[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 30951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13194]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Part C Early Intervention Services Grant Under the Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Non-Competitive One-Time Program Expansion Supplement 
Award of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, Part C Funds for the Tutwiler 
Clinic.

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SUMMARY: HRSA will award non-competitively Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, 
Part C funds to the Tutwiler Clinic, Tutwiler, Mississippi, to support 
comprehensive primary care services for persons living with HIV/AIDS, 
including primary medical care, laboratory testing, oral health care, 
outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment, specialty and 
subspecialty care, referrals for health and support services and 
adherence monitoring/education services in order to ensure continuity 
of critical HIV medical care and treatment services, and to avoid a 
disruption of HIV clinical care to clients in Marks, Mississippi, and 
the surrounding counties.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Grantee of record: Deporres Delta Ministries, Marks, Mississippi.
    Intended recipient of the award: Tutwiler Clinic, Tutwiler, 
Mississippi.
    Amount of the award: $178,579 to ensure ongoing clinical services 
to the target population.

    Authority:  Section 2651 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 
U.S.C. 300ff-51.

    CFDA Number: 93.918.
    Project period: July 1, 2010, extended to December 31, 2011, and 
the period of support for this award is from July 1, 2011 to December 
31, 2011.

Justification for the Exception to Competition

    Critical funding for HIV medical care and treatment services to 
clients in the Delta area of Mississippi will be continued through a 
non-competitive one-time program expansion supplement award to the 
Tutwiler Clinic, because it has the fiscal and administrative 
infrastructure to administer the Part C Grant. The Tutwiler Clinic will 
contract with the Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, 
Clarksdale, Mississippi, which will be taking over the clinic, 
providers, and staff of Deporres Delta Ministries, and continue 
providing medical and HIV care in Marks, Mississippi. The Northwest 
Mississippi Regional Medical Center is the only available provider of 
quality HIV services, and it has the resources the Tutwiler Clinic 
needs in order to provide quality HIV care. This is a temporary 
replacement award, as the previous grant recipient serving this 
population notified the Health Resources and Services Administration 
(HRSA) that it could not continue providing services. HRSA's HIV/AIDS 
Bureau identified the Tutwiler Clinic as the best qualified entity for 
this temporary grant. The Tutwiler Clinic, contracting with the 
Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, can ensure comprehensive 
services are provided including primary medical care including 
antiretroviral therapies, prevention education and medication adherence 
teaching, mental health referrals, substance abuse, and dental 
services, as well as on-site medical HIV case management services. The 
additional funding will provide support to retain the targeted 
population in care, and the Tutwiler Clinic, with the Northwest 
Mississippi Regional Medical Center, will be able to provide critical 
services, with the least amount of disruption to the service population 
while the service area is re-competed.
    This non-competitive one-time program expansion supplement award 
will cover the time period from July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. 
This service area will be included in the upcoming competition for the 
Part C HIV Early Intervention Services for project periods starting 
January 1, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dora Ober, by e-mail, [email protected], 
or by phone, 301-443-0759.

    Dated: May 23, 2011.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-13194 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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