[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44095-44096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15280]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Notice of Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement to the 
National Aging and Disability Networks

ACTION: Announcing 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 National Council on Aging for the project 
Piloting the Remote Delivery of Falls Prevention Programs. The purpose 
of this supplement is to scale-up research activities for falls 
prevention interventions delivered remotely/virtually.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or comments 
regarding this program supplement, contact Keri Lipperini, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community 
Living, Administration on Aging, Office of Nutrition and Health 
Promotion Programs, 202-795-7422, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This supplement for FY 2020 will be in the 
amount of $100,000, bringing the total award in FY 2020 to $850,000.
    The additional funding will be used to enhance existing efforts, 
not for new efforts. The grantee will continue to work toward their 
dual goals of providing public education on the risk of falls and how 
to prevent them and supporting the implementation and dissemination of 
evidence-based falls prevention programs.
    Program Name: National Falls Prevention Resource Center.
    Recipient: The National Council on Aging.
    Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the 
fifth year of a five year project period of August 1, 2016 to July 31, 
2021.
    Total Award Amount: $850,000 in FY 2020.
    Award Type: Cooperative Agreement, Supplement.
    Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, as 
amended, Public Law 116-131.

Basis for Award

    The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is currently funded to carry 
out the objectives of the National Falls Prevention Resource Center 
grant for the period of August 1, 2016 to July 31,

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2021. Since the project's implementation, the grantee has made 
satisfactory progress toward its approved work plan.
    This supplemental funding is intended to enhance NCOA's existing 
work--enabling them to provide responsive support for community-based 
organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic by piloting the remote/
virtual delivery of falls prevention interventions.
    As a well-established and trusted organization in the aging and 
disability networks, NCOA is uniquely positioned to complete the work 
called for under this project. Their current grant has two primary 
goals: (1) To provide public education on the risk of falls and how to 
prevent them; and (2) support the implementation and dissemination of 
evidence-based falls prevention programs. To accomplish these goals, 
NCOA serves as the national leader in falls prevention, reaching 
millions of professionals, older adults, individuals with disabilities, 
and their families each year through Falls Prevention Awareness Day and 
other public awareness activities and events. They also provide 
technical assistance for organizations implementing falls prevention 
programs, including one-on-one consultation, national conferences, and 
webinars. They have a comprehensive, interactive website with tools and 
resources, including--but not limited to--issues briefs, tip sheets, 
policy and practice models, and toolkits. They have also presented to 
the aging and disability networks locally and on a national level, and 
have developed substantive partnerships with program developers, 
organizations, universities.
    Establishing an entirely new grant project at this time would be 
potentially disruptive to the work needed to ensure the continued 
availability of falls prevention programs. If this supplement were not 
provided, ACL grantees and the hundreds community-based organizations 
across the nation who provide many of these falls prevention 
interventions would be unable to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Dated: July 8, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-15280 Filed 7-20-20; 8:45 am]
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