[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 71 (Monday, April 13, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20505-20506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07665]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the Amputee 
Coalition of America, Inc. for the National Limb Loss Resource Center 
Cooperative Agreement

ACTION: Notice; intent to award a single-source supplement.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the 
intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative 
agreement held by the Amputee Coalition of America, Inc. for the 
National Limb Loss Resource Center (NLLRC). The purpose of this project 
is to expand on current grant activities occurring across communities. 
These activities include programs that promote independence, community 
living, and the adoption of healthy behaviors that promote wellness and 
prevent and/or reduce chronic conditions associated with limb loss and 
increase partnerships and collaborations with ACL programs that will 
benefit all people living with limb loss or limb differences. The 
administrative supplement for FY 2020 will be for $500,000, bringing 
the total award for FY 2020 to $3,884,003.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or comments 
regarding this program supplement, contact Elizabeth Leef, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community 
Living, Administration on Disabilities, Independent Living 
Administration at (202) 475-2486 and; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The additional funding will not be used to 
begin new projects. The funding will be used to enhance and expand 
existing programs that can serve an increased number of veterans and 
people living with limb loss and limb differences by providing 
increased technical assistance activities; promoting health and 
wellness programs; addressing healthcare access issues, including 
maternity care; promoting the adoption of healthy behaviors with the 
objective of preventing and/or reducing chronic conditions associated 
with limb loss; increasing partnerships and collaborations with ACL 
programs that will benefit all people living with limb loss or limb 
differences; enhancing and expanding the evaluation activities 
currently under way; and enhancing website capacities for improved 
information dissemination.

Program Name: National Limb Loss Resource Center

    Recipient: The Amputee Coalition of America, Inc.
    Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the 
second year of the five-year project period of April 1, 2019, through 
March 29, 2024.
    Total Supplement Award Amount: $500,000 in FY 2020.
    Award Type: Cooperative Agreement Supplement.
    Statutory Authority: This program is authorized under Section 317 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247(b-4)); Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235 (Dec. 
16, 2014).
    Basis for Award: The Amputee Coalition of America, Inc. is 
currently funded to carry out the objectives of this program, entitled 
The National Limb Loss Resource Center for the period of April 1, 2019, 
through March 29, 2024. Almost 2 million Americans have experienced 
amputations or were born with limb difference and another 28 million 
people in our country are at risk for amputation. The supplement will 
enable the grantee to carry their work even further, serving more 
people living with limb loss and/or limb differences and providing even 
more comprehensive training and technical assistance in the development 
of long-term supportive services. The additional funding will not be 
used to begin new projects or activities. The NLLRC will

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enhance and expand currently funded activities such as conducting 
national outreach for the development and dissemination of patient 
education materials, programs, and services; providing technical 
support and assistance to community based limb loss support groups; and 
raising awareness about the limb loss and limb differences communities.
    Establishing an entirely new grant project at this time would be 
potentially disruptive to the current work already well under way. More 
importantly, the people living with limb loss and limb differences 
currently being served by this program could be negatively impacted by 
a service disruption, thus posing the risk of not being able to find 
the right resources that could negatively impact on health and 
wellbeing. If this supplement were not provided, the project would be 
less able to address the significant unmet needs of additional limb 
loss survivors. Similarly, the project would be unable to expand its 
current technical assistance and training efforts in NLLRC concepts and 
approaches, let alone reach beyond traditional providers of services to 
this population to train more ``mainstream'' providers of disability 
services.

    Dated: April 6, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2020-07665 Filed 4-10-20; 8:45 am]
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