[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17487-17493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05103]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Funding Opportunity for Indians Into Nursing (NU)
Announcement Type: New.
Funding Announcement Number: HHS-2024-IHS-NU-0001.
Assistance Listing (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance or CFDA)
Number: 93.970.
Key Dates
Application Deadline Date: May 14, 2024.
Earliest Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2024.
I. Step 1: Review the Opportunity
Funding Details
Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Competition type: New and Competing continuation applications.
Expected total program funding: $1,889,986.
Expected number of awards: 5.
Funding range per award for the first budget year: $300,000 to
$400,000.
The period of performance is for 5 years.
Continuation funding depends on the availability of funds and
agency budget priorities.
Eligibility--Who can apply?
Eligible Applicants
Only these types or organizations may apply:
1. Accredited public or private schools of nursing.
2. Accredited tribally controlled community colleges.
3. Accredited tribally controlled post-secondary vocational
institutions.
4. Nurse midwife programs and nurse practitioner programs that are
provided by any public or private institution.
We will notify any applicants we determine to be ineligible.
Eligibility Exceptions
1. Individuals including sole proprietorships and foreign
organizations are not eligible.
2. We do not fund concurrent projects under this program. If you
get an award under this announcement, we cannot later fund you under
other Indians into Psychology (InPsy) programs while this award is
active.
Other Eligibility Criteria
1. All schools of nursing must be fully accredited without
restrictions at the time of application by a national nurse educational
accrediting body or state approval body recognized by the Secretary of
the U.S. Department of Education for the purposes of nursing education.
2. The schools offering a degree in nurse midwifery must provide
verification of accreditation by the American College of Nurse
Midwives.
3. Tribally controlled community colleges nursing programs and
post-secondary vocational institutions must be fully accredited by an
appropriate recognized nursing accrediting body without restrictions.
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Cost Sharing or Matching
This program has no cost-sharing requirement.
If you choose to include cost-sharing funds, we will not consider
it during our review. However, we will hold you accountable for any
funds you add, including through reporting.
Program Description
Background
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is responsible for providing
Federal health services to the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/
AN) people. Our mission is to raise the physical, mental, social, and
spiritual health of AI/ANs to the highest level. The Indian Healthcare
Improvement Act (https://www.ihs.gov/IHCIA/) authorizes the IHS to
administer programs designed to attract and recruit qualified Indians
into health professions to ensure the availability of health
professionals to serve the AI/AN population.
Purpose
Our purpose is to recruit, retain, graduate, and increase the
number of registered nurses, certified nurse midwives, and nurse
practitioners who deliver health care services to AI/AN communities.
Our primary objectives are to:
1. Recruit and train Indian people in nursing fields.
2. Increase the skills of, and provide continuing education to
nurses and advanced practice nurses.
Required Activities
1. Recruit and train AI/AN people to become baccalaureate-prepared
nurses and advanced practice nurses; nurse midwives; and nurse
practitioners.
2. Provide a scholarship program that encourages registered nurses
and advanced practice nurses to provide or continue to provide health
care services to AI/AN communities.
3. Provide scholarships to AI/AN people to cover tuition, books,
fees, room and board, stipend for living expenses, or other expenses
related to baccalaureate-level nursing or advanced practice nursing
programs.
4. Develop and maintain nursing education programs and recruit
people to become registered nurses and advanced practice nurses who
will provide services to AI/AN people.
5. See the project narrative and merit review sections for more
detail on activities.
Cooperative Agreement Terms
Cooperative agreements use the same policies as grants. The
difference is that IHS will have substantial involvement in the project
during the entire period of performance. Below is a detailed
description of our level of involvement.
An IHS program official will:
Work with your project director to ensure timely receipt
of progress and audit reports and to ensure program compliance.
Provide you with programmatic technical assistance, as
needed.
Coordinate and conduct site visits as needed.
Conduct semi-annual conference calls with recipients and
students.
