Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 26 / Friday, February 7, 1997 / Notices 5833

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, February 3, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–3043 Filed 2-6-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210-01-F

FOREIGN RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

February 12, 1997.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, C Street

entrance between 20th and 21st Streets,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments, reassignments, and

salary actions) involving individual Federal

Reserve System employees.

2. Any items carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mr. Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the

Board; (202) 452–3204. You may call

(202) 452–3207, beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before this meeting, for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–3167 Filed 2–5–97; 10:12 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of the Secretary

Office of Minority Health; Notice of a

Cooperative Agreement With Central

State University

The Office of Minority Health (OMH)

announces that it will enter into a

cooperative agreement with Central

State University to support a Family and

Community Violence Prevention

Program.

The purpose of the Family and

Community Violence Prevention

Program is to positively impact the

increasing incidence of violence and

abusive behavior in low income, at-risk

communities through the mobilization

of community partners to address these

issues. In order to have an effect on this

trend, interventions conducted through

partnerships must be directed to the

individual, the family and the

community as a whole, and must be

designed to impact the academic and

personal development of those who are

at risk.

This cooperative agreement is

intended to demonstrate the merit of

programs that involve partnerships

between community institutions and

Family Life Centers to spearhead a

community effort to improve the quality

of life for all community residents.

Authority

This cooperative agreement is

authorized under section 1707(d)(1) of

the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C.

300u–6(d)(1).

Background

Assistance will be provided only to

Central State University of Wilberforce,

Ohio. No other applications are

solicited. Central State University is

uniquely qualified to administer this

cooperative agreement because it has:

1. developed an infrastructure to

manage a multi-faceted demonstration

program coordinated among widely

dispersed institutions of higher

education addressing the issues of

family and community violence;

2. in place a management staff with

the background and experience to guide,

develop and evaluate a multimillion

dollar demonstration program;

3. established a relationship with a

network of institutions of higher

education actively involved in programs

to prevent family and community

violence;

4. demonstrated an ability to bring

together individual schools to function

as a cohesive unit in addressing

common issues and goals;

5. experience in carrying out a

program designed to reduce the

incidence of violence and crime; and

6. demonstrated through past

activities its ability to pull together

experts in the field of violence

prevention to serve in an advisory

capacity to a multi-year project.

Approximately $4,800,000 (indirect

and direct costs) is available in FY 1997

to fund this cooperative agreement. The

project is expected to begin on

September 30, 1997, for a 12-month

budget period within a project period

not to exceed 3 years. Continuation

awards within the project period will be

made on the basis of satisfactory

performance and availability of funds.

Violent and abusive behavior exacts a

large toll on the physical and mental

health of Americans. According to the

Healthy People 2000 Midcourse Review

and 1995 Revisions, the United States

ranks first among industrialized nations

in violent death rates, with homicide

and suicide claiming more than 50,000

lives each year. An additional 2.2

million people are injured by violent

assaults annually. According to this

report, morbidity and mortality due to

violence show some disturbing trends.

Youth are increasingly involved as both

perpetrators and victims of violence. In

1992, the homicide rate for young black

men exceeded that of young white men

by as much as 8 times. Women are

frequent targets of both physical and

sexual assault, often perpetrated by

spouses, ex-spouses, intimate partners,

or others known to them. Women with

family incomes under $9,999 had the

highest rates of violence attributable to

an intimate while those with family

incomes over $30,000 had the lowest

rates.

Blacks are disproportionately

represented among both violent crime

offenders and victims. While blacks

constituted 12 percent of the U.S.

population in 1993, in that same year

they represented 58 percent of persons

arrested for murder, 41 percent arrested

for rape, 62 percent arrested for robbery,

and 40 percent arrested for aggravated

assault (Bureau of Justice Statistics,

1994). Arrest data also indicate that

violent crime, especially murder,

involve intraracial victims-offender

relationship patterns. In 1993, 94

percent of black murder victims were

killed by black offenders and 84 percent

of white murder victims were killed by

white offenders (Department of Justice,

1993).

