68 FR 204 pgs. 60334-60335 - Announcement of Grant Awards Under the RUS Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program

Type: NOTICEVolume: 68Number: 204Pages: 60334 - 60335
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-26583 Filed 10-21-03; 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 that were selected to receive grant awards during fiscal year (FY) 2003 under the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program.

ADDRESSES:

Applications are available for public inspection at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marilyn J. Morgan, Branch Chief, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Branch, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service. Telephone: (202) 720-0413, Fax (202) 720-1051. 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 84 organizations that have been awarded $32.5 million in grants under 7 CFR 1703, subpart D, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grant Program. The recipients are as follows:

State/Organization Amount
Alaska:
Denali Borough School District $500,000
Kake City School District 490,000
Pribilof School District 500,000
Southeast Island School District 485,732
Yukon-Koyukuk School District 500,000
Arizona:
Arizona Western College 487,978
Tuba City Regional Health Care 191,500
Arkansas:
Arkansas School for Mathematics Sciences 425,820
Parkers Chapel School District 354,850
California:
Monterey County Office of Education 321,555
Oro Grande School District 500,000
Colorado: Haxtun/Holyoke Distance Learning Consortium 145,914
Florida:
Accelerated Care 237,975
Human Services Associates, Inc. 239,326
Georgia:
Darton College-Instructional Technology and Distance Learning 62,000
Southwest Georgia Regional Services Agency 499,515
Hawaii: Molokai Ohana Health Care, Inc 283,500
Idaho:
Idaho State University (Media/Distance Learning Center) 403,500
Lemhi County Economic Development Corporation 82,866
Illinois: Southern Illinois Collegiate Common Market 388,700
Indiana: Wilson Education Center 500,000
Iowa: Mercy Medical Center 287,362
Kansas:
Unified School District #364 442,860
Unified School District #442 456,239
Kentucky: Pikeville College 74,661
Louisiana: Hospital Service District No. 2 of the Parish of LaSalle, Louisiana 262,000
Maine:
Eastern Maine Healthcare 500,000
Regional Medical Center at Lubec 221,620
St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation 500,000
Maryland: Sheppard Pratt Health System, Inc 239,482
Massachusetts: Hampshire Educational Collaborative 210,101
Michigan:
Borgess Health Alliance, Inc. 369,121
Cybernet Medical Corporation 496,588
MidMichigan Health Services 334,462
Wexford-Missaukee Intermediate School District 354,005
Minnesota:
Lakewood Health System 494,115
St. Joseph Medical Center 472,239
Missouri: Lafayette Regional Health Center 89,928
Mississippi:
Jackson County School District 500,000
Newton County School District 500,000
South Central Mississippi Consortium for Educational Excellence and Development 500,000
Montana: Benefis Healthcare Foundation 404,086
Nebraska: Educational Service Unit #5 153,300
New Hampshire: Timberlane Regional School District 499,996
New Mexico: University of New Mexico-Gallup 478,555
New York: Madison-Oneida Board of Cooperative Educational Services 500,000
Moses-Ludington Hospital 499,800
St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES 500,000
North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Center for Public Television 345,733
Ohio: Adams County Hospital 446,142
Oklahoma:
Alva Hospital Authority dba Share Medical Center 484,296
Caddo Kiowa Technology Center 498,735
Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority 166,950
Guymon Public Schools 476,424
Western Oklahoma State College 495,200
Oregon:
Rogue Community College District 237,137
Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation (PHOR) 500,000
Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital 233,548
Pennsylvania:
Albert Gallatin Area School District 500,000
Laurel Highlands School District 500,000
Warren County School District 500,000
South Carolina:
Lee County School District 500,000
Williamsburg County School District 500,000
York Technical College 460,303
South Dakota:
Avera St. Luke's Hospital 252,875
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society 404,080
Southeast Area Cooperative 499,996
Tennessee:
Lincoln Memorial University 398,094
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center 484,983
Texas:
Coastal Bend College 475,000
Education Service Center Region XI 500,000
Mt. Pleasant Independent School District 441,426
Newton Economic Development Corporation 500,000
Region XIV Education Service Center 500,000
Utah: Confederated Tribes of the Goshute 235,621
Vermont:
Central Vermont Home Health and Hospice, Inc. 314,000
Dorset Nursing Association, Inc 254,650
Virginia: Carilion Health System 186,350
Washington:
Big Bend Community College 500,000
Community Choice Healthcare Network 414,847
Wellpinit School District 250,000
West Virginia:
Clay County Board of Education 500,000
Nicholas County School District 500,000
Wyoming: Rehabilitation Enterprises of North Eastern Wyoming (RENEW) 79,600

Dated: October 16, 2003.

Curtis M. Anderson,

Deputy Administrator for the Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 03-26583 Filed 10-21-03; 8:45 am]

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