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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

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award, grant, cooperative agreement,

contract, loan, or any other form.

C. Availability of Funds

Approximately $600,000 is available

in FY 2001 to fund approximately two

awards. It is expected that the average

award will be $300,000 ranging from

$200,000 to $400,000. It is expected that

the awards will begin on or about

September 1, 2001, and will be made for

a 12-month budget period within a

project period of up to two years.

Funding estimates may vary and are

subject to change.

Continuation awards within the

approved project period will be made

on the basis of satisfactory progress and

the availability of funds.

Use of Funds

Funds may not be expended for the

purchase or lease of land or buildings,

construction of facilities, renovation of

existing space, or the delivery of clinical

and therapeutic services. The purchase

of equipment is discouraged but will be

considered for approval if justified on

the basis of being essential to the project

and not available from any other source.

D. Program Requirements

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program announcement,

the recipient will be responsible for the

activities under 1. (Recipient Activities),

and CDC will be responsible for

conducting activities under 2. (CDC

Activities).

1. Recipient Activities

a. Develop strategies to increase the

knowledge base of Primary Health Care

Providers about issues related to

prostate cancer screening, determinants

of outcomes, and informed decision

making.

b. Educational materials may be

designed to satisfy requirements for

awarding American Medical

Association (AMA) Category I

continuing medical education credits.

As a condition for maintaining a licence

to practice medicine in most states, the

educational materials developed under

this program can provide an appropriate

incentive and opportunity for medical

providers to satisfy this requirement

when attending professional

conferences, or as provided through

other mechanisms and offerings by

medical organizations, associations, and

institutions for continuing medical

education credits.

c. Establish measurable objectives that

can be used to assess accomplishment of

project activities.

d. The expertise required to develop

the quality of educational materials that

are desired is not likely to be found in

a single institution or organization

because of the scope and complexity of

concepts related to prostate cancer

screening and patient management.

Project objectives will greatly be

assisted by establishing partnerships

with other appropriate medical

organizations that have specific

expertise in areas of prostate cancer

diagnosis, patient management, and

informed decision making, all of which

are necessary to increase primary care

provider knowledge and reduce

inconsistencies in patterns of medical

practice.

e. Opportunities for review and

comment on the recommended

educational materials arising from this

program announcement are encouraged

and may be provided to other

stakeholders and representative

organizations with prostate cancer

expertise, such as the U.S. Preventive

Services Task Force, American

Urological Association, American

Cancer Society, National Medical

Association, AMA, National Cancer

Institute, etc.

f. Evaluate project achievements

through a well-designed evaluation plan

that assesses each objective.

g. Publish and disseminate

educational materials to organization

members at national, State, and local

venues conducive for earning and

awarding Continuing Medical Education

Credits for primary care providers who

master and demonstrate competency in

prescribed learning objectives as

supplements to existing primary care

provider continuing medical education

opportunities and improve prostate

cancer patient management and practice

patterns.

h. Demonstrate ability to engage

racial/ethnically diverse health care

providers and affiliated organizations by

providing documentation of

collaboration with racially and

ethnically diverse institutions and

medical organizations to develop and

disseminate educational materials.

2. CDC Activities

a. Provide technical assistance.

b. Collaborate with recipients in the

development, evaluation, and

dissemination of educational materials

designed to improve Primary Health

Care Professionals’ knowledge and

awareness of prostate cancer screening

issues.

c. Provide periodic updates about

public knowledge, attitudes, and

practices regarding early detection and

control of prostate cancer.

d. Collaborate with recipients to

develop meeting agendas.

e. Collaborate with recipients to

develop and publish recommended

educational material to this program

announcement.

E. 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 30 double-spaced pages, printed on

one side, with one inch margins, and

unreduced font. The original and each

copy of the application must be

submitted unstapled and unbound.

Print all material, single-spaced, in a 12-

point or larger font on 81⁄2′′ by 11′′

paper, with at least 1-inch margins and

printed on one side only.

Applicant activities should focus on

increasing the knowledge base of

primary health care providers on

prostate cancer screening and related

issues, henceforth referred to in this

announcement as Target Physician

Population.

