Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 22, 2001 / Notices 28173

Consultant, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway,

NE, Mailstop K–30, Atlanta, Georgia

30341, Telephone: (770) 488–5482,

Email Address: cjt4@cdc.gov.

Dated: May 16, 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

[Program Announcement 01084]

Improving Environmental Health

Programs; Notice of Availability of

Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 2001

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for improving environmental

health programs. This program

addresses the ‘‘Healthy People 2010’’

focus areas of Environmental Health and

Public Health Infrastructure. The

purpose of the program is to identify

methods that can be employed to

strengthen collaborative linkages and

better coordinate and integrate programs

between environmental regulatory,

environmental public health, and

related environmental functions and

programs in State, local, and Tribal

governments as well as the private

sector, academia, volunteer and

advocacy groups, and others; to

strengthen existing post-employment

training and professional credentialing

programs for the nation’s environmental

health workforce; and to develop a

model plan for implementing these

methods within the recipient’s

organization and that can be used as a

model for similar organizations.

B. Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

public and private nonprofit

organizations and by governments and

their agencies; that is, universities,

colleges, research institutions, hospitals,

other public and private nonprofit

organizations, State and local

governments or their bona fide agents,

including the District of Columbia, the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of

the Northern Mariana Islands, American

Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of

Micronesia, the Republic of the

Marshall Islands, and the Republic of

Palau, and federally recognized Indian

tribal governments, Indian tribes, or

Indian tribal organizations.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $125,000 is available

in FY 2001 to fund one award. It is

expected that the award will begin

about September 1, 2001, and will be

made for a 12-month budget period

within a one year project period.

Funding estimates may change.

D. Program Requirements

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. Identify a representative sample of

a cross section of environmental health

practitioners representing both

regulatory and public health

perspectives that are employed by the

private sector; academia; State and local

government; Indian Tribes or Nations;

and professional, volunteer, and

advocacy organizations.

b. Develop a series of focus group

questions that can serve to elicit

information about: strengthening

linkages among environmental health,

environmental regulatory, and private

sector professionals; and strengthening

post-employment training and

professional credentialing programs for

environmental professionals in these

sectors.

c. Organize and conduct up to four

focus group discussions made up of the

environmental health professionals

referenced in D.1.a. above in up to four

geographically representative locations

in the United States.

d. Disseminate focus group findings

in a report that defines methods to be

employed by the recipient organization

to improve coordination among the

multiple disciplines, missions, and

regulatory and public health

perspectives represented within the

environmental health field and that can

be employed to strengthen existing

programs that train, credential, and

enhance the professional status of the

environmental health workforce.

e. Develop and implement a system to

evaluate the effectiveness of this project.

2. CDC Activities

a. Provide technical assistance as

needed regarding sampling and other

methodologic issues associated with the

conduct of this project.

b. Provide the recipient with source

documents as needed to develop focus

group questions.

c. Assist in developing and

disseminating the report of focus group

findings and related strategies and

recommendations.

d. Assist in conducting the project

evaluation.

E. Application Content

Use the information in the Program

Requirements, Other Requirements, and

Evaluation Criteria sections 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. The narrative should be no more

than 15 double-spaced pages, printed on

one side, with one inch margins, and

unreduced font. The narrative should

consist of, at a minimum, a Plan,

Objectives, Methods, Evaluation, and

Budget.

F. Submission and Deadline

Application

Submit the original and two copies of

PHS 5161–1 (OMB Number 0937–0189).

Forms are available at the following

Internet address: www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/

forminfo.htm, or in the application kit.

On or before July 27, 2001, submit the

application to the Grants Management

Specialist identified in the ‘‘Where to

Obtain Additional Information’’ section

of this announcement. Deadline:

Applications shall be considered as

meeting the deadline if they are either:

(1) Received on or before the deadline

date; or

(2) Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the independent review group.

(Applicants must request a legibly dated

U.S. Postal Service postmark or obtain

a legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or U.S. Postal

Service. Private metered postmarks shall

not be acceptable as proof of timely

mailing.)

Late Applications

Applications which do not meet the

criteria in (1) or (2) above are considered

late applications, will not be

considered, and will be returned to the

applicant.

G. Evaluation Criteria

Each application will be evaluated

individually against the following

criteria by an independent review group

appointed by CDC.

