[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33655-33660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16169]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[Program Announcement 741]


Cooperative Agreements To Support State; Assessment Initiatives

Introduction

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Nation's 
prevention agency, announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1997 
funds for cooperative agreements to enhance State and local capacity to 
assess progress toward achieving national, State, and community health 
objectives; improve the capacity to conduct health assessment through 
partnerships; and utilize assessment information for policy making and 
program management.
    CDC is committed to achieving the health promotion and disease 
prevention objectives of Healthy People 2000, a national activity to 
reduce morbidity and mortality and improve the quality of life. The 
activities in this announcement are directly related to the priority 
area of Surveillance and Data Systems in Healthy People 2000. (For 
ordering a copy of Healthy People 2000, see the section Where to Obtain 
Additional Information.)

Authority

    This program is authorized under the Public Health Service Act, 
Sections 301(a), 311(b), and 317 [42 U.S.C. 241(a), 243(b) and 247b], 
as amended.

Smoke-Free Workplace

    CDC strongly encourages all recipients to provide a smoke-free 
workplace and 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 Applicants

    Eligible applicants are the official public health agencies of 
States or their bona fide agents or instrumentalities and regional 
consortia of such agencies. This includes 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, and the Republic of Palau.

    Note: Effective January 1, 1996, Section 18 of Public Law 104-65 
states that an organization described in section 501(c)(4) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which engages in lobbying activities 
shall not be eligible for the receipt of Federal funds constituting 
an award, grant (cooperative agreement), contract, loan, or any 
other form.

Availability of Funds

    Approximately $1,335,000 is available in FY 1997 to fund 
approximately 6-7 awards. It is expected that the average award will be 
$200,000 ranging from $175,000 to $250,000. It is expected that the 
awards will begin on or about September 30, 1997, and will be made for 
a 12-month budget period within a project period of up to 5 years. 
Funding estimates may vary and are subject to change. Continuation 
awards within the project period will be made on the basis of 
satisfactory performance, an acceptable continuing application, and the 
availability of funds.
    If requested, Federal personnel may be assigned to a project in 
lieu of a portion of the financial assistance.

Restrictions on Lobbying

    Applicants should be aware of restrictions on the use of HHS funds 
for

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lobbying of Federal or State legislative bodies. Under the provisions 
of 31 U.S.C. Section 1352 (which has been in effect since December 23, 
1989), recipients (and their subtier contractors) are prohibited from 
using appropriated Federal funds (other than profits from a Federal 
contract) for lobbying Congress or any Federal agency in connection 
with the award of a particular contract, grant, cooperative agreement, 
or loan. This includes grants/cooperative agreements that, in whole or 
in part, involve conferences for which Federal funds cannot be used 
directly or indirectly to encourage participants to lobby or to 
instruct participants on how to lobby.
    In addition, the FY 1997 HHS Appropriations Act, which became 
effective October 1, 1996, expressly prohibits the use of 1997 
appropriated funds for indirect or ``grass roots'' lobbying efforts 
that are designed to support or defeat legislation pending before State 
legislatures. This new law, Section 503 of Pub. L. No. 104-208, 
provides as follows:

    Sec. 503: (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-
legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for 
the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, 
publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, . . . 
except in presentation to the Congress or any State legislative body 
itself.
    (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be 
used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract 
recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any 
activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending 
before the Congress or any State legislature.

    Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, as enacted by the Omnibus 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, Division A, Title I, Section 
101(e), Pub. L. No. 104-208 (September 30, 1996).

