[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56639-56640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17805]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Supplements to Sickle Cell Disease Newborn Screening Follow-up 
Program Recipients (HRSA-21-036)

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

ACTION: Notice of supplemental awards.

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SUMMARY: HRSA will provide supplemental award funds to all 25 Sickle 
Cell Disease (SCD) Newborn Screening (NBS) Follow-up Program

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(FP) grantees for $56,000 each for fiscal year 2023. The funds will 
support in-scope grant activities related to health care services, 
increasing access to medical and social support services, and 
conducting outreach to help connect individuals living with SCD to 
follow-up care.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hakim Fobia, Public Health Analyst and 
Project Officer, Genetic Services Branch, Division of Services for 
Children with Special Health Needs, Maternal and Child Health Bureau 
(MCHB), HRSA, at [email protected] or (301) 945-9842.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Intended Recipients of the Award: 25 SCD NBS 
FP recipients as listed in Table 1.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Awards: 25 awards at $56,000 (total: 
$1,400,000).
    Project Period: September 1, 2023, to August 31, 2024.
    CFDA Number: 93.110.
    Award Instrument: Supplement.
    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 701(a)(2) (Sec.  501(a)(2) of the Social 
Security Act).

                                      Table 1--Recipients and Award Amounts
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               Grant No.                     Award recipient name              City, state         Award amount
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D1J42466..............................  Sickle Cell Disease             Chicago, IL.............         $56,000
                                         Association of Illinois.
D1J42474..............................  Hemostasis and Thrombosis       Las Vegas, NV...........          56,000
                                         Center of Nevada.
D1J42475..............................  Ohio Sickle Cell & Health       Columbus, OH............          56,000
                                         Association, Inc.
D1J42467..............................  Martin Center, Inc............  Indianapolis, IN........          56,000
D1JMC42468............................  Baton Rouge Sickle Cell Anemia  Baton Rouge, LA.........          56,000
                                         Foundation, Inc.
D1JMC42463............................  Cayenne Wellness Center and     Burbank, CA.............          56,000
                                         Children's Foundation, Inc..
D1JMC42472............................  Children's Sickle Cell          Pittsburgh, PA..........          56,000
                                         Foundation Inc.
D1JMC42473............................  Clark, James R Memorial Sickle  Columbia, SC............          56,000
                                         Cell Foundation.
D1JMC42471............................  Piedmont Health Services and    Greensboro, NC..........          56,000
                                         Sickle Cell Agency.
D1JMC42476............................  Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation   Portland, OR............          56,000
                                         of Oregon, Inc..
D1JMC42470............................  Sickle Cell Association.......  Florissant, MO..........          56,000
D1JMC42477............................  The Sickle Cell Association Of  Newark, NJ..............          56,000
                                         New Jersey, Inc..
D1JMC42469............................  Sickle Cell Disease             Detroit, MI.............          56,000
                                         Association of America
                                         Michigan Chapter Inc.
D1JMC42478............................  Sickle Cell Disease             Philadelphia, PA........          56,000
                                         Association of America
                                         Philadelphia--Delaware Valley
                                         Chapter.
D1JMC42462............................  Sickle Cell Foundation of       Vail, AZ................          56,000
                                         Arizona, Inc..
D1JMC42465............................  Sickle Cell Foundation of       Atlanta, GA.............          56,000
                                         Georgia, Inc..
D1JMC42479............................  Sickle Cell Texas Marc Thomas   Austin, TX..............          56,000
                                         Foundation.
D1JMC42480............................  Sickle Cell/Thalassemia         Brooklyn, NY............          56,000
                                         Patients Networks, Inc..
D1JMC42481............................  Supporters of Families with     Tulsa, OK...............          56,000
                                         Sickle Cell Disease,
                                         Incorporated.
D1JMC42464............................  University of Miami...........  Miami, FL...............          56,000
D1JMC46837............................  Sickle Cell Disease Foundation  Ontario, CA.............          56,000
D1JMC46836............................  Sickle Cell Disease             Mobile, AL..............          56,000
                                         Association of America Mobile
                                         Chapter.
D1JMC46834............................  Crescent Foundation, Inc......  Philadelphia, PA........          56,000
D1JMC46835............................  Metropolitan Seattle Sickle     Seattle, WA.............          56,000
                                         Cell Task Force.
D1JMC46838............................  Sickle Cell Foundation of       Memphis, TN.............          56,000
                                         Tennessee.
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    Justification: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 
117-328) provided MCHB with additional appropriations for the Sickle 
Cell Disease Newborn Screening Follow-up Program. The Program currently 
funds 25 community-based organizations to facilitate access to quality 
SCD care. MCHB will provide a supplement of $56,000 to each of the 25 
existing grantees, as outlined in Table 1. Funds will support in-scope 
grant activities related to health care services, increasing access to 
medical and social support services, and conducting outreach to help 
connect individuals living with SCD to follow up care.

Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-17805 Filed 8-17-23; 8:45 am]
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