According to the National Center on

Child Abuse and Neglect, an estimated

2.9 million children were reported as

alleged victims of maltreatment in 1994.

Of the investigation dispositions, 1.0

million were determined to have been

victims of either substantiated or

indicated maltreatment. Of these, 53

percent suffered from neglect, 26

percent were physically abused, 14

percent were sexually abused, 3 percent

suffered from medical neglect, 5 percent

from emotional maltreatment, 15

percent from other types of

maltreatment, and 4 percent unknown.

About 27 percent were 3 years old or

younger, 20 percent were age 4 to 6, 17

percent were 7 to 9, 15 percent were

between 10 and 12, and 21 percent were

teenagers (13 to 18). Of those cases

where states reported race/ethnicity, 56

percent of the victims were white, 26

percent were African American, 9

percent Hispanic, 2 percent Native

American, and less than 1 percent

Asian/Pacific Islander.
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According to the National Committee

for Prevention of Child Abuse, abused

children have been found to have lower

cognitive maturity and more severe

behavior problems than children who

have not been abused. Abused children

are also at increased risk for the

extremes of risk-seeking or risk-avoiding

behaviors. Maltreated children

experience significant problems

including poor social skills,

aggressiveness and emotional

unresponsiveness.

Troublesome and delinquent children

are more likely to come from troubled

families and neighborhoods.

Delinquency is not a problem that

appears alone. Delinquent youths are

also at higher-than-average risk for drug

use, problems in school, dropping out of

school, and teenage pregnancy (Elliott,

Huizinga, and Menard, 1989;

Greenwood, 1993). The recognition that

problems in school or early dropout are

primary risk factors for juvenile

delinquency and drug use have led to

the development of a wide range of

interventions. Unfortunately, many of

these efforts have not been evaluated,

and most of those evaluated have

produced negligible impacts (Tolan and

Guerra, 1994), particularly on later

delinquency. When asked, students who

have been victims of violence and those

at greater risk of being victims are more

likely to express concern about relations

with their parents. One-fourth of

students (25%) say they sometimes

wonder if their parents really love them.

Minority students are more concerned

than white students. One-third of

African-American (32%), and Hispanic

(34%) students say this statement is true

for them as compared with one in five

white students (22%).

The 1985 Report of the Secretary’s

Task Force on Black and Minority

Health provided a national focus on

violence as a leading public health

problem in the United States. Since that

time, public health strategies to prevent

death and disability due to violent and

abusive behavior have emerged across

the country. The Health People 2000

Midcourse Review and 1995 Revision

identified the following strategies for

addressing violence in communities at

high risk: promoting awareness of

violence as a public health problem,

taking more agreesive steps to counter

the high rates of physical abuse and

violence against women, offering

alternative school and community-based

activities for youth, and increasing

collaboration and partnerships between

State and local public health agencies

with mental health and substance abuse

programs.

Project Requirements

The cooperative agreement will

include substantive involvement of both

the recipient and the Federal

Government. At a minimum,, the

following expectations are anticipated:

Recipient Responsibilities

(1) Central State University will

solicit proposals from four year

undergraduate institutions historically

identified as providing education

primarily to minority students, or

having a majority enrollment of

minority students for the purposes of

carrying out a program to positively

impact the increasing incidence of

violence and abusive behavior in low

income, at-risk communities. Up to 19

institutions will be selected, based on

criteria development in conjunction

with OMH staff, to received awards of

approximately $200,000 per year.

Special consideration will be given to

those institutions which currently have

Family Life Centers with support form

Central State University. (2) Central

State University will participate with

OMH in the selection of the institutions,

and provide funding to conduct

comprehensive programs of support and

education for a defined community. The

selected institutions must:

• Establish a Family Life Center (FLC)

within a 10 mile radius of the target

community to facilitate access to the

program’s services/activities on a

regular basis. The FLC can be located at

a site of the undergraduate school, or at

a facility of a community institution

with which it has established a

partnership. The FLC is to be open year

round, with activities/services offered at

various times (e.g. weekdays, evenings,

weekends) to accommodate the target

group(s).

