[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29234-29235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14091]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Healthy Start Initiative--Phase II Limited Competition for the
Mississippi Delta
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds for a limited competition for
the ten counties of Mississippi known as the Mississippi Delta.
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SUMMARY: The HRSA announces the availability funds in fiscal year 1998
for a single cooperative agreement for the replication of the Healthy
Start Initiative (HSI) Phase II within the ten counties of Mississippi
known as the Mississippi Delta. The Healthy Start Initiative is a
program of projects which, since FY 1991, has developed and implemented
community-based strategies to reduce infant mortality in areas with a
high incidence of infant mortality. The purpose of Healthy Start-Phase
II is to operationalize successful infant mortality reduction
strategies developed during the demonstration phase and to launch
Healthy Start projects in new rural and urban communities (i.e.,
communities currently without a Healthy Start Initiative-funded
project). Within the HRSA, the Healthy Start Initiative is administered
by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). This cooperative
agreement for Healthy Start-Phase II in the Mississippi Delta will be
made under the program authority of Section 301 of the Public Health
Service Act. Funds for this award were appropriated under Public Law
104-208.
To continue Healthy Start efforts to meet critical maternal and
child health needs in the Mississippi Delta, public and nonprofit
private organizations serving the following counties in the Mississippi
Delta--Humphries, Holmes, Leflore, Bolivar, Quitman, Sunflower,
Tallahatchie, Washington, Cohoma, and Tunica--are encouraged to apply.
Applicants must provide services to all ten counties. Only one
applicant organization will be funded.
The project period is three years, subject to continuing
availability of funds.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may contact the HRSA Grants Application
Center for an application package. Requests should specify the Healthy
Start Initiative--Phase II limited competition within the Mississippi
Delta (CFDA #93.926b). The Center may
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be contacted by: telephone: 1-888-300-HRSA, FAX: 301-309-0579, or e-
mail: [email protected] Completed applications should be returned
to: Grants Management Officer (CFDA #93.926b), HRSA Grants Application
Center, 40 West Gude Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, Maryland 20850.
DATES: The application deadline date is Thursday, July 1, 1998.
Dated: May 21, 1998.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 98-14091 Filed 5-27-98; 8:45 am]
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