Background

    The ability of the public health system to assure the health of 
Americans depends on its capacity to accomplish three major functions: 
assessment, policy development, and assurance. The 1988 Institute of 
Medicine Report, The Future of Public Health, emphasized the importance 
of strengthening these core functions to respond to the public health 
priorities of this decade. In addition to the three core functions, ten 
public health practices have been determined as essential. Of the ten, 
three of these practices relate to the assessment function (assess, 
investigate, analyze), two focus on policy development (prioritize, 
plan), and four address assurance (manage, implement, evaluate, and 
inform/educate).
    The Year 2000 Health Objectives are based on the three core 
functions. Not only do the Year 2000 Objectives define the health 
problems and measures that need to be monitored over time, they define 
specific surveillance and data-system objectives that must be addressed 
if public health agencies at all levels of government are to perform 
the first of these major functions-- assessment.
    During fiscal years 1992-1996, CDC awarded seven cooperative 
agreements to State health departments to enhance their assessment 
capacity. Since that time, important changes have affected the practice 
of public health. Among these are:
     Expansion of the managed care model in the health delivery 
sector;
     Recognition of local communities as the critical arena for 
effective public health interventions;
     Commitment to public health strategies founded on 
partnerships between public and private organizations;
     Movement for privatizing public health functions and 
changing the respective roles of government agencies;
     Emergence of new infectious diseases and other threats to 
the health of the public;
     Transfer of health policy-making responsibilities from the 
Federal to State and local government;
     Commitment by CDC and State and local public health 
organizations to integrate information systems.
    These influences provide the public health arena with new 
challenges and opportunities when developing effective assessment 
capacity at the State and community level. Chief among these is the 
opportunity to strengthen the capacity to conduct comprehensive health 
assessment through new partnerships with various public and private 
entities.
    Where assessment capacity is robust, integrated, and networked, its 
practice enables community and State public health agencies-- in 
partnership with other public and private organizations--to collaborate 
in the collection, analysis, and use of information on a wide spectrum 
of health matters, for example: (a) Vital statistics; (b) morbidity and 
mortality related to infection, illness, chronic disease, injury and 
disabilities; (c) personal, occupational, and environmental risk 
factors; (d) the provision and effectiveness of public health programs 
and health care services; (e) community perceptions of health problems 
and priorities, and others. In most of the nation, however, assessment 
capacity is not yet sufficiently developed to support that vision. Many 
information systems serve only governmental public health agencies, 
pass information from the community to State and Federal agencies, and 
employ categorical or ``stand-alone'' electronic systems.
    Strong assessment capacity is essential to determine health status 
of target populations, establish priorities, develop effective health 
policies, and evaluate the impact of public health and health care 
programs. The ability of public health officials to carry out 
assessment requires the following component:
    1. Developing, maintaining, and using health information systems to 
identify the impact of diseases, risk factors, and health care on the 
population and to monitor changes in the impact, cost, quality, and 
effectiveness over time.
    2. Making health information available to State and local health 
departments, Federal agencies, and other private and public users, 
which enables health officials to define the health needs of a 
population; to design and implement health prevention, health 
promotion, and intervention programs; and to evaluate the effectiveness 
of those programs.
    3. Building the capacity of State and local health departments and 
other relevant organizations to use integrated health information and 
public health surveillance systems and to strengthen the core functions 
of policy development and assurance.
    4. Evaluating health information strategies, to determine their 
adequacy in serving the health needs of communities and making 
appropriate changes to maximize their effectiveness.
    The ready exchange of data, information, knowledge, and expertise 
among public health agencies and other public and private organizations 
is critical to comprehensive health assessment. Recognizing this as an 
essential objective, CDC initiated the Wide-Ranging Online Data for 
Epidemiologic Research (WONDER)--a system of remote data base access 
and electronic mail; and the Information Network for Public Health 
Officials (INPHO)--infrastructure-building program.

Purpose

    This project is intended to address health assessment capacity 
building through the development of State public/private partnerships. 
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purposes of this cooperative agreement are to:
    A. Promote the development of innovative assessment partnerships 
between traditional public health agencies and other public and private 
partners.
    B. Develop novel and creative approaches and methods of assessment 
that will enhance State and local capacity to monitor progress toward 
achieving measurable national, State, and community health objectives.
    C. Strengthen the capacity to use information from assessment for 
policy making, program management and coordination.
    Funds will be awarded for developing assessment capacity in one or 
more of the following four areas of emphasis. The objective of these 
partnerships is to build the capacity of all partner agencies to use 
health assessment information in policy development and program 
management.
    1. ``Managed Care Assessment Partnership'' associates State and 
community public health agencies with health care provider 
organizations operating under a capitated or other managed care model.
    2. ``Collaborative Community Assessment Partnership'' combines 
State and community public health agencies with local community-based 
organizations (e.g., community health centers, community mental health 
centers, Indian tribal clinics, nonprofit human services organizations, 
schools, employers, and others).
    3. ``Medicaid Assessment Partnership'' combines State and community 
public health agencies with Medicaid agencies and organizations 
affiliated with Medicaid agencies (e.g., health care providers under 
contract to Medicaid agencies).
    4. ``Preventive Health Assessment Partnership'' of State and 
community public health agencies and other organizations (e.g., 
universities, schools of public health, academic health centers, 
professional and voluntary organizations, Indian tribal governments, 
philanthropic foundations, and businesses) that share an interest in 
the health of a defined population and that can apply information, 
resources, and other elements that are valuable to the goal of building 
improved assessment capacity.

