[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16553-16560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7027]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Integrating HIV and Other Prevention Services Into Reproductive 
Health and Community Settings

    Announcement Type: New.
    Funding Opportunity Number: 04073.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.946.
    Key Dates:
    Application Deadline: May 14, 2004.

Executive Summary: Table of Contents

I. Funding Opportunity Description
    Authority
    Purpose
    Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
    Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health Activities
    Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
    Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
II. Award Information
    Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
    Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
III. Eligibility Information
    1. Eligibility Applicants
    2. Cost-Sharing or Matching
    3. Other
IV. Application and Submission Information
    1. Address to Request Application Package
    2. Content and Form of Submission
    3. Submission Dates and Times
    4. Intergovernmental Review of Applications
    5. Funding Restrictions
    6. Other Submission Requirements
    Application Submission Address
I. Application Review Information
    1. Criteria
    Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
    Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
    2. Review and Selection Process
VI. Award Administration Information
    1. Award Notices
    2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements
    3. Reporting Requirements
VII. Agency Contacts
Appendix A HIV Prevention Integration Background Information
Appendix B HIV Prevention Integration Logic Models
Appendix C Background Information for the Optional Adolescent 
Reproductive Health Project
Appendix D On-Line Reporting System
Appendix E DHHS Regions

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Authority: This program is authorized under Sections 301(a) and 
317(k)(2) [42 U.S.C. 241(a) and 247b(k)(2)] of the Public Health 
Service Act, as amended.

    Purpose: The overall purpose of this cooperative agreement is to 
support HIV and other prevention services in reproductive health and 
community settings to reach beyond their current efforts to prevent STD 
and HIV transmission, and unintended and teen pregnancies.
    This program announcement provides funding for two related but 
distinct components. All applicants are required to apply for the HIV 
Prevention Integration (Part A) component while the Adolescent 
Reproductive Health (Part B) component is optional for Part A 
applicants.
    The purpose of Part A is to support the integration of HIV 
prevention services into reproductive health settings. (See Appendix A: 
HIV Prevention Integration Background Information and Appendix B: HIV 
Prevention Integration Logic Models.) The purpose of Part B is to build 
capacity within communities to prevent teen pregnancy, STDs and HIV, 
and promote adolescent reproductive health using a range of strategies, 
including abstinence. (See Appendix C: Adolescent Reproductive Health 
Background Information.)
    Collectively, both programs address the ``Healthy People 2010'' 
focus areas of Family Planning and Sexual Health, HIV, Sexually 
Transmitted Disease (STD), and Education and Community-Based Programs.
    Measurable outcomes for both programs will be in alignment with one

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or more of the performance goal(s) for the National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) and the National 
Center for HIV, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHSTP):

Part A: HIV Prevention Integration

    For the HIV Prevention Integration component, the performance 
goal(s) for the program are to:
     Reduce the number of new HIV infections.
     Decrease the number of persons at high-risk for 
acquiring or transmitting HIV infection.
     Increase the proportion of HIV-infected people 
who know they are infected.
     Increase the proportion of HIV-infected people 
who are linked to appropriate prevention, care, and treatment services.
     Strengthen the capacity regionwide to monitor 
the epidemic, develop and implement effective HIV prevention 
interventions, and evaluate prevention programs.
     Increase the number of reproductive health 
settings that integrate HIV counseling and testing services
     Increase the number of staff working in 
reproductive health settings who counsel clients using client-centered 
counseling skills.

Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health

    For the Adolescent Reproductive Health component, the performance 
goal(s) for the program are to:
     Increase the proportion of adolescents who 
abstain from sexual intercourse or use condoms if currently sexually 
active.
     Reduce pregnancies among adolescent females.
     Reduce the number of cases of HIV infection 
among adolescents.
     Reduce the number of sexually transmitted 
disease cases among adolescents.

