Adolescent Family Life-Demonstration Projects (93.995)
Program
93.995 Adolescent Family Life-Demonstration Projects
Federal Agency
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Authorization
Public Health Service Act, Title XX, Section 2003, Public Law 104-193, Public Law 98-512, 42 U.S.C. 300z-2, as amended; Public Laws 101-517; and Public Law 95-35.
Program Number
93.995
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
To establish innovative, comprehensive, and integrated approaches to the delivery of care services for pregnant and parenting adolescents with primary emphasis on adolescents who are under 17 years of age. To promote abstinence from sexual relations through provision of age-appropriate education on sexuality and decision-making skills as the most effective method of preventing adolescent pregnancy and avoiding sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
Types of Assistance
Project Grants.
Uses and Use Restrictions
Funds for services under this program can only be used to: (1) Provide care services, prevention services, or both care and prevention services to eligible persons; (2) coordinate integrate and provide linkages among providers of care, prevention, and other services for eligible persons; (3) provide supplemental services to eligible persons in the community when existing services are not adequate or not available and are essential to the care of pregnant adolescents and/or to the prevention of adolescent sexual activity and adolescent pregnancy; (4) plan for the administration, evaluation, and coordination of pregnancy prevention services and programs of care for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents to further the objectives of this legislation; and (5) fulfill assurances required for grant approval. Funded projects may not provide or subcontract for the provision of abortions or abortion counseling or referral (with exceptions).
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Public (including city, county, regional, and State government) organizations; and private nonprofit organizations.
Beneficiary Eligibility
For prevention services: non-pregnant adolescents and their families. For care services: pregnant adolescents, infants, adolescent parents, and their families. Primary emphasis should be given to unmarried adolescents 17 years of age and under.
Credentials/Documentation
A nonprofit private entity must provide evidence of its nonprofit status. Allowability 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 nonprofit organizations.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
There is no preapplication coordination requirement. The Governor(s) of the State(s) in which the project is to be located is to be given 60 days in which to review and comment on applications for funding under this authority. 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. This program is subject to the Public Health Systems Reporting Requirements.
Application Procedure
Application kits may be obtained from the Grants Management Officer, Office of Grants Management, Office of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, 4350 East-West Highway, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814; or our web page www.dhhs.gov/opa. The standard Application forms, as furnished by PHS and required by 45 CFR 75 (for institutions of higher education, hospitals and other nonprofit 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 nonprofit organizations).
Award Procedure
All applications and proposals are read by a panel of independent experts who make recommendations for action to the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs. After considering the recommendation of this panel, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs makes the final decision on the funding of applications. All applicants are notified in writing of actions taken on their applications. A Notice of Grant Award is issued for those applications that are approved and funded.
Deadlines
Contact the Headquarters Office for application deadlines or visit our web page at www.opa.osophs.dhhs.gov.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Appeals
None.
Renewals
Renewal awards may be approved pending availability of funding, and evidence of satisfactory progress and compliance.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Federal participation is limited to 70 percent of total project costs for the first and second years and decreases in each subsequent year of funding.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Grants may not exceed 5 years (subject to the availability of funds). Payments will be made either on a monthly cash request basis or under the Electronic Transfer System. Necessary instructions for the appropriate type of payment will be issued at the time an award is made.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Grantees must submit annual and final progress and evaluation reports. Expenditure reports are required 90 days after the end of each budget period.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit 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 records 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.
Program Accomplishments
In fiscal year 2001, 92 continuations were funded, and 19 new care grants were awarded. In fiscal year 2002, it is estimated that 56 continuations will be funded and 35 to 50 new prevention/education grants will be awarded and 3-4 new care grants awarded. In fiscal 2003, it is estimated that approximately 55 continuations will be funded, and approximately 75 new grants will be awarded.
Financial Information
Account Identification
75-0120-0-1-550.
Obligations
(Grants) FY 02 $21,181,761; FY 03 est $21,500,000; and FY 04 est $25,000,000.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
The range is from $150,000 to $250,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
None.
Related Programs
93.111, Adolescent Family Life Research Grants.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
Not applicable.
Headquarters Office
Program Contact: Dr. Patrick Sheeran, Director, Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs, Office of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, 4350 East-West Highway, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814. Telephone: (301) 594-2799. Grants Management Contact: The Grants Management Officer, Office of Grants Management, Office of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services, 4350 East-West Highway, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814. Telephone: (301) 594-4012. Use the same numbers for FTS.
Web Site Address
http://www.opa.osophs.dhhs.gov
Examples of Funded Projects
Projects to provide care services, prevention services, or both care and prevention services to eligible persons; projects to coordinate, integrate, and provide linkages among providers of care, prevention, and other services for eligible persons; projects to provide supplemental services where these services are not adequate or not available to eligible persons and which are essential to the care of pregnant adolescents and to the prevention of adolescent sexual relations and adolescent pregnancy; and projects which test new approaches to providing care and prevention services which are national in scope.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Proposals must contain care and/or prevention services requirements specified in the statute. Priority will be given to applicants who: (1) Serve an area (a) where there is a high incidence of adolescent pregnancy, (b) where the incidence of low-income families is high, and (c) where the availability of programs for adolescents as specified in this act is low; (2) show evidence (a) for care services, of ability to deliver wide range of required services on single-site or network basis, or (b) for prevention services, ability to provide services targeted to population; (3) will utilize to maximum extent possible (a) existing programs and facilities, and (b) other sources of funding; (4) can demonstrate community commitment to the project; (5) have involved community in developing the project; (6) will demonstrate innovative approaches; and (7) demonstrate the reasonableness of the estimated cost considering the anticipated results.
