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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Gene Moyer, Office of Health Policy,

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Planning and Evaluation, Room 442E

Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20201, Telephone

(202) 690–7861.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Balanced Budget Act, passed in July

1997, specified new Federal Medical

Assistance Percentages for Alaska and

for the District of Columbia for fiscal

years 1998, 1999, and 2000. On January

29, 1997, in Notice 97–2231 beginning

on page 4293, the Department published

the 1998 percentages. On September 12,

1997, in Notice 97–24324 beginning on

page 48098, the Department published

updated percentages for Alaska and the

District of Columbia for purposes of

Medicaid and the New Children’s

Health Insurance Program. On

November 24, 1997, in Notice 97–30832

beginning on page 62613, the Office of

the Secretary announced the

percentages for use in determining the

amount of Federal matching in State

welfare and medical expenditures for

October 1, 1998 through September 30,

1999. The FY1999 Notice provided a

Table on pages 62614–62615 that listed

Federal Medical Assistance percentages

and Enhanced Federal Medical

Assistance percentages for each of the

50 States, the District of Columbia,

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam,

American Samoa, and the Northern

Mariana Islands. The Federal Medical

Assistance Percentage for Alaska is

listed as 59.80% and for the District of

Columbia as 70.00%. The enhanced

percentages were 71.86% for Alaska and

79.00% for the District of Columbia.

These are the correct percentages for

Medicaid and Children’s Health

Insurance. For Title IV and perhaps

some other programs, the percentages

for Alaska and the District of Columbia

were to be calculated in the usual way.

The FY 1999 Notice recognized this

for the State of Alaska. The second

sentence in the second footnote to the

table read ‘‘For other purposes, the

percentage for Alaska is 52.26%.’’ The

error was that the sentence should have

included the District of Columbia and

should have been more specific about

the uses of the standard rates. The

sentence should have read ‘‘For other

purposes, including programs remaining

in Title IV of the Act, the percentage for

Alaska is 52.26% and for the District of

Columbia is 50.00%.’’

Dated: April 19, 1998.

Neil J. Stillman,

Assistant Secretary for Information Resource

Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Announcement 98036]

Violence Against Women Prevention

Research Center (VAWPRC) Notice of

Availability of Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year 1998

cooperative agreement funds to

establish a Violence Against Women

Prevention Research Center (VAWPRC).

This program addresses the Healthy

People 2000 priority area of Violent and

Abusive Behavior.

The purposes of the Prevention

Research Center are to:

1. Support research on prevention and

policy issues relevant to Violence

Against Women;

2. Encourage professionals from a

spectrum of disciplines such as public

health, criminal justice, health care,

behavioral and social sciences,

education, law enforcement, and others

to undertake and collaborate in research

and evaluation activities for preventing

violence against women;

3. Foster interdisciplinary

collaboration for the purpose of

developing integrated theoretical and

scientific models about the nature of

violence against women, its relationship

to other forms of violence and injury,

and effective prevention strategies;

4. Integrate research on child

maltreatment and other forms of

violence into the study of violence

against women;

5. Foster creative and innovative

approaches to collaborative research

and evaluation efforts among research

institutions and sexual assault and

intimate partner violence service

providers;

6. Develop a knowledge base for

evaluating current and new programs,

strategies, and policies designed to

prevent or control violence against

women;

7. Create training programs that

develop interdisciplinary knowledge

and expertise among new investigators

and investigators retraining in the field.

These efforts should emphasize training

researchers in evaluation methodology

and developing the research skills of

scientists from racial and ethnic

minorities and other historically under

represented and underserved groups;

8. Provide technical assistance to

other investigators around

methodological issues related to the

field of violence against women; and

9. Provide a national focus for

interdisciplinary public fora designed to

disseminate research knowledge about

violence against women.

For additional information please see

Addendum 2, Background and

Definitions (included in the application

package).

B. Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

public and private nonprofit

organizations and by governments and

their agencies. Thus, universities,

colleges, research institutions, hospitals,

and other public and private nonprofit

organizations, State and local

governments or their bona fide agents,

and federally recognized Indian tribal

governments, Indian tribes or Indian

tribal organizations.

