[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 77162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21498]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Announcing the Intent To Award a Sole Source Supplement to the 
National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD)

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing 
the award of a sole-source supplement for the Bridging Aging and 
Disability Networks cooperative agreement. ACL's Office of Supportive 
and Caregiver Services (OSCS), Administration on Aging (AoA) is 
collaborating with the Projects of National Significance, the 
Administration on Disabilities (AoD) to provide a $180,478 supplement 
to the Bridging Aging and Disability grant. This grant is awarded to 
the NACDD, who is partnering with the Institute on Disability and Human 
Development at the University of Illinois-Chicago, the Lurie Institute 
for Disability Policy at Brandeis University, The Arc, and US Aging--
the national association representing and supporting the network of 
Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and Title VI Native American Aging 
Programs. The goal of the grant is to strengthen the collaboration 
between aging and disability networks to better support individuals 
with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their 
family caregivers in future planning as they age. The supplemental 
funding will be used to additionally support aging caregivers of adults 
with I/DD and will enhance the work of the 17 State Consortia teams to 
more directly build capacity of AAAs to serve adults with I/DD as they 
age and their aging caregivers. The administrative supplement for FY 
2024 will be in the amount of $180,478, bringing the total award for FY 
2024 to $600,000.00.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  For further information or comments 
regarding this program supplement, contact Larissa Crossen, U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community 
Living, telephone (202) 795-7333; email [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the supplemental funding is 
to additionally support aging caregivers of adults with I/DD and will 
enhance the work of the 17 State Consortia teams. A portion of the 
funding (estimated 50%) will be used to pay for existing workplan 
activities of the grantee, particularly where there is overlap in the 
existing work to bridge the aging and disability networks to support 
aging caregivers of adults with I/DD. The remainder of the funding 
(estimated to be 50%) will be used to enhance the work of the 17 State 
Consortia teams to more directly build capacity of AAAs to serve adults 
with I/DD as they age and their aging caregivers.
    Program Name: Bridging Aging and Disabilities Networks.
    Recipient: NACDD.
    Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the 
fourth year of a five-year project period, September 30, 2024, through 
September 29, 2025.
    Award Amount: $180,478.
    Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
    Statutory Authority: This program is authorized under the 
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000, 
Title I, Subtitle E.
    CFDA Number: 93.631 Discretionary Projects.
    Basis for Award: NACDD is currently funded to carry out the 
objectives of this project, Bridging Aging and Disability Networks, and 
has completed three years of work. ACL believes it is in the best 
interest of the Federal Government to supplement the current grantee's 
existing project. Establishing a new grant project at this time would 
be potentially disruptive to the current work already well under way. 
Further, it could create unintended duplication of effort and missed 
opportunities for greater coordination between the aging and disability 
networks.

    Dated: September 16, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the Administration for Community 
Living, performing the delegable duties of the Administrator and the 
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2024-21498 Filed 9-19-24; 8:45 am]
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