[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 180 (Thursday, September 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55859-55860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23357]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Alliance for Innovation on Maternal and Child Health Cooperative
Agreement
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Single-Case Deviation from Competition Requirement
for the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal and Child Health
Cooperative Agreement at the Association of State and Territorial
Health Officials, Grant Number UC4MC28036.
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SUMMARY: HRSA announces the award of a program expansion supplement in
the amount of $100,000 for the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal and
Child Health (AIM) cooperative agreement. The purpose of the AIM
cooperative agreement, as stated in the funding
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opportunity announcement (FOA), is to expand access to care for the
maternal and child health (MCH) populations through the following
program focus areas: (1) Ensuring continuity of coverage and care for
pregnant women and children; (2) improving systems of care for children
with special health care needs; and (3) promoting the use of Bright
Futures Guidelines for all children. The program expansion supplement
will provide funds to the Association of State and Territorial State
Health Officials (ASTHO), the cooperative agreement awardee, during the
budget period of September 30, 2015, through September 29, 2016, to
provide targeted technical assistance to two States at risk for rapid
transmission of HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) through injection drug
use, to build capacity and expand access to care, document and share
best practices with other State Health Officials also seeking to
prevent HIV and HCV infection through injection drug use.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Intended Recipient of the Award: The
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Amount of the Non-Competitive Award: $100,000
CFDA Number: 93.110
Current Project Period: 9/30/2014-9/29/2017
Period of Supplemental Funding: 9/30/2015-9/29/2016
Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, Sec. 501(a)(2) (42
U.S.C. 701(a)(2)).
Justification: On April 24, 2015, the Governor of Indiana declared
a public health disaster emergency in Scott County, Indiana,
attributable to the HIV epidemic in that county. On the same day, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Alert
Network Advisory to inform other public health departments and
healthcare providers of the possibility of HIV outbreaks among persons
who inject drugs and to provide guidance to assist in the
identification and prevention of such outbreaks. As of August 28, 2015,
the Indiana outbreak is now 181 (177 confirmed and 4 presumptive
positive) adult and adolescent HIV infections, including a small number
of pregnant women. Though there are HIV prevention best practices to
inform States, additional innovative practices are needed to reach
women of child-bearing age, adolescents, and young adults within high
risk counties, which do not routinely access health care.
As stated in the FOA, the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal and
Child Health (AIM) is a Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
collaborative program of awardee organizations for the purpose of
expanding access to care for the maternal and child health (MCH)
populations. Per the FOA, AIM Collaborative Engagement awardees are
responsible for engaging key State agencies and offices (i.e., Public
Health and Medicaid) in AIM activities and raising awareness of best
practices.
In 2014, following objective review of its application, HRSA
awarded the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
(ASTHO) cooperative agreement funding as an AIM Collaborative
Engagement program. If approved, this would be the first program
expansion supplement for this cooperative agreement.
ASTHO is the national nonprofit organization representing public
health agencies in the United States, the U.S. Territories, the
District of Columbia, and over 100,000 public health professionals
these agencies employ. As part of its AIM cooperative agreement, ASTHO
identifies and disseminates best practices to meet the needs of MCH
populations. At the time of the FOA and application, expanding access
to care among high risk populations to prevent HIV infection through
injection drug use was not yet identified as a need of MCH populations.
As such, the FOA and application did not address it.
To meet this emerging need, ASTHO submitted a prior approval
request to expand the scope of its AIM cooperative agreement award to
work with States at risk for rapid transmission of HIV and HCV through
injection drug use. ASTHO, working with MCHB, would provide targeted
technical assistance to two states to build capacity and expand access
to care among high risk populations to prevent HIV and HCV infection
through injection drug use. ASTHO would also document and share best
practices and other technical assistance resources from the two
targeted states to its network of State Health Officials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sylvia Sosa, MSc, Office of Policy and
Planning, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18W25D, Rockville,
Maryland 20857; [email protected].
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FY 2015
FY 2015 Estimated
Grantee/organization name Grant number State Authorized supplemental
funding level funding
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The Association of State and UC4MC28036.......... VA.................. $350,000 $100,000
Territorial Health Officials.
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Dated: September 11, 2015.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-23357 Filed 9-16-15; 8:45 am]
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