Program Requirements

    In conducting activities to achieve the purposes of this program, 
the recipient shall be responsible for the activities under A. below, 
and CDC shall be responsible for conducting activities under B.
    Applicant must apply for one or more of the partnership categories.

A. Recipient Activities

Year One
    1. Develop a consortium of health partners to address the 
assessment needs of the partnership. At least one of the following 
partnership categories must be included: Managed Care Assessment 
Partnership; Collaborative Community Assessment Partnership; Medicaid 
Assessment Partnership; and Preventive Health Assessment Partnership.
    2. Identify and describe project partners and their capacity to 
provide assessment data and their skills and expertise in using data 
for policy development and planning.
    3. Form a project steering committee with representation from 
consortium partners and hold, at minimum, quarterly meetings.
    4. Determine the priority health assessment needs of the project 
partners and the populations they serve.
    5. Develop a five-year strategic plan for building assessment 
capacity including: major goals and objectives; a description of major 
data systems; ability of combining data from various system; data gaps; 
modifications to current data systems; development of a combined 
surveillance system to address identified health problems; roles and 
responsibilities of all partners in the consortium; analysis plans; 
data dissemination plans; and other relevant information.
    6. Create or adopt health status indicators whose measurements and 
use will become the objectives of the strategic plan.
    7. Conduct an evaluation of each agency's surveillance/data systems 
using the approach in the Guidelines for Evaluating Surveillance 
Systems. Focus on only those systems that are relevant to the 
indicators to be measured. (For obtaining a copy of Guidelines for 
Evaluating Surveillance Systems, see the section Where to Obtain 
Additional Information.)
Subsequent Years (Years 2-5)
    8. Implement the strategic plan for building assessment capacity.
    9. Develop and maintain a methodology for public health assessment, 
including the flow, editing, analysis, and application of data.
    10. Coordinate the health assessment system among partners and with 
other appropriate organizational units in and out of the agency to 
ensure consistency and comparability in the data that are collected and 
to ensure a single point for data management.
    11. Plan and implement procedures and training for ensuring the 
timeliness, completeness, and quality of the data.
    12. Develop and implement a plan for the analysis and use of health 
assessment data in appropriate prevention and intervention programs to 
reduce the prevalence of risk factors associated with identified health 
problems.
    13. Prepare and disseminate health assessment information through 
presentation and publication in appropriate forums.
    14. Develop an evaluation strategy to assess the effectiveness and 
efficiency of the assessment practices used to monitor the health of 
the population and provide reasonable evidence of the use of assessment 
information in policy development and implementing changes in health 
programs and priorities.

B. CDC Activities

    1. Collaborate in the design and adoption of selected health status 
indicators, standardized data items, definitions, procedures, and 
methods to collect assessment information.
    2. Provide training, as appropriate, on: public health assessment 
and surveillance; analytic and methodological issues; electronic data 
transfer; integration of laboratory data; and the uses of assessment 
data for policy and planning.
    3. Assist States to analyze, interpret, and use the health 
assessment data to measure program effectiveness, improve 
interventions, and formulate relevant policies.
    4. Collaborate with the recipients in preparing and presenting 
program-relevant findings to appropriate State and national audiences.
    5. Collaborate with the recipients in evaluating the effectiveness 
and efficiency of the health assessment system to monitor and intervene 
upon the health risks of identified populations.
    6. Review models, findings, and results of these projects and, in 
collaboration with the recipients, compile and disseminate models of 
improved capacity and practices for consideration and potential 
adoption or adaptation in other jurisdictions.

