03-26583. Announcement of Grant Awards Under the RUS Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program

AGENCY:

Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of applications selected to receive grant awards.

SUMMARY:

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby announces the recipients that were selected to receive grant awards during fiscal year (FY) 2003 under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.

ADDRESSES:

Applications are available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marilyn J. Morgan, Branch Chief, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service. Telephone: [phone], Fax [phone]. The list of awards may be viewed on the Internet at http://www.usda.gov/​rus/​telecom/​dlt/​dlt.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pursuant to 7 CFR 1703.101, RUS hereby publishes the names of the 84 organizations that have been awarded $32.5 million in grants under 7 CFR 1703, subpart D, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. The recipients are as follows:

USDA, Rural Utilities Service, Telecommunications Program FY 2003 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Awards

State/Organization	Amount
Alaska:
Denali Borough School District	$500,000
Kake City School District	490,000
Pribilof School District	500,000
Southeast Island School District	485,732
Yukon-Koyukuk School District	500,000
Arizona:
Arizona Western College	487,978
Tuba City Regional Health Care	191,500
Arkansas:
Arkansas School for Mathematics & Sciences	425,820
Parkers Chapel School District	354,850
California:
Monterey County Office of Education	321,555
Oro Grande School District	500,000
Colorado: Haxtun/Holyoke Distance Learning Consortium	145,914
Florida:
Accelerated Care	237,975
Human Services Associates, Inc.	239,326
Georgia:
Darton College—Instructional Technology and Distance Learning	62,000
Southwest Georgia Regional Services Agency	499,515
Hawaii: Molokai Ohana Health Care, Inc	283,500
Idaho:
Idaho State University (Media/Distance Learning Center)	403,500
Lemhi County Economic Development Corporation	82,866
Illinois: Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market	388,700
Indiana: Wilson Education Center	500,000
Iowa: Mercy Medical Center	287,362
Kansas:
Unified School District #364	442,860
Unified School District #442	456,239
Kentucky: Pikeville College	74,661
Louisiana: Hospital Service District No. 2 of the Parish of LaSalle, Louisiana	262,000
Maine:
Eastern Maine Healthcare	500,000
Regional Medical Center at Lubec	221,620
St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation	500,000
Maryland: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Inc	239,482
Massachusetts: Hampshire Educational Collaborative	210,101
Michigan:
Borgess Health Alliance, Inc.	369,121
Cybernet Medical Corporation	496,588
MidMichigan Health Services	334,462
Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District	354,005
Minnesota:
Lakewood Health System	494,115
St. Joseph Medical Center	472,239
Missouri: Lafayette Regional Health Center	89,928
Mississippi:
Jackson County School District	500,000
Newton County School District	500,000
South Central Mississippi Consortium for Educational Excellence and Development	500,000
Montana: Benefis Healthcare Foundation	404,086
Nebraska: Educational Service Unit #5	153,300
New Hampshire: Timberlane Regional School District	499,996
New Mexico: University of New Mexico—Gallup	478,555
New York: Madison-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services	500,000
Moses-Ludington Hospital	499,800
St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES	500,000
North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Center for Public Television	345,733
Ohio: Adams County Hospital	446,142
Oklahoma:
Alva Hospital Authority dba Share Medical Center	484,296
Caddo Kiowa Technology Center	498,735
Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority	166,950
Guymon Public Schools	476,424
Western Oklahoma State College	495,200
Oregon:
Rogue Community College District	237,137
Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation (PHOR)	500,000
Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital	233,548
Pennsylvania:
Albert Gallatin Area School District	500,000
Laurel Highlands School District	500,000
Warren County School District	500,000
South Carolina:
Lee County School District	500,000
Williamsburg County School District	500,000
York Technical College	460,303
South Dakota:
Avera St. Luke's Hospital	252,875
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society	404,080
Southeast Area Cooperative	499,996
Tennessee:
Lincoln Memorial University	398,094
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	484,983
Texas:
Coastal Bend College	475,000
Education Service Center Region XI	500,000
Mt. Pleasant Independent School District	441,426
Newton Economic Development Corporation	500,000
Region XIV Education Service Center	500,000
Utah: Confederated Tribes of the Goshute	235,621
Vermont:
Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, Inc.	314,000
Dorset Nursing Association, Inc	254,650
Virginia: Carilion Health System	186,350
Washington:
Big Bend Community College	500,000
Community Choice Healthcare Network	414,847
Wellpinit School District	250,000
West Virginia:
Clay County Board of Education	500,000
Nicholas County School District	500,000
Wyoming: Rehabilitation Enterprises of North Eastern Wyoming (RENEW)	79,600

Dated: October 16, 2003.

Curtis M. Anderson,

Deputy Administrator for the Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.