Work with the Division of Grants Management (DGM) to
ensure that you meet all goals and objectives of your program.
Provide programs and scholarship recipients with
information on IHS scholarship service obligation requirements.
Initiate default proceedings within 90 days after
receiving your notification that a student:
1. has been dismissed from the program;
2. has withdrawn from school;
3. failed to graduate with nursing degree;
4. failed to begin a required period of supervised clinical hours
required for state licensure;
5. failed to get licensed and begin obligated service time within
90 days of graduation; or
6. failed to complete service.
Funding Policies and Limitations
Limitations
We allow pre-award costs up to 90 days before the start
date of the award if the costs are otherwise allowable if awarded. You
incur pre-award costs at your organization's risk.
Policies
Total award funds include both direct and indirect costs.
Each applicant can receive only one award under this
announcement.
Indirect Costs
Indirect costs are those incurred for a common or joint purpose
across more than one project and that cannot be easily separated by
project. Learn more at 45 CFR 75.414 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-75/subpart-E/subject-group-ECFR1eff2936a9211f7/section-75.414), Indirect Costs. Indirect costs for
training awards cannot exceed 8 percent of modified total direct costs.
To understand what is included in modified total direct costs, see 45
CFR 75.2 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-75#p-75.2(Modified%20Total%20Direct%20Cost)).
Statutory Authority
The Snyder Act, 25 U.S.C. 13; the Transfer Act, 42 U.S.C. 2001(a);
and section 112 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Public Law
94-437, as amended (IHCIA), codified at 25 U.S.C. 1616e (https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2022-title25/html/USCODE-2022-title25-chap18-subchapI-sec1616e.htm).
II. Step 2: Get Ready To Apply
Get Registered
System for Award Management
You must have an active account with SAM.gov. This includes having
a Unique Entity Identifier. SAM.gov registration can take several
weeks. Begin that process today. To register, go to SAM.gov Entity
Registration (https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration) and click
Get Started. From the same page, you can also click on the Entity
Registration Checklist for the information you will need to register.
Grants.gov
You must also have an active account with Grants.gov (https://grants.gov/home). You can see step-by step instructions at the
Grants.gov Quick Start Guide for Applicants (https://www.grants.gov/quick-start-guide/applicants).
Find the Application Package
The application package has all the forms you need to apply. You
can find it online. Go to Grants Search at Grants.gov (https://grants.gov/home) and search for opportunity number HHS-2024-IHS-NU-
0001.
III. Step 3: Write Your Application
Application Contents and Format
Applications include five main components. This section includes
guidance on each. Make sure you include each of these:
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Component Submission form
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Project Abstract...................... Use the Project Abstract Summary
form.
Project Narrative..................... Use the Project Narrative
Attachment form.
Budget Narrative...................... Use the Budget Narrative
Attachment form.
Attachments........................... Insert each in a single Other
Attachments form.
Required Forms........................ Upload using each required form.
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Project Abstract
Page limit: 1 page.
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Provide a self-contained summary of your proposed project,
including the purpose and expected outcomes. Do not include any
proprietary or confidential information. We use this information when
we receive public information requests about funded projects.
Required Format for Project and Budget Narrative:
Font size: 12-point font. Footnotes, tables, and text in graphics
may be 10-point.
Font color: black.
Spacing: Single-spaced.
Margins: 1-inch.
Size: 8.5 by 11 inches.
Include consecutive page numbers.
Formats: While the forms for project and budget narratives are PDF,
you may upload Word, Excel, or PDF files to those forms.
Project Narrative
Page limit: 25 pages.
Filename: Project narrative.
To create your project narrative:
Follow the headings in the table below in order.
Use the merit review criteria to determine what you need
to include.
Describe your proposed project and activities for the full
period of performance.
Stay within the page limit, or we will remove pages beyond
that. We recommend some page limits for subsections below, but they are
guidance only.
