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DMEPOS regional carriers’ performance

and has no major impact on public

interest. Therefore, we believe that

publication of a proposal is

unnecessary, and we find good cause to

waive the procedure.

We also normally provide a delay of

30 days in the effective date. However,

if adherence to this procedure would be

impractical, unnecessary, or contrary to

public interest, we may waive the delay

in the effective date. As a practical

matter, if we allowed a 30-day delay in

the effective date of this notice, those

DMEPOS regional carriers would not be

in compliance with the performance

standards for fiscal year 1996. This

would be contrary to public interest.

Therefore, we find good cause to waive

the usual 30-day delay in the effective

date.

In accordance with the provisions of

Executive Order 12866, this notice was

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget.

Authority: Section 1842(b) of the Social

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u).

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.778, Medical Assistance

Program; No. 93.773, Medicare—Hospital

Insurance Program; and No. 93.774,

Medicare—Supplementary Medical

Insurance Program)

Dated: August 14, 1995.

Bruce C. Vladeck,

Administrator, Health Care Financing

Administration.

Note: This document was received at the

Office of the Federal Register on January 22,

1996.

[FR Doc. 96–1262 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Program Announcement for Grants for

Family Medicine Training for Fiscal

Year 1996

The Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) announces that

applications will be accepted for fiscal

year (FY) 1996 Grants for Family

Medicine Training funded under the

authority of section 747 (a) and (b), title

VII of the Public Health Service Act (the

Act), as amended by the, Health

Professions Education Extension

Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102–408,

dated October 13, 1992. These grant

programs include:

Grants for Predoctoral Training in

Family Medicine

Grants for Establishment of Departments

of Family Medicine

This program announcement is

subject to reauthorization of the

legislative authority and to the

appropriation of funds. Applicants are

advised that this program

announcement is a contingency action

being taken to assure that should

authority and funds become available

for this purpose, they can be awarded in

a timely fashion consistent with the

needs of the program as well as to

provide for even distribution of funds

throughout the fiscal years. At this time,

given a continuing resolution and the

absence of FY 1996 appropriations for

title VII programs, the amount of

available funding for these specific grant

programs cannot be estimated.

Grants for Predoctoral Training in

Family Medicine

Purpose: Section 747(a) of the Public

Health Service Act authorizes the award

of grants to assist in meeting the cost of

planning, developing and operating or

participating in approved predoctoral

training programs in the field of family

medicine. Grants may include support

for the program only or support for both

the program and the trainees.

Eligibility: Eligible applicants are

accredited public or nonprofit private

schools of medicine or osteopathic

medicine.

Grants for Establishment of

Departments of Family Medicine

Purpose: Section 747(b) of the PHS

Act authorizes support to meet the costs

of projects to establish, maintain, or

improve family medicine academic

administrative units (which may be

departments, divisions, or other units)

to provide clinical instruction in family

medicine. Funds awarded will be used

to: (1) plan and develop model

educational predoctoral, faculty

development and graduate medical

education programs in family medicine

which will meet the requirements of

section 747(a), by the end of the project

period of section 747(b) support; and (2)

support academic and clinical activities

relevant to the field of family medicine.

The program may also assist schools

to strengthen the administrative base

and structure that is responsible for the

planning, direction, organization,

coordination, and evaluation of all

undergraduate and graduate family

medicine activities. Funds are to

complement rather than duplicate

programmatic activities for actual

operation of family medicine training

programs under section 747(a).

Eligibility: To be eligible to receive

support for this grant program, the

applicant must be a public, or nonprofit

private, accredited school of medicine

or osteopathic medicine.

National Health Objectives for the Year

2000

The Public Health Service urges

applicants to submit work plans that

address specific objectives of Healthy

People 2000. Potential applicants may

obtain a copy of Healthy People 2000

(Full Report; Stock No. 017–001–00474–

0) or Healthy People 2000 (Summary

Report; Stock No. 017–001–00473–1)

through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, D.C. 20402–9325

(Telephone 202–783–3238).

