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-2006-AOA-MP-0603
	Document Type:	Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Mar 17, 2006
	Creation Date:	Mar 17, 2006
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Apr 28, 2006 See link to full announcement for details.
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Information not provided
	Archive Date:	Information not provided
	Expected Number of Awards:	28
	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: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Faith-based and community organizations are eligible to apply. Eligible Applicants Through this competition, AoA plans to fund one project in each of the following 26 states and two territories: Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Guam and the US Virgin Islands. The competition is limited to public/private non-profit organizations (proof of non-profit status is required) located within the 28 eligible jurisdictions specified above. Faith-based organizations and federally-financed tribes are encouraged to apply.
Grant Description: AoA funds sixty-four Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Projects which recruit retired professionals as volunteers to educate older consumers in their communities about Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care fraud, error and abuse prevention. Currently SMPs operate in 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. AoA plans to award one project grant in each of the eligible states listed in this announcement. States not listed are currently served by SMP projects awarded in 2005. Applicants for the 2006 award must provide a plan for statewide SMP program coverage and for serving isolated and hard-to-reach, populations within their state. Up to twenty-eight 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. 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 and will describe training, technical assistance and support to be provided to the projects. The cooperative agreement will provide the program requirements and measures of program success, as well as describe the training, technical assistance and support to be provided by AoA and the National Consumer Protection Technical Resource Center. Applicants (with the exception of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) must cover at least 25 % of the project's total cost with non-Federal resources.
Link to Full Grant Announcement: http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp http://www.aoa.gov/doingbus/fundopp/fundopp.asp
Grant Announcement Contact: Barbara Lewis
Barbara.Lewis@aoa.hhs.gov
Barbara.Lewis@aoa.hhs.gov
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