[Federal Register: July 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 134)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration On Aging
Availability of Funding Opportunity Announcement
Funding Opportunity Title/Program Name: Alzheimer's Disease
Demonstration Grants to States (ADDGS) Program: Translating Evidence-
Based Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Direct Services Research
Into Practice.
Announcement Type: Initial Announcement.
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2007-AoA-AZ-0718.
Statutory Authority: Sec. 398 of the Public Health Service Act
(Pub. L. 78-410; 42 U.S.C. 280c-3), amended by the Home Health Care and
Alzheimer's Disease Amendments of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-557) and by the
Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-
392).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.051,
Alzheimer's Disease Demonstration Grants to States (ADDGS) Program.
DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is August
28, 2007. The deadline date for submission of a letter of intent is
July 31, 2007.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
This announcement seeks proposals that will demonstrate how
existing evidence-based service delivery research programs targeting
persons with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD) or their
caregivers can be translated into useful programs that can be
administered at a reasonable cost at the community level through the
Aging Services Network. Applications that seek to replicate evidence-
based programs that do not specifically target persons with ADRD or
their caregivers will not be considered for funding. ADDGS Program's
mission is to expand the availability of diagnostic and support
services for persons with Alzheimer's disease, their families, and
their caregivers, as well as improve the responsiveness of the home and
community based care system to persons with ADRD. The program focuses
on serving hard-to-reach and underserved people with ADRD. A detailed
description of the funding opportunity may be found at http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp
.
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II. Award Information
1. Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement.
2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding Per Budget Period: AoA
intends to make available, under this program announcement, cooperative
agreements for up to eight (8) projects, with eighteen (18) month
project periods, at a federal share up to $400,000 with most awardees
expected to receive $250,000.
III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements
1. Eligible Applicants
This is a limited grant competition. Eligibility for grant awards
is limited to agencies of State Government including, but not limited
to, current ADDGS grantees.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Under this program, AoA will fund no more than 75 percent of the
project's total cost. Grantees are required to provide at least 25
percent of the total program costs from non-federal cash or in-kind
resources in order to be considered for the award.
3. DUNS Number
[All grant applicants must obtain a D-U-N-S number from Dun and
Bradstreet. It is a nine-digit identification number, which provides
unique identifiers of single business entities. The D-U-N-S number is
free and easy to obtain from http://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/]
4. Intergovernmental Review
Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs, is not applicable to these grant applications.
IV. Application and Submission Information
Address to Request Application
Application materials are available online at http://www.grants.gov
.
1. Submission Requirements
Applications must be submitted electronically to http://www.grants.gov.
In order to be able to submit the application; you must
register in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) database. Information
about CCR is available at http://www.grants.gov/CCRRegister.
2. Submission Dates and Times
To receive consideration, applications must be submitted
electronically by midnight, Eastern time, August 28, 2007.
V. Responsiveness Criteria
Each application submitted will be screened to determine whether it
was received by the closing date and time.
Applications received by the closing date and time will be screened
for completeness and conformity with the requirements outlined in
Sections III and IV of this Notice and the Program Announcement. Only
complete applications that meet these requirements will be reviewed and
evaluated competitively.
VI. Application Review Information
Eligible applications in response to this announcement will be
reviewed according to the following evaluation criteria: Purpose and
Need for Assistance (15 points); Approach/Method-- Workplan and
Activities (40 points); Outcomes/Benefits/Impacts (25 points); and
Level of Effort, Program Management, Organizational Capacity (20
points).
VII. Agency Contacts
Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of
Community-Based Services, Washington, DC 20201, telephone: 202-357-
3452.
Dated: July 10, 2007.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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