[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 228 (Monday, November 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70725-70728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30078]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Partnerships for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 
Prevention With a Focus on Business and Labor, Youth-at-High Risk, and 
Migrant Workers

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces 
the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2001 funds. CDC will provide 
approximately $2.2 million dollars to support a technical assistance 
and leadership program for National Partnerships for Human 
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention. This program addresses the 
``Healthy People 2010'' focus areas of HIV Prevention, Educational and 
Community-Based Programs, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
    The purpose of this announcement is to request comments on this 
proposed program. After consideration of comments submitted, CDC will 
publish a program announcement to solicit applications. A more complete 
description of the program goals, eligible applicants, availability of 
funds, program requirements, and evaluation criteria follow.

DATES: The public is invited to submit comments by December 11, 2000.

ADDRESS: Submit your comments to and obtain additional information 
from:

Technical Information and Communications Branch, National Center for 
HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC), 1600 Clifton Road, NE Mail Stop E49, Atlanta, GA 30333, Fax 
(404) 639-2007, E-mail: [email protected], Telephone (404) 639-2072

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose

    The purpose of the program is to develop local, regional, state, 
and national leadership and support for HIV prevention programs and 
policies. It is also to provide technical assistance and service 
delivery in support of capacity building and skills development for 
community-based organizations, State and local health departments, and 
other organizations conducting HIV prevention activities at the local, 
regional, state, and national levels. This announcement is intended to 
help address gaps in leadership and technical assistance in the 
development and delivery of HIV prevention services.
    For the purpose of this announcement, the following definitions 
apply:
    Leadership activities are defined as the development of 
communication and mobilization strategies including network 
development, partnership formation and coalition building, to raise and 
maintain community as well as national awareness of HIV prevention 
needs and programs in specified populations. Leadership activities may 
also include developing and implementing strategies for needs 
assessments, policy analysis and service integration in collaboration 
with the private sector, federal partners, health departments, 
community-based organizations and community planning groups.
    Technical Assistance activities are defined as the provision of 
information and skills and consultation and training for individuals 
and organizations to improve the delivery and effectiveness of HIV 
prevention interventions. Service delivery activities may also be 
included under the technical assistance activity. Technical Assistance 
funds available under this announcement must support assistance that 
improves the capacity of recipient agencies to design, develop, 
implement, and/or evaluate effective HIV prevention interventions for 
one or more of the three populations described below.

Eligible Applicants

    To be eligible for funding under this announcement, applicants must 
be (1) a tax-exempt, non-profit national business or labor related, 
youth related, or migrant worker related organization, whose net 
earnings in no part accrue to the benefit of any private shareholder or 
person; or (2) an academic institution working in collaboration with 
such organizations; or (3) a federally recognized Indian tribal 
government, a non-federally recognized tribe or other organization that 
qualifies under the Indian Civil Rights Act, State Charter Tribes, 
Urban Indian Health Programs, Indian Health Boards, and/or Inter-Tribal 
Councils. Proof of tax-exempt status must be provided with the 
application. CDC will not accept an application without proof of tax-
exempt status. Tax-exempt status is determined by the Internal Revenue 
Service (IRS) Code, Section 501(c). Tax-exempt status may be proved by 
either providing a copy of the pages from the IRS' most recent list of 
501(c) tax-exempt organizations or a copy of the current IRS 
Determination Letter.

    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.

Below Is Additional Eligibility Criteria for Each Category

Category I--Business- or Labor-Related Organization Programs

    A. A business- or labor-related organization is a non-profit, 
professional or voluntary organization, that (1) has businesses, 
business leaders, or labor leaders as a focus or constituency; or (2) 
is a labor union; or (3) is a trade association. In addition, the 
organization (4) has a formal or informal network, chapters, 
affiliates, constituent organizations, or offices in at least two U.S. 
States or territories; and (5) has access to national or regional 
corporate, business, union, or labor leaders and managers (e.g., human 
resource managers). For example, a labor union with chapters in at 
least two States would meet the definition of a national business- or 
labor-related organization, whereas an individual State chapter of a 
national labor union would not.
    B. Has a documented two-year record of providing technical 
assistance or leadership activities focusing on HIV prevention with 
business and labor organizations and their employees or members.

