[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 99-14425]



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Part III





Department of Health and Human Services





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Office of Public Health and Science



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Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning 
Services Grants; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Public Health and Science


Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family 
Planning Services Grants

AGENCY: Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Population Affairs announces the anticipated 
allocation of funds for FY 2000 family planning services grant projects 
under the authority of Title X of the Public Health Service Act and 
solicits applications for competing grant awards to serve the areas 
and/or populations set out below. Only applications which propose to 
serve the populations and/or areas listed in Table I will be accepted 
for review and possible funding. In addition, general program 
information is included to provide potential grantees with information 
about future funding opportunities.
    OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 93.217.

DATES: Application due dates vary. See Supplementary Information below.

ADDRESSES: Completed applications for DHHS Regions II, III, and IV 
should be sent to: Office of Grants Management for Family Planning 
Services, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth Street, S.W., Suite 5B95, 
Atlanta, GA 30323-8909.
    Completed applications for DHHS Regions, V, VI, VII, IX, and X 
should be sent to: Office of Grants Management for Family Planning 
Services, 1301 Young Street, Suite 766, Dallas, TX 75202.
    See Supplementary Information section for addresses for additional 
information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Program Requirement

    Region Program Consultants for Family Planning: Region I, James 
Sliker, 617/565-1060; Region II, Lucille Katz--212/264-3935; Region 
III, Louis Belmonte--215/861-4641; Region IV, Christino Rodriquez--404/
562-7900; Region V, Janice Ely--312/886-3864; Region VI, Paul Smith--
214/767-3060; Region VII, Elizabeth Curtis--816/426-2924; Region VIII, 
John J. McCarthy, Jr.--303/844-6163; Region IX, Nadine Simons--414/437-
8116; Region X, Janet Wildeboor--206/615-2501.

Administrative and Budgetary Requirements

    Region II, III and IV: June Faizi (Office of Grants Management for 
Family Planning Services)--404/562-7902; Regions V, VI, VII, IX and X: 
Maudeen Pickett (Office of Grants Management for Family Planning 
Services)--214/767-3401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title X of the Public Health Service Act, 42 
U.S.C. 300, et seq., authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services (HHS) to award grants to public or private nonprofit entities 
to assist in the establishment and operation of voluntary family 
planning projects to provide a broad range of acceptable and effective 
family planning methods and services (including natural family planning 
methods, infertility services, and services for adolescents). The 
statute requires that, to the extent practicable, entities shall 
encourage family participation. Also, Title X funds may not be used in 
programs where abortion is a method of family planning. Implementing 
regulations appear at 42 CFR part 59, subpart A.

    On February 5, 1993, HHS published at 58 FR 7462 an interim rule 
that suspends the 1988 Title X rules, pending the promulgation of new 
regulations. The principal effect of this action was to suspend the 
definitions of ``family planning,'' ``grantees,'' ``prenatal care,'' 
``Title X,'' ``Title X Program,'' and ``Title X Project'' presently 
found at 42 CFR 59.2 and 42 CFR 59.7-59.10. Proposed rules were also 
published at 58 FR 7464 on the same date. During the pendency of 
rulemaking, the policies and interpretations relating to the provision 
of abortion-related services by Title X grantees that were in effect 
prior to the issuance of the 1988 rule, including those set out in the 
1981 Family Planning Guidelines, are being used by the program. Copies 
of the pre-1988 policies and interpretations are available from the 
Regional Program Consultants for Regions I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, 
VIII, IX, and X, at the addresses listed below.

Region I (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode 
Island, Vermont): DHHS/PHS Region I, JFK Federal Building, Room 2126, 
Boston, MA 02203
Region II (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands): DHHS/PHS 
Region II, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 3337, New York, NY 10278
Region III (Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania, 
Virginia, W. Virginia): DHHS/PHS Region III, 150 S. Independence Mall 
West, Philadelphia, PA, 19106-3499
Region IV (Kentucky, Mississippi, N. Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, 
Florida, Georgia, S. Carolina): DHHS/PHS Region IV, 61 Forsyth Street, 
Suite 5B95, Atlanta, GA 30303
Region V (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin): 
DHHS/PHS Region V, 105 West Adams Street, 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
Region VI (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas): DHHS/PHS 
Region VI, 1301 Young Street, Suite 1124, Dallas, TX 75202
Region VII (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska): DHHS/PHS Region VII, 601 
East 12th Street, Room 210, Kansas City, MO 64106
Region VIII (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, 
Wyoming): DHHS/PHS Region VIII, Federal Building, 4th Floor, 1961 Stout 
Street, Denver, CO 80294-3538
Region IX (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Republic of Palau, 
Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands): 
DHHS/PHS Region IX, 50 United Nations Plaza, Room 327, San Francisco, 
CA 94102
Region X (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington): DHHS/PHS Region X, 
Blanchard Plaza, 2201 Sixth Avenue, M/S RX-29, Seattle, WA 98121

