[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18557-18558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07340]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Technical Assistance: Senior Legal Helplines and Model Approaches 
to Statewide Legal Assistance Systems

SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing 
the application deadline and a single case deviation from maximum 
competition for Technical Assistance (TA) grants providing support to 
Senior Legal Helplines (SLH) and Model Approaches to Statewide Legal 
Assistance Systems (Model Approaches) projects under Section 420(a)(2) 
of the Older Americans Act (OAA). The two (2) TA grants provide focused 
resource support specifically to SLHs and Model Approaches 
demonstration projects involved in improving the quality, cost 
effectiveness, and accessibility of legal assistance and elder rights 
protections provided to older people. The purpose of this deviation is 
to award a 4th year non-competing continuation to TA grants, with a 
three (3) year budget period set to expire May 31, 2014, so that: (1) 
Stakeholder input can be obtained on the resource support needs of 
legal and aging/disability service providers across the country; and 
(2) the current focus of the TA grants can be better directed to 
support and advance ACL activities anticipated in FY15 in the area of 
elder rights and elder abuse prevention.
    Program Name: National Legal Assistance and Support--National Legal 
Resource Center.
    Award Amount: $214,636 ($143,000/$71,636 per grantee).
    Project Period: 6/1/2011 to 5/31/2015.
    Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.

    Statutory Authority:  Title IV of OAA (42 U.S.C. 3032), as 
amended by the OAA Amendments of 2006, Pub. L. 109-365.

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

DATES: 
     Application Submission deadline: May 5, 2014.
     The anticipated budget period start date is June 1, 2014.

I. Program Description

    Technical Assistance (TA) grants directed towards legal systems

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development efforts provide tailored resource support to Senior Legal 
Helplines (SLH) and Model Approaches to Statewide Legal Assistance 
Systems (Model Approaches) projects across the country. Model 
Approaches grants promote the creation of legal services delivery 
systems that incorporate SLHs (and other low-cost service delivery 
mechanisms) into the broader tapestry of Title III-B legal services, 
and other available legal resources. Specifically, the TA grant 
directed to SLHs provides resource support for various aspects of 
helpline legal service delivery, including the development of 
reporting/data collection systems, case management systems, targeting 
and outreach strategies, and integration strategies that incorporate 
SLHs into the broader tapestry of legal service delivery in each Model 
Approaches state. The TA grant directed to the systems enhancement 
objectives of Model Approaches Phase I and Phase II projects provides 
resource support on the development of needs and capacity assessments, 
reporting/data collection systems and outcomes measures used to 
determine the impact of legal services, and the development of legal 
service delivery standards/guidelines that promote quality and 
consistent statewide legal service delivery.

II. Justification for The Exception to Competition

    As with the grants comprising the National Legal Resource Center, 
it is important to assess the effectiveness of TA grants in helping 
states meet increasing challenges in the development and maintenance of 
``high capacity'' statewide legal service delivery systems. To this 
end, ACL would like to accomplish two goals this year: (1) Obtain 
stakeholder input on the resource support needs of legal and aging/
disability service providers across the country and the ability to meet 
those needs through focused TA grants; and (2) establish how best to 
direct the current objectives of the TA grants towards advancing 
anticipated ACL FY 15 activities related to elder rights and elder 
abuse prevention.

III. Eligible Applicants

    Incumbent TA grantees with award expiration dates of 5/31/14.

IV. Evaluation Criteria

    Information previously provided in semi-annual reports, as well as 
information in the non-competing extension application will be 
considered to determine satisfactory progress of the grantee project 
and ensure that proposed activities are within the approved scope and 
budget of the grant. Areas that will be evaluated include:

A. Project Relevance & Current Need
B. Approach
C. Budget
D. Project Impact
E. Organizational Capacity

V. Application and Submission Requirements

    A. SF 424--Application for Federal Assistance
    B. SF 424A--Budget Information
    C. Separate Budget Narrative/Justification
    D. SF 424B--Assurances. Note: Be sure to complete this form 
according to instructions and have it signed and dated by the 
authorized representative (see item 18d of the SF 424).
    E. Lobbying Certification
    F. Program narrative--no more than 10 pages.
    G. Work Plan
    H. Incumbent grantees will be required to access the non-competing 
application kit in GrantSolutions.gov to submit all materials for this 
application.

VI. Application Review Information

    Applications will be objectively reviewed by Federal staff 
utilizing the criteria listed above in Section III.

VII. Agency Contact

    For further information or comments regarding this program 
expansion supplement, contact Omar Valverde, U.S. Department of Health 
and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, Administration 
on Aging, Office of Elder Rights, One Massachusetts Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20001; telephone (202) 357-3515; fax (202) 357-3549; 
email [email protected].

    Dated: March 27, 2014.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2014-07340 Filed 4-1-14; 8:45 am]
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