Category II--Youth-Related Organization Programs

    A. A youth-related organization is a non-profit organization that 
has youth, and/or service providers who work with youth, as a focus or 
constituency. The organization must have a formal or informal network, 
chapters, affiliates, constituent organizations, or offices in at least 
two U.S. States or territories. For example, an agency with a linked 
network of youth-serving providers with members residing in at least 
two States or Territories would meet the definition of a youth-related 
organization, whereas an individual chapter of a national organization 
would not.
    B. Has a documented two-year record of providing technical 
assistance, prevention services and/or leadership activities focusing 
on HIV prevention for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered and 
Questioning (GLBTQ) youth, homeless/run-away or street youth, and/or 
young women of color.
    C. Has a young person, age 24 or younger from the target 
population, on

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the Board that oversees programmatic activities, or has an Advisory 
Committee to the Board that is made up of young people age 24 or 
younger from the target population.

Category III--Migrant Worker-Related Programs

    A. A migrant worker-related organization is a non-profit 
organization that has migrant workers and/or the service providers who 
work with migrant workers, as a focus or constituency. The organization 
must have a formal or informal network, chapters, affiliates, 
constituent organizations, or offices in at least two U.S. States or 
territories. For example, an agency with a linked network of migrant 
worker-serving providers with members residing in at least two States 
or Territories would meet the definition of a migrant farm worker-
related organization, whereas an individual chapter of a national 
organization would not.
    B. Has a documented two-year record of providing culturally 
tailored technical assistance or leadership activities focusing on HIV 
prevention for migrant workers.

Availability of Funds

    Approximately $2.2 million is available in FY 2001 to fund 
approximately nine awards. It is expected that the average award will 
be $225,000, ranging from $200,000 to $300,000. It is expected that the 
awards will begin on or about April 1, 2001, and will be made for a 12-
month budget period within a project period of up to three years. 
Funding estimates may change.

Funding Preferences

    Preference for funding in all categories will be given to:
    1. Ensuring that leadership development and/or technical assistance 
is available to the designated target populations as a primary focus; 
and
    2. Addresses gaps in current national/regional or local technical 
assistance services (gaps may be defined by geography; target 
population, race/ethnicity, risk behavior; or intervention type).

Additional Funding Preferences by Category

    Preference for funding will be given to ensuring the following:

Category I--Business and Labor

    That both business and labor organizations are funded in at least 
one of the two designated activities.

Category II--Youth

    That recipients, under the leadership activity, address a variety 
of strategies and/or programs to raise awareness and stimulate HIV 
prevention intervention development in youth serving organizations that 
have, as a primary focus, the designated at-risk populations.
    That recipients, under the technical assistance activity, use a 
variety of intervention types (e.g. small group interventions, 
counseling and testing, prevention case management) and/or other proven 
interventions identified in the CDC Compendium of Effective Programs, 
titled, ``Compendium of HIV Prevention Interventions with Evidence of 
Effectiveness'' November 1999, CDC Prevention Research Synthesis to 
reach the designated population (e.g. young women of color, GLBTQ 
youth, runaway, homeless, or street youth).

Category III--Migrant Workers

    That recipients, under the leadership activity, address a variety 
of strategies and/or programs to raise awareness and stimulate HIV 
prevention intervention development in migrant worker-serving 
organizations, and that recipients under the technical assistance 
activity use a variety of intervention types (e.g. small group 
interventions, counseling and testing, prevention case management); 
and/or other strategies and interventions that are proven to be 
effective in providing services to the designated community.

Program Requirements

    Recipients in all categories must conduct the following activities:
    a. Incorporate cultural competency and linguistic appropriateness 
into all technical assistance and skills building efforts, including 
those involving the development, production, dissemination, and 
marketing of health communication or prevention messages;
    b. Use epidemiologic data, behavioral research, and program 
evaluation, to inform technical assistance and intervention development 
which meet the needs of the designated populations;
    c. Coordinate program activities with relevant public sector 
partners, including national, regional, State, and local HIV prevention 
programs to prevent duplication of efforts;
    d. Review and ensure consistency with applicable State and local 
comprehensive HIV prevention community plans when conducting program 
activities at the State and local levels;
    e. Facilitate the dissemination of successful prevention 
interventions and program models through meetings, workshops, 
conferences, and communications with project officers;
    f. Compile ``lessons learned'' from the project and share these 
with the CDC;
    g. Monitor and conduct process evaluation of all major program 
activities and services supported with CDC HIV prevention funds under 
this cooperative agreement; and
    h. Submit CDC forms for initiating and completing technical 
assistance services. Forms will be provided by CDC.

