80 FR 11680 - Notice of Intent To Award a Single Source Non-Competing Continuation Cooperative Agreement to Amputee Coalition

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 42 (March 4, 2015)

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is proud to announce the Center for Improved Health of Persons with Limb Loss (Limb Loss Program) is moving to ACL as a result of the 2015 budget recently signed by President Obama. The Limb Loss Program supports a national resource center and related activities that provides comprehensive information and resources to assist individuals and families dealing with Limb Loss. The Limb Loss Program currently operates through a cooperative agreement between the Amputee Coalition and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ACL will be working with the CDC on transitioning the program to ACL. Program Name: Limb Loss Program Award Amount: $2,730,000 Project Period: 4/1/2015 to 3/31/2016 Award Type: Cooperative Agreement

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Notice of Intent To Award a Single Source Non-Competing 
Continuation Cooperative Agreement to Amputee Coalition

AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is proud to 
announce the Center for Improved Health of Persons with Limb Loss (Limb 
Loss Program) is moving to ACL as a result of the 2015 budget recently 
signed by President Obama.
    The Limb Loss Program supports a national resource center and 
related activities that provides comprehensive information and 
resources to assist individuals and families dealing with Limb Loss. 
The Limb Loss Program currently operates through a cooperative 
agreement between the Amputee Coalition and the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC). ACL will be working with the CDC on transitioning the 
program to ACL.
    Program Name: Limb Loss Program
    Award Amount: $2,730,000
    Project Period: 4/1/2015 to 3/31/2016
    Award Type: Cooperative Agreement

    Statutory Authority: This program is authorized under Section 
317 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247(b-4)); 
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public 
Law 113-235 (Dec. 16, 2014).

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.325 
Discretionary Projects

DATES: Estimated Project Period--April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2016.

I. Program Description

    The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to continue existing 
activities to promote health, wellness and the adoption of healthy 
behaviors with the objective of preventing and/or reducing chronic 
conditions associated with limb loss. The grantee will continue to use 
both traditional and innovative approaches that will educate and inform 
people with disabilities, their family members, health care providers, 
policy makers, community members, and the general public.
    Justification: The Limb Loss Program currently operates through a 
cooperative agreement between the Amputee Coalition and the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC). ACL will be working with the CDC on 
transitioning the program to ACL. To ensure uninterrupted continuation 
of the grant goals and objectives, ACL plans to issue a one year non-
competing award to the incumbent Limb Loss Program grantee, Amputee 
Coalition.

II. Agency Contact

    For further information or comments regarding this action, contact 
Ophelia M. McLain, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 
Administration for Community Living, Administration on Intellectual and 
Developmental Disabilities, Office of Innovation, One Massachusetts 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20001; telephone (202) 690-7025; fax (202) 
357-3560; email [email protected].

    Dated: February 26, 2015.
Kathy Greenlee,
Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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