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§ 177.2600 Rubber articles intended for

repeated use (21 CFR 177.2600) to

provide for the safe use of diisopropyl

xanthogen polysulfide as a component

of rubber articles intended for repeated

use in contact with food.

The potential environmental impact

of this action is being reviewed. To

encourage public participation

consistent with regulations promulgated

under the National Environmental

Policy Act, (40 CFR 1501.4(b)), the

agency is placing the environmental

assessment submitted with the petition

that is the subject of this notice on

public display at the Dockets

Management Branch (address above) for

public review and comment. Interested

persons may, on or before March 15,

1995, submit to the Dockets

Management Branch (address above)

written comments. Two copies of any

comments are to be submitted, except

that individuals may submit one copy.

Comments are to be identified with the

docket number found in brackets in the

heading of this document. Received

comments may be seen in the office

above between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. FDA will also

place on public display any

amendments to, or comments on, the

petitioner’s environmental assessment

without further announcement in the

Federal Register. If, based on its review,

the agency finds that an environmental

impact statement is not required and

this petition results in a regulation, the

notice of availability of the agency’s

finding of no significant impact and the

evidence supporting that finding will be

published with the regulation in the

Federal Register in accordance with 21

CFR 25.40(c).

Dated: February 3, 1995.

Alan M. Rulis,

Acting Director, Office of Premarket

Approval, Center for Food Safety and Applied

Nutrition.

[FR Doc. 95–3556 Filed 2–10–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

Special Project Grants and

Cooperative Agreements; Maternal and

Child Health Services; Federal SetAside Program; Genetic Services and

Maternal and Child Health

Improvement Projects

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA), PHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

SUMMARY: The Maternal and Child

Health Bureau (MCHB), HRSA,

announces that fiscal year (FY) 1995

funds are available for grants and

cooperative agreements for the

following activities: Maternal and Child

Health (MCH) Special Projects of

Regional and National Significance

(SPRANS), including special MCH

improvement projects (MCHIP) which

contribute to the health of mothers,

children, and children with special

health care needs (CSHCN); and genetic

disease testing, counseling and

information services. All awards will be

made under the program authority of

section 502(a) of the Social Security Act,

the MCH Federal Set-Aside Program. No

new hemophilia SPRANS grants will be

funded in FY 1995. Grants for MCH

research and training are being

announced in a separate notice.

Of the approximately $44 million

available for SPRANS activities in FY

1995 in categories covered by this

announcement, about $9.7 million will

be available to support approximately

65 new and competing renewal projects

at an average of $150,000 per award for

one year. The remaining funds will be

used to support continuation of existing

SPRANS activities. The actual amounts

available for awards and their allocation

may vary, depending on unanticipated

program requirements and the volume

and quality of applications. Awards are

made for grant periods which may run

from 1 to 5 years in duration. Funds for

the MCH Federal Set-Aside Program are

appropriated by Public Law 103–333.

Revised regulations implementing the

Federal Set-Aside Program (42 CFR part

51a) were published in the July 19,

1994, issue of the Federal Register at 59

FR 36703.

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention

objectives of Healthy People 2000, a

PHS-led national activity for setting

priority areas. The MCH Block Grant

Federal Set-Aside Program addresses

issues related to the Healthy People

2000 objectives of improving maternal,

infant, child and adolescent health and

developing service systems for children

with special health care needs.

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full

Report: Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Healthy People 2000 (Summary Report:

Stock No. 017–001–00473–1) through

the Superintendent of Documents,

Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC 20402–9325

(telephone: 202 783–3238).

The Public Health Service strongly

encourages all grant recipients to

provide a smoke-free workplace and

promote the non-use of all tobacco

products. This is consistent with the

PHS mission to protect and advance the

physical and mental health of the

American people. In addition, Public

Law 103–227, The Pro-Children Act Of

1994, prohibits smoking in certain

facilities in which education, library,

day care, regular and routine health care

and early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Smoking must also be prohibited in

indoor facilities that are constructed,

operated or maintained with Federal

funds.