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Recommended
Heading page length
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Introduction and need for assistance...................... 5
Project objectives, work plan, and approach............... 5
Program evaluation........................................ 5
Organization capabilities, key personnel, and 10
qualifications...........................................
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Budget Narrative
Page limit: 5.
Filename: Budget narrative.
The budget narrative supports the information you provide in
Standard Form 424-A. See standard forms.
For more guidance on what to include in your budget narrative, see
merit review criteria.
It includes added detail and justifies the costs you ask for. As
you develop your budget, consider:
If the costs are reasonable and consistent with your
project's purpose and activities.
The restrictions on spending funds. See funding
limitations.
To create your budget narrative:
Review the requirements in the merit review section for
more detail.
Show each line item in your SF-424A, organized by budget
category.
Provide the information for the entire period of
performance, broken down by year.
For each line item, describe:
1. How the costs support achieving the project's proposed
objectives.
2. How you calculated or arrived at the cost.
Take care to explain each item in the ``other'' category and why
you need it. Do not use the budget narrative to expand your project
narrative.
If you like, you can also include a spreadsheet that provides more
detail than in the SF-424A. If you do, we will not count it against the
page limit.
Attachments
You will upload attachments in Grants.gov using a single Other
Attachments Form. Unless stated below, these attachments do not have
page limits.
Proof of Accreditation
Submit proof of program accreditation from an accreditation agency
recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, such as Commission of
Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and Accreditation Commission for
Education in Nursing (ACEN).
Work Plan Chart
Attach a one-page work plan chart or timetable that summarizes the
work plan in your project description, outlining your activities and
outcomes. See merit review criteria for detailed instructions.
Proof of Nonprofit Status
If your organization is a nonprofit, you need to attach proof. We
will accept any of the following:
A copy of a current tax exemption certificate from the
IRS.
A letter from your state's tax department, attorney
general, or another state official saying that your group is a
nonprofit and that none of your net earnings go to private shareholders
or others.
A certified copy of your certificate of incorporation.
This document must show that your group is a nonprofit.
Any of the above for a parent organization. Also include a
statement signed by an official of the parent group that your
organization is a nonprofit affiliate.
Resumes and Position Descriptions
For key personnel, attach biographical sketches for filled
positions. If a position is not filled, attach a short description of
the position and qualifications. See additional instructions in merit
review criteria.
Contractor and Consultant Resumes
For contractors or consultants, attach resumes or qualifications
and their scope of work.
Audit Documentation
You must provide documentation of required audits. You can submit:
Email confirmation from the Federal Audit Clearinghouse
(FAC) showing that you submitted the audits.
Face sheets from audit reports. You can find these on the
FAC website (https://www.fac.gov/).
See audit requirements at 45 CFR part 75 subpart F (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-75/subpart-F).
Standard Forms
You will need to complete some standard forms. Upload the standard
forms listed below at Grants.gov. You can find them in the NOFO
application package or review them and their instructions at Grants.gov
Forms.
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Forms Submission requirement
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Application for Federal Assistance (SF- With application.
424).
Budget Information for Non-Construction With application.
Programs (SF-424A).
Grants.gov Lobbying Form.................. With application.
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) If applicable, with the
application.
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IV. Step 4: Learn About Review and Award
Application Review
Initial Review
We review each application to make sure it meets basic
requirements. We will not consider an application that:
Is from an organization that does not meet all eligibility
criteria.
Is incomplete.
Requests funding above the award ceiling shown in the
funding range.
Requests a period of performance longer than this NOFO
allows.
Is submitted after the deadline.
Also, we will not review any pages over the page limit.
Merit Review
The Review Committee reviews all applications that pass the initial
review. The members use the criteria below.
We will send your authorized official an Executive Summary
Statement within 30 days after we complete reviews. This statement will
outline the strengths and weaknesses of your application.
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Criteria
The panel will assess the quality of your responses and soundness
of your approaches to the following project narrative sections.
