[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18557-18558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07340]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Technical Assistance: Senior Legal Helplines and Model Approaches
to Statewide Legal Assistance Systems
SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing
the application deadline and a single case deviation from maximum
competition for Technical Assistance (TA) grants providing support to
Senior Legal Helplines (SLH) and Model Approaches to Statewide Legal
Assistance Systems (Model Approaches) projects under Section 420(a)(2)
of the Older Americans Act (OAA). The two (2) TA grants provide focused
resource support specifically to SLHs and Model Approaches
demonstration projects involved in improving the quality, cost
effectiveness, and accessibility of legal assistance and elder rights
protections provided to older people. The purpose of this deviation is
to award a 4th year non-competing continuation to TA grants, with a
three (3) year budget period set to expire May 31, 2014, so that: (1)
Stakeholder input can be obtained on the resource support needs of
legal and aging/disability service providers across the country; and
(2) the current focus of the TA grants can be better directed to
support and advance ACL activities anticipated in FY15 in the area of
elder rights and elder abuse prevention.
Program Name: National Legal Assistance and Support--National Legal
Resource Center.
Award Amount: $214,636 ($143,000/$71,636 per grantee).
Project Period: 6/1/2011 to 5/31/2015.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Statutory Authority: Title IV of OAA (42 U.S.C. 3032), as
amended by the OAA Amendments of 2006, Pub. L. 109-365.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048
Discretionary Projects
DATES:
Application Submission deadline: May 5, 2014.
The anticipated budget period start date is June 1, 2014.
I. Program Description
Technical Assistance (TA) grants directed towards legal systems
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development efforts provide tailored resource support to Senior Legal
Helplines (SLH) and Model Approaches to Statewide Legal Assistance
Systems (Model Approaches) projects across the country. Model
Approaches grants promote the creation of legal services delivery
systems that incorporate SLHs (and other low-cost service delivery
mechanisms) into the broader tapestry of Title III-B legal services,
and other available legal resources. Specifically, the TA grant
directed to SLHs provides resource support for various aspects of
helpline legal service delivery, including the development of
reporting/data collection systems, case management systems, targeting
and outreach strategies, and integration strategies that incorporate
SLHs into the broader tapestry of legal service delivery in each Model
Approaches state. The TA grant directed to the systems enhancement
objectives of Model Approaches Phase I and Phase II projects provides
resource support on the development of needs and capacity assessments,
reporting/data collection systems and outcomes measures used to
determine the impact of legal services, and the development of legal
service delivery standards/guidelines that promote quality and
consistent statewide legal service delivery.
II. Justification for The Exception to Competition
As with the grants comprising the National Legal Resource Center,
it is important to assess the effectiveness of TA grants in helping
states meet increasing challenges in the development and maintenance of
``high capacity'' statewide legal service delivery systems. To this
end, ACL would like to accomplish two goals this year: (1) Obtain
stakeholder input on the resource support needs of legal and aging/
disability service providers across the country and the ability to meet
those needs through focused TA grants; and (2) establish how best to
direct the current objectives of the TA grants towards advancing
anticipated ACL FY 15 activities related to elder rights and elder
abuse prevention.
III. Eligible Applicants
Incumbent TA grantees with award expiration dates of 5/31/14.
IV. Evaluation Criteria
Information previously provided in semi-annual reports, as well as
information in the non-competing extension application will be
considered to determine satisfactory progress of the grantee project
and ensure that proposed activities are within the approved scope and
budget of the grant. Areas that will be evaluated include:
A. Project Relevance & Current Need
B. Approach
C. Budget
D. Project Impact
E. Organizational Capacity
V. Application and Submission Requirements
A. SF 424--Application for Federal Assistance
B. SF 424A--Budget Information
C. Separate Budget Narrative/Justification
D. SF 424B--Assurances. Note: Be sure to complete this form
according to instructions and have it signed and dated by the
authorized representative (see item 18d of the SF 424).
E. Lobbying Certification
F. Program narrative--no more than 10 pages.
G. Work Plan
H. Incumbent grantees will be required to access the non-competing
application kit in GrantSolutions.gov to submit all materials for this
application.
VI. Application Review Information
Applications will be objectively reviewed by Federal staff
utilizing the criteria listed above in Section III.
VII. Agency Contact
For further information or comments regarding this program
expansion supplement, contact Omar Valverde, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Administration for Community Living, Administration
on Aging, Office of Elder Rights, One Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20001; telephone (202) 357-3515; fax (202) 357-3549;
email [email protected].
Dated: March 27, 2014.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2014-07340 Filed 4-1-14; 8:45 am]
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