[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52344-52345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20845]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Class Deviation from Competition Requirements for 
Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) is announcing 
supplemental awards to the current Delta States Rural Development 
Network Grant Program (Delta States) grantees. The supplemental funds 
will allow current Delta grantees to implement outreach and enrollment 
activities to the rural uninsured in the Mississippi Delta for the next 
Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace open 
enrollment period (November 15, 2014--February 15, 2015). In addition, 
it will help educate the newly insured about the insurance and benefits 
they can now access as a result of enrolling during the initial Health 
Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period. The overarching goals of 
this supplemental funding are to: (1) increase the number of uninsured 
educated about their coverage options, (2) increase the number of 
uninsured enrolled into the Health Insurance Marketplaces or other 
available sources of insurance, such as Medicaid and the Children's 
Health Insurance Program, and (3) increase the number of newly insured 
individuals educated about the benefits and primary care and 
preventative services to which they now have access.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

                         Intended Recipient of the Award: Current Delta States Grantees
                                                 [Quantity: 12]
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                                                                                                      Maximum
             Grant No.                     Grantee                  City               State          funding
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D60RH25764........................  Tombigbee Healthcare   Demopolis............  AL                     $25,000
                                     Authority.
D60RH25754........................  Arcare...............  Augusta..............  AR                      25,000
D60RH25757........................  Greater Delta          Lake Village.........  AR                      25,000
                                     Alliance for Health.
D60RH25763........................  Southern Illinois      Carbondale...........  IL                      25,000
                                     University.
D60RH25765........................  Baptist Health         Madisonville.........  KY                      25,000
                                     Madisonville, INC.,.
D60RH25758........................  The Health Enrichment  Oakdale..............  LA                      25,000
                                     Network.
D60RH25762........................  Parish of Richland...  Delhi................  LA                      25,000
D60RH25758........................  Big Springs Medical    Ellington............  MO                      25,000
                                     Assoc.
D60RH25760........................  County of Mississippi  Charleston...........  MO                      25,000
D60RH25756........................  Delta State            Cleveland............  MS                      25,000
                                     University.
D60RH25759........................  Jefferson              Fayette..............  MS                      25,000
                                     Comprehensive Health
                                     Center.
D60RH25761........................  Paris-Henry County     Paris................  TN                      25,000
                                     Health Care
                                     Foundation.
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    Amount of Non-Competitive Awards: $25,000/award
    Period of Supplemental Funding: September 15, 2014--July 31, 2015
    CFDA Number: 93.912

    Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 330A (e) (42 
U.S.C. 254(c)), as amended.

    Justification: A greater proportion of rural residents lack health 
insurance in comparison to urban residents. With millions still 
uninsured, this supplemental funding will allow current Delta States 
grantees an opportunity to specifically employ and tailor ACA outreach 
and enrollment efforts to the uninsured population in rural Delta 
communities for the upcoming Health Insurance Marketplace open 
enrollment period (November 15, 2014--February 15, 2015). Additionally, 
Delta States grantees will be able help educate the newly insured rural 
Americans about the health insurance coverage and care to which they 
now have access.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CAPT Valerie A. Darden, MHS,

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Community Based Division, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17W29C, 
Rockville, MD 20857, phone: (301) 443-0837, or email: [email protected].

    Dated: August 25, 2014.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-20845 Filed 9-2-14; 8:45 am]
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