[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26019-26020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10507]


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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 (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of a non-competitive one-year extension with funds for 
the National Healthy Tomorrows Technical Assistance Resource Center 
(U50).

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will 
be issuing a non-competitive one-year extension with funds for the 
National Healthy Tomorrows Technical Assistance Resource Center at the 
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Up to $176,855 will be awarded 
over a one-year extended project period. The National Healthy Tomorrows 
Technical Assistance Resource Center provides support for the 
activities of the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program 
(HTPCP), community-based grants that address priority issues determined 
by the community. Through a cooperative agreement, the Resource Center 
also offers consultation to HTPCP program participants to ensure 
successful implementation and sustainability of community-based 
initiatives; facilitates involvement of local partners such as 
pediatricians, State/local AAP chapters, State/local maternal and child 
health agencies, and other private sector partners in HTPCP projects to 
promote successful implementation of community-based maternal and child 
health initiatives; and conducts a national evaluation of HTPCP 
projects that assesses critical factors contributing to program 
sustainability, effectiveness and impact of community-based projects 
post HTPCP funding, and the ability of projects to develop meaningful 
evaluation and sustainability plans. A 2005 national evaluation found 
that 80 percent of HTPCP projects are fully or partially sustained 5 
years post-Federal funding. The proposed extension with funds will 
allow the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) to align the National 
Healthy Tomorrows Technical Assistance Resource Center with the 
National Center for Medical Home Implementation.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Recipient of record and intended award 
amount is:

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                                     Cooperative agreement                  FY2011 Authorized   FY2012 Estimated
        Organization name                   number               State        funding level      funding level
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The American Academy of            U50MC07618                IL                      $176,855           $176,855
 Pediatrics (AAP).
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    Amount of the Award: Up to $176,855 for one recipient over a one-
year project period.

    CFDA Number: 93.110.

    Current Project Period: 9/1/2011 through 8/31/2012.
    Period of Supplemental Funding: 9/1/2012 through 8/31/2013.

    Authority: Title V of the Social Security Act, Section 
501(a)(2), (42 U.S.C. 701 (a)(2)).

Justification

    Over 75 percent of Healthy Tomorrows projects are involved in case 
management/care coordination or establishing a medical home in 
underserved and vulnerable communities. HTPCP has long encouraged 
Healthy Tomorrows projects involved in case management/care 
coordination or medical home to adopt the medical home model, so the 
combination of these investments achieves efficiencies. The National 
Healthy Tomorrows Technical Assistance Resource Center provides 
resources to grantees interested in medical home implementation, but 
has limited capacity to offer detailed technical assistance to grantees 
assessing the benefits and challenges of implementing a meaningful 
medical home in communities with finite resources. A strategic 
partnership with

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the National Center for Medical Home Implementation would provide the 
National Healthy Tomorrows Technical Assistance Resource Center with 
the capacity, capability, and efficiency to foster effective examples 
of medical home in underserved and vulnerable communities.
    During the one-year extension period, MCHB will hold discussions 
with the project officers of the two resource centers to develop a plan 
to incorporate the goals and objectives of the National Healthy 
Tomorrows Technical Assistance Resource Center into the FY 2013 
competitive guidance for the National Center for Medical Home 
Implementation. This partnership will strengthen and advance the 
medical home model in small, community-driven projects that strive to 
increase access to direct services for pregnant women, infants, 
children and youth and promote prevention initiatives. A one-year 
extension will also ensure that there is no disruption in the provision 
of technical assistance (via site visits), training and evaluation of 
Healthy Tomorrows grantees as MCHB plans for this consolidation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madhavi Reddy, MSPH, Maternal and 
Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Room 18A-55, Rockville, Maryland 20857; email 
[email protected].

    Dated: April 25, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-10507 Filed 5-1-12; 8:45 am]
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