[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49696-49699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19284]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Program Announcement 02122]


Cooperative Agreement for the Domestic Violence Prevention 
Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Program; Notice of 
Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
availability of fiscal year (FY) 2002 funds for a cooperative agreement 
program for Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership 
Through Alliances (DELTA) Program. This program addresses the ``Healthy 
People 2010'' focus area of Injury and Violence Prevention.
    The purpose of the program is to stimulate the development and 
implementation of activities to prevent domestic violence that can be 
integrated into coordinated community responses (CCRs) or similar 
community-based collaborations at the state and local level. 
Specifically, the DELTA program seeks to add a significant prevention 
focus to the existing CCR model by funding state domestic violence 
coalitions who will act as intermediary organizations in providing 
prevention-focused technical assistance, training, and funding to local 
communities. For the purposes of this announcement, activities to 
prevent domestic violence are defined as population-based and/or 
environmental/system level services, policies and actions that prevent 
domestic violence from initially occurring and require a community 
level process to identify and implement. These activities to prevent 
domestic violence will be referred to as `prevention enhancements' 
throughout the remainder of this announcement.
    Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the 
following performance goal for the National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control (NCIPC): Reduce violence against women.

B. Authority and Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

    This program is authorized under sections 301(a), 317(k)(2), 318 
and 391-394 of the Public Health Service Act, (42 U.S.C. 241(a), 
247b(k)(2), and 280b-280b-2), as amended. The Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance number is 93.136.

C. Eligible Applicants

    Assistance will be provided only to state domestic violence 
coalitions (as designated by the Administration on Children and 
Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) that 
qualify as private nonprofit organizations. Competition is being 
limited to state domestic violence coalitions that qualify as private 
nonprofit organizations due to the legislative language. Where 
appropriate, state domestic violence coalitions are encouraged to 
partner with other state-level organizations (i.e. state level advisory 
councils) that also have significant responsibility for the domestic 
violence prevention and intervention services or policy at the state 
level. Only one application per state will be awarded.
    Public Law 104-65 states than 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, contract, loan, or any other form.

D. Availability of Funds

    Approximately $2.6 million is available in FY 2002 to fund 
approximately ten awards. There will be approximately three awards for 
states with populations of more than ten million as determined by the 
2000 Census. These three awards are expected to average $400,000, 
ranging from $350,000 to $500,000. There will be approximately seven 
awards for states with populations less than ten million people as 
determined by the 2000 Census. These seven awards are expected to 
average $200,000, ranging from $150,000 to $300,000. Applicants can 
access the web address http://quickfacts.census.gov, to determine if 
their state has a population of more than or less than ten million 
people. It is expected that the awards will begin on or about September 
30, 2002, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a 
project period of up to three years. Funding estimates may change.
    Matching funds are not required for this program.
    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.

1. Use of Funds

    Throughout the project period (Years one, two, & three), recipients 
may annually retain up to 25 percent of the DELTA program award for 
staff and administrative expenses required to support cooperative 
agreement tasks including the purchase of computer hardware and 
software. Applicants may enter into contractual agreements to purchase 
goods and services, or to support cooperative agreement activities, but 
the applicant must retain proper stewardship over funds and 
responsibility for tasks associated with the project. DELTA Program 
cooperative agreement funds may not be used to supplant current 
applicant expenditures. Budgets for the first year should include 
travel costs for two cooperative agreement staff to attend one two-day 
and two three-day planning meetings in Atlanta with CDC staff, other 
cooperative agreement recipients, and the evaluation contractor. The 
first planning meeting will take place within 45 days of the award and 
will focus on the development of core components for the needs 
assessment, inventory, and sub-award application. The second meeting 
will take place approximately six months after the award and will focus 
on reports from state domestic violence coalitions regarding the 
results of the completed needs assessment, inventory, and sub-award 
process and development of the cross-site evaluation. Therefore, it 
will be extremely important that the state domestic violence coalitions 
who are awarded funding from this cooperative agreement are able to 
complete these tasks in the allotted time frame. The third planning 
meeting will take place in the 12th month of the award. Planning 
meetings will also provide an opportunity for state domestic violence 
coalitions to share their expertise, for CDC to provide technical 
support, and for collaboration on the cross-site evaluation of the 
DELTA Program.
    The remaining 75 percent of annual DELTA Program funds should be 
awarded to private non-profit organizations working to develop or 
maintain coordinated community responses to domestic violence in local 
communities. These local community recipients may use DELTA Program 
funds to establish prevention enhancements to the CCR model in their 
local communities. In granting sub-awards, strong consideration should 
be given by cooperative agreement recipients to geographical (rural vs.