Technical Reporting Requirements

    Semiannual progress reports on project activities should be 
submitted within 30 days after the end of each reporting period. An 
original and two copies of a final performance report must be submitted 
within 90 days after the end of the project period. These reports must 
include:
    A. A brief program description.

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    B. A comparison of the actual accomplishments to the goals and 
objectives established for the period.
    C. If established goals and objectives were not accomplished or 
were delayed, document both the reason for the deviation and the 
anticipated corrective action, or rationale for deletion of the 
activity from the project.
    D. Other pertinent information, including the analysis of data 
collected.
    Financial status reports must be submitted no later than 90 days 
after the end of each budget period. Final financial status reports are 
required no later than 90 days after the end of the project period.

Application Content

    Applicants are required to submit an original application and two 
copies. Pages must be clearly numbered, and a complete index to the 
application and its appendices must be included. Please begin each 
separate section on a new page. The original and each copy of the 
application set must be submitted unstapled and unbound. All material 
must be typewritten, single-spaced, with unreduced type on 8\1/2\'' by 
11'' paper, with at least 1'' margins, headers and footers, and printed 
on one side only.
    All applicants must develop their applications in accordance with 
PHS Form 5161-1, information contained in this program announcement, 
and the instructions outlined below. If the proposed program is a 
multiple year project, the applicant should provide a detailed 
description for each year. The application, excluding budget and 
appendixes, should not exceed 30 pages.
    Applicant must provide a narrative describing the following:

A. Executive Summary

    Provide a clear, concise, and written summary of the following: (1) 
Statement of need; (2) major goals, objectives, and activities of the 
proposed project; (3) operational plan; (4) capability of applicant; 
and (5) estimated cost of the project including the requested amount.

B. Table of Contents

C. Statement of Need

    Describe the role of assessment in setting the State's public 
health priorities developing agency policy and planning; the State's 
current assessment capability; the State's relationship with potential 
partners and how assessment is conducted; and how this project will 
strengthen the capacity to conduct assessment activities.

D. Goals and Objectives

    Establish and submit long-term (5 year) goals and short-term (1 
year) objectives for the assessment activities included in the 
application. Objectives must be specific, measurable, time-phased, and 
feasible.

E. Operational Plan

    1. Submit a plan to develop and expand assessment activities 
through a consortium of health partners. At least one of the following 
partnership categories must be included in the plan: Managed Care 
Assessment Partnership; Collaborative Community Assessment Partnership; 
Medicaid Assessment Partnership; or Preventive Health Assessment 
Partnership.
    2. Submit a time schedule for all activities to be carried out in 
year one, including responsible staff for each activity.
    3. Describe future years' activities and explain how the first year 
will logically lead into program activities in subsequent years.
    4. Describe procedures to disseminate information from the 
assessment activities for policy development, program evaluation, and 
research through presentation and publication in appropriate forums.

F. Capability

    1. Identify and describe the availability of data and information 
for the project from various potential partners.
    2. Identify and describe the project staff, their qualifications 
and experience in epidemiology, surveillance, statistical applications, 
program management, policy development, health assessment, and 
integrated electronic information systems. Include the curriculum vitae 
and job descriptions for key project staff in the supporting materials 
in the appendix.
    3. Provide written commitments from the appropriate public/private 
organization expected to support activities as a potential partner in 
this project.

G. Project Evaluation

    Submit a plan to evaluate the project that assesses the extent to 
which:
    1. The consortium or partnership has been a successful means of 
conducting and strengthening assessment activities.
    2. Data were used for policy development, program planning, and 
evaluation of appropriate intervention programs.
    3. Data were appropriately analyzed and disseminated through 
periodic reports, presentations, and publication.

