[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 17 (Thursday, January 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3931-3932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1497]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[Request For Application 05032]


Capacity Building Assistance for Global HIV/AIDS Program 
Development Through Technical Assistance Collaboration With the 
National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD); 
Notice of Intent To Fund Single Eligibility Award

A. Purpose

    The purpose of the program is to support capacity-building 
assistance for HIV/AIDS program development through technical 
assistance (TA) provided to GAP Program countries. The term ``capacity 
building assistance'' means the provision of information, technical 
assistance, training, and technology transfer for individuals and 
organizations to improve the delivery and effectiveness of HIV 
prevention, care and treatment services and interventions. This does 
not include the delivery of direct HIV prevention, care or treatment 
services and interventions.
    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program 
is 93.067.

B. Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the National Alliance of State 
and

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Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) for this project. No other 
applications are solicited or will be accepted. This announcement and 
application will be sent to NASTAD.
    NASTAD is the appropriate and only qualified agency to provide the 
services specified under this cooperative agreement because:
    1. NASTAD is the only officially established organization that 
represents the State and Territorial AIDS Directors in all 50 U.S. 
States and all U.S. Territories. As such, it represent the officials 
from throughout the U.S. who have responsibility for designing, 
implementing, and evaluating HIV/AIDS prevention programs protecting 
the health of U.S. citizens against the threat of HIV and acquired 
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). This places NASTAD in a unique 
position to act as a liaison between state and territorial HIV/AIDS 
prevention programs and GAP country public health officials. In 
addition, the same set of knowledge, skills, and abilities NASTAD has 
developed in working with State and Territorial AIDS Directors are of 
critical importance in improving the technical capacity of national 
AIDS control programs in African, Caribbean, Central and South American 
countries and India.
    2. Health threats such as HIV are not confined by geographic 
boundaries. NASTAD was formed to promote coordination of HIV/AIDS 
prevention efforts among the States and territories. The organization 
is uniquely positioned to collaborate not only with national 
organizations, including Federal agencies, but also with national AIDS 
control program officials in GAP countries, on policy and program 
issues from a U.S. government model, multi-state perspective. In this 
collaboration NASTAD is positioned to monitor, assess, and improve HIV/
AIDS prevention program design, implementation, and evaluation in GAP 
countries.
    3. In the U.S., NASTAD coordinates the efforts of HIV/AIDS 
Prevention Program Directors, who work together with CDC to monitor the 
implementation of prevention programs across States and territories, 
assess the impact of prevention programs, share successes and 
challenges, monitor issues and obstacles to implementation of effective 
interventions, provide technical assistance and consult with CDC, one 
another, and other governmental and non-governmental prevention 
partners on these issues. Therefore NASTAD possesses unique knowledge 
and insight that can be applied to GAP country programs through the 
provision of technical assistance aimed at strengthening the ability of 
national AIDS control programs to develop HIV/AIDS programs based on 
the best practices of U.S. state and territory programs.
    4. It is critical that NASTAD conducts these services since it 
represents the HIV/AIDS Program Directors who oversee and deliver HIV 
prevention, care and treatment policies, programs, and activities. 
Since NASTAD represents the HIV/AIDS Program Directors who have 
responsibility for HIV prevention, care and treatment within their 
jurisdictions, it is the only organization that can work 
collaboratively with individual AIDS Directors to provide multi-
jurisdiction perspectives and translate knowledge, skills, and 
abilities to national AIDS control program officials in GAP countries.
    5. NASTAD has already established mechanisms for communicating HIV/
AIDS prevention, care and treatment information to the States and the 
political subdivisions of the States that carry out the National HIV/
AIDS programs. They can use these mechanisms to exchange information 
between the States and public health officials in GAP countries to 
identify and develop effective HIV/AIDS information networks and 
dissemination systems. Because of their experience and established 
communications mechanisms, NASTAD is in a unique position to assist 
national AIDS control program officials with the dissemination of HIV/
AIDS prevention, care and treatment information.

C. Funding

    Approximately $2,000,000 is available in FY 2005 to fund this 
award. It is expected that the award will begin on or before April 1, 
2005, and will be made for a 12-month budget period within a project 
period of up to three years. Funding estimates may change.

D. Where To Obtain Additional Information

    For general comments or questions about this announcement, contact: 
Technical Information Management, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 
2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341-4146, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
    For technical questions about this program, contact: Ethleen Lloyd, 
Project Officer, CDC/NCHSTP/GAP, 1600 Clifton Road, NE (MS-E04), 
Atlanta, GA 30333, Telephone: (404) 639-6318, E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: January 21, 2005.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 05-1497 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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