Education and Service Linkage

As part of its long-range planning,

HRSA will be targeting its efforts to

strengthening linkages between U.S.

Public Health Service education

programs and programs which provide

comprehensive primary care services to

the underserved.

Smoke-Free Workplace

The Public Health Service strongly

encourages all grant recipients to

provide a smoke-free workplace and to

promote the non-use of all tobacco

products and Public Law 103–227, the

Pro-Children Act of 1994, prohibits

smoking in certain facilities that receive

Federal funds in which education,

library, day care, health care, and early

childhood development services are

provided to children.

Review Criteria

The following review criteria were

established in 42 CFR part 57, subparts

Q and R, and following public comment

at 60 FR 2976, dated January 12, 1995.

1. The administrative and

management ability of the applicant to

carry out the proposed project in a costeffective manner.

2. The potential of the project to

continue on a self-sustaining basis after

the period of grant support.

3. The degree to which the proposed

project adequately provides for the

project requirements.

4. Potential effectiveness of the

proposed project in carrying out the

training purposes of section 747 of the

PHS Act.

Weighted indicators were also

established for these review criteria

following public comment at 60 FR

2976, dated January 12, 1995.

Other Considerations

In addition, funding factors may be

applied in determining funding of

approved applications. A funding

preference is defined as the funding of

a specific category or group of approved

applicants ahead of other categories or
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groups of approved applications in a

discretionary program, or favorable

adjustment of the formula which

determines the grant award in a formula

grant program. It is not required that

applicants request consideration for a

funding factor. Applications which do

not request consideration for funding

factors will be reviewed and given full

consideration for funding.

Statutory General Preference

All of the Family Medicine Training

grant programs are subject to the

statutory general preference. As

provided in section 791(a) of the PHS

Act, statutory preference will be given

to any qualified applicant that—

(A) has a high rate for placing

graduates in practice settings having the

principal focus of serving residents of

medically underserved communities; or

(B) during the 2-year period preceding

the fiscal year for which such an award

is sought, has achieved a significant

increase in the rate of placing graduates

in such settings.

This statutory preference will only be

applied to applications that rank above

the 20th percentile of proposals

recommended for approval by the peer

view group.

For Grants for Predoctoral Training in

Family Medicine, the following

definitions apply: ‘‘High rate’’ is defined

as a minimum of 20 percent of graduates

of the medical school in academic year

1990–91 or 1991–92.

‘‘Significant increase in the rate’’

means that the rate of placing academic

year 1991–92 graduates in the specified

settings is at least 50 percent higher

than the rate of placing academic year

1990–91 graduates in such settings and

that not less than 15 percent of

academic year 1991–92 graduates are

working in these areas. Academic years

1990–91 and 1991–92 are used because

they are the two most recent years that

medical school graduates would have

entered practice following the

completion of residency training.

For Grants for the Establishment of

Departments of Family Medicine, the

following definitions apply: ‘‘High rate’’

means that 20 percent of all graduates

of the medical school in 1991 or 1992,

whichever is greater, are spending at

least 50 percent of their work time in

clinical practice in the specified

settings.

‘‘Significant increase in the rate’’

means that, between academic years

1993–94 and 1994–95, the rate of

placing 1991 or 1992 graduates in the

specified settings has increased by at

least 50 percent and that not less than

15 percent of graduates from the most

recent year (1992) are working in these

settings.

Additional general information

regarding the implementation of the

statutory general preference has been

published in the Federal Register at 59

FR 15741, dated April 4, 1994.

Additional Statutory Funding

Preference for Grants for the

Establishment of Departments of Family

Medicine

An additional statutory funding

preference applies only to Grants for the

Establishment of Departments of Family

Medicine. Under section 747(b), a

funding preference is provided for

qualified applicants that agree to

expend the award for the purpose of: (1)

Establishing an academic administrative

unit defined as a department, division,

or other unit, for programs in family

medicine; or (2) substantially expanding

the programs of such a unit.

