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1 64 FR 59888 (1999).

2See 16 CFR 312.10; 64 FR 59906–59908, 59915.

3See 16 CFR 312.10(b)(1); 64 FR 59915.

4See 16 CFR 312.10(b)(2); 64 FR 59915.

5See 16 CFR 312.10(b)(3); 64 FR 59915.

Online Privacy Protection Rule, 16 CFR

312.10.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 31, 2000.

Comments will be posted on the

Commission’s web site: <http://

www.ftc.gov>.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to: Secretary, Federal

Trade Commission, Room H–159, 600

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20580. The Commission requests

that commenters submit the original

plus five copies, if feasible. To enable

prompt review and public access,

comments also should be submitted, if

possible, in electronic form, on either a

51⁄4 or a 31⁄2 inch computer disk, with

a disk label stating the name of the

commenter and the name and version of

the word processing program used to

create the document. (Programs based

on DOS or Windows are preferred. Files

from other operating systems should be

submitted in ASCII text format.)

Alternatively, the Commission will

accept comments submitted to the

following e-mail address,

<safeharbor@ftc.gov>. Individual

members of the public filing comments

need not submit multiple copies or

comments in electronic form. All

submissions should be captioned:

‘‘ESRB Safe Harbor Proposal—

Comment, P004504.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Toby Levin, (202) 326–3156, Abbe

Goldstein, (202) 326–3423, or Karen

Muoio, (202) 326–2491, Division of

Advertising Practices, Bureau of

Consumer Protection, Federal Trade

Commission, 601 Pennsylvania Ave.,

NW, Washington, DC 20580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section A. Background

On October 20, 1999, the Commission

issued its final Rule 1 pursuant to the

Children’s Online Privacy Protection

Act, 15 U.S.C. 6501, et seq. The Rule

requires certain web site operators to

post privacy policies, provide notice,

and obtain parental consent prior to

collecting, using, or disseminating

personal information from children. The

Rule contains a ‘‘safe harbor’’ provision

enabling industry groups or others to

submit self-regulatory guidelines that

would implement the protections of the

Rule to the commission for approval.2

Pursuant to Section 312.10 of the

Rule, ESRB has submitted proposed

self-regulatory guidelines to the

Commission for approval. The full text

of the proposed guidelines is available

on the Commission’s website,

<www.ftc.gov>.

Section B. Questions on the Proposed

Guidelines

The Commission is seeking comment

on various aspects of the proposed

guidelines, and is particularly interested

in receiving comment on the questions

that follow. These questions are

designed to assist the public and should

not be construed as a limitation on the

issues on which public comment may

be submitted. Responses to these

questions should cite the numbers and

subsection of the questions being

answered. For all comments submitted,

please provide any relevant data,

statistics, or any other evidence, upon

which those comments are based.

1. Please provide comment on any or

all of the provisions in the proposed

guidelines. For each provision

commented on please describe (a) the

impact of the provision(s) (including

any benefits and costs), if any, and (b)

what alternatives, if any, ESRB, should

consider, as well as the costs and

benefits of those alternatives.

2. Do the provisions of the proposed

guidelines governing operators’

information practices provide ‘‘the same

or greater protections for children’’ as

those contained in Sections 312.2–312.8

of the Rule? 3 Where possible, please

cite the relevant sections of both the

Rule and the proposed guidelines.

3. Are the mechanisms used to assess

operators’ compliance with the

guidelines effective? 4 If not, please

describe (a) how the proposed

guidelines could be modified to satisfy

the Rule’s requirements, and (b) the

costs and benefits of those

modifications.

4. Are the incentives for operators’

compliance with the guidelines

effective? 5 If not, please describe (a)

how the proposed guidelines could be

modified to satisfy the Rule’s

requirements, and (b) the costs and

benefits of those modifications.

5. Do the guidelines provide adequate

means for resolving consumer

complaints? If not, please describe (a)

how the proposed guidelines could be

modified to resolve consumer

complaints adequately, and (b) the costs

and benefits of those modifications.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–16307 Filed 6–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 00100]

Community-Based Strategies To

Increase HIV Testing of Persons at

High Risk in Communities of Color;

Notice of Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

Why Are These Funds Being Offered?

For fiscal year 2000, the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is

offering funds to community-based

organizations (CBOs) to implement

innovative strategies to increase the

number of high-risk persons who

receive HIV prevention counseling,

testing, and referral services. These

CBOs should be working in

communities of color (African

Americans, Hispanics, American

Indians, Asian and Pacific Islanders)

and focus special emphasis on trying to

reach those who are HIV positive and do

not know their status.

Goals

1. To strengthen HIV prevention

services provided by CBOs in

communities of color which have very

high risk of HIV infection.

2. To increase community-based HIV

counseling, testing, and referral

services.

3. To increase the number of high-risk

persons who are tested for HIV infection

and find out the test results.

4. To promote successful partnerships

to improve HIV testing and prevention

efforts.

B. Eligible Applicants

Who Can Apply?

To Be Able To Apply, You Must

1. Have a current non-profit status

under Internal Revenue Service Code

Section 501(c)(3).

2. Be located in and provide services

to communities of color that are in the

40 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)

with the highest prevalence of reported

AIDS cases in communities of color as

of 1998 or in any of the counties or

cities that had the most syphilis cases in

1999 (see below for a list of the MSAs

and high syphilis counties).

3. Have more than half of your

executive board or governing group

filled by members of the racial/ethnic

population you plan to serve.

4. Have more than half of your key

management, supervisory, and

administrative positions (for example,

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executive, program, fiscal director

positions), and more than half of your

key service positions (for example,

outreach worker, case manager,

counselor, group facilitator) filled by

members of the racial/ethnic population

you plan to serve.

5. Be able to show that your

organization has provided HIV

prevention or care services to the

targeted population for 2 years or more.

6. Have a current letter of support

from the health department that shows

you have discussed with them the

details of your proposed counseling,

testing, and referral activities and that

you agree to follow the health

department’s guidelines for these

services. If your organization is selected

for funding, you will need a formal

memorandum of agreement with the

health department. (See below for more

detailed information on working with

the health department.)

7. Not request more than $250,000,

including indirect costs.

8. Not be a government or municipal

agency (including a health department,

school board, or public hospital), a

private or public university or college,

or a private hospital.

