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[Federal Register: June 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 111)]
[Notices]
[Page 32116-32123]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
State Partnership Grant Program to Improve Minority Health
AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Minority
Health.
ACTION: Notice.
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Announcement Type: Competitive Initial Announcement of Availability
of Funds.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: State Partnership
Grant Program to Improve Minority Health--93.296.
DATES: To receive consideration, applications must be received by the
Office of Grants Management, Office of Public Health and Science
(OPHS), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) c/o WilDon
Solutions, Office of Grants Management Operations Center, Attention
Office of Minority Health State Partnership Grant Program to Improve
Minority Health, no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on July 11, 2007.
The application due date requirement in this announcement supersedes
the instructions in the OPHS-1 form.
ADDRESSES: Application kits may be obtained electronically by accessing
Grants.gov at http://www.grants.gov or GrantSolutions at http://www.GrantSolutions.gov.
To obtain a hard copy of the application kit,
contact WilDon Solutions at 1-888-203-6161. Applicants may fax a
written request to WilDon Solutions at (703) 351-1138 or email the
request to OPHS grantinfo@teamwildon.com. Applications must be prepared
using Form OPHS-1 ``Grant Application,'' which is included in the
application kit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: WilDon Solutions, Office of Grants
Management Operations Center, 1515 Wilson Blvd., Third Floor Suite 310,
Arlington, VA 22209 at 1-888-203-6161, email
OPHSgrantinfo@teamwildon.com, or fax 703-351-1138.
SUMMARY: This announcement is made by the United States Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS or Department), Office of Minority
Health (OMH) located within the Office of Public Health and Science
(OPHS), and working in a ``One Department'' approach collaboratively
with participating HHS agencies and programs (entities). OMH is
authorized to conduct the State Partnership Grant Program to Improve
Minority Health under 42 U.S.C. 300u-6, section 1707 of the Public
Health Service Act, as amended. The mission of the OMH is to improve
the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the
development of policies and programs that address disparities and gaps.
OMH serves as the focal point within the HHS for leadership, policy
development and coordination, service demonstrations, information
exchange, coalition and partnership building, and related efforts to
address the health of racial and ethnic minorities. OMH activities are
implemented in an effort to address Healthy People 2010, a
comprehensive set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives
for the Nation to achieve over the first decade of the 21st century
(http://www.healthypeople.gov).