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Subject: Implementation of the

Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act

of 1999 (CS Docket No. 99–363).

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Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Office of Public Health and Science;

Availability of Funds and Requests for

Applications for Cooperative

Agreements for the National

Community Centers of Excellence

(CCOE) in Women’s Health Program

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office

of Public Health and Science, Office on

Women’s Health.

Purpose

To provide recognition and funding to

community-based programs that unite

promising approaches in women’s

health across five components: (1)

Comprehensive health service delivery,

(2) training for lay and professional

health providers, (3) community-based

research, (4) public education/outreach,

and (5) leadership development for

women as health care consumers and

providers. The focus of the CCOE

initiative is not to develop new

programs or to fund direct service or

research, but rather to integrate,

coordinate, and strengthen linkages

between activities that are already

underway in the community in order to

reduce fragmentation in women’s health

services and activities. Another major

purpose of the CCOE program is to

foster the replication of promising

models and strategies that coordinate

and integrate women’s health activities

at the community level and improve

health outcomes for underserved

women.

The CCOE program addresses

women’s health from a womencentered, holistic, multi-disciplinary,

and community-based perspective (see

definitions below). Women’s health

issues are defined in the context of

women’s lives, including their multiple

social roles and the importance of

relationships with other people to their

lives. This definition of women’s health

encompasses both mental and physical

health (including oral health) and spans

the life course.

The CCOE program will operate under

cooperative agreements, to allow a

collaborative relationship between the

CCOE and the federal agencies. The

funding agencies of the Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS)

include the Office on Women’s Health;

the Office of Minority and Women’s

Health in the Bureau of Primary Health

Care of the Health Resources and

Services Administration; and the Office

of Minority Health. These agencies will

provide technical assistance and

oversight as necessary for the

implementation, conduct, and

assessment of program activities.

HHS is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of Healthy People

2010. Emphasis will be placed on

aligning activities and programs with

the Healthy People 2010: Goal 2—

eliminating health disparities due to

age, gender, race/ethnicity, education,

income, disability, living in rural

localities, or sexual orientation. More

information on the Healthy People 2010

objectives may be found on the Health

People 2010 web site: http://

www.health.gov/healthypeople. Copies

of the Healthy People 2010: Conference

Edition Volumes I and II can be

purchased by calling (301) 468–5960

(cost $22.00). The reference document

entitled ‘‘Healthy People 2010:

Understanding and Improving Health’’

is available for $9.00. Another reference

is the Healthy People 2000 Review—

1998–99. One free copy may be obtained

from the National Center for Health

Statistics (NCHS), 6525 Belcrest Road,

Room 1064, Hyattsville, MD 20782 or

telephone (301) 436–8500 (*DHHS

Publication No,. (PHS) 99–1256). This

document may also be downloaded

from the NCHS web site: http://

www.cdc.gov/nchs.

Program Goals

1. Reducing the fragmentation of

services and access barriers that women

encounter by providing a framework for

the coordination and integration of

comprehensive health services with

research, training, and leadership

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activities in the community to advance

women’s health.

2. Creating healthier communities

with a more integrated and coordinated

infrastructure for women’s health

targeted at underserved women.

3. Empowering underserved women

as health care consumers and decisionmakers.

4. Increasing the women’s health

knowledge base with rigorous,

community-based research that reflects

the health needs and issues of

underserved women.

5. Increasing the number of health

professionals who have training in

working with underserved

communities, boosting the number of

girls who pursue health careers, and

increasing the leadership skills and

opportunities for women in the

community and those who provide

health services to the community.

6. Spreading the successes of model

women’s health strategies and new

innovations to communities across the

country.

7. Eliminating health disparities for

women who are underserved due to age,

gender, race/ethnicity, education,

income, disability, living in rural

localities, or sexual orientation.

