Fiscal Year 1999 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and Notice Regarding Applications

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17653]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging
[Program Announcement 13655.892]


Fiscal Year 1999 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and 
Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging (AoA), HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of funds and opportunity to apply 
under the Older Americans Act (Act), title VI, Grants for Native 
Americans, part B--Native Hawaiian Program.

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SUMMARY: The AoA will accept applications for funding in fiscal year 
1999 under the Act, title VI, Grants for Native Americans, part B--
Native Hawaiian Program. The deadline date for the submission of 
applications is September 10, 1999. Public and/or nonprofit private 
organizations having the capacity to provide services for Native 
Hawaiians are eligible for assistance under title VI, part B, if the 
organization will serve at least 50 Native Hawaiian individuals who 
have attained 60 years of age or older, and the organization 
demonstrates the ability to deliver supportive services and nutrition 
services. For the purposes of title VI, part B, the term ``Native 
Hawaiian'' means an individual any of whose ancestors were natives of 
the area which consists of the Hawaiian Islands prior to 1778.
    Application kits are available by writing to the Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, M. Yvonne Jackson, 
Director, Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native and Native 
Hawaiian Programs, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 4743, 
Washington, DC 20201, telephone: (202) 619-2713.

    Dated: July 7, 1999.
Diane Justice,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 99-17653 Filed 7-9-99; 8:45 am]
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