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urban) diversity within the state, ethnic diversity within the state, 
and diversity of developmental stages of the local CCRs.
    The use of DELTA program funds for the development and production 
of new educational materials, media campaigns or curricula is 
prohibited without explicit approval. If requested, approvals will be 
contingent upon a demonstration of specific community need, 
identification of the intended community impact and a demonstration of 
an exhaustive exploration of the available national, state, and local 
materials and resources.
    The first budget period (Year one) will serve as a planning period 
during which the state domestic violence coalitions will collaborate 
with the CDC staff from both NCIPC and the Office of Program Planning 
and Evaluation (OPPE), as well as the CDC-selected evaluation 
contractor on conducting an environmental scan of coordinated community 
responses in each state, the development of the DELTA Program's 
prevention enhancements, the cross-site evaluation of the DELTA 
Program, and the schedule of activities for the remaining DELTA Program 
project period.
    Development and implementation of the prevention enhancements are 
expected to be primary activities throughout the project period. 
Planning and coordination of activities with other DELTA Program 
cooperative agreement recipients and the CDC is expected throughout the 
three-year project period.

2. Funding Preferences

    The authorizing statute, 42 U.S.C. 10418, requires that funding 
shall be awarded to organizations that are geographically dispersed 
throughout the country. Therefore, an important consideration for 
funding under this announcement is a national geographic balance among 
the awards.

E. Program Requirements

    In conducting activities to achieve the purpose of this program, 
the recipient will be responsible for the activities under 1. Recipient 
Activities, and CDC will be responsible for the activities listed under 
2. CDC Activities. Applicants are encouraged to consult the Program 
Guidance greater clarification of these activities.

1. Recipient Activities

    a. Collaborate, which includes establishing mutually-agreed upon 
goals and objectives, with other cooperative agreement recipients, the 
CDC and a CDC-selected evaluation contractor on the development of the 
environmental scan and the DELTA Program prevention enhancements to the 
CCR model, implementation and dissemination of these projects and a 
cross-site evaluation of the DELTA Program.
    b. Implement DELTA program prevention enhancements by providing 
technical assistance, training, and funding opportunities to local 
communities. Local communities do not have to receive funding from the 
DELTA Program to receive DELTA Program training and technical 
assistance services.
    c. Conduct a needs assessment and inventory of local communities, 
based on core components developed collaboratively with other 
cooperative agreement recipients, the CDC and the CDC-selected 
evaluation contractor, regarding CCR development and maintenance, 
including status of current prevention activities, especially those 
that are innovative in nature.
    d. Expand the content, capacity, and accomplishments of CCR-related 
technical assistance and training provided to local communities based 
on information garnered from the completed needs assessment and 
inventory and the developed DELTA Program prevention enhancements.
    e. Partner with other state-level organizations (i.e. state level 
domestic violence advisory councils) that also have significant 
responsibility for domestic violence prevention and intervention 
services or policy at the state level.
    f. Develop and disseminate domestic violence prevention and 
intervention state protocols to local communities.
    g. Monitor progress of local communities receiving DELTA program 
sub-award funding for prevention enhancement.
    h. Attend and participate in technical assistance and planning 
meetings coordinated by the CDC for all cooperative agreement 
recipients.
    i. Compile and disseminate project results. Potential audiences for 
dissemination include local community agencies, state domestic violence 
coalitions, state sexual assault coalitions, and funding agencies.
    j. Submit required reports to CDC on time.

2. CDC Activities

    a. Provide technical assistance and consultation in the 
development, implementation, and evaluation of the DELTA Program.
    b. Collaborate with the cooperative agreement grant recipients in 
the development, implementation, and evaluation of the DELTA program.
    c. Contract with a third-party to conduct a cross-site evaluation.
    d. Arrange for information sharing among the various projects and 
facilitate exchange of information and expertise among the different 
sites.
    e. Analyze evaluation/research information for presentation and 
publication.