Note: Pub. L. 104–65, which became

effective January 1, 1996, states that an

organization described in section 501(c)(4) of

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which

engages in lobbying activities shall not be

eligible to receive Federal funds constituting

an award, grant, cooperative agreement,

contract, loan, or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $600,000 is available

in FY 1998 to fund one (1) cooperative

agreement. It is expected that the award

will begin on or about September 1,

1998 and will be made for a 12-month

budget period within a project period

not to exceed five (5) years. Funding

estimates may vary and are subject to

change and availability of funds.

Non-competing continuation awards

for new budget periods within the

approved project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress as

evidenced by required reports and site

visits.

D. Program Requirements

1. Applicants must provide a

Principal Investigator (Director) who has

specific authority and responsibility to

carry out the project. Applicants must

demonstrate high level institutional

support for the Prevention Research

Center (e.g., from the dean of a school,

vice-president of a university, or a

commissioner of health). The Principal

Investigator must have no less than 20

percent effort devoted solely to this
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project with an anticipated range of 20

to 50 percent of time.

2. Applicants must provide

assurances that a full-time Program

Manager will be hired and will devote

100 percent time to this project.

E. Cooperative Activities

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

will be responsible for the activities

under 1. (Recipient Activities), and CDC

will be responsible for the activities

listed under 2. (CDC Activities).

1. Recipient Activities

a. Design, implement, and assess a

Violence Against Women Prevention

Research Center;

b. Foster creative and innovative

approaches to collaborative research

and evaluation efforts among research

institutions and service providers;

c. Develop and disseminate a

knowledge base for evaluating current

and new programs, strategies, and

policies designed to prevent violence

against women;

d. Develop interdisciplinary

knowledge and expertise among new

investigators, and investigators

retraining in this field. Emphasis should

be given to training investigators from

racial and ethnic minorities and other

historically under represented and

underserved groups;

e. Foster interdisciplinary

collaboration for developing integrated

theoretical and sound scientific models

about the nature of violence against

women, its relationship to other forms

of violence and injury, and effective

prevention strategies; and

f. Collaborate with the CDC on these

activities, and the activities listed

below.

2. CDC Activities

a. Collaborate in establishing research

and evaluation priorities, designing

program protocols, and evaluating the

cost, process(es), and outcomes

resulting from the Center’s activities.

b. Collaborate in establishing

reporting systems to monitor the

progress of the Center’s activities.

c. Collaborate with Center staff in

identifying up-to-date scientific and

programmatic information about

violence against women prevention.

F. Application Content

Use the information in the Program

Requirements, Other Requirements,

Evaluation Criteria sections and the

Errata Sheet (Addendum 3, included in

the application package) to develop the

application content. Your application

will be evaluated on the criteria listed

so it is important to follow them in

laying out your program plan. Each

application should be limited to 40

pages, excluding attachments.

The application should include the

following sections:

1. Abstract: (page 2–PHS398).

A summary of the proposed

Prevention Research Center, outlining

its goals and objectives, its working

partners and collaborators, the proposed

research, evaluation, training and

collaborative activities which will be

undertaken, and the procedure by

which the Center will assess the

achievement of its goals.

2. Research Capacity: (Research Plan

items A–I:PHS398).

The applicant should provide details

about the Center’s capacity for

conducting a Violence Against Women

research program. In particular, the

applicants should:

(a) Demonstrate their experience in

successfully designing, implementing,

and evaluating Violence Against

Women prevention programs, and/or

conducting, publishing, and

disseminating Violence Against Women

research and evaluation studies.

(b) Outline the vision of the Center

and how the proposed collaboration

between researchers will contribute to

the overall goals and objectives of the

Center; describe how the collaborative

activities of the applicants were or will

be developed and how the proposed

Center will expand and develop on

work that has already been undertaken

by the applicant(s) and other

researchers.

(c) Describe the proposed focus of the

Center’s research and its relevance to

the field of VAW, particularly in terms

of the proposed interdisciplinary

collaboration. Provide sufficient detail

to allow assessment of the scientific

merit of the research activities. Indicate

how results of the proposed research

program will advance the field and have

relevance for the prevention and control

of violence against women.

