[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 59165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24964]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
National Organizations for State and Local Officials (NOSLO)
Cooperative Agreement
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Non-competitive Supplemental Funding Award.
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SUMMARY: HRSA will be providing supplemental funds to support
activities for the Center for Health Policy/National Academy for State
Health Policy (NASHP), to support the expanded program and costs for
the Systems Integration Academy (SIA) that were not foreseen in the
awardee's approved application. The supplemental funds will be used to
augment the awardee's current activities to provide targeted technical
assistance to a Learning Community of 16 states from awarded HRSA's
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) State Implementation Grants for
Enhancing the System of Services for Children and Youth with Special
Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) through Systems Integration (D70). The
purpose of this supplement is to expand the Learning Community and
provide technical assistance to the D70 grantees to achieve a shared
resource, cross-system care coordination, and MCH 3.0 alignment.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended recipient of the award: Center for Health Policy/National
Academy for State Health Policy, Washington, DC.
Amount of the award: $281,810 for 2 years.
Authority: Section 311(a) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.
CFDA Number: 93.110.
Project period: The period of the supplemental support is from
September 1, 2015, to August 31, 2017.
Justification for the Exception to Competition: Currently, the
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is serving as the
national technical assistance provider to the 12 D70 grantee states
supported by MCHB through the Systems Integration Grant Program. In
order to do this, NASHP must expand the scope of this objective to
provide the targeted technical assistance to the D70 states through a
``Systems Integration Academy'' (SIA). Redefining the new scope and
activities under the SIA requires significant staff effort and
reprioritization of other major activities in NASHP's approved
application. The SIA began in November 2014; representatives from the
twelve D70 state grantees participated. Subsequently, three technical
assistance webinars to support the state teams' work have been
convened. A technical assistance needs assessment was developed and
disseminated to the state teams, and the information received will be
used to guide other technical assistance activities within the SIA
learning community. NASHP coordinated and developed the State
Implementation Grants to Enhance Systems Integration for CYSHCN:
Systems Integration Academy In-Person Meeting. NASHP launched a shared
platform for the SIA to support the SIA states' cross-state learning
community. This platform supports the exchange of resources and
provides an interactive forum for use by the current 12 states
throughout the course of the project.
In fiscal year 2015, MCHB will expand the SIA Learning Community
and provide technical assistance to four new D70 grantees, which will
receive targeted technical assistance to achieve shared resource,
cross-system care coordination and alignment with MCH 3.0.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynnette S. Araki, via email
[email protected], or via telephone: (301) 443-6204.
Dated: September 24, 2015.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-24964 Filed 9-30-15; 8:45 am]
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