32110 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 99 / Monday, May 22, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Advisory Committee for EnergyRelated Epidemiologic Research

(ACERER) and ACERER Subcommittee

for Community Affairs: Meetings

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following Federal

advisory committee meetings.

Name: Advisory Committee for

Energy-Related Epidemiologic Research

(ACERER) Subcommittee for

Community Affairs (SCA).

Time and Date: 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m., June

6, 2000.

Place: Sheraton Columbia Hotel,

10207 Wincopin Circle, Columbia,

Maryland 21044, telephone 410/730–

3900, fax 410/730–1290.

Status: Open to the public, limited

only by the space available. The meeting

room accommodates approximately 70

people.

Purpose: This subcommittee advises

ACERER on matters related to

community needs.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda

items will include a discussion of the

SCA recommendation concerning

cumulative risk and dose; an update

from CDC and the National Cancer

Institute program development planning

for communicating Iodine-131

exposures from nuclear weapons testing

fallout; a panel discussion on

community-based education and

capacity building; and an update on the

status and plans for CDC’s and ATSDR’s

mechanisms for public participation at

different Department of Energy sites.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:

Paul G. Renard, Executive Secretary,

SCA, ACERER, Radiation Studies

Branch, Division of Environmental

Hazards and Health Effects, National

Center for Environmental Health

(NCEH), CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE,

(E–39), Atlanta, Georgia 30333,

telephone 404/639–2550, fax 404/639–

2575.

Name: Advisory Committee for

Energy-Related Epidemiologic Research

(ACERER).

Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.,

June 7, 2000; 8 a.m.–5 p.m., June 8,

2000.

Place: Sheraton Columbia Hotel,

10207 Wincopin Circle, Columbia,

Maryland 21044, telephone 410/730–

3900, fax 410/730–1290.

Status: Open to the public, limited

only by the space available. The meeting

room accommodates approximately 70

people.

Purpose: This committee is charged

with providing advice and

recommendations to the Secretary,

Department of Health and Human

Services; and to the Director, CDC; and

the Administrator, Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry

(ATSDR), on establishment of a research

agenda and the conduct of a research

program pertaining to energy-related

epidemiologic studies.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda

items will include an update from the

ACERER Subcommittee for Management

Review of the Chernobyl Studies; an

update from the ACERER SCA; a report

on the status of the CDC report to

Congress on fallout; an update on the

Republic of the Marshall Islands Study;

an update on the Hanford Thyroid

Disease Study; and a workshop on the

consideration of targeted screening for

thyroid and parathyroid disease in a

higher risk population exposed to

Iodine-131.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:

Michael J. Sage, Executive Secretary,

ACERER, NCEH, CDC, 4700 Buford

Highway, NE, (F–29), Atlanta, Georgia

30333, telephone 770/488–7002, fax

770/488–7015.

The Director, Management Analysis

and Services Office, has been delegated

the authority to sign Federal Register

notices pertaining to announcements of

meetings and other committee

management activities for both the CDC

and ATSDR.

Dated: May 16, 2000.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Program Announcement No. ACF/ACYF/CB

FY 2000–01B]

Announcement of the Availability of

Financial Assistance and Request for

Applications To Support Adoption

Opportunities Demonstration Projects,

Child Abuse and Neglect Discretionary

Activities, Child Welfare Training

Projects, and Abandoned Infants

Assistance Awards.

AGENCY: Children’s Bureau,

Administration on Children, Youth and

Families, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Correction/cancellation.

SUMMARY: This document contains a

correction to the Notice that was

published in the Federal Register on

Thursday, April 13, 2000 (65 FR 19904).

The solicitation for competitive

proposals for priority area 2000A.2—

Operation of a National Adoption

Information Exchange System as a

freestanding entity is canceled.

The purposes of operating and

maintaining a National Adoption

Information Exchange System to bring

together children who would benefit

from adoption and qualified prospective

adoptive parents who are seeking

children and to conduct national

recruitment efforts in order to reach

prospective parents for children

awaiting adoption will be combined

with the task of continuing to develop

an Internet-based photo listing system.

Upon further consideration, it has been

decided that separating the photo listing

service from the exchange and database,

upon which it depends, would cause

serious confusion to State child welfare

agencies, would undermine the integrity

of what is a single effort to assist States

in inter-jurisdictional recruitment of

families, and would pose the possibility

of supporting duplicative projects.

Because the grant for the photo-listing

service will be awarded following

directions from Congress, the

competition for the exchange alone is

being canceled.

In accordance with the Department’s

Grants Policy Directive (GPD) 2.04(F),

and ad hoc review will be done on the

noncompetitive application for the

combined exchange and photo-listing

activities and a notification of the intent

to award the grant will be published in

the Federal Register prior to or

simultaneously with the award of this

grant. The notification will include, at a

minimum, the following information:

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(1) recipient’s name; (2) amount of

award; (3) project period; (4) reason for

no competition; and (5) the name and

address of the official to be contacted for

more information on this award.

