63550 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 230 / Monday, December 1, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Notice of a Cooperative Agreement

With the National Hispanic Religious

Leaders Partnership for Community

Health

The Office of Minority Health (OMH),

Office of Public Health and Science,

announces that it will enter into an

umbrella cooperative agreement with

The National Hispanic Religious

Leaders Partnership for Community

Health (NHLRPCH). This cooperative

agreement will establish the broad

programmatic framework in which

specific projects can be funded as they

are identified during the project period.

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement is to assist NHLRPCH to

expand and enhance its activities

relevant to health issues affecting the

Hispanic community in areas such as

access to health care, cultural

competency, mental health, child abuse

and youth health issues, substance

abuse and prevention, and disease

prevention/health promotion. It is

anticipated that future activities will

focus on programs and policies aimed at

improving the overall health status of

Hispanics in order to eliminate the

health gaps which exist between

Hispanics and others. OMH will provide

consultation, including administrative

and technical assistance as needed, for

the execution and evaluation of all

aspects of this cooperative agreement.

OMH will also participate and/or

collaborate with the awardee in any

workshops or symposia to exchange

current information, opinions, and

research findings during this agreement.

Authorizing Legislation

This cooperative agreement is

authorized under Title XVII, Section

1707(d)(1) of the Public Health Service

Act, as amended by Public Law 101–

527.

Background

Assistance will be provided only to

the National Hispanic Religious Leaders

Partnership for Community Health. No

other applications are solicited.

NHLRPCH is the only organization

capable of administering this

cooperative agreement because it:

1. Established a regional and national

infrastructure of Hispanic churches and

para-church organizations dedicated to

health care within the Hispanic

community;

2. Operates established programs

aimed at empowering communities and

churches at the grassroots level and

provides holistic ministries that serve

the spiritual, social, economic and

cultural needs of Hispanic communities;

3. Encompasses a network of

comprehensive health services

including: Mental health services, drug

rehabilitation programs, youth projects,

child abuse prevention, health

education, women’s centers, HIV/AIDS

programs and community services

centers;

4. Uses indigenous leadership within

the Hispanic faith community;

5. Aims to secure improved access to

health care through organizational,

advocacy and networking activities.

This cooperative agreement will be

awarded in FY 1998 for a 12-month

budget period within a project period of

5 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 Dr. Olivia Carter-Pokras,

Office of Minority Health, 5515 Security

Lane, Suite 1000, Rockville, Maryland

20852 or telephone (301) 443–9923.

Dated: October 29, 1997.

Clay E. Simpson, Jr., MSPH, Ph.D,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority

Health.

[FR Doc. 97–31322 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–17–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Public Health and Science;

Notice of Meeting of the Advisory

Committee on Blood Safety and

Availability

AGENCY: Office of Public Health and

Science.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

The Advisory Committee on Blood

Safety and Availability will meet on

January 29, 1998 from 8:00 AM to 4:30

PM and on January 30, 1998 from 8:00

AM to 3:30 PM. The meetings will take

place in Room 800, Hubert H.

Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Ave., S.W., Washington, DC 20201. The

meeting will be entirely open to the

public.

The Committee will consider the

theoretical possibility that CreutzfeldtJakob disease (CJD) can be transmitted

by blood transfusion. On January 29,

1998 the Committee will review

information previously presented to it

on April 25, 1997 and receive reports of

scientific and clinical advances since

then. The Committee will then receive

a presentation of current and pending

regulatory activities relevant to the

theoretical possibility of CJD

transmission, and hear invited

comments from consumers and

industry. At the conclusion of these

presentations, the public will be invited

to comment. On January 30, 1998 the

Committee will consider what if any

recommendations it would make to the

Department on this matter.

Prospective speakers should notify

the Executive Secretary of their desire to

address the Committee and should plan

for no more than 5 minutes of comment.

CONTACT: Stephen D. Nightingale, MD,

Executive Secretary, Advisory

Committee on Blood Safety and

Availability, Office of Public Health and

Science, Department of Health and

Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey

Building, 200 Independence Avenue

S.W., Washington, DC 20201. Phone

(202) 690–5560 FAX (202) 690–7560 email SNIGHTIN@OSOPHS.HHS.GOV.

Dated: November 21, 1997.

Stephen D. Nightingale,

Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on

Blood Safety and Availability.

[FR Doc. 97–31321 Filed 11–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–17–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Advisory Committee on Childhood

Lead Poisoning Prevention: Notice of

Charter Renewal

This gives notice under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463) of October 6, 1972, that the

Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead

Poisoning Prevention (ACCLPP),

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health

and Human Services, has been renewed

for a 2-year period beginning October

31, 1997 through October 31, 1999.

For further information, contact

Henry Falk, M.D., Division of

Environmental Hazards and Health

Effects, National Center for

Environmental Health, CDC, 4770

Buford Highway, m/s F42, Building 101,

Room 1122, Atlanta, Georgia 30341–

3724.