    Incorporating Public Health Initiatives, Program Priorities and Key 
Issues for Family Planning.
    The proposal should reflect the applicant's ability to incorporate 
into the project plan public health initiatives such as Healthy People 
2000 health promotion and disease prevention objectives for family 
planning, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
priorities of assuring a healthy start for every child by increasing 
the proportion of pregnancies that are intended, promoting personal 
responsibility for healthy lifestyles, and addressing the elimination 
of racial and ethnic disparities in health as identified by the 
President's Initiative on Race.
    In addition, the following priorities represent overarching goals 
for the Title X program and, along with the key issues, should be 
reflected in the applicant's project plan:
    (1) Expansion and enhancement of the quality of clinical 
reproductive health services through partnerships with entities that 
have related interests and that work with similar priority populations;
    (2) Increased emphasis on services to adolescents, including 
emphasis on postponement of sexual activity and more accessible 
provision of contraceptive counseling and services;
    (3) Increased services to hard-to-reach populations by partnering 
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community-based organizations and others that have a stake in the 
prevention of unintended pregnancy;
    (4) Expansion of comprehensiveness of reproductive health services, 
including STD and cancer screening and prevention, HIV prevention, 
education and counseling, and substance abuse screening and referral;
    (5) Increased services to males, emphasizing shared responsibility 
for preventing unintended pregnancy and STD/HIV infection.
    Key issues impacting family planning:
    Other key issues are impacting the current and future delivery of 
family planning services. These issues include:
    (1) Medicaid waivers and managed care;
    (2) Implications of welfare reform and other issues that are 
affecting family planning services, such as Temporary Assistance to 
Needy Families (TANF) and the Children's Health Insurance Program 
(CHIP) as well as other Federal and State initiatives;
    (3) Electronic technology;
    (4) Research findings;
    (5) Legislative mandates, such as counseling teens on involving 
families and avoiding coercive sexual relationships.
    These program priorities and key issues are being pursued to the 
extent that funding or increases in program efficiency allow.
    The proposed FY 2000 budget for the Title X Family Planning program 
is approximately $240 million. It is anticipated that during FY 2000 
approximately 35 percent of the amount that is appropriated for the 
program will be allocated to competing applications. It is anticipated 
that the balance will be used to support non-competing grantees in the 
10 regions and central office. Because some of the grants expected to 
be funded with the appropriation for FY 2000 have application due dates 
in the next few months, this action is being taken now to permit the 
orderly processing of the applications.
    Each regional office is responsible for evaluating applications, 
establishing priorities, and setting funding levels according to 
criteria in 42 CFR 59.11.
    This notice announces the anticipated allocation of funds, if 
appropriated, for competitive family planning service grants in 22 
States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Republic of Palau, and the Federated 
States of Micronesia. Subject to enactment of the anticipated 
appropriation, competing grant applications are invited for the 
following areas:

                                                    Table I.
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                                                            Number of
                                                            competing                    Appl. due      Grant
            Populations or areas to be served               grants to    FY99 funding       date       funding
                                                            be awarded                                   date
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Region I: No grants available for competition in FY 2000.
Region II:
    Univ. of PR/Public Hlth..............................            1       1,735,229     03/01/00     07/01/00
    NY State Health Dept.................................            1       7,703,876     03/01/00     07/01/00
Region III:
    Delaware Dept. of Health.............................            1         690,187     12/01/99     04/01/00
    Virginia Dept. of Health.............................            1       3,724,186     12/01/99     04/01/00
    Maryland Dept. of Health.............................            1       3,205,729     12/01/99     04/01/00
    WV Dept. of Health...................................            1       1,693,832     12/01/99     04/01/00
    Family Health Council................................            1       2,762,425     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Family Planning Council of Central PA................            1       2,086,193     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Family Planning Council..............................            1       3,487,780     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Maternal and Family Health Council...................            1       1,264,753     03/01/00     07/01/00
Region IV:
    Florida Dept. of Health..............................            1       6,578,352     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Tennessee Dept. of Health............................            1       5,503,248     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Kentucky Cab. For Human Resources....................            1       3,864,571     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Georgia Dept. of Human Resources.....................            1       5,824,306     03/01/00     07/01/00
    North Carolina Dept. of Human Resources..............            1       4,736,317     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Alabama Dept. of Human Resources.....................            1       3,698,168     03/01/00     07/01/00
    South Carolina Dept. of Human Resources..............            1       4,131,705     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Mississippi Dept. of Health..........................            1       3,722,603     03/01/00     07/01/00
Region V:
    Ohio Dept. of Health.................................            1       4,133,315     11/01/99     03/01/00
    Planned Parenthood of Central Ohio...................            1         623,535     11/01/99     03/01/00
    Planned Parenthood of Summit, Portage and Medina                 1         676,843     03/01/00     07/01/00
     Counties............................................
Region VI:
    New Mexico Department of Health......................            1       1,995,334     09/01/99     01/01/00
    Arkansas Department of Health........................            1       2,961,564     11/01/99     03/01/00
    Oklahoma Department of Health........................            1       2,891,198     08/01/99     12/01/99
Region VII:
    Kansas State Department of Health and Environment....            1       1,786,800     03/01/00     07/01/00
Region VIII: No grants available for competition in FY
 2000.
Region IX:
    Government of Guam...................................            1         168,408     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Republic of Palau....................................            1          57,971     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Federated States of Micronesia.......................            1         220,564     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Gila River Indian Community..........................            1         172,582     03/01/00     07/01/00
Region X:
    Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette........            1         561,485     03/01/00     07/01/00
    Idaho Department of Health and Welfare...............            1         961,979     03/01/00     07/01/00
    International Community Health Service...............            1         123,800     05/30/00     09/30/00
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        Total............................................           32      83,748,838  ...........  ...........
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    Applications must be postmarked or, if not sent by U.S. mail, 
received at the appropriate Grants Management Office no later than 
close of business on application due dates listed above. Private 
metered postmarks will not be acceptable as proof of timely mailing. 
Applications which are postmarked or, if not sent by U.S. mail, 
delivered to the appropriate Grants Management Office later than the 
application due date will be judged late and will not be accepted for 
review. (Applicants should request a legibly dated postmark from the 
U.S. Postal Service.) Applications which do not conform to the 
requirements of this program announcement or do not meet the applicable 
regulatory requirements at 42 CFR part 59, subpart A will not be 
accepted for review. Applicants will be so notified, and the 
applications will be returned.
    Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria:
    (1) The extent to which family planning services are needed 
locally;
    (2) The capacity of the applicant to address the family planning 
needs of the area to be served;
    (3) The relative need of the applicant;
    (4) The capacity of the applicant to make rapid and effective use 
of the Federal assistance;
    (5) The adequacy of the applicant's facilities and staff;
    (6) The relative availability of non-Federal resources within the 
community to be served and the degree to which those resources are 
committed to the project; and
    (7) The degree to which the project plan adequately provides for 
the requirements set forth in the Title X regulations.

