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2. Technical Approach (30 percent)

a. The overall technical merit of the

research plan and the soundness and

scientific validity of the proposed

technologies. The research plan must be

thoroughly described and must include

a detailed explanation of the operating

principles of the technology to be

developed, and the rationale for

selecting the nutritional status marker to

be measured.

b. The adequacy of the research plan

includes the extent to which the

applicant has adequately addressed all

issues described and how well the

evaluation plan can be used to

effectively measure progress towards the

stated objectives.

c. The background of the application,

the critical evaluation of existing

knowledge, and the specific

identification of the knowledge gaps

which the application intends to

address.

3. Understanding the Problem (20

percent)

Applicant’s understanding of the

nature and difficulty of nutritional

assessments, and the special challenges

imposed in field settings for sample

collection, storage and transport,

maintenance, supply, and technical

support, and sustainability.

a. The clinical, nutritional,

biochemical, and practical basis for the

appropriate selection of measurement

parameters for the micronutrient(s)

addressed by the applicant.

b. The applicant’s demonstration of

an awareness and understanding of

strengths and weaknesses of previous

work related to the proposed

technology.

4. Program Personnel (10 percent)

The extent to which the application

has described:

a. The qualifications and commitment

of the applicant including training and

experience in chemistry, biochemistry,

biomedical engineering, medicine,

nutrition, or other relevant scientific

disciplines.

b. The qualifications of the proposed

key staff.

c. Detailed allocations of time and

effort of staff devoted to the project.

d. Information on how the applicant

will develop, implement, evaluate

progress, and administer the program.

e. The degree to which the applicant

has met the CDC Policy requirements

regarding the inclusion of women,

ethnic, and racial groups in the

proposed research. This includes:

(1) The proposed plan for the

inclusion of both sexes and racial and

ethnic minority populations for

appropriate representation.

(2) The proposed justification when

representation is limited or absent.

(3) A statement as to whether the

design of the study is adequate to

measure differences when warranted.

(4) A statement as to whether the

plans for recruitment and outreach for

study participants include the process

of establishing partnerships with

community(ies) and recognition of

mutual benefits.

5. Collaboration (5 percent)

Collaboration is encouraged to

accomplish the research objectives in a

timely manner. The applicant should

demonstrate the ability to collaborate

and/or form partnerships with

appropriate research centers,

manufacturers, or commercial interests

to conduct the described research and

development plan.

6. Plans to Publicize the Research

Effort (5 percent)

The applicant should provide an

explanation of plans to encourage the

publication of the research findings or

otherwise make the information

available to the public as soon as is

feasible within the limits of protecting

proprietary interests of the developer.

7. Human Subjects Protection (Not

Scored) 

Does the application adequately

address the requirements of Title 45

CFR Part 46 for the protection of human

subjects?

8. Budget (Not Scored)

The budget will be evaluated for the

extent to which it is reasonable, clearly

justified, and consistent with the

intended use of grant funds.

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of:

1. semiannual progress reports;

2. financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period; and

3. final financial status and

performance reports, no more than 90

days after the end of the project period.

Send all reports to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in the

‘‘Where to Obtain Additional

Information’’ section of this

announcement.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each, see Attachment I in the

application kit.

AR–1 Human Subjects Requirements

AR–2 Requirements for Inclusion of

Women and Racial and Ethnic

Minorities in Research

AR–3 Animal Subjects Requirements

AR–9 Paperwork Reduction Act

Requirements

AR–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR–11 Healthy People 2010

AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under

section 301(a) and 317 of the Public

Health Service Act, [42 U.S.C. section

241(a) and 247(b), as amended.] The

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

number is 93.283.

J. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

This and other CDC announcements

may be downloaded through the CDC

homepage on the Internet at http://

www.cdc.gov (click on funding). Please

refer to Program Announcement

Number 00077 when requesting

information. To receive an application

kit, call 1–888–GRANTS (1–888–472–

6874). You will be asked to leave your

name and address and will be instructed

to identify the Announcement number

of interest. If you have any questions

after reviewing the contents of all the

documents, business management

technical assistance may be obtained

from:

Sonia V. Rowell, Grants Management

Specialist, Procurement and Grants Office,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,

2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000,

Atlanta, GA 30341–4146, Telephone: (770)

488–2724, Email address: svp1@cdc.gov

For program technical assistance, contact:

Dayton T. Miller, Ph.D., Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford

Highway (F–18), Atlanta, Georgia 30341,

Telephone: (770) 488–4452, Email address:

dtm1@cdc.gov

Dated: May 3, 2000.