H. Budget

    1. Line-item descriptive justification for personnel, travel, 
supplies, and other services should be submitted. Applicant should be 
precise about the purpose of each budget item as it relates to the 
project.
    2. If applicable, applicants requesting monies for contracts should 
include the name of the person or firm to be contracted, a description 
of the services to be performed, an itemized and detailed budget 
including justification, the period of performance, and the method of 
selection.
    3. Funding levels for years two through five should be estimated.

I. Supporting materials

    1. Curriculum vitae and job descriptions of key personnel.
    2. Materials related to previous or current activities of State and 
local, public and private, health agencies directed toward assessment.
    3. Letters of endorsement and/or collaboration of participating 
partners, as appropriate.

Evaluation Criteria (100 Points)

    Applications will be reviewed and evaluated according to the 
following criteria:

A. Potential for Public Health Impact (10 Points)

    1. Evidence of the applicant's plans to improve its ability to 
perform the assessment function in conjunction with outside public/
private partners.
    2. Evidence of the applicant's ability to develop, implement, 
evaluate, and use assessment activities to support effective program 
policies and interventions.
    3. Extent and availability of statewide health data and information 
from a variety of public and private sources.

B. Capability (30 Points)

    1. The extent and appropriateness of previous State health 
department assessment and policy development efforts to monitor health 
risks of general and high-risk populations.
    2. The ability of the State to integrate information and data from 
two or more existing public and/or private sources for program 
development and evaluation.
    3. Evidence of strong working relationships with the organizational 
entities involved with this project.
    4. Evidence that key project staff have experience in surveillance, 
assessment, applied research, partnership development, electronic data 
information systems, and policy-making.

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C. Project Design (55 Points Total)

1. Partnership Development (15 Points)
    a. The extent to which the applicant describes the feasibility of 
developing a partnership for assessment activities in one or more of 
the following four areas (Extra points will not be awarded for 
developing more than one partnership): Managed Care Assessment 
Partnership; Collaborative Community Assessment Partnership; Medicaid 
Assessment Partnership; and/or Preventive Health Assessment 
Partnership.
    b. The adequacy of procedures for selecting private/public 
partners, target population and health problem areas.
    c. The adequacy of the partnership structure to establish partner 
concurrence, build consensus, address problem resolution, and carry out 
project activities within the proposed time schedule.
2. Strategic Plan (25 Points)
    a. The adequacy of the applicant's plans to develop and maintain a 
working partnership for public health assessment and policy 
development.
    b. The objectives and activities are appropriate, feasible, and 
time appropriate to the project.
    c. The ability of the applicant's plans to be flexible and able to 
incorporate additional partners, activities, etc., as emerging issues 
warrant.
3. Program Evaluation (15 Points)
    a. The extent to which the applicant proposes a strategy of ongoing 
evaluation and feedback for this project.
    b. The adequacy of the applicant's plans to evaluate the overall 
effectiveness and success of this project.

D. Commitment (5 Points)

    1. Evidence that the organizational positioning of this project is 
conducive to accomplishing the stated purposes of this cooperative 
agreement, including formal written commitments from appropriate 
organizational entities that would be expected to support the project.
    2. Evidence of the applicant's ability to continue the project 
beyond established performance period.

E. Budget (Not Weighted)

    The extent to which the applicant describes the total amount of 
funds requested in each of the object class categories and clearly 
links the budget items to objectives and activities proposed for the 
budget period.

F. Human Subjects (Not Weighted)

    Whether or not exempt from the Department of Health and Human 
Services (DHHS) regulations, are procedures adequate for the protection 
of human subjects? Recommendations on the adequacy of protections 
include: (1) Protections appear adequate and there are no comments to 
make or concerns to raise, (2) protections appear adequate, but there 
are comments regarding the protocol,(3) protections appear inadequate 
and there are concerns related to human subjects, or (4) disapproval of 
the application is recommended because the research risks are 
sufficiently serious and protection against the risks are inadequate as 
to make the entire application unacceptable.

Executive Order 12372 Review

    Applications are 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. Applicants should contact their State Single 
Point of Contact (SPOC) as early as possible to alert them to the 
prospective applications and receive any necessary instructions on the 
State process. For proposed projects serving more than one State, the 
applicant is advised to contact the SPOC of each affected State. A 
current list of SPOCs is included in the application kit. If SPOCs have 
any State process recommendations on applications submitted to CDC, 
they should forward them to Sharron P. Orum, Grants Management Officer, 
Grants Management Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30305. The due date for State process recommendations 
is 30 days after the application deadline date for new and competing 
continuation applications. 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 93.283.

