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1Behaviors that increase risk for HIV 

transmission including engaging in casual sexual 

encounters, engaging in sex in exchange for money 

or favors, having sex with an HIV-positive partner 

or one whose status is unknown, using drugs or 

abusing alcohol in the context of sexual 

interactions, and using intravenous drugs. Women, 

even if faithful themselves, can still be at risk of 

becoming infected by their spouse, regular male 

partner, or someone using force against them. Other 

high-risk persons or groups include men who have 

sex with men and workers who are employed away 

from home.

have filled out the form, please attach it 

to your Grants.gov submission as Other 

Attachment Forms. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide HHS/CDC with an 

original, plus two hard copies of the 

following reports: 

1. Interim progress report, due no less 

than 90 days before the end of the 

budget period. The progress report will 

serve as your non-competing 

continuation application, and must 

contain the following elements: 

a. Current Budget Period Activities 

and Objectives. 

b. Current Budget Period Financial 

Progress. 

c. New Budget Period Program 

Proposed Activities and Objectives. 

d. Budget and budget narrative with 

justification.

e. Measures of Effectiveness, 

including progress against the 

numerical goals of the President’s 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for the 

Caribbean. 

f. Additional Requested Information. 

2. Financial status report, no more 

than 90 days after the end of the budget 

period. The financial report must show 

obligations, disbursements and funds 

remaining by program activity. 

Indicators must be developed for each 

program milestone and incorporated 

into the periodic financial and 

programmatic reports. All indicators 

need to be drawn from The Emergency 

Plan Indicator Guide. 

3. Annual Reports are due within no 

later than 90 days of the end of the 

budget period. The report should detail 

progress toward achieving program 

milestones and projected next year 

activities. Indicators must be developed 

for each program milestone and 

incorporated into the annual financial 

and programmatic reports. All 

indicators need to be drawn from the 

Emergency Plan. Reports should include 

progress against the numerical goals of 

the President’s Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief for the Caribbean. 

4. Final financial and performance 

reports, no more than 90 days after the 

end of the project period. 

Recipients must mail these reports to 

the Grants Management or Contract 

Specialist listed in the ‘‘Agency 

Contacts’’ section of this announcement. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

We encourage inquiries concerning 

this announcement. 

For general questions, contact: 

Technical Information Management 

Section, CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, 2920 Brandywine 

Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 

770–488–2700. 

For program technical assistance, 

contact: Ken Hunt, Project Officer, HHS 

Global AIDS Program, Caribbean 

Regional Office, U.S. Embassy, 15 

Queens Park West, Port of Spain, 

Trinidad, WI, Telephone: 868–628–

7325, E-mail: khunt@cdc.gov. 

For financial, grants management, or 

budget assistance, contact: Vivian 

Walker, Grants Management Specialist 

CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services, 2920 Brandywine Road, 

Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770–

488–2724, E-mail: VWalker@cdc.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

Applicants can find this and other 

HHS funding opportunity 

announcements on the HHS/CDC Web 

site, Internet address: http://

www.cdc.gov (click on ‘‘Funding’’ then 

‘‘Grants and Cooperative Agreements’’), 

and on the Web site of the HHS Office 

of Global Health Affairs, Internet 

address: http://www.globalhealth.gov.

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

William P. Nichols, 

Director, Procurement and Grants Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services.

[FR Doc. 05–16816 Filed 8–23–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Strengthening HIV/AIDS, TB and STI 

Prevention, Control and Treatment in 

the Oromia Area of the Southwest 

Region of the Federal Democratic 

Republic of Ethiopia 

Announcement Type: New . 

Funding Opportunity Number:

AA136. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 93.067. 

Key Dates: Application deadline:

September 19, 2005. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Authority: This program is authorized 

under sections 301(a) and 307 of the 

Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241 

and 2421], as amended, and under 

Public Law 108–25 (United States 

Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 

Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003) 

[U.S.C. 7601]. 

Background: President Bush’s 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has 

called for immediate, comprehensive 

and evidence-based action to turn the 

tide of global HIV/AIDS. The initiative 

aims to treat more than two million 

HIV-infected people with effective 

combination anti-retroviral therapy by 

2008; care for ten million HIV-infected 

and affected persons, including those 

orphaned by HIV/AIDS, by 2008; and 

prevent seven million infections by 

2010, with a focus on 15 priority 

countries, including 12 in sub-Saharan 

Africa. The five-year strategy for the 

Emergency Plan is available at the 

following Internet address: http://

www.state.gov/s/gac/rl/or/c11652.htm. 

The Emergency Plan goals specific to 

Ethiopia are to treat at least 210,000 

HIV-infected individuals and care for 

1,050,000 HIV-affected individuals, 

including orphans. 

Purpose: The U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (HHS) 

announces the availability of Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2005 funds for a cooperative 

agreement for strengthening the 

activities on the prevention, control, 

and treatment of Human 

Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and 

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, 

other Sexually Transmitted Infections 

and Tuberculosis (HIV/AIDS/STI/TB) 

among students and faculty of higher 

education institutions in the Oromia 

area of Southwest Ethiopia. 

