[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 54898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22500]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Part C Early Intervention Services Grant Under the Ryan White
HIV/AIDS Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services.
ACTION: Notice of Non-competitive Award of Part C Funds for the
Tutwiler Clinic, Tutwiler, Mississippi.
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SUMMARY: HRSA will be awarding non-competitive Part C funds under The
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to support comprehensive primary care
services for persons living with HIV/AIDS, including primary medical
care, laboratory testing, oral health care, outpatient mental health
and substance abuse treatment, specialty and subspecialty care,
referrals for health and support services and adherence monitoring/
education services to the Tutwiler Clinic to ensure continuity of
critical HIV medical care and treatment services, to clients in Marks,
Mississippi, and the surrounding counties.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Grantee of record: Deporres Delta Ministries, Marks, Mississippi.
Intended recipient of the award: Tutwiler Clinic, Tutwiler,
Mississippi.
Amount of the award: $357,159 to ensure ongoing clinical services
to the target population.
Authority: Section 2651 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C.
300ff-51.
CFDA Number: 93.918
Project period: July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The period of
support for this award is from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011.
Justification for the Exception to Competition: Critical funding
for HIV medical care and treatment services to clients in the Delta
area of Mississippi will be continued through a non-competitive award
to the Tutwiler Clinic, because it has the fiscal and administrative
infrastructure to administer the Part C Grant. The Tutwiler Clinic will
contract with the Northeast Mississippi Medical Center, Clarksdale,
Mississippi, which will be taking over the clinic, providers, and staff
of Deporres Delta Ministries, and continue providing medical care,
including HIV care in Marks, Mississippi. The Northeast Mississippi
Medical Center is the only available provider of quality HIV services.
This is a temporary replacement award. The previous grant recipient
serving this population notified HRSA and the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB),
that it could not continue providing services after June 30, 2010. HRSA
and HAB identified the Tutwiler Clinic as the best qualified entity for
this temporary grant. The Clinic is contracting with the Northeast
Mississippi Medical Center to ensure comprehensive services are
provided to the target population, including primary medical care
including antiretroviral therapies; prevention education and medication
adherence teaching; referrals for mental health, substance abuse and
dental services; and on-site medical HIV case management services. The
additional funding provided would enhance retaining the targeted
population in care.
The Tutwiler Clinic, contracting with the Northeast Mississippi
Medical Center, is able to provide critical services with the least
amount of disruption to the service population while the service area
is re-competed.
This supplement will cover the time period from July 1, 2010,
through June 30, 2011. This service area will be included in the
upcoming competition for the Part C HIV Early Intervention Services for
project periods starting July, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Treat, by e-mail
[email protected], or by phone, 301-443-7602.
Dated: September 1, 2010.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2010-22500 Filed 9-8-10; 8:45 am]
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