Henry S. Cassell, III,

Acting Director, Procurement and Grants

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Mental Health and Community Safety

Initiative for American Indian/Alaska

Native Children, Youth and Families

AGENCY: Indian Health Service.

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ACTION: Notice of funding availability

for competitive grants for the Mental

Health and Community Safety Initiative

for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/

AN) Children, Youth, and Families.

SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service

(IHS) announces the development of the

Mental Health and Community Safety

Initiative for American Indian/Alaska

Native (AI/AN) Children, Youth, and

Families and the availability of

competitive grants under this Initiative

for fiscal year (FY) 2000. Grants under

this Initiative will be administered by

the following Federal agencies: (1) The

IHS and Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA), United States Department

of Health and Human Services (HHS);

(2) Office of Community Oriented

Policing Services (COPS) and Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention (OJJDP), United States

Department of Justice (DOJ); and (3)

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education (OESE), United States

Department of Education (ED).

The Initiative will provide tribes and

tribal organizations with easy-to-access

assistance in developing innovative

strategies that focus on the mental

health, behavioral, substance abuse, and

community safety needs of AI/AN

young people and their families through

a coordinated Federal grant process.

Total funding available for the four

grant programs involved in the Initiative

is $4.13 million.

Coordination of this effort has been

initiated through the White House

Domestic Policy Council and was

announced at the June 7, 1999, White

House Conference on Mental Health.

The primary purpose of the Initiative

is to promote Indian youth mental

health, education, and substance abuserelated (alcohol as well as drug abuse)

services, and to support juvenile

delinquency prevention and

intervention through the creation and

implementation of culturally sensitive

programs. Grant funds will be available

beginning in FY 2000 and a coordinated

grant program will continue over a

three-year period.

The Initiative will support tribes in

providing a range of youth support

services and programs to address the

mental health and related needs of AI/

AN young people and their families

through various settings within the

community, such as in the home, in the

schools, in violence prevention

education programs, in health care

treatment programs, and in the juvenile

justice system.

Interagency programs included in this

effort have been selected based upon

their combined potential to address

comprehensively mental health,

juvenile justice, substance abuse, and

related issues. As part of this Initiative,

tribes are encouraged to promote

coordination and collaboration among

the local programs that serve young

people in their communities.

Tribes may apply for one or more of

the grant programs included in the

Initiative to address their programmatic

needs. In submitting an application or

applications, tribes should identify the

complex community issues involved

and demonstrate how the proposed

application(s) will provide for a

comprehensive approach to addressing

and attempting to solve these issues.

Government Agencies Providing Grants

Funding

A. HHS Agencies Providing Grant

Funding for the Initiative are: the IHS

and the SAMHSA

1. IHS

The IHS announces the availability of

$1.13 million in FY 2000 for

competitive grant awards for the AI/AN

Mental Health Grants Program. Under

this program, tribes and tribal

organizations will be considered for two

types of projects:

∑ Mental Health Projects will provide

demonstration projects that serve the

AI/AN children and youth involved

with the juvenile justice system and

their families. These projects should be

targeted at providing culturally relevant

systems of care resulting in reduced

hospitalization, better casemanagement, and increased family

participation in the treatment process.

∑ Child Abuse and Neglect Projects

will provide projects that develop

screening, evaluation, and referral

systems in collaboration with tribal

child protection teams for AI/AN

children and youth in the juvenile

justice system who have been abused

and/or neglected. The grantee would be

required to initiate the development of

prevention programs targeting children

and families at risk for abuse and

neglect.

This program is included in the

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

under #93.228. The deadline for receipt

of applications is June 2, 2000.

