[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57376-57377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24171]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C HIV Early Intervention
Services Program Existing Geographic Service Area
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) is requesting a class deviation from
the competition requirements in order to provide a one-year extension
with funds to nineteen Part C HIV Early Intervention Services Program
Existing Geographic Service Area (EISEGA) grantees. HAB is currently
evaluating the EISEGA program and intends to recompete the entire
program in fiscal year (FY) 2017. Nineteen of the 347 Part C grantees
were scheduled to recompete in FY 2016. One-year extensions with funds
enables HAB to align all cohorts of EISEGA grantees without disrupting
the provision of critical HIV primary medical care services to the
current Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) clients served by these
nineteen RWHAP Part C recipients. Pending the availability of funds,
the amount of each FY 2016 award will be based on a proportion of the
current Part C EISEGA award to each of the nineteen recipients,
respectively.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chrissy Abrahms Woodland, Acting
Director, Division of Community HIV/AIDS Programs, HRSA/HAB/DCHAP, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 9-74, Rockville, MD 20857, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Period of Performance: April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2017.
Intended Recipients of the Award: Borinquen Health Care Center,
CareSouth-Carolina, Community Health Center Incorporated, Community
Health Net, County of Ventura, Hamilton Health Center, Inc., Howard
University Inc., Med Star Health Research Institute, and Northwest
Health Services, Inc.
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Period of Performance: May 1, 2016, to April 30, 2017.
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Services Center, Inc., Carepoint
Health Foundation, Centra Health, Inc., Detroit Community Health
Connection, Family Health Center of Worcester, Harbor Health Services,
Inc., Mount Sinai Hospital, T.H.E. Clinic, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside,
and Vanderbilt University.
Aggregate amount of Non-Competitive Awards: $8,097,427.
CFDA Number: 93.918
Authority: Sections 2651-2667 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 300ff-51-67) and section 2693 of the Public Health Service Act,
as amended by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009
(Pub. L. 111-87).
Justification: The purpose of the RWHAP Part C EISEGA Program is to
provide HIV primary care in the outpatient setting. Grantees provide a
comprehensive continuum of outpatient HIV primary care services in the
designated service area including: (1) Targeted HIV counseling,
testing, and referral; (2) medical evaluation and clinical care; (3)
other primary care services; and (4) referrals to other health
services. Identifying people infected with HIV and linking them to HIV
primary care with initiation and long-term maintenance of life-saving
antiretroviral treatment (ART) are important public health steps toward
the elimination of HIV in the United States. The continuum of
interventions that begins with outreach and testing and concludes with
HIV viral load suppression is generally referred to as the HIV Care
Continuum or the Care Treatment Cascade. The HIV Care Continuum
includes the diagnosis of HIV, linkage to HIV medical care, lifelong
retention in HIV medical care, appropriate prescription of ART, and
ultimately HIV viral load suppression.
Dated: September 15, 2015.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-24171 Filed 9-22-15; 8:45 am]
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