You can apply on your own or with

one or more CBOs as a coalition. The

term coalition, for this announcement,

means a group of organizations working

together, where each organization has a

clearly defined activity assigned to them

from the overall program plan. All

groups share program responsibilities,

but the organization applying for funds

must take the lead and perform a

substantial portion of the program

activities. The lead organization must

meet all of the requirements listed

above. Groups that are to be a part of the

coalition must meet the requirement in

#2 in this section.

For this announcement, only those

organizations that are in the following

40 high AIDS prevalence MSAs for 1998

or the 25 high syphilis counties for 1999

are eligible to apply (because there is

overlap between the MSAs and syphilis

counties, only nine of the syphilis

counties are listed separately). In the

following list, counties, municipalities,

and cities (in parentheses) and contact

names, phone numbers, and e-mail

addresses are included for each MSA

and high syphilis county. The list is

separated by state. City names

connected with a hyphen indicate one

MSA.

MSAs

New York: Nassau-Suffolk (Nassau

and Suffolk); New York City (Bronx,

Kings, New York, Putnam, Queens,

Richmond, Rockland, Westchester);

Rochester (Genesee, Livingston,

Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne);

Contact: Maria Favuzzi, 212–788–4224;

e-mail:

mfavuzzi@dohlan.cn.ci.nyc.ny.us.

California: Los Angeles-Long Beach

(Los Angeles); Oakland (Alemeda,

Contra Costa); Orange County (Orange);

Riverside-San Bernadino (Riverside, San

Bernadino); San Francisco (Marin, San

Francisco, San Mateo); San Diego (San

Diego); Contacts: California: Mary

Geary, 916–327–3243; e-mail:

mgeary@dhs.ca.gov; San Francisco:

Marise Rodrigues, 415–554–9176; email: marise—rodriguez@dph.sf.ca.us;

Los Angeles: Charles L. Henry, 213–

351–8001; e-mail:

chenry@dhs.co.la.ca.us, fax: 213–387–

0912.

Florida: Fort Lauderdale (Broward);

Jacksonville (Clay, Duval, Nassau, St.

Johns); Miami (Dade); Orlando (Lake,

Orange, Osceola, Seminole); Tampa-St.

Petersburg-Clearwater (Hernando,

Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas); West

Palm Beach-Boca Raton (Palm Beach);

Contact: Marlene Lalota, 850–245–4423;

e-mail: marlene_lalota@doh.state.fl.us.

Washington, D.C./Maryland/Virginia/

West Virginia: Washington, D.C.

(District of Columbia; Calvert, Charles,

Frederick, Montgomery, Prince

George’s, MD; Arlington, Clarke,

Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, King

George, Loudoun, Prince William,

Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren,

Alexandria city, Fairfax city, Falls

Church city, Fredericksburg city,

Manassas city, Manassas Park city, VA;

Berkeley, Jefferson, WV); NorfolkVirginia Beach, Newport-News

(Currituck, NC; Gloucester, Isle of

Wight, James city, Mathews, York,

Chesapeake city, Hampton city,

Newport News city, Norfolk city,

Poquoson city, Portsmouth city, Suffolk

city, Virginia Beach city, Williamsburg

city, VA); Richmond-Petersburg (Charles

city, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie,

Goochland, Haqnover, Henrico, New

Kent, Powhatan, Prince George, Colonial

Heights city, Hopewell city, Petersburg

city, Richmond city, VA); Contacts:

District of Columbia: Donald Jones, 202–

727–2500; Virginia: Teresa Henry, 804–

371–4119; e-mail:

thenry@vdh.state.va.us; West Virginia:

Loretta Haddy 304–558–5358; e-mail:

lorettahaddy@wvdhhr.org; Maryland:

Gary Wunderlich, 410–767–5287; email: wunderlichg@dhmh.state.md.us.

New Jersey/Pennsylvania: BergenPassaic (Bergen, Passaic); MiddlesexSomerset-Hunterdon (Hunterdon,

Middlesex, Somerset); Jersey City

(Hudson); Newark (Essex, Morris,

Susses, Union, Warren); Philadelphia

(Burlington, Camden, Gloucester,

Salem, NJ; Bucks, Chester, Delaware,

Montgomery, Philadelphia, PA);

Contacts: New Jersey: Laurence E.

Ganges, 609–984–6125; e-mail:

lganges@doh.state.nj.us; Philadelphia:

Jeffrey Jenne, 212–685–5639; e-mail:

jeffrey.jenne@phila.gov.

Puerto Rico: San Juan (Aguas Buenas,

Barceloneta, Bayamon, Canovanas,

Carolina, Catano, Ceiba, Comerio,

Corozal, Dorado, Fajardo, Florida,

Guaynabo, Humacao, Juncos, Las

Piedras, Loiza, Luquillo, Manati,

Morovis, Naguabo, Naranjito, Rio

Grande, San Juan, Toa Alta, Toa Baja,

Trujillo Alto, Vega Alta, Vega Baja,

Yabucoa); Contact: Orlando Lopez, 787–

274–5502; e-mail: olopez@salud.gov.pr.

Maryland: Baltimore (Anne Arundel,

Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard,

Queen Anne’s, Baltimore City); Contact:

Gary Wunderlich, 410–767–5287; email: wunderlichg@dhmh.state.md.us.

Illinois: Chicago (Cook, DeKalb,

DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall, Lake,

McHenry, Will); Contacts: Illinois:

Sharon Pierce, 217–524–5983; e-mail:

spierce@idph.state.il.us.

Chicago: Janice Johnson, 312–747–

0120; e-mail: john248w@aol.com.

Georgia: Atlanta (Barrow, Bartow,

Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb,

Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette,

Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry,

Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale,

Spalding, Walton); Contact: Miguel

Miranda, 404–657–3100; e-mail:

mamiranda@dhr.state.ga.us.

Texas: Austin (Bastrop, Caldwell,

Hays, Travis, Williamson); Dallas

(Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis,

Henderson, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall);

Houston (Chambers, Fort Bend, Harris,

Liberty, Montgomery, Waller); San

Antonio (Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe,

Wilson); Contacts: Texas: Casey Blass or

Janna Zumbrun, 512–490–2515; e-mails:

casey.blass@tdh.state.tx.us or

janna.zumbrun@tdh.state.tx.us.

Houston: Lupita Thornton, 713–798–

0829; e-mail:

lthornton@hlt.ci.houston.tx.us.

Massachusetts/New Hampshire:

Boston-Worcester-Lawrence-LowellBrockton (Bristol, Essex, Middlesex,

Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester,

MA; Hillsborough, Rockingham,

Strafford, NH); Contacts: Massachusetts:

Jean McGuire, 6171–624–5303; e-mail:

jean.mcguire@state.ma.us; New

Hampshire: David R. Ayotte, 603–271–

4481; e-mail: dayotte@dhhs.state.nh.us.