For information regarding the IHS

program, contact Lahoma Roebuck,

Division of Clinical and Preventive

Services, Indian Health Service, 5600

Fishers Ln., Rm. 6A–20, Rockville, MD

20857, (301) 443–1068, Fax: (301) 594–

6213, e-mail: LRoebuck@hqe.ihs.gov

2. SAMHSA

The Center for Mental Health Service

in partnership with the Center for

Substance Abuse Treatment and the

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

has available approximately $450,000 in

FY 2000 for 1-year grant awards to tribal

and urban Indian communities for the

AI/AN Youth Priority Initiative. The

average award may range from $50,000

to $150,000 depending on the size of the

identified service population of the

applicant.

This Initiative supports the adoption

of exemplary practices related to the

delivery and organization of services for

AI/AN youth with serious emotional

and substance abuse problems.

Applicants must identify an exemplary

practice specific to the needs of the AI/

AN youth, and demonstrate the

involvement of the tribal leadership, as

well as education; law enforcement; and

substance abuse, health, social services,

and mental health entities in the

community. Examples of an exemplary

practice include: wrap-around, multisystemic treatment, or case management

services to improve access to services,

increase family voice in the system of

care, and reduce institutional

placements; mentoring programs;

culturally specific programs to restore

rites of passage and intergenerational

support; and gathering of Native

American programs to convene youth

serving programs; and peer counseling

programs.

This program is described in the

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

under #93.230. Deadline date for receipt

of applications is May 10, 2000.

For information regarding the

SAMHSA program, contact Jill Shepard

Erickson, MSW Public Health Advisor,

Child, Adolescent and Family Branch,

Center for Mental Health Services,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration, Suite 11 C–16,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Ln.,

Rm. 6A–54, Rockville, MD 20857, (301)

443–1333, Fax: (301) 443–3693, email:jerickso@samhsa.gov

B. DOJ Agencies Providing Grant

Funding for the Initiative are: the COPS

and the OJJDP

1. COPS

The COPS announces the availability

of $1.5 million for the Mental Health

and Community Safety Initiative for AI/

AN Children, Youth and Families.

Grants will be awarded for salaries and

benefits for new police officers, as well

as law enforcement training and

equipment, including technology and

vehicles, for new and existing police

officers. It is expected that resources

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funded under this program (officer

positions, equipment and/or training)

will be used to meet the mental health,

behavioral, and substance abuse needs

for Native American youth and their

families and provide a range of youth

support services and programs both in

the community and in the school arena.

Sworn police officers may be deployed

as Community Resource Officers or as

School Resource Officers to engage in

community policing activities. Salaries

and benefits cover a 3-year period. A

25% local match requirement may be

waived on the basis of demonstrated

fiscal distress. All applicants must

submit a written plan to retain their

COPS-funded officer positions after

Federal funding has ended.

Grants funded under the COPS

initiative will be supplemented with

$50,000 provided by OESE, ED, from FY

2000 Safe and Drug-free Schools and

Communities Act National Program

funds. These funds will be awarded to

the recipients of COPS funds under this

initiative and will be used to support

alcohol, tobacco, and other drug or

violence prevention activities in schoolbased settings to be implemented by

police officers supported by COPS

funds.

This program is described in the

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

under #16710. The deadline for receipt

of applications is May 26, 2000.

Contact for the COPS program: June

Kress, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services

(COPS), U.S. Department of Justice,

1100 Vermont Avenue, NW 9th Floor,

Washington, DC 20530, (202) 616–2915,

Fax: (202) 616–9612, e-mail:

june.kress2@usdoj.gov.

2. OJJDP

The purpose of the Tribal Youth

Program (TYP) is to support and

enhance tribal efforts for comprehensive

delinquency prevention and control and

for juvenile justice system improvement

for Native American youth. In FY 2000,

$1 million of the total appropriation for

the TYP has been set aside to provide

mental health services to youth in Tribal

and/or State juvenile justice systems.

The programs or projects to be funded

must provide mental health services

through one or more of the following

activities:

(1) Reduce, control, and prevent crime

and delinquency both by and against

tribal youth;

(2) Provide interventions for courtinvolved tribal youth;

(3) Improve tribal juvenile justice

systems; and

(4) Provide prevention programs

focusing on alcohol and drugs.