This project particularly aims to: (1) 

Improve HIV/AIDS/STI/TB prevention 

following the Abstinence, Be Faithful, 

and, for populations engaged in highrisk behaviors,1 Correct and Consistent 

Condom Use (ABC) strategies, control, 

and treatment programs; (2) strengthen 

training in HIV/AIDS/STI/TB care and 

treatment, (3) implement HIV/AIDS/

STI/TB related targeted monitoring and 

evaluations and development plans; (4) 

establish a technical support and 

training unit to support the Oromia 

Regional Health Bureau and assist HIV/

AIDS/STI/TB program implementation 

in the Oromia region of Southwest 

Ethiopia; (5) conduct prevention, care 

and treatment of HIV/AIDS/STIs 

programs among students and faculty at 

institutions of higher education in the 

region and (6) develop the health system 

and infrastructure important for the 

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delivery of HIV/AIDS/STI/TB services 

in the Oromia region Southwest 

Ethiopia.

This project addresses the Healthy 

People 2010 focus area of HIV. 

The U.S. Government (USG) has taken 

major steps to reduce the global impact 

of HIV/AIDS. Through various agencies, 

including the Department of Health and 

Human Services, the U.S. Government 

is working with specific countries in 

sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and the 

Americas. The President’s Emergency 

Plan for AIDS Relief aims at 

strengthening national capacities for: (1) 

HIV primary prevention; (2) HIV care, 

support, and treatment; and (3) health 

systems and infrastructure 

development. Targeted countries 

represent those with the most severe 

epidemics and the highest number of 

new infections. They also represent 

countries where the potential for impact 

is greatest and where U.S. Government 

agencies are already active. 

As one of the key agencies to 

implement the Emergency Plan, HHS is 

working in a collaborative manner with 

national governments and other 

agencies to develop programs of 

assistance to address the HIV/AIDS 

epidemic in target countries, including 

Ethiopia. In particular, HHS’s mission 

in Ethiopia is to work with Ethiopian 

and international partners to develop 

and apply effective interventions to 

prevent and treat HIV infection and 

associated illness and deaths from 

AIDS.

Ethiopia is among the world’s 

countries most adversely affected by the 

HIV/AIDS epidemic and TB. STIs are 

highly prevalent, and contribute to 

morbidity and mortality from HIV/

AIDS. With an estimated 1.5 million 

adults infected with HIV by the end of 

2003, Ethiopia had one of the largest 

populations of HIV-infected persons in 

the world. The estimated percent of 

persons age 15 to 49 infected with HIV 

is 4.4 percent. There have been about a 

million cumulative deaths due to AIDS. 

Estimates posit that 200,000 children 

are currently living with HIV in 

Ethiopia and that AIDS has orphaned 

over 500,000 children. 

Given the complex nature of the 

causes and the serious impact of the 

HIV/AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia, forging 

a strong multi-sectoral and multi-level 

partnership and broad stakeholder 

involvement is imperative. The 

Government of Ethiopia has therefore 

adopted an HIV/AIDS/STI/TB program 

that responds to these needs, and 

implementation mechanisms are in 

place. The government and its partners 

in civil society are currently taking 

measures to accelerate the 

implementation of interventions that 

deliver comprehensive care and 

treatment to decrease illness and death, 

promote acceptance of HIV confidential 

counseling and testing, and strengthen 

local health-care capacity. Health-care 

facilities that are already in the 

frontlines of the fight against HIV/AIDS/

STI/TB are scaling up prevention, care 

and treatment activities. 

The national experience and 

momentum gathered accord much 

support to Ethiopia’s effort to scale up 

its HIV/AIDS/STI/TB interventions. 

However, a shortage of trained 

manpower, a lack of adequate technical 

support, and constraints with scientific 

evidence to guide policy and 

programmatic decisions, have emerged 

as major challenges. The complexity of 

the response to HIV/AIDS/STI/TB calls 

for strong technical support to national 

and regional programs. In the Oromia 

region of Southwest Ethiopia, there is a 

strong need to scale up training at inservice and pre-service levels, target 

monitoring and evaluation activities, 

and establish linkages to national and 

international partners. 

Measurable outcomes of the program 

will be in alignment with one (or more) 

of the following performance goal(s) for 

the National Center for HIV/AIDS, STI, 

and TB Prevention (NCHSTP): By 2010, 

work with other countries, international 

organizations, the Department of State, 

the U.S. Agency for International 

Development (USAID), the Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS), 

and other partners to achieve the United 

Nations General Assembly Special 

Session on HIV/AIDS goal of reducing 

prevalence among 15 to 24 years of age 

and to initiate, expand or strengthen 

HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment 

and support globally. 

This announcement is only for nonresearch activities supported by HHS. If 

an applicant proposes research, we will 

not review the application. For the 

definition of ‘‘research,’’ please see the 

HHS/CDC web site at the following 

Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/

od/ads/opspo111.htm. 

Activities 

Awardee activities for this program 

are as follows: 

1. Conduct needs assessment among 

students and faculty at universities and 

teaching hospitals in the Oromia region 

of Southwest Ethiopia to determine risk 

factors, target behaviors, barriers, 

facilitators, reinforcement mechanisms, 

communication channels, availability of 

care, family demographics/situations, 

etc. to inform the development and 

implementation of prevention, care and 

treatment programs. 

