# Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services Grant Under the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
**AGENCY:**
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department of Health and Human Services.
**ACTION:**
Notice of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C Early Intervention Services One-Time Noncompetitive Award To Ensure Continued HIV Primary Medical Care.
**SUMMARY:**
To prevent a lapse in comprehensive primary care services for persons living with HIV/AIDS, HRSA will provide a one-time noncompetitive Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Part C award to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Inc. (OLOL), Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The amount of the award to ensure ongoing HIV medical services is $348,111.
**Authority:**
Section 2651 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, 42 U.S.C. 300ff-51.
CFDA Number: 93.918.
*Project period:* The period of support for this award is 13 months, explained below in further detail.
*Justification for the Exception to Competition:* The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center—Earl K. Long Medical Center (Grant Number: H76HA00591) announced the relinquishment of their Part C grant effective April 15, 2013. To prevent a lapse in HIV medical care, grant funds of $348,111 are to be awarded to OLOL to provide interim HIV medical care. The $348,111 represents the balance of the fiscal year 2013 award to cover HIV primary medical care services until April 30, 2014. The service area will be competed under HRSA-14-059 with a program start date of May 1, 2014.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
John Fanning, Senior Policy Advisor, Division of Community HIV/AIDS Programs/HAB, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, by email at *[email protected],* or by phone at (301) 443-8367.
Dated: December 23, 2013.
Mary K. Wakefield,
Administrator.