[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-04460]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Notice of Intent To Award a Single Source Non-Competing
Continuation Cooperative Agreement to Amputee Coalition
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is proud to
announce the Center for Improved Health of Persons with Limb Loss (Limb
Loss Program) is moving to ACL as a result of the 2015 budget recently
signed by President Obama.
The Limb Loss Program supports a national resource center and
related activities that provides comprehensive information and
resources to assist individuals and families dealing with Limb Loss.
The Limb Loss Program currently operates through a cooperative
agreement between the Amputee Coalition and the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC). ACL will be working with the CDC on transitioning the
program to ACL.
Program Name: Limb Loss Program
Award Amount: $2,730,000
Project Period: 4/1/2015 to 3/31/2016
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Statutory Authority: This program is authorized under Section
317 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247(b-4));
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public
Law 113-235 (Dec. 16, 2014).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.325
Discretionary Projects
DATES: Estimated Project Period--April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016.
I. Program Description
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to continue existing
activities to promote health, wellness and the adoption of healthy
behaviors with the objective of preventing and/or reducing chronic
conditions associated with limb loss. The grantee will continue to use
both traditional and innovative approaches that will educate and inform
people with disabilities, their family members, health care providers,
policy makers, community members, and the general public.
Justification: The Limb Loss Program currently operates through a
cooperative agreement between the Amputee Coalition and the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC). ACL will be working with the CDC on
transitioning the program to ACL. To ensure uninterrupted continuation
of the grant goals and objectives, ACL plans to issue a one year non-
competing award to the incumbent Limb Loss Program grantee, Amputee
Coalition.
II. Agency Contact
For further information or comments regarding this action, contact
Ophelia M. McLain, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Community Living, Administration on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities, Office of Innovation, One Massachusetts
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20001; telephone (202) 690-7025; fax (202)
357-3560; email [email protected].
Dated: February 26, 2015.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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