[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 233 (Monday, December 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75721-75722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30824]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Availability of Funds Announced in the HRSA Preview; Correction

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: In the Federal Register issue of Friday, July 7, 2000, make 
the following corrections:

Correction

    In the Federal Register notice of Friday, July 7, 2000, in Part III 
``Availability of Funds Announced in the HRSA Preview'' of FR Doc. 00-
16874:
    (1) on page 42223, the grant category beginning in the third column 
under the heading ``Healthy Start Initiative Eliminating Disparities in 
Perinatal Health (CFDA #93.926E),'' is amended to: (a) further restrict 
eligibility to applicants who will establish community-based consortia 
of individuals and organizations (including State Title V agencies, 
consumers of project services, public health departments, hospitals, 
community health centers, and other significant sources of health care 
services) that are appropriate for participation. Eligibility remains 
open to any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or 
tribal organization (as defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b); (b) restrict 
project areas to those which target a geographic area with high annual 
rates of infant mortality within a particular State, i.e., no statewide 
programs will be funded and (c) require that grantees coordinate their 
services and activities with State Title V agencies. Funding priorities 
and/or preferences will be given only to applicants who were recipients 
of Healthy Start community-based grants awarded prior to July 2000 
(details will be provided in the application guidance). There will be 
no special considerations. The estimated amount of this competition 
will be up to $66,840,000. It is anticipated that 67 awards will be 
made.
    (2) on page 42224, the grant category beginning in the first column 
under the heading ``Interconceptional Care for High-Risk Women and 
Their Infants (CFDA #93.926K)'', is amended to: (a) further restrict 
eligibility to applicants who will establish community-based consortia 
of individuals and organizations (including State Title V agencies, 
consumers of project services, public health departments, hospitals, 
community health centers, and other significant sources of health care 
services) that are appropriate for participation. Eligibility remains 
open to any public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or 
tribal organization (as defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b); (b) restrict 
project areas to those which target a geographic area with high annual 
rates of infant mortality within a particular State, i.e., no statewide 
programs will be funded and (c) require that grantees coordinate their 
services and activities with State Title V agencies. Funding priorities 
and/or preferences will be given only to applicants who were recipients 
of Healthy Start community-based grants awarded prior to July 2000 
(details will be provided in the application guidance). There will be 
no special considerations.
    (3) on page 42224, the grant category beginning in the second 
column under the heading ``Improving Women's Health Through Screening 
and Intervention for Depression During and Around the Time of Pregnancy 
(CFDA #93.926L)'' is amended to: (a) further restrict eligibility to 
applicants who will establish community-based consortia of individuals 
and organizations (including State Title V agencies, consumers of 
project services, public health departments, hospitals, community 
health centers, and other significant sources of health care services) 
that are appropriate for participation. Eligibility remains open to any 
public or private entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal 
organization (as defined at 25 U.S.C. 450b); (b) restrict project areas 
to those which target a geographic area with high annual rates of 
infant mortality within a particular State, i.e., no statewide programs 
will be funded and (c) require that grantees coordinate their services 
and activities with State Title V agencies. Funding priorities and/or 
preferences will be given only to applicants who were recipients of 
Healthy Start community-based grants awarded prior to July 2000 
(details will be provided in the application

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guidance). There will be no special considerations.
    (4) on page 42225, the grant category beginning in the second 
column under the heading ``Healthy Start Initiative Eliminating 
Disparities in Perinatal Health Border Health (CFDA #93.926N)'', is 
amended to: (a) further restrict eligibility to applicants who will 
establish community-based consortia of individuals and organizations 
(including State Title V agencies, consumers of project services, 
public health departments, hospitals, community health centers, and 
other significant sources of health care services) that are appropriate 
for participation. Eligibility remains open to any public or private 
entity, including an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as defined at 
25 U.S.C. 450b)); (b) restrict project areas to those which target a 
geographic area with high annual rates of infant mortality within 62 
miles from the Mexican border in a particular State, i.e., no statewide 
programs will be funded; and (c) require that grantees coordinate their 
services and activities with State Title V agencies. Funding priorities 
and/or preferences will be given only to applicants who were recipients 
of Healthy Start community-based grants awarded prior to July 2000 
(details will be provided in the application guidance). There will be 
no special considerations. The estimated amount of this competition 
will be up to $1,500,000. It is anticipated that two awards will be 
made.
    The amendments above conform to changes made in the Healthy Start 
program by Title XV of Public Law 106-310. Prospective applicants who 
have submitted letters of intent or requested application materials 
have been notified directly of this withdrawal. It is anticipated that 
applications for all four of these competitions will be available 
December 21, 2000. The deadline for Letters of Intent will be January 
15, 2001. The application deadline is March 1, 2001. The anticipated 
project award date is June 1, 2001.
    Two pre-application conferences are scheduled for these 
competitions. The first conference will be held on the afternoon of 
Wednesday, December 13, 2000, from 1:30-4:00 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency 
Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 
20001, (202)737-1234. The second conference will be held on Friday, 
December 15, 2000, at the Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion, 300 Reunion 
Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75207-4498, (214)651-1234, Fax: (214)742-8126, 
Website: www.hyatt.com. If you plan to attend either one of these pre-
application conferences, please call Shirletia Meredith at (301)443-
0543.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hayes Toliver or Beverly Wright 
at 301-443-0543 (for CFDA #93.926E); Madelyn Renteria or Alexandra 
Cossi, at 301-443-0543 (for CFDA #93.926K); Janice Berger or John 
McGovern at, 301-443-8427(for CFDA #93.926L); or David de la Cruz, at 
301-443-8427 (for CFDA #93.926N), Division of Perinatal Systems and 
Women's Health, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and 
Services Administration, Room 11A-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone 1-301-443-8427.

    Dated: November 29, 2000.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
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