[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 110 (Friday, June 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26800-26804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11941]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Electronic Learning (E-Learning) Collaborative Resource Center 
for SV and IPV Prevention Practitioners

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is 
providing $536,733 in funds.

DATES: Effective date is June 9, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Agency Contacts: CDC encourages inquiries concerning this 
announcement.
    For programmatic technical assistance, contact: Pamela Brown, 
Project Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE., Mailstop F-64, 
Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: (770) 488-1345, [email protected].
    For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact: 
LaQuanda Lewis Grants Management Specialist, Department of Health and 
Human Services, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine 
Road, MS K-70, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770) 488-2969, Email: 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L.C. Browing (Office of Grants 
Services) (OGS), Technical Information Management Section (TIMS), 
[email protected], 770-48-2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Part I. Overview Information

    This notice announces the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention's (CDC) intent to extend the funds to the California 
Coalition Against Sexual Assault with Rape Prevention and Education 
funds.
    Federal Agency Name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
(CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
    Funding Opportunity Title: Electronic Learning (E-Learning) 
Collaborative Resource Center for SV and IPV Prevention Practitioners.
    Announcement Type: Cooperative Agreement.
    Agency Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CE12-1204.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.136 Injury 
Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs.
    Dates: September 30, 2017 until January 30, 2019.

Executive Summary

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is 
providing $536,733 in funding through the CE12-1204, Electronic 
Learning (E-Learning) Collaborative Resource Center for Sexual Violence 
(SV) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Practitioners 
Cooperative Agreement to the California Coalition Against Sexual 
Assault to offer online training and convene an Electronic Learning 
Collaborative (ELC) to enhance the capacity and skills of local, state, 
and national SV and IPV practitioners to develop, implement and 
evaluate SV and IPV prevention efforts.

Part II. Full Text

Funding Opportunity Description

(a) Background
    Since September 30, 2012, the California Coalition Against Sexual 
Assault (CALCASA), through its national on-line e-learning project 
PreventConnect, has provided training and technical assistance to CDC's 
Rape Prevention Education (RPE) and DELTA FOCUS grantees and the 
broader IPV and SV prevention practice fields. CALCASA has developed 
the technical infrastructure and staff expertise to support multiple 
web-based platforms (webinars, podcasts, on-line trainings, wiki, etc.) 
to serve a large audience and disseminate the best available research 
and practice knowledge for IPV and SV prevention. This work strengthens 
the capacity and skills of local, state and national violence 
prevention practitioners. The current project period ends on Sept. 29, 
2017, however, the CDC-funded SV and IPV projects that PreventConnect 
supports (RPE and DELTA FOCUS) continue beyond this project period end. 
The additional funds and 16-months extension for the cooperative 
agreement, CE12-1204 (CALCASA/PreventConnect) is critical and essential 
for the successful implementation and completion of the CDC CE13-1302 
(Delta Focus) and CDC CE-14-1401 (Rape Prevention and Education 
Program) projects. The funding will: assure that the targeted audiences 
for the e-learning project will not experience an interruption of 
expert TA and Training support prior to the end of the current RPE and 
DELTA FOCUS project periods and allow for future SV and IPV new FOA/
project periods to be aligned with one another more effectively and be 
developed with complementary goals, objectives and deliverables.
    To address IPV, CDC has funded, since 2002, the Domestic Violence 
Prevention Enhancements and Leadership through Alliances (DELTA) 
program, which seeks to build the capacity of state coalitions 
addressing IPV to support IPV primary prevention efforts. To address 
SV, CDC has funded, since 1995, the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) 
program, to address risk and protective factors to prevent first time 
perpetration and victimization of SV. Both DELTA and RPE have similar 
goals, to build capacity for primary prevention; utilization of the 
Public Health Approach, Socioecological Model, and evidence informed 
strategies. From 2005 to 2012, a State Sexual Assault Coalition was 
funded to provide support for CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees 
and nationwide practitioners through innovative online technology 
communication channels. In cooperation with CDC, they were able to 
develop and facilitate ongoing discussions where SV and IPV prevention 
practitioners had the opportunity to network, share ideas, discuss 
successes and challenges, and learn from each other.
    Building prevention system capacity at the state health department 
and state coalition levels are critical in maintaining an 
infrastructure that supports prevention efforts. The E-Learning 
Collaborative provides an interactive environment via training, 
education, and dialogue for two separate sets of prevention grantees to 
collectively come together and share, learn, network, and reach the 
goal of peer based learning.
(b) CDC Project Description
    The purpose of this Funding Registry Notice (FRN) is to provide 
funds for 16 months, beginning with fiscal year (FY) 2017, to: Continue 
offering web-based training that enhances skills and capacity of CDC SV 
and IPV prevention grantees to prevent SV and IPV; convene an E-
Learning Collaborative among CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees 
that enhances training received; and build a broader network of 
national, state, and local SV and IPV prevention practitioners, 
regardless of funding sources, using multiple media channels, including 
interactive web conferences, podcasts, interactive listserv, and social 
media to share, connect, and enhance their skills and capacity to 
prevent SV and IPV.
Core Activities
    1. Develop and conduct 3-4 training web conferences annually, in 
collaboration with CDC that are