Connecticut: Hartford (Hartford,

Middlesex, Tolland); New HavenBridgeport-Stamford-DanburyWaterbury (Fairfield, New Haven);

Contact: Richard Melchreit, 860–509–

7800; e-mail:

richard.melchreit@po.state.ct.us.

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Michigan: Detroit (Lapeer, Macomb,

Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Wayne);

Contact: Loretta Davis-Satterla, 517–

335–9673.

Louisiana: New Orleans (Jefferson,

Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St.

Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist,

St. Tammany); Contact: Daphne LeSage

504–568–7474; e-mail:

dlesage@dhhmail.dhhstate.la.us.

Tennessee/Arkansas/Mississippi:

Memphis-Arkansas-Mississippi

(Crittenden, AR; DeSoto, MS; Fayette,

Shelby, Tipton, TN); Contact:

Tennessee: Richard E. Cochran, 615–

741–7764; e-mail:

rcochran@mail.state.tn.us; Arkansas:

John Chmielewski, 501–661–2666; email:

jchmielewski@mail.doh.state.ar.us;

Mississippi: Craig Thompson, 601–576–

7711; e-mail:

craig.thompson@msdh.state.ms.us.

Missouri/Illinois: St. Louis-Illinois

(Clinton, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, St.

Clair, IL; Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St.

Charles, St. Louis, Warren, St. Louis

city, MO); Contact: Missouri: Mary

Menges, 573–751–6141; e-mail:

mengem@mail.health.state.mo.us;

Illinois: Sharon Pierce, 217–524–5983;

spierce@idph.state.il.us.

Ohio: Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria

(Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake,

Lorain, Medina); Contact: Lee Evans,

614–644–1850; e-mail:

eevans@gw.odh.state.oh.us

South Carolina: Columbia (Lexington,

Richland); Contact: Linda Kettinger,

803–898–0625; e-mail:

kettinld@columb60.dhec.state.sc.us.

High Syphilis Counties

Arizona: Maricopa County; Contact:

Ann Gardner or Lee Connelly, 602–230–

5819; e-mails: agardne@hs.state.az.us;

lconnel@hs.state.az.us.

Indiana: Marion County; Contact:

Michael Butler, 317–233-7867; e-mail:

mbutler@isdh.state.in.us.

Kentucky: Jefferson County; Contact:

Gary Kupchinsky, 502–564–6539; email: gary.kupchinsky@mail.state.ky.

Mississippi: Hinds County, Contact:

Craig Thompson, 601–576-7711; e-mail:

craig.thompson@msdh.state.ms.us.

North Carolina: Guilford and

Mecklenburg Counties; Guilford: Harold

Gabel, 336–373–3283; e-mail:

hgabel@mail.co.guilford.nc.us;

Mecklenburg: Peter Safer, 704–336–

4700; safir@mindspring.com.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City; Contact:

Bill Pierson, 405–271-4636; e-mail:

billp@health.state.ok.us.

Virginia: Danville City; Contact:

Teresa Henry, 804–371–4119; e-mail:

thenry@vdh.state.va.us.

Washington: King County; Contact:

Karen Hartfield, 206–296-4649; e-mail:

karen.hartfield@metrokc.gov.

Wisconsin: Milwaukee City, Contact:

Kathleen Krchnavek, 608–267–3583; email: krchnka@dhfs.state.wi.us.

Working With the Health Department

HIV prevention counseling, testing,

and referral are complicated program

activities with important legal, medical,

and ethical implications. Health

departments have been providing these

services since the mid 1980s. During

these years, they have developed

policies, procedures, guidelines, and

performance standards for counseling,

testing, and referral that are responsive

to the specific laws and other issues in

their state. Health departments have a

legal responsibility to ensure adherence

to these policies, procedures,

guidelines, and performance standards.

If you receive funding under this

announcement, you are required to

work with the health department that is

located in your area. CDC will help you

establish this partnership. The following

lists what you must do as an applicant

and if you are selected for funding.

Applicant:

1. Talk with the health department

about the details of your proposed

counseling, testing and referral

procedures, and research the health

department’s policies and guidelines for

these services. Your proposed program

should be responsive to these

requirements.

2. Include in your application a letter

of support from the health department

showing you have discussed with them

the details of your proposed counseling,

testing, and referral activities and that

you agree to follow the health

department’s guidelines for all of these

services (examples include, but are not

limited to informed consent,

anonymous versus confidential testing,

training of counselors, confidentiality,

surveillance reporting, laboratory

processing).

If Funded:

1. Obtain an official memorandum of

agreement with the health department.

2. Report to the health department on

your activities. The health department

will have the forms you need.

Information you need to gather will

generally include the following, but may

vary between health departments: state,

site type, site number, date of visit, sex,

race/ethnicity, age, reason for visit, risk

for HIV infection, whether client

accepted testing, results of test, whether

post-test counseling occurred, date of

post-test counseling and state, county,

and zip code of client residence.

3. Work with the health department to

meet their training standards if your

organization’s staff needs training in

how to do HIV prevention counseling,

testing, and referral. You must follow

the health department’s guidelines.

In those locations where there are

Prevention for HIV-Infected Persons

(PHIP) Demonstration Projects, funded

organizations will be asked to work in

collaborative relationship with the

health department-funded PHIP project.

The jurisdictions funded under the

PHIP project include California,

Maryland, Wisconsin, the City of San

Francisco, and Los Angeles County.

CDC will assist you in making contact

with these PHIP projects.

Note: You can only submit one application.

If you apply alone and as part of a group,

your application will not be considered and

will be returned to you. Your organization

can apply for this funding even if you are

currently receiving funding from CDC;

however, you must still meet all of the

requirements above.

Note: Your application will not be

considered for funding if it (1) does not meet

any one of the items listed above, (2) asks for

funds to support only administrative and not

program implementation costs, or (3) asks for

more than $250,000, including indirect costs.

No organization will receive more than

$250,000 for the first year. Also, public Law

104–65 states that an organization described

in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 that engages in lobbying

activities is not eligible to receive Federal

funds constituting an award, grant,

cooperative agreement, contract, loan, or any

other form.

C. Availability of Funds

How Much Money Is Available?

About $8 million is available for

awards for fiscal year 2000. Those CBOs

who are selected will receive funding in

September 2000. The funds are to be

used during a budget time frame of 12

months.

