[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 65370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17662]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Notice of Supplemental Award; Early Childhood Developmental 
Health Systems Program

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

ACTION: Notice of supplemental award.

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SUMMARY: HRSA is providing supplemental award funds in federal fiscal 
year (FY) 2024 to the current recipient of the Early Childhood 
Developmental Health Systems Program (ECDHS) cooperative agreement 
(HRSA-22-091), to support existing activities relating to early 
childhood developmental health services.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynlee Tanner Stapleton, Ph.D.; Lead 
Public Health Analyst, Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood 
Systems, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Telephone: (301) 443-5764; 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Intended Recipient of the Award: ZERO TO THREE National Center for 
Infant, Toddler and Families, Inc.
    Amount of Non-Competitive Award: One combined award of up to 
$1,000,000 (consisting of a $600,000 supplement and a $400,000 
supplement).
    Supplement Project Period: September 30, 2024, to September 29, 
2025.
    Assistance Listing (CFDA) Numbers: 93.110/93.129.
    Award Instrument: Non-competitive supplemental funding to the 
existing Cooperative Agreement.
    Authorities: Social Security Act, section 501(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 
701(a)(2)) supplement part A; and Public Health Service Act section 
330(l) (42 U.S.C. 254b(l)) supplement part B.

                                      Table 1--Recipients and Award Amounts
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                                                                                                FY23 supplement
              Grant number                  Award recipient name           City, state            award amount
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UK2MC46349.............................  Zero to Three National     Washington, DC...........         $1,000,000
                                          Center for Infant,
                                          Toddler, and Families,
                                          Inc..
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    Justification: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. 
L.117-328) and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. 
L. 118-47) made available additional funding beyond the original FY 
2022 enacted level to ``expand placements of early childhood 
development experts in pediatrician offices with a high percentage of 
Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program patients'' (per Senate 
Report 118-84). To implement this increase, HRSA funds an additional 
four Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood (TPEC) recipients 
beyond the original four (for a total of eight) and will continue to 
provide a supplement of $600,000 to the current ECDHS recipient to 
provide technical assistance to these additional TPEC recipients and 
support national ECD integration in pediatric care.
    The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, also provided 
funding to HRSA's Bureau of Primary Health Care to support health 
centers, including ``to further integrate early childhood development 
services and expertise'' (as described in Senate Report 118-84). To 
implement this funding, HRSA will provide an additional supplement of 
$400,000 to the ECDHS recipient to continue their current technical 
assistance support, which began in FY 2023, to HRSA funded Health 
Centers expanding their early childhood development services with funds 
awarded under HRSA-23-028.
    Supplemental funding for similar activities may be considered in 
future years, depending on the availability of funding for the activity 
and satisfactory performance.

Carole Johnson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-17662 Filed 8-8-24; 8:45 am]
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