Background

The National Centers of Excellence in

Women’s Health (CoEs) have been

functioning in academic health centers

since 1996. The unique feature of the

CoE program has been the way it has

brought together the disparate set of

women’s health activities that take place

in academic health centers: linking

together women’s health research,

medical education, clinical services,

community outreach, and leadership

development for women in academic

medicine to create a more dynamic and

informed system of care. The primary

role of the CoEs has been to unite

women’s health activities and programs,

promote multi-disciplinary and crossdepartmental collaborations, and

institutionalize a more integrative

approach to women’s health in

academic health centers. The success of

the CoE model has been rooted in this

integrative approach.

The intent of the National Community

Centers of Excellence in Women’s

Health Program (CCOE) is to maintain

an emphasis on the linkage,

coordination, and sharing of knowledge

between different activities in women’s

health. Like the CoE program, the CCOE

program will use an integrative

approach, with the funding focused on

linking activities rather than on creating

new ones from the ground up. The

CCOE program will adopt the

components of the CoE Program

(women’s health research, health

provider training, comprehensive

clinical services, community outreach,

and leadership development), but will

focus on the community-based

organization as the nucleus for

operationalizing the new model. The

CCOE program will also add a technical

assistance component, so that the

lessons learned from this unique model

can be replicated in other communities

around the country.

The CCOE program will be distinct

from the CoE program in two important

ways:

1. Applicants must be a community

hospital, community health center, or

other community-based organization.

One award will be reserved for a

community health center funded under

Section 330 of the Public Health Service

Act. Applications from academic health

centers or organizations that are part of

academic health centers will not be

accepted as the CoE model is designed

for such organizations.

2. To increase the geographic range of

the Center of Excellence model,

applications will be accepted from

organizations in all of the American

States and Territories except those that

currently have CoE programs including

CA, CT, IL, IN, LA, MA, MI, NC, PA, PR,

WA, and WI.

As noted in Healthy People 2010,

which outlines the health goals for our

Nation, most successful community

health initiatives involve multiple

disciplines and interventions, linking

community strengths and resources so

that the whole is indeed greater than the

sum of its parts. The CCOE program will

link resources across women’s health

activities and disciplines to increase

awareness/ knowledge, and to move

women’s health efforts forward more

efficiently.

Eligible Applicants

Applicants must be a public or private

nonprofit community-based hospital,

community health center, or

community-based organization serving

underserved women. Academic health

centers or organizations that are part of

academic health centers are not eligible

for funds under this announcement. To

increase the geographic range of the

overall Center of Excellence model,

applications will be accepted from

organizations in all of the American

States and Territories except those

which already have a National Center of

Excellence in Women’s Health (CoE)

program. Thus applications will not be

accepted from programs in the following

states: CA, CT, IL, IN, LA, MA, MI, NC,

PA, PR, WA, WI. One award will be

reserved for a community health center

funded under section 330 of the Public

Health Service Act.

Deadline

To receive consideration, applications

must be received by June 30, 2000 at 2

p.m. (Eastern Time). Applications will

be considered as meeting the deadline if

they are: (1) Received on or before the

deadline date, or (2) postmarked on or

before the deadline date and received in

time for orderly processing. A legibly

dated receipt from a commercial carrier

or U.S. Postal Service will be accepted

in lieu of a postmark. Private metered

postmarks will not be accepted as proof

of timely mailing. Application

submitted by facsimile transmission

(FAX) or any other electronic format

will not be accepted. Applications

which do not meet the deadline will be

considered late and will be returned to

the applicant unread.

Addresses/Contacts

Applications must be prepared using

Form PHS 5161–1 (Revised June 1999).

Application kits and questions

regarding programmatic information

and/or requests for technical assistance

in the preparation of grant applications

should be directed in writing to Ms.

Anna Kindermann, Division of Program

Management, Office on Women’s

Health, Parklawn Building, Room 16A–

55, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville MD

20857, email:

akindermann@osophs.dhhs.gov.

Completed applications are to be

submitted to: Ms. Anna Kindermann,

Division of Program Management, Office

on Women’s Health, Parklawn Building,

Room 16A–55, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville MD 20857.

Technical assistance on budget and

business aspects of the application may

be obtained from Ms. Carolyn A.

