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surveillance and related activities along

the Texas-Mexico border, focusing on

infectious diseases and conditions that

are important in the region.

B. Eligible Applicants

Assistance will be provided to the

University of Texas Medical Branch at

Galveston (UTMB–G). No other

applications are solicited. Eligibility is

limited to UTMB–G because fiscal year

2001 Federal appropriations specifically

directs CDC to award this applicant

funds to conduct a project to monitor

infectious diseases along the TexasMexico border.

Note: Title 2 of the United States Code,

Chapter 26, Section 1611 states that an

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

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that

engages in lobbying activities is not eligible

to receive Federal funds constituting an

award, grant, cooperative agreement,

contract, loan, or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $961,000 is available

in FY 2001 to fund the award. It is

expected that the award will begin on or

about August 1, 2001, and will be made

for a 12-month budget period within a

project period of one year. The funding

estimate may change.

D. Where To Obtain Additional

Information

This and other CDC announcements

can be found on the CDC home page

Internet address—http://www.cdc.gov.

Click on ‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and

Cooperative Agreements.’’

To obtain business management

technical assistance, contact: Merlin

Williams, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention,

2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000,

Atlanta, GA 30341–4146, Telephone

number: (770) 488–2765, Email address:

mqw6@cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance,

contact: Greg Jones, M.P.A., Office of the

Director, National Center for Infectious

Diseases, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE.,

Mailstop C–12, Atlanta, GA 30333,

Telephone number: (404) 639–4180,

Email address: gjj1@cdc.gov.

Dated: May 8, 2001.

Henry S. Cassell III,

Acting Director, Procurement and Grants

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

National Vaccine Advisory Committee,

Subcommittee on Future Vaccines,

Subcommittee on Immunization

Coverage, and Subcommittee on

Vaccine Safety and Communication

Meetings

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC)

announces the following Federal

advisory committee meetings.

Name: National Vaccine Advisory

Committee (NVAC).

Times and Dates: 9 a.m.–2:15 p.m., June 5,

2001.

8:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m., June 6, 2001.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Notice: In the interest of security, the

Department has instituted stringent

procedures for entrance to the Hubert H.

Humphrey Building by non-government

employees. Thus, persons without a

government identification card should plan

to arrive at the building each day either

between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m.

and 1 p.m. Entrance to the meeting at other

times during the day cannot be assured.

Purpose: This committee advises and

makes recommendations to the Director of

the National Vaccine Program on matters

related to the Program responsibilities.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will

include: a report from the National Vaccine

Program Office (NVPO) and the Interagency

Vaccine Workgroup; a report from the Acting

Assistant Secretary for Health; Pediatric and

Adult Immunization Standards Action:

Approval; discussions on Autism and

Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR); Vaccine

Safety and Communication Subcommittee

report; Immunization Coverage

Subcommittee report; Future Vaccines

Subcommittee report; update on the Vaccine

Supply Workgroup; an update on the

Pandemic Plan; a report on the Polio

Laboratory Containment Workgroup; reports

from Advisory Commission on Childhood

Vaccines/Division of Vaccine Injury

Compensation, Vaccine Related Biological

Products Advisory Committee/Food and

Drug Administration, Advisory Committee

on Immunization Practices/National

Immunization Program/National Center for

Infectious Diseases.

Name: Subcommittee on Future Vaccines.

Time and Date: 2:15 p.m.–5 p.m., June 5,

2001.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 305A, 200 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee develops

policy options and guides national activities

that lead to accelerated development,

licensure, and the best use of new vaccines

in the simplest possible immunization

schedules.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will

include plans for the September 5–6, meeting

on rotavirus and intussusception; position

paper based on the CMV Workshop; Stability

of the vaccine supply—where do new

vaccines fit in; and a discussion of topic for

2002 Workshop.

Name: Subcommittee on Immunization

Coverage.

Time and Date: 2:15 p.m.–5 p.m., June 5,

2001.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 325A, 200 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee will identify

and propose solutions that provide a

multifaceted and holistic approach to

reducing barriers that result in low

immunization coverage for children.

Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will

include discussions on Immunization Among

Prison Populations; A report on the

Introduction of New Vaccines Workgroup;

discussions on Influenza Supply Issues; an

update on the Mandatory Immunization

Guidelines Workgroup; discussion of Td/

DTaP Supply Issues; an IOM Report: Calling

the Shots; an update on Registry Issues and

Unmet Needs Priority Setting.

Name: Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety

and Communication.

Time and Date: 2 p.m.–5 p.m., June 5,

2001.

Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building,

Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20201.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by

the space available.

Purpose: This subcommittee reviews issues

relevant to vaccine safety and adverse

reactions to vaccines.

Matters to be Discussed: Review of the

agenda; review of National Infant

Immunization Week; discussion on

strengthening the vaccine supply; follow-up

to the ‘‘Workshop on Vaccine

Communications’’; review of the IOM report

on MMR Vaccine and Autism, discussion of

the process for suggesting and selecting

immunization safety issues for review by the

IOM in 2002; public comment on

immunization safety issues for review in

2002; and committee discussion.

Special Note: The Subcommittee on

Vaccine Safety and Communications will

provide a forum for input from the public

regarding potential issues and topics for

review in 2002 by the IOM’s Immunization

Safety Review Committee. This will be the

first opportunity for the public to provide

comments on the hypotheses that are being

considered for future review.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information:

Gloria Sagar, Committee Management

Specialist, NVPO, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road,

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NE, M/S D–66, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,

telephone 404/687–6672.