The description for this program is

located in #16.731 in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance. The

deadline for receipt of applications for

this TYP Mental Health Initiative is June

15, 2000.

For more information, please contact:

Chyrl Andrews, Acting Tribal Youth

Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and

Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), State

Relations and Assistance Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, 810 Seventh

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20531,

202–307–5924, Fax: (202) 307–2819, email: andrewsc@ojp.usdoj.gov

Distribution of Grant Application Kits

The IHS, SAMHSA, COPS, and OJJDP

are preparing a single, consolidated

grant application package that will

include the program announcement and

application kit for each of the four grant

programs described above. The

consolidated application package will

be distributed in early May 2000. A

package will be sent directly to (1) the

Tribal Chairman of every federally

recognized tribe; (2) the Director of

every tribal organization as defined by

section 4(1) of Pub. L. 93–638, Indian

Self-Determination and Education

Assistance Act, as amended, and (3) the

Director of every tribal health

department.

To request additional application

packages, please contact: Office of

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention, Juvenile Justice

Clearinghouse, 2277 Research

Boulevard, Rockville, Maryland 20850,

Reference: White House Initiative on

Mental Health (Solicitation #410),

Telephone: 1–800–683–8736.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Michel E. Lincoln,

Deputy Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Notice of Meetings

Pursuant to Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given of the following

meetings of SAMHSA Special Emphasis

Panels I in May and June 2000.

A summary of the meetings and a

roster of the members may be obtained

from: Ms. Coral Sweeney, Review

Specialist, SAMHSA, Office of Policy

and Program Coordination, Division of

Extramural Activities, Policy, and

Review, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17–

89, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

Telephone: 301–443–2998.

Substantive program information may

be obtained from the individual named

as Contact for the meeting listed below.

The meetings will include the review,

discussion and evaluation of individual

grant applications. These discussions

could reveal personal information

concerning individuals associated with

the applications. Accordingly, these

meetings are concerned with matters

exempt from mandatory disclosure in

Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (6) and 5 U.S.C.

App.2, § 10(d).

Committee Name: SAMHSA Special

Emphasis Panel I (SEP I).

Meeting Dates: May 15–19, 2000.

Place: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill

Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Closed: May 15–19, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5

p.m./adjournment.

Panel: Targeted Capacity Expansion, PA

00–001.

Contact: Peggy Thompson, Lead Review

Administrator, Room 17–89, Parklawn Bldg.

Telephone: 301–443–9912 / FAX: 301–443–

3437.

Committee Name: SAMHSA Special

Emphasis Panel I (SEP I).

Meeting Dates: May 23–26, 2000.

Place: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill

Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Closed: May 23–26, 2000.

Panel: Centers for the Application of

Prevention Technologies, SP 00–005.

Contact: Peggy Riccio, Review

Administrator, Room 17–89, Parklawn

Building, 301–443–9996 and FAX 301–443–

3437.

Committee Name: SAMHSA Special

Emphasis Panel I (SEP I).

Meeting Dates: June 5–8, 2000.

Place: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill

Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Closed: June 5–8, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m./

Adjournment.

Panel: State Incentive Program, SP 00–004.

Contact: Stanley Kusnetz, Review

Administrator, (301) 443–3042, Parklawn

Building, Room 17–89.

Committee Name: SAMHSA, Special

Emphasis Panel I (SEP I).

Meeting Dates: June 12–15, 2000.

Place: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill

Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Closed: June 12–15, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5

p.m./Adjournment.

Panel: Community Action Grants for

Service Systems Change, CMHS PA 00–003.

Contact: Raquel Crider, Review

Administrator, (301) 443–5063, Parklawn

Building, Room 17–89.

Committee Name: SAMHSA Special

Emphasis Panel I (SEP I).

Meeting Dates: June 19–23, 2000.

Place: Bethesda Marriott, 5151 Pooks Hill

Road, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Closed: June 19–23, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5:00

p.m./Adjournment.

Panel: Community Action Grants for

Service Systems Change, CSAT PA 00–002.