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NOTIFICATION AND RECORDS ACCESS

PROCEDURES:

Inquires should be addressed to the

System Manager following procedures

set forth at 44 CFR part 6, subpart C.

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURE:

A petition for amendment should be

addressed to the System Manager and

must meet the content requirements set

forth at 44 CFR part 6, subpart D.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Customers on whom record(s) are

maintained.

SYSTEM EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT.

None.

Dated: June 4, 2001.

Margaret Lawless,

Acting Executive Associate Director for

Mitigation

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Public Health and Science;

Announcement of Anticipated

Availability of Funds for Family

Planning Services Grants

AGENCY: Office of Population Affairs,

OPHS, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Office of Population

Affairs (OPA) announces the anticipated

availability of funds for Fiscal Year (FY)

2002 family planning services grants

under the authority of Title X of the

Public Health Service Act and solicits

applications for competing grants

awards to serve the areas and/or

populations set out below. Only

applications which propose to serve the

populations and/or areas listed in Table

I will be accepted for review and

possible funding. A description of Title

X Family Planning Program can be

found at OMB Catalog of Federal

Domestic Assistance 93.217.

DATES: Application and funding dates

vary. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

below.

ADDRESSES: Applications for grants in

DHHS Regions I–X should be sent to:

Office of Grants Management for Family

Planning Services, 1301 Young Street,

Suite 766, Dallas, TX 75202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Administrative and Budgetary

Requirements

Regions I–X: Maudeen Pickett, Office

of Grants Management for Family

Planning Services, 214–767–3401,

Program Requirements

Regional Program Consultants for

Family Planning: Region I (Connecticut,

Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,

Rhode Island, Vermont)—Suzanne

Theroux, 617–565–1063; Region II (New

Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Virgin

Islands)—Lucille Katz, 212–264–3935;

Region III (Delaware, Washington, DC,

Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West

Virginia)—Louis Belmonte, 215–861–

4641; Region IV (Kentucky, Mississippi,

North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,

Florida, Georgia, South Carolina)—

Cristino Rodriguez, 404–562–7900;

Region V (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,

Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin)—Janice

Ely, 312–886–3864; Region VI

(Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,

Oklahoma, Texas)—Evelyn Glass, 214–

767–3088; Region VII (Iowa, Kansas,

Missouri, Nebraska)—Elizabeth Curtis,

816–426–2924; Region VIII (Colorado

Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota,

Utah, Wyoming)—Christy Crosser, 303–

884–7849 or Jil Leslie, 303–844–7856;

Region IX (Arizona, California, Hawaii,

Nevada, Commonwealth of the Northern

Mariana Islands, American Samoa,

Guam, Republic of Palau, Federal States

of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall

Islands)—Nadine Simons, 415–437–

7984; Region X (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon,

Washington)—Janet Wildeboor, 206–

615–2776.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Definitions

For the purposes of this

announcement, the following

definitions apply:

Application/Proposal (used

interchangeably)—a request for financial

support of a project submitted to OPA

on specified forms and in accordance

with instructions provided.

Grant—financial assistance in the

form of money, awarded by the Federal

Government to an eligible recipient (a

grantee or recipient is the entity that

receives a Federal grant and assumes the

legal and financial responsibility and

accountability for the awarded funds

and performance of activities approved

for funding).

Project—those activities described in

the grant application and supported

under the approved budget.

Eligible Applicants—any public or

private nonprofit entity located in a

state (which includes the District of

Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana

Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands,

American Samoa, the U.S. Outlying

Islands [Midway, Wake et al.], the

Marshall Islands, the Federated States of

Micronesia and the Republic of Palau) is

eligible to apply for a Title X family

planning services grant.

Title X of the Public Health Service

Act, 42 U.S.C. 300, et seq. authorizes the

Secretary of Health and Human Services

(HHS) to award grants to public or

private nonprofit organizations to

establish and operate voluntary family

planning projects. Projects must offer a

broad range of acceptable and effective

medically approved family planning

methods and services. The statute

requires that, to the extent practicable,

Title X service providers should

encourage family participation. Title X

family planning funds may not be used

in programs where abortion is a method

of family planning.

