50350 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 165 / Friday, August 26, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Enhancing and Strengthening the 

Capacity of National Faith-Based 

Organizations, Community Based 

Organizations and Non-Governmental 

Organizations To Respond Effectively 

to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United 

Republic of Tanzania, Under the 

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief 

Announcement Type: New. 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC–

RFA–AA247. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 93.067. 

Key Dates: Application Deadline: 

September 22, 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 242l], 

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.

Over the same time period, as part of 

a collective national response, the 

Emergency Plan goals specific to 

Tanzania are to treat at least 150,000 

HIV-infected individuals and care for 

750,000 HIV-affected individuals, 

including orphans. 

Purpose: Under the leadership of the 

U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, as part of 

the President’s Emergency Plan, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) works with host 

countries and other key partners to 

assess the needs of each country and 

design a customized program of 

assistance that fits within the host 

nation’s strategic plan. 

HHS focuses on two or three major 

program areas in each country. Goals 

and priorities include the following: 

• Achieving primary prevention of 

HIV infection through activities such as 

expanding confidential counseling and 

testing programs, building programs to 

reduce mother-to-child transmission, 

and strengthening programs to reduce 

transmission via blood transfusion and 

medical injections. 

• Improving the care and treatment of 

HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases 

(STDs) and related opportunistic 

infections by improving STD 

management; enhancing care and 

treatment of opportunistic infections, 

including tuberculosis (TB); and 

initiating programs to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART). 

• Strengthening the capacity of 

countries to collect and use surveillance 

data and manage national HIV/AIDS 

programs by expanding HIV/STD/TB 

surveillance programs and 

strengthening laboratory support for 

surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, 

disease-monitoring and HIV screening 

for blood safety.

The purpose of this funding 

announcement is to build progressively 

an indigenous, sustainable response to 

the national HIV epidemic through 

enhancing and strengthening the 

capacity of national faith-based 

organizations (FBOs), community-based 

Organizations (CBOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to 

respond effectively to the HIV/AIDS 

epidemic in Tanzania. 

This announcement is only for nonresearch activities supported by HHS, 

including the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC). If an 

applicant proposes research activities, 

HHS 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/opspoll1.htm.

Activities: Either the awardee will 

implement activities directly or will 

implement them through its subgrantees 

and/or subcontractors; the awardee will 

retain overall financial and 

programmatic management under the 

oversight of HHS/CDC and the strategic 

direction of the Office of the U.S. Global 

AIDS Coordinator. The awardee must 

show a measurable progressive 

reinforcement of the capacity of 

indigenous organizations and local 

communities to respond to the national 

HIV epidemic, as well as progress 

towards the sustainability of activities. 

Applicants should describe activities 

in detail as part of a four-year action 

plan (U.S. Government Fiscal Years 

2005–2008 inclusive) that reflects the 

policies and goals outlined in the fiveyear strategy for the President’s 

Emergency Plan. 

The grantee will produce an annual 

operational plan in the context of this 

four-year plan, which the U.S. 

Government Emergency Plan team on 

the ground in Tanzania will review as 

part of the annual Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief Country Operational Plan 

review and approval process, managed 

by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator. The grantee may work on 

some of the activities listed below in the 

first year and in subsequent years, and 

then progressively add others from the 

list to achieve all of the Emergency Plan 

performance goals, as cited in the 

previous section. HHS/CDC, under the 

guidance of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator, will approve funds for 

activities on an annual basis, based on 

documented performance toward 

achieving Emergency Plan goals, as part 

of the annual Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief Country Operational Plan review 

and approval process. 

Awardee activities for covering all 

program areas are as follows: 

1. Work to link activities described 

here with related HIV care and other 

basic social services in the area, and 

promote coordination at all levels, 

including through bodies such as 

village, district, regional and national 

HIV coordination committees and 

networks of faith-based organizations. 

2. Participate in relevant national 

technical coordination committees and 

in national process(es) to define, 

implement and monitor simplified 

small grants program(s) for faith- and 

community-based organizations, to 

ensure local stakeholders receive 

adequate information and assistance to 

engage and access funding opportunities 

supported by the President’s Emergency 

Plan and other donors. 

