[Federal Register: June 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 107)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA-02-07]

 
Fiscal Year 2002 Program Announcement; Availability of Funds and 
Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of funds and request for 
applications.

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SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging announces that under the Pension 
Information and Counseling Program, it will hold a competition to fund 
grant awards for two (2) to three (3) projects at a federal share of 
approximately $100,000 to $150,000 per year for a project period of up 
to three (3) years.
    Purpose of grant awards: The purpose of these projects is to 
establish, expand or improve Pension Information and Counseling 
Projects to ensure that older persons eligible for pension benefits 
have the requisite knowledge, information and counseling to fully 
exercise their rights and entitlements.
    Eligibility for grant awards and other requirements: Eligibility 
for grant awards is open to public and/or non-profit agencies, faith-
based and community-based organizations with a proven record of 
providing services related to the retirement of older persons, services 
to Native Americans, or specific pension counseling. Grantees are 
required to provide a 25% non-federal match.

DATES: The deadline date for the submission of applications is August 
5, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Application kits are available by writing to the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, 
Office of Consumer Choice and Protection, 330 Independence Ave., SW., 
Washington, DC 20201, or by calling 202/619-1058 or on line at: http://
www.aoa.gov/t4.
    Applications must be mailed or hand-delivered to the Office of 
Grants Management at the same address. Instructions for electronic 
mailing of grant applications are available at http://www.aoa.gov/
egrants.

    Dated: May 30, 2002.
Josefina G. Carbonell,
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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