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• explains how the results and

benefits expected are reasonable given

the resources available for this project.

2. Approach (maximum of 50 Points)

The extent to which the applicant’s

approach:

• adequately describes and responds

to key issues outlined in the background

section above;

• represents a cost effective strategy

to improve Head Start and Child Care

program practices to promote positive

social and emotional outcomes for

children;

• demonstrates a thorough knowledge

and understanding of the Head Start

Program Performance Standards and

quality child care program practices;

• demonstrates thorough knowledge

of evidence-based approaches to

improving social and emotional

outcomes and address mental health

and behavioral concerns for preschoolage children:

• demonstrates appropriate strategies

for communication and ongoing

coordination with the Head Start and

Child Care training and technical

assistance providers; and,

• describes specific strategies for how

the project will promote local program’s

adopting and implementing practices.

3. Staff and Position Date (Maximum of

30 Points)

The extent to which the key staff and

the organization possess the experience

and expertise necessary to plan and

implement a project of this type and

scope, including:

• planning and disseminating

training and technical assistance

resources addressing issues of early

childhood social and emotional

development and mental health

services;

• working with programs serving

diverse cultures, languages and

ethnicity and with programs serving low

income families with young children;

• analyzing and preparing

information for national dissemination

to early childhood programs on issues of

social and emotional development and

mental health;

• designing, developing, and

delivering coordinated technical

assistance as part of a national network;

• experience with early childhood

service settings, collaborating with

mental health, child care and school

system partners, and working with Head

Start program staff and parents;

• key staff will devote adequate time

to ensure a high level of professional

input and attention;

• staff have experience designing and

delivering information and T/TA for

audiences of diverse cultures, languages

and ethnicity and experience working

with programs serving low income

families with young children;

• staff have the skills and experiences

needed to implement an approach

covering the broad scope of issues

required by the comprehensiveness of

the Head Start model; and

• staff have experience and skills in

reviewing and adapting information on

social and emotional development and

mental health to communicate

effectively with this project’s intended

audiences.

Budget and Budget Justification

(Maximum of 10 Points)

The extent to which the applicant’s

proposed costs are reasonable in view of

the planning and activities to be carried

out and the anticipated outcomes.

Required Notification of the State

Single Point of Contact

This program is covered under

Executive Order 12372,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs,’’ and 45 CFR Part 100,

‘‘Intergovernmental Review of

Department of Health and Human

Services Programs and Activities.’’

Under the Order, States may design

their own processes for reviewing and

commenting on proposed Federal

assistance under covered programs.

All States and territories except

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado,

Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana,

Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts,

Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New

Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma,

Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,

Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia,

Washington, Wyoming, and Palau have

elected to participate in the Executive

Order process and have established

Single Points of Contact (SPOCs).

Applicants from these jurisdictions

need not take action regarding Executive

Order 12372.

Applications for projects to be

administered by Federally recognized

Indian Tribes are also exempt from the

requirements of Executive Order 12372.

Otherwise, applicants should contact

their SPOC as soon as possible to alert

them to the prospective application and

to receive any necessary instructions.

Applicants must submit any required

material to the SPOC as early as possible

so that the program office can obtain

and review SPOC comments as part of

the award process. It is imperative that

the applicant submit all required

materials, if any, to the SPOC and

indicate the date of this submittal (or

date of contact if no submittal is

required) on the Standard Form 424,

item 16a.

Under 45 CFR 100.8(a)(2), a SPOC has

60 days from the application deadline to

comment on proposed new or

competing continuation awards. SPOCs

are encouraged to eliminate the

submission of routine endorsements as

official recommendations.

Additionally, SPOCs are requested to

clearly differentiate between mere

advisory comments and those official

State process recommendations which

may trigger the ‘‘accommodate or

explain’’ rule.

When comments are submitted

directly to the ACF, they should be

addressed to: William Wilson, Head

Start Bureau, Grants Officer, 330 C

Street SW., Room 2220, Washington, DC

20447. Attn: Center on the Social and

Emotional Foundations for Early

Learning.

A list of the Single Points of Contact

for each State and Territory can be

found on the following web site:

http://http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/

grants/spoc.html.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Program

Number 93.600, Project Head Start and

Number 93.647, Child Care and Development

Block Grant)

Dated: May 14, 2001.

James A. Harrell,

Acting Commissioner, Administration on

Children, Youth and Families.

[FR Doc. 01–12498 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–3069–N]

Medicare Program; Meeting of the

Executive Committee of the Medicare

Coverage Advisory Committee—June

14, 2001

AGENCY: Health Care Financing

Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting of the Executive

Committee (the Committee) of the

Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee

(MCAC). The Committee will do the

following:

• Act on the February 21, 2001

recommendations of the Medical

Devices and Prosthetics Panel regarding

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring.

• Discuss the ‘‘Interim Guidelines—

Recommendations for Evaluating

Effectiveness,’’ prepared by the

Executive Committee to assist panels in

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consistently judging the scientific

evidence of a particular topic (also

available on the HCFA website at

www.hcfa.gov/coverage).

• Discuss the future role of the

Committee, in light of the provisions of

the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP

Benefits Improvement and Protection

Act of 2000 that removes the

requirement that the Committee ratify

all medical specialty panel

recommendations.