Category I--Business- or Labor-Related Organization Programs--Recipient 
Activities

Activity A--Leadership Activities
    1. Develop and promote, at the national, State, and local levels 
and, when appropriate, at the international level, leadership in and 
support for HIV prevention policies and strategies, that promote 
private-public partnerships to enhance HIV/AIDS awareness and 
prevention;
    2. Influence and strengthen, at the national, State, and local 
levels and, when appropriate, at the international level, private 
sector engagement in shaping societal and community norms that dispel 
HIV/AIDS stigma, reduce discrimination against persons with HIV/AIDS, 
and facilitate HIV prevention by encouraging the adoption and 
maintenance of safer behaviors;
    3. Support the private sector development of policies and programs 
addressing HIV/AIDS and HIV prevention education in the workplace at 
the national, State, regional, local and, when appropriate, 
international levels.
Activity B--Technical Assistance Activities
    1. Provide businesses and business- and labor-related organizations 
with technical assistance related to:
     Adopting and implementing appropriate CDC-recommended 
policies on HIV/AIDS in the workplace
     Educating managers and labor leaders about these policies
     Educating workers about HIV/AIDS in the workplace
     Educating workers and their families about HIV prevention, 
and
     Contributing to community efforts to control HIV 
transmission;
    2. Facilitate State and local HIV prevention community planning 
groups, health departments, CBOs, and other HIV prevention providers in 
working with business, labor, and business- and labor-related 
organizations to strengthen and promote HIV prevention efforts in the 
community;

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    3. Facilitate business, labor and business- and labor-related 
organizations in working with State and local HIV prevention community 
planning groups, health departments, CBOs, and other HIV prevention 
providers to strengthen and promote HIV prevention efforts in the 
community.

Category II--Youth-Related Organization Programs--Recipient Activities

Activity A--Leadership
    1. Develop and promote, at the national, State, and local levels 
and, when appropriate, at the international level, leadership support 
for HIV prevention policies, programs and services for HIV prevention 
for young women of color, homeless, run-away and street youth, and/or 
GLBTQ youth;
    2. Influence and strengthen, at the national, State, and local 
levels and, when appropriate, at the international level, societal and 
community norms that dispel HIV/AIDS stigma, reduce discrimination 
against persons with HIV/AIDS, and facilitate HIV prevention by 
supporting the adoption and maintenance of safer behaviors in youth.

Activity B--Technical Assistance

    1. Include CDC-funded CBOs, other CBOs, Health Department staff, 
State Education agencies, and other potential consumers of the proposed 
services in planning and evaluating the proposed technical assistance 
and service delivery program.
    2. Ensure the effective and efficient provision of technical 
assistance and/or delivery of effective services to address HIV 
prevention for the designated youth populations. (Examples include, but 
are not limited to, intervention replication or adaptation, use of 
behavioral and social sciences to increase intervention effectiveness, 
increasing the cultural competence and linguistic appropriateness of 
interventions, service integration, developing effective health 
communications messages, conducting population-based needs assessments, 
and evaluation planning and implementation.) Recipients should work 
closely with CDC to identify interventions for the designated youth 
populations that have a sound basis in science or proven program 
experience and are suitable for dissemination.
    These services are to be provided through the use of information 
transfer, skills building, technical consultation, technical services, 
and technology transfer. These services should be culturally 
appropriate and based in science.
    3. Implement a plan for developing and maintaining ongoing 
technical assistance and service delivery collaboration with CDC-funded 
CBOs, capacity-building assistance providers, other CBOs, and State and 
local Health Departments.
    4. Implement a system that responds to technical assistance and 
service delivery requests. The system must include mechanisms for 
assessing and prioritizing requests; linking requests to other 
technical assistance and service resources and to services provided by 
other Technical Assistance providers.
    5. Identify and complement the technical assistance and service 
delivery efforts for the target population available locally. Cooperate 
with other national, regional, State, and local technical assistance 
and service providers to (a) avoid duplication of effort and (b) ensure 
that capacity-building assistance is allocated according to gaps in 
available services and the needs of organizations serving youth at high 
risk for acquiring and transmitting HIV and other STDs.
    6. Coordinate program activities with appropriate national, 
regional, State, and local governmental and non-governmental HIV 
prevention partners (e.g., health departments, CBOs) and CPGs. (Note: 
For this announcement, the term ``coordinate'' means exchanging 
information and altering activities for mutual benefit.)
    7. Incorporate cultural competency, age, and linguistic and 
educational appropriateness into all capacity-building activities;
    8. Assist State and local HIV prevention community planning groups, 
health departments, CBOs, and other HIV prevention providers in working 
with youth and youth serving organizations to strengthen and promote 
HIV prevention among youth in the community.
    9. Assist youth serving organizations in working with State and 
local HIV prevention community planning groups, health departments, 
CBOs, and other HIV prevention providers to strengthen and promote HIV 
prevention among youth in the community.
    10. Participate in the CDC-coordinated Capacity-Building Assistance 
Network to enhance communication, coordination, and training.