2. Organize and procure necessary 

equipment and supplies in a 

competitive and transparent process, 

and coordinate care, trainings and 

targeted monitoring and evaluations. 

3. Develop/adapt or organize tools, 

such as operations manuals, training 

manuals, and guidelines, in the areas of 

HIV/AIDS; prevention of mother-tochild transmission (PMTCT); 

confidential counseling and testing; STI, 

TB, laboratory, and other technical areas 

as deemed appropriate for provision of 

in-patient and out-patient care, inservice training; and targeted 

monitoring and evaluations. 

3.5. Develop and implement a 

program to make confidential HIV 

counseling and testing as a routine part 

of medical care in teaching hospitals in 

the Oromia region of Southwest 

Ethiopia. 

4. Institute the needed administrative 

and functional arrangements to 

coordinate the day-to-day activity of the 

project to guarantee effectiveness, 

efficiency, transparency and 

accountability. 

5. Conduct in-service training 

activities related to HIV/AIDS, PMTCT, 

confidential counseling and testing, STI, 

TB, laboratory, and other technical areas 

as needed at universities and teaching 

hospitals in the Oromia region of 

Southwest Ethiopia. 

6. Review, update, and institute 

course outlines and contents for preservice (undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, nursing 

students and other paramedical 

students) training programs to 

strengthen the training in HIV/AIDS, 

PMTCT, confidential counseling and 

testing, STI, TB, laboratory, and other 

related technical areas at universities 

and teaching hospitals in the Oromia 

region of Southwest Ethiopia. 

7. Conduct pre-service training in 

HIV/AIDS, PMTCT, confidential 

counseling and testing, STI, TB, 

laboratory, and other related technical 

areas in all health professional training 

programs at universities and teaching 

hospitals in the Oromia region of 

Southwest Ethiopia. 

8. Conduct targeted monitoring and 

evaluations of project and in identified 

priority areas that require evidence for 

perusal in program implementation and 

in-service and pre-service training, in 

collaboration with international 

partners. 

9. Conduct reviews and analysis of 

data and prepare, and disseminate 

reports and information.

10. Conduct culturally appropriate 

workshops, seminars and 

popularization events in local languages 

related to HIV/AIDS prevention, control, 

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2Behaviors that increase risk for HIV 

transmission including engaging in casual sexual 

encounters, engaging in sex in exchange for money 

or favors, having sex with an HIV-positive partner 

or one whose status is unknown, using drugs or 

abusing alcohol in the context of sexual 

interactions, and using intravenous drugs. Women, 

even if faithful themselves, can still be at risk of 

becoming infected by their spouse, regular male 

partner, or someone using force against them. Other 

high-risk persons or groups include men who have 

sex with men and workers who are employed away 

from home.

and treatment in South West Ethiopia, 

and undertake monitoring and 

evaluation and re-planning of the 

project. 

11. Conduct HIV/AIDS/STIs 

prevention following the ABC strategies, 

control, and treatment activities among 

students and faculty of universities and 

teaching hospitals in the Oromia region 

of Southwest Ethiopia. Grantee may not 

implement condom social marketing 

without also implementing abstinence 

and behavior-change interventions. 

12. Institute comprehensive 

prevention, care and treatment 

supported by information systems and 

laboratories at teaching hospitals in the 

Oromia region of Southwest Ethiopia. 

In a cooperative agreement, HHS staff 

is substantially involved in the program 

activities, above and beyond routine 

grant monitoring. 

HHS activities for this program are as 

follows: 

1. HHS will collaborate with the 

recipient on designing and 

implementing the activities listed above, 

including but not limited to, providing 

technical assistance to develop and 

implement program activities, training, 

quality assurance, data management, 

statistical analysis and presentations, 

and project evaluation. 

2. Monitor project and budget 

performance, as part of the Emergency 

Plan for AIDS Relief Country 

Operational Plan review and approval 

process, managed by the Office of the 

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. 

3. Assist in the selection of key 

personnel to be involved in the 

activities performed under this 

cooperative agreement. 

4. Make available manuals, guidelines 

or other related materials already 

developed by HHS-Ethiopia for other 

similar projects, as well as all policy 

directives established by the Office of 

the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. 

Administration 

Comply with all HHS management 

requirements for meeting participation 

and progress and financial reporting for 

this cooperative agreement. (See HHS 

Activities and Reporting sections below 

for details.) Comply with all policy 

directives established by the Office of 

the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. 

In a cooperative agreement, HHS staff 

is substantially involved in the program 

activities, above and beyond routine 

grant monitoring. 

HHS activities for this program are as 

follows: 

1. Organize an orientation meeting 

with the grantee to brief them on 

applicable U.S. Government, HHS, and 

Emergency Plan expectations, 

regulations and key management 

requirements, as well as report formats 

and contents. The orientation could 

include meetings with staff from HHS 

agencies and the Office of the U.S. 

Global AIDS Coordinator. 

2. Review and approve the process 

used by the grantee to select key 

personnel and/or post-award 

subcontractors and/or subgrantees to be 

involved in the activities performed 

under this agreement, as part of the 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Country 

Operational Plan review and approval 

process, managed by the Office of the 

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. 