1. Background and Need

a. Describe the population of primary

care providers as it relates to the

purpose of this program announcement,

barriers to or gaps in prostate cancer

screening knowledge, and strategies to

overcome barriers, reduce knowledge

gaps, and inconsistencies in patient

management.

b. Describe the organization’s past and

present education activities related to

prostate cancer screening and disease

control.

c. Describe the applicant’s experience

related to services provided by primary

care practitioners, and the rationale for

use of previously conducted or newly

developed strategies to enhance prostate

cancer screening knowledge and

improve patient counseling skills in

ways that result in informed decision

making.

d. Describe the presence of explicit

recommendations regarding prostate

cancer screening and demonstrate that

data and information used to develop

recommendations are consistent with

that used by the U.S. Preventive

Services Task Force. Additional

information can be obtained at the

website below: http://hstat.nlm.nih.gov/

ftrs/directBrowse.pl?dbNa

me=cps&href=CH10&t=982852733

2. Goals and Objectives

a. Objectives: Identify time-framed,

measurable objectives consistent with

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the purpose of this program

announcement.

b. Activities: Clearly identify specific

activities and strategies that will be

undertaken to achieve each project

objective during the budget period.

c. Milestone Chart: Submit a

milestone-to-completion chart

consistent with the time-frame of the

project period.

3. Capabilities

a. Describe the nature and extent of

constituent support for past and present

organizational activities related to

prostate cancer screening, patient

counseling, and follow-up.

b. Describe the nature and extent of

health care provider education activity,

especially those related to prostate

cancer screening, patient counseling,

follow-up, and informed decision

making.

c. Provide a comprehensive plan for

national dissemination of educational

material and information recommended

in connection with this program

announcement.

4. Project Management

a. Submit a copy of the organization’s

mission statement.

b. Describe the organization’s

structure and function, size,

membership, substructure, professional

education activities on a regional, State,

or local level, and methods of routine

communication with members

(newsletters, journals, meetings, etc.).

c. Describe each current or proposed

position for this project by job title,

function, general duties, and activities

with which that position will be

involved. Include the level of effort and

allocation of time for each project

activity by staff position. Minimal

staffing should include a full-time

project coordinator. Accountability and

guidance for all activities under this

program announcement should have

direct oversight provided by senior staff

of the funded organization who are

knowledgeable about prostate cancer

screening, patient management, as well

as other related issues.

5. Collaborative Activities

Describe past and proposed

collaborative working partnerships with

primary health care providers, medical

organizations or associations that

represent primary health care providers

or that have established linkages with

that group of providers. Include

evidence of formal collaborations and

partnerships such as Memorandums Of

Agreement.

6. Program Evaluation Plan

Identify methods for measuring

progress toward attaining project

objectives and monitoring activities.

The evaluation plan should include

qualitative and quantitative data

collection and assessment mechanisms.

The plan should include baseline data

or mechanisms that will be used to

establish baseline data, expected

outcomes, minimum data to be

collected, systems for collecting and

analyzing the data. Examples of the type

and scope of data necessary for

evaluation purposes may include the

following:

a. Describe the access strategy that

will be used to reach primary care

providers, the number expected to be

reached, and a plan for determining

how well providers satisfactorily master

the information and concepts embodied

in the educational materials

recommended.

b. Demographic information such as

age, sex, race, practice setting, etc.

c. Recommendations for when, where,

and how often educational activities

should be conducted.

7. Budget and Narrative Justification

Provide a detailed line-item budget

and narrative justification of all

operating expenses consistent with the

proposed objectives and planned

activities. Provide precise information

about the project purpose for each

budget item and itemize calculations

when appropriate.

Applicants should budget for the

following costs:

Travel

a. A minimum of three persons to

Atlanta, Georgia to attend the Annual

National Cancer Prevention and Control

Conference (3 days).

b. A minimum of three persons to

Atlanta, Georgia to report program

implementation progress (reverse site

visit) and for consultation and technical

assistance (2 days) (1 trip per year).

c. Up to 2 additional 2-person trips to

Atlanta, or other specified destination to

attend national training center

educational programs on national work

groups, task forces or committees (1–3

days).

F. Submission and Deadline

Submit the original and two copies of

PHS–5161 (OMB Number 0925–0001)

(adhere to the instructions on the Errata

Instruction Sheet for PHS 398). Forms

are available in the application kit and

at the following Internet address: http:/

/forms.psc.gov

On or before June 20, 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:

Received on or before the deadline

date; or 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 which do not meet

the criteria in 1. or 2. above will be

returned to the applicant.

G. Evaluation Criteria (100 Points)

Each application will be evaluated

individually against the following

criteria by an independent review group

appointed by CDC.

1. Background and Need (10 Points)

a. The extent to which the applicant

demonstrates understanding of the

project’s purpose, objectives, and

special challenges created by the wide

disparity in prostate cancer experienced

by high risk and low risk groups.