ADDRESSES: Grant applications for the

MCH SPRANS Federal Set-Aside

Program must be obtained from and

submitted to: Acting Chief, Grants

Management Branch, Office of Program

Support, Maternal and Child Health

Bureau, Health Resources and Services

Administration, Room 18–12, Parklawn

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, (301) 443–1440.

Applicants for all projects covered by

this announcement will use application

Form PHS 5161–1 with revised face

page DHHS Form 424, approved by

OMB under control number 0937–0189.

Requests should specify the category or

categories of activities for which an

application is requested so that the

appropriate forms, information and

materials may be provided.

DATES: Deadlines for receipt of

applications differ for the several

categories of grants and cooperative

agreements. These deadlines are as

follows:
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MCH FEDERAL SET-ASIDE COMPETITIVE GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS ANTICIPATED DEADLINES, AWARDS,

FUNDING, AND PROJECT PERIODS, BY CATEGORY

[FY 1995]

Funding source category Application deadline

Estimated number of awards

Estimated

amounts availableProject period

(1) Grants in the following areas:

1.1 Genetic services ..................................................................... 4/25/95 Up to 20 ............ $3.5 million ....... Up to 3 years.

1.2 Special MCH Improvement Projects (MCHIP) of regional

and national significance in the following areas:.

1.2.1 Maternal, infant, child, and adolescent health .................... 4/25/95 10–12 ................ 1 million ............ Up to 5 years.

1.2.2 School health program ........................................................ 5/10/95 8 ........................ 1.5 million ......... 3–5 years.

1.2.3 Data utilization ..................................................................... 6/15/95 5 ........................ 500,000 ............. 3 years.

1.2.4 Healthy tomorrows partnership for children ........................ 4/14/95 Up to 10 ............ 500,000 ............. 5 years.

(2) Cooperative agreements (MCHIPs) in the following areas:

2.1 CSHCN cultural competency systems implementation ......... 4/28/95 1 ........................ 250,000 ............. 5 years.

2.2 Partnership for information and communication (PIC) .......... 5/10/95 4 ........................ 1.2 million ......... Up to 5 years.

2.3 Childhood injury prevention ................................................... 3/31/95 4 ........................ 600,000 ............. 3–5 years.

2.4 Out-of-home child care health and safety ............................. 4/27/95 1 ........................ 350,000 ............. Up to 5 years.

Applications will be considered to

have met the deadline if they are either:

(1) Received on or before the deadline

date, or (2) postmarked on or before the

deadline date and received in time for

orderly processing. Applicants should

request a legibly dated receipt from a

commercial carrier or the U.S. Postal

Service, or obtain a legibly dated U.S.

Postal Service postmark. Private

metered postmarks will not be accepted

as proof of timely mailing. Late

applications or those sent to an address

other than specified in the ADDRESSES

section will be returned to the

applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for technical or programmatic

information should be directed to:

Audrey H. Nora, M.D., M.P.H., Director,

Maternal and Child Health Bureau,

HRSA, Room 18–05, Parklawn Building,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857. Requests for category-specific

technical information should be

directed to the contact persons

identified below for each category

covered by this notice. Requests for

information concerning business

management issues should be directed

to: Acting Grants Management Officer

(GMO), Maternal and Child Health

Bureau, at the address specified in the

ADDRESSES section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To

facilitate the use of this announcement,

information in this section has been

organized, as outlined in the Table of

Contents below, into a discussion of:

Program Background, Special Concerns,

Overall Review Criteria, SPRANS

Program, and Eligible Applicants. In

addition, for each specific SPRANS

funding category and subcategory

covered by this notice, information is

presented under the following headings:

• Application Deadline

• Purpose

• Priorities

• Grants/Amounts

• Contact

Table Of Contents

1. Program Background and Objectives

2. Special Concerns

3. Project Review and Funding

3.1. Criteria for Review

3.2. Funding of Approved Applications

4. Special Projects of Regional and National

Significance

4.1. Grants

4.1.1. Genetic Disease Testing, Counseling

and Information

4.1.2. Maternal and Child Health

Improvement Projects

4.1.2.1. Maternal, Infant, Child, and

Adolescent Health

4.1.2.2. School Health Program

4.1.2.3. Data Utilization and Enhancement

4.1.2.4. Healthy Tomorrows Partnerships

for Children

4.2. Cooperative Agreements

4.2.1. CSHCN Cultural Competency

Systems Implementation

4.2.2. Partnership for Information and

Communication (PIC)

4.2.3. Childhood Injury Prevention

4.2.4. Out-Of-Home Child Care Health And

Safety

5. Eligible Applicants

6. Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

7. Executive Order 12372

1. Program Background and Objectives

Under Section 502 of the Social

Security Act, as amended by the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

(OBRA) of 1989, 12.75 percent of

amounts appropriated for the Maternal

and Child Health Services Block Grant

in excess of $600 million are set aside

by the Secretary of Health and Human

Services (HHS) for special Community

Integrated Service Systems projects

under Section 501(a)(3) of the Act. Of

the remainder of the total appropriation,

15 percent of the funds are to be

retained by the Secretary to support

(through grants, contracts, or otherwise)

special projects of regional and national

significance, research, and training with

respect to maternal and child health and

children with special health care needs

(including early intervention training

and services development); for genetic

disease testing, counseling, and

information development and

dissemination programs; for grants

(including funding for comprehensive

hemophilia diagnostic treatment

centers) relating to hemophilia without

regard to age; and for the screening of

newborns for sickle cell anemia, and

other genetic disorders and follow-up

services. The MCH SPRANS set-aside

was established in 1981. Support for

projects covered by this announcement

will come from the SPRANS set-aside.

To reduce confusion to potential

applicants from announcement of grants

in very large numbers of SPRANS

categories and subcategories,

announcement of availability of FY

1995 funds for MCH research and

training categories is being published

separately this year.

2. Special Concerns

In its administration of the MCH

Services Block Grant, the MCHB places

special emphasis on improving service

delivery to women and children from

racial and ethnic minority populations

who have had limited access to

accessible care. This means that

SPRANS projects are expected to serve

and appropriately involve in project

activities individuals from the

populations to be served, unless there

are compelling programmatic or other

justifications for not doing so. The

MCHB’s intent is to ensure that project

interventions are responsive to the
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cultural and linguistic needs of special

populations, that services are accessible

to consumers, and that the broadest

possible representation of culturally

distinct and historically

underrepresented groups is supported

through programs and projects

sponsored by the MCHB.

In keeping with our special concern

for broadening participation in MCHB

programs of institutions that reflect the

Nation’s cultural and linguistic

diversity, a funding priority will be

placed on projects from Historically

Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

or Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) in

all categories and subcategories in this

notice for which applications from

academic institutions are encouraged.

An approved proposal from a HBCU or

HSI will receive a 0.5 point favorable

adjustment of the priority score in a 4

point range before funding decisions are

made.

Projects supported under SPRANS are

expected to be part of community-wide,

comprehensive initiatives, to reflect

appropriate coordination of primary

care and public health activities, and to

target HRSA resources effectively to fill

gaps in the Nation’s health system for

at-risk mothers and children. This

applies especially to projects in the 22

communities in the Nation which have

received grants from HRSA under the

Healthy Start initiative. Grantees in

these communities providing services

related to activities of a Healthy Start

program are expected to coordinate their

projects with the Healthy Start program

efforts. Healthy Start communities

include: Aberdeen Area Indian Nations,

NE/ND/SD; Baltimore, MD;

Birmingham, AL; Boston, MA; Chicago,

IL; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Detroit,

MI; Essex County, NJ; Florida

Panhandle, FL; Lake County, IN;

Milwaukee, WI; Mississippi Delta, MS;

New Orleans, LA; New York, NY;

Oakland, CA; Philadelphia, PA;

Pittsburgh, PA; PeeDee Region, SC;

Richmond, VA; Savannah, GA;

Washington, DC.