3. Review and approve grantee’s 

annual work plan and detailed budget, 

as part of the Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief Country Operational Plan review 

and approval process, managed by the 

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator. 

4. Review and approve grantee’s 

monitoring and evaluation plan, 

including for compliance with the 

strategic information guidance 

established by the Office of the U.S. 

Global AIDS Coordinator. 

5. Meet on a monthly basis with 

grantee to assess monthly expenditures 

in relation to approved work plan and 

modify plans as necessary. 

6. Meet on a quarterly basis with 

grantee to assess quarterly technical and 

financial progress reports and modify 

plans as necessary. 

7. Meet on an annual basis with 

grantee to review annual progress report 

for each U.S. Government Fiscal Year, 

and to review annual work plans and 

budgets for subsequent year, as part of 

the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 

review and approval process for 

Country Operational Plans, managed by 

the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator.

8. Provide technical assistance, as 

mutually agreed upon, and revise 

annually during validation of the first 

and subsequent annual work plans. This 

could include expert technical 

assistance and targeted training 

activities in specialized areas, such as 

strategic information, project 

management, confidential counseling 

and testing, palliative care, treatment 

literacy, and adult learning techniques. 

9. Provide in-country administrative 

support to help grantee meet U.S. 

Government financial and reporting 

requirements.

Please note: Either HHS staff or staff from 

organizations that have successfully 

competed for funding under a separate HHS 

contract, cooperative agreement or grant will 

provide technical assistance and training.

Measurable outcomes of the program 

will be in alignment with the following 

performance goals for the Emergency 

Plan: 

A. Prevention 

Number of individuals trained to 

provide HIV prevention interventions, 

including abstinence, faithfulness, and, 

for populations engaged in high-risk 

behaviors,2 correct and consistent 

condom use.

1. Abstinence (A) and Be Faithful (B) 

• Number of community outreach 

and/or mass media (radio) programs that 

are A/B focused. 

• Number of individuals reached 

through community outreach and/or 

mass media (radio) programs that are

A/B focused. 

B. Care and Support 

1. Confidential counseling and testing 

• Number of patients who accept 

confidential counseling and testing in a 

health-care setting. 

• Number of clients served, direct. 

• Number of people trained in 

confidential counseling and testing, 

direct, including health-care workers. 

2. Orphans and Vulnerable Children 

(OVC) 

• Number of service outlets/

programs, direct and/or indirect. 

• Number of clients (OVC) served, 

direct and/or indirect.

• Number of persons trained to serve 

OVC, direct. 

3. Palliative Care: Basic Health Care 

and Support 

• Number of service outlets/programs 

that provide palliative care, direct and/

or indirect. 

• Number of service outlets/programs 

that link HIV care with malaria and 

tuberculosis care and/or referral, direct 

and/or indirect. 

• Number of clients served with 

palliative care, direct and/or indirect. 

• Number of persons trained in 

providing palliative care, direct. 

C. HIV Treatment With ART

• Number of clients enrolled in ART, 

direct and indirect. 

• Number of persons trained in 

providing ART, direct. 

D. Strategic Information

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• Number of persons trained in 

strategic information, direct. 

E. Expanded Indigenous Sustainable 

Response

• Project-specific quantifiable 

milestones to measure: 

a. Indigenous capacity-building. 

b. Progress toward sustainability. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

Agreement. HHS involvement in this 

program is listed in the Activities 

section above. 

Fiscal Year Funds: 2005. 

Approximate Total Funding:

$500,000. (This amount is an estimate, 

and is subject to availability of funds) 

Approximate Number of Awards:

One. 

Approximate Average Award:

$100,000. 

Floor of Award Range: None. 

Ceiling of Award Range: $100,000. 

(This is the ceiling for the first 12-month 

budget period) 

Anticipated Award Date: September 

23, 2005. 

Budget Period Length: 12 months. 

Project Period Length: Five years. 

Throughout the project period, HHS’ 

commitment to continuation of awards 

will be conditioned on the availability 

of funds, evidence of satisfactory 

progress by the recipient (as 

documented in required reports), and 

the determination that continued 

funding is in the best interest of the 

Federal Government, through the 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief review 

and approval process for Country 

Operational Plans, managed by the 

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator. 

III. Eligibility Information 

III.1. Eligible Applicants 

Assistance will be provided only to 

universities and teaching hospitals in 

South West Ethiopia. Applicants must 

demonstrate a strong commitment to 

community based, multi-disciplinary 

team training program that also 

integrates training, service and research. 

Applicants must have a documented 

track record of working closely with 

Oromia Regional Health Bureau and the 

adjoining regions as well as with a 

number of regional and international 

institutions of higher education, 

professional associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and 

faith based organizations (FBOs). 

Applicants must have demonstrated 

capacity to provide training for all 

cadres of health care professionals 

deployed to this region of Ethiopia. 

III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds 

Matching funds are not required for 

this program. 

III.3. Other 

If an applicant requests a funding 

amount greater than the ceiling of the 

award range, HHS/CDC will consider 

the application non-responsive, and it 

will not enter into the review process. 

We will notify you that your application 

did not meet the submission 

requirements. 

Special Requirements 

If your application is incomplete or 

non-responsive to the special 

requirements listed in this section, it 

will not enter into the review process. 

