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of Higher Education, Hospitals, Other 

Nonprofit Organizations, and 

Commercial Organizations.’’ 

• HHS Grants Policy Statement, 

January 2007. 

• OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘State, Local, 

and Indian Tribal Governments,’’ (Title 

2 Part 225) or OMB Circular A–122, 

‘‘Non-Profit Organizations.’’ (Title 2 Part 

230). 

• OMB Circular A–133, ‘‘Audits of 

States, Local Governments, and NonProfit Organizations.’’ 

3. Indirect-Cost Requirements 

This section applies to all grant 

recipients that request reimbursement of 

indirect costs in their grant application. 

In accordance with HHS Grants Policy 

Statement, Part II–27, IHS requires 

applicants to have a current indirect 

cost rate agreement in place prior to 

award. The rate agreement must be 

prepared in accordance with the 

applicable cost principles and guidance 

as provided by the agency or office. A 

current rate means the rate covering the 

applicable activities and the award 

budget period. If the current rate is not 

on file with the DGO at the time of 

award, the indirect cost portion of the 

budget will be restricted and not 

available to the recipient until the 

current rate is provided to DGO. 

Generally, indirect costs rates for IHS 

grantees are negotiated with the 

Division of Cost Allocation (DCA) 

http://rates.psc.gov/ and the Department 

of the Interior (National Business 

Center) http://www.nbc.gov/acquisition/ 

ics/icshome.html. If your organization 

has questions regarding the indirect cost 

policy, please contact the DGO at (301) 

443–5204. 

4. Reporting 

Progress Report. Semi-annual and 

annual report are required. A format 

will be provided. These reports will 

include a brief comparison of actual 

accomplishments to the goals 

established for the period, or, if 

applicable, provide sound justification 

for the lack of progress, and other 

pertinent information as required. 

Copies of any materials developed shall 

be attached. Semi-annual progress 

reports must be submitted within thirty 

(30) days of the end of the half year. An 

annual report must be submitted within 

thirty (30) days after the end of the 12 

month time period. 

Financial Status Report. Semi-annual 

financial status reports must be 

submitted within 30 days of the end of 

the half year. Final financial status 

reports are due within 90 days of 

expiration of the budget/project period. 

Standard Form 269 (long form) will be 

used for financial reporting. 

Reports. Grantees are responsible and 

accountable for accurate reporting of the 

Progress Reports and Financial Status 

Reports which are generally due semiannually. Financial Status Reports (SF– 

269) are due 90 days after each budget 

period and the final SF–269 must be 

verified from the grantee records on 

how the value was derived. Grantees 

must submit reports in a reasonable 

period of time. 

Failure to submit required reports 

within the time allowed may result in 

suspension or termination of an active 

grant, withholding of additional awards 

for the project, or other enforcement 

actions such as withholding of 

payments or converting to the 

reimbursement method of payment. 

Continued failure to submit required 

reports may result in one or both of the 

following: (1) The imposition of special 

award provisions; and (2) the nonfunding or non-award of other eligible 

projects or activities. This applies 

whether the delinquency is attributable 

to the failure of the grantee organization 

or the individual responsible for 

preparation of the reports. 

Telecommunication for the hearing 

impaired is available at: TTY (301) 443– 

6394. 

VII. Agency Contact(s) 

We encourage inquiries concerning 

this announcement. 

For program technical assistance, 

contact: Bryan E. Wooden, LICSW, 

LCSW–C, DCSW, Office of Clinical and 

Preventive Services, Director (Acting), 

Division of Behavioral Health, 801 

Thompson Avenue, Reyes Building, 

Suite 300, Rockville, Maryland 20852, 

Telephone: (301) 443–2038, e-mail: 

bryan.wooden@ihs.gov. 

For financial, grants management, or 

budget assistance, contact: Kimberly 

Pendleton, Senior Grants Management 

Officer, 801 Thompson Ave, Reyes Bldg, 

Suite 360, Rockville, MD 20852, 

Telephone: (301) 443–6290, e-mail: 

kimberly.pendleton@ihs.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

This and other IHS funding 

opportunity announcements can be 

found on the IHS Web site, Internet 

address: http://www.ihs.gov. Click on 

‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements.’’ 

Dated: June 26, 2009. 

Yvette Roubideaux, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–16045 Filed 7–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Office of Clinical and Preventive 

Services, Division of Behavioral 

Health; The Methamphetamine & 

Suicide Prevention Initiative for 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

Youth 

Announcement Type: New. 

Funding Announcement Number: 

HHS–2009–IHS–METHY–0001. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number(s): 93.933. 

DATES: Key Dates: Application Deadline 

Date: July 31, 2009. 

Review Date: August 6–7, 2009. 

Earliest Anticipated Start Date: 

August 14, 2009. 

