Fiscal Year 1998 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and Notice Regarding Applications

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10555]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)

Administration on Aging
[Program Announcement No. AoA-98-5]


Fiscal Year 1998 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 carry out model Pension Information and Counseling 
Projects whose purpose is to demonstrate innovative and effective means 
for ensuring that those older Americans eligible for pension benefits 
have the requisite knowledge, information, and counseling to exercise 
fully their rights and entitlements.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging (AoA) announces that under this 
program announcement it will hold a competition for grant awards for 
three (3) to five (5) projects. Since 1993, the AoA has supported 
several model pension information and counseling projects at various 
sites throughout the country. This program announcement is designed to 
build on that effort by extending the opportunity for program 
innovation in pension counseling and information dissemination to other 
regions of the country.
    The deadline date for the submission of applications is June 21, 
1998. As provided by Title IV, Section 429 of the Older Americans Act, 
eligibility for grant awards is limited to state and area agencies on 
aging and to nonprofit organizations with proven experience in the 
counseling of older persons regarding retirement benefits and pension 
rights.
    Application kits are available by writing to the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, Office of Program 
Operations and Development, 330 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 4270, 
Washington, DC 20201, or by calling 202/619-0011.

    Dated: April 15, 1998.
Jeanette C. Takamura,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 98-10555 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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