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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carole Dillard, AHCPR Reports

Clearance Officer, (301) 594–1357.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Project

Evaluation of the kiosk-based

ChoiceCard. The purpose of the

ChoiceCard project is to develop a

kiosk-based automated application to

assist Medicaid recipients in selecting

and enrolling in a health plan. The

proposed data collection will provide an

assessment of the usability of the kioskbased automated application in

Medicaid eligibility offices and provide

an assessment of the application by

Medicaid recipients. The application

will be assessed in terms of its

effectiveness in helping the recipient

identify/select a personal doctor (PCP/

OB/Gyn), learn with which plan(s) a

particular doctor is affiliated,

understand benefits coverage,

understand managed care concept and

requirements, identify/select a plan that

meets their needs, and enroll in a plan.

Burden estimates follow:

Consumer

No. of respondents ................. 200.

No. of surveys per respondent 1.

Average burden/response ...... .25 hours.

Estimated total burden/response.50 hours.

Copies of these data collection plans

and instruments can be obtained from

the AHCPR Reports Clearance Officer

(see above for details).

Dated: June 28, 1996.

Clifton R. Gaus,

Administrator.

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Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

The National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health (NIOSH) Scientific

and Technical Meetings on

Occupational Exposure to Asphalt

During Roofing and Paving

Operations: Correction

Federal Register Citations of Previous

Announcements: 61 FR 28590–28591—

dated June 5, 1996, and 61 FR 30242—

dated June 14, 1996.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that the

purpose of these meetings on July 8–10,

1996, and July 22–24, 1996, has been

restructured to address only those issues

relevant to the control of asphalt

exposures (e.g., engineering controls,

work practices). The draft NIOSH

‘‘Working Paper on Occupational

Exposure to Asphalt’’ will not be

discussed at these meetings. The

meeting times, dates, place, and status

remain unchanged.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Diane Manning, NIOSH Docket Office,

4676 Columbia Parkway, M/S C–34,

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.

Dated: July 2, 1996.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office, Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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Health Resources and Services

Administration

Maternal and Child Health Bureau;

Special Project Grants; Maternal and

Child Health (MCH) Services;

Community Integrated Service

Systems (CISS) Set-Aside Program;

Community-Based Intervention

Research Grants

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services

Administration (HRSA).

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 (CISS) grants

to support community-based

intervention research. The purpose of

these projects is to support research on

CISS-sponsored early intervention

services programs in the context of

developing and expanding local service

delivery systems. 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).

About $900,000 will be available to

support up to 3 new projects at an

average of about $300,000 per award per

year. The actual amounts available for

awards and their allocation may vary,

depending on the volume and quality of

applications. Awards are made for grant

periods of not more than 4 years in

duration. Funds 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 CISS Federal SetAside 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 applications for MCH

research and training grants 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, (301) 443–1440. Applicants for

these projects will use application Form

PHS 398 (Rev. 5/95), approved by the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) 0925–0001. An MCHB

supplement, with instructions

specifically applicable to CommunityBased Intervention Research Grants, is

included in the application package,

which can be obtained from the address

given above. You must obtain

application materials in the 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: Potential applicants are invited

to request application packages and to

submit their applications for funding

consideration. The application deadline

is August 26, 1996.
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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 ADDRESS

section will be returned to the

applicant.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

programmatic or technical information,

contact Dr. Gontran Lamberty, Director,

MCH Research Program, Research and

Training Branch, MCHB, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Room 18A–55, Rockville, MD

20857, telephone: 301 443–2190. For

information concerning business

management issues, contact Ms.

Constance Davenport, Grants

Management Branch, MCHB, Room 18–

12, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD,

telephone 301 443–1440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Program Background and Objectives

The purpose of the Community-Based

Intervention Research Grant projects

covered by this announcement is to

generate new knowledge on early

intervention services models and on

how to integrate these models into

existing systems of care at the

community level while sustaining the

essential nature and demonstrated

effectiveness of the original prototypes.