3. Progressively reinforce the capacity 

of faith- and community-based 

organizations and village and district 

AIDS committees to promote quality, 

local ownership, accountability and 

sustainability of activities. 

4. Develop and implement a projectspecific participatory monitoring and 

evaluation plan by drawing on national 

and U.S. Government requirements and 

tools, including the strategic 

information guidance provided by the 

Office of the U.S. Global AIDS 

Coordinator. 

5. Identify and collaborate with the 

established national HIV/AIDS 

coordinating offices in multi-sectoral 

and civil society organizations working 

in/or located in the nine regions of 

Tanzania. 

6. Strengthen the infrastructure 

capacity of FBOs, CBOs and NGOs to 

address the National HIV/AIDS 

epidemic. 

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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.

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.

7. Develop and implement a 

feasibility study for establishing 

confidential voluntary counseling and 

testing (VCT) and prevention of motherto-child transmission (PMTCT) centers 

in rural communities throughout 

Tanzania. 

8. Develop effective, culturally and 

age-appropriate HIV education materials 

in local languages for mass distribution 

in communities of Tanzania in which 

populations are engaged in high-risk 

behavior.1

9. Mobilize communities to 

participate and support people living 

with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in a stigmafree environment. 

10. Develop network/linkages and 

referral systems for care and spiritual 

support of those affected and infected 

by HIV/AIDS. 

11. Conduct a series of in-country 

skills-building training programs to 

build and support a strong HIV care 

delivery network within communities, 

especially rural communities. 

12. Develop curricula for life skills 

and conduct education in local 

languages on HIV/AIDS in small and 

rural communities. 

Based on its competitive advantage 

and proven field experience, the 

winning applicant will undertake a 

broad range of activities to meet the 

numerical Emergency Plan targets 

outlined above. For each of these 

activities, the grantee will give priority 

to evidence-based, yet culturally 

adapted, innovative approaches 

including: 

Prevention Activities 

1. Abstinence and Be Faithful 

Behavior-Change Interventions 

a. Develop pertinent behavior-change 

communication (BCC) tools and 

strategies that build on existing tools 

and strategies, such as the HIV/AIDS 

lexicon in local languages, and that 

reflect and respect local cultural and 

religious mores. 

b. Implement mass-media (especially 

radio) and proximity abstinence and 

faithfulness BCC prevention campaigns 

to target youth and other populations in 

rural settings. 

2. Other Complementary BehaviorChange Interventions 

Implement a condom social-marketing 

program specifically targeted at 

populations who are engaged in highrisk behaviors,2 as part of a 

comprehensive community mobilization 

and behavior-change campaign, which 

must include the promotion of 

abstinence and fidelity, access to care 

and treatment, the prevention of 

mother-to-child HIV transmission, and 

the reduction of HIV-related stigma. 

Awardees may not implement condom 

social marketing without also 

implementing the abstinence and 

faithfulness behavior-change 

interventions outlined in the preceding 

paragraph.

Care Activities 

1. Confidential HIV Counseling and 

Testing (VCT) 

a. Develop and implement a BCC 

campaign to promote confidential HIV 

counseling and testing as a routine part 

of medical care and overcome barriers to 

HIV testing for rural and underserved 

populations, by building on and 

complementing existing tools and 

campaigns. 

b. Increase access to confidential HIV 

counseling and testing for rural and 

underserved populations through 

innovative approaches, such as mobile 

outreach confidential HIV counseling 

and testing linked to existing static 

confidential HIV counseling and testing 

centers, and making confidential HIV 

counseling and testing a routine part of 

medical care, in partnership with health 

professionals. 

2. Care and Support for Orphans and 

Vulnerable Children (OVC) 

a. Perform a preliminary needs 

assessment to determine priorities for 

OVC in rural areas, by assuring 

coordination with the Tanzanian 

technical Ministry responsible for OVC. 

b. Provide expanded care and support 

to meet the needs of OVC in rural areas, 

consistent with the major findings of the 

initial needs assessment; this could 

include small grants to rural CBOs and 

FBOs. 