Note: Funding estimates may change based

on the availability of funds.

Your organization’s project may be

continued for a total of 4 years (that is

to say, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) under

this agreement. Funding at the same

level after the first year is based on the

amount of funds available to CDC and

your success and/or progress in meeting

your goals and objectives. You must

keep track of your successes by writing

reports and sending them to CDC. Also,

CDC staff may visit your organization to

learn about your activities. When asking

for subsequent funding, you must again

show CDC that you still meet the

requirements stated under ‘‘Who Can

Apply?’’

CDC is committed to working with

CBOs in these activities and to ensuring

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that these funds are distributed in a way

that matches the geographic locations

and risk behaviors where the epidemic

is widespread.

How Is the Money To Be Used?

This funding must be used to help

communities of color which have high

rates of HIV infection or whose

members are at a high risk of infection

and do not know their status. These

funds are intended to increase the

number of high-risk persons who get

tested for HIV and, as a result, learn

their HIV status. They also are intended

to support HIV prevention counseling

and referral for these persons and their

sex or needle-sharing partners, as

needed.

Note: You cannot use these funds to give

medical care (for example, substance abuse

treatment, medical treatment, or

medications).

Part of the funding received through

this announcement can be used to hire

one or more contractors or to support

coalition partners to help with specific

activities; however, you, not the

contract organization(s) or the coalition

partner, must carry out most of the

activities (including managing the

program and activities) paid for with

this funding.

D. Program Requirements

Recipient Activities—What Activities

Must My CBO Do?

Prevention Priority Activities

1. Reaching Your Clients.

2. Counseling and Testing.

3. Referral and Linkages With Other

Service Providers.

4. Partner Counseling and Referral

Services.

5. Training, Quality Assurance, and

Program Monitoring and Evaluation.

1. Reaching Your Clients

There are many activities you might

implement to reach those persons who

are at a high risk of becoming HIV

infected or who are already infected but

don’t know that they are. Services

should be provided in a setting that is

comfortable and accessible to your

clients. Reaching out to promote easy

access will help to inform and

encourage these persons to use the HIV

prevention services that are available. In

your proposed program, you will need

to include details of how you plan to

reach these sometimes hard-to-reach

persons and make counseling, testing,

and referral services more easily

accessible to them.

2. Counseling and Testing

Your proposed activities must meet

all local and state legal requirements for

HIV prevention counseling, testing, and

referral services and should address

how you intend to provide these

services in areas with a high rate of HIV

infection, AIDS cases, or high-risk

activities. You may choose to provide

services in your facility or make services

available in areas where these persons

live, work, and gather (for example,

street outreach using mobile vans,

testing in housing projects, testing in

parks). Your proposed activities should

include plans on how to train staff to:

a. Give persons client-centered

prevention counseling, testing, and

referral services as outlined in CDC

guidance (see section I. Where Can I Get

More Information for a list of helpful

publications).

b. Follow up with those who have not

returned to find out if they are infected

with HIV or to receive post-test

counseling.

c. Gather information on your

activities to give to the health

department and CDC. Your health

department will give you the reporting

forms you need.

Note: Funds from this cooperative

agreement cannot be used for ongoing

counseling sessions. Your proposed plans

should include a way to refer persons who

are HIV infected or at a high risk of infection

for extended counseling.

Some of the newest rapid test

technologies greatly improve testing

efforts. As reported in CDC’s Morbidity

and Mortality Weekly Report (March 27,

1998/47(11); 211–215), the use of the

rapid test with same-day results for HIV

screening in clinical-care settings can

substantially improve the delivery of

counseling and testing services * * *

providing preliminary positive results

also increases the number of infected

persons who ultimately learn their

infection status and can be referred for

medical treatment and prevention

services. These tests can be especially

effective in outreach activities and

consideration should be given to using

them. Discuss your proposed testing

methods with your health department.

CDC will provide more information on

rapid tests to those organizations

selected for funding.

3. Referral and Linkages With Other

Service Providers

Those persons who are at a high risk

of HIV or are infected with the virus

will need more services than will be

supported by this funding. To meet

needs such as ongoing counseling or

medical care, you must:

a. Provide referrals for ongoing

counseling and other services to meet

their needs (for example, sexually

transmitted disease [STD] and

tuberculosis screening and treatment,

prevention services, mental health

services, substance abuse treatment).

b. Be able to track and report how

many HIV-infected persons acted on the

referral you provided and are receiving

services as a result of the referral.

c. Keep your referral lists up to date.

Note: Because rates of both HIV and STDs

are high, prevention programs that include

both of these are better able to meet the needs

of the target population(s). If your

organization does not do STD testing and

treatment, then you must find out who in

your area does and work closely with them

so you can refer your clients when necessary.

4. Partner Counseling and Referral

Services

Sex and needle-sharing partners of

HIV infected persons should be told of

their risk and be offered HIV prevention

counseling, testing, and referral

services. Training and experience are

necessary to be able to offer this service.

If your organization does not have this

training or experience, you must work

with the health department to determine

the best plan for providing partner

notification services. Some states

require that only the health department

provide these services. If you will

provide this service, you must obtain

and follow the health department’s

guidelines, protocols, procedures, and

performance standards for partner

counseling and referral. If you do not

follow certain guidelines, you could be

breaking state laws concerning privacy.

Contact the health department for a

complete list of requirements.

5. Training, Quality Assurance, and

Program Monitoring and Evaluation

Staff who will provide HIV

counseling, testing, partner counseling,

and referral services must be

appropriately trained. Also, checking to

see how good a job you are doing and

continuing to learn ways to improve

your program are ongoing parts of this

cooperative agreement. It is suggested

that if selected for funding, you invest

approximately five percent of the funds

for training, quality assurance, and

program monitoring and evaluation.

Your proposed program should

address how you would:

a. Keep track of the training your staff

receives in pre- and post-test HIV

prevention counseling and referral and

partner counseling and referral.

b. Check on whether staff are

following guidelines on how to provide

pre- and post-test HIV prevention

counseling and partner counseling and

referral (for example, have management

sit in on a counseling session).

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c. Check on whether staff are

following guidelines on testing methods

and laboratory processing.

d. Determine if objectives, as defined

in your application, are being met.

e. Find out if persons who test

positive for HIV infection returned to

get their test results.

f. Know if your services are meeting

the needs of the target population.

