[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 221 (Thursday, November 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69764-69765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22769]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging


Availability of Funding Opportunity Announcement

    Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: Title VI, Part B--Native 
Hawaiian Program.
    Announcement Type: Initial announcement.
    Funding Opportunity Number: Program Announcement No. AoA-06-01.
    Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act, Public Law 106-501.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.047, Title 
VI.
    Dates: The deadline date for the submission of applications is 
February 15, 2006.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    This announcement seeks applications for the provision of 
supportive and nutrition services to Native Hawaiian elders who are 60 
years of age or older. The Act provides that a public or nonprofit 
private organization having the capacity to provide services for Native 
Hawaiians is eligible for assistance under Title VI, Part B, if the 
organization will serve at least 50 Native Hawaiian individuals who 
have attained 60 years of age or older, and the organization 
demonstrates the ability to deliver supportive services and nutrition 
services.
    For the purposes of Title VI, Part B, the term ``Native Hawaiian'' 
means an individual any of whose ancestors were natives of the area, 
which consists of the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778. Nutritional 
services, and information and assistance services, are required by the 
Act. Nutrition services include congregate meals and home-delivered 
meals. Supportive services include information and assistance, 
transportation, chore services, and other supportive services, which 
contribute to the welfare of older Native Hawaiians. These services 
must be available for older Native Hawaiians living in the geographic 
boundaries of the Title VI, Part B, service area proposed by the 
applicant organization and approved by the Assistant Secretary for 
Aging.
    Organizations receiving funds to provide services to older Native 
Hawaiians shall assure that all activities will be conducted in 
coordination with the State Agency on Aging and with the activities 
carried out under Title III in the same geographical area. A detailed 
description of the funding opportunity may be found at www.aoa.gov 
under AoA Grant Programs--Funding Opportunities and 
www.olderindians.org.

II. Award Information

    1. Formula Grants.
    2. Distribution of funds among Native Hawaiian organizations is 
subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out Title VI. 
Funding levels for Fiscal Year 2005 range from $73,620 to $179,810. 
These amounts are an estimation for Fiscal Year 2006 funding and 
subject to change. As required by the OAA Section 624A, subject to the 
availability of appropriation, organizations who were grantees in 1992 
will not be funded less than the 1991 grant award. New applications 
will be funded pending availability of additional appropriations.

III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements

1. Eligible Applicants

    All current Title VI, Part B grantees and new applicants that are 
public or nonprofit private organizations having the capacity to 
provide services for Native Hawaiians are encouraged to apply.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    There is no required cost sharing or matching for these grants.

3. DUNS Number

    All grant applicants must obtain a DUNS number from Dun and 
Bradstreet. It is a nine-digit identification number, which provides 
unique identifiers of single business entities. The DUNS number is free 
and easy to obtain. Organizations can receive a DUNS number at no cost 
by calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS Number request line at 1-866-
705-5711 or by using this link: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/duns_num_guide.pdf.

4. Intergovernmental Review

    Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs, is not applicable to these grant applications.

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Address To Request Application Package

    Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of American 
Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian Programs, Washington, DC 
20201, or by calling 202/357-3537. Applications kits may also be found 
on www.AoA.gov or www.olderindians.org.

2. Address for Application Submission

    Applications may be mailed to the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management, 
Washington, DC 20201, attn: Margaret Tolson (AoA-06-01).
    Applications may be delivered (in person, via messenger) to the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 
Office of Grants Management, One Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 4604, 
Washington, DC 20001, attn: Margaret Tolson (AoA-06-01). If you elect 
to mail or hand deliver your application you must submit one original 
and two copies of the application; an acknowledgement card will be 
mailed to applicants.

3. Submission Dates and Times

    To receive consideration, applications must be received by the 
deadline listed in the Dates section of this notice.

V. Responsiveness Criteria

    Each application submitted will be screened to determine whether it 
was received by the closing date and time.
    Applications received by the closing date and time will be screened 
for completeness and conformity with the requirements outlined in 
Sections III and IV of this notice and the Program Announcement. Only 
complete applications that meet these requirements will be reviewed.

VI. Application Review Information

    Applications are reviewed to ensure that all required screening 
criteria and narrative information below is included:
    <bullet> Has the ability to provide nutrition and supportive 
services consistent with the Older American Act;
    <bullet> Has conducted a current Needs Assessment (or assurance 
that one will be completed within the first year of the project);
    <bullet> Describes coordination efforts with Title III programs in 
the same geographical area;

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    <bullet> Describes their current or proposed policies and 
procedures, including fiscal control;
    <bullet> Describes reporting and evaluation procedures;
    <bullet> Narrative description of the Title VI, Part B, service 
area. The area to be served by Title VI, Part B, must have clear 
geographic boundaries. There is no prohibition, however, on its 
overlapping with areas served by Title III.

VII. Agency Contacts

    Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department 
of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Yvonne Jackson, 
Director, Office of American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian 
Programs, Washington, DC 20201, telephone: (202) 357-3501.

    Dated: November 10, 2005.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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