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Total
number of
Criterion points =
100
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1. Introduction and need for assistance..................... 10
2. Project objectives, work plan, and approach.............. 40
3. Program evaluation....................................... 30
4. Organizational capabilities, key personnel, and 15
qualifications.............................................
5. Support Requested........................................ 5
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1. Introduction and Need for Assistance
Maximum Points: 10
a. Present the comprehensive framework of your proposed program.
b. Include the purpose and background of your program.
c. Justify the overall need for your proposed program. Include the
unmet AI/AN nursing workforce needs in AI/AN communities.
d. Explain how the proposed program will serve the IHS and Tribal
health care programs as well as support to IHS scholarship recipients.
e. Describe the target population to receive IHS scholarships. We
give funding preference to schools of nursing that recruit, retain, and
graduate AI/AN veterans and veterans who have medical military
experience.
f. Describe your overall approach to increase the number of
registered nurses, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners who deliver
health care services to AI/AN. Include how you will increase the number
of AI/AN nursing students recruited, retained, and graduated.
g. Describe the social determinants and health disparities that
impact AI/AN communities. Discuss how these social determinants have
historically affected access to AI/AN health care and have impacted AI/
AN students' access to education specifically nursing education.
h. Describe relevance of the program relating the objectives to the
purposes of this NOFO.
i. For current recipients, describe the differences between the
current and proposed activities.
2. Project Objectives, Work Plan, and Approach
Maximum Points: 40
a. Project objectives
1. Clearly state specific, time-framed, measurable objectives for
the goals related to the proposed program.
b. Work plan
1. In your attachments, include a work plan chart, with timelines,
that describes fully and clearly how you will complete your proposed
activities.
c. Approach
1. Recruiting students--You must describe:
a. Your strategy to attract pre-nursing students.
b. How your program will recruit AI/AN students who are veterans,
including those with experience as emergency medical technicians,
hospital corpsmen, paramedics, military medics, and licensed vocational
or practical nurses.
2. Training and supporting student success. You must describe how
you will:
a. Award IHS scholarships to nursing students.
b. Assist IHS program officials in their roles to support student
job placement and to track each IHS scholarship recipient's service
obligation.
c. Educate and train students in opioid addiction prevention,
treatment, and recovery. Addressing the opioid crisis is an HHS
priority.
3. Oversight and collaboration. You must describe:
a. Provide support services to psychology students to facilitate
their success in the clinical psychology program as well as track their
progress.
a. Collect students' BIA-4437 forms to verify whether students
receiving tuition support in their program are members of eligible,
federally recognized Tribes.
b. Assist the clinical psychologist with job placement at eligible
Indian health sites and track their payback status to ensure they
fulfill their service obligation.
c. Provide your students with clinical rotation in AI/AN health
programs.
d. Provide stipends to undergraduate and graduate students to
pursue a career in psychology.
e. Use existing university tutoring, counseling, and student
support services, to the maximum extent feasible.
f. Provide career counseling, academic advice, plans to correct
academic deficiencies, and other activities to assist student
retention.
g. Educate and train students in opioid addiction prevention,
treatment, and recovery. Addressing the opioid crisis is a Health and
Human Services (HHS) priority.
h. Increase the skills of and provide continuing education to
clinical psychologists at the graduate and undergraduate level who
deliver health services to the AI/AN population.
i. Provide mechanisms and resources to increase psychology student
enrollment, retention, and graduation.
4. Oversight and collaboration--You must describe how you will:
a. The challenges that you are likely to encounter or have been a
challenge in designing and implementing the activities in your work
plan, and the approaches that you will use to resolve them.
b. Your plan to sustain the project after the period of performance
ends. Include the expected barriers to achieving self-sufficiency.
c. How you will establish or collaborate with existing IHS and
Tribal programs and colleges to establish:
1. an agreement for clinical rotations;
2. a faculty exchange program to enhance cultural competency and
faculty strength;
3. formal bridge programs agreements between Tribal colleges and
universities to provide a program that increases the skills of, and
provide continuing education to nurses, nurse practitioners, and nurse
midwives.