Information Requirements Provision

All of the Family Medicine Training

grant programs are subject to the

information requirements provision.

Under section 791(b) of the Act, the

Secretary may make an award under

certain title VII grant programs only if

the applicant for the award submits to

the Secretary the following required

information:

1. A description of rotations or

preceptorships for students, or clinical

training programs for residents, that

have the principal focus of providing

health care to medically underserved

communities.

2. The number of faculty on

admissions committees who have a

clinical practice in community-based

ambulatory settings in medically

underserved communities.

3. With respect to individuals who are

from disadvantaged backgrounds or

from medically underserved

communities, the number of such

individuals who are recruited for

academic programs of the applicant, the

number of such individuals who are

admitted to such programs, and the

number of such individuals who

graduate from such programs.

4. If applicable, the number of recent

graduates who have chosen careers in

primary health care.

5. The number of recent graduates

whose practices are serving medically

underserved communities.

6. A description of whether and to

what extent the applicant is able to

operate without Federal assistance

under this title.

Additional details concerning the

implementation of this information

requirement have been published in the

Federal Register at 58 FR 43642, dated

August 17, 1993, and will be provided

in the application materials.

Application Availability

Application materials are available on

the World Wide Web at address: http:/

/www.os.dhhs.gov/hrsa/. Click on the

file name you want to download to your

computer. It will be saved as a selfextracting WordPerfect 5.1 file. Once the

file is downloaded to the applicant’s PC,

it will still be in a compressed state. To

decompress the file, go to the directory

where the file has been downloaded and

type in the file name followed by a

<return>. The file will expand to a

WordPerfect 5.1 file. Applicants are

strongly encouraged to obtain

application materials from the World

Wide Web via the Internet.

However, for applicants which do not

have Internet capability, application

materials are also available on the BHPr

BBS. Use your computer and modem to

call (301) 443–5913. Set your modem

parameters to 2400 baud, parity to none,

data bits to 8, and stop bits to 1. Set your

terminal emulation to ANSI or VT–100.

Once you have accessed the BHPr

Bulletin Board, you will be asked for

your first and last name. It will also ask

you to choose a password. REMEMBER

YOUR PASSWORD! The first time you

log on you ‘‘register’’ by answering a

number of other questions. The next

time you log on, BHPr’s Bulletin Board

will know you.

Press (F) for the (F)iles Menu and (L)

to (L)ist Files. Press (L) again to see a list

of numbered file areas. To see a list of

files in any area, type the number

corresponding to that area. Competitive

application materials for grant programs

administered by the Bureau of Health

Professions are located in the File Area

item ‘‘B’’ title Grants Announcements.

To (R)ead a file or (D)ownload a file,

you need to know its exact name as

listed on BHPr’s Bulletin Board. Press

(R) to (R)ead a file and type the name

of the file. Press (D) to (D)ownload a file

to your computer. You need to know

how your communications software

accomplishes downloading.

When you have completed your tour

of BHPr’s Bulletin Board for this

session, press (G) for (G)oodbye and

press <enter>.

If you have difficulty accessing the

BHPr BBS, please try the Internet

address listed above. If you do not have

Internet capability and need assistance

in accessing the BHPr BBS or technical

assistance with any aspect of the BHPr

BBS, please call Mr. Larry DiGiulio,

Systems Operator for BHPr BBS at (301)

443–2850 or

‘‘ldigiuli@hrsa.ssw.dhhs.gov’’.
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Questions regarding grants policy and

business management issues should be

directed to Mrs. Brenda Selser, Chief,

Residency and Advanced Grants

Sections (bselser@hrsa.ssw.dhhs.gov),

Grants Management Branch, Bureau of

Health Professions, Health Resources

and Services Administration, Parklawn

Building, Room 8C–26, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. If you

are unable to obtain the application

materials electronically, you may obtain

application materials in the mail by

sending a written request to the Grants

Management Branch at the address

above. Written requests may also be sent

via FAX (301) 443–6343 or via the

Internet address listed above.

