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Criteria for Review

The criteria which follow are used, as

pertinent, to review and evaluate

applications for awarding all SPRANS

grants and cooperative agreements.

Further guidance regarding review

criteria specific to the GNP program is

supplied in application materials,

which will specify final criteria.

—The quality of the project plan or

methodology.

—The extent to which the project will

contribute to the advancement of

maternal and child health and/or

improvement of the health of children

with special health care needs.

—The extent to which the project is

responsive to policy concerns

applicable to MCH grants and to

program objectives, requirements,

priorities and/or review criteria for

specific project categories, as

published in program announcements

or guidance materials.

—The extent to which the estimated

cost to the Government of the project

is reasonable, considering the

anticipated results.

—The extent to which the project

personnel are well qualified by

training and/or experience for their

roles in the project and the applicant

organization has adequate facilities

and personnel.

—The extent to which, insofar as

practicable, the proposed activities, if

well executed, are capable of attaining

project objectives.

—The adherence of the project’s

evaluation plans to the requirements

of the Evaluation Protocol.

—The extent to which the project will

be integrated with the administration

of the Maternal and Child Health

Services block grants, State primary

care plans, public health and

prevention programs, State and local

Medicaid agencies, and other related

programs in the respective State(s).

—The extent to which the application is

responsive to the special concerns

and program priorities specified in

this notice.

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

This program is subject to the Public

Health System Reporting Requirements

(approved under OMB No. 0937–0195).

Under these requirements, the

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 of

proposed health services grant

applications submitted by communitybased nongovernmental organizations

within their jurisdictions.

Community-based nongovernmental

applicants are required to submit the

following information to the head of the

appropriate State and local health

agencies in the area(s) to be impacted no

later than the Federal application

receipt due date:

(a) A copy of the face page of the

application (PHS 5161–1).

(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 and

local health agencies.

Executive Order 12372

The MCH Federal set-aside program

has been determined to be a program

which is not subject to the provisions of

Executive Order 12372 concerning

intergovernmental review of Federal

programs. The OMB Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance number is 93.110X.

Dated: July 22, 1997.

Claude Earl Fox,

Acting Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Grants to Family Resources, Inc.,

Bettendorf, Iowa, and PACE/Orchard

Place-Child Guidance, Inc., Des

Moines, Iowa

AGENCY: Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention (CSAP), Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services

Administration (SAMHSA), DHHS.

ACTION: Planned awards to prevent

substance use among youth at risk for

gang/juvenile court involvement in

Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa.

SUMMARY: This notice is to provide

information to the public concerning

planned awards by CSAP/SAMHSA to

Family Resources, Inc., Bettendorf,

Iowa, and PACE/Orchard Place-Child

Guidance, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, to

fund the ‘‘Iowa Youth Substance Abuse

Prevention Community-Based

Initiative.’’ This initiative is designed to

educate and enable Iowa’s youth at risk

for gang involvement and/or first

involvement in juvenile court to reject

illegal drugs as well as the underage use

of alcohol and tobacco. It is intended to

provide these youth, early in life,

positive messages, role models, and

opportunities to learn and achieve.

Upon receipt of satisfactory

applications that are recommended for

approval by an Initial Review Group

and the CSAP National Advisory

Council, up to $417,500 in Federal

funds may be awarded to each

organization for a 12-month project

period.

This is not a formal request for

applications. Grant funds will be

provided only to the two organizations

named above.

AUTHORITY/JUSTIFICATION: These grants

will be made under the authority of

Section 501(d)(5) of the Public Health

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa).

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance (CFDA) number is 93.144.

Iowa is presently serving as a national

model for coordinating Federal

substance abuse prevention funds and

activities with the Iowa Departments of

Education, Human Rights, Human

Services, Public Safety, the Iowa

Governor’s Alliance on Substance

Abuse and three State universities. It is

one of very few States with this level of

coordination. Iowa also presents unique

opportunities to exploit this Federal and

State-level coordination in relation to

substance abuse prevention service

directed at substance abuse among

youthful gang members due to the

previously established activities of two

service providers in the cities of Des

Moines and Davenport. It is believed the

experiences in these two cities in

addressing substance abuse among gang

members will serve as a relatively

confined model, not possible in larger

problem areas, of what benefits can

accrue when multi-level State

collaboration and Federal participation

merge in addressing this subgroup. It is

noted that community poverty and

delinquency are believed to be the two

strongest characteristics of youth who

join gangs and are also important to

youth involvement in substance abuse.

CSAP expects that the multi-faceted

collaborative approach in providing

innovative strategies in addressing

factors in multiple domains which is

possible in Iowa through these service

providers will provide evidence of the

utility of such approaches. CSAP

anticipates the Iowa model will become

even more useful to other States if this

juvenile gang connection to substance

abuse is further developed as a result of

the funds provided by this initiative.

Eligibility to apply for funds under

this initiative in Iowa is limited to

Family Resources, Inc., in Bettendorf,
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Iowa, and PACE/Orchard Place-Child

Guidance, Inc., in Des Moines, Iowa,

whose innovative efforts to design and

implement state-of-the art substance

abuse and gang prevention

programming have made them uniquely

suited for this explorative effort.

Both organizations address youth

substance abuse by preventing school

truancy, improving academic

performance, tracking services to

improve school attendance, providing

tutoring services, family involvement

projects, after-school programming,

extensive substance abuse education,

and school-based supportive services.

