[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 27143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10533]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Resource and Technical Assistance
Center for HIV Prevention and Care for Black MSM
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of deviation from competition requirements for Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Resource and Technical Assistance Center
for HIV Prevention and Care for Black men who have sex with men (MSM)
(Grant#U69HA27173).
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SUMMARY: The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) is requesting a deviation from the
competition requirements in order to provide a 1 year extension with
funds to the Resource and Technical Assistance Center for HIV
Prevention and Care for Black MSM cooperative agreement recipient, the
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors. The purpose
of the program is to develop a Resource and Technical Assistance Center
for HIV prevention and care of models and interventions that increase
the capacity, quality, and effectiveness of HIV/AIDS service providers
to screen, diagnose, link, and retain, the adult and young Black MSM
community in HIV clinical care. The 2-year project period ends June 30,
2016. The extension through June 30, 2017, for this project provides
necessary funding and time to complete previously approved project
activities, an orderly phase out, and transition to the next stage of
evaluation for the models of HIV clinical care and best practices
needed for HIV viral suppression. The next stage of planning by HAB is
to use the models, tools, and best practices developed for improved
health outcomes by this recipient for fiscal year 2017 competitive
funding under the HAB Special Projects of National Significance
Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Antigone Dempsey, Director, Division
of Policy and Data, HRSA/HAB/DPD, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857, email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Period of Performance: July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017.
Intended Recipient of the Award: National Alliance of State and
Territorial AIDS Directors.
Amount of Non-Competitive Award: $900,000.
CFDA Number: 93.145.
Authority: Sections 2606, 2654, 2671, and 2692 of Title XXVI 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 National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS
Directors has been very successful at collecting, developing, and
analyzing clinical models of care and best practices for HIV care and
treatment. Additional time is needed to complete analyses and
disseminate them across the country to grant recipients, health
centers, and HIV stakeholder communities. This funding reflects the
amount needed to complete the final phase of program activities, which
is the dissemination of models and best practices for HIV treatment and
care through Ryan White Part C and D grant recipients, AIDS Education
and Training Centers, and HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care Health
Centers to improve engagement of and retention in care for young Black
MSM, one of the highest risk populations identified in the National
HIV/AIDS Strategy for HIV transmission. The aim and purpose of
dissemination of these interventions is to increase the capacity,
quality, and effectiveness of HIV/AIDS service providers to screen,
diagnose, link, and retain the adult and young Black MSM community in
HIV clinical care.
Dated: April 29, 2016.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-10533 Filed 5-4-16; 8:45 am]
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