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interactive and have practical applications. Participants should be CDC 
funded SV and IPV prevention grantees and their partners, including 
state health departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic 
violence coalitions. Training topics that meet the needs of SV and IPV 
grantees and are focused on improving primary prevention practices 
include but are not limited to:
     Using data and evidence to inform their prevention 
efforts,
     Working with stakeholders internal and external to their 
organizations to build prevention system capacity, and
     Implementing and evaluating prevention strategies that 
address risk and protective factors for SV and IPV.
    2. Convene an E-Learning Collaborative for CDC funded SV and IPV 
prevention grantees and their partners, including state health 
departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic violence 
coalitions. Peer based learning should be focused on topics that 
further support the skill-based training received through web 
conferences. Such topics may include:
     Individual and community level shared risk and protective 
factors,
     Indicators for evaluation that will promote prevention 
efforts and support building evidence based strategies,
     Building evaluation capacity at state and local levels,
     Building organizational capacity,
     Implementation of community change strategies or outer 
layer ecological approach strategies,
     Strategies related to social determinants of health.
    These opportunities may include electronically convening sub-
collaboratives or sub-groups by geographic location/region, resources, 
or by topical interests.
    3. Develop and conduct 3-4 training web conferences annually, in 
collaboration with CDC, to address the needs of SV and IPV prevention 
practitioners at state, local and tribal agencies. Topics should be 
focused on SV and IPV primary prevention. Information provided to SV 
and IPV practitioners should be equally distributed between SV and IPV.
    4. Develop and conduct podcasts that highlight SV and IPV primary 
prevention work in the field.
    5. Develop and maintain an active email listserv where SV and IPV 
prevention practitioners can communicate and share about research, 
programs, practices and policies on SV and IPV primary prevention.
    6. Use social media outlets to share, connect, and enhance SV and 
IPV primary prevention knowledge of research, programs, practices and 
policies.
    7. Actively recruit new SV and IPV prevention practitioners amongst 
CDC funded SV and IPV grantees, local, state, national and tribal SV 
and IPV agencies and organizations, public health partners and those 
working in underserved communities, to engage in web conferences, 
podcasts, interactive email listserv and social media activities.
Evaluation Activities
    1. Develop and implement an evaluation plan with goals and 
objectives for the following evaluation activities with details on how 
the data will be shared with CDC 60 days after each assessment is 
completed, and how adjustments based on evaluation results will be made 
to activities and inform program improvement.
     Conduct a yearly assessment that describes how the 
training web conferences impact SV and IPV prevention grantees and 
their partners' prevention practices and behaviors, and user 
satisfaction.
     Conduct a yearly assessment of the extent to how skill 
based web conference training and peer based learning (E-Learning 
Collaborative) increased SV and IPV prevention grantees' capacity 
building for evaluation and prevention implementation.
Recipient Activities--Administrative
    1. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with 
national, state, local and tribal agencies and organizations working to 
prevent SV and IPV and with other CDC funded resource centers and 
initiatives.
    2. Ensure dedicated and adequate staffing such as a full-time 
program manager and web master and provide resumes for key personnel.
    3. Participate in conference calls, at least monthly, with CDC 
program staff and participate in CDC SV and IPV grantee meetings.
    4. Ensure that all new online content and resources meet Section 
508 compliance guidelines.
Award Information
Eligibility Information
    The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA), through 
its national on-line e-learning project Prevent Connect, has provided 
training and technical assistance to CDC's Rape Prevention Education 
(RPE) and DELTA FOCUS grantees and the broader IPV and SV prevention 
practice fields. Under the propose program extension, the recipient has 
been identified as the only and qualified institution to perform the 
required activities.
Required Registrations
    Applicant must submit application package that includes the 
following: SF424 Mandatory Form, SF424A, Project Narrative, and 
detailed Budget Narrative. These forms are available on Grants.gov at 
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-mandatory-family.html#sortby=1. The application package must be submitted via 
GrantSolutions under Manage Amendments following the below steps:

1. Log into GrantSolutions
2. From the ``My Grants List'' screen, click the link Management 
Amendments
3. Click ``New''
4. Click Create Amendment
5. Click ``Edit Amendment'' link to being working on the amendment
6. Upload the requested documents
7. Verify Submission and submit Amendment

    If the applicant encounters technical difficulties with 
GrantSolutions, the applicant should contact the helpdesk. You can 
reach the GrantSolutions Helpdesk at 1-866-577-0771 or by email at 
[email protected]. Submissions sent by email, fax, CD's or thumb 
drives of applications will not be accepted.
    Request Application Package: April 28, 2017.
    Application Package: June 28, 2017.
    Submission Dates and Times: June 28, 2017 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern 
Standard Time.
Project Abstract Summary
    The Project Abstract must contain a summary of the proposed 
activity suitable for dissemination to the public. It should be a self-
contained description of the project and should contain a statement of 
objectives and methods to be employed. It should be informative to 
other persons working in the same or related fields and insofar as 
possible understandable to a technically literate lay reader. This 
abstract must not include any proprietary/confidential information.
Project Narrative
    A Project Narrative must be submitted with the application forms. 
The narrative must be submitted in the following format:
     Maximum number of pages: 25. If your narrative exceeds the 
page limit, only the first pages, which are within the page limit, will 
be reviewed.
     Font size: 12 point unreduced, Times New Roman.
     Double spaced.
     Page margin size: One inch.

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     Number all narrative pages; not to exceed the maximum 
number of pages.
    The narrative should address activities to be conducted over the 
entire project period and must include the following items in the order 
listed:
Background, Understanding and Relevant Experience
    1. Describe your organization's understanding of sexual violence 
and intimate partner violence as public health issues.
    2. Describe your organization's understanding of the purpose and 
objectives of this cooperative agreement, including collaboration in 
all aspects of the agreement with CDC program staff and other relevant 
partner organizations.
    3. Describe your organizations experience in: Convening and 
maintaining an Advisory Council with diverse SV and IPV prevention 
practitioner representation, convening an E-Learning Collaborative, 
collaboration with CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees, and 
providing opportunities and multiple media channels for SV and IPV 
prevention practitioners to network, share and connect with each other.
Work Plan
    1. Include goals and Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, 
Time-Bound (SMART) objectives.
    2. Provide a detailed 16 months' work plan with timeline and logic 
model that describes how you plan to achieve your project's goals of 
offering web-based training that enhances skills and capacity of CDC SV 
and IPV prevention grantees to prevent SV and IPV; convening an e-
learning collaborative among CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees 
that enhances training received; and building a broader network of 
national, state, and local SV and IPV prevention practitioners, 
regardless of funding sources, using multiple media channels, including 
interactive web conferences, podcasts, interactive listserv, and social 
media to share, connect, and enhance their skills and capacity to 
prevent SV and IPV.
    3. Provide a detailed plan on how SV and IPV practitioner needs 
will be assessed and applied to the 3-4 training web conferences.
    4. Indicate within the 16 month plan, with timeline and logic 
model, how you plan to achieve the following activities:
    (a) Convene and maintain an Advisory Council that informs the 
overarching vision, direction, and goals of this FOA's activities. 
Advisory membership should include but is not limited to representation 
from CDC; the recipient organization; other collaborative partners, and 
grantee/end users.
    (b) Stay current on research, programs, practices, and policies 
related to the prevention of SV and IPV to support all required 
activities.
    (c) Identify SV and IPV related materials on research, programs, 
