[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 94 (Friday, May 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26829-26833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10946]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Enhancing State Capacity to Address Child and Adolescent Health 
through Violence Prevention

    Announcement Type: New.
    Funding Opportunity Number: 04145.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.136.
    Key Dates:
    Letter of Intent Deadline: June 1, 2004.
    Application Deadline: June 14, 2004.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Authority: This program is authorized under section 317(k) 
(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act, (42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(2)(D)) 
as amended.

    Purpose: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
announces the availability of a fiscal year (FY) 2004 cooperative 
agreement. The purpose of this program is to develop capacity and 
leadership in preventing the perpetration of violence toward or among 
children and adolescents so it is raised as a public health priority. 
Cooperative agreements will be awarded through a phased-in process. The 
Planning Phase will provide assistance for the development of strategic 
plans that address shared risk reduction and protective factors that 
foster change in societal norms or environmental conditions that 
contribute to violence. The Implementation Phase, depending on 
availability of funds, will allow recipients to implement one or more 
priority strategy identified in the strategic plan.
    For the purpose of this RFA, the types of violence prevention to be 
addressed include: self-directed (youth suicide) and interpersonal 
(child maltreatment, teen dating, sexual violence, school violence, 
community violence and bullying). Research suggests that these forms of 
violence share risk and protective factors. The ecological model 
presented in the World Report on Violence and Health (Krug et al., 
2002) identifies levels of influence (individual, relationship, 
community and societal) for strategies to address risk and protective 
factors. The planning and implementation phases of this project should 
address the intersection of shared risk and protective factors for 
these forms of violence. Efforts to prevent perpetration of violence 
toward or among children and adolescents should include activities that 
address the individual, relationship, community, and societal factors 
of potential perpetrators, bystanders, and victims.
    For the remainder of this RFA, whenever the term state health 
agency appears, it also refers to federally recognized Indian tribal 
governments and U.S. territories.
    The specific purposes of this funding are to:
    1. Provide an opportunity for health agencies to take a leadership 
role in addressing violence prevention so that it is raised as a public 
health priority.
    2. Foster effective collaborations that respond to emerging policy 
and program issues related to preventing the perpetration of violence 
toward or among children and adolescents.
    3. Identify and prioritize data-driven solutions that lead to the 
prevention of violence perpetrated toward or among children and 
adolescents.
    a. Identify key data elements that provide compelling evidence on 
the impact of self-directed and interpersonal violence on individuals, 
families, communities, and society.
    b. Identify data that characterize and measure risk and protective 
factors across the ecological model's spheres of influence (i.e. 
individual, relationship, community and societal factors).
    c. Identify gaps in data, and work with partners to determine how 
best to address these data needs.
    4. Identify specific opportunities and challenges to promote 
perpetration prevention strategies; propose and implement culturally 
relevant perpetration prevention initiatives that address shared risk 
and protective factors for the prevention of violence perpetrated 
toward or among children and adolescents; and address specific 
underserved populations, including racial/ethnic, gay/lesbian/
transgender, rural, urban, disabled, and other identified underserved 
populations such as homeless and school dropouts.
    This program addresses the ``Healthy People 2010'' focus area of 
Injury and Violence Prevention.
    Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the 
following performance goal for the National Center for Injury 
Prevention and Control (NCIPC): Increase the capacity of health 
agencies to address the prevention of injuries and deaths caused by the 
perpetration of violence toward or among children and adolescents.
    For the purposes of this program announcement the following 
definitions apply:
    Prevention: population-based and/or environmental/system level 
strategies, policies and action that prevent violence from initially 
occurring. Prevention efforts work to modify and/or entirely eliminate 
the event, conditions, situations, or exposure to influences (risk 
factors) that result in the initiation of violence and associated 
injuries, disabilities, and deaths. Additionally, prevention efforts 
seek to identify and enhance protective factors that may prevent 
violence, not only in at-risk populations but also in the community at 
large. Prevention efforts for violence perpetrated toward and among 
children and adolescents include activities that are aimed at 
addressing the individual, relationship, community, and societal 
factors of potential perpetrators, bystanders, and victims.
    Intervention: Services, policies and actions provided after 
violence perpetrated toward or among children and adolescents have 
occurred and may have the advantageous effect of preventing a re-
occurrence of violence.