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1. Project Plan (30 points)

The extent to which the applicant

demonstrates an understanding of the

nature of the problem to be addressed.

This specifically includes profile of the

recipient’s employees or members by

professional discipline (e.g., sanitarian,

environmental engineer) and employer

category (e.g., State regulatory agency,

local health department) from which

focus group samples will be drawn; a

description of the barriers that currently

affect coordination and collaboration

between environmental regulatory,

environmental public health, and other

related agencies and organizations; a

description of the applicant’s current

credentialing and training programs for

environmental health professionals and

the need for such programs to be

expanded and strengthened; and a plan

for incorporating project findings into

the recipient’s current programmatic,

credentialing, and training activities.

2. Project Objectives and Activities (30

points)

The specificity, measurability, and

feasibility of objectives and proposed

activities, including a schedule for

implementing proposed activities, and a

description of the responsibilities and

time allocations of proposed staff in

accomplishing those activities.

3. Organizational Qualifications and

Experience (30 points)

Evidence of the applicant’s ability to

provide staff, space, equipment, and

other resources required to accomplish

the goals and objectives of the project,

including descriptions of the names and

qualifications of professional staff to be

assigned to the project and the facilities,

space, and equipment available for this

project.

4. Evaluation (10 points)

Appropriateness of the methods to be

used to monitor the implementation of

proposed project activities.

5. Budget Justification (not scored)

Extent to which the budget is

reasonable, clearly justified, and

consistent with the intended use of

cooperative agreement funds.

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of:

1. Semi-annual progress reports, no

more than 30 days after the end of the

report period;

2. Final financial and performance

reports, no more than 90 days after the

end of the project period.

Send all reports to the Grants

Management Specialist identified in the

‘‘Where to Obtain Additional

Information’’ section of this

announcement.

The following additional

requirements are applicable to this

program. For a complete description of

each, see Attachment I in the

application kit.

AR–9 Paperwork Reduction Act

Requirements

AR–10 Smoke-Free Workplace

Requirements

AR–11 Healthy People 2010

AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions

AR–14 Accounting System

Requirements

AR–15 Proof of Non-Profit Status

I. Authority and Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance Number

This program is authorized under

section 317(k)(2) of the Public Health

Service Act, [42 U.S.C. section

247b(k)(2)], as amended. The Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance number is

93.283.

J. 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 receive additional written

information and to request an

application kit, call 1–888–GRANTS4

(1–888 472–6874). You will be asked to

leave your name and address and will

be instructed to identify the

Announcement number of interest.

If you have questions after reviewing

the contents of all the documents,

business management technical

assistance may be obtained from: Nancy

Pillar, 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) 488–2721, Email address:

nfp6@cdc.gov.

For program technical assistance,

contact: Mr. Kent Taylor, Office of

Planning Evaluation, and Legislation,

National Center for Environmental

Health, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE,

Atlanta, GA 30341–3717, Telephone:

(770) 488–7250, Email address:

kxt1@cdc.gov.

Dated: May 16, 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

[Program Announcement 01094]

Professional Education on Prostate

Cancer: Primary Health Care

Providers; Notice of Availability of

Funds

A. Purpose

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of funds for fiscal year (FY)

2001 for competing cooperative

agreements for ‘‘Professional Education

on Prostate Cancer: Primary Health Care

Providers.’’ This program addresses the

‘‘Healthy People 2010’’ focus area of

Cancer.

The purpose of this program is to

provide Primary Health Care

Professional education on prostate

cancer screening including potential

benefits and harms, fundamentals of

effective patient counsel, and informed

decision making.

B. Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants are private and

public nonprofit medical organizations

or associations that have established

and conducted nationwide professional

medical education programs and

activities related to health promotion,

cancer awareness, mortality and

morbidity prevention. Organizations

and associations that represent primary

health care physicians, including but

not limited to family practice physicians

and internal medicine specialists, are

examples of eligible applicants.

The recommendations developed by

the United States Preventive Services

Task Force (USPSTF) currently guide

programmatic activities at CDC.

Therefore, the prostate screening

recommendations of eligible

organizations should be evidence-based,

utilizing current research data and

information published in Peer Reviewed

medical journals.

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