[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19491-19492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07314]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F; AIDS Education and Training 
Centers; National HIV Curriculum e-Learning Platform: Technology 
Operations and Maintenance Project

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

ACTION: Notice of supplemental award.

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SUMMARY: HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau will award $100,000 in supplemental 
funding to the University of Washington to support the AIDS Education 
and Training Centers' (AETC) National HIV

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Curriculum (NHC) e-Learning Platform: Technology Operations and 
Maintenance project in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 and, pending the 
availability of funds, in each succeeding year of the project's period 
of performance. This supplemental funding will enable the recipient to 
implement technological enhancements to the NHC eLearning Platform to 
increase access and improve efficiency of new online training modules 
and learning activities that respond to specific needs, as identified, 
by Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE) initiative 
jurisdictions. These system enhancements will help increase the number 
of health professionals that have access to state of the art HIV 
treatment interventions and protocols.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherrillyn Crooks, Chief, HIV 
Education Branch, Office of Training and Capacity Development, HRSA, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9N110, Rockville, MD 20857, by email at 
[email protected] or by phone at (301) 443-7662.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipient of the Award: The University of Washington, AIDS 
Education and Training.
    Centers National HIV Curriculum e-Learning Platform: Technology 
Operations and Maintenance project.
    Amount of Award: $100,000 is available in FY 2020.
    Project Period: March 1, 2020-August 31, 2022.
    CFDA Number: 93.145.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300ff-111(a) (section 2692(a) of the Public 
Health Service (PHS) Act), 42 U.S.C. 300ff-121 (section 2693 of the PHS 
Act), and Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116-
94).
    Justification: The University of Washington currently manages the 
e-Learning platform, which hosts the AETC's web-based NHC. The NHC e-
Learning Platform provides state of the art HIV care training and 
resources to providers nation-wide. With additional supplemental 
funding, the University of Washington will strengthen the existing 
capacity of the e-Learning platform to ensure that additional, up-to-
date HIV treatment resources and information are available, with a 
special focus on jurisdictions targeted by the EHE initiative.
    The supplemental award will enable the recipient to leverage its 
existing infrastructure to meet the learning needs of the HIV workforce 
in EHE designated areas. The recipient will be able to enhance and 
maintain an e-Learning Platform that provides a valuable and accessible 
tool designed to strengthen the skills and knowledge base of 
professionals that care for people with or at risk for HIV. In 
addition, supplemental funding will allow this recipient to ensure that 
providers in EHE target areas are aware of the National HIV Curriculum 
and know how to access and use it. Expanding the availability of state-
of-the-art HIV care and treatment training resources will help prepare 
for the projected increase in demand for well-trained HIV care 
professionals as a result of the EHE rollout. This award recipient has 
the demonstrated expertise and scalable experience required to swiftly 
address these time-sensitive training and technical assistance needs.

Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-07314 Filed 4-6-20; 8:45 am]
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