[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60128-60129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24250]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Noncompetitive Supplements to Nursing Assistant and Home Health 
Aide Program Grantees

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Noncompetitive Program Expansion Supplements to 
Develop, Implement, and Evaluate Educational Curricula in Medication 
Administration and Management; Care Coordination and Follow Up; and 
Behavioral Health and Social Support for Home Health Aides.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will 
offer noncompetitive program expansion supplements of $100,000 to 10 
Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide (NAHHA) Program grantees to 
develop, implement, and evaluate enhanced training programs to build 
competency in medication administration and management, care 
coordination and follow up, and behavioral health and social support 
for home health aides. Approximately $1,000,000 is available in fiscal 
year (FY) 2012. The NAHHA grantees have the capability, expertise, 
experience and infrastructure to expeditiously and effectively 
implement this enhanced training program. Their existing curricular 
efforts have built-in opportunities to offer continuing/expanded 
training, and these skills represent ones that have been identified by 
program participants and employers as highly desirable areas for 
training.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Grantees of record are:

American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Chapter, 3747 Euclid Avenue, 
Cleveland, OH 44115-2501, T51HP20694
American Red Cross of Sonoma, Mendocino & Lake Counties, 5297 Aero 
Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, T51HP20693
College of Menominee Nation, PO Box 1179, Keshena, WI 54135, 
T51HP20696
Erie 1 BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services), 355 Harlem 
Road, West Seneca, NY 14224, T51HP20701
Hazard Community and Technical College, One Community Drive, Hazard, 
KY 41701, T51HP20697
Jewish Vocational Service and Employment Center, 216 W. Jackson 
Boulevard, Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60606-6921, T51HP20695
Penn Asian Senior Services, 420 York Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046, 
T51HP20699
Sears Methodist Retirement System, Inc., Texas Tech University 
Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Nursing, 302 Pine Street, 
Abilene, TX 79601, T51HP20702
Southwestern Oregon Community College, 1988 Newmark Avenue, Coos 
Bay, OR 97420, T51HP20698
St. Joseph Medical Center, P.O. Box 316, Reading, PA 19603-0316, 
T51HP20700

    Intended Recipients of the Award: 10 Existing NAHHA awardees.
    Intended Amount of Each Award: $100,000.

CFDA Number: 93.503

    Project Period: September 30, 2012, through September 29, 2013.

    Authority:  Public Health Service Act, Title VIII, Section 831, 
42 U.S.C. 296p, as amended by the Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-
148).

    Justification: These program expansion supplements allow the Bureau 
of Health Professions to consolidate resources and provide enhanced 
curricular offerings and technical assistance, grant monitoring and 
oversight to the NAHHA initiative within currently existing grants. 
Moreover, providing additional funding to existing grantees offers the 
opportunity to expand upon the program evaluation imbedded in the 
existing NAHHA program, increasing the knowledge yield for HRSA and the

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grantees. This program supplement aligns with the current NAHHA budget 
period cycle, resulting in administrative savings over a competitive 
grant making process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk Koyama, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Division of Nursing, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 
9-61, Rockville, Maryland 20857, or email [email protected].

    Dated: September 26, 2012.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-24250 Filed 10-1-12; 8:45 am]
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