Activities

Part A: HIV Prevention Integration

    Awardee activities for Part A are as follows:
     Develop, implement, and evaluate a strategy to 
integrate HIV counseling and testing services in reproductive health 
settings.
     Develop, implement, and evaluate training and 
technical assistance in client-centered counseling skills for 
reproductive health staff.
     Identify, establish, and evaluate the 
effectiveness of one reproductive health setting within the region that 
will serve as a ``model'' clinic to showcase integration of HIV 
prevention services to other recipients of training and technical 
assistance.
     Participate in the collective management and 
evaluation of the program.
     Assign one senior staff member and one alternate 
to the Grantee Steering Committee (GSC), to be comprised of one 
representative from each grantee and CDC program staff.
     GSC representatives will participate in regular 
conference calls.
     In the first six months of the project, work 
with the GSC to:

--Develop a logic model for the overall program and individual 
projects.
--Identify key evaluation indicators and data sources from across the 
programs.
--Develop an overall plan of activities and accomplishments for years 
two through five.
--Develop a strategy to share and disseminate training and technical 
assistance materials and resources among the grantees and to other 
constituent groups.
--Participate in collaborative management and evaluation of the 
program.
--Assign an appropriately qualified staff person as the project 
evaluator.
--Travel the GSC representative and one alternate to a two-day annual 
grantee meeting, location to be determined.
--Travel the GSC member and the designated project evaluator to a two-
day evaluation workshop at the initiation of the project, location to 
be determined.
--Submit timely on-line reports. (See Appendix D for additional 
information on the program's on-line reporting system.)

    In a cooperative agreement, CDC staff is substantially involved in 
the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring.
    CDC activities for Part A are as follows:
     Provide scientific and programmatic consultation 
for development and delivery of training, technical assistance, and 
evaluation activities.
     Serve as integral member of the Steering 
Committee.
     Coordinate timely dissemination of resources, 
materials, and relevant findings.
     Coordinate communication with other CDC 
programs, mainly the divisions of Reproductive Health, STD Prevention, 
and HIV Prevention.
     Take the lead in developing grantee capacity to 
evaluate project efforts. This will include identifying experts in the 
field of project evaluation, and designing and participating in an 
evaluation workshop.
     Organize, facilitate, and participate in the 
annual grantee meeting.

Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health

    Awardee activities for Part B are as follows:
     Develop a strategy and workplan to include a 
target audience, collaborative activities, and an evaluation plan, to 
help communities reduce teen pregnancy, STDs and HIV.
     Provide training and technical assistance to 
State and local coalitions, State health departments, schools, health 
clinics, youth serving community and faith-based organizations, or 
other organizations to increase the organizations' capacity to:

--Select science-based interventions or modify current practices to 
include science-based principles to prevent teen pregnancy, HIV and 
STDs, and promote adolescent reproductive health that meet the 
identified needs of the community.
--Select and implement science-based interventions.
--Design and implement an evaluation plan that contributes to program 
improvement and accountability.
--Translate and broadly disseminate evaluation findings and training 
materials for publication and use through a variety of mechanisms such 
as scientific journals, media, professional meetings the Internet, 
training manuals, curricula, toolkits, or other innovative means.
--Develop and implement an evaluation plan to measure the impact of 
training and technical assistance on organizations through progress of 
recipient activities.

     Share lessons learned with CDC and other 
grantees.
     Collaborate with CDC and national organizations 
and state coalitions funded through the existing ``Coalition Capacity 
Building for Teen Pregnancy Prevention'' cooperative agreement.
     Collaborate with CDC on program development, 
implementation, and evaluation, and disseminate lessons learned from 
those activities.
    CDC activities for Part B are as follows:
     Provide scientific and programmatic consultation 
for development and delivery of training, technical assistance, and 
evaluation activities.
     Work with grantees to develop evaluation 
strategies.
     Coordinate communication with other CDC 
programs, mainly the

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divisions of Reproductive Health and Adolescent and School Health.
     Facilitate coordination of activities and 
communication between recipients and national organizations and state 
coalitions funded through the existing ``Coalition Capacity Building 
for Teen Pregnancy Prevention'' cooperative agreement.
     Translate and disseminate nationally lessons 
learned and teen pregnancy, HIV and STD best practices through 
publications, meetings, and other means.

II. Award Information

Part A: HIV Prevention Integration

    Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement.
    CDC involvement in this program is listed in the Activities 
Sections above.
    Fiscal Year Funds: 2004.
    Approximate Total Funding: $860,000.
    Approximate Number of Awards: 10 (one award per DHHS Region, See 
Appendix E for a breakdown of DHHS regions).
    Approximate Average Award: $86,000 (This amount is for the first 
12-month budget period, and includes both direct and indirect costs).
    Floor of Award Range: None.
    Ceiling of Award Range: None (This ceiling is for the first 12-
month budget period).
    Anticipated Award Date: September 1, 2004.
    Budget Period Length: 12 months.
    Project Period Length: 5 years.

Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health

    Approximate Total Funding for Part B only: $450,000.
    Approximate Number of Awards: 4-6.
    Approximate Average Award: $75,000 (This amount is for the first 
12-month budget period, and includes both direct and indirect costs).
    Floor of Award Range: $75,000.
    Ceiling of Award Range: $130,000 (This ceiling is for the first 12-
month budget period.)
    Anticipated Award Date: September 1, 2004.
    Budget Period Length: 12 months.
    Project Period Length: 5 years.
    Throughout the project period, CDC's commitment to continuation of 
awards will be conditioned on the availability of funds, evidence of 
satisfactory progress by the recipient (as documented in required 
reports), and the determination that continued funding is in the best 
interest of the Federal Government.

III. Eligibility Information

III.1. Eligible Applicants

    Applications may be submitted by public and private nonprofit 
organizations and by governments and their agencies, such as:

 Public nonprofit organizations
 Private nonprofit organizations
 Universities
 Colleges
 Research institutions
 Hospitals
 Community-based organizations
 Faith-based organizations
 Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments
 Indian tribes
 Indian tribal organizations
 State and local governments or their Bona Fide 
Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of 
Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 
Palau)
 Political subdivisions of States (in consultation 
with States)

    A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state 
as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in 
lieu of a state application. If you are applying as a bona fide agent 
of a state or local government, you must provide a letter from the 
state as documentation of your status. Place this documentation behind 
the first page of your application form.

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    Matching funds are not required for this program.

III.3. Other

    If your application is incomplete or non-responsive to the 
requirements listed below, it will not be entered into the review 
process. You will be notified that your application did not meet 
submission requirements.
    Applicants applying for both Parts A and B must be approved for 
Part A to be considered for Part B.
    If you request a funding amount greater than the ceiling of the 
award range, your application will be considered non-responsive, and 
will not be entered into the review process. You will be notified that 
your application did not meet the submission requirements.
    If agencies are interested in applying for funding under this 
program announcement but do not meet the qualification criteria, they 
are encouraged to partner with an eligible entity.


    Note: Title 2 of the United States Code section 1611 states that 
an organization described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to 
receive Federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan.

IV. Application and Submission Information

IV.1. Address To Request Application Package

    To apply for this funding opportunity use application form PHS 
5161. Application forms and instructions are available on the CDC web 
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm. If you do not have access to the Internet, or if you have 
difficulty accessing the forms on-line, you may contact the CDC 
Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section 
(PGO-TIM) staff at: 770-488-2700. Application forms can be mailed to 
you.

IV.2. Content and Form of Submission

    Application: You must submit a project narrative with your 
application forms. The narrative must be submitted in the following 
format:
     Maximum number of pages for both Parts A and B: 
35. If your narrative exceeds the page limit, only the first pages 
within the page limit will be reviewed.

--For Part A: 20 page maximum
--For Part B: 15 page maximum

 Font size: 12 point unreduced.
 Double-spaced.
 Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches.
 Page margin size: One inch.
 Printed only on one side of page.
 Pages numbered consecutively.
 Held together only by rubber bands or metal clips; 
not bound in any other way.

    Your narrative should address activities to be conducted over the 
entire project period, and must include the following items in the 
order listed for Parts A and B if applicable. Applicants must clearly 
label all sections relating to Parts A and B as ``Part A: HIV 
Prevention Integration'' and ``Part B: Adolescent Reproductive 
Health''. Part B will require a separate narrative that should address 
activities to be conducted over the entire 5-year project period.

Part A: HIV Prevention Integration

1. Background
     Describe your organization's experience in 
providing training, capacity-building, and technical assistance in the 
areas of client-centered counseling or integration of HIV

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prevention services. Include such information as the name, location, 
and type of organizations trained or provided technical assistance; 
staff trained (e.g., job category, demographic data); nature of 
training or technical assistance provided; curricula, tools, or other 
materials used; outcome or evaluation results; and any collaboration 
with other organizations in developing and delivering the training or 
technical assistance.
     Include a memo in an Appendix that clearly 
describes:

--Your organization's capacity to serve all states within the DHHS 
region in which you are geographically located.
--The extent to which your organization has qualified staff with a 
minimum of five years experience designing scientific-based curricula 
and delivering training on integrating HIV prevention services into 
reproductive health care settings.
--To extent to which your organization has staff experienced in 
assessing DHHS region-wide HIV-prevention training needs.

