05-24239. 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 selected to receive grant awards during fiscal year (FY) 2005 under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.

ADDRESSES:

Subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, (5 U.S.C. 552), applications will be available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gary B. Allan, Chief, Universal Services Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service. Telephone: [phone], Fax [phone], [e-mail]. 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 79 organizations that have been awarded $29.4 million in grants under 7 CFR 1703, subpart D, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. The recipients are as follows:

State	Organization	Amount
AK	Alaska Primary Care Association, Inc	$258,765
AK	Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation	500,000
AK	Maniilaq Association	269,892
AK	Aleutians East Borough School District	488,030
AK	Norton Sound Health Corporation	499,646
AK	Eastern Aleutian Tribes	412,867
AL	Talladega County Schools/Talladega County Board of Education	499,978
AR	Ozark Health Foundation	420,505
AR	White River Rural Health Center, Inc	341,297
AZ	La Paz Regional Hospital, Inc	458,061
CA	Open Door Community Health Centers, Inc	205,833
CO	Mesa State College	338,892
GA	East Central Technical College Foundation	498,252
HI	Maui Community College	387,743
IA	The University of Iowa	198,000
ID	St. Mary's Hospital, Inc	289,369
IL	Lewis and Clark Community College	294,678
IN	St. Vincent Health	205,706
IN	Southwest Dubois County School Corp. LEA for the Southern Indiana Education Center	389,599
KS	Rural Health Resources of Jackson County, Inc	492,076
KS	Southeast Kansas Education Service Center	499,920
ME	Northeast Health	107,450
ME	Central Maine Medical Center	500,000
MI	Alpena General Hospital	421,872
MI	Berrien County Intermediate School District	350,000
MI	Borgess Health Alliance	321,020
MI	Trinity Health Michigan	200,015
MN	Tri-County Hospital, Inc	500,000
MN	MediSota, Inc	102,100
MN	Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs, Inc	475,022
MO	Citizens Memorial Hospital District	432,265
MS	Carroll County School District	500,000
MT	Clark Fork Valley Hospital	134,947
NC	Beaufort County Schools	114,211
NE	Educational Service Unit #15	378,800
NE	Chase County High School	183,100
NH	Exeter Region Cooperative School District	499,330
NH	VNA at HCS, Inc	327,100
NM	Northwest Regional Education Center #2	486,100
NM	High Plains Regional Education Cooperative	454,668
NV	Elko County School District	474,872
NV	White Pine County School District	500,000
NY	Steuben-Allegany BOCES	252,948
NY	Washington County Public Health	136,035
NY	Sullivan County Board of Cooperative Education	446,232
NY	Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services	467,635
NY	Madison-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)	468,853
OH	Adams County Hospital	141,812
OH	Allen County Health Partners, Inc	339,641
OK	Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	304,542
OK	Lane Elementary School	346,325
OK	Wapanucka Public School	486,050
OK	Western Oklahoma State College	485,490
OK	Connor State College	498,148
OR	Asante Health System	499,165
OR	Libraries of Eastern Oregon	53,885
PA	Lewistown Hospital	392,950
PA	Bradford Regional Medical Center	110,575
SD	Avera Health	500,000
SD	Catholic Chancery of Sioux Falls	173,429
SD	Avera McKennan	307,831
SD	South Dakota State University	319,517
SD	Northern State University	496,463
TN	Scott County Schools	500,000
TN	Mountain States Health Alliance	476,944
TX	Education Service Center, Region 17	291,918
TX	Driscoll Children's Hospital	455,208
TX	Region 16 Education Service Center	500,000
TX	Region XIV Education Service Center	499,990
TX	Education Service Center Region XI	500,000
TX	Ricardo ISD	248,580
VA	Southwest Virginia Education and Training Network	500,000
WA	Ocean Beach Hospital	248,400
WA	Community Choice PHCO	461,005
WA	Colville Confederated Tribes	449,636
WI	Highland School District	303,064
WV	Harrison County Board of Education	349,935
WV	Braxton County Schools	500,000
WV	Roane County Schools	485,825

Dated: December 15, 2005.

James M. Andrew,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.