[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54104-54105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19347]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Notice of Single-Award Deviation From Competition Requirements
for the National Center for Medical Home Implementation Cooperative
Agreement
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Single-Award Deviation from Competition Requirements
for the National Center for Medical Home Implementation Cooperative
Agreement.
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SUMMARY: HRSA announces the award of a supplement in the amount of
$300,000 per year for two years for the National Center for Medical
Home Implementation (NCMHI) Cooperative Agreement cooperative
agreement. The purpose of the NCMHI cooperative agreement, as stated in
the funding opportunity announcement, is to: (1) Support a national
resource and 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, MCHB and HRSA; 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 supplement
will permit the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the cooperative
agreement awardee, during the budget periods of 7/1/2016-6/30/2017 and
7/1/2017-6/30/2018, to provide technical assistance to the Rural IMPACT
communities as they employ two-generation strategies to more
effectively support children living in poverty in rural communities,
including the implementation and spread of the family-centered medical
home model of health care.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: The American Academy of
Pediatrics.
Amount of Non-Competitive Awards: $600,000.
Period of Supplemental Funding: 7/1/2016-6/30/2017 and 7/1/2017-6/
30/2018.
CFDA Number: 93.110.
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: The White House Rural Council initiated the Rural
IMPACT project to support improved well-being and upward economic
mobility of children in rural and tribal communities. Ideally, systems
and services are designed to meet family's needs, and are linked
together so that families can access them seamlessly through universal
``no wrong door'' intake processes and shared referral networks.
Components of the Rural IMPACT project include Healthy Start, Early
Head Start, Head Start, Home Visiting, WIC, Medical Home, Quality Child
Care Education Job Training and income and nutrition supports such as
TANF cash assistance, Supplemental Security Income, and the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The goal of Rural IMPACT is
to ensure the healthy development of at-risk children and increase the
education and employment opportunities of their parents, thereby
improving the well-being of families.
Rural IMPACT project continues to be a high priority of the White
House Rural Council, and support for the ten Rural IMPACT communities
will continue to be an interagency effort including, in addition to
HHS, the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Labor, and the
Corporation for National and Community Service.
The purpose of the NCMHI cooperative agreement, as stated in the
funding opportunity announcement, is to: (1) Support a national
resource and 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, MCHB and HRSA; 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 Rural IMPACT
Project activities align with the current project plan, as the NCMHI
advances system changes and new initiatives at the community, state,
and national levels, building on community partnerships to support
family-centered medical home implementation for all children and youth,
particularly those underrepresented and from diverse communities (Goal
3).
In 2013, following objective review of its application, HRSA
awarded the NCMHI cooperative agreement to the American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP), a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization under Internal
Revenue Code 501(c)(3). In 2015, HRSA awarded a $300,000 supplement to
the NCMHI cooperative agreement to allow the AAP to build on its
existing work under the cooperative agreement to implement and spread
the medical home model in Rural IMPACT project communities, thereby
advancing the well-being of children in those communities.
From August 2015 to June 2016, AAP, as part of the NCMHI
cooperative agreement, established an expert workgroup and operational
structure to guide the initiative; developed and issued a solicitation
and scoring process, and conducted a review of applications to make
recommendations for participating communities. Since the identification
of ten rural and tribal communities, the AAP has provided technical
assistance to support their efforts to develop and begin implementing
two-generation service delivery models to address the needs of both
vulnerable children and their parents.
From July 2016 to June 2018, the ten participating communities will
implement their action plans. Ongoing support is needed to assist the
communities in implementation as well as evaluation, sustainability,
and dissemination of information. This supplement will provide
additional funds, through the NCMHI cooperative agreement, to provide
technical assistance to the Rural IMPACT communities as they employ
two-generation strategies to more effectively support children living
in poverty in rural communities, including the implementation and
spread of the family-centered medical home model of health care.
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 2016 FY 2017
FY 2016 estimated FY 2017 estimated
Grantee/organization name Grant No. State authorized supplemental authorized supplemental
funding level funding funding level funding
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The American Academy of Pediatrics... U43MC09134 IL $800,031 $300,000 $800,031 $300,000
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Dated: August 8, 2016.
James Macrae,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-19347 Filed 8-12-16; 8:45 am]
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