F. Content

Application

    The program announcement title and number must appear in the 
application. 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, so it is important to follow them in laying out your program 
plan. The narrative should be no more than 25 pages, double-spaced, 
printed on one side, with 1-inch margins, and unreduced font.
    The narrative should consist of at a minimum:

1. Abstract (one-page summary of the application that includes the 
amount of funding requested and a description of applicant's plan for 
participating in this cooperative agreement)
2. Applicant Organization History and Description
3. Applicant's Experience in Developing Coordinated Community Responses
4. Applicant's Management and Staffing
5. Plans for Developing and Implementing the DELTA Program
6. Collaboration
7. Measures of Effectiveness
8. Proposed Budget Justification

G. Submission and Deadline

Application

    Submit the original and two copies of PHS 5161-1 (OMB Number 0920-
0428). Forms are available in the application kit and at the following 
Internet address: www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm.
    They may also be obtained by contacting the Grants Management 
Specialist listed in this announcement. Application forms must be 
submitted in the following order:

Cover Letter
Table of Contents
Application
Budget Information Form
Budget Justification
Checklist
Assurances
Certifications
Disclosure Form

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Indirect Cost Rate Agreement
Narrative

    Applications may not be submitted electronically.
    The application must be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time August 30, 
2002. Submit the application to: Technical Information Management--
PA02122, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Rd, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146.
    Deadline: Applications shall be considered as meeting the deadline 
if they are received before 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline date. 
Applicants sending applications by the United States Postal Service or 
commercial delivery services must ensure that the carrier will be able 
to guarantee delivery of the application by the closing date and time. 
If an application is received after closing due to (1) carrier error, 
when the carrier accepted the package with a guarantee for delivery by 
the closing date and time, or (2) significant weather delays or natural 
disasters, CDC will upon receipt of proper documentation, consider the 
application as having been received by the deadline.
    Applications which do not meet the above criteria, will not be 
eligible for competition and will be discarded. Applicants will be 
notified of their failure to meet the submission requirements.

H. Evaluation Criteria

Application

    Applicants are required to provide measures of effectiveness that 
will demonstrate the accomplishment of the various identified 
objectives of the cooperative agreement. Measures of effectiveness must 
relate to the performance goal stated in section ``A. Purpose'' of this 
announcement. Measures must be objective and quantitative and must 
measure the intended outcome. These measures of effectiveness shall be 
submitted with the application and shall be an element of evaluation.
    Each application will be evaluated individually by an independent 
review group appointed by CDC against the following criteria:
1. Applicant's Experience in Developing Coordinated Community Responses 
(30 Points)
    a. The extent to which the applicant has provided evidence of being 
able to support the development of CCRs within its state. The applicant 
has included, as Attachment B, a listing of the names, contact 
information years in operation for each CCR operating within the state 
and geographic areas or communities currently lacking a CCR of any 
sort. The applicant has included, as Attachment C, letters of support 
from three local CCRs regarding their satisfaction with the applicant's 
CCR development services, and evidence of the applicant's history of 
influence on CCR development within the state.
    b. The extent to which the applicant's experience in supporting CCR 
development demonstrates its capacity to participate effectively in 
this cooperative agreement.
    c. The extent to which the applicant's recent CCR-related technical 
assistance/training accomplishments and content areas demonstrate the 
ability to participate effectively in this cooperative agreement.
    d. The extent to which the applicant demonstrates experience in 
providing technical assistance and training to local communities to 
establish and maintain CCRs to domestic violence in the service of 
priority populations. These priority populations could include 
communities that represent racial or ethnic groups, immigrants, 
disabled, underserved and low socio-economic status communities.
    e. The extent to which the applicant's successes and lessons 
learned in developing the CCR model within its state demonstrates 
innovation or creativity, flexibility and responsiveness to local 
needs, and improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of services.
2. Plans for Developing and Implementing the DELTA Program (25 Points)
    a. The extent to which the applicant demonstrates a willingness and 
ability to involve state health agencies and other appropriate state 
agencies in supporting the purposes of this cooperative agreement.
    b. The extent to which the applicant's process to prioritize areas 
and local communities within the state to receive funding, technical 
assistance, and training supported by this cooperative agreement 
reflects a commitment to seeking input from diverse sectors of the 
community, to use data from the needs assessment and inventory, and 
other pertinent data.
    c. The extent to which the applicant's plan for monitoring the 
progress of local communities that receive CCR sub-awards is feasible 
and will not be an undue burden to the local communities or the 
applicant.
3. Collaboration (20 Points)
    a. The extent to which the applicant demonstrates a successful 
history of collaborating effectively with other organizations at the 
national, state, and local levels.
    b. The extent to which the applicant demonstrates an understanding 
of the impediments and facilitators of effective collaboration between 
organizations.
    c. The extent to which the applicant demonstrates a willingness to 
collaborate with the other cooperative agreement recipients funded 
under this announcement, the CDC and the CDC evaluation contractor on 
all phases of the project (e.g., needs assessment core components, sub-
award application core components, development of the Environmental 
Scan and prevention-focused CCR model, reporting requirements, and 
evaluation core components).
    d. The extent to which the applicant demonstrates a willingness to 
attend and participate in technical assistance and planning meetings 
coordinated by the CDC for all cooperative agreement recipients.
4. Applicant's Management and Staffing (15 Points)
    a. The extent to which management operation, structure and/or 
organization demonstrate an ability to effectively carry out the 
required activities in this cooperative agreement.
    b. The extent to which the applicant's proposed staffing for the 
project, noting existing staff as well as additional staffing needs, 
demonstrates an ability to participate effectively in this cooperative 
agreement.
    c. The extent to which the applicant's description of the 
responsibilities of individual staff members, including the level of 
effort and allocation of time for each project activity by staff 
position, demonstrates an ability to effectively manage and implement 
the activities of this cooperative agreement.
    d. The extent to which the applicant plans to train and support 
staff, and of the availability of staff and facilities to carry out the 
program plan. Additionally, the applicant's description of a 
continuation plan that would provide a smooth integration of new staff 
into the project, and insure that resources will be available when 
needed for this project.
    e. The extent to which the applicant demonstrates an ability to 
compile and disseminate project results and submit required reports on 
time.
5. Applicant Organization History and Description (10 Points)
    a. The extent to which the applicant has demonstrated a leadership 
function in collaborating with diverse sectors of the state to oppose 
domestic violence, including serving priority populations.