3. Project Review and Funding

Within the limit of funds determined

by the Secretary to be available for the

activities described in this

announcement, the Secretary will

review applications for funds under the

specific project categories in section 4

below as competing applications and

may award Federal funding for projects

which will, in her judgment, best

promote the purpose of title V of the

Social Security Act, with special

emphasis on improving service delivery

to women and children from culturally

distinct populations; best address

achievement of Healthy Children 2000

objectives related to maternal, infant,

child and adolescent health and service

systems for children at risk of chronic

and disabling conditions; and otherwise

best promote improvements in maternal

and child health.

3.1 Criteria for Review

The criteria which follow are used, as

pertinent, to review and evaluate

applications for awards under all

SPRANS grants and cooperative

agreement project categories announced

in this notice. Further guidance in this

regard is supplied in application

guidance materials, which elaborate

upon how these criteria apply to

specific grant categories and

subcategories.

—The extent to which the project will

contribute to the advancement of

maternal and child health and/or

improvement of the health of children

with special health care needs;

—The extent to which the project is

responsive to policy concerns

applicable to MCH grants and to

program objectives, requirements,

priorities and/or review criteria for

specific project categories, as

published in program announcements

or guidance materials.

—The extent to which the estimated

cost to the Government of the project

is reasonable, considering the

anticipated results;

—The extent to which the project

personnel are well qualified by

training and/or experience for their

roles in the project and the applicant

organization has adequate facilities

and personnel; and

—The extent to which, insofar as

practicable, the proposed activities, if

well executed, are capable of attaining

project objectives.

—The strength of the project’s plans for

evaluation.

—The extent to which the project will

be integrated with the administration

of the Maternal and Child Health

Services block grants, State primary

care plans, public health, and

prevention programs, and other

related programs in the respective

State(s).

—The extent to which the application is

responsive to the special concerns

and program priorities specified in

this notice.

3.2 Funding of Approved Applications

Final funding decisions for SPRANS

grants are the responsibility of the

Director, MCHB. The following

mechanisms, as defined below, may be

applied in determining scores for

ranking the funding of approved

applications:

—Funding Preferences—Funding of a

specific category or group of approved

applications ahead of other categories

or groups of applications, such as

competing continuation projects

ahead of new projects.

—Funding Priorities—Merit reviewers

will assign scores based on the extent

to which applicants address program

priorities specified in this notice for

the category in which the application

is made.

—Special Considerations—Merit

reviewers will assign scores based on

the extent to which applicants

address areas that are identified in

this notice as meriting special

consideration.

4. Special Projects of Regional and

National Significance

Project categories for SPRANS awards

are grouped in this notice under two

sections: Grants and Cooperative

Agreements.

4.1. Grants

Two major categories of SPRANS

grants are discussed below: Genetic

Services; and Maternal and Child Health

Improvement Projects (in 4

subcategories):

4.1.1. Genetic Services

Application Deadline: April 25, 1995.

Purpose: To support projects that

demonstrate increased access to

effective genetic information, education,

testing and counseling services.

Priorities: Applicants to the genetic

services program are invited to submit

proposals in the areas of:

—Genetics in primary care. To aid in

incorporating genetics into maternal

and child health and federallyqualified health centers’ (FQHC)

primary care programs.

—Ethnocultural barriers. To improve

services for populations for whom

language and/or culture are barriers.

—Regional genetic services networks.

To maintain genetic services networks

in the Pacific Northwest, Pacific

Southwest, Mountain States, and

areas encompassing New York, Puerto

Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

—Cooley’s Anemia/Thalassemia. To

demonstrate comprehensive care for

those affected by Cooley’s Anemia/

Thalassemia.

—Comprehensive care for infants with

Sickle Cell Disease identified through

State newborn screening programs.

