80 FR 51276 - Notice of Intent To Award a Single Source Non-Competing Continuation Cooperative Agreement for two Alzheimer's Disease Supportive Services Program (ADSSP) Projects

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 163 (August 24, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 163 (Monday, August 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51276-51277]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20796]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Community Living


Notice of Intent To Award a Single Source Non-Competing 
Continuation Cooperative Agreement for two Alzheimer's Disease 
Supportive Services Program (ADSSP) Projects

    Program Name: Alzheimer's Disease Supportive Services Program.
    Award Amount: $625,809.
    Project Period: September 30, 2015 through September 29, 2016.
    Award Type: Cooperative Agreement.
    Statutory Authority: Public Law 78-410: 42 U.S.C. 280c-3. It was 
amended by Public Law 101-557 and by Public Law 105-392.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.051.

Program Description

    The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is announcing its 
intent to award single source non-competing continuation cooperative 
agreements to two Alzheimer's Disease Supportive Services Program 
(ADSSP) projects. Resources dedicated to the ADSSP grant program are 
restricted to the support of grants to states designed to expand the 
availability of dementia-capable support services for persons with 
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD), their families and 
caregivers.

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    There are currently 15 active ADSSP grantees engaged in the 
development of dementia-capable systems in their state to support 
individuals with ADRD and their caregivers. ACL will provide additional 
resources to support the expansion of promising program activities 
under existing ADSSP projects in the states of Minnesota and Ohio. Both 
the Minnesota and Ohio grantees are engaged in projects that are 
building the dementia-capability of their state systems that merit 
expansion. The state of Minnesota will expand on their existing program 
efforts to build strong linkages between a Health Care Partner (HCP) 
and Community Based Organizations (CBO). The state of Ohio will expand 
on their existing ADSSP project goal to enrich the lives of veterans 
suffering from cognitive and physical challenges and their caregivers 
by expanding Ohio's Music & Memory\SM\ program living in their homes 
and communities.
    Justification: ACL is committed to the success, continued expansion 
and sustainability of ADSSP projects. Each of the identified existing 
cooperative agreement projects has components within them from which 
the communities that they serve will benefit and merit uninterrupted 
expansion. To ensure uninterrupted continuation toward achieving and 
exceeding their goals and objectives and expansion of program efforts, 
ACL plans to issue one-year non-competing awards to both the Minnesota 
Board on Aging and the Ohio Department on Aging.

I. Agency Contact

    For further information or comments regarding this action, contact 
Erin Long, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration 
for Community Living, Administration on Aging, Washington, DC 20201; 
telephone (202) 357-3448; fax (202) 357-3549; email 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 11, 2015.
Kathy Greenlee,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2015-20796 Filed 8-21-15; 8:45 am]
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