[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59164-59165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24960]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
National Center for Medical Home Implementation Cooperative
Agreement at the American Academy of Pediatrics
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of Single-Case Deviation from Competition Requirement
for Program Expansion for the National Center for Medical Home
Implementation Cooperative Agreement at the American Academy of
Pediatrics, Grant Number U43MC09134.
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SUMMARY: HRSA announces its intent to award a program expansion
supplement in the amount of $171,691 for the National Center for
Medical Home Implementation (NCMHI) cooperative agreement. The purpose
of the NCMHI cooperative agreement, as stated in the funding
opportunity announcement, is to: (1) Support a national resource and
technical assistance effort to implement and spread the medical home
model to all children and youth, particularly children with special
health care needs (CSHCN), children who are vulnerable and/or medically
underserved, and pediatric populations served by state public health
programs, HRSA, and HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB); and
(2) support activities of the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for
Children Program (HTPCP) grantees to improve children's health through
innovative community-based efforts, and community and statewide
partnerships among professionals in health, education, social services,
government, and business. The purpose of this notice is to announce the
award of supplemental funds to enhance the Rural IMPACT project by
supporting activities related to child health in rural and underserved
communities by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the cooperative
agreement awardee who serves as the NCMHI, during the budget period of
July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2016. The NCMHI is authorized by the Social
Security Act, title V, sections 501(a)(1)(D) and 501(a)(2), (42 U.S.C.
701(a)(1)(D) and 701(a)(2)).
The NCHMI is a national resource to implement and spread the
medical home model to all children and youth, particularly children
with special heath care needs and children who are vulnerable and/or
medically underserved. The NCMHI supports activities of the HTPCP
grantees to improve children's health through innovative community-
based efforts, and community and statewide partnerships among
professionals in health, education, social services, government, and
business.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: The American Academy of
Pediatrics.
Amount of the Non-Competitive Award: $171,691.
CFDA Number: 93.110.
Current Project Period: 07/01/2008-06/30/2018.
Period of Supplemental Funding: 7/1/2015-6/30/2016.
Authority: Social Security Act, Title V, sections 501(a)(1)(D)
and 501(a)(2), (42 U.S.C. 701(a)(1)(D) and 701(a)(2)).
Justification: On August 14, 2015, as part of the White House Rural
Council's Rural Child Poverty Initiative, HRSA awarded a program
expansion supplement to the NCMHI cooperative agreement for the Rural
IMPACT Project. HRSA and the Administration for Children and Families
(ACF), each using its own authority, used fiscal year (FY) 2015 funds
to support a cohort of ten rural and tribal communities to provide two-
generation, bundled services to children and families in need.
Utilizing the two-generation approach, the communities will promote
problem solving at the community level by encouraging pediatric
clinicians' participation and public-private partnership, such as the
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative, Project Launch, and
private sector support for improved collaboration and coordination of
and access to mental, oral, and physical health and non-clinical
resources (e.g., home visiting, early care and education settings such
as child care and Head Start, early intervention, child welfare,
education) at the community level for children, youth, and their
families.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), working with MCHB, will
establish an expert workgroup and operational structure to guide the
initiative; develop and issue a solicitation and scoring process and
conduct a review of letters of interest to make recommendations for
participating communities; develop a quality
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improvement package; identify systems-level measures to monitor process
and progress of individual communities and the initiative as a whole;
and provide structured technical assistance to the selected
communities.
In consultation with MCHB, ACF, and the White House Rural Council,
the AAP has developed guidance, and solicited for and reviewed letters
of interest for the cohort of ten rural and tribal communities.
Communities will be notified of the application outcome in late
September 2015. For its expert workgroup, AAP has identified and
invited experts in social service delivery, rural health, and quality
improvement. A meeting of participating communities and the expert
workgroup will be held in Washington, DC, in October 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marie Y. Mann, MD, MPH, FAAP, Division
of Services for Children with Special Health Needs, Maternal and Child
Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600
Fishers Lane, Room 13-103, Rockville, Maryland 20857; [email protected].
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FY 2015
FY 2015 estimated
Grantee/organization name Grant No. State authorized supplemental
funding level funding
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The American Academy of Pediatrics......... U43MC09134 IL $800,031 $171,691
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Dated: September 24, 2015.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-24960 Filed 9-30-15; 8:45 am]
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