[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14873]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Non-Competitive Program Expansion Supplement for Ryan White HIV/
AIDS Part D Program, for Coordinated HIV Services and Access for Women, 
Infants, Children and Youth

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice of a Non-Competitive Program Expansion Supplement to the 
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Part D Program for Coordinated HIV Services and 
Access for Women, Infants, Children and Youth.

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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will 
issue a non-competitive program expansion supplement to up to 115 Ryan 
White HIV/AIDS Part D program grantees to support interventions that 
will positively impact the HIV health outcomes of women, infants, 
children, and youth in communities where Part D grantees are located. 
HRSA will provide such one-time program expansion supplemental awards 
for Part D grantees, in an amount not to exceed the lesser of $150,000 
or 25 percent of each fiscal year (FY) 2014 grant award.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No additional information.

    Authority: Section 2671 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300ff-71).

CFDA Number: 93.918.

    Project period: The period of support for this award is 11 months. 
The project period is from August 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015. This 
is explained below in further detail.
    Justification for the Exception to Competition: The programmatic 
supplements will support the women, infants, children, and youth (WICY) 
populations served by Part D grantees and are designed to support 
interventions that will positively impact the HIV health outcomes in 
Part D grantee communities. The Part D Program Expansion Supplements 
will fund HIV Care Continuum interventions: (1) To enhance the 
competencies and skills of the HIV workforce (including health 
educators, linkage/retention staff, nurses, case managers/care 
coordinators, etc.) located at the Part D grantee site and partner 
sites to assist people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) in engagement and 
retention in HIV care; and (2) in medication adherence to achieve viral 
load suppression. The numbers of PLWH to be impacted include more than 
200,000 women, infants, children, and youth that are served by current 
Part D grantees. All currently funded Part D grantees (115) are 
eligible for this supplemental funding opportunity and the maximum 
cumulative total awards will not exceed $12,177,374.
    To conform to HRSA's efforts to align project/budget period start 
dates with the standard quarterly dates, in the FY 2012 re-competition 
of the entire Part D program, the project period end date was 
established as June 30, 2015. As a result, the FY 2014 budget period 
for the Part D program grantees will be 11 months from August 1, 2014, 
through June 30, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Fanning, Senior Policy Advisor, 
Division of Community HIV/AIDS Programs, HAB, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, by email [email protected], or by phone at (301) 
443-8367.

    Dated: June 16, 2014.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-14873 Filed 6-24-14; 8:45 am]
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