Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program,

[Federal Register: December 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 245)]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Announcement of Grant Awards Under the RUS Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of applications selected to receive grant awards.

SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby announces the recipients selected to receive grant awards during fiscal year (FY) 2005 under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.

ADDRESSES: Subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, (5 U.S.C. 552), applications will be available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary B. Allan, Chief, Universal Services Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service. Telephone: (202) 720-0413, Fax (202) 720-1051, dltinfo@usda.gov. The list of awards may be viewed on the Internet at

http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 7 CFR 1703.101, RUS hereby publishes the names of the 79 organizations that have been awarded $29.4 million in grants under 7 CFR 1703, subpart D, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. The recipients are as follows:

State

Organization

Amount

AK........................... Alaska Primary Care

$258,765 Association, Inc. AK........................... Yukon-Kuskokwim Health

500,000 Corporation. AK........................... Maniilaq Association........ 269,892 AK........................... Aleutians East Borough

488,030 School District. AK........................... Norton Sound Health

499,646 Corporation. AK........................... Eastern Aleutian Tribes..... 412,867 AL........................... Talladega County Schools/

499,978 Talladega County Board of Education. AR........................... Ozark Health Foundation..... 420,505 AR........................... White River Rural Health

341,297 Center, Inc. AZ........................... La Paz Regional Hospital,

458,061 Inc. CA........................... Open Door Community Health

205,833 Centers, Inc. CO........................... Mesa State College.......... 338,892 GA........................... East Central Technical

498,252 College Foundation. HI........................... Maui Community College...... 387,743 IA........................... The University of Iowa...... 198,000 ID........................... St. Mary's Hospital, Inc.... 289,369 IL........................... Lewis and Clark Community

294,678 College. IN........................... St. Vincent Health.......... 205,706 IN........................... Southwest Dubois County

389,599 School Corp. LEA for the Southern Indiana Education Center. KS........................... Rural Health Resources of

492,076 Jackson County, Inc. KS........................... Southeast Kansas Education

499,920 Service Center. ME........................... Northeast Health............ 107,450 ME........................... Central Maine Medical Center 500,000 MI........................... Alpena General Hospital..... 421,872 MI........................... Berrien County Intermediate 350,000 School District. MI........................... Borgess Health Alliance..... 321,020 MI........................... Trinity Health Michigan..... 200,015 MN........................... Tri-County Hospital, Inc.... 500,000 MN........................... MediSota, Inc............... 102,100 MN........................... Minnesota Association of

475,022 Community Mental Health Programs, Inc. MO........................... Citizens Memorial Hospital

432,265 District. MS........................... Carroll County School

500,000 District. MT........................... Clark Fork Valley Hospital.. 134,947 NC........................... Beaufort County Schools..... 114,211 NE........................... Educational Service Unit

378,800 15. NE........................... Chase County High School.... 183,100 NH........................... Exeter Region Cooperative

499,330 School District. NH........................... VNA at HCS, Inc............. 327,100 NM........................... Northwest Regional Education 486,100 Center 2. NM........................... High Plains Regional

454,668 Education Cooperative. NV........................... Elko County School District. 474,872 NV........................... White Pine County School

500,000 District. NY........................... Steuben-Allegany BOCES...... 252,948

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NY........................... Washington County Public

136,035 Health. NY........................... Sullivan County Board of

446,232 Cooperative Education. NY........................... Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-

467,635 Herkimer-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services. NY........................... Madison-Oneida Board of

468,853 Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). OH........................... Adams County Hospital....... 141,812 OH........................... Allen County Health

339,641 Partners, Inc. OK........................... Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.. 304,542 OK........................... Lane Elementary School...... 346,325 OK........................... Wapanucka Public School..... 486,050 OK........................... Western Oklahoma State

485,490 College. OK........................... Connor State College........ 498,148 OR........................... Asante Health System........ 499,165 OR........................... Libraries of Eastern Oregon. 53,885 PA........................... Lewistown Hospital.......... 392,950 PA........................... Bradford Regional Medical

110,575 Center. SD........................... Avera Health................ 500,000 SD........................... Catholic Chancery of Sioux

173,429 Falls. SD........................... Avera McKennan.............. 307,831 SD........................... South Dakota State

319,517 University. SD........................... Northern State University... 496,463 TN........................... Scott County Schools........ 500,000 TN........................... Mountain States Health

476,944 Alliance. TX........................... Education Service Center,

291,918 Region 17. TX........................... Driscoll Children's Hospital 455,208 TX........................... Region 16 Education Service 500,000 Center. TX........................... Region XIV Education Service 499,990 Center. TX........................... Education Service Center

500,000 Region XI. TX........................... Ricardo ISD................. 248,580 VA........................... Southwest Virginia Education 500,000 and Training Network. WA........................... Ocean Beach Hospital........ 248,400 WA........................... Community Choice PHCO....... 461,005 WA........................... Colville Confederated Tribes 449,636 WI........................... Highland School District.... 303,064 WV........................... Harrison County Board of

349,935 Education. WV........................... Braxton County Schools...... 500,000 WV........................... Roane County Schools........ 485,825

Dated: December 15, 2005. James M. Andrew, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

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