• Offer project activities in the areas

of Academic Development Personal

Development, Cultural/Recreational

Enrichment, and Career Development.

• Offer opportunities for community

youth to participate in activities on

campus or other appropriate sites,

including a summer academic

enrichment program of at least 3 week

in length for middle and high school

students.

• Formalized arrangements/

partnerships with appropriate

community groups, involving tangible,

inkind contributions from each of the

collaborating partners.

(3) Central State University will

utilize a Management Team to oversee

the Family and Community Violence

Prevention Program.

(4) Central State University will select

up to 10 individuals to serve on an

Advisory Board to provide guidance and

technical advice to the Management

Team. A meeting limited to this Board

will be held once per year.

(5) Central State University will

convene a yearly meeting of the Family

Life Centers to discuss common goals

and direction, and exchange

information on various approaches and

evaluation strategies.

(6) In addition to the yearly Advisory

Board meeting, Central State University

will convene an annual meeting of

Family Life Center Directors and

Evaluators, and the Advisory board to

facilitate a discussion surrounding

program activities, evaluation, and

future direction.

(7) Central State University will

monitor the activities of the funded

institutions to ensure compliance with

the intent of the program.

(8) Central State University will

conduct a yearly evaluation of the

actitivties of each of the funded

institutions, as well as the overall

project.

OMH Responsibilities

Substantial programmatic

involvement is as follows:

(1) OMH will provide technical

assistance and oversight as necessary for

the overall design of the Family and

Community Violence Prevention

Program.

(2) OMH will develop the evaluation

criterion for the selection and funding of

applications.

(3) OMH will participate with Central

State University in the review and

selection of applications and ensure the

absence of conflict of interest in the

review process.

(4) OMH will have final approval of

the Advisory Board membership.

(5) OMH will provide assistance to

the Management Team on program

strategies, direction, evaluation

activities, and decisions related to

adjustments in funding levels of

participating institutions.

(6) OMH will participate in the

planning of and attend the annual

Advisory Board Meeting, the annual

meeting of the Family Life Centers, and

the annual meeting of the Family Life

Center Directors/Evaluators and the

Advisory Board.

(7) OMH will participate in site visits

to the participating institutions as

deemed appropriate by OMH staff.

Where to Obtain Additional

Information

If you are interested in obtaining

additional information regarding this

project, contact Ms. Cynthia H. Amis,

Director, Division of Program
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 26 / Friday, February 7, 1997 / Notices 5835

Operations, Office of Minority Health,

5515 Security Lane, Suite 1000,

Rockville, Maryland 20852, telephone

number (301) 594–0769.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 93.910.

Dated: January 13, 1997.

Clay E. Simpson, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority

Health.

[FR Doc. 97–3017 Filed 2–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–17–M

Meeting of Commission on Dietary

Supplement Labels

AGENCY: Office of Disease Prevention

and Health Promotion.

ACTION: Commission on Dietary

Supplement Labels: Notice of meeting

#8.

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS) is providing

notice of the eighth meeting of the

Commission on Dietary Supplement

Labels.

DATES: The Commission intends to hold

its meetings on March 4, 1997 from 1:00

p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m., E.S.T.,

at the Omni Hotel, 101 West Fayette

Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. The

meeting is open to the public; seating is

limited.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth D. Fisher, Ph.D., Executive

Director, Commission on Dietary

Supplement Labels, Office of Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion, Room

738G, Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

200 Independence Ave., SW.,

Washington, DC 20201, (202) 690–7102.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

Law 103–417, Section 12, authorized

the establishment of a Commission on

Dietary Supplement Labels whose seven

members have been appointed by the

President. The appointments to the

Commission by the President and the

establishment of the Commission by the

Secretary of Health and Human Services

reflect the commitment of the President

and the Secretary to the development of

a sound and consistent regulatory policy

on labeling of dietary supplements.

