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Lanigan (202) 690–7418 at least 10 days

before the meeting.

(Section 1868 of the Social Security Act (42

U.S.C. 1395ee) and section 10(a) of Public

Law 92–463 (5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a))

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital

Insurance; and Program No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: June 6, 2001.

Thomas A. Scully,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–14595 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

State Grants for Traumatic Brain Injury

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

SUMMARY: The Health Resources and

Services Administration (HRSA)

announces that about $1.2 million in

fiscal year (FY) 2001 funds is available

for up to 14 State Grants for Traumatic

Brain Injury (TBI) awards. Grant

programs for TBI provide health and

other services for people who have

sustained a traumatic brain injury.

Awards will be made in two

categories—Planning Grants, to assist

States in developing the infrastructure

needed to implement a State TBI

program; and a new category of Post

Demonstration Grants for States which

have successfully completed a TBI

Implementation Grant. All grants will be

made under the program authority of

the Public Health Service Act, Title XII,

Section 1252 (42 U.S.C. 300d–52), as

amended, and will be administered by

the Maternal and Child Health Bureau

(MCHB), HRSA. Awards for TBI

Planning Grants (CFDA #93.234B) may

be approved for up to two years, and

range from $50,000 to $75,000. Awards

for TBI Post Demonstration Grants

(CFDA #93.234C) are available for only

one year, in amounts up to $100,000.

Funding for these grant categories

beyond FY 2001 is contingent upon the

availability of funds.

DATES: Entities which intend to submit

an application for this grant program are

expected to notify MCHB’s Division of

their intent by June 18, 2001. The

deadline for receipt of applications is

July 16, 2001. Applications will be

considered ‘‘on time’’ if they are either

received on or before the deadline date

or postmarked on or before the deadline

date. The projected award date is

September 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: To receive a complete

application kit, applicants may

telephone the HRSA Grants Application

Center at 1–877–477–2123 (1–877–

HRSA–123) beginning June 4, 2001, or

register on-line at: http://www.hrsa.gov/

_order3.htm directly. The Traumatic

Brain Injury State Grant Program uses

the standard Form PHS 5161–1 (rev. 7/

00) for applications (approved under

OMB No. 0920–0428). Applicants must

use Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) #93.234B when

requesting an application kit. The CFDA

is a Government-wide compendium of

enumerated Federal programs, project

services, and activities which provide

assistance. All applications must be

mailed or delivered to Grants

Management Officer, MCHB: HRSA

Grants Application Center, 1815 N. Fort

Meyer Drive, Suite 300, Arlington ,

Virginia 22209: telephone 1–877–477–

2123: E-mail: hrsagac@hrsa.gov.

Necessary application forms and an

expanded version of this Federal

Register notice may be downloaded in

either Microsoft Office 2000 or Adobe

Acrobat format (.pdf) from the MCHB

Home Page at http://

www.mchb.hrsa.gov. Please contact Joni

Johns, at 301/443–2088, or

jjohns@hrsa.gov/, if you need technical

assistance in accessing the MCHB Home

Page via the Internet.

This notice will appear in the Federal

Register and or HRSA Home Page at

http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/. Federal

Register notices are found on the World

Wide Web by following instructions at:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/

aces/aces140.html.

Letter of Intent: Notification of intent

to apply should be directed to Betty

Hastings, M.S.W., by email,

bhastings@hrsa.gov/; or mail, MCHB,

HRSA; Division of Child, Adolescent

and Family Health, Parklawn Building,

Room 18A–38; 5600 Fishers Lane;

Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty Hastings, M.S.W., 301/443–5599,

or email: bhastings@hrsa.gov/ (for

questions specific to project objectives

and activities of the program; or the

required Letter of Intent); Marilyn

Stewart, 301/443–1440, email

mstewart@hrsa.gov/ (for grants policy,

budgetary, and business questions).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Traumatic

brain injury (i.e., cranio-cerebral head

trauma) is an occurrence of injury to the

head arising from blunt or penetrating

trauma or from accelerationdeceleration forces that is associated

with any of these symptoms or signs

attributed to the injury: Decreased level

of consciousness, amnesia, other

neurologic or neuropsychologic

abnormalities, skull fracture, diagnosed

intracranial lesions, or death.

Motor vehicle crashes, falls, violence,

and sports injuries are the major causes

of TBI; the number one killer and cause

of disability for young people in the

United States. The Centers of Disease

Control and Prevention has found that

approximately 5.3 million Americans

live with the effects of TBI. About half

the estimated 1.9 million Americans

who experience TBI each year incur at

least short-term disability; 52,000

people die as a result of their injuries

and more than 90,000 people sustain

severe brain injuries leading to

debilitating loss of function. The direct

medical costs for treatment of TBI have

been estimated at more than $4 billion

annually.

In 1996, Public Law 104–166

established a program of grants to States

to carry out TBI demonstration projects

to increase access to rehabilitation,

employment, education, and other longterm community support services, in

addition to health and medical services.

State Grants for TBI support projects

by States to implement statewide

systems, ensuring access to

comprehensive and coordinated TBI

Services. These projects are successfully

bringing together representatives of

relevant State agencies, disciplines,

organizations, and consumers.

Until FY 2001, two categories of TBI

demonstration grant programs were

available—State TBI Planning Grants

and State TBI Implementation Grants.

To date, 31 States and the District of

Columbia have received basic planning

support to establish the necessary

infrastructure core capacity components

needed to develop an Action Plan to

improve the State’s TBI service system.