Within this section, applications must

include the following: Women, Racial,

and Ethnic Minorities: describing the

proposed plan for the inclusion of both

sexes and racial and ethnic minority

populations for appropriate

representation.

3. Training Capacity

The applicant should outline plans

for attracting and involving high quality

students (undergraduate, graduate and

postdoctoral) in Center activities, and

identify how participants will receive

interdisciplinary training and

experience using multiple research

methodologies. The applicant should

emphasize how scientists from racial

and ethnic minorities and other under

represented and underserved

populations will be encouraged to

participate in activities of the Center.

4. Management Capcity

The applicant should provide a

description of the key staff, their

qualifications and experience in the

field of violence against women, and the

role each person will play in designing,

implementing, and assessing the

Prevention Research Center’s activities.

The applicant should clearly describe

how disciplines will be integrated to

achieve the goals and objectives of the

Prevention Research Center. The

applicant should provide resumes of

key staff as an appendix. An

organizational chart should be included

that shows the Center’s proposed

program structure, its relationship to the

broader institution of which it is a part,

and if applicable, operational lines of

authority with collaborating

organizations. If following the

Consortium model, the applicant should

outline the procedures for focusing

consortium activities, selecting and

integrating research across institutions,

allocating funds and other resources,

and managing the involvement of other

research groups. The applicant should

show where Consortium partners are

housed within existing organizations.

5. Plan of Operation

The applicant should provide a plan

of operations which indicates how the

goals and objectives of the Prevention

Research Center will be met. The goals

and objectives should be specific,

relevant, achievable, time-phased, and

should be related to the purposes of this

announcement (see PURPOSE section).

The plan of operation should describe

the program activities for achieving the

Prevention Research Center’s goals and

objectives, and specifically who among

the core staff and collaborating partners

is responsible for doing what and when.

A detailed timeline should be provided

illustrating concurrent activities.

Applicants should also demonstrate

that the facilities and resources are

sufficient to conduct the Center’s

research and training activities and

should include: sufficient office space to

house staff and conduct training,

adequate furniture to accommodate

staff, conduct seminars; adequate

training equipment for presentations,

such as overhead and slide projectors,

and video cassette recorder; and

computer hardware and software

resources for data entry, storage,

analysis, and retrieval.
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6. Assessment Plan

The applicant should include a

detailed plan for assessing the Violence

Against Women Prevention Research

Center’s progress toward achieving its

stated goals and objectives, as they

relate to the purposes of this

announcement. (See PURPOSE section)

7. Collaboration

The applicant should specify the

exact nature of the contribution each of

the working partners makes to the

Prevention Research Center’s program,

e.g., program planning and design,

training, space, instructors and other

faculty, curriculum development and

evaluation, program evaluation

activities, etc. Applicants drawn from

different disciplines is not, in itself,

sufficient evidence of multidisciplinary

collaboration. A more important

indicator is the extent to which research

from different disciplines will be

integrated.

The application must also show

evidence of collaboration with

practitioners and victim advocates

working in the intimate partner violence

and sexual assault field. This

collaboration may be with organizations

such as National/State Domestic

Violence and Sexual Assault Coalitions.

Collaboration may also be undertaken

with governmental agencies, other

institutions of higher learning, and other

organizations making substantive

contributions to advancing the field of

violence against women.

Letters of support or memoranda of

understanding should state the specific

contribution, activities to be

undertaken, or resources to be provided

by all collaborators.

8. Proposed Budget

The application must provide a

detailed proposed first-year budget and

a narrative justification. The budget

requests should be reasonable and

consistent with the intended use of

cooperative agreement funds.

9. Human Subjects

Indicate whether human subjects will

be involved, and if so, how they will be

protected, and describe the review

process which govern their

participation.

G. Submission and Deadline

Submit the original and five copies of

PHS 398 (OMB Number 0925–0001) and

adhere to the instructions on the Errata

Instruction sheet for PHS 398). Forms

are in the application kit.

