B&B INFORMATION & IMAGE MANAGEMENT 300 Paice Greorer's Bou.rvarDp UrPecr MaRLeEDORD, MARYLAND ZO772 ° UBA © (301) 2e9-p11bD RMP MISSISSIPPI RMi 00057 JULY/AUGUST 1974 REVIEW This application requests $3,034,486 for support of 26 new proposals. Fifteen more proposals were turned.down for funding by the Regional Advisory Group in their review process. The major thrust of these proposals are in Health Maintenance and Preventive Care, with two of the proposals, Statewide Hypertension Control Program and the Regional Blood Program, utilizing most of the requested funds, a total of $2,196,659. The application includes GIP comments, all of which were considéred by the Mississippi RAG prior to submission of the application. ™~ ’ DRMP/OD/7~-15-74 JULY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION Critique: MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAM — RM 00057 MAY/JUNE 1974 REVIEW Request: $2,850,409 . Committee Recommendation: $2,200,000 Overall Assessment by Individual Reviewers: Above Average to Superior Critique: Program leadership strong and viable, competent program staff, past | performance impressive, perceptive in establishing goals and objectives to support accomplishment of those goals, proposals congruent with goals and mesh well. Excellent CHP relationships, well done proposal that shows high degree of strength. Reduced recommendation based on whether the large number of new activities could be realistically accomplished in the time-frame remaining for the program. * JULY/AUGUST REVIEW Estimated Request as of May 1974: $3,000,000 DRMP/SCOB 6/6/74 NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL: June 13-14, 1974 Council concurred with Committee recommendation. DRMP FUNDING DECISION: $2,090,374 DRMP/SCOB 7/2/74