Health Resources and Services Administration May 5, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) is requesting a deviation from the competition requirements in order to provide a 1 year extension with funds to the Resource and Technical Assistance Center for HIV Prevention and Care for Black MSM cooperative agreement recipient, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors. The purpose of the program is to develop a Resource and Technical Assistance Center for HIV prevention and care of models and interventions that increase the capacity, quality, and effectiveness of HIV/AIDS service providers to screen, diagnose, link, and retain, the adult and young Black MSM community in HIV clinical care. The 2-year project period ends June 30, 2016. The extension through June 30, 2017, for this project provides necessary funding and time to complete previously approved project activities, an orderly phase out, and transition to the next stage of evaluation for the models of HIV clinical care and best practices needed for HIV viral suppression. The next stage of planning by HAB is to use the models, tools, and best practices developed for improved health outcomes by this recipient for fiscal year 2017 competitive funding under the HAB Special Projects of National Significance Program.

HRSA announces the award of an extension in the amount of $3,000,000 for the Providing Support for the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to Reduce Infant Mortality cooperative agreement. The purpose of the CoIIN is to develop and disseminate evidence-based interventions to reduce infant mortality across states in Regions I, II, III, VII, VIII, IX, and X by planning, implementing, and managing regional CoIINs; providing technical assistance to CoIIN teams to improve approaches to address infant mortality in their respective regions through the understanding of quality improvement concepts, tools, and techniques; and assisting regional CoIIN participants and stakeholders in understanding the process for sustaining and continuing project strategies after the Federal period of support. The extension will permit the National Institute for Children's Health Quality, Inc. (NICHQ), the cooperative agreement awardee, during the budget period of 9/30/2016-9/29/2017, to complete activities.