[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 192 (Friday, October 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62311-62312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21778]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Class Deviation From Competition Requirements for HRSA-
15-021: Quality Improvement Capacity for Impact Project

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is providing supplemental funding for one year to the 
current recipients of HRSA-15-021, Quality Improvement Capacity for 
Impact Project.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Austin Demby, Ph.D., MPH, Acting 
Director,
    Office of Global Health, Office of the Administrator, HRSA, 5600 
Fishers Lane, 09N09, Rockville, MD 20857, Phone: (301) 443-0581, Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Recipients of the Award: The Regents of the University of 
California San Francisco (UCSF-U1NHA31422) and the Trustees of Columbia 
University in the City of New York (ICAP-U1NHA28555).
    Amount of Award: HRSA has awarded two grants totaling $6 million 
noted in Table 1.
    Period of Supplemental Funding: September 30, 2020--September 29, 
2021,
    CFDA Number: 93.266

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                                      Table 1--Recipients and Award Amounts
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                                                                                     Extension
                 Grant number                         Award recipient name            length       Award amount
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UCSF-U1NHA31422...............................  The Regents of the University of          1 Year      $4,000,000
                                                 California San Francisco.
ICAP-U1NHA28555...............................  Trustees of Columbia University           1 Year       2,000,000
                                                 in the City of New York.
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    Justification: The purpose of these cooperative agreements is to 
save lives, prevent HIV infections, and accelerate progress toward 
achieving HIV/AIDS epidemic control in more than 50 countries around 
the world. Recipients have completed certain project activities, but 
evaluation and transition to scale-up has been interrupted by the 
COVID-19 pandemic and associated country-specific restrictions. This 
notice extends the current project period for HRSA-15-021, Quality 
Improvement Capacity for Impact Project, by one year until September 
29, 2021, to ensure the orderly conclusion of these projects while 
facilitating virtual stakeholder engagement during the COVID-19 
pandemic.
    Authority: United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 
authorized by Public Law 108-25 (the United States Leadership Against 
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003) [22 U.S.C. 7601, et 
seq.]; and Public Law 110-293 (the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United 
States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 
Reauthorization Act of 2008), as reauthorized and amended by Public Law 
113-56 (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Stewardship and 
Oversight Act of 2013). See, e.g., 22 U.S.C. 7603 and 22 U.S.C. 2151b-
2(b) (1)(B), 2151b-2(c)(1), and 2151b-2(d)(6)(G)(ii).

Thomas J. Engels,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-21778 Filed 10-1-20; 8:45 am]
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