Intervention is the name given to a

variety of programs and clinical

management approaches designed to

improve adverse conditions in

individuals and groups or prevent or

limit these conditions. From the

standpoint of research, interventions are

scientific experiments in which an

investigator, through a particular effort,

treatment, or program, seeks to

purposively influence an outcome or

outcomes in an individual or group

under controlled conditions.

Intervention studies may also be viewed

as prospective, formal investigations of

prototypes of programs or

subcomponents of programs (e.g.,

outreach, one-stop shopping or home

visiting). These prototypes, if proven

effective under controlled conditions,

are then ready for further testing and

refinement in real-life settings.

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 CISS

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

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. This same

special emphasis applies to improving

service delivery to children with special

health care needs.

In keeping with the goals of

advancing the development of human

potential, strengthening the Nation’s

capacity to provide high quality

education by broadening participation

in MCHB programs of institutions that

may have perspectives uniquely

reflecting the Nation’s cultural and

linguistic diversity, and increasing

opportunities for all Americans to

participate in and benefit from Federal

public health programs, 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

5=point range before funding decisions

are made.

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 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 People 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.

4. Criteria for Review

The criteria which follow are used, as

pertinent, to review and evaluate

applications for CISS awards announced

in this notice. Further guidance in this

regard is supplied in application

guidance materials, which may specify

other criteria.

—The quality of the project plan or

methodology.

—The need for the research or training.

—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 experience for their roles

in the project and the applicant

organization has adequate facilities

and personnel.

—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 MCH Block Grant, 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.

Comments on this notice which

members of the public wish to make are

welcome at any time and may be

submitted to: Director, MCHB, at the

address listed in the ADDRESSES section.

Suggestions will be considered when

priorities are developed for the next

solicitation.

5. Grants/Amounts

A total of about $900,000 per year will

be available to support a maximum of 3

projects. The project period will not

exceed 4 years.
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6. Eligible Applicants

Applicants eligible to compete are

public or nonprofit institutions of

higher learning and public or nonprofit

private agencies and organizations

engaged in research or in maternal and

child health or children with special

health care needs programs.

7. 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. Communitybased 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 date: (1) A copy of the face page

of the application (PHS–398 (Rev. 5/95);

(2) a summmary of the project PHSIS,

not to exceed one page, which provides

a description of the population to be

served, a summary of the services to be

provided, and a description of the

coordination planned with the

appropriate State and local health

agencies.

8. Executive Order 12372

The CISS 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: July 1, 1996.

Ciro V. Sumaya,

Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4086–N–01]

Office of Administration; Submission

for OMB Review Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: August 8,

1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

received within thirty (30) days from the

date of this Notice. Comments should

refer to the proposal by name and/or

OMB approval number should be sent

to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk

Officer, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708–0050. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

The Notice lists the following

information: (1) The title of the

information collection proposal; (2) the

office of the agency to collect the

information; (3) the OMB approval

number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the names and telephone

numbers of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as

amended.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

David S. Cristy,

Acting Director, Information Resources,

Management Policy and Management

Division.

Title of Proposal: Conveyance

(Acquisition) and Disposition

Information Collections contained in

Handbook 4310.5 entitled ‘‘Property

Disposition Handbook, One-to-Four

Family Properties’’.

Office: Housing.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0306.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use:

These information collections are

needed to determine the condition of

the property upon conveyance, to

determine the results of the repair

contracts, and to monitor the

contractor’s performance in maintaining

the properties. The sales contracts will

be used as binding contracts between

the purchaser and HUD. Respondents

are potential contractors, contractors

who work for HUD, and potential and

actual purchasers of HUD-owned

properties.

Form Number: HUD–9516A, 9519,

9519A, 9544, 9548, and 9733.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, individuals or households, notfor-profit institutions, and the Federal

Government.

Frequency of Submission: On

occasion.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

respondents x Frequency ofresponse x Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Information Collections ........................................................................... 45,550 Varies .50 336,550

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

336,550.

Status: Reinstatement with changes.

Contact: Rose Donnelly/Art Orton,

HUD, (202) 708–4767; Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

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