[Federal Register: July 22, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 140)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
[Program Announcement No. AoA-04-07]
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 for an Alzheimer's Disease Social Research Project.
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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under this program
announcement it will hold a competition for a grant award for one (1)
project at a federal share of $2,943,530.00 for a project period of one
year. It is estimated that $2,943,530.00 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 award: The purpose of this project is to conduct
social research into Alzheimer's disease care options, best practices
and other Alzheimer's research priorities that include research into
cause, cure, and care, as well as respite care, assisted living, the
impact of intervention by social service agencies on persons with
Alzheimer's disease, and related needs.
Eligibility for grant awards and other requirements: Eligibility
for this grant award is limited to applicants designated by the Mayor
of the municipality as officially representing a municipality with 1
million (1,000,000) or more persons 60 years of age and older.
Preference will be given to the largest population. Priority will be
given to applications that utilize and give discretion to Area Agencies
on Aging and their nonprofit divisions. Applicants are encouraged to
involve community-based organizations in the planning and
implementation of their project. Applicants should include
disadvantaged populations, including limited-English speaking
populations, as a target population for their proposed intervention.
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: In order for an application to be reviewed it
must meet the following screening requirements:
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--Eligibility for grant award is
limited to applications representing municipalities with aged
populations (over the age of 60) of over 1,000,0000, with preference
given to the largest population.
3. Project Narrative--It must be double-spaced on singled-sided
8.5'' by 11'' plain white paper with a 1'' margin on each side and a
font size of not less than 11. Applicants may use smaller font sizes to
fill in the standard forms and sample formats. AoA will not
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accept applications with a project narrative that exceeds twenty pages,
excluding the project work plan grid, letters of cooperation and vitae
of key personnel.
Review of applications: Applications will be evaluated against the
following criteria: Purpose and Need for Assistance (20 points);
Approach/Method--Workplan and Activities (30 points); Outcomes/
Evaluation/Dissemination (30 points); and Level of Effort (20 points).
DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is August
31, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging,
Office of Community-Based Services, Washington, DC 20201, or by calling
202/357-3452, 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, DC
20201, attn: Margaret Tolson (AoA-04-07).
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-04-07).
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 grant applications are
available at http://www.grants.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All grant applicants are required to 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
https://eupdate.dnb.com/requestoptions.html.
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: July 19, 2004.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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