Williams, Grants Management Officer,

Division of Management Operations,

Office of Minority Health, Office of

Public Health and Science, Rockville,

MD, 20852, telephone (301) 594–0758,

Ext. 157.

Availability of Funds

Approximately $450,000 is available

for award in FY 2000 under this

announcement. It is projected that

awards of up to $150,000 total costs

(direct and indirect) for a 12-month

period will be made to approximately 3

competing applicants.

Period of Support

The start date for the cooperative

agreement is September 30, 2000.

Support may be requested for a total

project period not to exceed 5 years.

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Noncompeting continuation awards of

up to $150,000 will be made subject to

satisfactory performance and

availability of funds.

Use of Grant Funds

Project Requirements

The major component of a CCOE

program must consist of activities aimed

at developing and strengthening a

framework for bringing together a

comprehensive array of services for

women, and connecting those with

promising strategies to: train a cadre of

health care providers that are capable of

addressing underserved women’s health

needs at the community level with an

emphasis on prevention or moderation

of illness or injury that appear

controllable through individual

knowledge and behavior; conduct

participatory, community-based

research in women’s health; enhance

public education and outreach activities

in women’s health with an emphasis on

prevention or moderation of illness or

injury that appear controllable through

individual knowledge and behavior; and

promote leadership/career development

for women in the health professions and

women/girls in the community. A

project may develop outreach and

education materials, training programs,

and leadership development activities/

materials. Award recipients must also,

with input from community

representatives, put into place and track

a set of measurable objectives for

improving health outcomes and

decreasing health disparities for

underserved women in the community.

Each CCOE must also demonstrate an

ability to foster the transfer of lessons

learned and successful strategies. These

may include either process-based

lessons (for example: How to bring

multiple community partners together)

or outcomes-based lessons (for example:

How to increase diabetes screening and

control through improved outreach,

education, and treatment). The CCOEs

must foster the replication of promising

models from their sites through

activities such as showcasing them at

meetings and workshops; providing

direct technical assistance to other

communities; developing replication

guides/materials; and providing

technical assistance to health

professionals, directly or through their

professional organizations, interested in

working with under-served women in

the community.

Use of Funds

A majority (75%) of the funds from

the CCOE award must be targeted at

staffing and efforts aimed at

coordinating and integrating the major

components of the CCOE program. The

remainder (25%) of the award funding

must be targeted at staff and efforts to

foster the transfer of lessons learned/

successful strategies from the CCOE

program.

Funds may be used to cover costs of

personnel, consultants, supplies

(including screening, education, and

outreach supplies), equipment, and

grant related travel. Funds may not be

used for construction, building

alterations, medical treatment, or

renovations. All budget requests must

be fully justified in terms of the

proposed goals and objectives and

include a computational explanation of

how costs were determined.

Criteria for Evaluating Applications

Review of Applications

Applications will be screened upon

receipt. Those that are judged to be

incomplete, non-responsive to the

announcement or nonconforming will

be returned without comment. Accepted

application will be reviewed for

technical merit in accordance with PHS

policies. Applications will be evaluated

by a technical review panel composed

of government experts in the fields of

program management, community

service delivery, community outreach,

health education, community research,

and community leadership

development. Consideration will be

given to applicants that demonstrate

progress toward eliminating health

disparities through the integration of

services, research, education, training,

and leadership/career development.

Preference will also be given to

applicants located in rural, medically

underserved areas. Applicants are

advised to pay close attention to the

specific program guidelines and general

instructions in the application kit.

Application Requirements

Each applicant for a cooperative

agreement funded under this

announcement must:

1. Be a sustainable organization with

an established network of partnering

organizations capable of ensuring a

coordinated women’s health system in

the community. The network of

partnering organizations must have the

capacity to plan and coordinate

comprehensive health services (as

defined below) for women and unite

them with community-based women’s

health research, teaching/training

opportunities in community women’s

health, leadership opportunities for

women in health, and community

outreach/education activities in

women’s health.

