55266 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 205 / Thursday, October 23, 1997 / Notices

Dated: October 15, 1997.

Bob Sargis,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–28127 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Proposed Program Priorities—ACF/ACYF/

RHYP 98–1]

Runaway and Homeless Youth

Program: Fiscal Year (FY) 1998

Proposed Program Priorities

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth and Families, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments on proposed Fiscal Year 1998

Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY)

Program Priorities for the Basic Center

Program for Runaway and Homeless

Youth; the Street Outreach Program for

Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth;

and the Transitional Living Program for

Older Homeless Youth.

The Runaway and Homeless Youth

Act requires the Secretary to publish

annually, for public comment, a

proposed plan specifying priorities the

Department will follow in awarding

grants and contracts under the Act. The

public is urged to provide comments in

response to this notice. Suggestions and

recommendations will be taken into

consideration in development of final

priorities. The actual solicitations for

grant applications will be published

later during Fiscal Year 1998 in the

Federal Register. No applications for

funding should be submitted at this

time.

DATES: Closing date for submission of

public comments is December 8, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: James A. Harrell, Deputy

Commissioner, Administration on

Children, Youth and Families,

Attention: Family and Youth Services

Bureau, P.O. Box 1182, Washington, DC

20013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anita Wright, Youth Development

Program Specialist, (202) 205–8030.

SUMMARY: The Family and Youth

Services Bureau of the Administration

on Children, Youth and Families

announces that public comments are

being requested on proposed program

priorities for Fiscal Year 1998 for the

following programs:

The Runaway and Homeless Youth

Basic Center Grant Program (BCP),

which provides financial assistance to

local agencies to develop and strengthen

services to meet the immediate needs

(e.g., outreach, temporary shelter,

counseling, and aftercare services) of

runaway and homeless youth and their

families.

The Street Outreach Program for

Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth,

which provides street-based outreach

and education, including treatment,

counseling, and information and referral

services for runaway, homeless, and

street youth who have been subjected to

or are at risk of experiencing sexual

abuse.

The Transitional Living Program for

Older Homeless Youth (TLP), which

supports local agencies which provide

long term shelter, life-skill training and

support services to homeless youth to

assist them in making a smooth

transition to self-sufficiency and to

prevent long-term dependency on social

services.

Central to all FYSB programs and

activities is a priority that services be

delivered through a comprehensive

youth development approach. A

developmental perspective views

adolescence as the passage from the

dependence of the child to the

independence and self-sufficiency of the

adult. The various emotional,

intellectual, social and physical changes

during this passage are natural, healthy

responses to the challenges and

opportunities of growing up.

The tasks of youth services providers

are seen, thus, not as correcting the

problems of troubled youth, but rather

as providing for the successive

developmental needs of maturing

individuals: The psychological need to

develop a clear self-identity; the

sociological need to be an effective and

contributing member of the community;

the economic need to prepare for and

enter into a career; and the familial

needs for sharing, for trusting, for giving

and receiving love and commitment.

This developmental approach is

fundamental to all FYSB programs and

activities.

Financial assistance for programs and

support efforts discussed below is

contingent upon the availability of

funds.

a. Basic Center Program Grants

Approximately 65 percent of the Basic

Center grants awarded will be noncompeting continuation grants and

approximately 35 percent will be

competitive new awards in Fiscal Year

1998.

Eligible applicants for new awards are

current grantees with project periods

ending in Fiscal Year 1998 and

otherwise eligible applicants who are

not current grantees. The applications

will be reviewed by State, and awards

will be made during the last quarter of

Fiscal Year 1998 (July–September 1998).

b. Transitional Living Program Grants

All potential Fiscal Year 1998 TLP

funds will be awarded in the form of

continuation grants and as new grants to

applicants who competed successfully

during Fiscal Year 1997.

It is anticipated that all Fiscal Year

1999 funds will be used to award noncompetitive continuation grants. No

TLP funds are expected to be available

in Fiscal Year 1999 to fund new-start

applications. Therefore, there will be no

solicitation for competitive new-start

TLP applications in Fiscal Year 1998.

c. Street Outreach for Runaway,

Homeless and Street Youth

Fiscal Year 1998 funds will be used

to award new grants to eligible

applicants and non-competitive

continuation awards to eligible grantees.

d. Support Services for Runaway and

Homeless Youth Programs

(1) National Communications System

In Fiscal Year 1994, a five-year grant

was awarded to the National Runaway

Switchboard, Inc., in Chicago, Illinois,

to operate a National Communications

System to assist runaway and homeless

youth in communicating with their

families and with service providers.

Non-competitive continuation funding

will be awarded to the grantee in Fiscal

Year 1998. The five-year project period

will end in Fiscal Year 1999.

(2) Training and Technical Assistance

Part D, Section 342 of the Act

authorizes the Department to make

grants to statewide and regional

nonprofit organizations to provide

training and technical assistance

(T&TA) to organizations receiving

service grants under the Act in order to

strengthen programs and enhance the

knowledge and skills of youth workers.