On or before June 30, 1998, submit to:

Lisa T. Garbarino, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office

Announcement #98036, Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Mailstop E–13, Room 300, 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia

30305–2209.

Applications shall be considered as

meeting the deadline if they are

received at the above address on or

before the deadline date; or sent on or

before the deadline date, and received

in time for the review process.

Applicants should request a legibly

dated U.S. Postal Service postmark or

obtain a legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or the U.S. Postal

Service. Private metered postmarks shall

not be acceptable as proof of timely

mailing.

H. Evaluation Criteria

Each application will be evaluated

individually against the following

criteria: (maximum 100 points):

1. Research Capacity (25 points)

The degree to which the applicant:

a. demonstrates experience in

successfully designing, implementing,

and evaluating Violence Against

Women prevention programs, and/or

conducting, publishing, and

disseminating Violence Against Women

research and evaluation studies.

b. outlines the vision of the Center

and how the proposed collaboration

will contribute to the overall goals and

objectives of the Center.

c. describes how the collaborative

activities of the applicants were or will

be developed and how the proposed

Center will expand and develop on

work that has already been undertaken

by the applicants and other researchers.

d. describes the proposed focus of the

Center’s research and its relevance,

particularly in terms of the proposed

interdisciplinary collaboration,

integration of fields of violence

research, and multiple methodologies.

e. provides sufficient detail to allow

assessment of the scientific merit of the

research activities and indicated how

results of the proposed research

program will advance the violence

against women field and have relevance

for the prevention and control of

violence against women.

f. describes the facilities available for

conducting the planned research and

supporting research staff (e.g., computer

facilities, office space, data management

and statistical support).

g. The degree to which the applicant

has met the CDC policy requirements

regarding the inclusion of women, and

ethnic and racial groups in the proposed

center.

2. Training Capacity (20 points)

The degree to which the applicant:

a. outlines plans for attracting and

involving high quality students

(undergraduate, graduate and

postdoctoral) in Center activities and

how participants will receive

interdisciplinary training and

experience using multiple research

methodologies.

b. addresses the needs of scientists

from racial and ethnic minorities and

other under-represented and

underserved populations and will

encourage them to participate in

activities of the Center.

c. describes the facilities available for

delivering training and supporting

students (e.g., computer facilities, office

space, audiovisual and other training

related equipment).

3. Management Capacity (10 points)

The degree to which the applicant:

a. demonstrates that the Principal

Investigator has the vision, professional

standing, research expertise and

managerial qualifications to lead the

Center.

b. describes the qualifications and

experience of key staff and outlined the

role each person will play in designing,

implementing, and assessing the

Center’s activities.

c. describes how disciplines will be

integrated to achieve the goals and

objectives of the Center.

d. illustrates the Center’s proposed

program structure (organizational chart),

its relationship to the broader

institution of which it is a part, and if

applicable, operational lines of

authority with collaborating

organizations. If following the

Consortium model, how effectively did

the applicant outline the procedures for

focusing consortium activities, selecting

and integrating research across

institutions, allocating funds and other

resources, and managing the

involvement of other research groups.

4. Plan of Operation (15 points)

The degree to which the applicant:

a. outlines goals and objectives that

are specific, relevant, achievable, timephased, and related to the purposes of

this program announcement (See

Purpose section).

b. describes the program activities for

achieving the Center’s goals and

objectives, and specifically who among

the core staff and collaborating partners

is responsible for doing what and when.

c. provides a timeline which

illustrates proposed concurrent

activities.
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5. Assessment Plan (10 points)

The degree to which the applicant

provides a detailed plan for assessing

the Violence Against Women Prevention

Research Center’s progress toward

achieving its stated goals and objectives.

6. Collaboration (20 points)

The degree to which the applicant:

a. describes the collaboration they

will undertake with sexual assault and

intimate partner violence service

providers, victim advocates, policy

makers, and other key stakeholders in

the field.

b. includes letters of support or

memoranda of understanding stating the

specific contribution that each

collaborator intends to make to the

Center’s program.