practices and policies that have been translated for practical purposes 
and can be shared with CDC SV and IPV prevention grantees specifically 
and SV and IPV practitioners broadly to improve their prevention skills 
and practices.
    (d) In collaboration with CDC, establish standards for choosing 
presenters and SV and IPV related materials on research, programs, 
practices, and policies.
    (e) Develop and conduct 3-4 training web conferences annually, in 
collaboration with CDC that are interactive and have practical 
applications. Participants should be CDC funded SV and IPV prevention 
grantees and their partners, including state health departments, sexual 
assault coalitions and domestic violence coalitions. Training topics 
that meet the needs of SV and IPV grantees and are focused on improving 
primary prevention practices include but are not limited to:
    (f) Using data and evidence to inform their prevention efforts,
    (g) Working with stakeholders internal and external to their 
organizations to build prevention system capacity, and
    (h) Implementing and evaluating prevention strategies that address 
risk and protective factors for SV and IPV.
    (i) Convene an E-Learning Collaborative for CDC funded SV and IPV 
prevention grantees and their partners, including state health 
departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic violence 
coalitions. Peer based learning should be focused on topics that 
further support the skill-based training received through web 
conferences. Such topics may include:
    (j) Individual and community level shared risk and protective 
factors,
    (k) Indicators for evaluation that will promote prevention efforts 
and support building evidence based strategies,
    (l) Building evaluation capacity at state and local levels,
    (m) Building organizational capacity,
    (n) Implementation of community change strategies or outer layer 
ecological approach strategies,
    (o) Strategies related to social determinants of health.
    These opportunities may include electronically convening sub-
collaboratives or sub-groups by geographic location/region, resources, 
or by topical interests.
    (a) Foster peer based learning through online interactions and 
exchanges of ideas/information or posts by designated staff or approved 
facilitators, key stakeholders or experts during the first two years of 
the E-Learning Collaborative.
    (b) Develop and conduct 3-4 training web conferences annually, in 
collaboration with CDC, to address the needs of SV and IPV prevention 
practitioners at state, local and tribal agencies. Topics should be 
focused on SV and IPV primary prevention. Information provided to SV 
and IPV practitioners should be equally distributed between SV and IPV.
    (c) Develop and conduct podcasts that highlight SV and IPV primary 
prevention work in the field.
    (d) Develop and maintain an active email listserv where SV and IPV 
prevention practitioners can communicate and share about research, 
programs, practices and policies on SV and IPV primary prevention.
    (e) Use social media outlets to share, connect, and enhance SV and 
IPV primary prevention knowledge of research, programs, practices and 
policies.
    (f) Actively recruit new SV and IPV prevention practitioners 
amongst CDC funded SV and IPV grantees, local, state, national and 
tribal SV and IPV agencies and organizations, public health partners 
and those working in underserved communities, to engage in web 
conferences, podcasts, interactive email listserv and social media 
activities.
    (g) Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with 
national, state, local and tribal agencies and organizations working to 
prevent SV and IPV and with other CDC funded resource centers and 
initiatives.
    (h) Ensure dedicated and adequate staffing such as a full-time 
program manager and web master and provide resumes for key personnel.
    (i) Participate in conference calls, at least monthly, with CDC 
program staff and participate in CDC SV and IPV grantee meetings.
    (j) Ensure that all new online content and resources meet Section 
508 compliance guidelines. For details and resources on Section 508 
compliance, see Attachment III.
    5. Provide a detailed evaluation plan with goals and objectives for 
the following evaluation activities with details on how the data will 
be shared