The Family and Youth Services

Bureau funds ten Cooperative

Agreements, one in each Federal

Region, to provide T&TA to agencies

funded by FYSB. Each Cooperative

Agreement is based on the

characteristics and different T&TA

needs in the respective Region and has

a five-year project period that will end

in Fiscal Year 1999. Non-competitive

continuation funding will be awarded to

the ten T&TA grantees in Fiscal Year

1998.
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(3) National Clearinghouse on Runaway

and Homeless Youth

In Fiscal Year 1997, the Family and

Youth Services Bureau awarded a five

year contract to support a National

Clearinghouse on Youth and Families

(NCFY). The purpose of the

Clearinghouse is to disseminate

information to professionals and

agencies involved in youth development

efforts and/or the delivery of direct

services to runaway, homeless and atrisk youth. The Clearinghouse collects,

maintains and disseminates reports and

other materials, identifies areas in

which new or additional information is

needed, and develops documents and

materials relevant to FYSB’s mission

and the needs of the field. Noncompetitive continuation funding will

be awarded to the Clearinghouse in

Fiscal Year 1998.

(4) Runaway and Homeless Youth

Management Information System

(RHYMIS)

In Fiscal Year 1997, the Family and

Youth Services Bureau awarded a three

year contract for continued

development and implementation of the

Runaway and Homeless Youth

Management Information System

(RHYMIS) for FYSB programs. The data

generated by the system are used to

produce reports and information

regarding FYSB’s programs, including

information for required reports to

Congress. In Fiscal Year 1998 this effort

will receive non-competitive

continuation funding.

(5) Monitoring Support for FYSB

Programs

The Family and Youth Services

Bureau uses a comprehensive

monitoring instrument and site visit

protocols, including a peer-review

component for monitoring runaway and

homeless youth programs. In Fiscal Year

1997, the Family and Youth Services

Bureau awarded a three year contract to

provide logistical support for peer

review monitoring. In Fiscal Year 1998,

this contract will receive noncompetitive continuation funding.

6. Conference Logistics and

Management Support Contract

In Fiscal Year 1995, the Family and

Youth Services Bureau awarded a

twelve-month contract, with two option

years, for logistics and management

support. The purpose of the contract is

to promote FYSB’s comprehensive

youth development message by making

the arrangements necessary to assemble

FYSB’s grantees, youth development

experts and other youth service

providers at meetings, conferences,

workshops and forums. In Fiscal Year

1998, the second year option will be

funded to continue this effort.

7. Research Demonstration and

Management Initiatives

Section 315 of the Act authorizes the

Department to award funds to States,

localities, and private entities to carry

out research, demonstration, and service

projects designed to increase knowledge

concerning, and to improve services for,

runaway and homeless youth. These

activities identify emerging issues and

develop and test models which address

such issues.

During Fiscal Year 1998, the Family

and Youth Services Bureau will

continue to:

Support a youth development

approach to the provision of services,

both from theoretical and practical

perspectives;

Pursue the development of youth

development performance based

indicators and outcome measures as a

method of evaluating the effectiveness

of youth services;

Explore the potential for successful

collaborations among federal

government agencies, state governments

and local community based youth

services organizations, including the

funding of possible pilot demonstration

efforts;

Continue to work in partnership with

Regional Offices around the review and

assessment of grant applications and the

development and implementation of

FYSB program efforts, and

Continue to make sure that funding

for programs will occur in a timely

manner by publishing this Notice, as

well as the final priorities in the Federal

Register, as early in the Fiscal Year as

possible.

We welcome specific comments and

suggestions on these proposed program

priorities.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number 93.623, Runaway and Homeless

Youth Program; Number 93.657, Transitional

Living Program for Homeless Youth; and

Number 93.557, Street Outreach for Runaway

and Homeless Youth.)

Dated: October 15, 1997.

James A. Harrell,

Deputy Commissioner, Administration on

Children, Youth and Families.

[FR Doc. 97–28025 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 97N–0399]

Helen A. Ballack Co. et al.; Withdrawal

of Approval of 61 New Drug

Applications, 8 Abbreviated Antibiotic

Applications, and 36 Abbreviated New

Drug Applications; Correction

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is correcting a

notice that appeared in the Federal

Register of September 25, 1997 (62 FR

50387). The document announced the

withdrawal of approval of 61 new drug

applications (NDA’s), 8 abbreviated

antibiotic applications (AADA’s), and

36 abbreviated new drug applications

(ANDA’s). The document inadvertently

withdrew approval of NDA 19–339 for

Heparin Sodium in 5% Dextrose

Injection in CR3 Flexible Container held

by Abbott Laboratories, D–389 Bldg.

AP30, 200 Abbott Park Rd., Abbott Park,

IL 60064–3537. This document confirms

that approval of NDA 19–339 is still in

effect, and that the withdrawal of

approval of the NDA was in error.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 25, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Olivia A. Pritzlaff, Center for Drug

Evaluation and Research (HFD–7), Food

and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301–594–

2041.

In FR Doc. 97–25369, appearing at

page 50387 in the Federal Register of

Thursday, September 25, 1997, the

following correction is made: On page

50388, in the table, the entry for NDA

19–339 is removed.

Dated: October 9, 1997.

Janet Woodcock,

Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and

Research.

[FR Doc. 97–28012 Filed 10–22–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention; Statement of Organization,

Functions, and Delegations of

Authority

Part C (Centers for Disease Control

And Prevention) of the Statement of

Organization, Functions, and