[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38283-38285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15463]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 00128]


Rural Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency 
Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Prevention and Education Project; Notice of 
Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC 2000 funds for 
a cooperative agreement program for Rural HIV/AIDS Prevention and 
Education. This program addresses the ``Healthy People 2010'' focus 
area of HIV Prevention. For the conference copy of ``Healthy People 
2010'', visit the internet site: http//www.health.gov/healthy people. 
The purpose of the program is to support the following activities: (1) 
An information exchange program among health and education officials in 
local and State government concerning HIV prevention in non-urban 
areas; (2) HIV prevention program and policy development; and (3) the 
provision of technical assistance to community-based organizations 
(CBOs), local and State health departments, and others involved in 
health promotion and disease prevention activities to persons in non-
urban areas.

B. Eligible Applicants

    Assistance will be provided only to the Rural Center for AIDS and 
STD Prevention (RCAP) at Indiana University. No other applications are 
solicited. [This is consistent with Senate Appropriations language for 
the Labor, Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention regarding HIV for Fiscal Year 2000 which encourages CDC to 
sustain the Rural Center for AIDS and STD Prevention so it may continue 
its efforts in rural communities through prevention specialists.]
    Eligibility is limited to RCAP because it is the only national 
organization in the country that solely focuses on HIV and Sexually 
Transmitted Diseases (STD) prevention in rural communities. RCAP was 
created specifically to promote HIV/STD prevention in rural America, 
with the goal of reducing HIV/AIDS. RCAP has served as a policy-
development and capacity-building organization in intergovernmental 
affairs for more than five years and has as one of its major objectives 
the sharing of information between local governments.

    Note: Public Law 104-65 states that an organization described in 
section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that engages 
in lobbying activities is not eligible to receive Federal funds 
constituting an award, grant, cooperative agreement, contract, loan, 
or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

    Approximately $250,000 is available in FY 2000, to fund one award. 
It is expected that the award will begin on or about September 30, 2000 
and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project period 
of up to five years. Funding estimates may change.
    Continuation awards within an approved project period will be made 
on the basis of satisfactory progress as evidenced by required reports 
and the availability of funds.

Use of Funds

    Funds may not be used to supplant or duplicate existing funding.

D. Program Requirements

    In conducting activities to achieve the purpose of this program, 
the recipient shall be responsible for the activities under 1. 
``Recipient Activities'', and CDC will be responsible for the 
activities listed under 2. ``CDC Activities'.
    1. Recipient Activities
    a. Identify and evaluate HIV prevention policies, practices, 
procedures, programs, and processes that are considered to be effective 
in rural areas.
    b. Assist representatives of rural communities in identifying and 
evaluating mechanisms to incorporate HIV prevention into their short-
and long-range plans.
    c. In collaboration with other agencies, develop prevention 
education materials and guidelines, as well as technical and practical 
information warranted by new epidemiological, behavioral, or clinical 
discoveries that particularly have applications for rural areas.
    d. Use existing information vehicles, e.g., information exchange 
newsletters, capsule and technical assistance reports, case studies, 
information alerts, directories, conferences, workshops, and HIV/AIDS-
related telecommunications networks in disseminating successful program 
elements.
    e. Provide technical assistance to rural health and education 
officials and CBOs on HIV prevention program and management issues such 
as: grant writing, educational material development, and program 
development, implementation, and evaluation. Provide training to 
selected groups of rural prevention specialists, such as adolescent 
peer educators, through workshops and/or conferences.
    f. Develop rural case studies that will enable: Community Planning 
Groups (CPGs), local health departments (LHDs) and CBOs to benefit from 
the experience of other organizations in the planning, development, 
implementation, and evaluation of community prevention planning 
processes, needs assessments, programs and related activities which are 
particularly relevant to rural areas.
    g. Prepare abstracts, posters, oral presentations, and articles for 
publication in peer-reviewed journals.
    h. Obtain information and materials through surveys of local school 
districts and health departments, other local government agencies, 
CBOs, CPGs, and other community entities concerning HIV/AIDS 
prevention-related funding, policies, practices, procedures, programs, 
and processes.
    2. CDC Activities
    a. Collaborate as needed/requested in the development of a 
dissemination plan so that practical and technical information related 
to rural HIV/AIDS prevention can be rapidly shared with appropriate 
government and health department officials, as well as CBOs and CPGs.
    b. Assist as needed/requested in identifying (1) HIV prevention-
related policies, practices, procedures, community needs and processes; 
(2) local health education/risk reduction programs that have 
demonstrated the capability to successfully serve the needs of rural 
populations with AIDS or HIV infection, sex and needle-sharing 
partners, high-risk populations, health-care providers, or the general 
public; and (3) other local HIV prevention-related efforts (e.g. 
community planning

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or peer youth education) that offer valuable lessons to benefit others.
    c. Collaborate as needed/requested in the planning of all 
workshops, conferences and other professional gatherings that serve a 
rural public health purpose, and provide speakers for meetings that are 
regional or national in scope.
    d. Collaborate as needed/requested and give technical feedback to 
RCAP on drafts of all HIV-related materials intended for dissemination, 
including assistance in evaluation efforts of rural prevention 
programs.
    e. Collaborate in the analysis and presentation of all materials 
for publication.