2. Demonstrate the ways in which the

organization and the care that is

coordinated through its partners are

women-focused and sensitive to the

importance of patient/provider

communication/ relationships for

medically underserved women of all

ages. The care that is coordinated

through this organization must be

focused on health promotion, disease

prevention, and treatment.

3. Detail/specify the roles and

resources that each partnership

organization will bring to the project

and state the duration and terms of

agreement, as confirmed by a signed

agreement between the applicant

organization and each partner. The

documents must be signed by

individuals with the authority to

represent the organization (e.g.,

president chief executive officer,

executive director).

Application Review Criteria: The

technical review of applications will

consider the following factors:

Factor 1: Background—10%

Adequacy of demonstrated knowledge

of systems of health care for

underserved women at the local level;

demonstrated need within the proposed

community and target population of

underserved women; demonstrated

support and established linkages in

order to conduct proposed National

Community Center of Excellence in

Women’s Health model; extent and

documented outcome of past efforts/

activities with underserved women.

Factor 2: Objectives—10%

Merit of the objectives outlined by the

applicant to address the CCOE program

goals (outlined above) in a way relevant

to community needs and resources.

Objectives should be measurable and

attainable in the stated time frame.

Factor 3: Methodology—55%

I. Extent to which the applicant

demonstrates access to medically

underserved women.

II. Soundness of pre-existing

community resources and linkages that

can be built upon and coordinated to

meet the requirements of the CCOE

program.

III. Appropriateness of proposed

approach and specific activities

described to address each element of the

National Community Center of

Excellence in Women’s Health program

including 1.comprehensive women’s

health services, 2. public outreach and

education, 3. training for professional

and lay health care workers working

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with underserved women, 4.

participatory community-based

research, 5. leadership/career

development for women providers, and

women/girls in the community, and 6.

ability to train others in lessons learned

and replication of successful strategies.

IV. Soundness of evaluation

objectives for measuring program

effectiveness and changes in health

outcomes.

Factor 4: Management Plan—15%

Applicant organization’s capability to

manage and evaluate the project as

determined by: the qualifications of

proposed staff or requirements for ‘‘to be

hired’’ staff, proposed staff level of

effort, management experience of the

lead agency; and the experience of each

partnership organization as it relates to

its defined roles and to the National

Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

model.

Factor 5: Evaluation—10%

Thoroughness, feasibility and

appropriateness of the evaluation

design, and data collection and analysis

procedures for the establishment of a

National Community Center of

Excellence in Women’s Health.

Potential for replication of the project

for similar target populations and

communities.

Award Criteria

Funding decisions will be determined

by the Director, Division for Program

Management, Office on Women’s

Health, and will take under

consideration: the recommendations

and ratings of the review panel; funding

preference; geographic distribution; and

health problem areas having the greatest

impact on women’s health.

Consideration will be given to projects

proposed to be implemented in

Empowerment Zones, Enterprise

Communities; and preference to those in

rural, medically underserved areas.

Definitions

For the purposes of this cooperative

agreement program, the following

definitions are provided:

Community-based: In which the locus

of control and decision-making powers

are located at the community level,

representing the community or a

significant segment of the community.

Community-based Organization:

Public and private, non-profit

organizations which are representative

of communities or significant segments

of communities.

Community health center: A

community-based organization that

provides comprehensive primary care

and preventive services to medically

underserved populations. This includes

but is not limited to Federally Qualified

health centers, Federally Qualified

health center look-alike, Migrant Health

Centers, Primary Care Public Housing

Health Centers, Healthcare for the

Homeless Centers, and other

community-based health centers.

Comprehensive women’s health

services: Services including, but going

beyond traditional reproductive health

services to address the health needs of

underserved women in the context of

their lives, including a recognition of

the importance of relationships in

women’s lives, and the fact that women

play the role of health providers and

decision-makers for the family. Services

include basic primary care services;

acute, chronic, and preventive services;

mental and dental health services;

patient education and counseling;

promotion of healthy behaviors (like

nutrition, smoking cessation, substance

abuse services); and enabling services.

