6540 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 29 / Wednesday, February 12, 1997 / Notices

Administration on Aging

[Program Announcement No. AoA–97–1]

Fiscal Year 1997 Program

Announcement; Availability of Funds

and Notice Regarding Applications

AGENCY: Administration on Aging, HHS.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of

funds and request for applications to

demonstrate models that assist retired

persons to serve in their communities as

volunteer expert resources and

educators in combatting health care

waste, fraud and abuse.

SUMMARY: The Administration on Aging

announces that it will hold a

competition for cooperative agreement

awards for model projects that

demonstrate effective ways of utilizing

retired persons as expert resources and

educators in community efforts to

combat health care waste, fraud, and

abuse. In accordance with Senate Report

104–368, the Health Care Financing

Administration will transfer funds to

the Administration on Aging to facilitate

a collaboration of aging network

agencies, health insurance counseling

programs, senior centers, and other

appropriate entities in carrying out the

demonstration program.

The deadline date for the submission

of applications is April 11, 1997.

Prospective applicants should note that,

consistent with the terms of Senate

Report 104–368, preference will be

given to projects to be carried out by

consortia headed by agencies/

organizations representative of health

insurance counseling programs, area

agencies on aging, and other senior

advocacy efforts. Agencies/

organizations representative of senior

centers should also have prominent

roles in the consortia since Senate

Report 104–368 further provides that

senior centers should be the test sites in

at least one-half of the model projects

funded.

Application kits are available by

writing to: Department of Health and

Human Services, Administration on

Aging, Office of Governmental Affairs

and Elder Rights, 330 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Room 4254, Washington,

DC 20201. Please include an

organizational capability statement.

Dated: February 6, 1997.

Robyn I. Stone,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.

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Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Announcement 716]

Traumatic Brain Injury Surveillance

Program Notice of Availability of

Funds for Fiscal Year 1997

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 1997

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for population-based data

systems for Traumatic Brain Injury

(TBI). The intent of the program is to

further develop a multi-state,

population-based surveillance system

for TBI that began in FY 1995. The

development of population-based

surveillance for TBI fulfills, in part,

activities mandated in Public Law 104–

166, The Traumatic Brain Injury Act,

enacted in 1996. This program will

serve two purposes:

Part I—To enhance existing State or

territory surveillance systems for TBI, to

ensure they are population-based and

provide high quality, useful data.

Part II—To develop TBI surveillance

systems in States or territories that have

not received past funding from CDC for

this purpose and have legal authority to

collect TBI data but have little or no

surveillance infrastructure. CDC is

committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention

objectives of ‘‘Healthy People 2000,’’ a

national activity to reduce morbidity

and mortality and to improve the

quality of life. This announcement is

related to the priority areas of

Unintentional Injury, Violent and

Abusive Behavior, and Surveillance and

Data Systems. (For ordering a copy of

‘‘Healthy People 2000,’’ see the section

‘‘WHERE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION.’’)

Authority

This program is authorized under

sections 301, 317, 391, and 392, of the

Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.

241, 247b, 280b, and 280b-1) as

amended, including Pub. L. 104–166.

Smoke-Free Workplace

CDC strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and to promote the non-use

of all tobacco products, and Pub. L.

103–227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994,

prohibits smoking in certain facilities

that receive Federal funds in which

education, library, day care, health care,

and early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are the official

State public health agencies or other

State agencies or departments. This

includes the District of Columbia,

American Samoa, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the

Federated States of Micronesia, Guam,

the Northern Mariana Islands, the

Republic of the Marshall Islands, and

the Republic of Palau.

State agencies applying under this

announcement that are other than the

official State health department must

provide written concurrence for the

application from the official State health

agency.

Only one application from each State

may enter the review process and be

considered for an award under this

program. Applicants may apply for

either Part I or Part II funding as most

appropriate, but not both.

For Part I, applicants who are funded

under Announcement 526 are not

eligible for this program.

For Part II, applicants who have

received past funding for TBI

Surveillance from CDC (from the

National Center for Injury Prevention

and Control (NCIPC) or the National

Center for Environmental Health

(NCEH)) are not eligible for this

program.

Availability of Funds

Approximately $1,550,000 is available

in FY 1997 to fund up to eleven awards

under Parts I and II of this

announcement:

Part I—Approximately $1,200,000 is

available in FY 1997 to fund six to eight

awards to enhance existing State

surveillance systems for TBI. It is

expected that the average award will be

$150,000, ranging from $125,000 to

$175,000.

Part II—Approximately $350,000 is

available in FY 1997 to fund two to

three awards to assist in planning TBI

surveillance systems. It is expected that

the average award will be $115,000,

ranging from $90,000 to $125,000.

Projects are expected to begin on or

about August 1, 1997, and will be made

for a 12-month budget period within a

project period of up to 3 years. Funding

estimates may vary and are subject to

change.

Funds may be used for personnel

services, supplies, equipment, travel,

subcontracts, and services directly

related to project activities. Project

funds cannot be used to supplant other

existing funds for surveillance or

registry activities, for construction costs,

or to lease or purchase facilities or

space.