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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

Preapplication Workshop on Cooperative Agreements for Preventive 
Health Services-Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)/Human 
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention Training Centers--Program 
Announcement Number 514: Meeting

    The National Center for Prevention Services (NCPS) of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following 
preapplication workshop.

    Name: Preapplication Workshop on Cooperative Agreements for 
Preventive Health Services-STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers--Program 
Announcement 514.
    Time and Dates: 8:30 a.m.--4:30 p.m., December 1-2, 1994
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available; 
seating preference for eligible applicants.
    Place: Sheraton Washington Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road at 
Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008, telephone 202/328-
2000.
    Purpose: To provide information concerning programmatic and 
business aspects of preparing an application for funding under 
Program Announcement 514.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are the official public health 
agencies of State and local governments, the District of Columbia, 
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Mariana 
Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of 
Palau, and Federally-recognized Indian Tribal governments.
    Availability of funds: Contingent on the availability of funds, 
up to $5.6 million will be available in fiscal year 1995 to fund 
approximately ten awards for a 1-year budget period within a 5-year 
project period. These awards may fund one STD/HIV Prevention 
Training Center in each of the ten Department of Health and Human 
Services regions. All applicants must compete for Part I, Clinical 
Services Training. Part II, Health Behavior Training, and Part III, 
Partner Counseling Training, are elective. Up to $4 million will be 
available to fund ten awards in Part I. For Part II, up to $1 
million will be available to fund up to four awards. For Part III, 
up to $600,000 will be available for up to four awards. Awards are 
expected to be made on or before April 1, 1995.
    Matters to be Discussed: The workshop will allow participants to 
receive explanations from CDC staff and ask questions about a draft 
announcement prior to the publication of the official announcement 
in the Federal Register.
    General Information: The objective of these awards is to support 
innovative professional training programs in integrated STD and HIV 
Client management within a national network of STD/HIV Prevention 
Training Centers to achieve a comprehensive prevention strategy 
including clinical service, health behavioral, and partner 
counseling interventions. Applicants must demonstrate the capability 
to employ state-of-the-art training techniques, including distance 
learning technology, to reach participants regionally or nationally 
in a manner that prepares them to provide STD/HIV prevention 
interventions in the clinic and community. Training is for providers 
who have face-to-face contact with clients. Part I supports hands-on 
STD clinical services training in public health STD clinics. 
Applicants must demonstrate adequate clinic and training facilities 
for the practical experiences of participants. Plans to provide 200 
hours of clinic-based course are required. Part II supports the 
practical skills based on behavior change theory to employ at the 
client level. Applicants must emphasize participant cotnact with 
high-risk individuals in the community. Plans to provide 100 hours 
of health behavior training is required. Part III supports the 
training of provides in STD/HIV partner counseling skills including 
partner elicitation, referral, and notification. Plans to provide 
500 hours of partner counseling training is required.
    Each Part requires the organization of a qualified training 
administration; analysis of STD and HIV Prevention Program training 
needs; collaboration with graduate schools and community experts for 
faculty and services and inclusion of graduate assistants in 
training activities; provision of clinic-based, and for Part II and 
Part III community-based, integrated STD/HIV services and actual 
experiences for participants; the development of innovative distance 
learning strategies; quality training through acquisition of 
continuing education credits for participants; evaluation of 
training and the design of cost-effective training models; and 
collaboration with CDC in a nation-wide public health training 
network.
    For More Information Contact: To confirm your attendance, you 
may call (404) 639-8357 or FAX (404) 639-8609 the following 
information on or before November 25, 1994, to Robert B. Emerson: 
Organization's name and number of attendees.

    Dated: November 9, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-28376 Filed 11-16-94; 8:45 am]
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