Senior Medicare Patrol Projects

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	Federal Grant Title:	Senior Medicare Patrol Projects
	CFDA Number:	93.048
	CFDA Description:	Special Programs for the Aging_Title IV_and Title II_Discretionary Projects
	Federal Agency Name:	Administration on Aging
	Category of Funding Activity:	Income Security and Social Services
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	HHS-2008-AOA-MP-0806
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Feb 26, 2008
	Creation Date:	Feb 26, 2008
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 11, 2008 See link to full announcement for details.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	May 11, 2008
	Expected Number of Awards:	26
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$4,600,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$180,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	$0
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	Yes

Applicants Eligible for this Grant

Public and State controlled institutions of higher education Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized) Private institutions of higher education For profit organizations other than small businesses State governments Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility

Additional eligibility types: Local Governments Domestic public or private and non-profit entities including state, local and Indian tribal governments (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American), faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, hospitals, and institutions of higher education are eligible to apply. Through this competition, AoA plans to fund one project in each of the following 26 states and the District of Columbia: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply.

Grant Description

AoA currently funds 57 Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Projects which recruit retired professionals as volunteers to educate beneficiaries and older consumers in their communities on how to prevent, detect and report health care fraud, error and abuse. Currently SMPs operate in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under this competition, up to twenty-six cooperative agreements will be funded at a federal share of up to $180,000 per year and a project period of up to three years, contingent upon the availability of federal funds in the following eligible states and District: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. To ensure that limited OAA funding for this program is most effectively used to maximize national program coverage, it is necessary to limit the number of SMP grantees to one (1) per state, district or territory. By eliminating duplicative or overlapping awards to more than one organization within a state, AoA not only maximizes national program coverage, but ensures greater equity in allocation of SMP services to elders irrespective of their state of residence. States not listed are currently served by SMP projects awarded through 2009. Applicants for the 2008 award must provide a comprehensive collaborative plan for statewide SMP program coverage which targets isolated and hard-to-reach, and other vulnerable populations within their state. No more than one project grant will be awarded for program activities within each single eligible state or district. Applicants may apply to operate a project in more than one State or the District by submitting separate applications that clearly indicate the name of each such state or district. Successful applicants are anticipated to be able to conduct a District or state-wide SMP project targeting vulnerable/hard to reach populations, based on the evaluation criteria. The award is a cooperative agreement because the Administration on Aging will be substantially involved in the development and execution of the activities of the projects. AoA's National Consumer Protection Technical Resource Center (Center) will provide training and technical assistance necessary to ensure effective project operations, including the SMP web-based data collection management tracking system. AoA and the Center will provide a mentoring program for new grantees sufficient to understand the goals and objectives of the program and current fraud alerts. AoA will conduct a required national or regional training conference annually for SMP projects, to share best practices, recognize outstanding volunteers, and promote collaborations with other Federal agencies. Workshops will be held to ensure consistent reporting of project performance outcomes to the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), the annual Health Care Fraud & Abuse Control (HCFAC) report or other entities as required. Applicants must cover at least twenty five per cent (25 %) of the project's total cost with non-Federal resources. Public and/or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including faith-based and community-based organizations, and Indian tribal governments (American Indian/Alaskan Native/Native American), are eligible to apply under this program announcement.

Link to Full Grant Announcement

SMP Program Announcement
http://aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/announcements/2008/2008SMPAnnouncementfinalOGM.doc

Grant Announcement Contact

Barbara Lewis
barbara.lewis@aoa.hhs.gov
barbara.lewis@aoa.hhs.gov Barbara Lewis

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