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with CDC 60 days after each assessment is completed, and how 
adjustments based on evaluation results will be made to activities and 
inform program improvement.
    For CDC SV and IPV prevention grantees:
     Conduct a yearly assessment that describes how the 
training web conferences impact SV and IPV prevention grantees and 
their partners' prevention practices and behaviors, and user 
satisfaction.
     Conduct a yearly assessment of the extent to how skill 
based web conference training and peer based learning (E-Learning 
Collaborative) increased SV and IPV prevention grantees' capacity 
building for evaluation and prevention implementation.
    For SV and IPV practitioners:
     Conduct an assessment that describes how the training web 
conferences impact SV and IPV practitioner's prevention practices and 
behaviors, and user satisfaction.
     An assessment to determine the number and diversity (e.g., 
type of organization, population served, and location) of nationwide SV 
and IPV practitioner participants represented on the web conferences, 
podcasts, interactive listserv and/or social media and identify who is 
missing.
Collaboration and Partnerships
    (a) Include original letters of support from CDC funded SV and IPV 
prevention grantees, and other appropriate organizations, individuals, 
institutions, academic institutions, public health departments, etc. 
needed to carry out proposed activities and the extent to which such 
letters clearly indicate the author's commitment to participate as 
described in the plan.
    (b) Describe your organizations past collaborations and 
partnerships associated with sexual violence and intimate partner 
violence. Highlight goals and activities as well as successes and 
challenges.
    (c) Describe your organization's commitment to collaborate with CDC 
in; the development of the E-Learning Collaborative Advisory Council; 
identifying the vision, direction and goals of the E-Learning 
Collaborative for SV and IPV prevention grantees; and designing web 
conferences that meet the needs of SV and IPV prevention grantees and 
other SV and IPV prevention practitioners.
    (d) Describe your organization's commitment to collaborate with 
other funded partners and national, state, local and tribal agencies 
and organizations.
    (e) Describe your organization's commitment to collaborate with CDC 
funded SV and IPV prevention grantees to be in compliance with the 
terms of the cooperative agreement and to accomplish all identified 
project activities.
Staffing Plan and Capacity
    (a) Describe your organization's proposed staffing plan in support 
of this project. It is expected that funds available under this FOA are 
sufficient for staffing levels including time and effort for a full-
time manager and experienced staff.
    (b) Describe the qualifications and experience of proposed staff 
for this project and provide resumes for manager and other key staff.
    (c) Demonstrate your organization has adequate resources, 
facilities, experience (both technical and administrative), and access 
to SV and IPV prevention grantees and other relevant partners to meet 
the goals and objectives of this FOA. This should include documentation 
of professional personnel involved are qualified and have prior 
successful experience and achievements related to the proposed 
activities.
    (d) The application should include a description of your 
organization's infrastructure to support the requirements of this FOA 
as well as the quality and sufficiency of the proposed staffing of the 
project. Provide an organizational chart as an attachment.
Measures of Effectiveness
    (a) Provide measures of effectiveness related to proposed project 
goals and objectives.
    Budget. The budget and budget justification will be included as a 
separate attachment, not to be counted towards the page limit.
    (a) Provide a detailed budget and line item justification for all 
operating and staffing expenses that are consistent with proposed 
program objectives and activities.
    (b) Include budget for key project staff to attend the annual SV 
and IPV prevention grantee meetings.
    (c) Specify any in-kind support for recipient activities.
    (d) If requesting indirect costs in the budget, a copy of the most 
current active indirect cost rate agreement is required.
    Additional information may be included in the application 
appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative 
page limit. This additional information includes:
 Curricula Vitae
 Job Descriptions
 Resumes
 Organizational Charts
 Letters of Support, etc.
    Additional information submitted should be uploaded in a PDF file 
format, and should be named appropriately (i.e., Curriculum vitae, 
Letters of Support, Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, etc.). No more than 
eight should be uploaded per application.
    Additional requirements for additional documentation with the 
application are listed in Section VII. Award Administration 
Information, subsection entitled ``Administrative and National Policy 
Requirements.''
Funding Restrictions
    Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing the 
budget, are as follows:
     Recipients may not use funds for research.
     Recipients may not use funds for clinical care.
     Recipients may only expend funds for reasonable program 
purposes, including personnel, travel, supplies, and services, such as 
contractual.
     Awardees may not generally use HHS/CDC/ATSDR funding for 
the purchase of furniture or equipment. Any such proposed spending must 
be identified in the budget.
     The direct and primary recipient in a cooperative 
agreement program must perform a substantial role in carrying out 
project objectives and not merely serve as a conduit for an award to 
another party or provider who is ineligible.
     Reimbursement of pre-award costs is not allowed.
     Funding 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 application, 
or supplanting current applicant expenditures.
Review and Selection Process
    A technical review will be conducted by the CDC Program Office. The 
technical review will cover technical and cost matters. The initial 
application received objective review to ensure recipient complies with 
all the activities required. Recipient was selected thru a competitive 
process during the initial FOA award.
Central Contractor Registration and Universal Identifier Requirements
    All applicant organizations must obtain a DUN and Bradstreet (D&B) 
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number as the Universal 
Identifier when

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applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements. The DUNS number 
is a nine-digit number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet Information 
Services. An Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) should be 
consulted to determine the appropriate number. If the organization does 
not have a DUNS number, an AOR should complete the US D&B D-U-N-S 
Number Request Form or contact Dun and Bradstreet by telephone directly 
at 1-866-705-5711 (toll-free) to obtain one. A DUNS number will be 
provided immediately by telephone at no charge. Note this is an 
organizational number. Individual Program Directors/Principal 
Investigators do not need to register for a DUNS number.
    Additionally, all applicant organizations must register in the 
Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and maintain the registration with 
current information at all times during which it has an application 
under consideration for funding by CDC and, if an award is made, until 
a final financial report is submitted or the final payment is received, 
whichever is later. CCR is the primary registrant database for the 
Federal government and is the repository into which an entity must 
provide information required for the conduct of business as a 
recipient. Additional information about registration procedures may be 
found at the CCR internet site at www.ccr.gov.
    If an award is granted, the grantee organization must notify 
potential sub-recipients that no organization may receive a sub award 
under the grant unless the organization has provided its DUNS number to 
the grantee organization.

    Dated: May 18, 2017.
Terrance Perry,
Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
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