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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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