Application Requirements

    Application kits (including the application form, PHS 5161-1, 
Revised 5/96) (OMB approval No. 0937-0189) may be obtained by 
contacting the appropriate Office of Grants Management in Atlanta or 
Dallas. Limited technical assistance regarding programmatic aspects of 
proposal preparation is available from the regional offices. For 
information on administrative and budgetary aspects of proposal 
preparation, contact the appropriate Office of Grants Management. An 
application must contain: (1) a narrative description of the project 
and the manner in which the applicant intends to conduct it in order to 
carry out the requirements of the law and regulations; (2) a budget 
that includes an estimate of project income and costs, with 
justification for the amount of grant funds requested; (3) a 
description of the standards and qualifications that will be required 
for all personnel and facilities to be used by the project; and (4) 
such other pertinent information as may be required by the Secretary as 
specified in the application kit. In preparing an application, 
applicants should respond to all applicable regulatory requirements. 
(The information collections contained in this notice have been 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and assigned control 
number 0937-0189.)
    The Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) requires all grant 
recipients to provide a smoke-free workplace and to promote the non-use 
of all tobacco products. This is consistent with the OPHS mission to 
protect and advance the physical and mental health of the American 
people.

Application Review and Evaluation

    Each regional office is responsible for conducting its own 
competitive application reviews. Applications must be submitted to the 
appropriate Office of Grants Management at the address listed above. 
Staff are available to answer questions and provide limited technical 
assistance in the preparation of grant applications.

Grant Awards

    Grant projects are generally approved for 3 to 5 years with an 
annual non-competitive review of a continuation application to obtain 
continued support. Non-competing continuation awards are subject to 
factors such as the project making satisfactory progress and the 
availability of funds, In all cases, continuation awards require a 
determination by HHS that continued funding is in the best interest of 
the Federal Government.

Review Under Executive Order 12372

    applicants under this announcement are subject to the review 
requirements of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of 
Department of Health and Huamn Services Programs and Activities, as 
implemented by 45 CFR part 100. As soon as possible, the applicant 
should discuss the project with the State Single Point of Contact 
(SPOC) for each State to be served. The application kit contains the 
currently available listing of the SPOCs which have elected to be 
informed of the submission of applications. For those State not 
represented on the listing, further inquiries should be made to the 
Governor's office of the pertinent states for information regarding the 
review process designed by their state or the State Single Point of 
Contact (SPOC) for the state in question. SPOC comments must be 
received by the appropriate Grants Management Office (Atlanta or 
Dallas) 30 days prior to the funding date to be considered.
    When final funding decisions have been made, each applicant will be 
notified by letter of the outcome of its application. The official 
document notifying an applicant that a project application has been 
approved for funding is the Notice of Grant Award, which specifies to 
the grantee the amount of money awarded, the purposes of the grant, and 
terms and conditions of the grant award.

(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300)

    Dated: June 2, 1999.
Denese O. Shervington,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs.
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