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inclusion is inappropriate or not

feasible, this situation must be

explained as part of the application.

This policy does not apply to research

studies when the investigator cannot

control the race, ethnicity and/or sex of

subjects. Further guidance to this policy

is contained in the Federal Register,

Vol. 60, No. 179, pages 47947–47951,

dated Friday, September 15, 1995.

HIV/AIDS Requirements

Recipients must comply with the

document entitled Content of AIDSRelated Written Materials, Pictorials,

Audiovisuals, Questionnaires, Survey

Instruments, and Educational Sessions

(June 1992) (a copy is in the application

kit). To meet the requirements for a

program review panel, recipients are

encouraged to use an existing program

review panel, such as the one created by

the State health department’s HIV/AIDS

prevention program. If the recipient

forms its own program review panel, at

least one member must be an employee

(or designated representative) of a State

or local health department. The names

of the review panel members must be

listed on the Assurance of Compliance

for CDC 0.1113, which is also included

in the application kit. The recipient

must submit the program review panel’s

report that indicates all materials have

been reviewed and approved.

Application Submission and Deadlines

1. Preapplication Letter of Intent

A non-binding letter of intent-toapply is required from potential

applicants. An original and two copies

of the letter should be submitted to the

Grants Management Branch, CDC (see

‘‘Applications’’ for the address). It

should be postmarked no later than July

19, 1996. The letter should identify the

announcement number, name of

principal investigator, and specify the

activity(ies) to be addressed by the

proposed project. The letter of intent

does not influence review or funding

decisions, but it will enable CDC to plan

the review more efficiently, and will

ensure that each applicant receives

timely and relevant information prior to

application submission.

2. Applications

An original and two copies of the

application PHS Form 5161–1 (OMB

Number 0937–0189) must be submitted

to Van Malone, Grants Management

Officer, Grants Management Branch,

Procurement and Grants Office, Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE.,

Room 300, Mailstop E–15, Atlanta, GA

30305, on or before August 21, 1996.

3. Deadlines

A. Applications shall be considered as

meeting the deadline if they are either:

1. Received on or before the deadline

date; or

2. Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the objective review group. (Applicants

must request a legibly dated U.S. Postal

Service postmark or obtain a legibly

dated receipt from a commercial carrier

or the U.S. Postal Service. Private

metered postmarks shall not be

acceptable as proof of timely mailing.)

B. Applications that do not meet the

criteria in 3.A.1. or 3.A.2. above are

considered late applications. Late

applications will not be considered in

the current competition and will be

returned to the applicant.

Where to Obtain Additional

Information

To receive additional written

information call (404) 332–4561. You

will be asked to leave your name,

address, and telephone number and will

need to refer to Announcment 601. You

will receive a complete program

description, information on application

procedures and application forms. If

you have questions after reviewing the

contents of all the documents, business

management technical assistance may

be obtained from Adrienne Brown,

Grants Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 300,

Mailstop E–15, Atlanta, GA 30305,

telephone (404) 842–6634, email:

<asm1@opspgo1.em.cdc.gov>.

Programmatic technical assistance may

be obtained from Robert Kohmescher,

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention,

National Center for HIV/STD/TB

Prevention, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC), 1600 Clifton

Road, NE., Mailstop E–44, Atlanta, GA

30333, telephone (404) 639–8302, email:

<rnk1@cidhiv2.em.cdc.gov>.

Please refer to Announcement 601

when requesting information and

submitting an application.

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)

referenced in the ‘‘INTRODUCTION,’’

through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402–9325,

telephone (202) 512–1800.

Internet Home Page

The announcement will be available

on one of two Internet sites on the

publication date: CDC’s home page at

<http://www.cdc.gov>, or at the

Government Printing Office home page

(including free access to the Federal

Register) at <http://

www.access.gpo.gov.>.

There may be delays in mail delivery

and difficulty in reaching the CDC

Atlanta offices during the 1996 Summer

Olympics. Therefore, CDC suggests

using Internet, following all instructions

in this announcement and leaving

messages on the contact person’s voice

mail for more timely responses to any

questions.

Dated: June 13, 1996.

Joseph R. Carter,

Acting Associate Director for Management

and Operations, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 96–15570 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–18–P

Health Resources and Services

Administration

Maternal and Child Health Services;

Federal Set-Aside Program;

Continuing Education and

Development Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA) DHHS.

ACTION: Pre-application technical

assistance telephone conference.

SUMMARY: The HRSA is conducting a

pre-application technical assistance

telephone conference concerning the

fiscal year 1996 funding available under

Public Law 104–134 for Maternal and

Child Health (MCH) Special Projects of

Regional and National Significance

(SPRANS) Continuing Education and

Development (CED) cooperative

agreements. An Availability of Funds

notice for these CED cooperative

agreements was published in the

Federal Register on April 26, 1996 at 61

FR 18613. These CED cooperative

agreements are intended to support

national education, information, and

public policy projects in maternal and

child health. Two categories of CED

cooperative agreements will be awarded

this year: 1 concerned with resource,

educational and analytic activities; and

the other concerned with populationfocused analytic and related activities.