We will notify you that your application 

did not meet submission requirements. 

• HHS/CDC will consider late 

applications non-responsive. See 

section ‘‘IV.3. Submission Dates and 

Times’’ for more information on 

deadlines. 

• Note: Title 2 of the United States 

Code Section 1611 states that an 

organization described in Section 

501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code 

that engages in lobbying activities is not 

eligible to receive Federal funds 

constituting an award, grant, or loan. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

IV.1. Address To Request Application 

Package

To apply for this funding opportunity 

use application form PHS 5161–1. 

HHS strongly encourages you to 

submit your application electronically 

by using the forms and instructions 

posted for this announcement at 

www.grants.gov.

Application forms and instructions 

are available on the HHS/CDC web site, 

at the following Internet address: 

www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm.

If you do not have access to the 

Internet, or if you have difficulty 

accessing the forms on-line, you may 

contact the HHS/CDC Procurement and 

Grants Office Technical Information 

Management Section (PGO–TIM) staff 

at: 770–488–2700. We can mail 

application forms to you. 

IV.2. Content and Form of Submission 

Application: You must submit a 

project narrative with your application 

forms. You must submit the narrative in 

the following format: 

• Maximum number of pages: 20. If 

your narrative exceeds the page limit, 

we will only review the first pages 

within the page limit. 

• Font size: 12-point unreduced 

• Double spaced 

• Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches 

• Page margin size: One inch 

• Printed only on one side of page 

• Held together only by rubber bands 

or metal clips; not bound in any other 

way. 

• All pages should be numbered 

• A complete index to the application 

and any appendices must be included. 

• Your application MUST be 

submitted in English. 

Your narrative should address 

activities to be conducted over the 

entire project period, and must include 

the following items in the order listed: 

• Background—What are the 

underlying issues related to undertaking 

this project? 

• Goals and Objectives, including 

Project Contribution to the Goals and 

Objectives of the Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief 

• Work Plan and Description of 

Project Components and Activities 

• Timeline 

• Staffing Plan, with Level of Effort 

• Understanding—Demonstrate 

knowledge of the elements involved in 

implementing this project. 

• Performance Measures—What 

measures will be used to determine if 

the objectives of the project are being 

met? 

• Budget Justification—How are the 

costs related to implementing the 

project justified? 

• Budget—what are the costs 

associated with implementing the 

project? 

The budget and budget justification is 

needed only for year one of the project 

period. The budget and budget 

justification will not be counted in the 

page limit stated above. 

You may include additional 

information in the application 

appendices. The appendices will not be 

counted toward the narrative page limit. 

This additional information could 

include, but is not limited to the 

following: 

• Resumes and/or Curriculum Vitas 

• Letters of support, etc. 

• Job descriptions of proposed key 

positions to be created for the activity 

• Quality-Assurance, Monitoringand-Evaluation, and StrategicInformation Forms 

• Applicant’s Corporate Capability 

Statement 

• Letters of Support 

1. Evidence of Legal Organizational 

Structure 

You must have a Dun and Bradstreet 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number to apply for a grant or 

cooperative agreement from the Federal 

government. The DUNS number is a 

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nine-digit identification number, which 

uniquely identifies business entities. 

Obtaining a DUNS number is easy, and 

there is no charge. To obtain a DUNS 

number, access 

www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1–

866–705–5711. 

For more information, see the HHS/

CDC web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/

pgo/funding/pubcommt.htm. If your 

application form does not have a DUNS 

number field, please write your DUNS 

number at the top of the first page of 

your application, and/or include your 

DUNS number in your application cover 

letter. 

Additional requirements that could 

require you to submit additional 

documentation with your application 

are listed in section ‘‘VI.2. 

Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements.’’ 

IV.3. Submission Dates and Times 

Application Deadline Date:

September 19, 2005. 

Explanation of Deadlines:

Applications must be received in the 

CDC Procurement and Grants Office by 

4 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline 

date. 

You may submit your application 

electronically at www.grants.gov. We 

consider applications completed online 

through Grants.gov as formally 

submitted when the applicant 

organization’s Authorizing Official 

electronically submits the application to 

www.grants.gov. We will consider 

electronic applications as having met 

the deadline if the applicant 

organization’s Authorizing Official has 

submitted the application electronically 

to Grants.gov on or before the deadline 

date and time. 

If you submit your application 

electronically with Grants.gov, your 

application will be electronically time/

date stamped, which will serve as 

receipt of submission. You will receive 

an e-mail notice of receipt when HHS/

CDC receives the application.

If you submit your application by the 

United States Postal Service or 

commercial delivery service, you must 

ensure that the carrier will be able to 

guarantee delivery by the closing date 

and time. If HHS/CDC receives your 

submission after closing because: (1) 

carrier error, when the carrier accepted 

the package with a guarantee for 

delivery by the closing date and time; or 

(2) significant weather delays or natural 

disasters, you will have the opportunity 

to submit documentation of the carrier’s 

guarantee. If the documentation verifies 

a carrier problem, HHS/CDC will 

consider the submission as having been 

received by the deadline. 