     Describe staff experience in recruiting clinics 
that provide reproductive health services as potential collaborating 
partners; negotiating the terms of agreement with these potential 
collaborating partners; and providing technical assistance to these 
partners on integrating HIV prevention services.
     Identify all funding sources supporting your 
organization in its client-centered counseling or HIV prevention 
integration activities.
     Provide a copy of the most recent regional HIV 
and family planning training needs assessments as an appendix.
     Describe the women in your region most at-risk 
for HIV infection. Include such information as the documented number of 
known cases of HIV and AIDS, and other data indicative of behavioral 
risks (such as rates for STDs, tobacco use, substance abuse, 
incarceration, homelessness, teen pregnancy, and unintended pregnancy). 
Indicate the source(s) of any data provided.
     Describe the providers of reproductive health 
services in your region. Include the name and location, services 
provided, staffing patterns, communities served, and previous training 
or technical assistance received from your organization.
2. Objectives
    Define specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased 
objectives for each performance goal of the program (see Part A: HIV 
Prevention Integration after Purpose).
2. Plan and Methods for Activities
    For HIV Prevention Integration:
     Describe the strategy you will use to support 
reproductive health settings to integrate HIV counseling and testing 
services, striving to provide technical assistance to the maximum 
number of sites from throughout the region, while maintaining the 
greatest quality of technical assistance.
     Identify and justify the settings to be 
targeted.
     Describe the technical assistance strategy, 
including targeted staff, objectives, tools, process, length of 
project, and evaluation plan.
     Describe anticipated obstacles.
     Include letters of support and intent to 
collaborate from the directors of at least five reproductive health 
agencies or other community or faith-based organizations that provide 
reproductive health services in the region. The letters must clearly 
state their support and commitment to the project and the specific 
collaboration they agree to bring to the five-year process. The 
inclusion of memoranda of agreement is encouraged.
     Provide a timeline demonstrating the order and 
timing of key project activities as they relate to the proposed goals 
and objectives.
    For Client-Centered Counseling:
     Describe the strategy you will use to train 
reproductive health staff in client-centered counseling, striving to 
reach the maximum number throughout the region while maintaining the 
greatest training quality.
     Identify and justify the settings and staff to 
be targeted.
     Describe the training strategy, including the 
method of delivery, potential trainers, training objectives, length of 
training, curriculum and materials, and evaluation plan.
     Describe anticipated obstacles.
     Identify the scientific basis for the strategy; 
include a bibliography if necessary as an appendix.
     Include in an appendix letters of support and 
intention to collaborate from the directors of five reproductive health 
agencies or other community or faith-based organizations that provide 
reproductive health services in the region. The letters must clearly 
state their support and commitment to the project and the specific 
collaboration they agree to bring. The inclusion of memoranda of 
agreement is encouraged.
     Provide a timeline demonstrating the order and 
timing of key project activities as they relate to the proposed goals 
and objectives.
    For Model Clinic:
     Each grantee will identify, establish, and 
evaluate the effectiveness of one reproductive health setting within 
the region that will serve as a model clinic to showcase integration of 
HIV prevention services and client-centered counseling skills to other 
recipients of training or technical assistance.
     Describe the strategy you will use to identify 
and establish the model clinic.
     Provide a justification for the selection of the 
clinic.
     Identify the strategy you will used to create 
the model clinic.
     Explain how the clinic will model client-
centered counseling and integration of HIV prevention services to staff 
from other reproductive health settings in the region.
     Identify anticipated obstacles.
     Obtain a written letter of support from the 
clinic director of the proposed model clinic that clearly states his or 
her understanding of the project duration and staff requirements for 
the project.
     Provide a timeline demonstrating the order and 
timing of key project activities as they relate to the proposed goals 
and objectives.
4. Evaluation
     Clearly identify an evaluation plan for each 
project component that is consistent with CDC's Evaluation Framework 
for Evaluating Public Health Programs. (http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework.htm).
     In the plan, identify primary stakeholders.
     For each project component, include process and 
outcome evaluation indicators for each measurable objective.
     Provide a data Collection, Analysis, and 
Management plan that includes:

--Explain how baseline data will be gathered.
--Describe how project-related data will be collected and analyzed, 
including measures to protect client and staff privacy and 
confidentiality.
--Identify who will conduct data collection, analysis, and management.
--Specify how often data will be collected and analyzed.