—Transition from pediatric to adult

care. To demonstrate models of care

for individuals with genetic disorders
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moving from pediatric care to adult,

family practice, and specialty care.

Grants/Amounts: About $3.5 million

will be available to support up to 20

projects. Approximately 7 of these are

expected to be competing renewals of

existing projects, and approximately

13 will be new. An average of about

$175,000 per award per year is

anticipated. Project periods are up to

3 years.

Contact: For programmatic or technical

information, contact: Jane S. Lin-Fu,

M.D., telephone: 301 443–1080.

4.1.2. Maternal and Child Health

Improvement Projects

Maternal and Child Health

Improvement Projects (MCHIP) are

divided into 4 subcategories: Maternal,

Infant, Child, and Adolescent Health;

School Health Program; Data Utilization

and Enhancement; and Healthy

Tomorrows Partnerships for Children;

4.1.2.1. Maternal, Infant, Child, and

Adolescent Health.

Application Deadline: April 25, 1995.

Purpose: To improve the health of all

mothers, infants, children, and

adolescents.

Priorities: Applicants in this MCHIP

category are invited to submit proposals

in the following program areas:

—Content And Organization Of Care For

Women Of Child Bearing Age, Infants,

Children, Adolescents And Their

Families. Grants will be provided for

projects which assist in developing

mechanisms to define appropriate

personal health care services, creating

or enhancing collaborative systems to

deliver such services, and identifying

measures to determine the quality of

the content and mechanism of

services delivered.

—Adolescent Health Resource

Development. Grants will be awarded

for the purpose of continuing the

capacity-building of State health

agencies/maternal and child health

programs to meet the diverse health

needs of adolescents in a period of

health care reform and the myriad of

changes in States and communities.

Adolescent Health Resource Center

grants are intended to advance the

knowledge and skills of State MCH

staff and local providers of adolescent

health services through training and

technical assistance, information

development and dissemination, and

promotion of integrated systems

development that impact on

adolescent access to prevention and

health services.

Grants/Amounts: A total of 10–12

grants, totalling $1 million will be

awarded in this category in FY 1995.

For grants dealing with the content and

organization of care, funding for 2 grants

is anticipated in the range of $150,000

per year for periods of up to 5 years. For

adolescent health resource

development, approximately 4–6 grants

of $150,000-$200,000 each per year will

be supported for up to 5 years.

Contact: For programmatic or

technical information, contact David

Heppel, M.D., telephone: 301 443–2250.

4.1.2.2. School Health Program

Application Deadline: May 10, 1995.

Purpose: To strengthen the capacity of

school-based and school-linked health

programs to address psychosocial issues

and mental health problems by

enhancing primary mental health

resources and services for school-age

children and youth, including those

with special health care needs. Primary

mental health resources and services

include primary prevention, such as

prevention of violent and health

damaging behaviors; early problem

identification and intervention,

including indicated referral and

followup; and collaboration with

ongoing care for chronic conditions.

Priorities: Grants will be awarded in

the following two areas:

—Development of infrastructure and

resources to build capacity for

primary mental health services in

school-based and school-linked health

programs. Applicants are expected to

represent State-level partnerships

among health, mental health and

education agencies that are designed

to assure accessibility to primary

mental health services for school-age

children and youth. Project emphasis

is on coordinating school-based and

school-linked programs with multiple

community resources in the public

health, mental health, substance

abuse prevention and treatment,

social service and other relevant

systems to facilitate comprehensive

approaches.

—Development of ‘‘state of the art’’

instructional materials and resources

to strengthen the mental health

service capacity of primary care

providers for school-age children and

youth. The emphasis is on enhancing

primary mental health resources and

services in school-based and schoollinked health programs; in addition,

such staff development materials and

resources will be available to

community-based centers that furnish

primary health care to those in the

school-age population who cannot be

accessed through the schools.

Grants/Amounts: A total of $1.5

million dollars will be available for

projects in this subcategory; about

$750,000 for up to 5 State primary

mental health partnership grants for 3 to

5 years, and about $750,000 for up to 3

mental health resource grants for up to

5 years.

