OFFICE
OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
AUTHORIZATION:
Public
Health Service Act, as amended, Title X, Section 1003, 42 U.S.C.
300a-1; Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of
1970, Section 6(c), Public Law 91-572, 84 Stat. 1507, as amended;
Appropriation Act of 1991, Public Law 101-517.
To
provide job specific training for personnel to improve the delivery
of family planning services.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
Project Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Grants
are awarded to provide training to Title X project staffs; to improve
utilization and career development of paraprofessional and paramedical
manpower in family planning services, particularly in rural areas.
Funds may not be used in programs where abortion is a method of
family planning.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: Any public entity (including city,
county, local, regional, or State government) or nonprofit private
entity located in a State (including the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the
Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau) is eligible
to apply for a grant under this program. Faith based organizations
are eligible to apply.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: Personnel delivering family planning
services in Title X projects.
Credentials/Documentation:
A nonprofit private entity must provide evidence of its nonprofit
status. Allow ability of costs charged to the grant will be determined
in accordance with the following Cost Principles: OMB Circular
No. A-21 for educational institutions, OMB Circular No. A-87 for
state and local governments, and OMB Circular No.A-122 for non-profit
organizations.
Pre-application
Coordination: There are no requirements for
coordination. Informal preapplication consultation between prospective
applicants and Office of Population Affairs staff is available upon
request. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372,
"Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should
consult the office or official designated as the single point of
contact in his or her State for more information on the process
the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if
the State has selected the program for review.
Application
Procedure: Applications and instructions may
be obtained from the Office of Grants Management For Family Planning
Services, 1301 Young St. NW., Suite 766, Dallas, TX 75202. The
standard application forms, as furnished by PHS and required by
45 CFR 74 (for institutions of higher education, hospitals and
other non-profit organizations), and 45 CFR 92 ( for state and
local governments), must be used for this program. This program
is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR 74, and 45 CFR 92, as well
as OMB Circular No. A-102 (Administrative Guidelines and Standards
for States and Local Governments), and OMB Circular No. A-110
(administrative guidelines and standards for institutions of higher
education, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations).
Award
Procedure: The Regional Health Administrator,
DHHS, makes the final decision(s) to approve, hold, or reject
individual applications. Applicants are notified regarding the
final decision on each application. All projects funded are issued
a Notice of Grant Award.
Deadlines:
Contact the Office of Grants Management for Family Planning Services,
Dallas, TX, for application deadlines.
Range
of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 90 to 180
days.
Appeals:
None. Applicants may rework grant applications through consultation
with headquarters staff.
Renewals:
Projects are renewed, as required, based on submission of an application
including a progress report and evidence of plan compliance.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula
and Matching Requirements: This program has
no statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length
and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants are
generally approved for a project period of 3-5 years.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Expenditure report on annual basis. Progress report to be submitted
with continuation application. Special reports as requested.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised,
June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance
of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a
program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities
that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt
from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted
in Circular No. A-133.
Records:
HHS and the Comptroller General of the United States or any of
their authorized representatives, shall have the right of access
to any books, documents, papers, or other records of a grantee,
subgrantee, contractor, or subcontractor, which are pertinent
to the HHS grant, in order to make audits, examinations, excerpts
and transcripts. In accordance with 45 CFR, Part 74.53, and 45
CFR, Part 92, grantees are required to maintain grant accounting
records 3 years after the end of a budget period. If any litigation,
claim, negotiation, audit or other action involving the record
has been started before the expiration of the 3-year period, the
records shall be retained until completion of the action and resolution
of all issues which arise from it, or until the end of the regular
3-year period, whichever is later.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION:
Account
Identification: 75-0350-0-1-550.
Obligations:
(Grants) FY 01 $7,771,000; FY 02 est $8,442,000; and FY 03 est
$8,442,000.
Range
and Average of Financial Assistance: The range is from $238,000 to $472,000; Average: $355,000.
The program has shifted administration of the general training grants
to the regions in 1998, to more efficiently address the training
needs of each individual region. Support was given to 11 family
planning training grantees in fiscal year 2001, and it is estimated
that support will be given to 11 grantees in fiscal year 2002 and
fiscal year 2003.
Regional
or Local Office: Regional Health Administrator,
DHHS Regional Offices. (See Appendix IV of the Catalog for addresses.)
Headquarters
Office: Program Contact: Ms. Susan Moskosky,
Director, Office of Family Planning, Office of Population Affairs,
Department of Health and Human Services, 4350 East-West Highway,
Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814. Telephone: (301) 594-4008. Grants
Management Contact: Grants Management Officer for Family Planning
Services, 1301 Young St., NW., Suite 766, Dallas, TX. Telephone:
(214) 767-3401.
Web
Site Address: http://www.opa.osophs.dhhs.gov
EXAMPLES
OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
(1) Short-term family planning personnel training; (2) brief workshops
on specific topics; and (3) family planning/women's health specialty
training continuing education course for health care practitioners.
CRITERIA
FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
Proposals will be evaluated to determine which would best promote
the purposes of the authorizing legislation, taking into account:
(1) The increase in delivery of services to people, particularly
low-income groups, with a high percentage of unmet need for family
planning services; (2) the promise of the program to fulfill the
family planning services needs of the area to be served; (3) capacity
to use assistance rapidly and effectively; (4) the administrative
and management capability and competence of the applicant; (5) competence
of the project staff; and (6) compliance with pertinent regulations
and guidelines.