7. Proposed Budget: (Not Scored)

Did the application provide a detailed

proposed first-year budget and a

narrative justification? Are budget

requests reasonable and consistent with

the intended use of cooperative

agreement funds? (See PURPOSE

section)

8. Human Subjects (Not Scored)

The extent to which the applicant

complies with the Department of Health

and Human Services Regulations (45

CFR Part 46) regarding the protection of

human subjects.

Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements.

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of:

1. progress report semi-annually;

2. financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period; and

3. final financial report and

performance report, no more than 90

days after the end of the project period.

Send all reports to: Lisa T. Garbarino,

Grants Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), Mailstop

E–13, Room 300, 255 East Paces Ferry

Road, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30305–2209.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each see Addendum 1 (included in the

application package).

AR98–1 Human Subjects Certification.

AR98–2 Requirements for inclusion of

Women and Racial and Ethnic

Minorities in Research.

AR98–9 Paperwork Reduction Act

Requirements.

AR98–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirement.

AR98–11 Healthy People 2000.

AR98–12 Lobbying Restrictions.

AR98–13 Prohibition on Use of CDC

funds for Certain Gun Control

Activities.

Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under

sections 391(a) and 393(a) of the Public

Health Service Act, [42 U.S.C. 280b(a),

and 280b–1a] as amended. The catalog

of Federal Domestic Assistance number

is 93.136.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

Please refer to Program

Announcement 98036 when you request

information. For a complete program

description, information on application

procedures, an application package, and

business management technical

assistance contact: Lisa T. Garbarino,

Grants Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC) Mailstop

E–13, Room 300, 255 East Paces Ferry

Road, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30305–2209,

Telephone: (404) 842–6796. See also the

CDC home page on the Internet:

http://www.cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance

contact: Denise Johnson and Joyce

McCurdy, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC), National Center

for Injury Prevention and Control,

Division of Violence Prevention,

Mailstop K–60, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E.,

Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, Telephone:

(770) 488–4410.

Dated: April 30, 1998.

Joseph R. Carter,

Acting Associate Director for Management

and Operations, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

ICD–9–CM Coordination and

Maintenance Committee; Meeting;

National Center for Health Statistics

(NCHS), Data Policy and Standards

Staff Announces the Following

Meeting

Name: ICD–9–CM Coordination and

Maintenance Committee Meeting (Vols. 1, 2

& 3 (Diagnosis & Procedures)).

Time And Dates: 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Thursday,

June 4, 1998.

Place: Health Care Financing

Administration, Auditorium, 7500 Security

Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland.

Status: Open to the public.

Purpose: The ICD–9–CM Coordination and

Maintenance (C&M) Committee will hold its

first meeting of the 1998 cycle on Thursday

June 4, 1998. The C&M meeting is a public

forum for the presentation of proposed

modifications to the International

Classification of Diseases, Ninth-Revision,

Clinical Modification.

Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items

include:

Update on ICD–10–CM

Nodular prostate

Status-post prematurity

Amputee NOS

Uterine size-date discrepancy

Unspecified adverse effect of drug

Adult failure to thrive

Reason for visit to dialysis centers

Addenda

Report on final draft of ICD–10–PCS and

testing results.

Contracts for Additional Information: Amy

L. Blum, 301/436–7050 ext. 164 (diagnosis),

or Amy Gruber 410/786–1542 (procedures),

NCHS, CDC, Presidential Building, 6525

Belcrest Road, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782.

Dated: April 30, 1998.

Julia M. Fuller,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and

Services Office, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC)

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Agency Recordkeeping/Reporting

Requirements Under Emergency

Review by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB)

Title: TANF High Performance Bonus

Report for Fiscal Year 1999 and

Emergency TANF Data Report

[previously approved OMB Number

0970–0164].

OMB No.: New.

Description: Pub. L. 104–193 (the

Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996)

established the Temporary Assistance

for Needy Families (TANF) Program. It

also included provisions for rewarding

States which attain the highest levels of

success in achieving the legislative goals

of that program. The purpose of this

collection is to obtain data upon which

to base the computations for measuring

State performance in meeting those

goals and for allocating the bonus grant

funds appropriated under the law.