Requirements regarding the provision

of family planning services under title X

can be found in the Title X statute, the

implementing regulations which govern

project grants for family planning

services (42 CFR part 59, Subpart A),

and the ‘‘Program Guidelines for Project

Grants for Family Planning Service,’’

published in January 2001. A copy of

the Program Guidelines may be obtained

by contacting the Office of Grants

Management for Family Planning

Services (at the address above), or

downloaded from the Office of

Population Affairs web site at

www.hhs.gov/opa/grants.html. All Title

X requirements—including those

derived from the statute, the regulations,

and the Program Guidelines—apply to

all activities funded under this

announcement. (For example, projects

must meet the regulatory requirements

set out at 42 CFR 59.5 regarding charges

to clients, and the funding criteria set

out at 42 CFR 59.7 apply to all

applicants under this announcement. As

stipulated in § 59.7(b) ‘‘* * * No grant

may be made for less than 90 percent of

the project’s costs, as so estimated,

unless the grant is to be made for a

project that was supported, under

section 1001, for less than 90 percent of

its costs in fiscal year 1975. In that case,

the grant shall be not be for less than the

percentage of costs covered by the grant

in fiscal year 1975.’’ Furthermore,

§ 59.7(c) stipulates that ‘‘No grant may

be made for an amount equal to 100

percent for the project’s estimated

costs.’’)

The anticipated FY 2002

appropriation for the Title X Family

Planning program is approximately

$253.9 million. Of this amount,

approximately $11.4 million will be

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made available for competing grant

awards. A minimum of ten grants will

be awarded. (See Table I for

approximate amount of awards.) The

remaining funds will be used for

continued support of grants and

activities which are not competitive in

FY 2002. This program announcement

is subject to the appropriation of funds

and is a contingency action taken to

ensure that, should funds become

available for this purpose, applications

can be processed in an orderly fashion,

and funds can be awarded in a timely

fashion.

This notice announces the anticipated

availability of funds for competitive

family planning service grants in 10

states. Competing grant applications are

invited for the following areas (please

note, in order to maximize access to

family planning services, one or more

grants may be awarded for each area

listed):

TABLE I

Populations/areas to be served

Approximate

funding

available

Application

due date

Approx. grant

funding date

Region I

New Hampshire ........................................................................................................................... $1,100,000 09–01–01 01–01–02

Rhode Island ................................................................................................................................ 710,000 09–01–01 01–01–02

Massachusetts ............................................................................................................................. 4,300,000 09–01–01 01–01–02

Region II

No competitive grants available in FY 2002.

Region III

Washington, D.C. ......................................................................................................................... 930,000 09–01–01 01–01–02

Region IV

No competitive grants available in FY 2002.

Region V

No competitive grants available in FY 2002.

Region VI

No competitive grants available in FY 2002.

Region VII

No competitive grants available in FY 2002.

Region VIII

Wyoming ...................................................................................................................................... 594,000 09–01–01 01–01–02

South Dakota ............................................................................................................................... 650,000 03–01–02 07–01–02

Migrant workers in the Greely, CO area ..................................................................................... 150,000 06–01–02 09–30–02

Region IX

Gila River Indian .......................................................................................................................... 239,000 03–01–02 07–01–02

Region X

Oregon ......................................................................................................................................... 2,300,000 03–01–02 07–01–02

Alaska—Anchorage and surrounding suburbs; Homer; Sitka; Soldotna; Mat-Su Burrow .......... 425,000 03–01–02 07–01–02

Incorporation Program Priorities and

Key Issues for Family Planning

The following priorities represent

overarching goals for the Title X

program. The application should

describe how the proposed project will

address each priority: (1) Assurance of continued high

quality clinical family planning and

reproductive health services that will

improve the overall health of

individuals;

(2) Increasing access to family

planning and reproductive health

services by partnering with public

health providers and other communitybased organizations that have related

interests and that work with similar

populations; (3) Emphasis on clinical services for

hard-to-reach populations, e.g.,

uninsured or under-insured women,

males in need of clinical services,

adolescents, substance abusers, migrant

workers, and the homeless; and

(4) Assuring access to comprehensive

family planning and reproductive health

clinical services, including provision of

highly effective contraceptive methods;

breast and cervical cancer screening and

prevention; and STD and HIV

prevention education, counseling, and

testing.

In addition, the following key issues

impact the current and future delivery

of family planning services, and should

be considered when developing the

proposal:

(1) The U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services’ priorities and Healthy

People 2010 objectives (http://

www.health.gov/healthypeople);

(2) Medicaid waivers, managed care,

State Children’s Health Insurance

Program (SCHIP), Temporary Assistance

to Needy Families (TANF), Title XX of

the Social Services Block Grant, state

support, and private insurance coverage

related to family planning and

reproductive health services;

(3) Increased need for current and

reliable data to use in program planning

and monitoring program performance;

(4) Use of electronic technologies in

program activities and management;

(5) Use of science-based information

to support program activities; and

(6) Legislative mandates such as

counseling teens on involving families

and avoiding coercive sexual

relationships, and program compliance

with state reporting laws regarding

sexual abuse.

Application Requirements

Application kits (including the

application form, PHS 5161–1, Revised

7/00, OMB Approval No. 0937–0189)

may be obtained by contacting the

Office of Grants Management for Family

Planning Services (at the address listed

above), or downloaded from the Office

of Population Affairs web site at

www.hhs.gov/opa/grants.html.