Ancillary services are also provided

such as laboratory tests, X-ray,

environmental, and pharmacy services.

Coordinated care: The formal

linkages, case management services,

partnering arrangements, and patient

advocate supports that rationalize

women’s health resources and help

underserved women to navigate through

the comprehensive health services they

need. Community-based organizations

are expected to coordinate with State

and local health departments, nonprofit

organizations, academic institutions, or

other local organizations in the

community as appropriate.

Culturally competent: Information

and services provided in the language,

educational, and cultural context that is

most appropriate for the individuals for

whom the information and services are

intended.

Enabling services: Services that help

women access health care, such as

transportation, translation, child care,

and case management.

Healthy People 2010: A set of national

health objectives that outlines the

prevention agenda for the Nation.

Healthy People 2010 identifies the most

significant preventable threats to health

and establishes national goals for the

next ten years. Individuals, groups, and

organizations are encouraged to

integrate Healthy People 2010 into

current programs, special events,

publications, and meetings. Businesses

can use the framework, for example, to

guide worksite health promotion

activities as well as community-based

initiatives. Schools, colleges, and civic

and faith-based organizations can

undertake activities to further the health

of all members of their community.

Health care providers can encourage

their patients to pursue healthier

lifestyles and to participate in

community-based programs. By

selecting from among the national

objectives, individuals and

organizations can build an agenda for

community health improvement and

can monitor results over time.

Holistic: Looking at women’s health

from the perspective of the whole

person and not as a group of different

body parts. It includes mental as well as

physical health.

Integrated: In the CCOE context, the

bringing together of the numerous

spheres of activity that touch women’s

health, including clinical services,

research, health training, public health

outreach and education, and leadership

development for women. The goal of

this approach is to unite the strengths of

each of these areas, and create a more

informed and efficient system of

women’s health for underserved

women.

Multi-disciplinary: An approach that

is based on the recognition that

women’s health crosses many

disciplines, and that women’s health

issues need to be addressed across

multiple disciplines, such as adolescent

health, geriatrics, cardiology, mental

health, reproductive health, nutrition,

dermatology, endocrinology,

immunology, rheumatology, etc.

Participatory, community-based

research: Research in which community

members participate on equal footing, to

maximize the potential for exchange in

knowledge and implementation of

research findings. Community members

work with researchers to help determine

research issues, shape the research

process/ objectives, and bring research

results back to the community. The

shared goal is to maintain scientific

rigor in the research methods, while

also incorporating the skills, knowledge,

and strengths of the participants/

beneficiaries of the research. There is an

emphasis on ensuring that research

results are translated into practice and

communicated back to the community.

Sustainability: An organization’s or

program’s staying power: the capacity to

maintain both the financial resources

and the partnerships/linkages needed to

provide the services demanded by the

CCOE program. It also involves the

ability to survive change, incorporate

needed changes, and seize opportunities

provided by a changing environment.

Underserved Women: In the context

of the CCOE model, women who

encounter barriers to health care that

result from any combination of the

following characteristics: poverty,

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ethnicity and culture, mental or

physical state, housing status,

geographic location, language, sexual

orientation, age, and lack of health

insurance.

Women-centered: Addressing the

needs and concerns of women in an

environment that is welcoming to

women, fosters a commitment to

women, treats women with dignity, and

empowers women through respect and

education. The emphasis is on working

with women not for women. Women

clients are considered active partners in

their own health and wellness.

