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Where To Obtain Additional

Information

If you are interested in obtaining

additional information regarding this

project, contact Joan Holloway, HIV/

AIDS Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Room 7–13, Rockville, Maryland 20857

or telephone (301) 443–9530.

Dated: September 15, 1997.

Claude Earl Fox,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–25019 Filed 9–21–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Notice of a Cooperative Agreement

With the National Minority AIDS

Council

The Health Resources and Services

Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS

Bureau announces that it will enter into

an umbrella cooperative agreement with

the National Minority AIDS Council

(NMAC). This cooperative agreement

will establish the broad programmatic

framework in which specific projects

can be funded.

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement is to assist NMAC in

expanding and enhancing its HIV

training and technical assistance to

Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS

Resources Emergency (CARE) Act

providers servicing racial and ethnic

minority populations, with the ultimate

goal of improving the health status of

minorities and disadvantaged people.

HRSA will provide consultation,

including administrative and technical

assistance as needed, for the execution

and evaluation of all aspects of this

cooperative agreement. Activities will

include but not be limited to developing

materials, guides, and conferences for

HRSA’s Ryan White programs. HRSA

will also participate and/or collaborate

with the NMAC in any workshops or

symposia to exchange current

information, opinions, and research

findings during this agreement.

Authorizing Legislation

This cooperative agreement is

authorized under Section 2692 of the

PHS Act.

Background

Assistance will be provided to the

National Minority AIDS Council. No

other applications are solicited. NMAC

is the only organization capable of

administering this cooperative

agreement because it has:

1. Developed, expanded, and

managed an infrastructure to coordinate

and implement various programs within

local communities and organizations

that deal extensively with HIV in each

of the ethnic minority populations

served by the Ryan White CARE Act

programs of HRSA. The Council

established national initiatives—e.g.,

conferences, public policy education

program (including policy forums),

technical assistance programs and

publications (including newsletters,

action alerts and training manuals) that

provide a foundation upon which to

develop, promote, and manage HIVrelated health programs aimed at

preventing and reducing unnecessary

morbidity and mortality rates among

racial and ethnic minority populations.

2. Established itself and its members

as a national association of professionals

who serve as leaders and experts in

planning, developing, implementing,

promoting and evaluating HIV-related

education and policy campaigns, both

nationally and locally, aimed at

reducing the impact of HIV in minority

populations and improving the minority

community’s overall well being.

3. Developed a base of critical

knowledge, skills, and abilities related

to serving minority individuals and

organizations with a range of HIVrelated health and social problems.

Through the collective efforts of its

members, community-based

organizations, and volunteers, NMAC

has demonstrated (1) the ability to work

with minority and non-minority

organizations, the Federal Government,

academic institutions, and health

groups on mutually beneficial

education, research, and health

endeavors relating to the goal of health

promotion and disease prevention

among racial and ethnic minority

populations; (2) the national leadership

necessary to focus the nation’s attention

on minority-related HIV issues; and (3)

the leadership needed to assist Ryan

White health care professionals to work

more effectively with racial/ethnic

minority communities.

4. Developed a national network of

individuals, community-based

organizations, and state, regional, and

national health and civil rights

organizations committed to addressing

the HIV service, treatment, and research

needs of individuals effected and

infected by HIV and AIDS.

Approximately $200,000 is available

in fiscal year (FY) 1997 for a 12-month

budget period within a project period of

3 years. Continuation awards within the

project period will be made on the basis

of satisfactory progress and the

availability of funds.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

If you are interested in obtaining

additional information regarding this

project, contact Joan Holloway, HIV/

AIDS Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Room 7–13, Rockville, Maryland 20857

or telephone (301) 443–9530.

Dated: September 15, 1997.

Claude E. Fox,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–25017 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Proposed Review Criteria for Grants

for the National Research Service

Awards: Primary Care Research for

Fiscal Year 1998

The Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) National

Research Service Awards: Primary Care

Research (NRSA) institutional training

grants (T32) are provided to accredited

public or private nonprofit schools of

medicine, osteopathy, dentistry, or a

public or private nonprofit hospital or

other entity which is affiliated with an

entity that has received grants or

contracts under section 747, 748, or 749

of the PHS Act, agrees to use the

funding for research in primary medical

care, and is located in a State. The

NRSA program is authorized by Title IV,

Section 487(d)(3)(A) of the Public

Health Service Act.

Proposed Review Criteria

The following criteria are proposed

for National Research Service Awards in

primary care research:

1. Program Characteristics

Objectives, design, and direction of

the research training program—

including the probability of achieving

stated goals.

Substantive and methodological

content of the proposed program and its

relevance to the Program Objectives

noted above, including relevant

descriptions of courses and experiential

opportunities offered and/or required.