PURPOSE: To encourage and stimulate

development of high quality

applications. The telephone conference

will offer programmatic and technical

assistance and an overview of the

requirements for funding projects in

both categories. Further, it will provide

an opportunity for prospective
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applicants to ask questions of program

officials.

CONTACT: Anyone interested in

participating in this telephone

conference should contact Mr. Pete

Conway, Division of Maternal, Infant,

Child and Adolescent Health, Room 18–

A–39, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, telephone: (301) 443–

2250, fax: (301) 443–1296, e-mail:

pconway@hrsa.ssw.dhhs.gov, by COB,

June 21. Prospective participants must

identify a telephone number where they

can be reached by an operator for

purposes of connecting to the telephone

conference. They are also encouraged to

submit questions in advance via fax or

e-mail.

A copy of this announcement is

available on the World Wide Web via

the Internet at address: http://

www.os.dhhs.gov/hrsa/mchb.

DATES AND TIMES: June 24, 1996, 2:00–

4:00 p.m.

Dated: June 13, 1996.

Ciro V. Sumaya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–15677 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–15–P

Special Project Grants; Maternal and

Child Health (MCH) Services;

Community Integrated Service

Systems (CISS) Set-Aside Program

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.

SUMMARY: The HRSA announces that

applications will be accepted for fiscal

year (FY) 1996 funds for Maternal and

Child Health (MCH) Community

Integrated Service Systems grants to

support strategies for reducing infant

mortality and improving the health of

mothers and children through

development and expansion of

successful community integrated service

systems. These systems are publicprivate partnerships of community

health and other related organizations

and individuals working collaboratively

to use community resources to address

community-identified health problems.

Awards are made under the program

authority of section 502(b)(1)(A) of the

Social Security Act, the CISS Federal

Set-Aside Program. Within the HRSA,

CISS projects are administered by the

Maternal and Child Health Bureau

(MCHB).

Of the approximately $9.5 million

available for CISS activities in FY 1996,

about $7.0 million will be available to

support approximately 132 new and

competing renewal projects at an

average of about $53,000 per award for

a one-year period under the MCH CISS

Federal Set-Aside Program. The

remaining funds will be used to

continue existing CISS projects and for

other activities in support of overall

CISS program goals. 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 generally

run from 1 up to 4 years in duration.

Funds for CISS awards are appropriated

by Public Law 104–134.

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 PHS strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and promote the non-use of

all tobacco products. In addition, Public

Law 103–227, the Pro-Children Act of

1994, prohibits smoking in certain

facilities (or in some cases, any portion

of a facility) in which regular or routine

education, library, day care, health care

or early childhood development

services are provided to children.

ADDRESSES: Grant application materials

for CISS awards must be obtained from

and submitted to: Chief, Grants

Management Branch, Office of

Operations and Management, Maternal

and Child Health Bureau, Health

Resources and Services Administration,

Room 18–12, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857, Attn: CISS, (301) 443–1440.

Applicants will use Form PHS 5161–1,

approved by OMB under control

number 0937–0189. You must obtain

application materials by mail.

Federal Register notices and

application guidance for MCHB

programs are available on the World

Wide Web via the Internet at address:

http://www.os.dhhs.gov/hrsa/mchb.

Click on the file name you want to

download to your computer. It will be

saved as a self-extracting (Macintosh or)

Wordperfect 5.1 file. To decompress the

file once it is downloaded, type in the

file name followed by a <return>. The

file will expand to a Wordperfect 5.1

file. If you have difficulty accessing the

MCHB Home Page via the Internet and

need technical assistance, please contact

Linda L. Schneider at 301–443–0767 or

‘‘lschneider@hrsa.ssw.dhhs.gov’’.

DATES: The deadline for receipt of

applications for Health Systems

Development Grants for Child Care is

August 1; the deadline for all other CISS

grants covered by this announcement is

July 22, 1996. 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 from MCHB should be

directed to Joe Zogby, Division of

Maternal, Infant, Child and Adolescent

Health, Maternal and Child Health

Bureau, Health Resources and Services

Administration, Room 18A–39,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857, telephone

(301) 443–4393. Requests for

information concerning business

management issues should be directed

to Arlethia Dawson, Grants Management

Specialist, Grants Management Branch,

Maternal and Child Health Bureau, at

the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Program Background and Objectives

Public Law 101–239, the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989

(OBRA 1989) provided for a new setaside program under the MCH Block

Grant that would be activated when the

annual appropriation for Title V exceeds

$600 million dollars. This has become

known as the CISS program. The

program seeks to reduce infant mortality

and improve the health of mothers and

children, including those living in rural

areas and those having special health

care needs, through project support for

development and expansion of

strategies which have proved successful