Grant and cooperative agreement awards: Center for Native American Health, College of Medicine/Arizona Prevention Center, University of Arizona,

[Federal Register: October 2, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 191)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Research and Demonstration Projects for Indian Health

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of single source cooperative agreement with the Center for Native American Health, College of Medicine/Arizona Prevention Center, University of Arizona.

SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces the award of a cooperative agreement to the Center for Native American Health (CNAH), College of Medicine/Arizona Prevention Center, University of Arizona, for a demonstration project to build and expand on a unique collaborative partnership that currently exists among the CNAH, the IHS, and the Indian tribes located in the southwestern part of the country. The project is for a 2-year period, effective September 1, 1998, through August 31, 2000. Funding for the first year of the project is $243,075, plus an annual in-kind contribution by the University of $100,390.

The award is issued under the authority of the Public Health Service Act, Section 301. A general program description is contained in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, number 93.933.

The specific goals of the project are to increase opportunities for sub-specialty medical care at reservation health care facilities, to increase the availability of telemedicine at reservation health care facilities, to enhance community health planning and prevention activities, to facilitate counseling of high school level Indian students for entry into health careers, and to investigate the possibilities of replication of this collaborative project at other sites.

Justification for Single Source: The CNAH is a unique organization within the University that is guided by an Advisory Council composed of leaders from 13 Indian tribes and tribal organizations located in the southwestern part of the country and health professionals from the Arizona Department of Health, the IHS, and the University of Arizona.

Award of a Cooperative Agreement: The Project Director for this cooperative agreement is an IHS employee who is serving as the Director of CNAH; therefore, he will provide substantial on-going IHS programmatic involvement in the development and direction of this demonstration project. Also, the IHS has health professionals providing project guidance as members of the Advisory Council.

Contacts: For programmatic information, please contact Ms. Jan Frederick, Acting Chief, Nutrition and Dietetics, Phoenix Area IHS, Two Renaissance Square, 40 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, (602) 364-5197. For grants administration or business information, contact Ms. M. Kay Carpentier, Grants Management

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Officer, IHS, Suite 100, Twinbrook Metro Plaza Building, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, Maryland 20852, (301) 443-5204.

Dated: September 25, 1998. Michael H. Trujillo, Assistant Surgeon General Director.

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