Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 220 / Friday, November 14, 1997 / Notices 61133

Type of respondent Number of

respondents

Responses

per

respondent

Total

number of

responses

Burden per

response

(minutes)

Total

burden

hours

Applicants ................................................................................................. 500 1 500 25 208

Lenders ..................................................................................................... 11 45 500 35 292

Total ............................................................................................... 511 .................... 1,000 .................... 500

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Laura Oliven, Human Resources and

Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: November 7, 1997.

Jane M. Harrison,

Acting Director, Division of Policy Review

and Coordination.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

The Health Resources and Services

Administration

Notice of a Cooperative Agreement

with the American Public Health

Association

The Health Resources and Services

Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS

Bureau announces that it will award a

sole source cooperative agreement to the

American Public Health Association

(APHA).

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement is to assist, collaboratively

with APHA, in the development and

dissemination of resource materials

relating to the care and treatment of

individuals with HIV/AIDS and the

prevention of the disease among

individuals who are at risk. In addition,

this agreement will assist with the

training of health professionals in the

care, treatment, and prevention of HIV/

AIDS. Specifically, these activities will

include, but not be limited to,

identifying areas where best practice

standards need to be investigated and

developed; identifying and developing

science expertise in areas agreed to by

HRSA as critical to the appropriate

delivery of HIV/AIDS care; using that

expertise to develop best practices; and

disseminating to the public health

community information on best

practices.

HRSA will provide consultation,

including administrative and technical

assistance as needed, for the execution

and evaluation of all aspects of this

cooperative agreement. HRSA may also

participate and/or collaborate with the

APHA in any workshops or symposia to

exchange current information, opinions,

and research findings during this

agreement.

The goal of HRSA in entering into this

cooperative agreement is to strengthen

effective HIV/AIDS treatment programs

at all levels throughout the United

States and its territories; to prevent HIV

transmission and effect, maintain,

measure, and evaluate behavioral

change among individuals whose

behavior places them at risk of HIV

infection; to reduce risks of further

transmission and to maintain the health

of asymptomatic clients; and to increase

collaboration, support and technical

competence among agencies,

organizations, groups, and

constituencies.

Authorizing Legislation

This cooperative agreement is

authorized under Section 2692 of the

Public Health Service Act.

Background

Assistance will be provided to the

American Public Health Association. No

other applications are solicited. The

HIV/AIDS Bureau is committed to

providing program expertise throughout

the nation to ensure that the providers

of HIV/AIDS services to underserved

and vulnerable populations deliver

appropriate and quality care. The

Bureau believes that APHA is uniquely

qualified to work with HRSA to meet

this goal for the following reasons:

1. APHA has more than 50,000

members and affiliates from 50

occupations of public health, including

medicine, social work, nursing, health

education, epidemiology, and program

evaluation. It represents all disciplines

and specialities of public health. It

stimulates and coordinates the

development of the scientific basis for

the Association’s professional and

public health policy programs. The

development of a public health HIV/

AIDS science and service delivery

assistance program with APHA

automatically covers all relevant

disciplines and specialities needed for

this effort. Because of the rapidly

changing field of HIV/AIDS service

delivery, it is impossible to predict

which expertise will be needed of the 50

public health occupations.

2. The mission of this organization is

to ‘‘prevent disease and promote health’’

throughout the United States making

APHA a national leader. APHA has a

history of providing science expertise to

develop best practices for the delivery of

public health programs, including HIV/

AIDS services. Currently, it provides

professional education and services for

its members in a variety of areas. The

APHA has valuable experience with

issues important to the delivery of HIV/

AIDS care—health care in jails and

prisons, outreach to underserved

groups, women’s health, and primary

health care delivery in community

settings. This experience enables the

APHA to contribute significantly to this

effort. APHA can identify areas needing

best practices, identify experts in these

areas, and assign individual experts and

groups to develop best practices.

3. APHA has established relationships

with the major associations that

represent single public health

disciplines, such as the American

Medical Association, and associations

that represent health profession schools,

such as the Association of Schools of

Public Health. It can use these ties to

further identify needed experts in the

HIV/AIDS service field.

Approximately $100,000 is available

in fiscal year 1997 for the first year of

a 3-year project period for this

cooperative agreement. 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 Mr. William Aspden,

HIV/AIDS Bureau, HRSA, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Room 7–05, Rockville, Maryland

20857 or telephone (301) 443–1993.

Dated: November 7, 1997.

Claude Earl Fox,

Acting Administrator.

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