Other Requirements

Paperwork Reduction Act

    Projects that involve the collection of information from 10 or more 
individuals and funded by the cooperative agreement will be subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

Human Subjects

    If the proposed project involves research on human subjects, the 
applicant must comply with the Department of Health and Human Services 
Regulations, 45 CFR part 46, regarding the protection of human 
subjects. Assurance must be provided to demonstrate that the project 
will be subject to initial and continuing review by an appropriate 
institutional review committee. The applicant will be responsible for 
providing assurance in accordance with the appropriate guidelines and 
form provided in the application kit. Should human subjects review be 
required, the proposed work plan should incorporate time lines for such 
development and review activities.

Women, Racial, and Ethnic Minorities

    It is the policy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) 
to ensure that individuals of both sexes and the various racial and 
ethnic groups will be included in CDC/ATSDR-supported research projects 
involving human subjects, whenever feasible and appropriate. Racial and 
ethnic groups are those defined in OMB Directive No. 15 and include 
American Indian, Alaskan Native, Asian, Pacific Islander, Black and 
Hispanic. Applicants shall ensure that women, racial and ethnic 
minority populations are appropriately represented in applications for 
research involving human subjects. Where clear and compelling rationale 
exist that inclusion is inappropriate or not feasible, this situation 
must be explained as part of the application. This policy does not 
apply to research studies when the investigator cannot control the 
race, ethnicity and/or sex of subjects. Further guidance to this policy 
is contained in the Federal Register, Vol. 60, No. 179, pages 47947-
47951, and dated Friday, September 15, 1995.

Application Submission and Deadline

    The original and two copies of the application PHS Form 5161-1 
(Revised 7/92, OMB Number 0937-0189) must be submitted to Sharron P. 
Orum, Grants Management Officer, Grants Management Branch, Procurement 
and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 
255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 314, Mail Stop E-18, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30305, on or before August 11, 1997.

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    1. Deadline: Applications shall be considered as meeting the 
deadline if they are either:
    (a) Received on or before the deadline date; or
    (b) Sent on or before the deadline date and received in time for 
submission to the objective review group. (Applicants must request a 
legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain a legibly dated 
receipt from a commercial carrier or the U.S. Postal Service. Private 
metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)
    2. Late Application: Applications that do not meet the criteria in 
1.(a) or 1.(b) above are considered late applications. Late 
applications will not be considered in the current competition and will 
be returned to the applicant.

Where To Obtain Additional Information

    To receive additional written information, call (404) 332-4561. You 
will be asked to leave your name, address, and telephone number. Please 
refer to Announcement 741. You will receive a complete program 
description, information on application procedures, and application 
forms. If you have questions after reviewing the contents of all the 
documents, business management technical assistance may be obtained 
from Albertha Carey, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management 
Branch, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 314, Mail Stop 
E-18, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, telephone (404) 842-6591; electronic mail 
at [email protected].
    Technical assistance may be obtained from Colette Zyrkowski, 
Division of Public Health Surveillance and Informatics, Epidemiology 
Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Mail 
Stop C-08, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 
(404) 639-0080; fax (404) 639-1546; or Internet or CDC WONDER 
electronic mail at [email protected].
    You may obtain this announcement from one of two Internet sites on 
the actual publication date: CDC's homepage at http://www.cdc.gov or 
the Government Printing Office homepage (including free on-line access 
to the Federal Register at http://www.access.gpo.gov).
    Please refer to Program Announcement 741 when requesting 
information and submitting an application.
    Potential applicants may obtain 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 ``Introduction'' 
through the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, 
Washington, DC 20402-9325, telephone (202) 512-1800. Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for Evaluating Surveillance 
Systems can be found in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 1988; 
37 (suppl. no. S-5).

    Dated: June 16, 1997.
Joseph R. Carter,
Acting Associate Director for Management and Operations, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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