3. Palliative Care: Basic Health Care 

and Support 

Establish and monitor comprehensive 

palliative care activities by using 

innovative approaches to increase 

access to underserved populations 

through expanded community-level care 

supported by and linked to existing care 

and/or mobile outreach clinics/teams in 

rural areas. 

Support To Access and Adherence to 

Comprehensive HIV Treatment, 

Including Anti-Retrovirals 

1. Implement treatment literacy 

programs to target rural and 

underserved populations by building on 

and complementing existing strategies 

and tools, which could include the use 

of the recently-developed HIV/AIDS 

lexicon in local languages, testimonies/

advocacy by persons living with HIV/

AIDS (PLWHA), the training of faith 

leaders and HIV village action 

committees. 

2. Develop or enhance a functional 

referral network to link rural and 

underserved HIV-positive persons and 

their families to health care and other 

basic social services. 

Strategic Information 

1. Using participatory approaches, 

develop and implement a strategic 

information/monitoring and evaluation 

plan consistent with national policies 

and the strategic information guidance 

established by the Office of the U.S. 

Global AIDS Coordinator that draws on 

available data and national tools and 

uses quantitative and qualitative 

methods. 

2. Collect, analyze and disseminate 

data to ensure adequate baseline data 

and regular data reports to support 

targeted service delivery, program 

monitoring and evaluation, and 

appropriate information systems. 

3. Progressively expand the capacity 

of the Tanzanian government and local 

non-governmental organizations to use 

data for policy and planning. 

4. Report data to relevant local and 

national stakeholders in Tanzania, 

including by making it available to the 

general public in local languages.

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: 

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3Behaviors 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.

1. Organize an orientation meeting 

with the grantee to brief it 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. Collaborate with the applicant and 

international partners in the 

development of plans for strengthening 

the capacity of FBO clergy, community 

workers and NGO staff in communities 

and other health professionals to 

identify and care for those infected and 

affected by HIV/AIDS. 

3. Collaborate with the applicant and 

international partners in the delivery of 

integrated and comprehensive HIV care 

in nine regions which are HHS 

expansion sites for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2005 (Kigoma, Ruvuma, Rukwa, 

Dodoma, Lindi, Mara, Shinyanga, 

Tanga, and Singida). 

4. Provide consultation and scientific 

and technical assistance based on the 

‘‘HHS/CDC Global AIDS Program (GAP) 

Technical Strategies’’ document to 

promote the use of best practices known 

at the time. 

5. Facilitate in-country planning and 

review meetings for the purpose of 

ensuring coordination of country-based 

program technical assistance activities. 

6. Function as a liaison and assist in 

coordinating activities, as required, 

between the applicant and other NGOs, 

FBOs, CBOs, the Government of 

Tanzania (GOT), and other CDC, HHS/

GAP partners. 

7. Provide technical assistance in 

developing internal capacity for 

administering the cooperative 

agreement and reporting of activities. 

8. Provide strategic information 

support to guide program planning and 

targeting of resources. 

9. 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. 

10. 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. 

11. 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. 

12. Meet on a monthly basis with 

grantee to assess monthly expenditures 

in relation to approved work plan and 

modify plans as necessary. 

13. Meet on a quarterly basis with 

grantee to assess quarterly technical and 

financial progress reports and modify 

plans as necessary. 

14. 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. 

15. 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. 

16. 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 3, 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 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 

• Number of persons trained in 

strategic information, direct. 

E. Expanded Indigenous Sustainable 

Response 

• Project-specific quantifiable 

milestones to measure the following: 

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:

$8,500,000 (This amount is an estimate 

for the five year project period, and 

subject to availability of funds). 

Approximate Number of Awards:

One. 

Approximate Average Award:

$1,700,000 (This amount is an estimate 

for the first 12-month budget period, 

and includes direct and indirect costs. 

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Floor of Award Range: None. 

Ceiling of Award Range: $1,700,000 

(This ceiling is for the first 12-month 

budget period.) 

Anticipated Award Date: September 

30, 2005. 

