20460 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 74 / Monday, April 17, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Planning and Evaluation; Notice of

Grant Award with Southern Illinois

University at Edwardsville

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office

of the Assistant Secretary, for Planning

and Evaluation (ASPE).

The Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

announces the award of a grant in the

amount of $782,000 for the period of

April 1, 2000 through March 31, 2001 to

Southern Illinois University at

Edwardsville in support of the SIUE

Institute for Urban Research. This

project was earmarked in the FY 2001

Policy Research Appropriation.

For more information contact Mrs.

Adrienne D.B. Little, Grant Management

Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary

for Planning and Evaluation, Room

405F, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20201.

Dated: April 3, 2000.

Margaret A. Hamburg,

Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary, Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

Notice Inviting Applications for

Enhancements of Welfare Outcomes

Research for Fiscal Year 2000

AGENCY: The Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation,

Department of Health and Human

Services.

ACTION: Announcement of the

availability of funds and request for

applications from States and large

counties that propose to enhance

current research and monitoring efforts

regarding key outcomes related to

welfare reform.

SUMMARY: The Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

(ASPE) announces the availability of

funds and invites States and large

counties to propose enhancements to

existing welfare outcome data collection

efforts. ASPE anticipates that

approximately four to six States or large

counties will receive funding. ASPE is

interested in funding only those

applicants who propose enhancements

that fill knowledge gaps that can not be

filled by their existing data collection

efforts. These knowledge gaps could

pertain to populations who have had

direct contact with the welfare system

as well as other low-income populations

that may be indirectly affected by

welfare reform. Enhancements may

focus on issues such as sample size,

data collection period, content and

depth of data, as well as validity and

representativeness of data. Eligible

applicants may include both States and

counties that have previously received

grants from ASPE to study welfare

outcomes, as well as those who have not

received funding from ASPE previously.

CLOSING DATE: The closing date for

submitting abstracts under this

announcement is June 1, 2000.

MAILING ADDRESS: Application

instructions and forms should be

requested from and submitted to:

Adrienne Little, Grants Officer, Office of

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation, Department of Health and

Human Services, Room 405F, Hubert H.

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.

Telephone: (202) 690–8794. Requests for

forms and administrative questions will

be accepted and responded to up to ten

(10) working days prior to the closing

date.

Copies of this program announcement

and many of the required forms may

also be obtained electronically at the

ASPE World Wide Web Page: http://

aspe.hhs.gov, under the title ‘‘Funding.’’

You may fax your request to the

attention of the Grants Officer at (202)

690–6518. Applications may not be

faxed or submitted electronically.

The printed Federal Register notice is

the only official program

announcement. Although reasonable

efforts are taken to assure that the files

on the ASPE World Wide Web Page

containing electronic copies of this

program announcement are accurate

and complete, they are provided for

information only. The applicant bears

sole responsibility to assure that the

copy downloaded and/or printed from

any other source is accurate and

complete.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Grant administrative questions should

be directed to the Grants Officer at the

address or phone number listed above.

Technical/program questions should be

directed to Kelleen Kaye, DHHS, ASPE,

Room 404E, Hubert H. Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20201.

Telephone: (202) 401–6634. Questions

may be faxed to (202) 690–6562 or emailed to kkaye@osaspe.dhhs.gov.

Technical questions will be accepted

and responded to up to ten (10) working

days prior to the closing date.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Part I

Legislative Authority

This announcement is authorized by

Section 1110 of the Social Security Act

(42 U.S.C. 1310) and awards will be

made from funds appropriated under

the Department of Health and Human

Services Appropriations Act, 2000, by

section 1000(a)(4) of the Consolidated

Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law

106–113).

Eligible Applicants

For studies of populations having

direct contact with the TANF system,

ASPE will consider applications only

from State agencies that administer

TANF programs, and county agencies

that administer TANF programs and

have total populations greater than

500,000. Additionally, for studies of

welfare related outcomes among the

low-income population more generally,

other State agencies may apply and are

encouraged to coordinate and/or consult

with the TANF administrative agencies

in preparing their proposal and

undertaking their research. Consortia of

States and counties are also encouraged

to apply, as long as their combined total

populations exceed 500,000 and a single

agency is identified as the lead to

handle grant funds and sub-granting.

Public or private nonprofit

organizations, including universities

and other institutions of higher

education, may collaborate with States

in submitting an application, but the

principal grantee will be the State or

county. Private for-profit organizations

may also apply jointly with States, with

the recognition that grant funds may not

be paid as profit to any recipient of a

grant or subgrant. Eligible applications

must build on existing survey data

collection or administrative data linking

capacity around welfare related

outcomes and must propose significant

enhancements beyond current efforts.

Eligible applicants may include both

States and counties that have previously

received grants from ASPE to study

welfare outcomes, as well as those who

have not received funding from ASPE

previously.

The Code of Federal Regulations, Title

45, Part 92 defines a State as: ‘‘Any of

the several States of the United States,

the District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any

territory or possession of the United

States, or any agency or instrumentality

of a State exclusive of local

governments. The term does not include