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Resource Centers) in their efforts to help
low income beneficiaries.
The NCBOE works to utilize costeffective strategies to find older
individuals and people with disabilities
with greatest economic need and
facilitate their enrollment in the
individuals in the programs for which
they are qualified. As part of this effort,
the NCBOE should support state and
federal efforts to streamline benefits
eligibility systems. This should include
conducting a feasibility assessment to
determine best ways to streamline the
application process and centralize the
eligibility guidelines for key benefits,
including the automation of enrollment
through a rules engine. The study
should explore the governance structure
and technical expertise necessary to
create and maintain such a process.
Additionally, it should explore what a
realistic scope is for the project how the
current benefits screening tools could
evolve to benefit from further
automation of eligibility. NCBOE should
collaborate with ACL and the
administration in conducting the
feasibility assessment to coordinate with
planned and emerging efforts to
streamline eligibility benefits for low
income individuals.
Program Name: The National Center
for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment
(NCBOE).
Recipient: National Council on Aging
(NCOA).
Period of Performance: The award
will be issued for the current project
period of September 1, 2021 through
August 31, 2022.
Total Award Amount: $14,509,007 in
FY 2021.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Supplement.
Statutory Authority: The statutory
authority is contained in the 2006
Reauthorization of the Older Americans
Act and the Medicare Improvements for
Patients and Providers Act of 2008, as
amended by the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of 2010, and
reauthorized by the American Taxpayer
Relief Act of 2012, Protecting Access to
Medicare Act of 2014, Bipartisan Budget
Act of 2018, and Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
Act of 2020, and Consolidated
Appropriations Act of 2021.
Basis for Award: The National
Council on Aging (NCOA) is currently
funded to carry out the NCBOE Project
for the period of September 1, 2020
through August 31, 2025. Much work
has already been completed and further
tasks are currently being accomplished.
It would be unnecessarily time
consuming and disruptive to the
NCBOE project and the beneficiaries
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being served for the ACL to establish a
new grantee at this time when critical
services are presently being provided in
an efficient manner.
NCOA is uniquely placed to complete
the work under the NCBOE grant. Since
2001, NCOA has been the national
leader in improving benefits access to
vulnerable older adults. They have an
unparalleled history of working with
community-based organizations to
develop and replicate outreach and
enrollment solutions, while maintaining
and enhancing technology to make it
easier and more efficient to find
benefits. NCOA through NCBOE
accomplishes its mission by developing
and sharing tools, resources, best
practices, and strategies for benefits
outreach and enrollment via its online
clearinghouse, electronic and print
publications, webinars, and training and
technical assistance.
In addition, NCOA has
BenefitsCheckUp which is, by far, the
nation’s most comprehensive and
widely-used web-based service that
screens older and disabled adults with
limited incomes and resources and
informs them about public and private
benefits for which they are very likely
to be eligible. Since the
BenefitsCheckUp was launched in 2001,
nearly 9.5 million people have
discovered $39.5 billion in benefits. In
addition to the focus on Low-Income
Subsidy and Medicare Savings
Programs, BenefitsCheckUp also
includes more than 2,500 benefits
programs from all 50 states and DC,
including over 50,000 local offices for
people to apply for benefits; and more
than 1,500 application forms in every
language in which they are available.
NCOA is successfully meeting all
programmatic goals under the current
NCBOE grant.
Dated: April 19, 2021.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging and
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Single-Source Supplement for the
Amputee Coalition of America, Inc. for
the National Limb Loss Resource
Center Cooperative Agreement
Announcing the Intent to Award
a Single-Source Supplement for the
Amputee Coalition of America, Inc. for
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the National Limb Loss Resource Center
cooperative agreement.
The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source
supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the Amputee
Coalition of America, Inc. for the
National Limb Loss Resource Center
(NLLRC). The purpose of this project is
to expand on current grant activities
occurring across communities. These
activities include programs that promote
independence, community living, and
the adoption of healthy behaviors that
promote wellness and prevent and/or
reduce chronic conditions associated
with limb loss and increase partnerships
and collaborations with ACL programs
that will benefit all people living with
limb loss or limb differences. The
administrative supplement for FY 2021
will be for $487,857 bringing the total
award for FY 2021 to $3,883,387.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or comments
regarding this program supplement,
contact Elizabeth Leef, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services,
Administration for Community Living,
Administration on Disabilities, Office of
Disability Services Innovation:
telephone (202)–475–2486 email:
Elizabeth.leef@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
additional funding will not be used to
begin new projects. The funding will be
used to enhance and expand existing
programs that can serve an increased
number of veterans and people living
with limb loss and limb differences by
providing increased technical assistance
activities; promoting health and
wellness programs; addressing
healthcare access issues, including
maternity care; promoting the adoption
of healthy behaviors with the objective
of preventing and/or reducing chronic
conditions associated with limb loss;
increasing partnerships and
collaborations with ACL programs that
will benefit all people living with limb
loss or limb differences; enhancing and
expanding the evaluation activities
currently under way; and enhancing
website capacities for improved
information dissemination.
Program Name: National Limb Loss
Resource Center.
Recipient: The Amputee Coalition of
America, Inc.
Period of Performance: The
supplement award will be issued for the
third year of the five-year project period
of April 1, 2019, through March 29,
2024.
