP 
projects in fulfilling their mission of educating seniors to prevent 
healthcare fraud. Starting in September 2010, the Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided additional funding to double the 
size of the SMP program. The SMP program expansion has resulted in 
unanticipated additional requirements and needs for technical 
assistance and support for SMP projects from the Center. In particular 
the need for enhanced and improved collection of SMP outcomes, 
including new data elements within the SMART FACTS system, has been 
generated by SMP expansion. Additional requirements for Center support 
of the SMP volunteer program have also been generated by the program 
expansion and capacity building initiative. Expanded funding is 
expected to greatly increase the SMP projects' requests for technical 
assistance and support from the Center. Supplemental funding is 
necessary to ensure the Center can continue to fulfill its technical 
assistance and support role in a timely and effective manner to meet 
the increased needs of the expanded SMP program.

III. Agency Contact

    Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Elder 
Rights, Washington, DC 20201; telephone: Barbara Dieker (202) 357-0139; 
e-mail [email protected].

    Dated: July 7, 2011.
Kathy Greenlee,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2011-17579 Filed 7-12-11; 8:45 am]
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