Surveys and focus groups are a good

way to collect this information from

your clients.

g. Gather information required by the

health department that covers each

episode of HIV prevention counseling

and testing you provide. Following is

the type of information that should be

included: state, site type, site number,

date of visit, gender, race/ethnicity, age,

reason for visit, risk for HIV infection,

whether client accepted testing, results

of test, whether post-test HIV prevention

counseling occurred, date of post-test

HIV prevention counseling and state,

county, and zip code of client residence.

CDC Activities—How Will CDC Help?

If you are selected for funding, CDC

will support you by:

1. Providing assistance and

consultation on program and

administrative issues through its

partnerships with health departments,

national and regional minority

organizations, contractors, and other

national and local organizations.

2. Meeting with you to find out what

your training needs are and working

with you to ensure those needs are met.

Note: CDC will work with state and local

health departments to provide training either

directly or through its network of HIV/STD

prevention training centers. This service is

available to persons who supervise, manage,

and perform partner counseling and referral

and other outreach activities and for staff

who provide direct patient care.

3. Sharing the most up-to-date

scientific information on risk factors for

HIV infection and prevention measures,

and successful program strategies to

help prevent HIV infection.

4. Providing assistance and

information if you choose to use the

new rapid test technologies.

5. Helping you establish partnerships

with state and local health departments,

community planning groups, and other

groups who receive federal funding to

support HIV/AIDS activities.

6. Making sure that successful

prevention interventions, program

models, and lessons learned are shared

between grantees through meetings,

workshops, conferences, newsletter

development, Internet, and other

avenues of communication.

7. Overseeing your success in program

and fiscal activities, protection of client

privacy, and compliance with other

requirements that apply to your

organization.

E. Application Content

What Do I Include in My Application

and How Should It Look?

Note: Applications that do not follow the

instructions and format below will be

returned without being reviewed.

Application Instructions

For your application to be considered

for funding, you must include all of the

following parts of the proposal: (1)

Table of Contents; (2) How Do I Show

My Eligibility?; (3) What Do I Include in

the Abstract?; (4) How Do I Write My

Proposal? (Narrative); (5) Justification of

Need (20 points; 6 pages); (6) Program

Activities (40 points; 15 pages); (7)

Training, Quality Assurance, and

Program Monitoring and Evaluation (25

points; 8 pages); (8) Organization

History and Experiences (15 points; 6

pages); and (9) How Much Will Your

Proposed Program Cost (Budget).

Format Guidelines

You must:

1. Include page numbers throughout

your application. Begin with the first

page and number each page through to

the last page of the last attachment.

2. Have a Table of Contents for the

whole package you send in.

3. Begin each separate section of your

application on a new page.

4. Not staple or bind the original

document submission or the two (2)

copies.

5. Type all materials in a 12 point

type size, single spaced.

6. Use 81⁄2 x 11 paper.

7. Set the margins at a minimum of 1

inch.

8. Use headers and footers, as needed.

9. Type on one side of the paper only.

Content Guidelines

The sections that follow give you the

questions you have to answer to

correctly prepare your application.

There are four sections:

1. How Do I Show My Eligibility?

2. What Do I Include in the Submission

Form?

3. How Do I Write My Proposal (Narrative)?

4. How Much Will My Proposed Program

Cost and How Many Staff Do I Need?

When answering the questions below,

you must:

1. Label each section, as indicated

below, using the section title (for

example, How Do I Show My

Eligibility?) and, when appropriate, the

name of the subsection (for example

How Do I Write My Proposal

[Narrative], Justification of Need).

2. Use the abbreviation N/A (not

applicable), if a section does not apply

to your application.

3. Include all information that is part

of the basic plan (for example, activity

timetables, staff program

responsibilities, evaluation plans) in the

main section of the application.

Note: Your application will be reviewed

based on the answers you give to these

questions. To be sure you get the best review

of your application, follow the format

provided below when writing your

application. Please answer all questions with

complete sentences that provide detailed

information about your eligibility and

proposed activities. Do not put basic

information in attachments.

How Do I Show My Eligibility?

In this section, give us information

about your organization. For example,

your non-profit, tax exempt status;

target population; goals; and location of

your office and proposed target area

within the 40 MSAs with the highest

prevalence of AIDS for 1998 or the high

syphilis areas as of 1999 (see B. Who

Can Apply for a list of MSAs and high

syphilis counties). This will let us know

if you are eligible.

You must answer all of the following

questions and provide any documents

requested. If you do not provide all the

materials requested, your application

will not be reviewed and will be

returned to you. Place the documents at

the end of your application answers for

this section. Do not place these

documents with the attachments that

you will include at the end of your

application.

1. Is your organization located within

and serving one of the MSAs with the

highest prevalence of reported AIDS

cases as of 1998 or one of the counties

or cities with the highest syphilis cases

as of 1999? If yes, which one?

2. Does your organization have a

current, valid Internal Revenue Service

(IRS) 501(c)(3) non-profit status?

Note: If you answer yes, you must attach

a copy of the determination letter from the

IRS at the end of this section. If your answer

is no, you are not eligible to submit an

application.

3. Has your organization provided

HIV prevention or care services to the

population you plan to target for two

years or more?

Note: Attach to the end of this section a list

of the HIV prevention or care services your

organization has provided to the proposed

target population and the time period during

which each type of service was provided (for

example, street outreach, July 1996-present).

4. Does your organization have an

executive board or governing body with

more than half of its members belonging

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to the racial/ethnic minority

population(s) you plan to serve?

Note: Attach to the end of this section a list

of your board or governing body members,

and indicate for each position held, race/

ethnicity, profession, and gender.

5. Are more than half of key

management, supervisory, and

administrative positions (for example,

executive director, program director,

fiscal director) and more than half of

key service provision positions (for

example, outreach worker, prevention

case manager, counselor, group

facilitator) filled by persons belonging to

the racial/ethnic minority population(s)

you plan to serve?

Note: Attach a list of your current key staff

at the end of this section. For each staff

person listed, include his/her areas of

expertise, role he/she will play in the

proposed project, race/ethnicity, and gender.

If you think you will need more staff to carry

out your proposed plan, please provide a list

of staff needed at the end of this section.

Include expertise needed, the role they will

fill, and race/ethnicity, as it applies.

6. Do you have a letter of support

from the health department indicating

that you have discussed with them your

plans for HIV prevention counseling,

testing, and referral services and that

you agree to follow the health

department’s guidelines for these

activities.

Note: Attach the letter from the health

department to the end of this section. If you

are selected for funding, you will have to

have a formalized memorandum of

agreement with the health department.