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    b. The extent to which the applicant has demonstrated a community 
action component to improve and expand domestic violence intervention 
and prevention services throughout the state.
    c. The extent to which the applicant has demonstrated an ability to 
plan and implement outreach and public education campaigns regarding 
domestic violence.
    d. The extent to which the applicant has cooperated in or 
spearheaded the development of state protocols regarding domestic 
violence. Applicants should include examples of such protocols as 
Attachment A.
    e. The extent to which the applicant has experience in funding and 
monitoring sub-awards.
    f. The extent to which the applicant has demonstrated experience in 
providing training and technical assistance to local domestic violence 
programs whether through conferences or other training/technical 
assistance mechanisms.
    g. The extent to which the applicant participated in the 
development of and/or referenced any state-level violence against women 
prevention plan.
6. Measures of Effectiveness (Not Scored)
    The extent to which the applicant provided objective/quantifiable 
measures regarding the DELTA program's intended outcomes that will 
demonstrate the accomplishment of the various identified objectives of 
the cooperative agreement. Applicants are encouraged to consult the 
Program Guidance (See Attachment 3 in the application kit) for further 
clarification.
7. Budget (Not Scored)
    The applicant should provide a detailed budget with complete line-
item justification of all proposed costs consistent with the stated 
activities in this program announcement. Applicants should be precise 
about the purpose of each budget item and must provide itemized 
calculations of proposed costs. These funds should not be used to 
supplant existing efforts.

I. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

    Provide CDC with original plus two copies of:
    1. Semiannual progress reports will be submitted as part of the 
grantee's continuation application. The progress report will include a 
data requirement that demonstrates measures of effectiveness. Specific 
guidance will be provided by NCIPC for the content of progress reports.
    2. Financial status report, no more than 90 days after the end of 
the budget period.
    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 of the 
application kit.

AR-10  Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements
AR-11  Healthy People 2010
AR-12  Lobbying Restrictions
AR-13  Prohibition on Use of CDC Funds for Certain Gun Control 
Activities
AR-15  Proof of Non-Profit Status

J. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    This and other CDC announcements, the necessary applications, and 
associated forms can be found on the CDC home page Internet address--
http://www.cdc.gov. Click on ``Funding'' then ``Grants and Cooperative 
Agreements.''

For business management technical assistance, contact: Van A. King, 
Grants Management Specialist, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, 
Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, Telephone number (770) 488-2751, e-mail 
address: [email protected].
For program technical assistance, contact: Janet Saul, PhD, National 
Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, NW, Mailstop K-60, Atlanta, GA 30341-
1125, Telephone number (770) 488-4733, e-mail address: [email protected].

    Dated: July 25, 2002.
Edward Schultz,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
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