Contact: For programmatic

information, contact Linda Johnston,

telephone 301 443–4026.

4.1.2.3. Data Utilization and

Enhancement

Application Deadline: June 15, 1995.

Purpose: To enable Federal, State, and

local MCH/CSHCN agencies, in

collaboration with State primary care

planning, to develop data and data

systems required under Title V and

analyze data to facilitate needs

assessment, planning, monitoring or

evaluation of maternal and child

agencies and comprehensive health

services.

Priorities: Proposals in this MCHIP

subcategory are invited in the following

program areas:

—Enhancement of data collection and

analysis capabilities of national, state

and local health agencies.

—Compilation and analysis of new data,

and development and application of

analytic techniques regarding the

health status of and delivery of

comprehensive health care to mothers

and children.

—Networking, coordination, and

integration of existing and proposed

resources and data and analysis

systems developed in other states,

national organizations or

organizations.

—Increasing national, state and local

entities’ capacity to respond to and

implement changes in the

organization of health care resources.

Grants/Amounts: An estimated

$500,000 will be available for 5 grants

in this subcategory at $100,000 per

award per year. Project periods are up

to 3 years.

Contact: For programmatic or

technical information, contact Russ

Scarato, telephone: 301 443–2340.

4.1.2.4. Healthy Tomorrows

Partnerships for Children.

Application Deadline: April 14, 1995.

Purpose: To support projects for

children that improve access to health

services and utilize preventive

strategies. The initiative encourages

additional support from the private

sector and from foundations to form

community-based partnerships to

coordinate health resources for pregnant

women, infants and children.

Priorities: Proposals in this MCHIP

category are invited in the following

program areas:
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—Local initiatives that are communitybased, family-centered,

comprehensive and culturally

relevant and improve access to health

services for infants, children,

adolescents, or CSHCN.

—Initiatives which show evidence of a

capability to meet cost participation

goals by securing funds for the second

and sequential years of the project.

In the interest of equitable geographic

distribution, special consideration for

funding will be given to projects from

States without a currently funded

project in this category. These States are

cited in the application guidance.

• Grants/Amounts: About $500,000

will be available to support up to 10

new Healthy Tomorrows projects, at an

average of $50,000 per award per year.

The project period is 5 years.

• Contact: For programmatic or

technical information, contact Latricia

Robertson, M.S.N., M.P.H., telephone:

301 443–3163.

4.2. Cooperative Agreements

Cooperative agreements will be

awarded in 4 categories: Children with

Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)

Cultural Competency Systems

Implementation; Partnership for

Information and Communication;

Childhood Injury Prevention; and OutOf-Home Child Care Health And Safety.

It is anticipated that substantial

Federal programmatic involvement will

be required in these cooperative

agreements. This means that after

award, awarding office staff provide

technical assistance and guidance to, or

coordinate and participate in, certain

programmatic activities of award

recipients beyond their normal

stewardship responsibilities in the

administration of grants. Federal

involvement may include, but is not

limited to, planning, guidance,

coordination and participation in

programmatic activities. Periodic

meetings, conferences, and/or

communications with the award

recipient are held to review mutually

agreed upon goals and objectives and to

assess progress. Additional details on

the scope of Federal programmatic

involvement in cooperative agreements,

consistent with HRSA grants

administration policy, will be included

in the application guidance for these

cooperative agreements.

4.2.1. Children with Special Health Care

Needs (CSHCN) Cultural Competency

Systems Implementation

• Application Deadline: April 28,

1995.

• Purpose: To promote the design,

implementation, and testing of

culturally competent service systems to

assist State and local Title V and other

related programs to furnish services for

culturally diverse CSHCN and their

families. Specifically, to:

—Promote networking and information

exchange among CSHCN/MCH

programs at all levels that advances

their ability to assure that services to

culturally diverse families having

children with special health needs are

integrated into such programs in a

culturally competent manner.

