[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52344-52345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20845]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Class Deviation from Competition Requirements for
Delta States Rural Development Network Grant Program.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) is announcing
supplemental awards to the current Delta States Rural Development
Network Grant Program (Delta States) grantees. The supplemental funds
will allow current Delta grantees to implement outreach and enrollment
activities to the rural uninsured in the Mississippi Delta for the next
Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace open
enrollment period (November 15, 2014--February 15, 2015). In addition,
it will help educate the newly insured about the insurance and benefits
they can now access as a result of enrolling during the initial Health
Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period. The overarching goals of
this supplemental funding are to: (1) increase the number of uninsured
educated about their coverage options, (2) increase the number of
uninsured enrolled into the Health Insurance Marketplaces or other
available sources of insurance, such as Medicaid and the Children's
Health Insurance Program, and (3) increase the number of newly insured
individuals educated about the benefits and primary care and
preventative services to which they now have access.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: Current Delta States Grantees
[Quantity: 12]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Maximum
Grant No. Grantee City State funding
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D60RH25764........................ Tombigbee Healthcare Demopolis............ AL $25,000
Authority.
D60RH25754........................ Arcare............... Augusta.............. AR 25,000
D60RH25757........................ Greater Delta Lake Village......... AR 25,000
Alliance for Health.
D60RH25763........................ Southern Illinois Carbondale........... IL 25,000
University.
D60RH25765........................ Baptist Health Madisonville......... KY 25,000
Madisonville, INC.,.
D60RH25758........................ The Health Enrichment Oakdale.............. LA 25,000
Network.
D60RH25762........................ Parish of Richland... Delhi................ LA 25,000
D60RH25758........................ Big Springs Medical Ellington............ MO 25,000
Assoc.
D60RH25760........................ County of Mississippi Charleston........... MO 25,000
D60RH25756........................ Delta State Cleveland............ MS 25,000
University.
D60RH25759........................ Jefferson Fayette.............. MS 25,000
Comprehensive Health
Center.
D60RH25761........................ Paris-Henry County Paris................ TN 25,000
Health Care
Foundation.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amount of Non-Competitive Awards: $25,000/award
Period of Supplemental Funding: September 15, 2014--July 31, 2015
CFDA Number: 93.912
Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 330A (e) (42
U.S.C. 254(c)), as amended.
Justification: A greater proportion of rural residents lack health
insurance in comparison to urban residents. With millions still
uninsured, this supplemental funding will allow current Delta States
grantees an opportunity to specifically employ and tailor ACA outreach
and enrollment efforts to the uninsured population in rural Delta
communities for the upcoming Health Insurance Marketplace open
enrollment period (November 15, 2014--February 15, 2015). Additionally,
Delta States grantees will be able help educate the newly insured rural
Americans about the health insurance coverage and care to which they
now have access.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CAPT Valerie A. Darden, MHS,
[[Page 52345]]
Community Based Division, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health
Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17W29C,
Rockville, MD 20857, phone: (301) 443-0837, or email: [email protected].
Dated: August 25, 2014.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014-20845 Filed 9-2-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4165-15-P