The Commission is charged with

conducting a study and providing

recommendations for regulation of label

claims and statements for dietary

supplements, including the use of

supplemental literature in connection

with their sale and, in addition,

procedures for evaluation of label

claims. The Commission is expected to

evaluate how best to provide truthful,

scientifically valid, and non-misleading

information to consumers in order that

they may make informed health care

choices for themselves and their

families. The Commission’s study report

may include recommendations on

legislation, if appropriate and necessary.

The Commission meeting agenda will

include approval of minutes of the

previous meeting, determination of the

appropriateness and possible date for

release of the Commission’s final draft

report for public review, review of

certain materials drafted for possible

inclusion in the Commission’s report,

and discussion of the process for review

of Commission’s final draft report. In

addition, the Commission has requested

further comments from several

organizations that previously provided

testimony and statements concerning (1)

regulatory management of herbal

remedies, and (2) possible use of third

parties for evaluation of dietary

supplement label claims. Oral

statements and the required written

statements of invited parties are to be

restricted to additional views, data, and

comments on these two topics. If time

permits after the statements of the

invited organizations, the Chair may

allow brief oral statements from other

interested parties and persons

concerning these two topics.

The meeting is open to the public;

however seating is limited. If you will

require a sign language interpreter,

please call Sandra Saunders (202) 690–

7102 by 4:30 p.m. E.S.T. on February 24,

1997.

Dated: January 30, 1997.

Linda D. Meyers,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion,

Department of Health and Human Services.

[FR Doc. 97–3018 Filed 2–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–17–M

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of General Medical

Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

National Institute of General Medical

Sciences Special Emphasis Panel

meeting:

Name of Committee: Structural Biology of

AIDS Related Proteins.

Date: February 18, 1997.

Time: 1:00 p.m.—until conclusion

(approximately 3 hours).

Place: Natcher Building—Room 1 AS–13,

45 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892–

6200 (Telephone Conference).

Contact Person: Arthur L. Zachary, Ph.D.,

Scientific Review Administrator, NIGMS,

Office of Scientific Review, 45 Center Drive,

Room 1AS–13, Bethesda, MD 20892–6200,

301–594–2886.

Purpose: To evaluate program project

proposals.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the urgent

need to meet timing limitations imposed by

the review and funding cycle.

This meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

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

discussions of these proposals could reveal

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material and

personal information concerning individuals

associated with the proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.821, Biophysics and

Physiological Sciences; 93.859,

Pharmacological Sciences; 93.862, Genetics

Research; 93.863, Cellular and Molecular

Basis of Disease Research; 93.880, Minority

Access Research Careers [MARC]; and

93.375, Minority Biomedical Research

Support [MBRS])

Dated: January 31, 1997.

Paula N. Hayes,

Acting Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–3077 Filed 2–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

National Institute of General Medical

Sciences; Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

National Institute of General Medical

Science meeting:

Committee Name: Minority Program

Review Committee MARC, Minority Access

to Research Careers Sub-Committee.

Date: February 20–21, 1997.

Time: 8:30 a.m.—adjournment.

Place: Natcher Conference Center, 45

Center Drive—Conference Room C1/C2,

Bethesda, MD 20892–6200.

Contact Person: Richard I. Martinez, Ph.D.,

Scientific Review Administrator, NIGMS, 45

Center Drive, Room 1AS–19G, Bethesda, MD

20892–6200, 301–594–2849.

Purpose: To review institutional research

training grant applications.

This meeting will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

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

discussions of these applications could

reveal confidential trade secrets or

commercial property such as patentable

material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications, the disclosure of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.821, Biophysics and

Physiological Sciences; 93.859,

Pharmacological Sciences; 93.862, Genetics

Research; 93.863, Cellular and Molecular

Basis of Disease Research; 93.880, Minority