If you submit a hard copy application, 

HHS/CDC will not notify you upon 

receipt of your submission. If you have 

a question about the receipt of your 

application, first contact your courier. If 

you still have a question, contact the 

PGO–TIM staff at: 770–488–2700. Before 

calling, please wait two to three days 

after the submission deadline. This will 

allow time for us to process and log 

submissions. 

This announcement is the definitive 

guide on application content, 

submission address, and deadline. It 

supersedes information provided in the 

application instructions. If your 

submission does not meet the deadline 

above, it will not be eligible for review, 

and we will discard it. We will notify 

you that you did not meet the 

submission requirements. 

IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of 

Applications 

Executive Order 12372 does not apply 

to this program. 

IV.5. Funding Restrictions 

Restrictions, which you must take 

into account while writing your budget, 

are as follows: 

• Funds may not be used for research. 

• Reimbursement of pre-award costs 

is not allowed. 

• Antiretroviral Drugs—The purchase 

of antiretrovirals, reagents, and 

laboratory equipment for antiretroviral 

treatment projects require pre-approval 

from the GAP headquarters. 

• Needle Exchange—No funds 

appropriated under this Act shall be 

used to carry out any program of 

distributing sterile needles or syringes 

for the hypodermic injection of any 

illegal drug.

• Funds may be spent for reasonable 

program purposes, including personnel, 

training, travel, supplies and services. 

Equipment may be purchased and 

renovations completed if deemed 

necessary to accomplish program 

objectives; however, prior approval by 

HHS/CDC officials must be requested in 

writing. 

• All requests for funds contained in 

the budget shall be stated in U.S. 

dollars. Once an award is made, HHS/

CDC will not compensate foreign 

grantees for currency exchange 

fluctuations through the issuance of 

supplemental awards. 

• The costs that are generally 

allowable in grants to domestic 

organizations, are allowable to foreign 

institutions and international 

organizations, with the following 

exception: With the exception of the 

American University, Beirut, and the 

World Health Organization, Indirect 

Costs will not be paid (either directly or 

through sub-award) to organizations 

located outside the territorial limits of 

the United States or to international 

organizations, regardless of their 

location. 

• The applicant may contract with 

other organizations under this program; 

however the applicant must perform a 

substantial portion of the activities, 

(including program management and 

operations, and delivery of prevention 

and care services for which funds are 

required). 

• You must obtain an annual audit of 

these HHS/CDC funds (program-specific 

audit) by a U.S.-based audit firm with 

international branches and current 

licensure/authority in-country, and in 

accordance with International 

Accounting Standards or equivalent 

standard(s) approved in writing by 

HHS/CDC. 

• A fiscal Recipient Capability 

Assessment may be required, prior to or 

post award in order to review the 

applicant’s business management and 

fiscal capabilities regarding the 

handling of U.S. Federal funds. 

Prostitution and Related Activities 

The U.S. Government is opposed to 

prostitution and related activities, 

which are inherently harmful and 

dehumanizing, and contribute to the 

phenomenon of trafficking in persons. 

Any entity that receives, directly or 

indirectly, U.S. Government funds in 

connection with this document 

(‘‘recipient’’) cannot use such U.S. 

Government funds to promote or 

advocate the legalization or practice of 

prostitution or sex trafficking. Nothing 

in the preceding sentence shall be 

construed to preclude the provision to 

individuals of palliative care, treatment, 

or post-exposure pharmaceutical 

prophylaxis, and necessary 

pharmaceuticals and commodities, 

including test kits, condoms, and, when 

proven effective, microbicides. 

A recipient that is otherwise eligible 

to receive funds in connection with this 

document to prevent, treat, or monitor 

HIV/AIDS shall not be required to 

endorse or utilize a multisectoral 

approach to combating HIV/AIDS, or to 

endorse, utilize, or participate in a 

prevention method or treatment 

program to which the recipient has a 

religious or moral objection. Any 

information provided by recipients 

about the use of condoms as part of 

projects or activities that are funded in 

connection with this document shall be 

medically accurate and shall include the 

public health benefits and failure rates 

of such use. 

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In addition, any recipient must have 

a policy explicitly opposing prostitution 

and sex trafficking. The preceding 

sentence shall not apply to any ‘‘exempt 

organizations’’ (defined as the Global 

Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and 

Malaria, the World Health Organization 

and its six Regional Offices, the 

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative or 

to any United Nations agency).

The following definition applies for 

purposes of this clause: 

• Sex trafficking means the 

recruitment, harboring, transportation, 

provision, or obtaining of a person for 

the purpose of a commercial sex act. 22 

U.S.C. 7102(9). 

All recipients must insert provisions 

implementing the applicable parts of 

this section, ‘‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities,’’ in all subagreements under 

this award. These provisions must be 

express terms and conditions of the 

subagreement, must acknowledge that 

compliance with this section, 

‘‘Prostitution and Related Activities,’’ is 

a prerequisite to receipt and 

expenditure of U.S. government funds 

in connection with this document, and 

must acknowledge that any violation of 

the provisions shall be grounds for 

unilateral termination of the agreement 

prior to the end of its term. Recipients 

must agree that HHS may, at any 

reasonable time, inspect the documents 

and materials maintained or prepared 

by the recipient in the usual course of 

its operations that relate to the 

organization’s compliance with this 

section, ‘‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities.’’ 

