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[FR Doc No: 94-29769]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Special Project Grants; Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services;
Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) Set-Aside Program
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resource and Services Administration is announcing
the availability of fiscal year 1995 funds for a limited competition
for Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) Home Visiting for At-
Risk Families (HVAF) grants. The purpose of the CISS/HVAF is to assist
State Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programs to support development
and expansion of successful community integrated service strategies.
Projects funded under this initiative are expected to emphasize the
home visiting model as an important component of care. The CISS/HVAF
grants will be used to support the development of enhanced health
components in States' Administration for Children and Families' (ACF)
Five-Year State Plans for Family Preservation and Family Support (FP/
FS) Services. These Five-Year Plans, being developed under Title IV-B
of the Social Security Act, are part of the Family Preservation and
Family Support (FP/FS) Services programs authorized under the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66). The CISS/HVAF grants
will complement planning activities supported by the HRSA and the ACF
to promote State efforts to develop comprehensive systems of services
which meet both the health and welfare needs of families. Awards will
be made under the program authority of section 502(b)(1)(A) of the
Social Security Act, the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant
CISS Set-Aside Program.
Competition is limited to the eleven States and jurisdictions
currently without CISS/HVAF grants. In FY 1994, 50 of the 56 eligible
States and Jurisdictions applied for CISS/HVAF grants and 45 were
funded. With this notice, HRSA is offering the remainder the
opportunity to participate in this initiative. They constitute the
universe of remaining eligible applicants that were either disapproved
last year or did not apply. The eleven States and jurisdictions are:
New Jersey; Virgin Islands; West Virginia; Tennessee; Mississippi;
North Carolina; Texas; California; American Samoa; Guam; and the
Northern Mariana Islands.
Grants/Amounts: Up to $550,000 will be available to support up to
eleven new projects in an amount up to $50,000 per award for the
project period. Project periods are for nine months, beginning January
1, 1995.
Eligibility: Eligibility for funding is limited to a single
application from each of eleven specified States and Jurisdictions
which has been approved to receive FY 1994 funding under Title IV-B,
Subpart 2 of the Social Security Act: Family Preservation and Support
Services, and which has not been approved to receive funds under the
CISS/HVAF grant program. State Title V/Title IV-B agency partnerships
are especially encouraged, with State Child Welfare and Maternal and
Child Health agencies acting either as co-applicants or collaborating
in the identification of the applicant. The application must be jointly
developed and the project must be jointly implemented by both programs.
ADDRESSES: Grant applications must be submitted to: Chief, Grants
Management Branch, Office of Program Support, Maternal and Child Health
Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 18-12,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301)
443-1440. Applicants for these projects will use application Form PHS
5161-1, with revised facesheet DHHS Form 424, approved by OMB under
control number 0937-0189.
DATES: The application deadline date is December 1, 1994. Eligible
applicants have been notified as of October 31, 1994. This notice will
inform the public of this grant award competition.
Competing applications will be considered to be on time if they are
either:
(1) received on or before the deadline date, or
(2) postmarked on or before the deadline date and received in time
for orderly processing. (Applicants should request a legibly dated
receipt from a commercial carrier or U.S. Postal Service postmark or
obtain a legibly dated receipt from a commercial carrier or U.S. Postal
Service. Private metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof of
timely mailing.
Late competing applications not accepted for processing or those
sent to an address other than indicated in the ADDRESSES section will
be returned to the applicant.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For programmatic or technical
information on MCH issues, contact Mr. Stuart Swayze, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 18A-39, telephone: 301 443-4026. For information concerning
business management issues, contact Ms. Arlethia Dawson, Grants
Management Branch, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Room 18-12,
Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland, telephone:
301 443-1440.
Provision of Smoke-Free Workplace
The Public Health Service strongly encourages all grant recipients
to provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all
tobacco products. This is consistent with the PHS mission to protect
and advance the physical and mental health of the American people.
Public Health System Reporting Requirements
This program is subject to the Public Health System Reporting
Requirements (approved under OMB No. 0937-0195). Under these
requirements, the community-based nongovernmental applicant must
prepare and submit a Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS). The
PHSIS is intended to provide information to State and local health
officials to keep them apprised of proposed health services grant
applications submitted by community-based nongovernmental organizations
within their jurisdictions.
Community-based nongovernmental applicants are required to submit
the following information to the head of the appropriate State and
local health agencies in the area(s) to be impacted no later than the
Federal application receipt due date:
(a) A copy of the face page of the application (SF 424).
(b) A summary of the project (PHSIS), not to exceed one page, which
provides:
(1) A description of the population to be served.
(2) A summary of the services to be provided.
(3) A description of the coordination planned with the appropriate
State and local health agencies.
Executive Order 12372
The MCH Block Grant has been determined to be a program which is
not subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372 concerning
intergovernmental review of Federal programs.
The OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93.110.
Dated: November 29, 1994.
Ciro V. Sumaya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-29769 Filed 12-2-94; 8:45 am]
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