• Discuss the contents of, and framing

the questions for, a future presentation

of ‘‘neuroimaging for dementia’’ to be

presented to the Diagnostic Imaging

Panel later this year.

Notice of this meeting is given under

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1) and

(a)(2)).

DATES: The Meeting: June 14, 2001, from

8 a.m. until 4 p.m., E.D.T.

Deadline for Presentations and

Comments: June 1, 2001, 5 p.m., E.D.T.

Special Accommodations: Persons

attending the meeting who are hearing

impaired and require sign language

interpretation, or have a condition that

requires other special assistance or

accommodations, are asked to notify the

Executive Secretary by June 1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The Meeting: The meeting

will be held at the Baltimore

Convention Center, Room 339, One

West Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland

21201.

Presentations and Comments: Submit

formal presentations and written

comments to Constance A. Conrad,

Executive Secretary; Office of Clinical

Standards and Quality; Health Care

Financing Administration; 7500

Security Boulevard; Mail Stop S3–02–

01; Baltimore, MD 21244.

Website: You may access up-to-date

information on this meeting at

www.hcfa.gov/coverage.

Hotline: You may access up-to-date

information on this meeting on the

HCFA Advisory Committee Information

Hotline, 1–877–449–5659 (toll free) or

in the Baltimore area (410) 786–9379.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Constance A. Conrad, Executive

Secretary, 410–786–4631.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

13, 1999, we published a notice (64 FR

44231) announcing a meeting of the

Drugs, Biologics, and Therapeutics

Panel and also describing the Medicare

Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC),

which provides advice and

recommendations to us about clinical

issues. This notice announces the June

14, 2001 public meeting of Executive

Committee (the Committee) of the

MCAC.

Current Committee Members

Harold C. Sox, MD (Chairperson);

Thomas V. Holohan, MD (FACP); Leslie

P. Francis, JD, PhD; John H. Ferguson,

MD; Robert L. Murray, PhD; Alan M.

Garber, MD, PhD; Michael D. Maves,

MD, MBA; Frank J. Papatheofanis, MD,

PhD; Barbara J. McNeil, MD; Ronald M.

Davis, MD; Daisy Alford-Smith, PhD;

Joe W. Johnson, DC; Robert H. Brook,

MD, ScD; Linda A. Bergthold, PhD;

Randel E. Richner, MPH.

Meeting Topic

The Committee of the MCAC will do

the following:

• Act on the February 21, 2001

recommendations of the Medical

Devices and Prosthetics Panel regarding

Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring.

• Discuss the ‘‘Interim Guidelines—

Recommendations for Evaluating

Effectiveness,’’ prepared by the

Executive Committee to assist panels in

consistently judging the scientific

evidence of a particular topic (also

available at www.hcfa.gov/coverage).

• Discuss the future role of the

Committee, in light of the provisions of

the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP

Benefits Improvement and Protection

Act of 2000 that removes the

requirement that the Committee ratify

all medical specialty panel

recommendations.

• Discuss the contents of, and framing

the questions for, a future presentation

of ‘‘neuroimaging for dementia’’ to be

presented to the Diagnostic Imaging

Panel later this year.

Procedure and Agenda

This meeting is open to the public.

The Committee will hear oral

presentations from the public for

approximately 1 hour. The Committee

may limit the number and duration of

oral presentations to the time available.

If you wish to make formal

presentations, you must notify

Executive Secretary Constance A.

Conrad, in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice, and

submit the following by the Deadline for

Presentations and Comments date listed

in the DATES section of this notice: A

brief statement of the general nature of

the evidence or arguments you wish to

present and the names and addresses of

proposed participants. A written copy of

your presentation must be provided to

the Executive Secretary before the

meeting. We will request that you

declare at the meeting whether or not

you have any financial involvement

with manufacturers of any items or

services being discussed (or with their

competitors).

After the public presentations, we

will make a presentation to the

Committee. Then, the Committee will

deliberate openly. Interested persons

may observe the deliberations, but the

Committee will not hear further

comments during this time except at the

request of the chairperson. The

Committee will allow an approximately

30-minute open public session for any

attendee to address issues specific to the

topic. After that open session, the

members will vote, and the Committee

will make its recommendation.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(a)(1)

and (a)(2).

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 93.774, Medicare—

Supplementary Medical Insurance Program)

Dated: May 8, 2001.

Jeffrey L. Kang,

Director, Office of Clinical Standards and

Quality, Health Care Financing

Administration.

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BILLING CODE 4120–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Indian Health Service

Mental Health and Community Safety

Initiative for American Indian/Alaska

Native Children, Youth, and Families

AGENCY: Indian Health Service, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability

for competitive grants for the Mental

Health and Community Safety Initiative

for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/

AN) Children, Youth, and Families.

SUMMARY: The Indian Health Service

(IHS) announces the availability of

competitive grants under the Mental

Health and Community Safety Initiative

for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/

AN) Children, Youth, and Families for

fiscal year (FY) 2001. Grants under this

Initiative will be administered by the

following Federal Agencies:

(1) The Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment (CSAT) and the Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS),

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration (SAMHSA),

United States Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS);

(2) The Office of Community Oriented

Policing Services (COPS) and the Office

of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

Prevention (OJJDP), United States

Department of Justice (DOJ); and

(3) The Office of Elementary and

Secondary Education (OESE), United

States Department of Education (ED).