Evidence of efforts to address these

special challenges may be demonstrated

by the assembly and inclusion of

prostate cancer experts throughout all

project activities who can articulate

concerns unique to certain racial and

ethnic groups in the United States.

b. The extent to which the applicant

identifies the population of primary care

providers population and assess the

need for the proposed activities.

c. The extent to which the applicant

demonstrates possession of evidencebased recommendations regarding

prostate cancer screening.

2. Goals and Objectives (20 Points)

The degree to which specific, timeframed, and measurable objectives,

process, and outcome measures are

consistent with the stated purpose of the

program announcement.

3. Capabilities (25 Points)

a. The extent to which the applicant

demonstrates the availability of staff

who have participated in professional

education activities similar to those

described in the proposed project. The

staff should possess appropriate

qualifications and experience to

accomplish project activities (10 points).

b. The quality of the available

organizational infrastructure including:

office space, administrative and

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organizational support, and a

demonstrated history of effective

independent programs, and

partnerships with other physician

organizations, that have successfully

educated large numbers of primary

health care providers regarding

preventive measures such as cancer

screening (10 points).

c. The extent to which applicant

demonstrates an ability to engage racial/

ethnically diverse health care providers

and affiliated organizations by

providing documentation of

collaboration with racially and

ethnically diverse institutions and

medical organizations to develop and

disseminate educational materials. (5

points).

4. Project Management (15 Points)

The quality and feasibility of the

proposed activities for achieving project

objectives, including the adequacy of

proposed personnel time allocations

and the extent to which proposed staff

exhibit appropriate qualifications and

experience to accomplish project

activities. Personnel assigned to

complete tasks under this program

announcement should hold senior

positions within the funded

organization as well as in any other

organization that may collaborate to

complete assigned tasks under this

agreement.

5. Collaborative Activities (15 Points)

The appropriateness and relevance of

collaborative linkages with Primary Care

Physicians or affiliated professional

organizations, and the extent to which

the applicant demonstrates its ability to

access the targeted physician group and

disseminate recommended educational

materials on a national basis.

6. Program Evaluation Plan (15 Points)

The quality of the evaluation plan for

monitoring progress that relates to

intervention activities and objectives

that are described in the announcement.

7. Budget and Justification (Not scored)

The extent to which the budget is

reasonable and consistent with the

purpose and objectives of the

cooperative agreement.

H. Other Requirements

Technical Reporting Requirements

Provide CDC with original plus two

copies of:

1. Annual progress reports;

2. Financial status report, no more

than 90 days after the end of the budget

period; and

3. 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 of the

announcement.

AR–7 Executive Order 12372 Review

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. Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number

This program is authorized by

sections 317(k)(2) [42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(2)]

of the Public Health Service Act, 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.’’

Should you have questions after

reviewing the contents of all the

documents, business management

technical assistance may be obtained

from: Jesse Robertson, Grants

Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, Program

Announcement 01094, 2920

Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta,

GA 30341–4146, Telephone number:

(770) 488–2747, E-Mail address:

jrobertson@cdc.gov.

Programmatic technical assistance

may be obtained from: Fred L. Stallings,

Division of Cancer Prevention and

Control, National Center for Chronic

Disease Prevention and Health

Promotion, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford

Highway NE., Mail Stop K–55, Atlanta,

GA 30341–3724, Telephone number:

(770) 488–4293, E-mail address:

fls2@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 01121]

Redesigning Cities and Suburbs for

Public Health; 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 ‘‘Redesigning Cities and

Suburbs for Public Health.’’ This

program addresses the ‘‘Healthy People

2010’’ focus areas of Physical Activity

and Fitness; Public Health

Infrastructure, Environmental Health

and Respiratory Diseases.

The purpose of the program is to

create healthier communities by better

design and use of our built and natural

environment and develop policies and

practices surrounding urbanization,

transportation, business location,

employment, education, recreation, and

other related factors that increase

physical activity and are conducive to

improved health through prevention

and promotion.

B. Eligible Applicants

Assistance will be provided only to an

organization that is a private nonprofit,

non-governmental health,

environmental or transportation entity.

The organization must have local/state/

or regional membership constituencies;

and have the capacity and experience to

work on major current public policy

regarding metropolitan area urban

design.

Limited competition is justified

because only private nonprofit, nongovernmental, health, environmental or

transportation entities have conducted

research, analysis, and provided

regional recommendations in this area

from a public health prospective. To

determine gaps in public health related

to land and water use and its impact on

healthier communities, applicants

should propose activities that address

both metropolitan and rural areas

within a region to address partnership

building, integration of public concerns,