Total Supplement Award Amount:
$487,857 in FY 2021.
SUMMARY:
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Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Supplement.
Statutory Authority: This program is
authorized under Section 317 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
247(b–4)); Consolidated and Further
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015,
Public Law 113–235 (Dec. 16, 2014).
Basis for Award: The Amputee
Coalition of America, Inc. is currently
funded to carry out the objectives of this
program, entitled The National Limb
Loss Resource Center for the period of
April 1, 2019, through March 29, 2024.
Almost 2 million Americans have
experienced amputations or were born
with limb difference and another 28
million people in our country are at risk
for amputation. The supplement will
enable the grantee to carry their work
even further, serving more people living
with limb loss and/or limb differences
and providing even more
comprehensive training and technical
assistance in the development of longterm supportive services. The additional
funding will not be used to begin new
projects or activities. The NLLRC will
enhance and expand currently funded
activities such as conducting national
outreach for the development and
dissemination of patient education
materials, programs, and services;
providing technical support and
assistance to community based limb loss
support groups; and raising awareness
about the limb loss and limb differences
communities.
Establishing an entirely new grant
project at this time would be potentially
disruptive to the current work already
well under way. More importantly, the
people living with limb loss and limb
differences currently being served by
this program could be negatively
impacted by a service disruption, thus
posing the risk of not being able to find
the right resources that could negatively
impact on health and wellbeing. If this
supplement were not provided, the
project would be less able to address the
significant unmet needs of additional
limb loss survivors. Similarly, the
project would be unable to expand its
current technical assistance and training
efforts in NLLRC concepts and
approaches, let alone reach beyond
traditional providers of services to this
population to train more ‘‘mainstream’’
providers of disability services.
Dated: April 19, 2021.
Alison Barkoff,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for
Aging.
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[FR Doc No: 2021-08449]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Single-Source Supplement for the Amputee Coalition of America,
Inc. for the National Limb Loss Resource Center Cooperative Agreement
ACTION: Announcing the Intent to Award a Single-Source Supplement for
the Amputee Coalition of America, Inc. for the National Limb Loss
Resource Center cooperative agreement.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the Amputee Coalition of America, Inc. for the
National Limb Loss Resource Center (NLLRC). The purpose of this project
is to expand on current grant activities occurring across communities.
These activities include programs that promote independence, community
living, and the adoption of healthy behaviors that promote wellness and
prevent and/or reduce chronic conditions associated with limb loss and
increase partnerships and collaborations with ACL programs that will
benefit all people living with limb loss or limb differences. The
administrative supplement for FY 2021 will be for $487,857 bringing the
total award for FY 2021 to $3,883,387.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or comments
regarding this program supplement, contact Elizabeth Leef, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community
Living, Administration on Disabilities, Office of Disability Services
Innovation: telephone (202)-475-2486 email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The additional funding will not be used to
begin new projects. The funding will be used to enhance and expand
existing programs that can serve an increased number of veterans and
people living with limb loss and limb differences by providing
increased technical assistance activities; promoting health and
wellness programs; addressing healthcare access issues, including
maternity care; promoting the adoption of healthy behaviors with the
objective of preventing and/or reducing chronic conditions associated
with limb loss; increasing partnerships and collaborations with ACL
programs that will benefit all people living with limb loss or limb
differences; enhancing and expanding the evaluation activities
currently under way; and enhancing website capacities for improved
information dissemination.
Program Name: National Limb Loss Resource Center.
Recipient: The Amputee Coalition of America, Inc.
Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the
third year of the five-year project period of April 1, 2019, through
March 29, 2024.
Total Supplement Award Amount: $487,857 in FY 2021.
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Award Type: Cooperative Agreement Supplement.
Statutory Authority: This program is authorized under Section 317
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247(b-4)); Consolidated and
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235 (Dec.
16, 2014).
Basis for Award: The Amputee Coalition of America, Inc. is
currently funded to carry out the objectives of this program, entitled
The National Limb Loss Resource Center for the period of April 1, 2019,
through March 29, 2024. Almost 2 million Americans have experienced
amputations or were born with limb difference and another 28 million
people in our country are at risk for amputation. The supplement will
enable the grantee to carry their work even further, serving more
people living with limb loss and/or limb differences and providing even
more comprehensive training and technical assistance in the development
of long-term supportive services. The additional funding will not be
used to begin new projects or activities. The NLLRC will enhance and
expand currently funded activities such as conducting national outreach
for the development and dissemination of patient education materials,
programs, and services; providing technical support and assistance to
community based limb loss support groups; and raising awareness about
the limb loss and limb differences communities.
Establishing an entirely new grant project at this time would be
potentially disruptive to the current work already well under way. More
importantly, the people living with limb loss and limb differences
currently being served by this program could be negatively impacted by
a service disruption, thus posing the risk of not being able to find
the right resources that could negatively impact on health and
wellbeing. If this supplement were not provided, the project would be
less able to address the significant unmet needs of additional limb
loss survivors. Similarly, the project would be unable to expand its
current technical assistance and training efforts in NLLRC concepts and
approaches, let alone reach beyond traditional providers of services to
this population to train more ``mainstream'' providers of disability
services.
Dated: April 19, 2021.
Alison Barkoff,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2021-08449 Filed 4-22-21; 8:45 am]
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