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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
Availability of Funding Opportunity
Announcement
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Funding Opportunity Title/Program
Name: Senior Medicare Patrol Projects.
Announcement Type: Initial.
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS–
2006–AoA–SM–0603.
Statutory Authority: The Older
Americans Act, Public Law 106–501.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048,
Title IV and Title II, Discretionary
Projects, and the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 (Pub. L. 104–191).
Dates: The deadline date for the
receipt of applications is April 28, 2006.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
This announcement seeks proposals
for the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)
Projects which will serve as model
projects that demonstrate effective ways
of utilizing retired persons as volunteer
expert resources and educators in
community-based efforts to prevent and
identify health care error, fraud and
abuse in the Medicare/Medicaid
programs. Applicants under this
announcement must provide a
comprehensive plan for statewide SMP
program coverage targeting isolated and
hard-to-reach, beneficiaries, their
families or caregivers and address the
five SMP program objectives. A detailed
description of the funding opportunity
including the program objectives and
application materials may be obtained at
https://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/
fundopp.asp or https://www.grants.gov.
II. Award Information
1. Funding Instrument Type
Cooperative Agreement. Grantees will
carry out cooperative agreement awards
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to train retired persons to serve in their
communities as volunteer expert
resources and educators in preventing
and identifying health care error, fraud,
and abuse. The award is a cooperative
agreement because the AoA will be
substantially involved in the
development and execution of the
activities of the projects. AoA will
provide mentoring, on-line training and
other technical support through its
National Consumer Protection
Technical Resource Center (the Center).
The Center will also provide technical
assistance and support to the grantee in
volunteer recruitment and management;
will ensure currency in Medicare and
Medicaid program information, fraud
prevention and identification
techniques, outreach strategies,
complaint management, tracking and
reporting; and will share approaches for
reaching targeted populations. The AoA
project officer for the SMP project grant
will also provide technical assistance
and support on grant management and
implementation issues, including
execution of the cooperative agreement.
The AoA will conduct at least one
national conference and one regional
meeting in alternate years for the
purpose of providing technical
assistance and training to SMP projects.
Grantee participation in these
conferences is specified as part of the
cooperative agreement. The grantee and
the AoA will work cooperatively to
determine the priority activities to be
completed by the project and develop
the work plan for each year of the
project. Within 45 days of the award
and 45 days of each continuation award,
the project will agree upon and adhere
to a work plan that details expectations
for major activities, products, and
reports during the current budget
period. The work plan will include
specific steps and a timetable for
implementing statewide program
coverage. The plan will also specify
actions to expand program access to
target populations. The work plan will
also include staff assignments, work
locations, and other areas that require
AoA consultation, review, and/or prior
approval. Either the AoA or the project
can propose a revision of the final work
plan at any time.
The AoA will specify project
performance criteria and expectations
relative to the SMP program objectives
and will monitor, evaluate and support
the projects’ efforts in achieving
performance goals. The project will
provide program performance output,
outcome and activity data semiannually
utilizing the performance instrument
developed by the AoA and the HHS
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Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
The AoA will evaluate project
performance data, and provide support
and technical assistance, in
coordination with the Center, to assist
projects in improving performance.
The AoA will provide information to
grantee leadership to assist in
understanding the strategic goals and
objectives, policy perspectives and
priorities of the Assistant Secretary for
Aging and the Department of Health and
Human Services. The AoA will also
share information with the grantee
about other SMP projects, including
integration grants, and other federally
sponsored projects and activities
relevant to the interests of SMP projects.
2. Anticipated Total Priority Area
Funding Per Budget Period
The AoA intends to make available,
under this program announcement,
grant awards for up to twenty-eight (28)
cooperative agreements at a federal
share of up to $180,000 per year for a
project period of up to three (3) years.
With the exception of Guam and the
U.S. Virgin Islands, grantees are
required to cover 25% of the total cost
of the project from non-federal case or
in-kind assistance.
III. Eligibility Criteria and Other
Requirements
1. Eligible Applicants
Eligibility for grant awards is limited
to public state and local agencies,
federally recognized tribes, or nonprofit
agencies, organizations, and
institutions, including faith-based
organizations, in the following 26 states
and 2 territories: Alabama, California,
Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland,
Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, Nevada, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont,
Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam, and the
Virgin Islands. The competition is
limited to the 26 states and 2 territories
specified above. Competition is limited
to those specified states and territories
because the current three-year grant
period for Senior Medicare Patrol
projects within these states and the oneyear capacity building grants in the
territories will end on June 30, 2006.
The AoA is currently funding SMP
projects in the remaining 24 states, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
In order to ensure the program
reaches Medicare/Medicaid
beneficiaries in the maximum number
of states, given available funding, only
one project from each state or territory
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will be funded. It is strongly
recommended that statewide
collaborative efforts be forged with
organizations with experience working
with or representing the targeted
population.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Grantees are required to provide at
least 25 percent of the total program
costs from non-federal cash or in-kind
resources in order to be considered for
the award. In accordance with 48 U.S.C.
1469a (d), matching requirements are
waived for grantee applicants from
Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
3. DUNS Number
The Office of Management and Budget
requires applicants to provide a Dun
and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) number
when applying for Federal grants or
cooperative agreements on or after
October 1, 2003. It is entered on the SF
424. It is a unique, nine-digit
identification number, which provides
unique identifiers of single business
entities. The D–U–N–S number is free
and easy to obtain.
Organizations can receive a DUNS
number at no cost by calling the
dedicated toll-free DUNS Number
request line at 1–866–705–5711 or by
using this link: https://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/
duns_num_guide.pdf.
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4. Intergovernmental Review
Executive Order 12372,
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs, is not applicable to these
grant applications.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
All applicants are required to submit
electronically through https://
www.grants.gov by midnight April 28,
2006.
Exceptions to this requirement may
only be made by the AoA grants
management officer, Stephen Daniels on
(202) 357–3464. Exceptions may only be
made to allow for catastrophic events
such as tornadoes, floods, etc.
Applicants are responsible for mailing
or hand delivering applications to AoA
in sufficient time to be received by 5:30
p.m. Eastern Time, April 28, 2006.
Please note AoA is requiring
applications for this announcement to
be submitted electronically through
https://www.grants.gov. The Grants.gov
registration process can take several
days. If your organization is not
currently registered with https://
www.grants.gov, please begin this
process immediately. For assistance
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with https://www.grants.gov, please
contact Arthur Miller at AoA’s
Grants.gov helpdesk at (202) 357–3438.
At https://www.grants.gov, you will be
able to download a copy of the
application packet, complete it off-line,
and then upload and submit the
application via the Grants.gov Web site.
Applicants unable to submit their
application via https://www.grants.gov
may request permission to submit a
hard copy from AoA Grants
Management Officer, Stephen Daniels,
(202) 357–3464,
Stephen.Daniels@aoa.hhs.gov.
1. Address for Application Submission
Hard copy submissions for which
approval has been requested and
received (per section IV(6) of the
announcement), may be mailed to the
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration on Aging,
Office of Grants Management,
Washington, DC 20201, attn: Stephen
Daniels (HHS–2006–AoA–Initial–SM),
or hand-delivered (in person, via
messenger) to the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services,
Administration on Aging, Office of
Grants Management, One Massachusetts
Avenue, NW., Room 4604, Washington,
DC 20001, attn: Stephen Daniels (HHS–
2006–AoA–SM–0603).
Applications not submitted
electronically must include one original
and two copies of the application.
Please include a stamped self addressed
postcard for acknowledgement of
receipt. Instructions for electronic
mailing of grant applications are
available at https://www.grants.gov/.
2. Submission Dates and Times
To receive consideration, applications
must be received by the deadline listed
in the DATES section of this Notice.
V. Responsiveness Criteria
Each application submitted will be
screened to determine whether it was
received by the closing date and time.
Applications received by the closing
date and time will be screened for
completeness and conformity with the
requirements outlined in Sections III
and IV of this Notice and the Program
Announcement. Only complete
applications that meet these
requirements will be reviewed and
evaluated competitively.
VI. Application Review Information
Eligible applications in response to
this announcement will be reviewed
according to the following evaluation
criteria: Purpose and Need for
Assistance (20 points); Approach, Work
Plan and Activities (30 points); Project
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Outcomes, Evaluation and
Dissemination (30 points); and Level of
Effort (20 points).
VII. Agency Contacts
Direct inquiries regarding
programmatic and grant issues to:
Project Officer: U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services,
Administration on Aging, Washington,
DC 20201. Attn: Barbara Lewis.
Telephone: (202) 357–3532, e-mail:
Barbara.Lewis@aoa.hhs.gov.
Grants Management Specialist: U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration on Aging,
Washington, DC 20201. Attn: Stephen
Daniels. Telephone: (202) 357–3464, email: Stephen.Daniels@aoa.hhs.gov.
Dated: March 14, 2006.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–06–06AW]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send comments to Seleda Perryman,
CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
omb@cdc.gov.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
Availability of Funding Opportunity Announcement
Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: Senior Medicare Patrol
Projects.
Announcement Type: Initial.
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2006-AoA-SM-0603.
Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act, Public Law 106-501.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.048, Title
IV and Title II, Discretionary Projects, and the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-191).
Dates: The deadline date for the receipt of applications is April
28, 2006.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
This announcement seeks proposals for the Senior Medicare Patrol
(SMP) Projects which will serve as model projects that demonstrate
effective ways of utilizing retired persons as volunteer expert
resources and educators in community-based efforts to prevent and
identify health care error, fraud and abuse in the Medicare/Medicaid
programs. Applicants under this announcement must provide a
comprehensive plan for statewide SMP program coverage targeting
isolated and hard-to-reach, beneficiaries, their families or caregivers
and address the five SMP program objectives. A detailed description of
the funding opportunity including the program objectives and
application materials may be obtained at https://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/
fundopp/fundopp.asp or https://www.grants.gov.
II. Award Information
1. Funding Instrument Type
Cooperative Agreement. Grantees will carry out cooperative
agreement awards to train retired persons to serve in their communities
as volunteer expert resources and educators in preventing and
identifying health care error, fraud, and abuse. The award is a
cooperative agreement because the AoA will be substantially involved in
the development and execution of the activities of the projects. AoA
will provide mentoring, on-line training and other technical support
through its National Consumer Protection Technical Resource Center (the
Center). The Center will also provide technical assistance and support
to the grantee in volunteer recruitment and management; will ensure
currency in Medicare and Medicaid program information, fraud prevention
and identification techniques, outreach strategies, complaint
management, tracking and reporting; and will share approaches for
reaching targeted populations. The AoA project officer for the SMP
project grant will also provide technical assistance and support on
grant management and implementation issues, including execution of the
cooperative agreement. The AoA will conduct at least one national
conference and one regional meeting in alternate years for the purpose
of providing technical assistance and training to SMP projects. Grantee
participation in these conferences is specified as part of the
cooperative agreement. The grantee and the AoA will work cooperatively
to determine the priority activities to be completed by the project and
develop the work plan for each year of the project. Within 45 days of
the award and 45 days of each continuation award, the project will
agree upon and adhere to a work plan that details expectations for
major activities, products, and reports during the current budget
period. The work plan will include specific steps and a timetable for
implementing statewide program coverage. The plan will also specify
actions to expand program access to target populations. The work plan
will also include staff assignments, work locations, and other areas
that require AoA consultation, review, and/or prior approval. Either
the AoA or the project can propose a revision of the final work plan at
any time.
The AoA will specify project performance criteria and expectations
relative to the SMP program objectives and will monitor, evaluate and
support the projects' efforts in achieving performance goals. The
project will provide program performance output, outcome and activity
data semiannually utilizing the performance instrument developed by the
AoA and the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The AoA will
evaluate project performance data, and provide support and technical
assistance, in coordination with the Center, to assist projects in
improving performance.
The AoA will provide information to grantee leadership to assist in
understanding the strategic goals and objectives, policy perspectives
and priorities of the Assistant Secretary for Aging and the Department
of Health and Human Services. The AoA will also share information with
the grantee about other SMP projects, including integration grants, and
other federally sponsored projects and activities relevant to the
interests of SMP projects.
2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding Per Budget Period
The AoA intends to make available, under this program announcement,
grant awards for up to twenty-eight (28) cooperative agreements at a
federal share of up to $180,000 per year for a project period of up to
three (3) years. With the exception of Guam and the U.S. Virgin
Islands, grantees are required to cover 25% of the total cost of the
project from non-federal case or in-kind assistance.
III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements
1. Eligible Applicants
Eligibility for grant awards is limited to public state and local
agencies, federally recognized tribes, or nonprofit agencies,
organizations, and institutions, including faith-based organizations,
in the following 26 states and 2 territories: Alabama, California,
Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland,
Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam,
and the Virgin Islands. The competition is limited to the 26 states and
2 territories specified above. Competition is limited to those
specified states and territories because the current three-year grant
period for Senior Medicare Patrol projects within these states and the
one-year capacity building grants in the territories will end on June
30, 2006. The AoA is currently funding SMP projects in the remaining 24
states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
In order to ensure the program reaches Medicare/Medicaid
beneficiaries in the maximum number of states, given available funding,
only one project from each state or territory
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will be funded. It is strongly recommended that statewide collaborative
efforts be forged with organizations with experience working with or
representing the targeted population.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Grantees are required to provide at least 25 percent of the total
program costs from non-federal cash or in-kind resources in order to be
considered for the award. In accordance with 48 U.S.C. 1469a (d),
matching requirements are waived for grantee applicants from Guam and
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
3. DUNS Number
The Office of Management and Budget requires applicants to provide
a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS)
number when applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements on or
after October 1, 2003. It is entered on the SF 424. It is a unique,
nine-digit identification number, which provides unique identifiers of
single business entities. The D-U-N-S number is free and easy to
obtain.
Organizations can receive a DUNS number at no cost by calling the
dedicated toll-free DUNS Number request line at 1-866-705-5711 or by
using this link: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/duns_num_
guide.pdf.
4. Intergovernmental Review
Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs, is not applicable to these grant applications.
IV. Application and Submission Information
All applicants are required to submit electronically through http:/
/www.grants.gov by midnight April 28, 2006.
Exceptions to this requirement may only be made by the AoA grants
management officer, Stephen Daniels on (202) 357-3464. Exceptions may
only be made to allow for catastrophic events such as tornadoes,
floods, etc. Applicants are responsible for mailing or hand delivering
applications to AoA in sufficient time to be received by 5:30 p.m.
Eastern Time, April 28, 2006.
Please note AoA is requiring applications for this announcement to
be submitted electronically through https://www.grants.gov. The
Grants.gov registration process can take several days. If your
organization is not currently registered with https://www.grants.gov,
please begin this process immediately. For assistance with https://
www.grants.gov, please contact Arthur Miller at AoA's Grants.gov
helpdesk at (202) 357-3438. At https://www.grants.gov, you will be able
to download a copy of the application packet, complete it off-line, and
then upload and submit the application via the Grants.gov Web site.
Applicants unable to submit their application via https://
www.grants.gov may request permission to submit a hard copy from AoA
Grants Management Officer, Stephen Daniels, (202) 357-3464,
Stephen.Daniels@aoa.hhs.gov.
1. Address for Application Submission
Hard copy submissions for which approval has been requested and
received (per section IV(6) of the announcement), may be mailed to the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging,
Office of Grants Management, Washington, DC 20201, attn: Stephen
Daniels (HHS-2006-AoA-Initial-SM), or hand-delivered (in person, via
messenger) to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration on Aging, Office of Grants Management, One Massachusetts
Avenue, NW., Room 4604, Washington, DC 20001, attn: Stephen Daniels
(HHS-2006-AoA-SM-0603).
Applications not submitted electronically must include one original
and two copies of the application. Please include a stamped self
addressed postcard for acknowledgement of receipt. Instructions for
electronic mailing of grant applications are available at https://
www.grants.gov/.
2. Submission Dates and Times
To receive consideration, applications must be received by the
deadline listed in the DATES section of this Notice.
V. Responsiveness Criteria
Each application submitted will be screened to determine whether it
was received by the closing date and time. Applications received by the
closing date and time will be screened for completeness and conformity
with the requirements outlined in Sections III and IV of this Notice
and the Program Announcement. Only complete applications that meet
these requirements will be reviewed and evaluated competitively.
VI. Application Review Information
Eligible applications in response to this announcement will be
reviewed according to the following evaluation criteria: Purpose and
Need for Assistance (20 points); Approach, Work Plan and Activities (30
points); Project Outcomes, Evaluation and Dissemination (30 points);
and Level of Effort (20 points).
VII. Agency Contacts
Direct inquiries regarding programmatic and grant issues to:
Project Officer: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Administration on Aging, Washington, DC 20201. Attn: Barbara Lewis.
Telephone: (202) 357-3532, e-mail: Barbara.Lewis@aoa.hhs.gov.
Grants Management Specialist: U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration on Aging, Washington, DC 20201. Attn: Stephen
Daniels. Telephone: (202) 357-3464, e-mail:
Stephen.Daniels@aoa.hhs.gov.
Dated: March 14, 2006.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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