Completed applications must be

submitted to the Office of Grants

Management for Family Planning

Services.

Applications will be considered as

meeting the deadline if they are

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postmarked on or before the application

due date (listed for all areas in Table I).

A legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or U.S. Postal

Service will be accepted in lieu of a

postmark. Private metered postmarks

will not be accepted as proof of timely

mailing. All hand delivered applications

must be received between the hours of

8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on or before the

application due date. Applications

which do not meet the deadline will be

considered late and will not be accepted

for review. Also, applications which do

not meet the requirements of this

program announcement and/or the

applicable regulatory requirements at 42

CFR part 59, Subpart A, will not be

accepted for review. Any application

which is not accepted will be returned

to the applicant. Applications will not

be accepted by fax or e-mail. The

submission deadlines will not be

extended.

Applications must address all

applicable regulatory requirements

[59.7(a)]. The information collections

(reporting requirements) contained in

this notice have been approved by the

Office of Management and Budget and

assigned control number 0937–0189.

The Office of Public Health and

Science (OPHS) requires all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and to promote the non-use

of all tobacco products. This is

consistent with the OPHS mission to

protect and advance the physical and

mental health of the American people.

Application Review and Evaluation

Each regional office is responsible for

evaluating applications and setting

funding levels according to criteria in 42

CFR 59.7.

Applications will be evaluated based

on the following criteria (42 CFR

59.7(a)):

(1) The degree to which the project

plan adequately provides for the

requirements set forth in the Title X

regulations (20 points);

(2) The extent to which family

planning services are needed locally (20

points);

(3) The number of patients, and, in

particular, the number of low-income

patients to be served (15 points);

(4) The adequacy of the applicant’s

facilities and staff (15 points);

(5) The capacity of the applicant to

make rapid and effective use of the

Federal assistance (10 points);

(6) The relative availability of nonFederal resources within the community

to be served and the degree to which

those resources are committed to the

project (10 points); and

(7) The relative need of the applicant

(10 points).

Review Under Executive Order 12372

Applicants under this announcement

are subject to the review requirements of

Executive Order 12372,

Intergovernmental Review of

Department of Health and Human

Services Programs and Activities, as

implemented by 45 CFR part 100. As

soon as possible, the applicant should

discuss the project with the State Single

Point of Contact (SPOC) for each State

to be served. The application kit

contains the currently available listing

of the SPOCs which have elected to be

informed of the submission of

applications. For those States not listed,

further inquiries regarding the review

process designed by their state should

be made to the Governor’s office of the

pertinent State. In order to be

considered, the Grants Management

Office must receive State Single Point of

Contact comments not later than 30

days prior to the grant funding date.

Grant Awards

When final funding decisions have

been made, each applicant will be

notified by letter of the outcome of its

application. Applicant projects selected

for funding will receive a Notice of

Grant Award, the official document

notifying an applicant that a project

application has been approved for

funding. This document specifies to the

grantee the amount of money awarded,

the purposes of the grant, the length of

the project period, and terms and

conditions of the grant award.

Grant projects are generally approved

for 3 to 5 years. An annual noncompetitive continuation application is

required to obtain continued support.

Application kits for non-competing

grants will automatically be sent to the

project director indicated on the Notice

of Grant Award. Continuation awards

are subject to factors such as the

availability of funds and satisfactory

progress of the project. In all cases,

continuation awards require a

determination by HHS that continued

funding is in the best interest of the

Federal Government.

Mireille B. Kanda,

Acting Director, Office of Population Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

[Program Announcement 01117]

Controlling Asthma in American Cities

Project (CAACP); 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 Controlling Asthma in

American Cities Project (CAACP). This

program addresses the ‘‘Healthy People

2010’’ focus areas of Respiratory

Diseases, Environmental Health, and

Access to Quality Health Services.

The purpose of the CAACP is to

utilize past successes and other

innovative approaches to improve

overall asthma management in order to

decrease asthma-related morbidity

among children (0–18 years) in a

defined urban population with a large

and unmet asthma control need.

No research may be conducted as part

of this cooperative agreement.

B. Eligible Applicants

Applications may be submitted by

public and private nonprofit

organizations, or local chapters of

national advocacy associations that deal

primarily or largely with asthma. This

includes universities, hospitals, and city

or county public health departments. In

addition, applicants must have direct

access to the target population(s) and be

located in the community that will be

served by the proposed interventions.

To be an eligible applicant, the total

population of the communities to be

served must be between 300,000 and

700,000 people. Note: For a

metropolitan area of greater than

700,000 people, the population

requirement may be met by proposing to

work in selected communities within

the area. This information must be

submitted in the abstract of the

application. The documentation

accepted to verify eligibility may be

based on the most current census data

available. If this information is not

included, the application will be

determined as non-responsive and will

be returned to the applicant without

review.

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