[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67942-67943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18782]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Notice of Award of a Sole Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund 
the CDC Foundation

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located 
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the 
award of approximately $17,000,000, with an expected total funding of 
approximately $68,000,000 over a four-year period, to the National 
Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Inc 
(CDCF). The award will use a national public health organization to 
strengthen the capacity of state, local and territorial public health 
departments to implement overdose surveillance and prevention 
strategies through increased staffing support and strengthen efforts to 
build and maintain public health/public safety partnerships.

DATES: The period for this award will be September 30, 2024, through 
September 29, 2028.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cherie Rooks-Peck, National Center of 
Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy., Atlanta, GA 30341 USA, Telephone: (404) 
639-6429, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The sole source award will use a national 
organization to support state, local and territorial health departments 
in their implementation of evidence-based overdose prevention and 
response activities and enhance their partnerships with public safety. 
Through this project, CDC will support the awardee to (1) hire, train, 
and support staff for positions supporting critical overdose 
surveillance and prevention activities; (2) build, enhance, maintain 
vital partnerships with public safety entities; (3) strengthen 
collaborations between the health

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department and other public health and community partners; and (4) 
provide technical assistance to field staff.
    The National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control & 
Prevention, Inc (CDCF) is the only entity that can carry out this work 
because they have earned the trust of health departments and their 
partners and have been supporting them with this very need by 
strengthening the public health infrastructure, systems and services 
for overdose prevention and surveillance efforts for five years through 
CDC-RFA-OT18-1802. CDCF has a proven track record of successfully 
recruiting, training, retaining, and building capacity of the public 
health workforce to support overdose prevention programs such as 
Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) and the Overdose Response Strategy 
(ORS)and has established a clear process for infrastructure and 
capacity building needs. CDCF is widely recognized by public health 
entities and partners and is the only organization that was created by 
Congress to mobilize philanthropic and private-sector resources to 
support the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) critical 
health protection work which has been critical in allowing this program 
to support capacity building within state, tribal, local, and 
territorial health departments and partnership development across all 
facets of public health.

Summary of the Award

    Recipient: National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control 
& Prevention, Inc. (CDCF).
    Purpose of the Award: The purpose of this award is to support a 
national organization that will work with state, local and territorial 
health departments in their implementation of evidence-based overdose 
prevention and response activities that support OD2A in States, OD2A: 
LOCAL, and ORS recipients through staffing support and enhance their 
partnerships with public safety entities. CDCF will also provide 
training and technical assistance opportunities to field staff to 
enhance their capacity to support the implementation of evidence-based 
overdose prevention and response activities, and engage in various 
evaluation, reporting, communication, and dissemination activities to 
demonstrate the reach, success, and effectiveness of these capacity 
building activities.
    Amount of Award: $17,000,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2024 
funds, with a total estimated $68,000,000 for the four-year period of 
performance, subject to availability of funds.
    Authority: This program is authorized under section 392(b)(1) and 
(2) of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 280b-0(b)(1) and 
(2)) and section 301(a) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 241(a)).
    Period of Performance: September 30, 2024, through September 29, 
2028.

    Dated: August 14, 2024.
Terrance Perry,
Acting Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-18782 Filed 8-21-24; 8:45 am]
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