title: Availability of funds to provide health services in the Pacific Basin--HHS. Notice of availability of funds.
abstract: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announces that up to $331,000 is available under section 301 of the Public Health Service (PHS) ACT 42 U.S.C. 241, for funding public and non-profit private entities for projects to build capacity and improve health services and systems, particularly preventive health services, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau and to provide technical assistance relative to such projects. In recognition of the extent of funding available, these funds will be available only to continue activities currently receiving funds under the section 301 Pacific Initiative grant authority. HRSA will entertain applications from current grantees for supplemental grants to modify project activities, and from eligible organizations for competing continuation grant awards to extend project activities.
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010139:Pacific Islands; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services