[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55596-55597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14727]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Extension of the Application Deadline: The REACH Lark Galloway-
Gilliam Award for Advancing Health Equity Challenge (REACH Lark Award 
Challenge)

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On April 25, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human 
Services (HHS), published in the Federal Register a notice announcing 
the 2024 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Lark 
Galloway-Gilliam for Advancing Health Equity Award Challenge (REACH 
Lark Award Challenge). The CDC established a deadline date of June 21, 
2024, for the transmittal of applications. This notice extends the 
deadline date for applications through July 12, 2024.

DATES: The Challenge will accept applications through July 12, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stormie Israel, National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy. NE, Mailstop S107-5, Atlanta, 
GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-2964, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Award Approving Official: Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Administrator, Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
    On April 25, 2024, CDC published a Federal Register Notice (89 FR 
31751) announcing the 2024 REACH Lark Award Challenge. The CDC 
established a deadline date of June 21, 2024, for the transmittal of 
applications. This notice extends the deadline date for transmittal of 
applications until July 12, 2024. CDC is extending the deadline to 
allow additional time for interested applicants to participate.
    This biennial challenge was established in 2019 to recognize 
extraordinary individuals, organizations, or community coalitions 
associated with the REACH program whose work has contributed to the 
implementation of culturally tailored interventions that advance health 
equity, reduce health disparities, and increase community engagement to 
address preventable risk behaviors (e.g., tobacco use, poor nutrition, 
and physical inactivity).
    To participate and submit an application, interested parties should 
go to https://www.challenge.gov. All information for this competition 
remains the same, except for the deadline for the transmittal of 
applications.

General Conditions

    CDC reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the 
Challenge, or any part of it, for any reason, at CDC's sole discretion.
    Participation in this Challenge constitutes an applicants' full and 
unconditional agreement to abide by the Challenge's Official Rules 
found at https://www.Challenge.gov.

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    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.

Noah Aleshire,
Chief Regulatory Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-14727 Filed 7-3-24; 8:45 am]
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