The Director, Management Analysis

and Services Office, has been delegated

the authority to sign Federal Register

Notices pertaining to announcements of

meetings and other committee

management activities, for both the

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention and the Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

Dated: May 8, 2001.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

[Program Announcement No. ACYF–CCB–

2201–04]

Child Care Policy Research

Discretionary Grants

AGENCY: Administration on Children,

Youth, and Families (ACYF), ACF,

DHHS.

ACTION: Announcement of the

availability of funds and request for

applications for Field Initiated Child

Care Research Projects, Child Care

Research Scholars, and State Child Care

Data and Research Capacity Projects.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this program

announcement is to announce the

availability of $3.7 million in fiscal year

2001 funds for child care research,

demonstration, and evaluation

activities. Grants will be funded in the

following three priority areas: (1) Field

Initiated Child Care Research Projects;

(2) Child Care Research Scholars; and

(3) State Child Care Data and Research

Capacity Projects. Universities and

colleges, public agencies, non-profit

organizations, and for-profit

organizations agreeing to waive their

fees are invited to submit applications

for Field Initiated Child Care Research

Projects. Accredited universities and

colleges may submit a Child Care

Research Scholar application on behalf

of a doctoral student conducting

dissertation research on a child care

policy topic. Child Care and

Development Fund Lead Agencies

seeking to improve their capacity for

data analysis and policy-relevant

research are invited to submit

applications for the State Child Care

Data and Research Capacity Projects.

Projects funded under each of the

priority areas are expected to address

critical questions with implications for

children and families, especially lowincome working families and families

transitioning off welfare. In addition,

projects will contribute to a

comprehensive research agenda

designed to increase the capacity for

child care research at the national, State,

and local levels and promote better

linkages among research, policy,

practice, and outcomes for children and

families.

Statutory authority: The Child Care and

Development Block Grant Act of 1990 as

amended (CCDBG Act); section 418 of the

Social Security Act; Consolidated

Appropriations Act, 2001 (P.L. 106–554).

DATES: The closing date for submission

of applications is June 28, 2001. Mailed

applications postmarked after the

closing date will be classified as late.

Note: The full announcement, including all

the Standard Federal Forms can be

downloaded from the Internet at http://

www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/ccb or by

contacting ACYF’s Operations Center at 1–

800–351–2293. For each priority area, the

required Standard Federal Forms are

identified under ‘‘Project Description and

Application Requirements.’’

Notice of Intent to Submit

Application: If you intend to submit an

application, please contact ACYF’s

Operations Center at 1–800–351–2293

with the number and title of this

announcement; your organization’s

name and address; and your contact

person’s name, phone number, fax

number, and Email address. The

information will be used to determine

the number of expert reviewers need to

evaluate applications and to update the

mailing list for program

announcements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information about the application

process contact ACYF Operations

Center, 1815 North Fort Myer Drive,

Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209, Phone:

800–351–2293. For program information

contact Dr. Ivelisse Martinez-Beck,

Policy Fellow, Administration for

Children and Families, Child Care

Bureau, Room 2046, Mary E. Switzer

Building, 330 C Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20447, Phone: 202–

690–7885, Fax: 202–690–5600, Email:

imartinezbeck@acf.dhhs.gov. or Dr.

Patricia L. Divine, Program Specialist,

Administration for Children and

Families, Child Care Bureau, Room

2046, Mary E. Switzer Building, 330 C

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20447,

Phone: 202–690–6705, Fax: 202–690–

5600, Email: pdivine@acf.dhhs.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Priority Area 1: Field Initiated Child

Care Research Projects

A. Number of Awards

Approximately 7–10 grants will be

awarded during fiscal Year 2001, for an

initial budget period of twelve months,

subject to the availability of funds and

results of the evaluation process.

B. Project Duration, Funding Levels and

Budget Periods

This priority area is soliciting

applications for project periods up to

three years. Awards, on a competitive

basis, will be for a one-year budget

period, although project periods may be

for three years. Application for

continuation grants funded under these

awards beyond the one-year budget

period, but within the three year project

period, will be entertained in

subsequent years on a non-competitive

basis, subject to the availability of

funds, satisfactory progress of the

grantee, and a determination that

continued funding would be in the best

interest of the government. Significant

findings by the end of the first budget

period will be necessary to demonstrate

satisfactory progress on the part of the

grantee.

Funding for Field Initiated Child Care

Research Projects will range between

$150,000 and $250,000 for the first

budget period and up to $200,000 per

year (12 months) in subsequent periods.

C. Federal State

To maximize the Federal investment

in Field Initiated Child Care Research

Projects and in the interest of project

sustainability, a financial commitment

by the applicant organization (or other

participating entities) is required. The

Grantee must provide at least 20 percent

of the total approved cost of the project.

The total approved cost is the sum of

the Federal share and the non-Federal

share. Therefore, a project requesting

$250,000 for the first budget period

must include a match of at least

$62,500. A project receiving the

maximum total of $650,000 for the

three-year project period must include a

match of at least $162,500 for the threeyear project period. Applicants are

encouraged to meet their match

requirements through cash

contributions. However, the non-Federal

share may also be in-kind contributions

of staff time, employee benefits,

facilities, utilities, equipment, materials,

supplies or other forms of project

support. Grantees will be held

accountable for the commitment of nonFederal resources and failure to provide

the required amount will result in