70 FR 245 pgs. 76021-76022 - Announcement of Grant Awards Under the RUS Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program

Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 245Pages: 76021 - 76022
FR document: [FR Doc. 05-24239 Filed 12-21-05; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Rural Utilities Service
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Announcement of Grant Awards Under the RUS Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program

AGENCY:

Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of applications selected to receive grant awards.

SUMMARY:

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby announces the recipients selected to receive grant awards during fiscal year (FY) 2005 under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.

ADDRESSES:

Subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, (5 U.S.C. 552), applications will be available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gary B. Allan, Chief, Universal Services Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service. Telephone: (202) 720-0413, Fax (202) 720-1051, dltinfo@usda.gov . The list of awards may be viewed on the Internet at http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/dlt.htm .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Pursuant to 7 CFR 1703.101, RUS hereby publishes the names of the 79 organizations that have been awarded $29.4 million in grants under 7 CFR 1703, subpart D, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. The recipients are as follows:

State Organization Amount
AK Alaska Primary Care Association, Inc $258,765
AK Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation 500,000
AK Maniilaq Association 269,892
AK Aleutians East Borough School District 488,030
AK Norton Sound Health Corporation 499,646
AK Eastern Aleutian Tribes 412,867
AL Talladega County Schools/Talladega County Board of Education 499,978
AR Ozark Health Foundation 420,505
AR White River Rural Health Center, Inc 341,297
AZ La Paz Regional Hospital, Inc 458,061
CA Open Door Community Health Centers, Inc 205,833
CO Mesa State College 338,892
GA East Central Technical College Foundation 498,252
HI Maui Community College 387,743
IA The University of Iowa 198,000
ID St. Mary's Hospital, Inc 289,369
IL Lewis and Clark Community College 294,678
IN St. Vincent Health 205,706
IN Southwest Dubois County School Corp. LEA for the Southern Indiana Education Center 389,599
KS Rural Health Resources of Jackson County, Inc 492,076
KS Southeast Kansas Education Service Center 499,920
ME Northeast Health 107,450
ME Central Maine Medical Center 500,000
MI Alpena General Hospital 421,872
MI Berrien County Intermediate School District 350,000
MI Borgess Health Alliance 321,020
MI Trinity Health Michigan 200,015
MN Tri-County Hospital, Inc 500,000
MN MediSota, Inc 102,100
MN Minnesota Association of Community Mental Health Programs, Inc 475,022
MO Citizens Memorial Hospital District 432,265
MS Carroll County School District 500,000
MT Clark Fork Valley Hospital 134,947
NC Beaufort County Schools 114,211
NE Educational Service Unit #15 378,800
NE Chase County High School 183,100
NH Exeter Region Cooperative School District 499,330
NH VNA at HCS, Inc 327,100
NM Northwest Regional Education Center #2 486,100
NM High Plains Regional Education Cooperative 454,668
NV Elko County School District 474,872
NV White Pine County School District 500,000
NY Steuben-Allegany BOCES 252,948
NY Washington County Public Health 136,035
NY Sullivan County Board of Cooperative Education 446,232
NY Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services 467,635
NY Madison-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) 468,853
OH Adams County Hospital 141,812
OH Allen County Health Partners, Inc 339,641
OK Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 304,542
OK Lane Elementary School 346,325
OK Wapanucka Public School 486,050
OK Western Oklahoma State College 485,490
OK Connor State College 498,148
OR Asante Health System 499,165
OR Libraries of Eastern Oregon 53,885
PA Lewistown Hospital 392,950
PA Bradford Regional Medical Center 110,575
SD Avera Health 500,000
SD Catholic Chancery of Sioux Falls 173,429
SD Avera McKennan 307,831
SD South Dakota State University 319,517
SD Northern State University 496,463
TN Scott County Schools 500,000
TN Mountain States Health Alliance 476,944
TX Education Service Center, Region 17 291,918
TX Driscoll Children's Hospital 455,208
TX Region 16 Education Service Center 500,000
TX Region XIV Education Service Center 499,990
TX Education Service Center Region XI 500,000
TX Ricardo ISD 248,580
VA Southwest Virginia Education and Training Network 500,000
WA Ocean Beach Hospital 248,400
WA Community Choice PHCO 461,005
WA Colville Confederated Tribes 449,636
WI Highland School District 303,064
WV Harrison County Board of Education 349,935
WV Braxton County Schools 500,000
WV Roane County Schools 485,825

Dated: December 15, 2005.

James M. Andrew,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 05-24239 Filed 12-21-05; 8:45 am]

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