Rural Health Services Outreach Program

Notice of Class Deviation from Competition Requirements for Rural Health Services Outreach Program (Outreach).

Citation: "79 FR 47659"

Page Number: "47659"

"Notices"

SUMMARY: The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) will provide program expansion supplemental awards to the current Rural Health Services Outreach Program grantees. The program expansion supplemental funds will allow current Outreach grantees to expand outreach and enrollment activities to the rural uninsured for the next Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period (November 15, 2014-February 15, 2015). In addition, it will help educate the newly insured about the insurance and benefits they can now access as a result of enrolling during the initial Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period. The overarching goals of this supplemental funding are to: (1) Increase the number of uninsured educated about their coverage options; (2) increase the number of uninsured enrolled into the Health Insurance Marketplaces or other available sources of insurance, such as Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program; and (3) increase the number of newly insured individuals educated about the benefits and primary care and preventative services to which they now have access.

   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

       Intended Recipient of the Award:      Current Outreach Grantees (Quantity: 69)  Grant No.   Grantee name            City            State   Amount  D04RH23609  PeaceHealth DBA         Ketchikan       AK      Not to exceed             Ketchikan General                                $25,000.             Hospital D04RH23614  Siloam Springs Regional Siloam Springs  AR      Not to exceed             Health Cooperative, Inc                          $25,000. D04RH23596  Mariposa Community      Nogales         AZ      Not to exceed             Health Center, Inc                               $25,000. D04RH23569  County of Nevada Human  Nevada City     CA      Not to exceed             Services Agency                                  $25,000. D04RH23589  Lake County Tribal      Lakeport        CA      Not to exceed             Health, Inc                                      $25,000. D04RH23620  Woodlake Union          Woodlake        CA      Not to exceed             Elementary                                       $25,000. D04RH23616  Telluride Medical       Telluride       CO      Not to exceed             Center Foundation                                $25,000. D04RH23588  La Red Health Center,   Georgetown      DE      Not to exceed             Inc                                              $25,000. D04RH23580  Heartland Rural Health  Avon Park       FL      Not to exceed             Network, Inc                                     $25,000. D04RH23611  Rural Health Network of Summerland Key  FL      Not to exceed             Monroe County Florida,                           $25,000.             Inc D04RH23576  Georgia Southern        Statesboro      GA      Not to exceed             University                                       $25,000. D04RH23585  Irwin County Board of   Ocilla          GA      Not to exceed             Health                                           $25,000. D04RH23599  Meadows Regional        Vidalia         GA      Not to exceed             Medical Center, Inc                              $25,000. D04RH23615  St. Mary's Hospital,    Cottonwood      ID      Not to exceed             Inc                                              $25,000. D04RH23583  Indiana Rural Health    Rosedale        IN      Not to exceed             Association, Inc                                 $25,000. D04RH23618  Unified School District Waterville      KS      Not to exceed             #498 Marshall County                             $25,000.             Kansas D04RH23572  Ephraim McDowell Health Danville        KY      Not to exceed             Care Foundation, Inc                             $25,000. D04RH23586  Kentucky Office of      Frankfort       KY      Not to exceed             Vocational                                       $25,000.             Rehabilitation D04RH23590  Lake Cumberland         Somerset        KY      Not to exceed             District Health                                  $25,000.             Department D04RH23591  Lotts Creek Community   Hazard          KY      Not to exceed             School, Inc                                      $25,000. D04RH23595  Marcum and Wallace      Irvine          KY      Not to exceed             Memorial Hospital                                $25,000. D04RH23603  Montgomery County       Mount Sterling  KY      Not to exceed             Kentucky Health                                  $25,000.             Department D04RH24757  Unlawful Narcotics      Somerset        KY      Not to exceed             Investigation,                                   $25,000.             Treatment and Education D04RH23582  Hospital Service        Delhi           LA      Not to exceed             District No. 1-A of the                          $25,000.             Parish of Richland D04RH23584  Innis Community Health  Innis           LA      Not to exceed             Center, Inc                                      $25,000. D04RH23592  Louisiana Tech          Ruston          LA      Not to exceed             University                                       $25,000. D04RH23556  Allegany Health Right,  Cumberland      MD      Not to exceed             Inc                                              $25,000. D04RH23604  Mount Desert Island     Bar Harbor      ME      Not to exceed             Hospital Organization                            $25,000. D04RH23621  Spectrum Health         Greenville      MI      Not to exceed             Hospitals                                        $25,000. D04RH23622  Sterling Area Health    Sterling        MI      Not to exceed             Center                                           $25,000. D04RH23623  Upper Great Lakes       Gwinn           MI      Not to exceed             Family Health Center                             $25,000. D04RH23624  Western Upper Peninsula Hancock         MI      Not to exceed             District Health                                  $25,000.             Department D04RH23568  County of Koochiching   International   MN      Not to exceed                                     Falls                    $25,000. D04RH23601  Mississippi Headwaters  Bemidji         MN      Not to exceed             Area Dental Health                               $25,000.             