[Federal Register: May 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 89)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
Purpose of Notice: Availability of Funding Opportunity
Announcement
Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: Aging and Disability
Resource Center Initiative: Integrating Access to Long-Term Care.
Announcement Type: Initial.
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2007-AoA-DR-0707.
Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act of 2006, Public Law
109-365.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048, Title
IV and Title II, Discretionary Projects.
Dates: The deadline date for the submission of applications is June
29, 2007.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
In FY 2003, the Administration on Aging (AoA) and the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) formed a historic partnership to
launch the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) demonstration
grant initiative. The goal of the ADRC program is to empower
individuals to make informed choices and to streamline access to long
term support services. AoA and CMS share a vision to have Resource
Centers in every community serving as highly visible and trusted places
where people of all ages can turn for information on the full range of
long term support options and a single point of entry to public long
term support programs and benefits. ADRCs are a resource for both
public and private-pay individuals. They serve older adults, younger
individuals with disabilities, family caregivers, as well as persons
planning for future long term support needs. ADRCs are also a resource
for health and long term support professionals and others who provide
services to older adults and to people with disabilities. Since FY
2003, 43 states have received three year grants from AoA and CMS to
design and implement ADRC demonstrations serving the elderly and at
least one other target population of adults with disabilities in at
least one community. An ADRC Program Announcement published in FY 2003
resulted in the funding of twelve states that year with an additional
twelve states funded to develop ADRC programs in FY 2004. Nineteen
additional states were funded to develop ADRC programs based on a
Program Announcement published in
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FY 2005. To view the Program Announcements published in FY 2003 and FY
2005 please visit http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aging_dis/background.asp. For more
information on the 43 funded ADRC projects please visit http://www.adrc-tae.org
.
This announcement seeks proposals for competitive grants to assist
states funded to develop ADRCs in FY 2004 to significantly expand their
existing Resource Center programs. Building on current efforts, state
Resource Center programs funded under this Program Announcement will
be:
(1) Expanded to provide services to additional communities, and/or
(2) Positioned to assume the role as the only entry point to
publicly funded long-term support systems, and/or;
(3) Enhanced to support states long-term care rebalancing efforts
either through nursing facility diversion activities, nursing facility
transition or participation in the re-direction of services dollars to
consumer directed models including cash & counseling.
A detailed description of the funding opportunity may be found at
http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp.
II. Award Information
1. Funding Instrument Type
These new grants will be issued as cooperative agreements because
AoA, in cooperation with CMS, anticipates having substantial
involvement with the recipients during performance of funded
activities. This involvement may include collaboration, participation,
or intervention in the funded activities. AoA, in cooperation with CMS,
will also be involved in the development and implementation of the
funded projects by way of conducting a review of the applications and
providing technical assistance, training, guidance, and oversight
throughout the one-year project period. Grantees will be expected to
keep in contact with their Federal project officer on a regular basis.
Grantees will also be expected to share all significant products that
result from their projects with AoA.
2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding Per Budget Period
The total amount of Federal funds available for this funding
opportunity is $2.4 million. AoA anticipates funding up to 12 projects
nationwide for a period of 1 year. The maximum Federal award for the
entire project period is approximately $200,000.
III. Eligibility Criteria And Other Requirements
1. Eligible Applicants
Only states that received an AoA and CMS Aging and Disability
Resource Center Grant in FY 2004 are eligible to apply. These states
are Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, New Mexico, North Carolina, Northern Mariana Islands, and
Wisconsin. Only the state agency that was the ADRC applicant in FY
2004, or a state agency with a Memorandum of Agreement with the
existing ADRC grantee (e.g. the Single State Agency on Aging, Single
State Medicaid Agency or State Agency serving the target populations of
people with disabilities) may apply for this Resource Center grant. The
applicant agency must have the documented support, in the form of a
Memorandum of Understanding and active participation by the Single
State Agency on Aging, the Single State Medicaid Agency and the State
Agency(s) serving the target population(s) of people with disabilities
specified in the applicant's proposal. A letter of support from the
Governor indicating high-level state executive support and designating
the lead agency is also required. Only one application per state will
be accepted. ``State'' refers to the definition provided under 45 CFR
74.2. Executive Order 12372 is not applicable to these grant
applications.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Grantees are required to make a non-financial or cash recipient
contribution (match) of a minimum of five percent (5%) of the total
project cost.
3. DUNS Number
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/.
4. Intergovernmental Review
Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs, is not applicable to these grant applications.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address To Request Application
Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Center for Planning
and Policy, Washington, DC 20201, by calling Joseph Lugo at 202/357-
3417, or online at http://www.grants.gov.
2. Address for Application Submission
Applications must be submitted electronically to http://www.grants.gov. In
order to be able to submit the application, you must register in the
Central Contractor Registry (CCR) database. Information about CCR is
available at http://www.grants.gov/CCRRegister. Instructions for electronic
submission of grant applications are available at http://www.grants.gov.
3. Submission Dates and Times
To receive consideration, applications must be submitted
electronically by midnight Eastern time by the deadline listed in the
DATES section at the beginning of this Notice.
V. Responsiveness Criteria
Each application submitted will be screened to determine whether it
was received by the closing date and time.
Applications received by the closing date and time will be screened
for completeness and conformity with the requirements outlined in
Sections III and IV of this Notice and the ProgramAnnouncement. Only
complete applications that meet these requirements will be reviewed and
evaluated competitively.
VI. Application Review Information
Eligible applications in response to this announcement will be
reviewed according to the following evaluation criteria:
Accomplishments and Problem Statement--Weight: 30 points.
Approach, Work Plan and Activities--Weight: 40 points.
Project Outcomes and Evaluation--Weight: 15 points.
Level of Effort (Organization and Management; Budget and
Resources)--Weight: 15 points.
VII. Agency Contacts
Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues can be directed to
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on
Aging, Center for Planning and Policy Development, Washington, DC
20201, Joseph Lugo at telephone (202) 357-3417.
Dated: May 4, 2007.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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