—Foster linkages between such

programs and: (a) culturally diverse

consumers and families of children

with special health care needs; and (b)

other public/private agencies or

groups at the Federal, State and local

levels, including those providing

primary health care and services, that

will enhance the development of

culturally competent systems of care

which are family-centered and at the

community level.

—Provide training, technical assistance,

and consultation to the above

mentioned programs to advance the

‘‘state of the art’’ in the areas of: (a)

staff/agency assessment and training;

(b) development and implementation

of culturally competent policies,

procedures and practices; and (c)

identification of resources for training

and program implementation.

—Support evaluation of existing

training materials and evaluation

tools, develop and test new materials

for adoption by CSHCN programs, and

identify model approaches.

—Disseminate training materials,

principles, and model approaches for

CSHCN and related programs.

Preference for funding will be given to

public or private non-profit

organizations having prior experience

with CSHCN/MCH systems of care at

the Federal, State and local levels, and

in the areas described above, especially

those which can demonstrate:

—Measurable, positive outcomes in

operationalizing cultural competence

in programs.

—Expertise in providing appropriate

training and technical assistance

packages in a timely manner.

—Establishment of linkages with related

programs having cultural competency

initiatives and expertise.

• Cooperative Agreement/Amounts:

Up to $250,000 will be available to

support one new cultural competency

systems implementation cooperative

agreement focusing on the provision of

comprehensive care to CSHCN and their

families. The project period is 5 years.

• Contact: For programmatic and

technical information contact Ms. Diana

Denboba, telephone 301–443–2370.

4.2.2. Partnership for Information and

Communication

• Application Deadline: May 10,

1995.

Purpose: To facilitate dissemination

of new maternal and child healthrelated information to policy and

decision makers in a format most useful

to them and provide those individuals

with a means of communicating issues

directly to each other and to MCHB.

This is a continuous Bureau activity

with a single priority—to enhance

communication between the MCHB and

governmental, professional and private

organizations representing leaders and

policy makers concerned with issues

related to maternal and child health.

Organizations currently receiving

support as part of this cooperative

agreement represent State governors and

their staffs; county health policymakers,

municipal health policymakers, as well

as national membership organizations

representing groups or constituencies

listed below.

To ensure continuity, membership for

the organizations participating in PIC is

rotated so that not all project periods

coincide. For this year, only national

membership organizations representing

the following groups will be considered

for funding:

—State Title V programs.

—State legislators.

—Private business, particularly selfinsured businesses.

—Philanthropic organizations.

—Parent organizations.

• Cooperative Agreement/Amounts:

Up to 5 cooperative agreements totalling

$1.2 million in FY 1995 will be awarded

in this category. Award amounts will

vary with the level of proposed grantee

participation, as described in the

application guidance. Awards will be

made for a project period of up to 5

years.

• Contact: For programmatic or

technical information, contact David

Heppel, M.D., telephone: 301 443–2250.

4.2.3. Childhood Injury Prevention

• Application Deadline: March 31,

1995.

• Purpose: The Children’s Safety

Network was established in FY 1990 to

provide technical assistance to States

and communities in injury prevention

and to consult with States and localities,

develop and distribute publications,

organize conferences, and conduct

training. MCHB is interested in

continuing this capacity.

• Priorities: During FY 1995, awards

will be made for a resource center

focused on each of the following four

special injury prevention topics:
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—Rural Child and Adolescent Injury.

—Adolescent Violence and Suicide.

—Injury Data.

—Economics and Insurance Issues.

All funded centers, together with the

Children’s Safety Network site at the

Education Development Center, will

constitute the Children’s Safety

Network.

• Cooperative Agreement/Amounts:

Up to 4 agreements, totaling $600,000,

will be awarded in this category in FY

1995.

• Contact: For programmatic or

technical information, contact Jean

Athey, Ph.D., telephone: 301 443–4026.

4.2.4. Out-Of-Home Child Care Health

And Safety

• Application deadline: April 27,

1995.

