[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30621-30622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15322]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and Families
[OCS-96-09]


Youth Education and Domestic Violence Model Programs

AGENCY: Office of Community Services, ACF, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice and call for information on current youth education and 
domestic violence programs to be considered as model projects for 
evaluation and possible nationwide distribution.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is 
authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, to 
``select, implement, and evaluate four separate model programs for the 
education of young people about domestic violence and violence among 
intimate partners.'' The model programs must address one of four 
different audiences: primary schools, middle schools, secondary 
schools, and institutions of higher education, and shall be selected, 
implemented, and evaluated in consultation with ``educational experts, 
legal and psychological experts on battering, and victim advocate 
organizations such as battered women's shelters, State coalitions, and 
resource centers.''
    As a first step, we want to identify and solicit information on 
programs for the education of young people about domestic violence and 
violence among intimate partners that are being conducted for one or 
more of the four student audiences. This announcement contains all 
instructions for submitting information on youth education programs.

DATES: The closing date for submission of program information is August 
16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Program information may be mailed to the U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families/
Office of Community Services, (OCS-96-09), 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW., 
Mail Stop 6C-462, Washington, DC 20447.
    Hand delivered program information is accepted during the normal 
working hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, on or 
prior to the established closing date at: U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of 
Community Services, ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor Loading Dock, Aerospace 
Center 901 D Street, SW., Washington, DC 20447, between Monday and 
Friday (excluding Federal holidays).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Youth Education and Domestic Violence 
program is authorized by section 317 of the Family Violence Prevention 
and Services Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 10417, as amended by Pub. L. 103-
322, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
    Congress has made available $400,000 to carry out the provisions of 
section 317.
    The Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and 
Families (OCS) will select and evaluate four types of model programs 
for the education of four specified audiences of young people about 
domestic violence and violence among intimate partners. Six to eight 
programs will be selected to participate in a national evaluation of 
their efforts. These programs may be recommended to Congress for 
possible future nationwide distribution.
    Specifically, OCS will proceed as follows:
    First, we will convene an expert panel to:
    (a) Help identify youth education and domestic violence programs 
for evaluation;
    (b) Assist in the development of criteria to be used in the 
preliminary selection of programs to be evaluated; and
    (c) Assist in the design and development of the evaluation study.
    Second, we are actively soliciting information about and 
descriptions of current youth education programs. We are using this 
Federal Register notice, Department of Education (DOE) networks, 
professional publications, national resource centers, the electronic 
media, and other mechanisms to request information about such programs.
    Third, the expert panel will assist the DHHS and DOE to review the 
information on programs received and select at least six but no more 
than eight for the evaluation.
    We do not have a pre-conceived model or educational approach in 
mind. We are interested in obtaining information on the more 
outstanding programs being implemented. These programs may include, for 
example, training curricula, print and visual training aids (as 
audiovisual components of a structured and more comprehensive program), 
and model programs that may be school or non-school based. They may 
include a range of subject matter topics as appropriate to the specific 
student audience, such as interpersonal violence prevention, self-
esteem training for girls, conflict resolution, and the prevention of 
acquaintance rape and other forms of sexual abuse and violence 
developed for the high school and college population.

PROGRAM INFORMATION REQUESTED: The information on the youth education 
programs should be narrative and not exceed 30 pages in length. Program 
descriptions should include:

A. Identifying Information

--Name of the Program
--Name and Address of the Sponsoring Organization

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--Program Director, Telephone and Fax numbers
--Period of Time Program has Operated

B. Description of the Program

--Goals and objectives of the program
--Target audience
--Description of the program activities and how they are designed to 
achieve the goals and objectives
--Referral activities, if any
--Evaluation results, if any
--Funding Source(s)
--Current Operating Budget
--Problems or Constraints Identified
--Major Changes and/or modifications in the program
--Current dissemination or replication activities
--Future planned activities

C. Commitment to Participate in a National Evaluation

    A statement by the program director or other responsible official 
indicating a commitment to participate with the program in a national 
study. We will consider, on a case-by-case basis, the reimbursement of 
extraordinary costs directly incident to a selectee's participation in 
the national study.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Administration for Children and 
Families, Office of Community Services, Division of State Assistance, 
370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447. Telephone William 
Riley, (202) 401-5529 or Trudy Hairston (202) 401-5319.

    Dated: June 12, 1996.
Donald Sykes,
Director, Office of Community Services.
[FR Doc. 96-15322 Filed 6-14-96; 8:45 am]
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