All prime recipients that receive U.S. 

Government funds (‘‘prime recipients’’) 

in connection with this document must 

certify compliance prior to actual 

receipt of such funds in a written 

statement that makes reference to this 

document (e.g., ‘‘[Prime recipient’s 

name] certifies compliance with the 

section, ‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities.’ ’’) addressed to the agency’s 

grants officer. Such certifications by 

prime recipients are prerequisites to the 

payment of any U.S. Government funds 

in connection with this document. 

Recipients’ compliance with this 

section, ‘‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities,’’ is an express term and 

condition of receiving U.S. Government 

funds in connection with this 

document, and any violation of it shall 

be grounds for unilateral termination by 

HHS of the agreement with HHS in 

connection with this document prior to 

the end of its term. The recipient shall 

refund to HHS the entire amount 

furnished in connection with this 

document in the event HHS determines 

the recipient has not complied with this 

section, ‘‘Prostitution and Related 

Activities.’’ 

You may find guidance for 

completing your budget on the HHS/

CDC web site, at the following Internet 

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

funding/budgetguide.htm.

IV.6. Other Submission Requirements 

Application Submission Address 

HHS/CDC strongly encourages you to 

submit electronically at: 

www.grants.gov, 

You will be able to download a copy 

of the application package from 

www.grants.gov, complete it offline, and 

then upload and submit the application 

via the Grants.gov site. We will not 

accept e-mail submissions. If you are 

having technical difficulties in 

Grants.gov, you may reach them by email at support@grants.gov, or by phone 

at 1–800–518–4726 (1–800–518–

GRANTS). The Customer Support 

Center is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. 

HHS/CDC recommends that you 

submit your application to Grants.gov 

early enough to resolve any 

unanticipated difficulties prior to the 

deadline. You may also submit a backup paper submission of your 

application. We must receive any such 

paper submission in accordance with 

the requirements for timely submission 

detailed in Section IV.3. of the grant 

announcement. 

You must clearly mark the paper 

submission: ‘‘BACK-UP FOR 

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION.’’ 

The paper submission must conform 

to all requirements for non-electronic 

submissions. If we receive both 

electronic and back-up paper 

submissions by the deadline, we will 

consider the electronic version the 

official submission. 

We strongly recommended that you 

submit your grant application by using 

Microsoft Office products (e.g., 

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, etc.). If 

you do not have access to Microsoft 

Office products, you may submit a PDF 

file. You may find directions for 

creating PDF files on the Grants.gov web 

site. Use of files other than Microsoft 

Office or PDF could make your file 

unreadable for our staff. 

OR

Submit the original and two hard 

copies of your application by mail or 

express delivery service to the following 

address: Technical Information 

Management Section—AA136, CDC 

Procurement and Grants Office, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 2920 Brandywine Road, 

Atlanta, GA 30341. 

V. Application Review Information 

V.1. Criteria 

Applicants must provide measures of 

effectiveness that will demonstrate the 

accomplishment of the various 

identified objectives of the cooperative 

agreement. Measures of effectiveness 

must relate to the performance goals 

stated in the purpose section of this 

announcement. Measures must be 

objective and quantitative and must 

measure the intended outcome. 

Applicants must submit these measures 

of effectiveness with the application and 

they will be an element of evaluation. 

We will evaluate your application 

against the following criteria: 

1. Plans for Administration and 

Management of the Project (25 points) 

Do the plan, objectives, and methods 

described meet the strategy and goals of 

the President’s Emergency Plan? Does 

the described evaluation methodology 

meet the plans of the project? 

2. Technical and Programmatic 

Approach (20 points) 

Does the applicant’s proposal 

demonstrate an understanding of how to 

develop, promote, implement, monitor 

and evaluate activities listed above? 

Does the applicant describe strategies 

that are pertinent and match those 

identified in the five-year strategy of the 

President’s Emergency Plan and 

activities that are evidence-based, 

realistic, achievable, and measurable 

and culturally appropriate in Ethiopia to 

achieve the goals of the Emergency 

Plan? 

3. Ability To Carry Out the Project (20 

points) 

Does the applicant demonstrate the 

capability to achieve the purpose of the 

project and provide the required 

training and outreach activities in local 

languages? 

4. Personnel (20 points) 

Are professional personnel involved 

in this project qualified, including 

evidence of experience in working with 

HIV/AIDS/STI/TB in Sub-Saharan 

Africa? 

5. Understanding the Problem (15 

points) 

Does the applicant’s proposal 

demonstrate a clear and concise 

understanding of the general AIDS 

epidemic and the specific situation in 

Ethiopia, the policy environment and 

current training and research needs in 

Ethiopia? 

6. Budget (Not scored, but Evaluated) 

Is the itemized budget for conducting 

the project reasonable and well 

justified? 

V.2. Review and Selection Process 

The HHS/CDC Procurement and 

Grants Office (PGO) staff will review 

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applications for completeness, and the 

HHS Global AIDS program will review 

them for responsiveness. Incomplete 

applications and applications that are 

non-responsive to the eligibility criteria 

will not advance through the review 

process. Applicants will receive 

notification that their applications did 

not meet submission requirements.