• Purpose: To continue support for a

national resource center which will:

—Maintain a reference collection

relating to health and safety in out-ofhome child care settings.

—Maintain computerized databases,

including states’ current health and

safety standards; health consultants

registry; and directory of conferences

and organizations.

—Provide training and technical

assistance on health and safety in

child care programs.

—Develop and distribute resource

materials and maintain

communications links with the child

care community.

• Cooperative Agreement/Amounts:

Approximately $350,000 will be

available annually for up to 5 years to

support a resource center to assist in

maintaining links with child care

providers and consumers regarding

health and safety in out-of-home child

care settings.

• Contact: For programmatic or

technical information, contact Denise

Sofka, telephone: (301) 443–6600.

The categories, priorities, special

considerations and preferences

described above are not being proposed

for public comment this year. In July

1993, following publication of the

Department’s Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking to revise the MCH special

project grant regulations at 42 CFR 51a,

the public was invited for a 60-day

period to submit comments regarding all

aspects of the SPRANS application and

review process. Public comments

regarding SPRANS priorities received

during the comment period were

considered in developing this

announcement. In responding to those

comments, the Department noted the

practical limits on Secretarial discretion

in establishing SPRANS categories and

priorities owing to the extensive

prescription in both the statute and

annual Congressional directives.

Comments on this SPRANS notice

which members of the public wish to

make are welcome at any time and may

be submitted to: Director, Maternal and

Child Health Bureau, at the address

listed in the ADDRESSES section.

Suggestions will be considered when

priorities are developed for the next

solicitation.

5. Eligible Applicants

Any public or private entity,

including an Indian tribe or tribal

organization (as defined at 25 U.S.C.

450b), is eligible to apply for grants or

cooperative agreements for project

categories covered in this

announcement.

6. Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

This program is subject to the Public

Health System Reporting Requirements

(approved under OMB No. 0937–0195).

Under these requirements, the

community-based nongovernmental

applicant must prepare and submit a

Public Health System Impact Statement

(PHSIS). The PHSIS is intended to

provide information to State and local

health officials to keep them apprised of

proposed health services grant

applications submitted by communitybased nongovernmental organizations

within their jurisdictions.

Community-based nongovernmental

applicants are required to submit the

following information to the head of the

appropriate State and local health

agencies in the area(s) to be impacted no

later than the Federal application

receipt due date:

(a) A copy of the face page of the

application (SF 424).

(b) A summary of the project (PHSIS),

not to exceed one page, which provides:

(1) A description of the population to

be served.

(2) A summary of the services to be

provided.

(3) A description of the coordination

planned with the appropriate State and

local health agencies.

7. Executive Order 12372

The MCH Federal set-aside program

has been determined to be a program

which is not subject to the provisions of

Executive Order 12372 concerning

intergovernmental review of Federal

programs.

The OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 93.110.

Dated: February 8, 1995.

Ciro V. Sumaya,

Administrator.

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National Institutes of Health

Division of Research Grants; Notice of

Closed Meeting

Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following Division

of Research Grants Special Emphasis

Panel (SEP) meeting:

Purpose/Agenda: To review individual

grant applications.

Name of SEP: Behavioral and

Neurosciences.

Date: February 17, 1995.

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Place: Georgetown Inn, Washington, DC.

Contact Person: Dr. Carole Jelsema,

Scientific Review Administrator, 5333

Westbard Ave., Room 319B, Bethesda, MD

20892; (301) 594–7311.

The meeting will be closed in

accordance with the provisions set forth

in secs. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title

5, U.S.C. Applications and/or proposals

and the discussions could reveal

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the

disclosure of which would constitute a

clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

This notice is being published less

than 15 days prior to the meeting due

to the urgent need to meet timing

limitations imposed by the grant review

cycle.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Programs Nos. 93.306, 93.333, 93.337,

93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 93.846–

93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National Institutes of

Health, HHS)

Dated: February 6, 1995.

Susan K. Feldman,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

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