     Dissemination of Findings
--Describe how the data findings and evaluation results will be shared 
with stakeholders.
--Describe how the evaluation results will be used.
5. Project Staff
     Provide job descriptions for anticipated project 
staff, identifying specific roles (e.g., management and supervision, 
planning, curricula development, training delivery,

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technical assistance, evaluation, staff support). Attach 
r[eacute]sum[eacute]s of existing and newly proposed staff as an 
appendix.
     Provide an organizational chart as an appendix 
that identifies lines of authority, including who will have management 
authority over the project.
     Identify the senior staff member and one 
alternate to serve on the project's Steering Committee.
     Identify the staff person who will take the lead 
on the project's evaluation.
6. Budget and Justification (Does Not Count Against Narrative Page 
Limit.)
     Provide a detailed budget and line-item 
justification for all operating expenses that are consistent with the 
proposed program objectives and activities for each activity. Include:

--Any staff or trainee travel.
--Attendance for two people (the GSC member and the project evaluator) 
at two-day evaluation workshop, location to be determined.
--Attendance for two people (the GSC member and an alternate) to attend 
the annual grantee meeting, location to be determined.
7. Protection of Human Subjects
    Address the Requirements of Title 45 CFR part 46 for the protection 
of Human Subjects.

Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health

1. Background
     Describe your organization's experience in 
providing training and technical assistance in teen pregnancy, STD, and 
HIV prevention.
     Include a memo as an appendix that clearly 
describes:

--Your organization's experience providing technical assistance in the 
areas of teen pregnancy, STD, and HIV prevention.
--Your organization's experience providing technical assistance and 
training to State and local coalitions, State health departments, 
schools, health clinics, youth serving community and faith-based 
organizations, or other organizations.
--The extent to which your organization has staff with demonstrated 
experience in teen pregnancy, STD, and HIV prevention training and 
evaluation.
--Describe any experience developing logic models, and identifying, 
selecting, implementing, and evaluating science-based programs that 
prevent teen pregnancy, HIV and STDs, and promote adolescent 
reproductive health.
--Describe the results of similar efforts that used skills to provide 
training and technical assistance to other organizations such as State 
and local coalitions, State health departments, schools, health 
clinics, youth serving community and faith-based organizations and to 
disseminate findings to a broader audience.

2. Objectives

    Define specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased 
objectives to support each performance goal of the program (see Part B: 
Adolescent Reproductive Health after Purpose).
     Identify and describe the activities to support 
the objectives.
     Explain how achievement of the objectives will 
be measured.
3. Plan and Methods
     Provide a realistic timeline for activities.
     Describe how the project will be implemented.
     Describe how the project will achieve the goal 
of the overall program.
     Describe the training and technical assistance 
strategy including the method of delivery, potential trainers, training 
objectives, length of training, curriculum and materials, and 
evaluation plan.
     Describe any anticipated obstacles to 
accomplishing the proposed activities.
     Include letters of support and intention to 
collaborate from the directors of at least two organizations in the 
region. The letters must clearly state their support and commitment to 
the proposed activities and the specific collaboration they agree to 
bring to the five-year process. Inclusion of memoranda of agreement is 
encouraged.
     Describe the translation and dissemination plan 
for lessons learned.
4. Evaluation Plan
     Develop an evaluation plan that is consistent 
with CDC's Evaluation Framework for Evaluating Public Health Programs. 
(See http://www.cdc.gov/eval/frameword.htm).
     Identify primary stakeholders in the evaluation 
process.
     For each measurable objective, identify process 
and outcome indicators.
     Identify who will conduct the data collection, 
analysis, and management.
     Describe how data will be collected and analyzed 
and how often.
     Describe how the data findings and evaluation 
results will be shared with stakeholders and how results will be used.
5. Program Staff
     Describe the training and technical assistance 
experience of staff in science-based practices in teen pregnancy, STD, 
and HIV prevention.
     Describe the experience of the staff working 
with the proposed target organizations.
     Provide r[eacute]sum[eacute]s and job 
descriptions of existing and newly proposed staff, with prior 
experience in teen pregnancy, STD, and HIV prevention, identifying 
their role and responsibilities in the optional teen pregnancy 
prevention component.
     Provide an organizational chart as an appendix 
that identifies lines of authority, including who will have management 
authority over the project.
     Identify the staff person who will take the lead 
on the project's evaluation.
6. Budget and Justification (Does Not Count Against Narrative Page 
Limit.)
     Provide a detailed budget and line-item 
justification for all operating expenses that are consistent with the 
proposed program objectives and activities for each activity. Include:

--Any staff or trainee travel costs.
--Cost for attendance for one person at a two-day evaluation workshop, 
location to be determined.
--Cost for one annual trip for two staff to attend a planning, 
training, and information-sharing meeting, location to be determined.
7. Protection of Human Subjects
    Address the requirements of Title 45 CFR part 46 for the protection 
of human subjects.
    Additional information may be included in the application 
appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative 
page limit. This additional information may include:

--Training needs assessments
--Epidemiological data
--Training curricula or materials
--Curriculum vitae/resumes
--Organizational charts
--Letters of support
--Memoranda of agreement
--Bibliographies
--Other pertinent information requested in the narrative section of the 
program announcement or other relevant material and documents you want 
to include.
    You are required to have a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal 
Numbering System (DUNS) number to apply for a grant or cooperative 
agreement from the federal government. The DUNS number is a nine-digit 
identification number, which uniquely identifies business entities. 
Obtaining a DUNS number is

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easy and there is no charge. To obtain a DUNS number, access http://www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1-866-705-5711.
    For more information, see the CDC web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/pubcommt.htm. If your application form does not have a 
DUNS number field, please write your DUNS number at the top of the 
first page of your application, and/or include your DUNS number in your 
application cover letter.

IV.3. Submission Dates and Times

    Application Deadline Date: May 14, 2004.
    Explanation of Deadlines: Applications must be received in the CDC 
Procurement and Grants Office by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline 
date. If you send your application by the United States Postal Service 
or commercial delivery service, you must ensure that the carrier will 
be able to guarantee delivery of the application by the closing date 
and time. If CDC receives your application 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, you will be given the opportunity to 
submit documentation of the carriers guarantee. If the documentation 
verifies a carrier problem, CDC will consider the application as having 
been received by the deadline.
    This announcement is the definitive guide on application submission 
address and deadline. It supersedes information provided in the 
application instructions. If your application does not meet the 
deadline above, it will not be eligible for review, and will be 
discarded. You will be notified that your application did not meet the 
submission requirements.
    CDC will not notify you upon receipt of your application. If you 
have a question about the receipt of your application, first contact 
your courier. If you still have a question, contact the PGO-TIM staff 
at: 770-488-2700. Before calling, please wait two to three days after 
the application deadline. This will allow time for applications to be 
processed and logged.

IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of Applications

    Your application is subject to Intergovernmental Review of Federal 
Programs, as governed by Executive Order (EO) 12372. This order sets up 
a system for state and local governmental review of proposed federal 
assistance applications. You should contact your state single point of 
contact (SPOC) as early as possible to alert the SPOC to prospective 
applications, and to receive instructions on your state's process. 
Click on the following link to get the current SPOC list: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.

IV.5. Funding Restrictions

    Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing your 
budget, are as follows:
     You may not use funds to supplant Federal, 
State, or local health department funds; make building improvements or 
engage in other construction activities; or provide direct clinical or 
treatment services.
    If you are requesting indirect costs in your budget, you must 
include a copy of your current indirect cost rate agreement. If your 
indirect cost rate is a provisional rate, the agreement should be less 
than 12 months of age.
    Guidance for completing your budget can be found on the CDC web 
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/budgetguide.htm.

IV.6. Other Submission Requirements

    Application Submission Address: Submit the original and two hard 
copies of your application by mail or express delivery service to: 
Technical Information Management-PA04073, CDC Procurement and 
Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341.
    Applications may not be submitted electronically at this time.

V. Application Review Information

V.1. Criteria

    You 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 goals stated in the ``Purpose'' section of this 
announcement. Measures must be objective and quantitative, and must 
measure the intended outcome. These measures of effectiveness must be 
submitted with the application and will be an element of evaluation.
    Your application will be evaluated against the following criteria:

Part A: HIV Prevention Integration

1. Plan and Methods (35)
     Does the applicant identify appropriate staff to 
support HIV Prevention Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the 
Model Clinic.?
     Does the applicant propose a realistic timeline 
demonstrating order and timing of key project activities for HIV 
Prevention Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the Model 
Clinic?
     Does the applicant demonstrate a valid process 
to identify training and technical assistance priorities that appear 
appropriate and likely to promote and support HIV Prevention 
Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the Model Clinic?
     Does the applicant demonstrate support for the 
project with letters of support or memoranda of agreement for HIV 
Prevention Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the Model 
Clinic? Do the letters clearly indicate an intention to collaborate and 
an understanding of the commitment involved?
2. Objectives (20)
     Does the applicant provide objectives that are 
specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased for HIV 
Prevention Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the Model 
Clinic?
     Does the applicant clearly identify which of the 
goals (e.g., HIV prevention integration and client-centered counseling) 
each of their project objectives supports?
3. Evaluation (20)
     Does the applicant clearly identify an 
evaluation plan for HIV Prevention Integration, Client-Centered 
Counseling, and the Model Clinic, including identification of 
stakeholders; measurable process and outcome indicators for activities 
and objectives; strategy to collect, analyze, and disseminate data; and 
use of data findings and evaluation results?
     Are the objectives linked to appropriate 
evaluation criteria for HIV Prevention Integration, Client-Centered 
Counseling, and the Model Clinic?
4. Background (15)
     Does the applicant provide information in an 
appendix that specifically addresses:

--Their capacity to serve all states within the DHHS region in which 
they are geographically located.
--The extent to which they have qualified staff with a minimum of five 
years experience designing scientific-based curricula and delivering 
training on integrating HIV prevention services into reproductive 
health care settings.
--The extent to which they have staff experienced in assessing DHHS 
region-wide HIV-prevention training needs.


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     Does the applicant demonstrate recent training, 
capacity-building, or technical assistance related to client-centered 
counseling or HIV prevention integration?
     Does the applicant have a demonstrated history 
of providing training or technical assistance throughout the DHHS 
region in which they are located?
     Does the applicant demonstrate their ability to 
work collaboratively with other organizations in the region?
     Does the applicant demonstrate the ability to 
plan, develop, coordinate, deliver, and evaluate each activity?
     Does the applicant demonstrate consideration of 
regional needs assessments, regional HIV epidemiology, available 
services, and geographical and demographic issues in their selection of 
sites and trainees?
     Does the applicant justify their selection of 
sites, trainees, strategies, methodologies, tools, curricula, and 
objectives?
5. Program Staff (10)
     Does the applicant provide job descriptions for 
anticipated project staff and identify specific roles?
     Does the applicant include resumes of existing 
and proposed staff?
     Does the applicant provide an organizational 
chart that identifies lines of authority, including who will have 
management authority over the project?
6. Budget (Not Scored)
    Does the Applicant Provide a Detailed and Clear Budget and 
Justification That Is Consistent With the Proposed Program Objectives 
and Activities?
7. Human Subjects (Not Scored)
    If Relevant, Does the Applicant Address the Requirements of Title 
45 CFR Part 46 for the Protection of Human Subjects?

Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health

1. Plan and Methods (35 Points)
     Is the timeline for the proposed activities 
realistic?
     Does the plan describe the training and 
technical assistance strategy to be used, including the method of 
delivery, potential trainers, training objectives, length of training, 
curriculum and materials, and evaluation plan?
     Does the plan describe how it will achieve the 
overall program goal?
     Does the plan describe any anticipated obstacles 
to providing training to the proposed organizations and personnel?
     Does the applicant include two letters of 
support that describe the intent to collaborate with the applicant?
     Does the applicant describe a plan to translate 
and disseminate lessons learned?
2. Objectives (20 Points)
     Does the applicant provide objectives that are 
specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased?
     Do the applicant's objectives and activities use 
the organization's strengths and meet the program goal of building 
capacity within communities to prevent teen pregnancy and promote 
adolescent reproductive health?
     Does the applicant explain how objectives will 
be measured?
3. Evaluation (20 Points)
     Does the applicant identify the primary 
stakeholders in the evaluation process?
     Does the applicant provide an evaluation plan 
that identifies measurable objectives, including process and outcome 
indicators and timeframes?
     Does the evaluation plan identify who will 
conduct the data collection, analysis, and management and at what 
intervals?
     Does the applicant describe how the evaluation 
results will be shared with stakeholders and how the results will be 
used?
4. Background (15 Points)
     Does the applicant provide information in an 
appendix that specifically addresses:

--Their experience providing technical assistance in the areas of teen 
pregnancy, STD, and HIV prevention.
--Their experience providing technical assistance and training to State 
and local coalitions, State health departments, schools, health 
clinics, youth serving community and faith-based organizations, or 
other organizations.
--The extent to which their staff has demonstrated experience in teen 
pregnancy, STD, and HIV prevention training and evaluation.