Additionally, PACE/Orchard PlaceChild Guidance, Inc., is the only private

agency in Iowa working with substance

abuse and delinquency prevention and

truancy reduction in the Des Moines

public schools. PACE/Orchard PlaceChild Guidance, Inc., is also the primary

private provider of preventive services

under contract with Polk County

Juvenile Court. Similarly, Family

Resources, Inc., administers the oldest

substance abuse prevention and gang

intervention program in the ‘‘Quad

cities’’ area, and the program served as

a pilot project for the State of Iowa.

For the above reasons, only

applications from the Iowa

organizations identified above may be

considered for this program.

CONTACT: Sylvia L. Quinton, J.D.,

Deputy Director, Office of Policy and

Planning, CSAP, SAMHSA, Rockwall II,

9th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857; (301) 443–0315.

Dated: July 20, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Notice of Meetings

Pursuant to Pub. L. 92–463, notice is

hereby given of the meetings of the

Center for Mental Health Services

(CMHS) National Advisory Council and

the Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention (CSAP) National Advisory

Council in September 1997.

The CMHS National Advisory Council

meeting will be open and will include

a roll call, general announcements and

discussions of Government Performance

and Results Act activities, KDA and

Block Grant outcomes issues, HIV/AIDS,

and defining ‘‘mental health’’. Public

comments are welcome during the open

session. Please notify the contact listed

below if you would like to make

comments or if you have a disability

which requires reasonable

accommodation.

The meeting also will include the

review, discussion, and evaluation of

individual grant applications and

contract proposals. Therefore, a portion

of the meeting will be closed to the

public as determined by the

Administrator, SAMHSA, in accordance

with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (3), (4) and

(6) and 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Section 10(d).

A summary of the agenda and a roster

of Council members may be obtained

from Ms. Patricia Gratton, Committee

Management Officer, CMHS, Room

11C–26, Parklawn Building, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, Telephone: (301) 443–

7987.

Substantive program information may

be obtained from the contact whose

name and telephone number is listed

below.

Committee Name: CMHS National

Advisory Council.

Meeting Dates: September 11–12, 1997.

Place: Hotel Washington, 515–15th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20004.

Closed: September 11, 9:00 a.m.–12:00

Noon.

Open: September 11, 12:00 Noon–5:00 p.m.

September 12, 9:00 a.m.–Adjournment.

Contact: Ina B. Lyons, Room 13–103,

Parklawn Building, Telephone: (301) 443–

7586 and FAX: (301) 443–5163.

The CSAP National Advisory Council

meeting will be open and will include a roll

call, general announcements, and a

discussion on administrative matters. The

agenda will also include presentations on

collaborations with the National Drug

Prevention League, report on CSAP’s HIV/

AIDS activities, introduction to the

Secretary’s Initiatives, update on the National

Household Survey on Drug Abuse and

related data issues, discussions of

administrative matters and announcements,

and reports by workgroups of the SAMHSA

National Advisory Council and the CSAP

National Advisory Council. Public comments

are welcome during the open session. Please

notify the contact listed below if you would

like to make comments of if you have a

disability which requires reasonable

accommodation.

A portion of the meeting will include the

review, discussion and evaluation of

individual grant applications and contract

proposals. Therefore, a portion of the meeting

will be closed to the public as determined by

the Administrator, SAMHSA, in accordance

with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (3), (4) and (6) and

5 U.S.C. App. 2, Section 10(d).

A summary of this meeting and a roster of

committee members may be obtained from

Yuth Nimit, Ph.D., Executive Secretary,

CSAP National Advisory Council, Rockwall

II Building, Suite 901, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443–

8455.

Substantive program information may be

obtained from the contact listed below.

Committee Name: Center for Substance

Abuse Prevention National Advisory

Council.

Meeting Dates: September 17–18, 1997.

Place: Marriott Residence Inn, 7335

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.

Closed: September 17, 1997, 10:00 a.m. to

adjournment.

Open: September 17, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to

10:00 a.m.; September 18, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to

5:00 p.m.

Contact: Yuth Nimit, Ph.D., Rockwall II

Building, Suite 901, Telephone: (301) 443–

8455.

Dated: July 22, 1997.

Jeri Lipov,

Committee Management Officer, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4238–N–04]

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)

and Program Guidelines for

Homeownership Zones; Fiscal Year

1997; Correction and Extension of

Deadline

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability

(NOFA); Correction and Extension of

Deadline.

SUMMARY: On July 7, 1997 HUD

published the fiscal year (FY) 1997

NOFA and program guidelines for

Homeownership Zones. This notice

provides a copy of the lobbying

certification that applicants must submit

in accordance with 24 CFR part 87; the

copy of the certification was

inadvertently omitted from the July 7,

1997 NOFA. This notice also provides

additional information about the

availability of and instructions for

completing the forms applicants are

required to submit. This notice corrects

a typographical error with regard to the

points available for the rating criteria.

Finally, this notice extends the

application submission deadline until

September 30, 1997.

DEADLINE DATE: One original and two

copies of each application must be

received by HUD Headquarters at the

address provided below by the deadline

date. One additional copy must be

received by the HUD Field Office by the

deadline date. All four copies may be

used in reviewing the application.