Activities

    Planning Phase activities for this program are as follows:
    1. Develop, expand, and/or maintain a Child and Adolescent Violence 
Prevention Work Group that will:
    a. Represent a cross-section of agencies and organizations 
committed to using a public health approach; work group members should 
have expertise and experience working to prevent the perpetration of 
violence toward and among children and adolescents.
    b. Assist in identifying child and adolescent violence prevention 
programs, policies, research and data sources.
    c. Obtain additional support and seek resources to sustain 
implementation of recommendations detailed in the strategic plan.
    d. Assist in developing strategies to disseminate, promote and 
encourage adoption of the strategic plan as a blueprint for state and 
local stakeholders.
    2. Prepare a state report card on risk and protective factors 
associated with the prevention of violence perpetrated toward or among 
children and adolescents:
    a. Conduct a statewide inventory of programs working to prevent the 
perpetration of violence toward or among children and adolescents (at 
minimum, the inventory should include the number of prevention 
programs, intended audience, content, and resources devoted to the 
programs).
    b. Conduct an assessment of policies focused on preventing the 
perpetration of violence toward or among children and adolescents.

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    c. Conduct an assessment of state-level data sources that identify 
violent incidents perpetrated toward or among children and adolescents, 
including non-traditional data sources such as surveys, stakeholder 
interviews, and focus groups.
    d. Conduct an assessment to determine the level of commitment, 
interest and readiness to fully engage in efforts to prevent the 
perpetration of violence toward or among children and adolescents.
    3. Identify issues and strategies that will facilitate support for 
sustaining and enhancing perpetration prevention activities by 
addressing the following:
    a. Ongoing collaboration and community involvement.
    b. Ongoing commitment.
    c. Ongoing communication.
    d. Evaluation.
    4. Produce and publish a strategic plan that delineates shared risk 
and protective factors, and identifies strategies that address 
ecological factors that influence and prevent violence. Specifically, 
the plan must provide strategies that address individual, relationship, 
community and societal factors. In addition, the strategic plan should 
include a logic model and time-phased implementation strategies.
    5. Collaborate with CDC and other awardees on an ongoing basis 
through conference calls and traveling to required awardee meetings.
    6. Submit required reports to CDC as scheduled.
    In a cooperative agreement, CDC staff is substantially involved in 
the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring.
    CDC Activities for this program are as follows:
    1. Provide updated information related to the purposes of this 
program announcement.
    2. Provide technical assistance and consultation in the 
development, dissemination, and promotion of the strategic plan to 
prevent the perpetration of violence toward or among children and 
adolescents.
    3. Coordinate information sharing among relevant CDC awardees and 
partners.
    4. Provide consultation to assist in implementing data-driven 
planning strategies.
    5. Compile and disseminate lessons learned to assist with future 
efforts to prevent the perpetration of violence.

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement.
    CDC involvement in this program is listed in the Activities Section 
above.
    Fiscal Year Funds: 2004
    Approximate Total Funding: $600,000.
    Approximate Number of Awards: 6-12 awards.
    Approximate Average Award: $75,000.
    Floor of Award Range: $50,000.
    Ceiling of Award Range: $100,000.
    Anticipated Award Date: August 15, 2004.
    Budget Period Length: 12 months.
    Project Period Length: Two 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

    Eligible applicants will be state health departments, including the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
Islands, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, 
Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, the Republic of Palau, and federally recognized Indian tribal 
governments.
    Eligible applicants are strongly encouraged to collaborate with 
other state agencies, injury/violence prevention coalitions and other 
stakeholders to develop and submit one application per state. The 
program will fund only one application per state. Applications from 
federally recognized Indian tribal governments will be considered 
separately.

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching

    Matching funds are not required for this program.

III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements

    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 in the review process.
    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 the 
submission requirements.

