[Federal Register: May 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 102)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
[Program Announcement No. AoA-04-03]
Fiscal Year 2004 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and
Notice Regarding Applications
AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.
ACTION: Announcement of availability of funds and request for
applications to support regional projects under the Pension Counseling
and Information Program.
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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under this program
announcement it will hold a competition for grant awards for up to
three (3) projects at a federal share of approximately $150,000 per
year for a project period of up to three years. It is estimated that
approximately $450,000 will be available for this competition.
Legislative authority: The Older Americans Act, Public Law 106-
501.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 93.048, Title IV and Title
II, Discretionary Projects).
Purpose of grant awards: The purpose of these projects is to assist
individuals in understanding and enforcing their pension rights.
Eligibility for grant awards and other requirements: Eligibility
for grant awards is limited to public and/or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including faith-based organizations and community-based
organizations, with a proven record of advising and representing
individuals who have been denied employer or union-sponsored pensions
or other retirement savings plan benefits.
Grantees are required to provide at least 25 percent of the total
program costs from non-federal cash or in-kind resources in order to be
considered for the award.
Executive Order 12372 is not applicable to these grant
applications.
Screening criteria: All applications will be screened to assure a
level playing field for all applicants. Applications that fail to meet
the screening criteria described below will not be reviewed and will
receive no further consideration:
1. Postmark Requirements--Applications must be postmarked by
midnight of the deadline date indicated below, or hand-delivered by
5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on that date, or submitted electronically by
midnight on that date.
2. Organizational Eligibility--Public and/or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including faith-based organizations and community-based
organizations, with a proven record of advising and representing
individuals who have been denied employer or union-sponsored pensions
or other retirement savings plan benefits, are eligible to apply under
this program announcement.
3. Responsiveness to Priority Area Description--Applications will
be screened on whether the application is responsive to the priority
area description.
4. Project Narrative--The Project Narrative section of the
application must not exceed 20 pages.
Review of applications: Applications will be evaluated against the
following criteria: Purpose and Need for Assistance (20 points);
Approach, Work Plan and Activities (30 points); Project Outcomes,
Evaluation and Dissemination (30 points); and Level of Effort (20
points).
DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is July 12,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging,
Office of Consumer Choice and Protection, Washington, DC 20201, by
calling 202/357-3531, or online at http://www.grants.gov.
Applications may be mailed to the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management,
Washington, D.C. 20201, attn: Margaret Tolson (AoA-04-03).
Applications may be delivered to the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management,
One Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Room 4604, Washington, DC 20001, attn:
Margaret Tolson (AoA-04-03). If you elect to mail or hand deliver your
application you must submit one original and two copies of the
application; an acknowledgement card will be mailed to applicants.
Instructions for electronic mailing of
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grant applications are available at http://www.grants.gov/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All grant applicants must obtain a D-U-N-S
number from Dun and Bradstreet. It is a nine-digit identification
number, which provides unique identifiers of single business entities.
The D-U-N-S number is free and easy to obtain from http://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/
.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management,
Washington, DC 20201, telephone: (202) 357-3440.
Dated: May 20, 2004.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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