Completed applications should be

returned to the Grants Management

Branch at the above address.

If additional programmatic

information is needed, please contact

the Division of Medicine, Bureau of

Health Professions, Health Resources

and Services Administration, Parklawn

Building, Room 9A–20, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Please

see Table 1 for specific names and

phone numbers for each grant program.

TABLE 1

PHS title VII section number/program title

CFDA No. program regulations

Period of

support

Grants management contact/

Phone No. (e-mail:

bselser@hrsa.ssw.dhhs.gov)

(FAX: 443–6343)

Programmatic contact/ phone

No. (FAX: 443–8890)

Deadline date

for competing

applications

747: Predoctoral Training in FM, 93.896, 42

CFR part 57, subpart Q.

3 years ......... Mrs. Brenda Selser, (301)

443–6960.

Mrs. Betty Ball, (301) 443–

1467.

Mar. 15, 1996.

747: Departments of FM, 93.984, 42 CFR

part 57, subpart R.

3 years ......... Mrs. Brenda Selser, (301)

443–6960.

Mrs. Shelby Biedenkapp,

(301) 443–1467.

Mar. 29, 1996.

Paperwork Reduction Act

The standard application form PHS

6025–1, HRSA Competing Training

Grant Application, General Instructions

and supplement for these grant

programs have been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget under

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The OMB

Clearance Number is 0915–0060.

Deadline Dates

The deadline date for receipt of

applications for each of these grant

programs is shown in Table 1.

Applications will be considered to be

‘‘on time’’ if they are either:

(1) Received on or before the

established deadline date, or

(2) Sent on or before the established

deadline date and received in time for

orderly processing. (Applicants should

request a legibly dated U.S. Postal

Service postmark or obtain a legibly

dated receipt from a commercial carrier

or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered

postmarks shall not be acceptable as

proof of timely mailing.)

Late applications not accepted for

processing will be returned to the

applicant. In addition, applications

which exceed the page limitation and/

or do not follow format instructions will

not be accepted for processing and will

be returned to the applicant.

These Grants for Family Medicine

Training are not subject to the

provisions of Executive Order 12372,

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs (as implemented through 45

CFR part 100). Also, these grant

programs are not subject to the Public

Health System Reporting Requirements.

Dated: January 11, 1996.

Ciro V. Sumaya,

Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 4160–15–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and

Development

[Docket No. FR–3778–N–69]

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:

Mark Johnston, room 7256, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202 708–1226; TDD

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 56 FR 23789 (May 24,

1991) and section 501 of the Stewart B.

McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42

U.S.C. 11411), as amended, HUD is

publishing this Notice to identify

Federal buildings and other real

property that HUD has reviewed for

suitability for use to assist the homeless.

The properties were reviewed using

information provided to HUD by

Federal landholding agencies regarding

unutilized and underutilized buildings

and real property controlled by such

agencies or by GSA regarding its

inventory of excess or surplus Federal

property. This Notice is also published

in order to comply with the December

12, 1988 Court Order in National

Coalition for the Homeless v. Veterans

Administration, No. 88–2503–OG

(D.D.C.).

Properties reviewed are listed in this

Notice according to the following

categories: Suitable/available, suitable/

unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and

unsuitable. The properties listed in the

three suitable categories have been

reviewed by the landholding agencies,

and each agency has transmitted to

HUD: (1) Its intention to make the

property available for use to assist the

homeless, (2) its intention to declare the

property excess to the agency’s needs, or

(3) a statement of the reasons that the

property cannot be declared excess or

made available for use as facilities to

assist the homeless.

Properties listed as suitable/available

will be available exclusively for

homeless use for a period of 60 days

from the date of this Notice. Homeless

assistance providers interested in any

such property should send a written

expression of interest to HHS, addressed

to Brian Rooney, Division of Health

Facilities Planning, U.S. Public Health

Service, HHS, room 17A–10, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857;

(301) 443–2265. (This is not a toll-free

number.) HHS will mail to the