    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. Forms are available on the CDC Web site, at the following 
Internet address: 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

Letter of Intent (LOI)
    Your LOI must be written in the following format:
     Maximum number of pages: Two.
     Font size: 12-point unreduced.
     Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches.
     Single spaced.
     Page margin size: One inch.
     Printed only on one side of page.
     Written in plain language, avoid jargon.
    Your LOI must contain the following information:
     Number and title of this Program Announcement (PA 04145).
     Partners within the state health agency that will 
collaborate to develop this application.
    Application: You must include a project narrative with your 
application forms. Your narrative must be submitted in the following 
format:
     Maximum number of pages: 25. If your narrative exceeds the 
page limit, only the first 25 pages of the application, which are 
within the page limit, will be reviewed.
     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.
     Held together only by rubber bands or metal clips; not 
bound in any other way. (e.g. do not use staples).
    The narrative should address activities to be conducted over the 
two-year project period, and must include the following items in the 
order listed:
     Abstract (one-page summary of the application, does not 
count towards page limit).
     Work Plan, Goals, and Objectives.
     Relevant Experience.
     Capacity and Staffing.
     Collaboration.
     Dissemination Plan.
     Evaluation.

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     Measures of Effectiveness.
     Proposed Budget and Justification (does not count towards 
page limit).
    Additional information may be included in the application 
appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative 
page limit. This additional information includes:
     Curriculum Vitaes.
     Job Descriptions.
     Resumes.
     Organizational Charts.
     Letters of Support, etc.
    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 easy and there is no charge. To obtain a 
DUNS number, access 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.
    Additional requirements that may require you to submit additional 
documentation with your application are listed in section ``VI.2. 
Administrative and National Policy Requirements.''

IV.3. Submission Dates and Times

    LOI Deadline Date: June 1, 2004.
    CDC requests that you send a LOI if you intend to apply for this 
program. Although the LOI is not required, not binding, and does not 
enter into the review of your subsequent application, the LOI will be 
used to gauge the level of interest in this program, and to allow CDC 
to plan the application review.
    Application Deadline Date: June 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 program 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 you 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

    Executive Order 12372 does not apply to this program.

IV.5. Funding Restrictions

    Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing your 
budget, are as follows: cooperative agreement funds for this project 
cannot be used for construction, renovation, the lease of passenger 
vehicles, the development of major software applications, or 
supplanting current applicant expenditures.
    If you are requesting indirect costs in your budget, you must 
include a copy of your indirect cost rate agreement. If your indirect 
cost rate is a provisional rate, the agreement must 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

    LOI Submission Address: Submit your LOI by express mail, delivery 
service, fax, or E-mail to: Neil Rainford, Project Officer, 2939 
Flowers Road South, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-1122, Fax: 
770-488-1360, E-mail: [email protected].
    Application Submission Address: Submit the original and two hard 
copies of your application by mail or express delivery service to: 
Technical Information Management-PA 04145, 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:
1. Work Plan, Goals and Objectives (25 Points)
    a. Does the applicant include a detailed work plan, including a 
time-line?
    b. Does the work plan include goals and objectives that are 
specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-phased?
    c. Does the applicant provide details about how the inventory of 
prevention programs will be achieved? Does the applicant include how 
the assessment of relevant state policies and data sources will be 
compiled? Does the applicant describe how the inventory and assessment 
will be integrated into the state report card?
    d. Does the applicant provide a description of how the state 
strategic plan will be produced and published?
2. Relevant Experience (20 Points)
    a. Does the applicant demonstrate experience coordinating, 
collaborating and providing leadership on a state level with regard to 
preventing violence perpetrated toward or among children and 
adolescents?
    b. Does the applicant demonstrate experience in collecting and 
analyzing violence related data?
    c. Does the applicant demonstrate experience developing violence 
prevention strategic plans?
    d. Does the applicant demonstrate experience in establishing and 
managing state advisory boards or working groups focused on a violence 
prevention topic?
    e. Does the applicant demonstrate experience in compiling, 
synthesizing and disseminating statewide strategic plans and evaluation 
findings through a variety of mediums to key stakeholders,

