[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44095-44096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15280]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Notice of Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement to the
National Aging and Disability Networks
ACTION: Announcing intent to award a single-source supplement.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by The National Council on Aging for the project
Piloting the Remote Delivery of Falls Prevention Programs. The purpose
of this supplement is to scale-up research activities for falls
prevention interventions delivered remotely/virtually.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or comments
regarding this program supplement, contact Keri Lipperini, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community
Living, Administration on Aging, Office of Nutrition and Health
Promotion Programs, 202-795-7422, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This supplement for FY 2020 will be in the
amount of $100,000, bringing the total award in FY 2020 to $850,000.
The additional funding will be used to enhance existing efforts,
not for new efforts. The grantee will continue to work toward their
dual goals of providing public education on the risk of falls and how
to prevent them and supporting the implementation and dissemination of
evidence-based falls prevention programs.
Program Name: National Falls Prevention Resource Center.
Recipient: The National Council on Aging.
Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the
fifth year of a five year project period of August 1, 2016 to July 31,
2021.
Total Award Amount: $850,000 in FY 2020.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement, Supplement.
Statutory Authority: The Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, as
amended, Public Law 116-131.
Basis for Award
The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is currently funded to carry
out the objectives of the National Falls Prevention Resource Center
grant for the period of August 1, 2016 to July 31,
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2021. Since the project's implementation, the grantee has made
satisfactory progress toward its approved work plan.
This supplemental funding is intended to enhance NCOA's existing
work--enabling them to provide responsive support for community-based
organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic by piloting the remote/
virtual delivery of falls prevention interventions.
As a well-established and trusted organization in the aging and
disability networks, NCOA is uniquely positioned to complete the work
called for under this project. Their current grant has two primary
goals: (1) To provide public education on the risk of falls and how to
prevent them; and (2) support the implementation and dissemination of
evidence-based falls prevention programs. To accomplish these goals,
NCOA serves as the national leader in falls prevention, reaching
millions of professionals, older adults, individuals with disabilities,
and their families each year through Falls Prevention Awareness Day and
other public awareness activities and events. They also provide
technical assistance for organizations implementing falls prevention
programs, including one-on-one consultation, national conferences, and
webinars. They have a comprehensive, interactive website with tools and
resources, including--but not limited to--issues briefs, tip sheets,
policy and practice models, and toolkits. They have also presented to
the aging and disability networks locally and on a national level, and
have developed substantive partnerships with program developers,
organizations, universities.
Establishing an entirely new grant project at this time would be
potentially disruptive to the work needed to ensure the continued
availability of falls prevention programs. If this supplement were not
provided, ACL grantees and the hundreds community-based organizations
across the nation who provide many of these falls prevention
interventions would be unable to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dated: July 8, 2020.
Mary Lazare,
Principal Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-15280 Filed 7-20-20; 8:45 am]
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