Electronic submission for grant opportunities.

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From: hrsagrantee-mail2@...

Hochron, (HRSA)

Sent: 12/22/2005 6:16 PM

Subject: NOTICE: IMMEDIATE CHANGE IN GRANTS APPLICATION PROCESS

Attention: Hochron

Organization Name: BPHC

Major changes are coming to HRSA's Grant Application Process. HRSA will no

longer accept applications for grant opportunities in paper form for grant

opportunities posted after January 1, 2006. (Please refer to grant

announcement posted on Grants.gov for specific instructions).

Applicants submitting New and Competing continuations and a selected number

of non-competing continuation applications will be required to submit

electronically through Grants.gov for all opportunities posted after the

January 1, 2006 date. All applicants must submit in this manner unless the

applicant is granted a written exemption from this requirement in advance by

the Director of HRSA's Division of Grants Policy. Grantees must request an

exemption in writing from DGPClearances@..., and provide details as to

why they are not able to submit electronically though the Grants.gov portal.

As indicated in the program guidances, for applications that mandate

electronic submission through Grants.gov, paper applications will not be

accepted without prior written approval.

As soon as you read this, whether you plan on applying for a HRSA grant

later this month or later this year, it is incumbent that your organization

immediately register in Grants.gov and become familiar with the Grants.gov

site application process. If you do not complete the registration process

you will be unable to submit an application. The registration process can

take up to one month, so start now!

To be able to successfully register in Grants.gov, it is necessary that you

complete all of the following required actions:

* Obtain an organizational Data Universal Number System (DUNS)

number

* Register the organization with Central Contractor Registry (CCR)

* Identify the organization's E-Business POC (Point of Contact)

* Confirm the organization's CCR " Marketing Partner ID Number

(M-PIN) " password

* Register an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR)

* Obtain a username and password from the Grants.gov Credential

Provider

Instructions on how to register, tutorials and FAQs are available on the

Grants.gov web site at www.grants.gov. Assistance is also available from the

Grants.gov help desk at support@... or by phone at 1-800-518-4726.

Ruiz

Assistant Director, Systems Development and Policy Administration

Migrant Health Coordinator

National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.

7200 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 210

Bethesda, MD 20814

(301) 347-0442

(301) 347-0459 FAX

(202) 365-0154 Cell Phone

jruiz@...

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It's not too late to make a donation. Please visit us at www.nachc.com for more

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