Reporting and Other Requirements

General Reporting Requirements

In addition to those listed above, a

successful applicant will submit an

annual progress report, an annual

Financial Status Report, and a final

Progress Report and a final Financial

Status Report in the format established

by the Office on Women’s Health, in

accordance with provisions of the

general regulations which apply under

‘‘Monitoring and Reporting Program

Performance,’’ 45 CFR part 74, Subpart

J and Part 92

Provision of Smoke-Free Workplace and

Nonuses of Tobacco Products by

Recipients of PHS Grants

HHS strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and to promote the nonuse of

all tobacco products. In addition, Public

Law 103–227, the Pro-Children Act of

1994, prohibits smoking in certain

facilities (or in some cases, any portion

of a facility) in which regular or routine

education, library, day care, health care

or early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

This program is subject to the Public

Health Systems Reporting

Requirements. Under these

requirements, a community-based nongovernmental applicant must prepare

and submit a Public Health System

Impact Statement (PHSIS). The PHSIS is

intended to provide information to State

and local health officials to keep them

apprised on proposed health services

grant applications submitted by

community-based non-governmental

organizations within their jurisdictions.

Community-based, non-governmental

applicants are required to submit, no

later than the Federal due date for

receipt of the application, the following

information to the head of the

appropriate state and local health

agencies in the area(s) to be impacted:

(a) a copy of the face page of the

application (SF 424), (b) a summary of

the project (PHSIS), not to exceed one

page, which provides: (1) A description

of the population to be served, (2) a

summary of the services to be provided,

(3) a description of the coordination

planned with the appropriate state or

local health agencies. Copies of the

letters forwarding the PHSIS to these

authorities must be contained in the

application materials submitted to the

Office on Women’s Health.

State Reviews

This program is subject to the

requirements of Executive Order 12372

which allows States the option of setting

up a system for reviewing applications

from within their States for assistance

under certain Federal programs. The

application kit to be made available

under this notice will contain a listing

of States which have chosen to set up

a review system and will include a State

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) in the

State for review. Applicants (other than

federally recognized Indian tribes)

should contact their SPOCs as early as

possible to alert them to the prospective

applications and receive any necessary

instructions on the State process. For

proposed projects serving more than one

State, the applicant is advised to contact

the SPOC of each affected State. The

due date for State process

recommendations is 60 days after the

application deadline. The Office on

Women’s Health does not guarantee that

it will accommodate or explain its

responses to State process

recommendations received after that

date. (See ‘‘Intergovernmental Review of

Federal Programs,’’ Executive Order

12372, and 45 CFR Part 100 for a

description of the review process and

requirements.)

Authority: This program is authorized by

42 U.S.C. 300u–2(a)(1), 300u–3, and 300u–

6(e).

OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance

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Dated: May 11, 2000.

David Satcher,

Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon

General.

[FR Doc. 00–12462 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–17–U

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Program Announcement No. ACF/ACYF/HS

2000–08]

FY 2000 Announcement of Financial

Assistance To Expand Head Start

Enrollment

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth and Families (ACYF), ACF,

DHHS.

ACTION: FY 2000 Announcement of

financial assistance to expand Head

Start enrollment.

SUMMARY: The Head Start Bureau of the

Administration on Children, Youth and

Families announces that competing

applications will be accepted to fund

Head Start programs to serve Federallyrecognized Indian reservations and

Alaska Native villages not currently

served by Head Start and areas where

Head Start services are not available for

the children of migrant and seasonal

farm workers. It is expected that a total

of approximately $3,000,000 will be

awarded to support these programs.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of

applications is July 21, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Applications should be

submitted to: Head Start Unserved

Competition, ACYF Operations Center,

1815 North Fort Myer Drive, Suite 300,

Arlington, VA 22209, Phone # 1–800–

351–2293.

Copies of the program announcement

and necessary application forms can be

downloaded from the Head Start Web

site at: www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/hsb

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

ACYF Operations Center at: 1815 N.

Fort Myer Drive, Suite 300, Arlington,

VA 22209 or telephone: 1–800–351–

2293 or email to: ehs@lcgnet.com

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Part I. General Information

A. Background

Head Start is a national program

providing comprehensive

developmental services primarily to

low-income preschool children and

their families. To help enrolled children

achieve their full potential, Head Start

programs provide comprehensive

health, nutritional, educational, social

and other services. In addition, Head

Start programs are required to provide

for the direct participation of the

parents of enrolled children in the

development, conduct, and direction of

local programs. Head Start currently

serves approximately 835,000 children