[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9363-9364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04733]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Public Listening Session To Inform the Development of the 
National Youth Sports Strategy

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of the Secretary, Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provides 
notice of a public listening session; invites the public to attend; and 
solicits request to provide oral remarks to inform the development of 
the National Youth Sports Strategy.

DATES: The meeting for the public to provide oral remarks to HHS will 
be held on Thursday, April 4, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. E.D.T.

ADDRESSES: Those providing public oral remarks to HHS are required to 
attend the listening session in-person at the Hubert H. Humphrey 
Building, Auditorium, 200 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20201. 
Others wanting to attend can do so in-person or via webcast on the 
internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katrina L. Piercy, Ph.D., R.D., Office 
of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), HHS; 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 
LL-100; Rockville, MD 20852; Telephone: (240) 453-8280. Email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 13824 directs the 
development of a National Strategy on Youth Sports and outlines the key 
pillars that the strategy will address. The Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion, in collaboration with the President's 
Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, and National Institutes of Health, is leading the 
development of this strategy.

Key Pillars of Youth Sports Strategy

    1. Increase awareness of the benefits of participation in sports 
and regular physical activity, as well as the importance of good 
nutrition;
    2. Promote private and public sector strategies to increase 
participation in sports, encourage regular physical activity, and 
improve nutrition;
    3. Develop metrics that gauge youth sports participation and 
physical activity to inform efforts that will improve participation in 
sports and regular physical activity among young Americans; and
    4. Establish a national and local strategy to recruit volunteers 
who will encourage and support youth participation in sports and 
regular physical activity, through coaching, mentoring, teaching, or 
administering athletic and nutritional programs.
    Agenda: The agenda will include opportunity for the public to 
provide oral remarks to HHS and to hear an update about this project 
from HHS.
    Submitting a Request to Speak: HHS requests applications from 
organizations to speak at the April 4, 2019 listening session. There 
are a limited number of speaking slots available. Length of 
presentation will be determined based on interest and is anticipated to 
be approximately 15 minutes per organization, including time for 
comments or questions. HHS is interested in hearing from organizations 
that have experience and expertise in

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one or more of the following areas: Benefits and barriers to youth 
sports participation, private and public strategies to improve youth 
sports participation, measurement of youth sports participation, and 
strategies to recruit and train youth sports coaches. Organizations 
working with underrepresented populations (e.g., girls, low 
socioeconomic status, racial/ethnic minorities, youth with 
disabilities, etc.), and groups with evaluation metrics to support 
programs are encouraged to apply. Submissions must be emailed to 
[email protected] by 11:59 p.m. E.D.T on Thursday, March 21, 2019 with the 
subject line ``Application to Speak at Public Meeting.'' Submissions 
must include speaker's name, title, organization, contact information, 
and a written outline of the intended remarks not exceeding 500 words. 
Selected speakers will receive email confirmation with further 
instructions for participation. Selected speakers will be compensated 
for travel.
    Meeting Registration: The meeting will be publicly accessible in-
person and by webcast on the internet. Registration is required for 
both in-person attendance and webcast viewing and is expected to open 
on March 11, 2019. Registration information is available at: https://events.kauffmaninc.com/events/sportslisteningsession/register/
    In-Person Public Participation: The meeting will be held in the 
Hubert H. Humphrey Building Auditorium, located on the first floor, as 
noted above in the Addresses section. Individuals will need to bring a 
government-issued photo identification for the security screening and 
will check-in at the registration desk onsite. All individuals speaking 
at the meeting will need to attend in-person.
    Webcast Participation: After registering, webcast access 
information will be sent via email.

    Dated: March 4, 2019.
Don Wright,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion.
[FR Doc. 2019-04733 Filed 3-13-19; 8:45 am]
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