The extent to which proposed

approaches address areas in need of

research given changes in the health

care delivery system.

2. Program Support and Organizational

Structure and Plans

The institutional training

environment, including the level of
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institutional commitment, quality of the

facilities, availability of appropriate

courses, and availability of research

support.

Caliber of preceptors as researchers,

including successful research support.

Organizational structure of the

proposed training program, including

delineation of administrative

responsibilities for planning, oversight,

and evaluation.

Demonstration of cooperation by any

proposed collaborating facilities,

institutions, or departments in

providing research experiences and/or

sites for trainees, including (where

applicable) documentation of

mechanisms by which trainees will be

integrated into the ongoing primary

medical care research activities of other

entities.

When appropriate, the concomitant

research training of health-professional

postdoctorates (e.g., individuals with

the M.D., D.O., D.D.S./D.M.D., etc.) with

basic science postdoctorates (e.g.,

individuals with a Ph.D., etc.) or

linkages with basic science department.

Demonstration of extent to which and

ways in which HRSA support will be

(has been in the past) leveraged through

the use of other Federal and private

resources to maximize primary medical

care research training within the

institution.

Availability of other relevant support.

3. Trainee Recruitment & Retention

Plans

Recruitment and selection plans for

trainees and the availability of highquality candidates, including minority

trainees (see below for details).

When appropriate, record of the

research training program in retaining

health-professional postdoctoral

trainees for at least 2 years in research

training or other research activities.

4. Program Record and Evaluation Plans

Past research training record of both

the program and the designated

preceptors as determined by the success

of former trainees in seeking further

career development and in establishing

productive scientific careers. Evidence

of further career development can

include receipt of fellowships, career

awards, a prestigious training

appointment, and similar

accomplishments. Evidence of a

productive scientific career can include

a record of successful competition for

individual research grants, receipt of

special honors, a record of publications,

receipt of patents, promotion to

prestigious positions in academe,

industry, or health policy and any other

appropriate measure of success

consistent with the nature and duration

of the training received.

Record of the research training

program in recruiting and retaining

trainees, noting past annual success

rates in filling committed slots.

Proposed methods for monitoring and

evaluating performance of trainees and

the overall program, record of trainees

in obtaining individual research awards

or fellowships following training, and in

establishing careers in primary medical

care research.

5. Budget

Reasonableness of the proposed

budget, including number and levels of

trainees, in relation to the research

training.

An announcement will be made in the

HRSA Preview for the competitive cycle

in FY 1998.

The comment period is 30 days. All

comments received on or before October

22, 1997 will be considered before the

final review criteria are established.

Written comments should be addressed

to: Enrique Fernandez, M.D., Division of

Medicine, Bureau of Health Professions,

Health Resources and Services,

Administration, Parklawn Building,

Room 9A–20, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone:

(301) 443–1467, FAX: (301) 443–8890.

All comments received will be

available for public inspection and

copying at the Division of Medicine, at

the above address, weekdays (Federal

holidays excepted) between the hours of

8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Dated: September 15, 1997.

Claude Earl Fox,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–25018 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Federal Workplace Drug Testing

Programs and Associated Forms:

Extension of OMB Approval

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has approved the use of the

Federal Custody and Control Form

(CCF) until July 31, 2000, for Federal

agency and federally regulated drug

testing programs which must comply

with the HHS Mandatory Guidelines for

Federal Workplace Drug Testing

Programs (59 FR 29908) dated June 9,

1994, and for the information provided

by laboratories for the National

Laboratory Certification Program

(NLCP).

The OMB approval requires that OMB

Number 0930–0158 must be displayed

in the upper right hand corner of the

Federal Custody and Control Form, but

the expiration date does not need to

appear on the CCF. Additionally, the

following Paperwork Reduction Act

Notice must appear on the back of each

copy of the CCF: Paperwork Reduction

Act Notice (as required by 5 CFR

1320.21). Public reporting burden for

this collection of information, including

the time for reviewing instructions,

gathering and maintaining the data

needed, and completing and reviewing

the collection of information is

estimated for each respondent to

average: 5 minutes/donor; 4 minutes/

collector; 3 minutes/laboratory; and 3

minutes/Medical Review Officer. Send

comments regarding these burden

estimates or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing this burden, to

the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Paperwork Reduction Project (0930–

0158), Room 16–105, Parklawn

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor, and a person is not required

to respond to, a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control number for this

project is 0930–0158.

Until current supplies are exhausted,

Federal agencies and federally regulated

industries are permitted to use Federal

Custody and Control Forms that display

the previous OMB Number, expiration

date (6/30/97), and paperwork reduction

act statement.

Send comments to Beatrice Rouse,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Dated: September 15, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97–25113 Filed 9–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4263–N–25]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below