The complete corrected current

availability of funds announcement

package is posted on the Children’s

Bureau website: http://

www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cb/policy/

cb200001.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

ACYF Operations Center at 1–800–351–

2293 or send an email to cb@lcgnet.com

or call Sally Flanzer, Children’s Bureau,

at 202–215–8914.

Dated: May 12, 2000.

Patricia Montoya,

Commissioner, Administration on Children,

Youth and Families.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Program Announcement No. ACYF–PA–

HS–2000–09]

Fiscal Year 2000 Discretionary

Announcement for the Head Start and

Early Head Starts—Higher Education

Faculty Initiative; Availability of Funds

and Request for Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth and Families, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Fiscal Year 2000 Discretionary

Announcement for the Early Childhood

Higher Education Faculty Initiative and

Request for Application.

Statutory Authority 42 U.S. 9801, et.

seq., The Head Start Act, as amended.

Catalog of Federal Deomestic

Assistance (CFDA): 93.600 Head Start

Act as amended.

SUMMARY: The Administration for

Children and Families, Administration

on Children, Youth and Families

announces the availability of $1 million

in funds to support one early childhood

faculty initiative through a cooperative

agreement. The cooperative agreement

will be funded to provide opportunities

for faculty in higher education to

enhance their skills, knowledge and

effectiveness as they teach teachers in

Head Start and Early Head Start

programs in order to insure better

outcomes for children. A cooperative

agreement is a form of Federal financial

assistance that allows substantial

Federal involvement in the activities for

which funds are awarded.

Note: In order to satisfactorily compete

under this announcement, it will be

necessary for potential applicants to read the

full announcement which is available

through the Head Start Bureau’s website:

www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb/announce/

index.htm. Hard copies of the application

may be obtained by writing or calling the

ACYF Operations Center or sending an Email to: hs@lcgnet.com.

DATES: The closing date and time for the

receipt of applications is 5:00 p.m.

(Eastern Time Zone) on July 11, 2000.

Applications received after the closing

date will be classified as late.

ADDRESSES: Mail applications to: ACYF

Operations Center, Attention: Early

Childhood Higher Education Faculty

Development Initiative Application,

1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 300,

Arlington, VA 22209 (1–800–351–2293).

Prior to preparing and submitting an

application, in order to satisfactorily

compete under this announcement, it

will be necessary for potential

applicants to read the full

announcement which is available

through the Head Start Bureau’s

website:www2.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/

hsb/announce/index.htm

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

ACYF Operations Center at: 1815 North

Fort Myer Drive, Suite 300, Arlington,

VA 22209 (1–800–351–2292) or

telephone: 1–800–351–2293– or Email:hs@lcgnet.com.

Eligible Applicants: Universities,

colleges, foundations, national

organizations, public and private nonprofit and for-profit agencies and

organizations.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this announcement is to

request applications for the design,

implementation and management

oversight for conducting Early

Childhood Higher Education Faculty

Initiative. The result of this initiative

will be to improve the quality and

effectiveness of child outcomes in Head

Start and Early Head Start and other

early childhood development programs

nationwide. This cooperative agreement

will be for a five year project period.

Federal Share of Project Costs: The

maximum Federal share is not to exceed

$1 million for the first 12-month budget

period and $1 million for each

succeeding 12-month period.

Matching Requirements: Non-Federal

match is not required.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be

funded: It is anticipated that one project

will be funded.

Evaluation Criteria

Applications received by the due date

will be reviewed and scored

competitively. Experts in the field,

generally persons from outside the

Federal government, will use the

evaluation criteria listed below.

Criterion 1. Objectives and Need for

Assistance: (25 Points)

The extent to which the application

identifies relevant physical, economic,

social, financial, institutional or other

problems requiring a grant;

demonstrates the need for assistance;

states the principal and subordinate

objectives of the project; provides

supporting documentation or other

testimonies from concerned interests

other than the applicant.

Criterion 2. Results or Benefits

Expected: (15 Points)

The extent to which the application

identifies the results and benefits to be

derived; describes the anticipated

contribution to policy, practice, theory

and/or research; specific benefits should

be described for faculty preparing Head

Start and Early Head Start teachers,

home visitors, and their supervisors and

the whole early childhood community

working with children birth through

five.

Criterion 3. Approach: (50 Points)

The extent to which the application

outlines an acceptable plan of action

pertaining to the scope of the project

which details how the proposed work

will be accomplished, including a

timeline; list of each organization,

consultants, including the evaluation

process, or other key individuals who

will work on the project along with a

short description of the nature of their

effort or contribution; assures the

adequacy of time devoted to the project

by key staff, the key staff should be

knowledgeable of Head Start and Early

Head Start, the applicant must fully

describe the approach and/or

methodology and delineate the

relationship of each task to the

accomplishment of the proposed

objectives. There should be evidence

that the planned approach reflects

sufficient input from collaborating

partners.

Criterion 4. Budget Appropriateness: (10

Points)

The extent to which the project’s costs

are reasonable in view of the activities

to be carried out and the anticipated

outcomes. The annual budget should

include the cost for staff members to

attend required conferences in the

Washington, DC area.

State Single Point of Contact (SPOC)

This program is covered under

Executive Order 12372,