[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 34678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15661]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Notice of Intent To Award a Single-Source Non-Competing 
Continuation Application to the University of Minnesota for an 
Additional 12 Months

SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) recently 
announced the awarding of the University of Minnesota to the 
Residential Information System Project (RISP). The University of 
Minnesota will maintain and continue the longitudinal study of annual 
state-by-state and national statistics on residential services and 
supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Program Name: Residential Information Systems Project.
    Award Amount: $350,000.00.
    Statutory Authority: The Developmental Disabilities and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.631.
    Program Description: The Administration on Developmental and 
Intellectual Disabilities, an agency of the U.S. Administration for 
Community Living, has been funding the RISP for thirty-five years. The 
project's activities include: Utilizing a large multistate database on 
individuals with developmental disabilities to examine the associations 
between personal characteristics, housing, financing and support 
models, state systems on inclusion, self-determination, satisfaction, 
and outcomes; conducting state policy and program surveys on key topics 
in residential and other community services; maintaining a 
clearinghouse of information and resources on consumer-controlled 
housing, the direct support workforce, and community living outcomes; 
collaborating with the University of Massachusetts and the University 
of Colorado to show targeted current year and longitudinal data on the 
project Web site and providing a create-a-chart option allowing reports 
to be customized. The comparative nationwide longitudinal study of the 
residential settings where people with Intellectual and Developmental 
Disabilities and supports is a forty year body of work.
    Agency Contact: For further information or comments regarding this 
supplemental action, contact Katherine Cargill-Willis, U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, 
Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 330 C 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20201; telephone 202-795-7322; email 
[email protected].

    Dated: July 17, 2017.
Mary Lazare,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2017-15661 Filed 7-25-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4154-01-P