Health Resources and Services Administration June 5, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

HRSA will be issuing a 1-year non-competitive continuation budget period beyond the planned 3-year project period for the Autism Intervention Research Network on Behavioral Health (AIR-B Network) and the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P Network) programs. Approximately $1,500,000 in funding will be made available in the form of a cooperative agreement to the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Cooperative Agreement Number UA3MC11055, during the budget period of September 1, 2014, through August 31, 2015. Approximately $3,000,000 in funding will be made available in the form of a cooperative agreement to the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Cooperative Agreement Number UA3MC11054, during the budget period of September 1, 2014, through August 31, 2015. The AIR-B Network (UA3MC 11055) and the AIR-P Network (UA3MC11054) programs, CFDA No. 93.110, are authorized by the Public Health Service Act, Sec. 399BB(f) (42 U.S.C. 280i-1(f)), as amended by the Combating Autism Reauthorization Act of 2011 (Pub. L. 112-32), which is scheduled to sunset on September 30, 2014. The AIR-B Network is an interdisciplinary, multi-site network of researchers working together with communities to provide national leadership in research to improve the behavioral, mental, social, and/ or cognitive health and wellbeing of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities. The AIR-B Network conducts protocol-based research to advance effective intervention strategies aimed at improving social and behavioral health and well-being among underserved children and adolescents with ASD, in both home and school settings; provides a research environment that is supportive of the professional development of emerging researchers interested in autism intervention research; disseminates critical information on its research findings to inform researchers, care providers, policymakers, other stakeholders in the field, and the public, including families with children and adolescents with ASD; and promotes the translation of network findings into practice settings and communities that will result in improved care. The AIR-P Network is an interdisciplinary, multi-site research network of clinicians and researchers that provides national leadership in research to improve the physical health and well-being of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities. The AIR-P Network conducts protocol-based research to advance effective treatment strategies; develops and updates evidence-based guidelines and validates tools for interventions; provides a research environment that supports the professional development of emerging researchers interested in autism intervention research; disseminates critical information on its research findings to inform researchers, care providers, policymakers, other stakeholders in the field, and the public, including families with children and adolescents with ASD; and promotes the translation of findings into practice settings and communities that will result in improved care.