7. Is your organization applying alone

or with other organizations in a

coalition (this means a group of

organizations working together, where

each organization has a clearly defined

activity assigned to them from the

overall program plan)?

8. Is your organization currently

funded under one of the following CDC

Program Announcements: 99091, 99092,

99096, or 00023? If yes, list the amount

of your award for each announcement

and the cooperative agreement number?

9. Is your organization a government

or municipal agency, a private or public

university or college, or a private

hospital? (If you answer yes, you are not

eligible to apply.)

10. Is your organization included in

the category described in section

501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986 that engages in lobbying

activities? (If you answer yes to this

question, you are not eligible to apply.)

What Do I Include in the Submission

Form?

The full application packet is

available from The National Prevention

Information Network (NPIN) at 1–800–

458–5231 (TTY users: 1–800–243–7012)

or their web site: www.cdcnpin.org/

program. You can also send requests by

fax to 1–888–282–7681 or e-mail to

application-cbo@cdcnpin.org. This

information is also posted on the

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention

(DHAP) website at: http://www.cdc.gov/

hiv/funding/00100. The application

packet includes forms, instructions,

guidance, and the submission form. The

submission form includes a list of

questions and a request for a short

description of your target population

and your proposed program plan. Your

answers will not be scored, but will give

us an idea of your overall plan. This

will help in the review process. Your

short description should be no more

than 100 words and should tell us

about:

1. The population you plan to target

and the geographic area where they live.

2. The goals and the outcomes you

expect to have as a result of the services

you are going to provide.

3. A brief description/outline of what

you plan to do.

How Do I Write My Proposal

(Narrative)?

Your narrative should be no more

than 35 pages. We have included the

number of points attached to each

section and a suggested number of

pages. Sections can vary in length as

long as the total number of pages in this

section is no more than 35. The

narrative should address the following

areas.

Justification of Need

How is this section scored: You will

be scored on what information you use

and how you use it to demonstrate the

need of the target population for your

proposed program. Check with the

health department for information on

the HIV statistics and HIV needs

assessment developed for the

community planning process. Use this

information when writing your answer

for this section.

Suggested length: 6 pages.

Points for this section: 20 points.

Answer all of the following questions

for this section.

1. How has your proposed target

population been affected by the HIV/

AIDS epidemic (for example, how many

persons are infected with HIV, with

AIDS, how many deaths have there been

from AIDS, how do socioeconomics

affect the population)? (5 points)

2. What are the behaviors and other

characteristics of your target population

that put them at a high risk of becoming

infected with HIV or giving HIV to a

needle-or sex-sharing partner (for

example, unsafe sexual behaviors as

indicated by rates of STDs, teen

pregnancy rates, or assessments of risk

behaviors; substance use rates;

environmental, social, cultural, or

language characteristics)? (5 points)

3. What are the barriers to accessing

HIV prevention counseling and testing

in your target population? How will you

address these barriers? (5 points)

4. Which organizations in your area

are providing similar services? Please

describe their activities and how your

proposed activities will further meet the

needs of the target population or

improve services provided. (2 points)

5. Is your proposed target population

a priority population as indicated in the

comprehensive HIV prevention plan

developed through the community

planning process? If not, please tell us

why your proposed activities are

needed? (3 points)

Program Activities

How is this section scored: We will

look at whether or not your goals are

likely to be achieved; that is to say, if

your activities are sound, doable,

creative, specific (how detailed you are

in what you want to do), time-phased

(have you set a time frame), and

measurable (can you show that your

activities made a difference). Remember

that you will work with the health

department and other organizations

serving your proposed target population

to carry out your program activities. As

the applicant, you must describe how

all planned services are to be provided

either by you or together with another

organization.

Suggested length: 15 pages.

Points for this section: 40 points.

Answer all of the following questions

for this section.

What are your objectives and

activities to accomplish your objectives

for the first year (include objectives for

each of the program areas: Reaching

clients, counseling and testing, referral

and linkages, partner counseling and

referral services)? You must give

objectives that can be measured (that is

to say, you can show with numbers that

progress is being made and the specific

activities done to achieve each

objective).

For Example: Objectives

Reaching clients: Reach No. llll

high-risk persons with face-to-face

information about the benefits of testing;

Counseling and testing: Inform No.

llll persons from the target

population of their test results; Referral

and linkages: Ensure that No. llll

HIV-positive persons are able to get

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medical services; Partner counseling

and referral: Successfully notify No.

llll partners of their risk and

encourage testing. Refer No. llll of

clients with HIV to the health

department for partner counseling and

referral services.

Reaching Your Clients (8 points):

1. What will you do to reach persons

who have not been tested before and

who are at a high risk because of their

behaviors?

2. What steps will you take to build

trust and credibility with the target

population?

3. How will you get the target

population to use your services?

4. How will you use the available

social networks to help you provide

counseling and testing services?

Counseling and Testing (10 points):

1. Will you offer confidential or

anonymous testing?

2. What testing methods will you use?

3. How will you ensure that you have

approval from a medical doctor for

testing activities? (Letter of intent from

a physician is required.)

4. How will you get the test

specimens to a laboratory for processing

(including agreements on transportation

of specimens to lab, type of testing, and

payment for processing fees)?

5. How will you collect and report

testing information (you should follow

the procedures outlined by the health

department)?

6. How will you follow up with

persons who use your services to make

sure they receive their test results?

7. How will you implement HIV

prevention counseling?

Referral and Linkages (6 points):

1. How will you help persons who are

HIV infected or at a high risk of HIV get

the treatment and other services they

need (for example, medical, mental

health, and drug use treatment)?

2. Which of your proposed activities

will be carried out by those

organizations working with you,

whether they are part of an HIV

prevention coalition, subcontractors, or

non-paid partners? You must provide in

your application a memorandum of

agreement or letter of intent from all

partnering organizations, as applicable.

Partner Counseling and Referral

Services (5 points):

How will you ensure that partner

counseling and referral services are

provided?

Confidentiality (5 points):

What steps will you take to ensure the

confidentiality of all records,

information, and activities related to

your clients?

Management and Staffing of the

Program (3 points):

1. How will you manage your

program?

2. What will be the roles and

responsibilities of the staff?

3. What skills and experience does

your staff have?

4. What are the roles and

responsibilities of those organizations

you want to work with you (staff

responsibilities, skills, experience)?

Time Line (3 points):

What are the details of your time line?

Include information on the most

important steps in your project and the

approximate dates for when a step is

begun and expected to be completed.