Center D04RH23566  Citizens Memorial       Bolivar         MO      Not to exceed             Hospital District                                $25,000. D04RH23574  Freeman Neosho Hospital Neosho          MO      Not to exceed                                                              $25,000. D04RH23579  Health Care Coalition   Lexington       MO      Not to exceed             of Layfayette County                             $25,000. D04RH23608  Northeast Missouri      Kirksville      MO      Not to exceed             Health Council, Inc                              $25,000. D04RH23563  Central Mississippi     Newton          MS      Not to exceed             Residential Center                               $25,000. D04RH23562  Butte Silver Bow        Butte           MT      Not to exceed             Primary Health Care                              $25,000.             Clinic, Inc AKA Butte             Community Health Center D04RH23578  Granite County Medical  Philipsburg     MT      Not to exceed             Center                                           $25,000. D04RH23594  Madison Valley Hospital Ennis           MT      Not to exceed             Association, Inc                                 $25,000. D04RH23602  Seely Swan Hospital     Seeley Lake     MT      Not to exceed             District                                         $25,000. D04RH25707  Partnership for         Forest City     NC      Not to exceed             Children of the                                  $25,000.             Foothills D04RH23605  Nebraska Association of Kearney         NE      Not to exceed             Local Health Directors                           $25,000. D04RH23610  Public Health Solutions Crete           NE      Not to exceed                                                              $25,000. D04RH23597  Mary Hitchcock Memorial Lebanon         NH      Not to exceed             Hospital/Dartmouth-                              $25,000.             Hitchcock Medical             Center D04RH23600  Mid-State Health Center Plymouth        NH      Not to exceed                                                              $25,000. D04RH23607  North Country Health    Littleton       NH      Not to exceed             Consortium Inc                                   $25,000. D04RH23559  Ben Archer Health       Hatch           NM      Not to exceed             Center                                           $25,000. D04RH23581  Hidalgo Medical         Lordsburg       NM      Not to exceed             Services                                         $25,000. D04RH23564  Chautauqua County       Jamestown       NY      Not to exceed             Health Network, Inc                              $25,000. D04RH23565  Chautauqua              Dunkirk         NY      Not to exceed             Opportunities, Inc                               $25,000. D04RH23573  Fostoria Community      Fostoria        OH      Not to exceed             Hospital                                         $25,000. D04RH23617  Trinity Hospital Twin   Dennison        OH      Not to exceed             City                                             $25,000. D04RH23587  La Clinica Del Carino   Hood River      OR      Not to exceed                                                              $25,000. D04RH23613  Samaritan North Lincoln Lincoln City    OR      Not to exceed             Hospital                                         $25,000. D04RH23557  Armstrong-Indiana Drug  Shelocta        PA      Not to exceed             and Alcohol Commission,                          $25,000.             Inc D04RH26834  Community Guidance      Indiana         PA      Not to exceed             Center                                           $25,000. D04RH23570  Delta Dental Plan of    Pierre          SD      Not to exceed             South Dakota                                     $25,000. D04RH23612  Sacred Heart Health     Yankton         SD      Not to exceed             Service                                          $25,000. D04RH23619  University of South     Vermillion      SD      Not to exceed             Dakota                                           $25,000. D04RH23561  Buffalo Valley, Inc     Hohenwald       TN      Not to exceed                                                              $25,000. D04RH23593  Madison County          Madisonville    TX      Not to exceed                                                              $25,000. D04RH23577  Giles Free Clinic       Pearisburg      VA      Not to exceed                                                              $25,000. D04RH23558  Behavioral Health       Montpelier      VT      Not to exceed             Network of Vermont                               $25,000. D04RH23560  Bi-State Primary Care   Montpelier      VT      Not to exceed             Association                                      $25,000. D04RH23555  ABC for Rural Health,   Balsam Lake     WI      Not to exceed             Inc                                              $25,000. D04RH23575  Future Generations      Circleville     WV      Not to exceed                                                              $25,000.  

   Amount of Non-Competitive Awards: $25,000/award

   Period of Supplemental Funding: To be used in the current fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget period

   CFDA Number: 93.912

   Authority: Public Health Service Act, Section 330A (e) (42 U.S.C. 254(c)), as amended.

   Justification: A greater proportion of rural residents lack health insurance in comparison to urban residents. With millions still uninsured, this supplemental funding will allow current Outreach grantees an opportunity to specifically employ and tailor ACA outreach and enrollment efforts to the uninsured population in rural communities for the upcoming Health Insurance Marketplace open enrollment period (November 15, 2014-February 15, 2015). Additionally, Outreach grantees will be able help educate the newly insured rural Americans about the health insurance coverage and care to which they now have access.

   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Kwon, MPH, Community Based Division, Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17W29C, Rockville, MD 20857, phone: (301) 594-4205, or email: [email protected].

   Dated: August 7, 2014.

Mary K. Wakefield,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 2014-19200 Filed 8-13-14; 8:45 am]

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