E. Application Content

    Use the information in the Program Requirements, Other 
Requirements, and Evaluation Criteria sections to develop the 
application content. Your application will be evaluated on the criteria 
listed under ``Section G, Evaluation Criteria.'' Therefore it is 
important to follow the specified criteria when designing your program 
plan. Provide a detailed plan for activities for the initial budget 
period and a more general plan for activities in Years 2 through 5 of 
the project period. Specifically:
    1. Describe the need for and a plan to address the required 
recipient activities. This description should include the need for 
programs and activities that directly address HIV prevention gaps that 
have already been identified by non-urban areas of the nation.
    2. Describe past experience in providing technical assistance, on a 
national scope, to State and local health and education agencies, CBOs 
and others engaged in HIV/AIDS and STD prevention and education 
activities.
    3. Provide realistic, measurable, and time-phased objectives that 
are related to the purpose of this program and the Healthy People 2010 
national objectives. Provide program objectives for the budget period 
(year 1) and the project period (5 years).
    4. Describe the activities that will be carried out to accomplish 
the proposed objectives.
    5. Provide a plan of evaluation that addresses each of the 
objectives and activities. Indicate how the evaluation findings will be 
used in program planning and decision making.
    6. Provide a line item budget and justification that is consistent 
with the purpose of this program and the proposal submitted.
    The narrative should be no more than 15 double-spaced pages, with 
one inch margins, printed on one side in 10 or 12 point font(s).

F. Submission and Deadline

Application

    The applicant must submit the original and two copies of PHS 5161-1 
(OMB Number 0937-0189). Forms are available at the following Internet 
address: www.cdc.gov/...Forms, or in the application kit. On or before 
August 18, 2000, submit the application to the Grants Management 
Specialist identified in the ``Where to Obtain Additional Information'' 
section of this announcement.
    Deadline: The application shall be considered as meeting the 
deadline if it is 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 independent review group. (The Applicant must 
request a legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain a 
legibly dated receipt from a commercial carrier or U.S. Postal 
Service. Private metered postmarks shall not be acceptable as proof 
of timely mailing.)

    Late Application: If the application does not meet the criteria in 
(a) or (b) above, it will be considered a late application. 
Subsequently, it will not be considered for funding and will be 
returned to the applicant.

G. Evaluation Criteria

    The application will be evaluated against the following criteria by 
an independent review group appointed by CDC:
    1. Description of Need (25 points) The extent to which the 
applicant has described the need for a program to address rural HIV 
prevention needs and its ability to conduct HIV prevention activities 
and programs that will address the needs identified.
    2. Program Plan and Objectives (25 points) The extent to which the 
application includes an achievable plan, with specific, measurable, and 
attainable objectives, for conducting project activities as described 
under the section ``Program Requirements, 1. Recipient Activities.''
    3. Evaluation Plan (40 points) The extent to which the application 
includes reasonable and appropriate methods for evaluating the 
project's effectiveness.
    4. Personnel Policies and Procedures (10 points) The extent to 
which the applicant demonstrates the existence and use of 
organizational policies and procedures requiring the hiring, training 
and assigning of qualified personnel to conduct and manage project 
activities.
    5. Budget and Justification (not scored) The extent to which the 
budget is reasonable, clearly justifiable, and consistent with the 
intended use of funds.

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

    Provide CDC with original plus two copies of
    1. annual progress reports;
    2. Financial Status Report (FSR), SF 269, no more than 90 days 
after the end of the budget period; and
    3. final financial and performance reports, no more than 90 days 
after the end of the project period.
    Send all reports to the Grants Management Specialist identified in 
the ``Where to Obtain Additional Information'' section of this 
announcement.
    The following additional requirements are applicable to this 
program. For a complete description of each, see Attachment I in the 
application kit.

AR-5  HIV Program Review Panel Requirements
AR-9  Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements
AR-10  Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements
AR-11  Healthy People 2010
AR-12  Lobbying Restrictions
AR-14  Accounting System Requirements
AR-20  Conference Support

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

    This program is authorized under section 301 (a) of the Public 
Health Service Act, [42 U.S.C. section 241 (a)], as amended. The 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93.939, HIV Prevention 
Activities--Non-Governmental Organizations.

J. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    To obtain additional information, contact: Annie Harrison Camacho, 
Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Branch, Procurement and 
Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Room 
3000, 2920 Brandywine Road, Mailstop E-15, Atlanta, Georgia 30341. 
Telephone number: (770) 488-2735. Email address: [email protected]
    Access to this information and all other CDC announcements are 
available on the CDC home page on the Internet: http://www.cdc.gov
    For program technical assistance, contact: Mr. David Brownell, 
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center

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for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road N.W., Mailstop E-35, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, Telephone: (404) 639-5200, Email: [email protected]

    Dated: June 14, 2000.
John L. Williams,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC).
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