Training, Quality Assurance, and

Program Monitoring and Evaluation

How is this section scored: We will

look at your overall plan to determine

if your objectives are appropriate to

your goals, if they are complete, sound

in their methods, doable, specific, time

phased (have you set a time frame), and

measurable (can you show that your

activities made a difference).

Suggested length: 8 pages.

Points for this section: 25 points.

In this section, discuss how you will

address each of the requirements for

training, quality assurance, and program

monitoring and evaluation. With each

goal and set of objectives, you also need

to discuss activities, staffing/resources,

data collection, and time line.

Answer all of the following questions

for this section.

1. What will you do to make sure your

staff gets the training they need? Give an

estimate of the number of staff to be

trained, which staff will be trained, and

who will provide the training. (4 points)

2. How will you routinely monitor

your staff’s activities to determine if

they are following established

guidelines and protocols for pre-and

post-test HIV prevention counseling and

referral and testing methods and

laboratory processing and what training

they need? (3 points)

3. How will you determine and meet

your organization’s needs in the areas of

capacity-building or technical

assistance? (3 points)

4. How will you determine if you are

meeting your objectives during the first

year of operation? (4 points)

5. How will you measure whether

your services are meeting the needs of

the target population and if those you

refer for services are using the referral?

(3 points)

6. How will you monitor your

activities and those of organizations

working with you as a subcontractor or

as collaborators? (4 points)

7. How will you collect information

required by the health department on

reaching your clients, counseling and

testing, referrals and linkages, and

partner counseling and referral services,

and how will you use this information

to improve your program? (4 points)

Organizational History and Experience

How is this section scored: We will

look at the overall experience of your

organization in working with the target

population. This will include how

much experience you have related to

your proposed project.

Suggested length: 6 pages.

Points for this section: 15 points.

Answer all of the following questions

for this section:

1. What are the specific kinds of

health-related services, other than HIV

prevention services, that you have

provided your target population and for

how long? (3 points)

2. What are the HIV prevention

services (including HIV prevention

counseling, testing, and referral

services) that you have provided your

target population and for how long? (2

points)

3. What other experience does your

organization have in providing services

to the target population, and for how

long? (2 points)

4. What is your organization’s

experience in linking with other

organizations for providing HIV care or

prevention services and ongoing care, if

needed, for your clients? (3 points)

Note: Please describe the types of services

you want to make available and list the

activities and materials your organization has

that will meet these needs.

5. What experience does your

organization have in record keeping of

when and how services are provided,

evaluating services, and marketing

services to the target population? (3

points)

6. What experience does your

organization have in improving the way

services are delivered by finding and

accessing other resources (for example,

other organizations, materials, proven

strategies)? (2 points)

How Much Will My Proposed Program

Cost and How Many Staff Do I Need?

When preparing the budget, use Form

5161, 424A for the correct budget

format. You can get this form by

requesting a copy of the printed

Program Announcement or from the

Internet at:

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http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/

funding.htm#HIV.

You must provide details of your

budget for each activity you want to do.

You must show how the operating costs

will support the activities and objectives

you propose. Your organization should

have the capability to access the Internet

and to download documents about HIV

from CDC and other sites, as well as

have electronic mail available. If you do

not have this capability, you must

provide a budget for purchasing this

equipment. You should also include a

budget for the type and number of staff

you will need to successfully put into

place your proposed activities. The

following information and questions

will help you in writing this part of the

application.

1. What are your budget and staffing

needs? This answer should provide the

specifics of how you plan to spend

funds. For example, how much funding

is needed to provide services to the

target population, how much is needed

to operate your organization (staff,

supplies), how much is needed for

contracting with other organizations.

Note: CDC may not approve or fund all

proposed activities. Give as much detail as

possible to support each budget item. List

each cost separately when possible.

2. If you are contracting with other

organizations or are applying as a

coalition, you must include in the

budget the type and name (if known) of

the organization(s); how you chose the

organization(s); what activities they will

do; why they are the best ones to do

these activities; a detailed list of the

funds you think you will need to pay

the organization(s); why and how long

you will use their services; and how you

will keep track of what they are doing

for you.

3. Provide a description for each job,

including job title, function, general

duties, and activities; the rate of pay and

whether it is hourly or salary; and the

level of effort and how much time will

be spent on the activities (give this in a

percentage, for example, 50% of time

spent on evaluation). Also, if you

already know names and titles of

persons you will be working with,

include this information and a resume,

if available. If you don’t have names yet,

tell us how you plan to recruit these

persons. For positions that are

voluntary, give a description of the work

the volunteers will be doing. Also

include the experience and training that

is available in relation to the proposed

project.

4. If you ask for indirect costs, you

must include a copy of your

organization’s current agreement

concerning your negotiated Federal

indirect cost rate.

What Other Materials Do I Need to

Attach?

Any materials you include as

attachments should be printed on one

side of 81⁄2 x 11 paper. Do not submit

materials that are bound (for example,

booklets or pamphlets, three-ring

binders, or stapled). You will need to

provide 2 copies of these attachments,

also on 81⁄2 x 11 paper and not bound.

If your materials are bound, they will

not be copied for the reviewer. The

following is a list of additional

materials:

1. A description of funds you receive

from any other source to support your

HIV/AIDS programs and other similar

programs that target the same

population included in your proposed

plan. You must include: (a) The name

of the organization/source of income,

the amount of funding they give you, a

very brief description of how you use

the funds, and the budget and project

period and (b) information that tells us

that the funds you are requesting

through this program announcement

will not be used to replace funds

received from any other Federal or nonFederal source.

Note: CDC-awarded funds can be used to

expand or enhance services supported with

other Federal or non-Federal funds.

2. Independent audit statements from

a certified public accountant for the past

2 years (1998, 1999). If not audits,

please provide completed IRS Form

990s for the last 2 years.

3. If you are part of a national

organization, please include an original,

signed letter from the chief executive

officer of the national organization that

states that they understand this program

announcement and the responsibilities

you will have if you are chosen for

funding.

4. If you are working with other

organizations (for example, communitybased or referral), you must include a

memorandum of understanding or

agreement or a letter to show that the

relationship is accepted by both

organizations. This memorandum or

letter should give details about the

activities you propose to do with the

organization. This must be submitted

each year to show that you are still

working with the organization.

F. Submission and Deadline

How Do I Submit My Application and

When Is It Due?

You must send to us the original and

two (2) copies of PHS 5161 (OMB

Number 0937–0189). Forms are

available at the following Internet

address:

http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm.

