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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
[ATSDR-493]

 

Announcement of Cooperative Agreement to the National Association 
of County Health Officials

Summary

    The Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 
announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1994 funds for a sole 
source cooperative agreement with the National Association of County 
Health Officials (NACHO) to provide community environmental health 
education activities. Approximately $354,000 will be available in FY 
1994 to support this project. It is expected that this award will begin 
on or about September 30, 1994, for a 12-month budget and project 
period.
    The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to work cooperatively 
with NACHO to address community environmental health education needs at 
National Priorities List (NPL) and other hazardous waste sites. The 
processes and tools developed for site-specific community health 
education by NACHO should serve as models for community involvement and 
cooperative action between Federal, State, and local governments in 
working with communities at NPL sites nationwide.
    ATSDR will provide technical assistance and information to develop 
community profiles; implement, and evaluate the needs assessment 
process; develop action plans for communities for which profiles and 
needs assessments have been developed; and develop and evaluate a 
guidebook on assessment of community environmental health education 
needs for use at the local health department level.
    The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the 
health promotion and disease prevention objectives of ``Healthy People 
2000,'' a PHS-led national activity to reduce morbidity and mortality 
and improve quality of life. This announcement is related to the 
priority area of Environmental Health. (For ordering a copy of 
``Healthy People 2000,'' see the section ``Where to Obtain Additional 
Information'').

    Authority: This program is authorized under sections 104(i)(14), 
(15) and (17) and 120 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended by the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) [42 
U.S.C. 9604(i)(14), (15) and (17), and 42 U.S.C. 9620 and 10 U.S.C. 
2704].

Smoke-Free Workplace

    The Public Health Service (PHS) strongly encourages all grant 
recipients to provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of 
all tobacco products. This is consistent with the PHS mission to 
protect and advance the physical and mental health of the American 
people.

Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to NACHO for this project. No 
other applications are solicited. The program announcement and 
application kit have been sent to NACHO.
    NACHO is the sole national health organization that serves all 2936 
county health departments. This county health organization has been 
identified for assessing and prioritizing community environmental 
health education needs at Superfund sites because of the following 
reasons: (1) There may be multiple EPA National Priorities List (NPL) 
sites in an area that are best addressed collectively by an educational 
effort at a county level, such as in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where 
there are six NPL sites, each in a different city, town, or township; 
(2) in NPL sites in rural areas, such as the Midstate Disposal 
Superfund Site in Marathon County, Wisconsin, there may be no municipal 
health jurisdiction responsible for the education of nearby 
communities; and (3) there are many States, including Florida and 
Georgia, that have no municipal health departments. Michigan, which has 
86 NPL sites, has only one municipal health department which is located 
in Detroit. In cases such as these, the county health department is the 
local health agency with the community baseline information, 
background, contacts, and recognition to be able to conduct the 
activities described in the Summary.
    Through their previous educational activities as well as through 
producing the National Profile of Local Health Departments and other 
surveys of county health departments on local environmental health 
issues, community priorities, and staff training needs, NACHO has 
developed a unique understanding of the environmental health needs of 
communities and the operations of county health departments. As an 
organization, NACHO has direct, familiar, and certain access to its 
membership of county public health officials, participating 
municipalities, and their affiliated networks, and therefore has an 
unparalleled capacity to carry out the purpose of this cooperative 
agreement in an appropriate, timely, and efficient manner.

Executive Order 12372 Review

    This program is not subject to Executive Order 12372.

Public Health System Reporting Requirements

    This program is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting 
Requirements.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93.161.

Where to Obtain Additional Information

    If you are interested in obtaining additional information regarding 
this project, please refer to Announcement 493 and contact Maggie Slay, 
Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and 
Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 
East Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 300, Mailstop E-13, Atlanta, Georgia 
30305, telephone (404) 842-6797.
    A copy of ``Healthy People 2000'' (Full Report, Stock No. 017-001-
00474-0) or ``Healthy People 2000'' (Summary Report, Stock No. 017-001-
00473-1) referenced in the Summary may be obtained through the 
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 
20402-9325, telephone (202) 783-3238.

    Dated: August 3, 1994.
Claire V. Broome, M.D.,
Deputy Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
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