Budget Period Length: 12 months. 

Project Period Length: Five years. 

Throughout the project period, HHS’s 

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 

The following kinds of organizations 

may submit applications: 

• Public, non-profit organizations 

• Private, non-profit organizations 

• Universities 

• Colleges

• For-profit organizations 

• Small, minority, women-owned 

businesses 

• Community-based organizations 

• Research institutions 

• Hospitals 

• Faith-based organizations 

• Federally recognized Indian tribal 

governments 

• Indian tribes 

• Indian tribal organizations 

• State and local governments or their 

Bona Fide Agents (this includes the 

District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Marianna Islands, 

American Samoa, Guam, the Federated 

States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 

Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 

Palau) 

• Political subdivisions of States (in 

consultation with States) 

Applicants must also meet the 

following criteria: 

1. Have at least three years of 

documented experience in developing 

HIV/AIDS policies and strategic plans 

for national civil society organizations 

and establishing national systems for 

monitoring and evaluation of the HIV/

AIDS programs in Tanzania. 

2. Have at least three years of 

documented experience in 

implementing cost-effective, evidencebased interventions within rural 

communities in Tanzania. 

3. Have at least three years of 

documented experience in program 

design, planning and management of 

HIV/AIDS programs in rural 

communities within Tanzania. 

4. Have extensive, well-established 

documented network of local FBOs, 

CBOs and NGOs that will enable the 

program to deliver interventions 

immediately by building upon previous 

accomplishments. 

While both U.S.-based and Tanzanian 

organizations are eligible to apply, we 

will give preference to well-established 

Tanzanian organizations, legally 

incorporated in Tanzania, that have 

well-developed management and 

financial control systems and 

established HIV activities that reach to 

rural areas of that country. 

III.2. Cost-Sharing or Matching Funds 

Matching funds are not required for 

this program. Although matching funds 

are not required, preference will go to 

organizations that can leverage 

additional funds to contribute to 

program goals. 

III.3. Other 

If applicants request 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. 

• Applicants may be U.S.-based or 

Tanzanian, but we will give preference 

to existing organizations legally 

incorporated in Tanzanian with welldeveloped management and financial 

control and established HIV activities 

with reach to rural areas of Tanzanian. 

Applicant must provide documentation 

that substantiates eligibility criteria. 

Such proof could include, but is not 

limited to, official documents that 

describe legal organizational status, 

annual, financial, and audit reports, etc.

• 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: 35. 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. 

Your narrative should address 

activities to be conducted over the 

entire project period, and must include 

the following items in the order listed: 

• Project Context and Background 

(Understanding and Need) 

• Project Strategy—Description and 

Methodologies 

• Project Goals 

• Project Outputs 

• Project Contribution to the Goals 

and Objectives of the Emergency Plan 

for AIDS Relief 

• Work Plan and Description of 

Project Components and Activities 

• Performance Measures 

• Timeline (e.g., GANNT Chart) 

• Management of Project Funds and 

Reporting. 

You may include additional 

information in the application 

appendices. The appendices will not 

count toward the narrative page limit. 

This additional information includes 

the following: 

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• Project Budget and Justification 

• Curriculum vitae of current staff 

who will work on the activity 

• 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 

• Evidence of Legal Organizational 

Structure 

• Applicants must provide 

documentation that substantiates their 

well-developed management and 

financial controls and ability to 

implement HIV activities with reach to 

rural areas of Tanzania. Such proof 

could include, but is not limited to, 

annual, financial, and audit reports, etc. 

The budget justification will not 

count in the narrative page limit. 

Although the narrative addresses 

activities for the entire project, the 

applicant should provide a detailed 

budget only for the first year of 

activities, while addressing budgetary 

plans for subsequent years. 

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 

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 22, 2005.

Explanation of Deadlines: 

Applications must be received in the 

HHS/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 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 carriers 

guarantee. If the documentation verifies 

a carrier problem, HHS/CDC will 

consider the submission as 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. 

• 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 

services for which funds are required) 

relating to the management of sub-grants 

to local organizations and improving 

their capacity. 

• 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, 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. 