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including policy makers, public health officials and/or community-based 
organizations?
    f. Does the applicant demonstrate experience identifying and 
prioritizing data-driven solutions that lead to the prevention of 
violence?
    g. Does the applicant demonstrate a commitment to inclusiveness and 
diversity?
3. Capacity and Staffing (15 Points)
    a. Does the applicant demonstrate an existing capacity and 
infrastructure to carry out the required activities in the cooperative 
agreement?
    b. Does the applicant describe the responsibilities of individual 
staff members, levels of effort and allocation of time?
    c. Does the applicant clearly describe project staff and their 
relevant skills/expertise for their assigned position?
    d. Does the applicant include an organizational chart?
4. Collaboration (15 Points)
    a. Does the applicant demonstrate a willingness to collaborate with 
other CDC awardees and partners?
    b. Does the applicant demonstrate a successful history of 
collaborating effectively with organizations at the local, state and 
national levels?
    c. Does the applicant include letters of support and/or memoranda 
of agreement from national and state child and adolescent violence 
prevention organizations, research and/or academic experts/
institutions, and other relevant agencies and organizations, including 
public health agencies and organizations that work to prevent the 
perpetration of violence toward or among children and adolescents?
    d. Does the applicant demonstrate that this project will be a 
collaborative effort that includes other state level entities (e.g., 
State Department of Education, other divisions of the state health 
agency, not-for-profit organizations, and academic institutions)?
    e. Does the applicant provide a clear description of the 
composition, role and degree of involvement of the work group? Does the 
applicant indicate plans to identify work group members that represent 
a broad range of disciplines, as well as organizations that target 
diverse populations?
5. Dissemination Plan (15 Points)
    a. Does the applicant provide a plan to disseminate the strategic 
plan?
    b. Does the applicant provide details about strategies to obtain 
support for the strategic plan from key stakeholders and public 
officials?
    c. Does the applicant describe how the state strategic plan will be 
utilized?
6. Evaluation (10 Points)
    Does the applicant provide a detailed description of the methods to 
be used to evaluate the Planning Phase?
7. Measures of Effectiveness (Not Scored)
    Does the applicant provide objective/quantifiable measures 
regarding the intended outcomes that will demonstrate the 
accomplishment of the various identified objectives of the cooperative 
agreement?
8. Proposed Budget and Justification (Not Scored)
    Does the applicant provide a detailed budget with complete line-
item justification of all proposed costs consistent with the stated 
activities in the program announcement? Details must include a 
breakdown in the categories of personnel (with time allocations for 
each), staff travel, communications and postage, equipment, supplies, 
and any other costs? Does the budget projection include a narrative 
justification for all requested costs? Any sources of additional 
funding beyond the amount stipulated in this cooperative agreement 
should be indicated, including donated time or services. For each 
expense category, the budget should indicate CDC share, the applicant 
share and any other support. These funds should not be used to supplant 
existing efforts.

V.2. Review and Selection Process

    Applications will be reviewed for completeness by the Procurement 
and Grants Office (PGO) staff, and for responsiveness by NCIPC. 
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 
submission requirements.
    An objective review panel will evaluate your application according 
to the criteria listed in the ``V.1. Criteria'' section above.

V.3. Anticipated Announcement Award Date

    September 30, 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 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 Part 74 and Part 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-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.
    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.
    Projects that involve the collection of information from ten or 
more individuals and funded by cooperative agreement will be subject to 
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act.

VI.3. Reporting Requirements

    You must provide CDC with an original, plus two hard copies of the 
following reports:
    1. Interim progress report, no less than 90 days before the end of 
the budget period. The progress report will serve as your non-competing 
continuation application, and must contain the following elements:
    a. Current Budget Period Activities Objectives.
    b. Current Budget Period Financial Progress.
    c. New Budget Period Program Proposed Activity Objectives.
    d. Detailed Line-Item Budget and Justification.
    e. Additional Requested Information.
    f. Measures of Effectiveness.
    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.
    These reports must be mailed to the Grants Management or Contract

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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: Neil Rainford, Project 
Officer, 4770 Buford Hwy., NE., MS-K60, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724, 
Telephone: 770-488-1122, E-mail: [email protected].
    For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact: 
Nancy Pillar, Grants Management Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants 
Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Suite 3000, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 
770-488-2721, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: May 10, 2004.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
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