APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM FOR-PROFIT AND NOT FOR-PROFIT AGENCIES, GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND UNIVERSITIES AND ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS WITHIN NEW YORK STATE

Applications will be accepted through January 13, 2010 for a qualified provider to develop and implement a plan to expand participation in the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP). Such activities include, but are not limited to:

1) Developing a peer based counseling training curricula for entities or individuals to utilize;

2) Providing peer based programs to assist eligible persons in the understanding of their role and responsibilities when participating in CDPAP;

3) Preparing and disseminating general education and outreach materials to increase awareness of the CDPAP;

4) Developing training curricula for discharge planners, local social services districts, health care professionals and other community based providers regarding the CDPAP.

Further, the funding provides an opportunity to increase awareness and knowledge of CDPAP through development of general education and outreach materials. This outreach and education component will increase understanding and knowledge of CDPAP for health care professionals and community agencies such as, discharge planners, local social services districts, and other long term care stakeholders. Finally, the funding supports provision of training for health care professionals and other stakeholders to increase their understanding of the tenets of CDPAP as a community resource.

It is expected that a single one-year contract will be awarded. This Request for Applications may be found in the New York State Department of Health’s website at: http://www.nyhealth.gov/funding.

LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES

The purpose of this Request for Applications is to solicit applications for federal grant funding made available from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Fiscal Year 2010 Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program (IECGP) through the New York State Office of Homeland Security (OHS). This Program provides funding to carry out initiatives to improve interoperable communications, including communications in collective response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other man-made disasters.

Applications will be accepted from local and tribal governmental entities.

Funds must be spent in compliance with rules and regulations noted in the Federal IECGP Guidance and Application Kit.

Applications will be accepted through 11:59 pm January 21, 2010 through the State’s electronic grants management system (E-Grants).

For grant guidance, application requirements and instructions, contact: Office of Homeland Security, 1220 Washington Ave., State Office Campus, Bldg. 7A, Albany, NY 12242, [email protected], 1-866-837-9133