FW:HHS funding opportunity - Area Proverty Research Centers

["Brodowski, Melissa (ACF)" <MBrodowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

FYI

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Subject: Federal Register Alert

Title: Area Poverty Research Centers; Office of the Assistant Secretary 
for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)--Area Poverty Research Centers

Category: Funding Announcements

Issuing Agency: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
Office of the Secretary

Action: Grant announcement

Issue Date Month/Year: June 2005

Citation: Federal Register: June 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 117) Page
35437-35444

URL:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov
/2005/05-12018.htm

Summary: Funds are provided for Area Poverty Research 
Center cooperative agreements for qualified institutions to provide a 
focused agenda expanding our understanding of the causes, consequences 
and effects of poverty in local geographic areas or specific 
substantive areas, especially in states or regional areas of high 
concentrations of poverty. These cooperative agreements are intended to 
create a research opportunity for scholars and institutions otherwise 
unlikely to participate extensively in HHS programs to support the 
Nation's poverty research effort.

Eligibility Information

Colleges and universities offering baccalaureate or advanced degrees in the
social and 
behavioral sciences. Scholars and researchers working in Area Poverty
Research Center 
eligible institutions located in geographic areas where there are large
concentrations of 
poor are encouraged to participate in this program.

Action Date: Due Date for Letter of Intent: July 11, 2005. Due Date for
Applications: August 4, 2005.

Contact: Administrative questions should be directed to Theresa Jarosik at 
the address or phone number listed above. Requests for forms and 
questions (administrative and technical) will be accepted and responded 
to up to 30 days prior to closing date of receipt of Applications. 
Technical questions should be directed to Audrey Mirsky-Ashby or Don 
Oellerich, DHHS, Office of Human Services Policy, Telephone: (202) 690-
7409. Questions also may be faxed to (202) 690-6562. Written technical 
questions should be addressed to Dr. Oellerich or Ms. Mirsky-Ashby at 
the Department of Health and Human Services, ASPE/HSP, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Room 404E, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Washington, DC 
20201. (Application submissions may not be faxed.)

Full Text: To access the complete notice, please open this link or paste it
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http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov
/2005/05-12018.htm