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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. 

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 

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 

e-mail at www.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 recommend 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—

AA247, 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. Technical Approach (25 points) 

Does the applicant’s proposal include 

an overall design strategy, including 

measurable time lines? Does the 

proposal address regular monitoring and 

evaluation, and the potential 

effectiveness of the proposed activities 

in meeting objectives? Does the 

applicant describe a plan to 

progressively build the capacity of local 

organizations and of target beneficiaries 

and communities to respond to the 

epidemic? 

2. Understanding of the Problem (20 

points) 

Does the applicant demonstrate an 

understanding of the national cultural 

and political context and the technical 

and programmatic areas covered by the 

project? Does the applicant display 

knowledge of the five-year strategy and 

goals of the President’s Emergency Plan, 

such that it can build on these to 

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develop a comprehensive, collaborative 

project to reach underserved 

populations in Tanzania and meet the 

goals of the Emergency Plan? Does the 

applicant demonstrate a clear and 

concise understanding of the nature of 

the problem described in the Purpose 

section of this announcement? Does the 

proposal specifically include a 

description of the public health 

importance of the planned activities to 

be undertaken and realistic presentation 

of proposed objectives and projects? 

3. Ability to Carry Out the Project (20 

points) 

Does the applicant have demonstrated 

capability to achieve the purpose of the 

project and prior experience in 

collaborating with other FBOs, CBOs 

and NGOs? 

4. Personnel (20 points) 

Are the professional personnel 

involved in this project qualified, 

including evidence of local language 

skills and of experience in working with 

HIV/AIDS prevention activities. 

5. Plans for Administration and 

Management of Projects (15 points) 

Does the applicant provide a clear 

plan for the administration and 

management of the proposed activities, 

to manage the resources of the program, 

prepare reports, monitor and evaluate 

activities and audit expenditures?

6. Budget (not scored) 

Is the itemized budget for conducting 

the project, along with justification, 

reasonable and consistent with stated 

objectives and planned program 

activities? Is the budget itemized, welljustified and consistent with the fiveyear strategy and goals of the President’s 

Emergency Plan and Emergency Plan 

activities in Tanzania? 

V.2. Review and Selection Process 

The HHS/CDC Procurement and 

Grants Office (PGO) staff will review 

applications for completeness, and 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 application 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 may 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/

Tanzanian organizations. 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 

be 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 30, 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 and Part 92

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–5 HIV Program Review Panel 

Requirements 

• AR–7 Executive Order 12372 

• AR–8 Public Health System 

Reporting Requirements 

• AR–14 Accounting System 

Requirements 

• AR–15 Proof of Non-Profit Status

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 

Tanzania. 

f. Additional Requested Information. 

2. Annual progress report, due no 

later than 60 days after the end of the 

budget period. Reports should include 

progress against the numerical goals of 

the President’s Emergency Plan for 

AIDS Relief for Tanzania. 

3. Financial status report, due no 

more than 90 days after the end of the 

budget period. 

4. Final financial and performance 

reports, due no later 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: Cecil Threat, Project Officer, 

Global AIDS Program, c/o American 

Embassy, 2140 Dar es Salaam Place, 

Washington, DC 20521–2140, 

Telephone: 255 22 212 1407, Cell: 255 

744 222986, Fax: 255 22 212 1462, email: Cthreat@cdc.gov.

For financial, grants management, or 

budget assistance, contact: Shirley 

Wynn, Contract Specialist, CDC 

Procurement and Grants Office, U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 2920 Brandywine Road, 

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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 22, 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. 05–16990 Filed 8–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services 

[Document Identifier: CMS–10166] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

Services (CMS), Department of Health 

and Human Services, is publishing the 

following summary of proposed 

collections for public comment. 