An objective review panel will 

evaluate complete and responsive 

applications according to the criteria 

listed in the ‘‘V.1. Criteria’’ section 

above. All persons who serve on the 

panel will be external to the U.S. 

Government Country Program Office. 

The panel can include both Federal and 

non-Federal participants. 

In addition, the following factors 

could affect the funding decision: While 

U.S.-based organizations are eligible to 

apply, we will give preference to 

existing national/Ethiopian 

organizations with a successful history 

of working in the Oromia region of 

Southwest Ethiopia. It is possible for 

one organization to apply as lead 

grantee with a plan that includes 

partnering with other organizations, 

preferably local. Although matching 

funds are not required, preference will 

go to organizations that can leverage 

additional funds to contribute to 

program goals. 

Applications will be funded in order 

by score and rank determined by the 

review panel. HHS/CDC will provide 

justification for any decision to fund out 

of rank order. 

V.3. Anticipated Announcement and 

Award Dates 

September 23, 2005. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VI.1. Award Notices 

Successful applicants will receive a 

Notice of Award (NoA) from the HHS/

CDC Procurement and Grants Office. 

The NoA shall be the only binding, 

authorizing document between the 

recipient and HHS/CDC. An authorized 

Grants Management Officer will sign the 

NoA, and mail it to the recipient fiscal 

officer identified in the application. 

Unsuccessful applicants will receive 

notification of the results of the 

application review by mail. 

VI.2. Administrative and National 

Policy Requirements 

45 CFR Part 74 

For more information on the Code of 

Federal Regulations, see the National 

Archives and Records Administration at 

the following Internet address: http://

www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-tablesearch.html.

The following additional 

requirements apply to this project: 

• AR–4 HIV/AIDS Confidentiality 

Provisions 

• AR–8 Public Health System 

Reporting Requirements 

• AR–12 Lobbying Restrictions 

• AR–14 Accounting System 

Requirements 

Applicants can find additional 

information on these requirements on 

the HHS/CDC web site at the following 

Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/

od/pgo/funding/ARs.htm.

You need to include an additional 

Certifications form from the PHS 5161–

1 application in your Grants.gov 

electronic submission only. Please refer 

to http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/

PHS5161-1-Certificates.pdf. Once you 

have filled out the form, please attach it 

to your Grants.gov submission as Other 

Attachment Forms. 

VI.3. Reporting Requirements 

You must provide HHS/CDC with an 

original, plus two hard copies of the 

following reports: 

1. Interim progress report, due no less 

than 90 days before the end of the 

budget period. The progress report will 

serve as your non-competing 

continuation application, and must 

contain the following elements: 

a. Current Budget Period Activities 

Objectives.

b. Current Budget Period Financial 

Progress. 

c. New Budget Period Program 

Proposed Activity Objectives. 

d. Budget. 

e. Measures of Effectiveness, 

including progress against the 

numerical goals of the President’s 

Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for 

Ethiopia. 

f. Additional Requested Information. 

2. Annual progress report, due within 

no later than 90 days after the end of the 

budget period. 

3. Financial status report, no more 

than 90 days after the end of the budget 

period. 

4. Final financial and performance 

reports, no more than 90 days after the 

end of the project period. 

Recipients must mail these reports to 

the Grants Management or Contract 

Specialist listed in the ‘‘Agency 

Contacts’’ section of this announcement. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

We encourage inquiries concerning 

this announcement. 

For general questions, contact: 

Technical Information Management 

Section, CDC Procurement and Grants 

Office, U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, 2920 Brandywine 

Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: 

770–488–2700. 

For program technical assistance, 

contact: Tadesse Wuhib, MD, MPH, 

Country Director, HHS/CDC-Ethiopia, 

P.O. Box 1014, Entoto Road, Addis 

Ababa. Telephone: (Office) 251–1–66–

95–33; (Cell) 251–9–228543. E-mail 

address: wuhibt@etcdc.com.

For financial, grants management, or 

budget assistance, contact: Shirley 

Wynn, Grants Management Specialist, 

CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services, 2920 Brandywine Road, 

Atlanta, GA 30341. Telephone: 770–

488–1515. E-mail: SWynn@cdc.gov.

VIII. Other Information 

Applicants can find this and other 

HHS funding opportunity 

announcements on the HHS CDC web 

site, Internet address: www.cdc.gov

(click on ‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements’’), and on the 

web site of the HHS Office of Global 

Health Affairs, Internet address: 

www.globalhealth.gov.

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

William P. Nichols, 

Director, Procurement and Grants Office, 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 

U.S. Department of Health and Human 

Services.

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BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Strengthening and Expanding Antiretroviral Treatment in the Republic of 

Haiti to HIV/AIDS Infected Populations 

Through Training, Support and Quality 

Assurance/Quality Control at Antiretroviral Sites as Part of the 

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief 

Announcement Type: New. 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC–

RFA–AA177. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 93.067. 

Key Dates: Application Deadline: 

September 19, 2005. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Authority: This program is authorized 

under Sections 301(a) and 307) of the Public 

Health Service Act, [42 U.S.C. Sections 241 

and 2421], as amended and under Public Law 

108–25 (United States Leadership Against 

HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 

2003) [22 U.S.C. 7601].