3. Program Evaluation
Maximum Points: 30
a. Describe your evaluation plan. Include strategies for assessing
the progress and outcomes of your project.
b. Link your evaluation plan to the objectives and purpose of this
NOFO. Include how you will evaluate your successes and failures as well
as identify and implement continuing improvements.
c. Describe the evaluation measures you will use to demonstrate how
the program is meeting identified goals and objectives.
d. Describe you will collect, track, and report performance
measures on a semi-annual basis and for periodic audit reports.
e. Explain how you will collect and manage student scholarship
data.
f. Describe any potential obstacles for implementing the program
performance evaluation, and how you will address those obstacles.
4. Organizational Capabilities, Key Personnel, and Qualifications
Maximum Points: 15
a. Provide information on your organization, philosophy, and
practice methods. Describe how they will contribute to your ability to
conduct program requirements and meet this program's purpose,
objectives, and expectations.
b. List the key personnel who will work with the program. In your
attachments, submit position
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descriptions and resumes of program director and key staff with duties
and experience.
c. Include nursing accreditation documentation. All schools of
nursing that are associated with the project and have conferring
degrees must be accredited.
d. Describe your organization's significant program activities and
accomplishments over the past 5 years associated with the goals of this
announcement. Describe major activities over the last 24 months.
e. Identify and summarize major project activities recently done
during the project period. Include recruitment, retention, and support
activities to student, graduate, and evaluation demonstrating
performance measures.
f. Identify your experience with other similar projects, including
the results of those projects. Include your prior experience with nurse
recruitment programs.
5. Budget and Budget Justification
Maximum Points: 5
a. Clearly define the budget in your Budget Information for Non-
Construction Programs (SF-424A).
b. In the Budget Narrative Form, provide a justification and
detailed breakdown of the funding by category for the first year of the
project. Information on the project director and project staff should
include salaries and percentage of time assigned to the grant. List
equipment assigned to the grant. List equipment purchases necessary to
conduct the project. See budget narrative. Be sure to include:
1. Personnel costs: You must identify a single program director.
The program director must be a licensed registered nurse.
2. Key support personnel: Provide names, title, position
description, salary, and fringe benefits. Administrative cost is
limited to 8 percent of the award.
3. Consultants: Provide names, affiliations, and qualifications of
each consultant, including expected rate of compensation, travel, per
diem, and other related costs.
4. Travel: Name conferences or other recruitment events, airline
tickets, lodging, per diem, booth, public transportation, or other
related costs.
5. Equipment: Must be related to the objectives of the project,
retained by recipient, used in accordance with the terms of the
cooperative agreement award, and must comply with procurement
requirements for Federal grant and cooperative agreements.
6. Scholarships: Must cover tuition, fees, books, stipend, and
other related educational expenses. The proposed project must use IHS
scholarship funds in a manner that will meet the needs of eligible AI/
AN students. The budget narrative must indicate the number of students
to receive scholarship for each year of the cooperative agreement and
the amount of each scholarship per student.
Risk Review
Before making an award, we review the risk that you will not
prudently manage Federal funds. We need to make sure you've handled any
past Federal awards well and demonstrated sound business practices. We
use SAM.gov Responsibility/Qualification (https://sam.gov/content/entity-information) to check this history for all awards likely to be
over $250K. You can comment on your organization's information in
SAM.gov. We will consider your comments before making a decision about
your level of risk.
If we find a significant risk, we may choose not to fund your
application or to place specific conditions on the award.
For more details, see 45 CFR 75.205 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-75/subpart-C/section-75.205).
Selection Process
When making funding decisions, we consider:
Applicant program characteristics. We give preference to
programs that provide a preference to AI/AN students, train nurse
midwives or nurse practitioners, and are interdisciplinary, including
with medicine, pharmacy, dental, and behavioral health students.