     Does the applicant describe their experience in 
providing training and technical assistance in science-based practices 
in teen pregnancy, STD and HIV prevention?
     Does the applicant describe the results of 
similar efforts using skills to provide training and technical 
assistance to other organizations and disseminate information to a 
broader audience?
5. Program Staff (10 Points)
     Does the proposed staff have adequate training 
and technical assistance experience in science-based practices to 
successfully implement the project?
     Does the applicant provide r[eacute]sum[eacute]s 
and job descriptions of existing and newly proposed staff with prior 
training and technical assistance experience in teen pregnancy, STD, 
and HIV prevention, identifying their role and responsibilities?
     Does the applicant provide an organizational 
chart that identifies lines of authority including who will have 
management authority over the project?
6. Budget and Justification (Not Scored)
    Does the applicant provide a budget that is detailed, itemized, 
reasonable, clearly justified, and consistent with the intended use of 
funds?
7. Protection of Human Subjects (Not Scored)
    Does the applicant adequately address the requirements of title 45 
CFR part 46 for the protection of human subjects?

V.2. Review and Selection Process

    Applications will be reviewed for completeness by the Procurement 
and Grants Office (PGO) staff and for responsiveness by the NCCDPHP 
staff. Incomplete applications and applications that are non-responsive 
to the eligibility criteria will not advance through the review 
process. Applicants will be notified that their application did not 
meet the submission requirement.
    An objective review panel will evaluate complete and responsive 
applications according to the criteria listed in the ``V.1 Criteria'' 
section above. All applications will be reviewed against the criteria 
for Part A. Applications for the optional Part B will be reviewed 
against the criteria for Part B by the same objective review panel. 
Following the panel, scores will be calculated for Part A applications 
and the highest scoring application for each of the 10 DHHS regions 
will be selected. Applications for Part B by these 10 applicants only 
will then be considered; awards for Part B will be based on ranking by 
score.

V.3. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates

    Award Date: On or before September 1, 2004.

VI. Award Administration Information

VI.1. Award Notices

    Successful applicants will receive a Notice of Grant Award (NGA) 
from the CDC Procurement and Grants Office. The NGA shall be the only 
binding, authorizing document between the recipient and CDC. The NGA 
will be

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signed by an authorized Grants Management Officer, and mailed to the 
recipient fiscal officer identified in the application.
    Unsuccessful applicants will receive notification of the results of 
the application review by mail.

VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements 45 CFR parts 74 
and 92.

    For more information on the Code of Federal Regulations, see the 
National Archives and Records Administration at the following Internet 
address: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html.
    The following additional requirements apply to this project:
     AR-1 Human Subjects Requirements
     AR-2 Requirements for Inclusion of Women and 
Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Research
     AR-4 HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Provisions
     AR-5 HIV Program Review Panel Requirements
     AR-7 Executive Order 12372
     AR-9 Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements (to be 
determined by OMB reports clearance officer)
     AR-10 Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements
     AR-11 Healthy People 2010
     AR-12 Lobbying Restrictions
     AR-14 Accounting System Requirements
     AR-15 Proof of Non-Profit Status
     AR-23 States and Faith-Based Organizations
     AR-24 Health Insurance Portability and 
Accountability Act Requirements

    Additional information on these requirements can be found on the 
CDC web site at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding.ARs.htm.

VI.3. Reporting Requirements

    You must provide CDC with an original, plus two copies of the 
following reports:
    1. Interim progress reports are due March 31 and September 30 each 
year of the cooperative agreement. The March progress report will serve 
as your non-competing continuation application, and must contain the 
following elements:

a. Current Budget Period Activities and Objectives
b. Current Budget Period Financial Progress
c. New Budget Period Program Proposed Activities and Objectives
d. Budget
e. Additional Requested Information f. Measures of Effectiveness

    2. Financial status report, due November 30 or no more than 90 days 
after the end of the budget period.
    3. Final financial and performance reports, due November 30 or no 
more than 90 days after the end of the 5-year project period.
    These reports must be mailed to the Grants Management or Contract 
Specialist listed in the ``Agency Contacts'' section of this 
announcement.

VII. Agency Contacts

For general questions about this announcement, contact: Technical 
Information Management Section, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 
Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: (770) 488-2700.
For program technical assistance, contact: Mary Kay Larson, Project 
Officer, Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic 
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 4770 Buford Highway NE, MS K-
22, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, Telephone: (770) 488-6299, E-mail: 
[email protected].
For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact: Annie 
Harrison Camacho, Grants Management Specialist, CDC Procurement and 
Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 
(770) 488-2735 E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: March 24, 2004.
Edward Schultz,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-7027 Filed 3-29-04; 8:45 am]
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