Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F; AIDS Education and Training Centers; National HIV Curriculum e-Learning Platform: Technology Operations and Maintenance Project

• Published date: 07 April 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 19491
• Record Number: 2020-07314
• Section: Notices
• Court: Health Resources And Services Administration

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 19491-19492]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2020-07314]
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                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                Health Resources and Services Administration
                Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part F; AIDS Education and Training
                Centers; National HIV Curriculum e-Learning Platform: Technology
                Operations and Maintenance Project
                AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department
                of Health and Human Services.
                ACTION: Notice of supplemental award.
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                SUMMARY: HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau will award $100,000 in supplemental
                funding to the University of Washington to support the AIDS Education
                and Training Centers' (AETC) National HIV
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                Curriculum (NHC) e-Learning Platform: Technology Operations and
                Maintenance project in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 and, pending the
                availability of funds, in each succeeding year of the project's period
                of performance. This supplemental funding will enable the recipient to
                implement technological enhancements to the NHC eLearning Platform to
                increase access and improve efficiency of new online training modules
                and learning activities that respond to specific needs, as identified,
                by Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE) initiative
                jurisdictions. These system enhancements will help increase the number
                of health professionals that have access to state of the art HIV
                treatment interventions and protocols.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherrillyn Crooks, Chief, HIV
                Education Branch, Office of Training and Capacity Development, HRSA,
                5600 Fishers Lane, Room 9N110, Rockville, MD 20857, by email at
                [email protected] or by phone at (301) 443-7662.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                 Intended Recipient of the Award: The University of Washington, AIDS
                Education and Training.
                 Centers National HIV Curriculum e-Learning Platform: Technology
                Operations and Maintenance project.
                 Amount of Award: $100,000 is available in FY 2020.
                 Project Period: March 1, 2020-August 31, 2022.
                 CFDA Number: 93.145.
                 Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300ff-111(a) (section 2692(a) of the Public
                Health Service (PHS) Act), 42 U.S.C. 300ff-121 (section 2693 of the PHS
                Act), and Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116-
                94).
                 Justification: The University of Washington currently manages the
                e-Learning platform, which hosts the AETC's web-based NHC. The NHC e-
                Learning Platform provides state of the art HIV care training and
                resources to providers nation-wide. With additional supplemental
                funding, the University of Washington will strengthen the existing
                capacity of the e-Learning platform to ensure that additional, up-to-
                date HIV treatment resources and information are available, with a
                special focus on jurisdictions targeted by the EHE initiative.
                 The supplemental award will enable the recipient to leverage its
                existing infrastructure to meet the learning needs of the HIV workforce
                in EHE designated areas. The recipient will be able to enhance and
                maintain an e-Learning Platform that provides a valuable and accessible
                tool designed to strengthen the skills and knowledge base of
                professionals that care for people with or at risk for HIV. In
                addition, supplemental funding will allow this recipient to ensure that
                providers in EHE target areas are aware of the National HIV Curriculum
                and know how to access and use it. Expanding the availability of state-
                of-the-art HIV care and treatment training resources will help prepare
                for the projected increase in demand for well-trained HIV care
                professionals as a result of the EHE rollout. This award recipient has
                the demonstrated expertise and scalable experience required to swiftly
                address these time-sensitive training and technical assistance needs.
                Thomas J. Engels,
                Administrator.
                [FR Doc. 2020-07314 Filed 4-6-20; 8:45 am]
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