Geographic IHS area. If more than one university and
college application is received from an IHS area, only one award will
be made to that particular IHS area providing a DNP, MSN, or BSN
program.
Private, public, and Tribal status. At least two awards to
public or private college or university, school of nursing which
provides DNP, MSN, BSN, ADN (registered nurse, nurse practitioner,
nurse midwife) degrees. At least three awards to a tribally controlled
community college, school of nursing which provides BSN and ADN
(registered nurse) degrees.
Merit review results. These are key in making decisions
but are not the only factor.
Statutory requirement. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 1616e(e), one
grant will be provided to the University of North Dakota.
Coverage. The larger portfolio of agency-funded projects,
including the diversity of project types and geographic distribution.
Applicant past performance. We may choose not to fund
applicants with management or financial problems.
We may:
Fund applications in whole or in part.
Fund applications at a lower amount than requested.
Decide not to allow a prime recipient to subaward if they
may not be able to monitor and manage subrecipients properly.
Choose to fund no applications under this NOFO.
Award Notices
After we review and select applications for award, we will let you
know the outcome.
Unsuccessful Applications
We will email you or write you a letter if your application is
disqualified or unsuccessful.
Approved but Unfunded Applications
It is possible that we could approve your application, but do not
have enough funds to reach it. If so, we will hold your application for
one year. If funding becomes available during the year, we may
reconsider funding.
Approved Applications
If you are successful, we will create a Notice of Award (NoA). You
will need a GrantSolutions user account (https://www.grantsolutions.gov/home/getting-started-request-a-user-account/) to
retrieve your NoA.
The NoA is the only official award document. The NoA tells you
about the amount of the award, important dates, and the terms and
conditions you need to follow. Until you receive the NoA, you do not
have permission to start work.
V. Step 5: Submit Your Application
Application Submission and Deadlines
See find the application package to make sure you have everything
you need.
Make sure you are current with SAM.gov and UEI requirements. See
get registered (https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration). You will
have to maintain your registration throughout the life of any award.
Application Deadline
You must submit your application by May 14, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Grants.gov creates a date and time record when it receives the
application. If you submit the same application more than once, we will
accept the last on-time submission.
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The grants management officer may extend an application due date
based on emergency situations such as documented natural disasters or a
verifiable widespread disruption of electric or mail service.
Application Submission
You must submit your application through Grants.gov. See get
registered (https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration).
For instructions on how to submit in Grants.gov, see the Quick
Start Guide for Applicants (https://www.grants.gov/quick-start-guide/applicants). Make sure that your application passes the Grants.gov
validation checks or we may not get it. Do not encrypt, zip, or
password protect any files. The link above will also help you learn how
to create PDFs.
See Contacts & Support if you need help.
Exemptions
If you cannot submit through Grants.gov, you must request a waiver
before the application due date. Send your waiver request to
ihs.gov">DGM@ihs.gov. Include clear justification for the need to deviate from
the required application submission process. Failure to register in
SAM.gov or Grants.gov in a timely way is not cause for a waiver. We
will not accept applications outside of Grants.gov without an approved
waiver.
We will email you if we approve your waiver. This notification will
include submission instructions. If approved, we must receive your
application by 5:00 p.m. ET on the application deadline.
Other Submissions
Intergovernmental Review
This NOFO is not subject to executive order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs. No action is needed.
Mandatory Disclosure
You must submit any information related to violations of Federal
criminal law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity violations
potentially affecting the Federal award. See Mandatory Disclosures, 45
CFR 75.113 (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-75/subpart-B/section-75.113).
Send written disclosures to IHS at ihs.gov">DGM@ihs.gov and to the Office of
Inspector General at [email protected]. Include ``Mandatory
Grant Disclosures'' in subject line.
Application Checklist
Make sure you have everything you need to apply:
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Component How to upload Page limit
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[ballot] Project Abstract..... Use the Project 1 page.
Abstract Summary
form.
[ballot] Project Narrative.... Use the project 25 pages.