Category III--Migrant Worker-Related Programs--Recipient Activities

Activity A--Leadership
    1. Develop and promote, at the national, State, and local levels 
and, when appropriate, at the international level, leadership support 
for HIV prevention policies, programs and services for HIV prevention 
for migrant workers.
    2. Influence and strengthen, at the national, State, and local 
levels and, when appropriate, at the international level, societal and 
community norms that dispel HIV/AIDS stigma, reduce discrimination 
against migrant workers with HIV/AIDS, and facilitate HIV prevention by 
supporting the adoption and maintenance of safer behaviors in migrant 
workers.
Activity B--Technical Assistance
    1. Include CDC-funded CBOs, other CBOs, Health Department staff, 
State Education agencies, and other potential consumers of the proposed 
services in planning and evaluating the proposed technical assistance 
and service delivery program.
    2. Ensure the effective and efficient provision of technical 
assistance and/or delivery of effective services to address HIV 
prevention for migrant workers. (Examples include, but are not limited 
to, intervention replication or adaptation, use of behavioral and 
social sciences to increase intervention effectiveness, increasing the 
cultural competence and linguistic appropriateness of interventions, 
service integration, developing effective health communications 
messages, conducting population-based needs assessments, and evaluation 
planning and implementation.) Recipients should work closely with CDC 
to identify interventions for the migrant worker population that have a 
sound basis in science or proven program experience and are suitable 
for dissemination.
    These services are to be provided through the use of information 
transfer, skills building, technical consultation, technical services, 
and technology transfer. These services should be culturally and 
linguistically appropriate and based in science.
    3. Implement a plan for developing and maintaining ongoing 
technical assistance and service delivery collaboration with CDC-funded 
CBOs, other CBOs, and State and local Health Departments.
    4. Implement a system that responds to technical assistance and 
service delivery requests. The system must include mechanisms for 
assessing and prioritizing requests; linking requests to other 
technical assistance and service resources and to services provided by 
other Technical Assistance providers.
    5. Identify and complement the technical assistance and service 
delivery efforts for the target population available locally. Cooperate 
with other

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national, regional, State, and local technical assistance and service 
providers to (a) avoid duplication of effort and (b) ensure that 
technical assistance is allocated according to gaps in available 
services and the needs of organizations serving migrant workers at risk 
for acquiring and transmitting HIV and other STDs.
    6. Coordinate program activities with appropriate national, 
regional, State, and local governmental and non-governmental HIV 
prevention partners (e.g., health departments, capacity-building 
assistance providers, CBOs) and CPGs. (Note: For this announcement, the 
term ``coordinate'' means exchanging information and altering 
activities for mutual benefit.)
    7. Incorporate cultural and linguistic competency, and educational 
appropriateness into all technical assistance and prevention 
activities;
    8. Assist State and local HIV prevention community planning groups, 
health departments, CBOs, and other HIV prevention providers in working 
with migrant workers and/or organizations serving migrant workers to 
strengthen and promote HIV prevention among this community.
    9. Assist migrant serving organizations in working with State and 
local HIV prevention community planning groups, health departments, 
CBOs, and other HIV prevention providers to strengthen and promote HIV 
prevention among youth in the community.

Evaluation Criteria

    1. Organizational History and Capacity: (15 Total Points).
    2. Assessment of Need: (10 Total Points).
    3. Long-term Goals: (15 Total Points).
    4. Program Proposal: (20 Total Points).
    5. Scientific, Theoretical, or Conceptual Foundation for Proposed 
Activities: (15 Total Points).
    6. Plan of Evaluation: (10 Total Points).
    7. Project Management and Staffing: (15 Total Points).
    8. Budget Breakdown and Justification: (Not Scored).
    9. Past Performance history with CDC: (Not Scored).

    Dated: November 20, 2000.
Joseph R. Carter,
Associate Director for Management and Operations, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 00-30078 Filed 11-24-00; 8:45 am]
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