[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21162-21163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10530]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Federal Assistance to the Columbia Hospital for Women Medical 
Center Community Outreach Programs

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of grant award.

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SUMMARY: The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources 
and Services Administration (HRSA), awarded a grant for $5 million in 
fiscal year (FY) 2001 to Columbia Hospital for Women Medical Center, in 
Washington, DC. The grant supports community outreach programs for 
women. The award was made from funds appropriated under Public Law 106-
554 (HHS Appropriation Act for FY 2001). As part of MCHB's overall 
appropriation, monies were specifically designated to support the 
Columbia Hospital for Women Medical Center project. The grant for the 
project is a Special Project of Regional and National Significance 
authorized by section 501(a)(2) of the Social Security Act, the 
Maternal and Child Health Federal Set-Aside Program.

SINGLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION: The HRSA is providing Federal financial 
assistance to the Columbia Hospital for Women Medical Center to support 
infrastructure development of community outreach programs for women 
(and their high risk infants), to: (1) Maintain capacity and increase 
coordination of primary care and preventive services for women and high 
risk infants who have limited

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access to these health services; and (2) develop a sustainable system 
of care for these women and high risk infants.
    The grant supports four key outreach programs needed by the local 
community and uniquely available at Columbia Hospital for Women: the 
Teen Health Center; Ambulatory Care Center; Low-Income Mammography 
Program of the Betty Ford Comprehensive Breast Center; and High Risk 
Infant Development and Follow-up Program. The project will utilize 
existing resources to build relationships, attract additional support, 
and develop a sustainable system of care for women with limited access 
to care in the District of Columbia. The goal is to establish or 
improve community outreach strategies to recruit and retain women in 
the hospital's comprehensive and preventive women's health services 
programs.

AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS: Approximately $5 million was made available for 
obligation to support this project for a single project/budget period 
beginning in FY 2001, extending from April 1, 2001 through September 
29, 2002.

OTHER AWARD INFORMATION: This program is not subject to the provisions 
of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal programs 
(as implemented by 45 CFR part 100). This is intended to be a one-time 
program, and, therefore, a Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 
number was not requested.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact: Ann M. Koontz, Dr.P.H., C.N.M., 
Division of Perinatal and Women's Health, Maternal and Child Health 
Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11A-05, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-
443-6327.

    Dated: April 2, 2001.
Elizabeth M. Duke,
Acting Administrator.
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