[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35209-35210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16517]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[CDC-574]


Announcement of Cooperative Agreement with the American Public 
Health Association

Summary

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
availability of fiscal year (FY) 1995 funds for a cooperative agreement 
with the American Public Health Association (APHA) entitled ``Preparing 
the Public Health Workforce for the Changing Public Health 
Environment'' to support the development and implementation of 
methodologies to prepare the public health workforce to deal 
effectively with changes in the public health practice environment.
    It is anticipated that approximately $285,000 will be available in 
FY 1995 to fund this agreement. It is expected that the award will 
begin on or about September 30, 1995, and will be made for a 12-month 
budget period within a project period of up to 5 years. Continuation 
awards within the project period will be made on the basis of 
performance and the availability of funds. However, it is anticipated 
that future awards may be substantially higher if APHA develops 
proposals for collaborative projects with specific programs at CDC.
    The purposes of this cooperative agreement are: (1) To develop and 
implement methodologies to improve the public health community's access 
to relevant and timely information about changes in the public health 
practice environment at the national, State, and local levels and/or 
(2) to design and conduct (or facilitate the design and conduct of) 
projects to demonstrate effective public health approaches to changes 
in the public health practice environment.
    The CDC will provide the following assistance:
    1. Collaborate with APHA to identify sources of information about 
changes in health policy and public health practice.
    2. Collaborate with APHA to identify settings in which substantive 
changes in public health policy have occurred and provide input into 
the design of studies to assess the impact of those changes on public 
health practice.
    3. Assist APHA in identifying individuals to participate in 
sessions to develop consensus regarding which approaches are most 
effective in protecting and improving the health of the public.
    4. Provide advice and consultation to APHA regarding effective 
methodologies for disseminating information to those in the public 
health community.
    5. Provide technical assistance to APHA, if necessary, in 
developing and disseminating information to the public health 
community, including making available CDC's live satellite video and/or 
audio conference services.
    6. Collaborate with APHA to explore more efficient ways to operate 
the Peer Assistance Network.
    7. Facilitate discussions between APHA and CDC program personnel 
regarding the development of Center/Institute/Offices (CIO)-specific 
activities to help accomplish the objectives of the cooperative 
agreement.
    CDC is committed to achieving the health promotion and disease 
prevention objectives in Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion 
and Disease Prevention Objectives. These objectives can be achieved 
only if those responsible for developing State and local health policy 
and those responsible for public health at the State and local level 
are aware of the impact that different health policy decisions and 
responses to them are having on the practice of public health so that 
they can implement approaches which appear most effective in protecting 
and improving the health of the public. This announcement is related to 
the priority area of Education and Community-based. (To order a copy of 
Healthy People 2000, refer to the Section Where to Obtain Additional 
Information.)

Authority

    This program is authorized under section 317(k)(2) of the Public 
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(2) as amended. Program 
regulations are set forth in 42 CFR part 52.

Smoke-Free Workplace

    The Public Health Service strongly encourages all grant recipients 
to provide a smoke-free workplace and to promote the nonuse of all 
tobacco products, and, Pub. L. 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 the American Public Health 
Association (APHA). No other applications are solicited. APHA is 
uniquely qualified to be the recipient organization for the following 
reasons:
    1. APHA is the nation's largest public health professional 
membership organization and is the only national public health 
membership organization that has members from all segments of the 
public health practice and academic communities, as well as from the 
public and private medical care community. Its membership of over 
54,000 includes national, State, and local public health experts and 
leaders; public health researchers; public health practitioners and 
administrators; teachers and students from schools of medicine and 
public health; preventive medicine residents; State and local board of 
health members; hospital administrators; pharmaceutical industry 
executives; and many others.
    2. The diversity of its membership, its ability to reach beyond the 
bounds of traditional public health, the quality of work performed by 
its members and staff, and the high esteem in which it is held within 
the profession place APHA in a unique position to assure that all 
relevant perspectives are taken into consideration in accomplishing the 
purposes of this agreement--not just the perspectives of official 
public health agencies or the private medical community, for example.
    3. APHA has broad and objective knowledge of the diverse range of 
public health issues and programs and, because it doesn't represent 
just one group of public health individuals or organizations, APHA will 
be able to maintain an unbiased approach to the study of health policy 
changes and the impact of those changes on the practice of public 
health.
    4. APHA has a nationwide network of 52 affiliates, the vast 
majority of which are State-based. Those affiliates will be able to 
provide information to APHA about health policy changes in their States 
and to coordinate specific 

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cooperative agreement project activities in their States.
    5. APHA has 24 Sections and 6 Special Interest Groups that 
represent all disciplines in public health, including Health 
Administration, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, 
Epidemiology, Environmental Health, Statistics, Public Health Nursing, 
Health Law, and Alternative Health Professions, ensuring the 
availability of the wide array of expertise that will be necessary to 
accomplish the purposes of the cooperative agreement.
    6. APHA has an acknowledged role in providing leadership in the 
development of national public health policies. This leadership 
position will help assure the accomplishment of the cooperative 
agreement's objectives.
    7. APHA has the ability to quickly and economically convene working 
sessions and other meetings in Washington, DC, due to the fact that it 
has on-site meeting facilities at its DC offices and has meeting 
planners on staff.
    8. APHA has the ability to maintain contact with and disseminate 
information to the public health community, in a timely manner, through 
The Nation's Health, its monthly newspaper, and the American Journal of 
Public Health, its monthly journal. In addition, APHA has the ability 
to disseminate information to over 13,000 members who attend the APHA 
Annual Meeting and Exhibit each fall.

Executive Order 12372 Review

    The application is not subject to review as governed by Executive 
Order 12372, entitled ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.''

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 93.283.

Where To Obtain Additional Information

    If you are interested in obtaining additional information regarding 
this program, please refer to Announcement Number 574 and contact David 
Elswick, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Branch, 
Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 305, Mailstop E-
13, Atlanta, GA 30305, telephone (404) 842-6521.
    A copy of Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and 
Disease Prevention Objectives (Full Report, Stock No. 017-001-00474-0) 
or Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention Objectives (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 29, 1995.
Deborah L. Jones,
Deputy Director for Management and Operations, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-16517 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]
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