[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30304-30305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14045]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Announcement 551]


Announcement of Cooperative Agreement to the North Carolina 
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources

Summary

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
availability of funds for fiscal year (FY) 1995 for a sole source 
cooperative agreement with the North Carolina Department of 
Environment, Health and Natural Resources (NCDEHNR) to support the 
Efficacy of a Mandatory Substance Abuse Assessment Program in Reducing 
Repeat Arrest for Driving While Impaired. Approximately $50,000 is 
available in FY 1995 to support this project. It is expected the award 
will begin on or about September 30, 1995, and will be made for a 12-
month budget period with a one-year project period. The funding 
estimate is subject to change based on the availability of funds.
    The purpose of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
Mandatory Substance Abuse Assessment Program in North Carolina's in 
decreasing repeat driving while impaired (DWI) arrests. The study will 
test the following two hypotheses:
    1. Drivers convicted of DWI for the first time (first offenders who 
complete North Carolina's Mandatory Substance Abuse Assessment Program 
(MSAAP)) will be less likely than other first offenders to have a 
repeat arrest for DWI.
    2. Among first offenders who are subsequently arrested for DWI, the 
time interval between the first conviction and the second arrest will 
be greater for those drivers who have completed North Carolina's MSAAP.
    The CDC will develop a research protocol for the evaluation of the 
MSAAP, analyze and interpret the data, produce a report that describes 
the results of the MSAAP evaluation, and disseminate the results via 
publication in peer reviewed journals, the MMWR and other literature 
and means.
    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 the quality of life. This announcement is related to the 
priority area of Unintentional Injuries (Objective 4.1) which calls for 
a reduction in alcohol-related crash deaths. In addition, Injury 
Control in the 1990s: A National Plan for Action (Recommendation 15) 
calls for the implementation and strengthening of programs for reducing 
impaired driving. (For ordering a copy of ``Healthy People 2000,'' see 
the Section WHERE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.)

Authority

    This program is authorized under Sections 301, 317, 391, 392 and 
394 of the Public Health Service Act, (42 U.S.C. 241, 247b, 280b, 280b-
1 and 280b-2), as amended. Program regulations are set forth in 42 CFR 
Part 52.

Smoke-Free Workplace

    PHS strongly encourages all grant recipients to provide a smoke-
free workplace and to promote the nonuse of all tobacco products, and 
Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994, prohibits smoking in 
certain facilities that receive Federal funds in which education, 
library, day care, health care, and early childhood development 
services are provided to children.

Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to NCDEHNR. No other applications 
are solicited. The program announcement and application kit have been 
sent to NCDEHNR.
    NCDEHNR is the only organization able to conduct the work under 
this cooperative agreement because North Carolina is the only State 
meeting all of the following requirements:
    1. North Carolina requires all drivers who are convicted of driving 
while impaired (DWI) to obtain a substance abuse assessment and comply 
with treatment requirements before they can get their license back. 
This provides an important opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of 
mandatory substance abuse assessment and treatment for drivers with a 
first conviction for DWI (first offenders)--a population who may be 
more responsive to treatment.
    2. North Carolina's substance abuse assessment and treatment 
requirement [[Page 30305]] for drivers convicted of DWI is administered 
along with other license sanctions (e.g., license suspension). 
Participation in the State's MSAAP does not result in less severe 
sentencing. This combination of substance abuse assessment and 
treatment with strict license sanctions is considered the preferred 
approach to administering such a program; therefore, it is particularly 
important to determine the effectiveness of such a program.
    3. During 1988 and 1989, North Carolina pilot-tested the use of the 
MSAAP for all first offenders in 10 counties. Consequently, there has 
been sufficient time since then to evaluate the long-term effect of the 
program on the driving behavior of program participants.
    4. The Injury Control Program in the NCDEHNR was recently involved 
in a study to assess the risk of dying in alcohol-related motor vehicle 
crashes among drivers who were arrested for DWI. The evaluation of the 
State's MSAAP will build on this research by assessing the 
effectiveness of mandatory substance abuse assessment and treatment in 
reducing the risk of rearrest for DWI.
    5. NCDEHNR works closely with the State's Highway Safety Research 
Center (HSRC). The HSRC retains copies of the State's driver history 
files--which will be used for this evaluation--and provides the 
programming and technical assistance needed to work with the State's 
driver history files.

Executive Order 12372 Review

    This program is subject to Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs as governed by Executive Order (E.O.) 12372. E.O. 12372 sets 
up a system for State and local government review of proposed Federal 
assistance applications. The applicant should contact their State 
Single Point of Contact (SPOC) as early as possible to alert them to 
the prospective application and receive any necessary instructions on 
the State process. If the SPOC has any State process recommendations on 
the application, they should be sent to Henry S. Cassell, III, Grants 
Management Officer, 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, GA 30305, no 
later than 60 days after the application deadline date. The 
Announcement Number and Program Title should be referenced on the 
document. The granting agency does not guarantee to ``accommodate or 
explain'' for State process recommendations it receives after that 
date.

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 93.136.

Where To Obtain Additional Information

    If you are interested in obtaining additional information regarding 
this project, please refer to Announcement 551 and contact Adrienne 
Brown, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Branch, 
Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), 255 E. Paces Ferry Road, NE., Mailstop E-13, Atlanta, 
GA 30305, telephone (404) 842-6634.
    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) 512-1800.

    Dated: June 1, 1995.
Joseph R. Carter,
Acting Associate Director for Management and Operations, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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