[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22234-22235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11068]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 02002]


Grants for Rape Prevention and Education

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

ACTION: Notice of the availability of fiscal year 2002 funds and 
request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces 
the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2002 funds for targeted grants to 
state health departments to support programs addressing violence 
against women. The Rape Prevention and Education Grant Program 
strengthens education and training to combat violence against women by 
supporting increased awareness, education and training, and the 
operation of hotlines. CDC will award targeted grants to State Health 
Departments to be used for rape prevention and education programs 
conducted by rape crisis centers, State sexual assault coalitions, and 
other public and private nonprofit entities.
    Assistance will be provided only to the health departments of 
States or their bona fide agents who are current recipients of Rape 
Prevention and Education funding, including: the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated 
States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 
Republic of Palau. Approximately $42,000,000 is available in FY 2002, 
for funding under this formula-based grant program.
    It is expected that the awards will begin on or about October 1, 
2001, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project 
period of up to five years. Continuation awards will be made within the 
project period based on satisfactory progress reflected in the annual 
continuation application.
    States must adhere to Congressional legislation regarding the 
allowable uses for these funds. Not more than five percent (exclusive 
of Direct Assistance) of any grant or contract through the grant may be 
obligated for administrative costs. This five percent limitation is in 
lieu of, and replaces, the indirect cost rate. Targeted grants to 
States are to be used for rape prevention and education programs 
conducted by rape crisis centers, State sexual assault coalitions, and 
other public and private nonprofit entities for: educational seminars; 
the operation of hotlines; training programs for professionals; the 
preparation of informational material; education and training programs 
for students and campus personnel designed to reduce the incidence of 
sexual assault at colleges and universities; education to increase 
awareness about drugs used to facilitate rapes or sexual assault; and 
other efforts to increase awareness of the facts about or to help 
prevent sexual assault, including efforts to increase awareness in 
underserved communities and awareness among individuals with 
disabilities (as defined in section 3 of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)).
    A State may not use more than two percent of the amount received 
for each fiscal year for surveillance studies or prevalence studies. 
Amounts provided to States must be used to supplement, and not 
supplant, other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to 
provide the services described above. Grant funds cannot be used for

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construction, renovation, the lease of passenger vehicles, the 
development of major software applications, or supplanting current 
applicant expenditures.
    The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of CDC will 
provide information on submitting applications via the Rape Prevention 
and Education Version of the Grant Application and Reporting System 
(RPE-GARS).

DATES: Awards will begin on or about October 1, 2001, and will be made 
for a 12-month budget period within a project period of up to five 
years.
    Comments are due June 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to comment on the proposed 
program. All comments received on or before June 4, 2001 will be 
considered before the final program announcement is published. Address 
comments to: Wendy Watkins, Division of Violence Prevention, National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K-58, Atlanta, 
GA 30341-3724, Telephone (770) 488-1567, Internet address: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Watkins, Division of Violence 
Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford Highway, NE, 
Mailstop K-58, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, Telephone (770) 488-1567, 
Internet address: [email protected].

    Dated: April 27, 2001.
Joseph R. Carter,
Associate Director for Management and Operations,, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 01-11068 Filed 5-2-01; 8:45 am]
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