State TBI planning grantees develop

four ‘‘core capacity’’ components,

identified as the essential elements in

any plan for State implementation of a

TBI service system. These include: (1) A

statewide TBI Advisory Board; (2)

Designated State agency and staff

position(s) responsible for State TBI

activities; (3) a statewide needs/resource

assessment to address the full spectrum

of services from initial acute treatment

through rehabilitation and long-term

community services for individuals

with TBI; and (4) a statewide Action

Plan to develop a comprehensive,

community-based system of care that

encompasses physical, psychological,

educational, vocational, and social

aspects of TBI services. This Action

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Plan must also address the needs of

individuals with TBI and their families.

State TBI Implementation Grants have

been used to help States move toward

a statewide system that will assure

access to comprehensive and

coordinated services for people with

TBI. Through implementation grants,

States focus on the key priorities

identified in their statewide action

plans. Since FY 1997, 26 States have

received Implementation Grants, which

have addressed the following initiatives

within the program: (1) Leadership in

integrating individuals with TBI and

their families into the broader service

delivery system; (2) Human resources,

personnel, training, and education on

TBI issues; (3) Data collection,

evaluation, and information

management to improve delivery of TBI

services; (4) Public information and

education regarding TBI issues; (5) and

Coordination with other public health

and disability community services.

As part of the reauthorization of the

TBI program, in the Children’s Health

Act of 2000, a third grant category has

been established—Post Demonstration

Grants for States which have

successfully completed a TBI

Implementation Grant. The purpose of

these grants is to continue the systems

development efforts begun by an

Implementation Grant. These new

grants will address issues that will

encompass specific State capacity

building initiatives to contribute to

sustainable change in the system of

community services and supports that

reflect the best practices in the field of

traumatic brain injury.

This Notices announces availability of

funds only for TBI Planning Grants and

TBI Post Demonstration Grants. No

awards will be made through the Notice

for TBI Implementation Grants in FY

2001.

Authorization: Public Health Service

Act, Title XII, Section 1252, 42 U.S.C.

300d–52, as amended by Public Law

106–310, Section 1304.

Purpose: The purpose of the TBI grant

program is to improve access,

availability, appropriateness and the

acceptability of health and other

services for people who have sustained

a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and their

families, through funding systems

change initiatives. State TBI Planning

Grants provide funds to assist States in

developing infrastructure in the four

identified ‘‘core capacity’’ components

identified above. State TBI Post

Demonstration Grants provide funds for

capacity-building initiatives to

contribute to sustainable change in their

systems of community services and

supports that reflect best practices.

Eligibility: For all TBI grants, State

governments are the only eligible

applicants for funding. It is understood

that applications for a TBI PostDemonstration Grant will come from the

State agency designated as the lead for

TBI services; the State must have

completed a three-year State TBI

Implementation Demonstration Grant.

Funding Level/Project Period:

Approximately $525,000 is available in

FY 2001 to support seven State TBI

State Planning awards, at $75,000 per

award, for project periods of up to two

years. Approximately $700,000 is

available in FY 2001 to support seven

TBI State Post Demonstration awards, at

$100,000 per award, for a one-year

project period. For each award, the State

must contribute, in cash or in kind

(including plant, equipment and

services), not less than $1 for each $2 of

Federal funds provided under the TBI

State Grants. Amounts provided by the

Federal Government, or services

assisted or subsidized to any significant

extent by the Federal Government, may

not be included in the amount of such

contributions.

The initial budget period for TBI

Planning Grants is expected to be 12

months, with any subsequent budget

period being 12 months. Continuation of

any TBI project from one budget period

to the next is subject to satisfactory

performance, availability of funds, and

program priorities.

Review Criteria: Applications will be

reviewed using criteria covering the

following areas:

(1) State Planning Grants:

(a) The strength of the plan to develop

a statewide Advisory Board.

(b) The adequacy of the State’s

methodology to develop the four ‘‘core

capacity’’ components.

(c) The comprehensiveness of the

approach to collaboration and

partnership.

(d) The adequacy of the organizational

and management plan.

(2) Post Demonstration Grants:

(a) The capabilities of the designated

State lead agency.

(b) The adequacy of the involvement

of the statewide Advisory Board.

(c) The strength of the statewide TBI

Action Plan in addressing community

services and supports that reflect the

best practice in the field of traumatic

brain injury.

(d) The State’s capacity building

efforts.

Final criteria used to review and rank

applications for this competition are

included in the application kit.

Applicants should pay strict attention to

addressing these criteria, as they are the

basis upon which their applications will

be judged.

Executive Order 12372: This program

has been determined to be a program

which is subject to the provisions of

Executive Order 12372 concerning

intergovernmental review of Federal

programs by appropriate health

planning agencies, as implemented by

45 CFR Part 100. Executive Order 12372

allows States the option of setting up a

system for reviewing applications from

within their States for assistance under

certain Federal programs. The

application packages to be made

available under this notice will contain

a listing of States which have chosen to

set up such a review system and will

provide a single point of contact (SPOC)

in the States for review. Applicants

(other than federally-recognized Indian

tribal governments) should contact their

State SPOCs as early as possible to alert

them to the prospective applications

and receive any necessary instructions

on the State process. For proposed

projects serving more than one State, the

applicant is advised to contact the SPOC

of each affected State. The due date for

State process recommendations is 60

days after the application deadline for

new and competing awards. The

granting agency does not guarantee to

‘‘accommodate or explain’’ for State

process recommendations it receives

after that date. (See Part 148,

Intergovernmental Review of PHS

Programs under Executive Order 12372

and 45 CFR Part 100 for a description

of the review process and requirements).

Dated: May 31, 2001.

Elizabeth M. Duke,

Acting Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 4160–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4644–N–23]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

To Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Clifford Taffet, room 7266, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington,