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individuals with TBI in their work roles.
In addition to providing uniform data
across these grant programs, the data
will help determine what efforts might
improve outreach and provision of
services for future projects. Grantees
will report the data to HRSA in an
annual summary report.
Likely Respondents: Individuals with
TBI, their family members, and
professional providers in various
settings will be the likely respondents
for these surveys. Recipients of both the
State Implementation Partnership
Grants and the Protection and Advocacy
Grants programs will be the respondents
for the summary report.
Burden Statement: Burden in this
context means the time expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide the information
requested. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information; to search
data sources; to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. The total annual burden
hours estimated for this Information
Collection Request are summarized in
the table below.
TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
INITIAL Survey for Individuals with TBI and/or their Family Members Receiving Information and Referral Services from Grant Recipients .............................................
FOLLOW-UP Survey for Individuals with TBI and/or their
Family Members receiving Information and Referral
Services from Grant Recipients .....................................
INITIAL Survey for Participants in Training Sessions provided by Grant Recipients ..............................................
FOLLOW-UP Survey for Participants in Training Sessions Provided by Grant Recipients ...............................
Summary Report from Grant Recipients ...........................
Total ............................................................................
HRSA specifically requests comments
on (1) the necessity and utility of the
proposed information collection for the
proper performance of the agency’s
functions, (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected, and (4) the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
Dated: July 28, 2014.
Jackie Painter,
Acting Director, Division of Policy and
Information Coordination.
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Health Resources and Services
Administration
Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
Program: Request for Single-Case
Deviation
Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA), HHS.
AGENCY:
Notice of Exception from
Competition Requirements to Extend
ACTION:
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The Health Resources and
Services Administration (HRSA)’s
Bureau of Health Workforce is issuing a
single-case deviation from competition
requirements for the Virginia Health
Workforce Development Authority
(VHWDA) Area Health Education Center
(AHEC) Point of Service Maintenance
and Enhancement (POSME) Award
(Grant #U77HP26289) to extend the
duration of the grant, through August
31, 2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award:
Virginia Health Workforce Development
Authority (VHWDA).
Amount of Funding Requested
through Remaining 3-Year Project
Period: $2,640,543. The estimated
award for fiscal year 2014 is
approximately $800,000.
SUMMARY:
Authority: Section 751 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 294a), as amended by
Section 5403 of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111–148.
CFDA Number: 93.107.
Remaining Project Period: September
1, 2014, through August 31, 2017.
Justification: The VHWDA is uniquely
qualified to carry out the programmatic
activities as described in the approved
AHEC work plan for Virginia.
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The mission of the VHWDA, as
defined in the Code of Virginia, is ‘‘to
facilitate the development of a statewide
health professions pipeline that
identifies, educates, recruits, and retains
a diverse, appropriately geographically
distributed and culturally competent
quality workforce.1 The mission of the
Authority is accomplished by: (i)
Providing the statewide infrastructure
required for health workforce needs
assessment and planning that maintains
engagement by health professions
training programs in decision making
and program implementation; (ii)
serving as the advisory board and
setting priorities for the Virginia Area
Health Education Centers Program . . .’’
The VHWDA’s authorizing legislation
also includes specific language allowing
it to serve as a consortium of medical
schools in order to meet the AHEC
Program eligibility requirement as
outlined in Section 751(b) of the Public
Health Service Act.2
There will be no significant change in
the scope or objectives of the originally
approved project. The same geographic
area and population will be served as
stated in the original grant. This project
timeline is consistent with all other
AHEC Program awardees. A full
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competitive application process for the
remaining project period for only one
applicant would be a waste of very
limited federal resources, and an
inefficient and cumbersome process.
Additionally, competing a grant to serve
the state of Virginia would interrupt and
jeopardize the Virginia AHEC Program’s
approved work plan that has been in
progress for almost 2 years. Disrupting
this plan would affect the currently
established partnerships with medical
schools and community partners, which
could impact the ability to place
students in medically underserved
communities, offer health careers
enrichment programs, and carryout
ongoing data collection and reporting
activities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jamie Weng, MPH, Project Officer,
AHEC Branch, Health Resources and
Services Administration, Division of
Public Health and Interdisciplinary
Education, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room
9C–05, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
phone: (301) 443–0186, or email:
jweng@hrsa.gov.
Dated: July 29, 2014.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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Background
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Indian Health Service
Office of Direct Service and
Contracting Tribes; National Indian
Health Outreach and Education II
Announcement Type: New Limited
Competition.
Funding Announcement Number:
HHS–2014–IHS–NIHOE–0002.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Number: 93.933.
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Application Deadline Date: August
30, 2014.
Review Date: September 8, 2014.
Earliest Anticipated Start Date:
September 30, 2014.
Proof of Non-Profit Status Due Date:
August 30, 2014.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Statutory Authority
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is
accepting competitive applications for
two limited competition cooperative
agreements under the National Indian
Health Outreach and Education
(NIHOE) program: The Behavioral
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Health—Methamphetamine and Suicide
Prevention Intervention (MSPI)/
Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative
(DVPI) outreach and education award
and the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) outreach and
education award. The Behavioral
Health—MSPI/DVPI outreach and
education award is funded by IHS and
is authorized under the Snyder Act,
codified at 25 U.S.C. 13; the Transfer
Act, codified at 42 U.S.C. 2001; the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014,
Public Law 113–76. The HIV/AIDS
outreach and education award is funded
by the Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS). Funding for the HIV/
AIDS award will be provided by OS via
an Intra-Departmental Delegation of
Authority dated May, 29, 2014 to IHS to
permit obligation of funding
appropriated by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2014, Public Law
113–76. Each award is funded through
a separate funding stream by each
respective Agency’s appropriations. The
awardee is responsible for accounting
for each of the two awards separately
and must provide two separate financial
reports (one for each award), as
indicated below. This program is
described in the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance under 93.933.
The NIHOE program carries out
health program objectives in the
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN)
community in the interest of improving
Indian health care for all 566 Federallyrecognized Tribes including Tribal
governments operating their own health
care delivery systems through Indian
Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (ISDEAA) contracts and
compacts with the IHS and Tribes that
continue to receive health care directly
from the IHS. This program addresses
health policy and health programs
issues and disseminates educational
information to all AI/AN Tribes and
villages. The NIHOE MSPI/DVPI and
HIV/AIDS awards require that public
forums be held at Tribal educational
consumer conferences to disseminate
changes and updates in the latest health
care information. These awards also
require that regional and national
meetings be coordinated for information
dissemination as well as for the
inclusion of planning and technical
assistance and health care
recommendations on behalf of
participating Tribes to ultimately inform
IHS and the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) based on Tribal
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input through a broad based consumer
network.
Purpose
The purpose of these cooperative
agreements is to further IHS health
program objectives in the AI/AN
community with expanded outreach
and education efforts for the MSPI/DVPI
and HIV/AIDS programs on a national
scale and in the interest of improving
Indian health care. This announcement
includes two separate awards, each of
which will be awarded as noted below.
The purpose of the MSPI/DVPI award is
to further the goals of the national MSPI
and national DVPI programs. The MSPI
is a national demonstration project
aimed at addressing the dual problems
of methamphetamine use and suicide in
Indian Country. The MSPI supports the
use and development of evidence-based
and practice-based models which are
culturally appropriate prevention and
treatment approaches to
methamphetamine abuse and suicide in
a community driven context. The six
goals of the MSPI are to effectively
prevent, reduce, or delay the use and/
or spread of methamphetamine abuse;
build on the foundation of prior
methamphetamine and suicide
prevention and treatment efforts in
order to support the IHS, Tribes, and
urban Indian health organizations in
developing and implementing Tribal
and/or culturally appropriate
methamphetamine and suicide
prevention and early intervention
strategies; increasing access to
methamphetamine and suicide
prevention services; improving services
for behavioral health issues associated
with methamphetamine use and suicide
prevention; promoting the development
of new and promising services that are
culturally and community relevant; and
demonstrating efficacy and impact.
The DVPI is a nationally coordinated
community-driven initiative that
includes a total of 65 awarded projects.
The DVPI promotes the development
and implementation of evidence-based
and practice-based models of domestic
violence prevention that are also
culturally competent. The goals of the
DVPI are to: Support national and local
efforts by the IHS, Tribes, and urban
Indian health programs to address
domestic and sexual violence (DSV)
within AI/AN communities; promote
the development and enhancement of
culturally appropriate evidence-based
and practice-based prevention,
treatment, and educational models
addressing DSV within AI/AN
communities; coordinate services and
provide resources for communities to
respond to local DSV crises; and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program: Request for Single-
Case Deviation
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Exception from Competition Requirements to Extend
Duration of Grant for Remaining Project Period.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)'s
Bureau of Health Workforce is issuing a single-case deviation from
competition requirements for the Virginia Health Workforce Development
Authority (VHWDA) Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Point of Service
Maintenance and Enhancement (POSME) Award (Grant U77HP26289)
to extend the duration of the grant, through August 31, 2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Intended Recipient of the Award: Virginia Health Workforce
Development Authority (VHWDA).
Amount of Funding Requested through Remaining 3-Year Project
Period: $2,640,543. The estimated award for fiscal year 2014 is
approximately $800,000.
Authority: Section 751 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 294a), as amended by Section 5403 of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.
CFDA Number: 93.107.
Remaining Project Period: September 1, 2014, through August 31,
2017.
Justification: The VHWDA is uniquely qualified to carry out the
programmatic activities as described in the approved AHEC work plan for
Virginia.
The mission of the VHWDA, as defined in the Code of Virginia, is
``to facilitate the development of a statewide health professions
pipeline that identifies, educates, recruits, and retains a diverse,
appropriately geographically distributed and culturally competent
quality workforce.\1\ The mission of the Authority is accomplished by:
(i) Providing the statewide infrastructure required for health
workforce needs assessment and planning that maintains engagement by
health professions training programs in decision making and program
implementation; (ii) serving as the advisory board and setting
priorities for the Virginia Area Health Education Centers Program . .
.'' The VHWDA's authorizing legislation also includes specific language
allowing it to serve as a consortium of medical schools in order to
meet the AHEC Program eligibility requirement as outlined in Section
751(b) of the Public Health Service Act.\2\
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\1\ VA. CODE ANN. Sec. 32.1-122.7:2 (2010).
\2\ 42 U.S.C. 294a(b).
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There will be no significant change in the scope or objectives of
the originally approved project. The same geographic area and
population will be served as stated in the original grant. This project
timeline is consistent with all other AHEC Program awardees. A full
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competitive application process for the remaining project period for
only one applicant would be a waste of very limited federal resources,
and an inefficient and cumbersome process. Additionally, competing a
grant to serve the state of Virginia would interrupt and jeopardize the
Virginia AHEC Program's approved work plan that has been in progress
for almost 2 years. Disrupting this plan would affect the currently
established partnerships with medical schools and community partners,
which could impact the ability to place students in medically
underserved communities, offer health careers enrichment programs, and
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carryout ongoing data collection and reporting activities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Weng, MPH, Project Officer, AHEC
Branch, Health Resources and Services Administration, Division of
Public Health and Interdisciplinary Education, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room
9C-05, Rockville, Maryland 20857, phone: (301) 443-0186, or email:
jweng@hrsa.gov.
Dated: July 29, 2014.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.
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