Interested persons are invited to send 

comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the Agency’s function; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

1. Type of Information Collection 

Request: New Collection; Title of 

Information Collection: Payment Error 

Rate Measurement in Medicaid and 

State Children’s Health Insurance 

Program (SCHIP); Form No.: CMS–

10166 (OMB # 0938–NEW); Use: The 

information collected will be used by 

CMS for, among other purposes, 

estimating improper payments in 

Medicaid and SCHIP as required by the 

Improper Payments Information Act 

(IPIA) of 2002. To implement the IPIA 

in Medicaid and SCHIP, CMS will use 

a national contracting strategy to 

produce Medicaid and SCHIP error 

rates. CMS plans to adopt this approach 

based on a recommendation that CMS 

hire a Federal contractor to perform 

payment error rate measurement. This 

recommendation was made during 

public comment on the proposed rule 

entitled ‘‘Medicaid Program and State 

Children’s Health Insurance Program 

(SCHIP): Payment Error Rate 

Measurement’’ which published on 

August 27, 2004 (69 FR 52620), that 

contained provisions for all states to 

produce error rates in Medicaid and 

SCHIP. 

The new error measurement 

methodology will rely on a Federal 

contractor to conduct medical and data 

processing reviews using generally the 

same methodologies developed during 

the past pilot projects and produce 

State-specific and national Medicaid 

and SCHIP error rates based on reviews 

conducted each Federal fiscal year (FY). 

We expect to begin measuring improper 

payments made in Medicaid fee-forservice in FY 2006. We have not yet 

determined the best method to measure 

improper payments made in Medicaid 

and SCHIP managed care. However, 

under the national contracting strategy, 

we expect the Federal contractor will 

implement these reviews and States will 

submit the same information listed 

below except for medical policies. 

(Managed care claims are not subject to 

medical reviews so there is no burden 

to providers to submit medical records.) 

Similarly, we are considering the best 

approach to measure improper 

payments based on eligibility errors 

within the confines of current law and 

with minimal budgetary impact. It is 

possible that States will be required to 

conduct at least part of the eligibility 

tests. However, this notice is not 

intended to address the cost or burden 

estimates associated with either the 

managed care or eligibility reviews in 

Medicaid or SCHIP. 

Initially, based on States’ annual 

medical expenditures from the previous 

year, the Federal contractor will group 

all States into three equal strata of small, 

medium and large and select a random 

sample of an estimated 18 States to be 

reviewed for each program. (However, 

CMS may revise its sampling 

methodology in the future and may use 

a methodology to select States that will 

ensure each State is selected at least 

every three years but that no State is 

sampled more than once every three 

years. The error rates produced by this 

selection methodology will provide the 

State with a State-specific error rate 

estimated to be within 3% precision at 

the 95% confidence level. ) The States 

selected for review would submit to the 

Federal contractor, annual expenditures, 

quarterly stratified claims data, medical 

policies (which include State statutes, 

regulations, individual Medicaid 

Provider Manual and Administrative 

Directives as well as other information 

that the contractor may need to 

determine errors in the medical 

reviews), and other information so that 

the contractor can determine the 

specific State sample sizes and conduct 

medical and data processing reviews on 

the sampled claims. In addition, the 

contractor will request medical records 

from providers whose claims were 

sampled; the medical records are 

needed to support the medical reviews. 

CMS is not requiring States and 

providers to use a specific form, e.g., 

facsimile, or electronic to transmit the 

information. Based on the reviews, the 

contractor will calculate State-specific 

error rates which will serve as the basis 

for calculating national Medicaid and 

SCHIP error rates. Each State reviewed 

also will submit a corrective action plan 

to CMS that outlines its plans to 

develop, implement and monitor 

corrective actions designed to address 

error causes for purposes of reducing 

the State’s error rate. Frequency:

Reporting—On occasion and quarterly; 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Government; Number of Respondents:

36; Total Annual Responses: 5076; Total 

Annual Hours: 58,680. 

To obtain copies of the supporting 

statement and any related forms for the 

proposed paperwork collections 

referenced above, access CMS Web site 

address at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

regulations/pra/, or E-mail your request, 

including your address, phone number, 

OMB number, and CMS document 

identifier, to Paperwork@cms.hhs.gov, 

or call the Reports Clearance Office on 

(410) 786–1326. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collections must be mailed 

within 30 days of this notice directly to 

the OMB desk officer: OMB Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, 

Attention: Katherine Astrich, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503.