Narrative
Attachment form.
[ballot] Budget Narrative..... Use the Budget 5 pages.
Narrative
Attachment form.
Attachments................... Insert each in a .....................
single Other
Attachments form.
[ballot] Tribal resolution.... ................. None.
[ballot] Work plan chart...... ................. 1 page.
[ballot] Proof of nonprofit ................. None.
status.
[ballot] Indirect cost ................. None.
agreement.
[ballot] Resumes and position ................. None.
descriptions.
[ballot] Letter of support.... ................. None.
[ballot] Audit documentation.. ................. None.
Other Required Forms (3 total) Upload using each .....................
required form.
[ballot] Application for ................. None.
Federal Assistance (SF-424).
[ballot] Budget Information ................. None.
for Non-Construction Programs
(SF-424A).
[ballot] Grants.gov Lobbying ................. None.
Form.
[ballot] Disclosure of ................. None.
Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL).
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VIII. Step 6: Learn What Happens After Award
Post-Award Requirements and Administration
Administrative and National Policy Requirements
There are important rules you need to know if you get an award. You
must follow:
All terms and conditions in the Notice of Award.
The regulations listed in 45 CFR part 75, Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
for HHS Awards (https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-75).
The HHS Grants Policy Statement (GPS) (https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/grants/grants/policies-regulations/hhsgps107.pdf). This document has terms and conditions tied to your
award. If there are any exceptions to the GPS, they will be listed in
your Notice of Award.
All Federal statutes and regulations relevant to Federal
financial assistance, including those highlighted in the HHS
Administrative and National Policy Requirements (https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/hhs-administrative-national-policy-requirements.pdf).
Reporting
If you are successful, you will have to submit financial and
performance reports and possibly reports on specific types of
activities. Your NoA will outline the specific requirements and
deadlines. To learn more about reporting, see:
Performance Progress Reports
Progress Report Requirements
Financial Reporting
If your award includes funds for a conference, you must submit a
report for all conferences.
If you do not submit your reports on time, we could:
Suspend or terminate your award
Withhold payments
Move you to a reimbursement payment method
Withhold future awards
Take other enforcement actions
Impose special award conditions if the situation continues
Non-Discrimination and Assurance
If you receive an award, you must follow all applicable
nondiscrimination laws. You agree to this when you register in SAM.gov.
You must also submit an Assurance of Compliance (HHS-690) (https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/form-hhs690.pdf). To learn more, see
the Laws and Regulations Enforced by the HHS Office for Civil Rights
(https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-providers/laws-regulations-guidance/laws/index.html).
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VI. Contacts and Support
Agency Contacts
1. Program and Eligibility, Eric Pinto, Senior Program Specialist,
Email: ihs.gov">Eric.Pinto@ihs.gov, Phone: 301-443-2544.
2. Grants Management and Financial, ihs.gov">DGM@ihs.gov.
Grants.gov
Grants.gov provides 24/7 support. You can call 1-800-518-4726 or
email [email protected]. Hold on to your ticket number.
If problems persist, contact the Office of Grants Management at
ihs.gov">DGM@ihs.gov. Please do so at least 10 days before the application due
date.
SAM.gov
If you need help, you can call 866-606-8220 or live chat with the
Federal Service Desk (https://www.fsd.gov/gsafsd_sp).
GrantSolutions
For help, please contact the GrantSolutions help desk at 866-577-
0771, or by email at [email protected].
Reference websites
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (https://www.hhs.gov/)
Division of Grants Management [verbar] Indian Health Service
(IHS) (https://www.ihs.gov/dgm/index.cfm?module=dsp_dgm_funding)
Grants Training Tools [verbar] Division of Grants Management
(ihs.gov) (https://www.ihs.gov/dgm/training1/).
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (https://www.ecfr.gov/)
United States Code (U.S.C.) (https://uscode.house.gov/)
Roselyn Tso,
Director, Indian Health Service.
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