AGENCY:
Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
ACTION:
Notice of applications selected to receive grant awards.
SUMMARY:
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) hereby announces the recipients that were selected to receive grant awards during fiscal year (FY) 2002 under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marilyn J. Morgan, Chief, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, STOP 1550, Room 2845, South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-1701. Telephone: (202) 720-0413. FAX: (202) 720-1051.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Pursuant to 7 CFR 1703.101, RUS is hereby publishing the names of the 71 organizations that have been awarded $27,139,772 in grants under 7 CFR part 1703, subpart D, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. The recipients are as follows:
USDA, Rural Utilities Service, Telecommunications Program FY 2002 Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Awards
| State | Grantee | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| AK | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | $500,000 |
| AK | The Health TV Channel, Inc. | 500,000 |
| AL | Choctaw County Board of Education | 233,262 |
| AL | Conecuh County School District | 500,000 |
| AR | Barton-Lexa School District | 500,000 |
| AZ | Arizona Western College | 391,455 |
| CA | Southern Cal. Tribal Chairmen's Assn. Inc. | 479,235 |
| CA | Yosemite Community College District | 500,000 |
| CO | Grand River Hospital District | 500,000 |
| FL | All Children's Hospital | 481,410 |
| GA | South Georgia Governmental Services Authority | 499,100 |
| ID | North Idaho Rural Health Consortium | 500,000 |
| KS | Hays Medical Center, Inc. | 195,000 |
| KS | Barton County Community College | 69,550 |
| KY | Saint Joseph Healthcare | 90,300 |
| LA | Primary Care Providers for a Healthy Feliciana | 67,360 |
| ME | The Aroostook Medical Center | 162,543 |
| ME | Visiting Nurse Service of Southern Maine and Seacoast New Hampshire | 214,956 |
| ME | St. Joseph Healthcare Inc. | 494,750 |
| ME | HealthReach Network d/b/a HealthReach Homecare & Hospice | 500,000 |
| MI | Borgess Health Alliance, Inc. | 368,183 |
| MN | First Care Medical Service | 200,000 |
| MN | Mille Lacs Health System | 207,720 |
| MO | Education Plus Network | 464,492 |
| MS | Mississippi Blood Services | 193,930 |
| MS | Jones County School District | 500,000 |
| MS | Brookhaven School District | 500,000 |
| MT | Deaconess Billings Clinic Foundation | 209,300 |
| MT | Montana State University-Northern | 398,785 |
| MT | Eastern Montana Education Telecommunications | 430,071 |
| NE | Rural Health Partners, Inc. d.b.a. Heartland Health Alliance | 164,640 |
| NE | North Platte Nebraska Hospital Corporation d.b.a Great Plains Regional Medical Center | 484,000 |
| NM | University of New Mexico-Gallup | 432,526 |
| NY | NYS Office of Children & Family Services | 190,279 |
| NY | New York State Office of Children and Family Services | 335,000 |
| NY | Schuyler-Chemung-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services | 400,998 |
| NY | Copenhagen CSD (Lead Agency) | 476,650 |
| NY | Moses-Ludington Hospital | 499,800 |
| OH | Martins Ferry City School District (BUCKEYE Project) | 213,530 |
| OH | Ohio University Southern Campus | 482,518 |
| OK | Canadian Valley Technology Center | 309,778 |
| OK | Western Oklahoma State College | 415,696 |
| OK | Lane School | 497,000 |
| OK | Wapanucka Public School | 498,000 |
| OK | Howe Public Schools District I-67 | 486,928 |
| OR | Rogue Community College | 286,486 |
| OR | Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital | 317,687 |
| PA | Greene County Industrial Development Authority | 456,647 |
| PA | Brownsville Area School District | 500,000 |
| PA | Wayne Memorial Hospital, Inc. | 500,000 |
| PA | Home Health Services Foundation | 500,000 |
| TN | Claiborne County Department of Education | 427,972 |
| TN | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center | 460,990 |
| TN | The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy | 490,012 |
| TN | Sequatchie County School District | 500,000 |
| TX | Palo Alto College | 257,760 |
| TX | San Antonio College | 312,315 |
| TX | Taft Independent School District | 450,595 |
| TX | Texas A&M International University | 497,000 |
| TX | Cypress Valley Alliance | 500,000 |
| TX | Odem-Edroy ISD | 500,000 |
| TX | Education Service Center, Region 2 | 499,473 |
| UT | Central Utah Educational Services | 322,322 |
| VA | Southside Virginia Community College | 171,578 |
| VA | Crossroads Rural Entrepreneurial Institute, Inc. | 470,700 |
| VA | University of Virginia | 73,000 |
| VT | Visiting Nurse Alliance of VT and NH, Inc. | 400,000 |
| WA | Wellpinit School District | 475,000 |
| WA | Educational Service District 105 | 470,600 |
| WI | Space Explorers Education Initiatives, Inc. | 350,000 |
| WV | Glenville State College | 210,890 |
| (Continuation of Announcement of Grant Awards Under the RUS DLT Grant Program). |
Dated: December 13, 2002.
Curtis M. Anderson,
Deputy Administrator, Acting for the Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.
[FR Doc. 02-31941 Filed 12-18-02; 8:45 am]
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