97-5204. Fiscal Year 1997 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and Notice Regarding Applications

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9771]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Aging
[Program Announcement No. AoA-97-2]


Fiscal Year 1997 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and 
Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of funds and request for 
applications to develop new statewide legal hotlines for older 
Americans and, in addition, to provide technical assistance and 
guidance to statewide senior legal hotline projects.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that it will hold a 
priority area competition for grant awards for three (3) to four (4) 
model projects that demonstrate effective ways of planning, developing, 
and sustaining statewide senior legal hotlines, and for a project to 
provide appropriate technical assistance to statewide senior legal 
hotline projects.
    The deadline date for the submission of applications is May 15, 
1997. Prospective applicants should note that because of the 
specialized nature of this priority area, they should have a proven 
track record of experience in providing legal services to the elderly 
in order to compete successfully for project awards.
    Application kits are available by writing to: Department of Health 
and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Program 
Development, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 4274, Washington, DC 
20201.

    Dated: February 26, 1997.
Robyn I. Stone,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 97-5204 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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