You must also send an original and

two (2) copies of your application,

including attachments.

Send your application to: Ron Van

Duyne, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Program

Announcement 00100 (Belinda

Hammond), Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention, 2920 Brandywine Road,

Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia 30341–

4146.

Application Deadline: August 7, 2000.

Your application will be accepted, if

it has a postmark of August 7, 2000 that

is from the U.S. Postal Service or a

commercial carrier (no private meters

will be accepted) and arrives in time to

be given to the independent review

group.

Late Applications: Applications that

are not received on time, that do not

have a readable postmark, have a

postmark from a private meter machine,

or arrive too late to be included in the

independent review, will be considered

late, will not be reviewed, and will be

returned to the applicant.

To help CDC in the review process,

we ask that you send to us by July 7,

either through electronic mail, fax, or

the U.S. Post Office a statement of your

intent to apply for funding. Your

statement should include your

organization’s name, address, and

telephone and fax numbers. This

statement is only to let CDC know of

your interest in applying. It is not a

commitment. Please send this

information to the Project Officer and

Grants Management Specialist listed in

the Program/Business Assistance

section below. Submitting this

information is not a requirement, but

will help CDC make sure we have

enough and the most qualified

reviewers for this announcement.

G. Evaluation Criteria

How Will My Application Be Scored?

Your application will not be

compared to other applications. It will

only be reviewed based on the

information contained in section E.

What Do I Include in My Application

and How Should It Look? This will be

done by an independent review group

that is chosen by CDC. Before final

award decisions are made, CDC may

make general site visits to those CBOs

who rank high on the initial scoring to

look at your program, business

management, or fiscal capabilities. CDC

may also check with the health

department and your organization’s

board of directors to find out more about

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your organizational structure and the

availability of needed services and

support.

Technical Reporting Requirements

If you are selected for funding, you

must let CDC know how you are doing

by sending to us an original plus two (2)

copies of:

1. Quarterly progress reports, no later

than 30 days after the end of each 3-

month period;

2. A financial status report, no later

than 90 days after the end of each

budget period;

3. Final financial report and

performance report, no later than 90

days after the end of the project period;

and

4. Reports on the numbers of HIV

antibody counseling, testing, and

referral activities you have done.

Note: Send all reports to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in section

I. Where Can I Get More Information.

H. Other Requirements

What Else Do I Have to Do?

The following are additional

requirements that must be met if

awarded a cooperative agreement under

this announcement:

AR–4 HIV/AIDS Confidentiality

Provisions

AR–5 HIV Program Review Panel

Requirements

AR–7 Executive Order 12372 Review

AR–8 Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

AR–9 Paperwork Reduction Act

Requirements

AR–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR–11 Healthy People 2010

AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions

AR–14 Accounting System

Requirements

For more details on these

requirements, please contact the Grants

Management Specialist listed in the

contact section of this announcement.

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under

Sections 301(a) and 317 of the Public

Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 241(a) and

247(b) as amended. The Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance Number is

93.939, HIV Prevention Activities—

Non-Governmental Organization Based.

J. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

Where Can I Get More Information?

CDC strongly suggests that you

supplement this program announcement

as it appears in the Federal Register,

with a copy of the program

announcement that is in an easy-to-use

format, includes the necessary forms,

and has additional information to help

you through the process. For example,

CDC has available a sample application

to help guide you in writing your own

proposal. Also, the following

publications will help you write your

application.

CDC Report of the NIH Panel to

Define Principles of Therapy of HIV

Infection and Guidelines for the Use of

Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected

Adults and Adolescents. MMWR

1998;47 (No.RR–5)

www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/mmwr/

mmwr1998.htm

HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral:

Standards & Guidelines.

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services. Atlanta, GA; 1994.

www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/hivctsrg.pdf

HIV Partner Counseling and Referral

Services. Guidance. Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention. U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services. Atlanta, Georgia; December

1998.

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/pcrs.htm

Public Health Service Guidelines for

Counseling and Antibody Testing to

Prevent HIV Infection and AIDS.

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention. MMWR 1987, August

14;36:509–15.

www.cdc.gov/epo/mmwr/preview/

mmwrhtml/00015088.htm

Quality Assurance of HIV Prevention

Counseling in a Multi-Center

Randomized Controlled Trial. Kamb

ML, Dillon BA, Fishbein M, Willis KL.

Public Health Reports 1996;111(S1):99–

107.

Recommendations for HIV Testing

Services for Inpatients and Outpatients

in Acute-Care Hospital Settings. Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention.

1993. MMWR Recommendations and

Reports. U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services, Atlanta, GA; Vol. 42,

No. RR–2, January 15, 1993.

www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/mmwr/

mmwr1993.htm

To request this easier-to-use version

and additional written information, call

The National Prevention Information

Network (NPIN) at 1–800–458–5231

(TTY users: 1–800–243–7012) or visit

their web site: www.cdcnpin.org/

program or you can send requests by fax

to 1–888–282–7681 or e-mail to

application-cbo@cdcnpin.org

This information is also posted on the

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention

(DHAP) website at:

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/funding.htm

Forms in both PDF and word

processing files are available at the CDC

Procurement and Grants Office website:

http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/

funding.htm#HIV

CDC also maintains a Listserv (HIVPREV) related to this program

announcement. If you decide to

subscribe to the HIV-PREV Listserv, you

will be able to send questions and

receive an answer and information

through e-mail, including the latest

news about the program announcement.

Those questions asked most often will

be posted to the DHAP Website. You

can subscribe to the Listserv on-line or

via e-mail by sending a message to:

listserv@listserv.cdc.gov and writing the

following in the body of the message:

subscribe hiv-prev first name last name

(for example, subscribe hiv-prev john

smith).

For Program Technical Assistance:

Contact: Ted Pestorius, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention,

National Center for HIV, STD, and TB

Prevention, Division of HIV/AIDS

Prevention, Community Assistance,

Planning, and National Partnerships

Branch, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–E58,

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, Telephone (404)

639–5215, E-mail: tpestorius@cdc.gov

For Business Questions: Contact:

Belinda Hammond, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, Procurement

and Grants Office, Grants Management

Branch, Program Announcement 00100,

2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000,

MS–E15, Atlanta, GA 30341–4146,

Telephone (770) 488–2738, E-mail:

bhammond@cdc.gov, DHAP Internet

address: www.cdc.gov/hiv

Dated: June 22, 2000.

John L. Williams,

Director, Procurement and Grants Office,

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC).

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