Table of Contents 

I. Funding Opportunity 

II. Award Information 

III. Eligibility 

IV. Application and Submission Information 

V. Application Review Information 

VI. Award Administration Information 

VII. Agency Contacts 

VIII. Other Information 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The Indian Health Service (IHS) 

announces competitive grant 

applications for the Methamphetamine 

& Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) 

for American Indian and Alaska Native 

(AI/AN) Youth (MSPI–Y). This program 

is authorized under the Snyder Act, 25 

U.S.C. 13, and 25 U.S.C. 1602(a) 

(b)(9)(11)(12); 25 U.S.C. 1621h(m) of the 

Indian Health Care Improvement Act 

(IHCIA), as amended. This program is 

described at 93.933 in the Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance. The 

purpose of the MSPI–Y is to expand 

community-level access to effective 

methamphetamine and suicide 

prevention programs through Tribal, 

youth residential, transitional/ 

discharge, and aftercare services. 

Resources will enhance existing 

transitional/discharge and aftercare 

programs with a specific focus on 

methamphetamine and suicide 

prevention. Funding for the MSPIY will 

be used to: 

• Provide community-focused 

response grants that would allow Tribes 

and Tribal organizations to utilize the 

resources to enhance transitional/ 

discharge and aftercare programming 

focused on methamphetamine and 

suicide prevention for youth discharged 

or who have the expectation of 

discharge from a residential setting to 

maintain sobriety within their home 

community. 

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• Participate in a nationally 

coordinated program focusing 

specifically on enhancing access to 

youth transitional/discharge and/or 

aftercare-related activities among Youth 

Regional Treatment Centers (YRTC) and 

those IHS or Tribal organizations, 

providing residential youth services for 

AI/AN youths. 

• Provide communities with needed 

resources to develop their own 

transitional/discharge or aftercarefocused programs. 

Awardees’ activities for this program 

are as follows: 

• Develop a three (3) year action plan. 

Applicants must document how their 

transitional/discharge or aftercare 

activities will be implemented as soon 

as possible but no later than six (6) 

months after award for Year One. 

Grantees will continue project activities 

with refinement of services and 

evaluation of activities for Year Two (2) 

and Year Three (3). The primary intent 

of the action plan should be to illustrate 

how the applicant will enhance 

community access to or support 

community delivery of evidence-based 

or practice-based transitional/discharge 

or aftercare services. The action plan 

should describe the project 

implementation process. The action 

plan should include objectives that are 

specific, measurable, achievable, 

relevant, and time-phased. Objectives 

should demonstrate adherence to the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), where applicable. 

Relevant partnerships working closely 

with and developing collaborations for 

the MSPI–Y may include Tribes and/or 

Tribal organizations. 

• Collaborations may also include 

other partners to share resources and 

information that could strengthen the 

program. 

• The action plan should focus on 

developing or enhancing and 

implementing community-based, 

evidence, or practice-based transitional/ 

discharge or aftercare treatment 

strategies. The action plan for the 

transitional/discharge or aftercare 

program should include the proposed 

best and promising practices being 

implemented, identify information 

sharing processes, and define and 

identify interactive group activities, data 

collection (e.g. Resource and Patient 

Management System), evaluation, and 

ongoing quality assurance improvement 

processes. The project should include 

culturally appropriate behavioral, 

policy, and community approaches to 

transitional/discharge or aftercare 

treatment. 

• Applicants must attend one (1) 

mandatory MSPI–Y grantee meeting per 

year. The budget submitted should 

reflect travel costs for the project 

director to attend this meeting. Location 

(city/hotel) and time frame for this 

meeting will be provided at a later date; 

however, the meeting will generally last 

two to three days and attendance is 

mandatory. At these meetings, grantees 

will present the results of their projects 

and Federal staff will be available to 

provide technical assistance. 

• Applicants must participate in a 

national evaluation of this project. Each 

grantee shall coordinate with their 

national MSPI–Y project officer. The 

grantee shall work with the IHS staff 

and national MSPI–Y project officer to 

develop a local process to measure 

specific outcome indicators as 

consistent with national GPRA and IHS 

Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) 

program requirements. 

• Up to a maximum of 20 percent of 

grant funds may be used to develop or 

enhance the grantee’s local evaluation 

capacity for the purpose of meeting 

MSPI data collection requirements. It is 

recommended that applicants employ 

the use of the Resource and Patient 

Management System (RPMS) and the 

RPMS behavioral health module or IHS 

Electronic Health Record, where 

available. If applicant is unable to 

utilize the RPMS as an information 

management system, the applicant 

should demonstrate within the 

application how they will satisfy the 

data collection requirements. 

Applicants will also be required to 

adhere to any and all GPRA 

requirements. 

• Other costs in conjunction with the 

evaluation of this project may include 

training (onsite and off-site), conference 

calls, and information sharing using email and/or faxing materials. 

• Applicants are expected to 

publicize their activities in the affected 

communities. The action plan may 

include: 

• Community programs should 

inform their community about the 

program and its goals and the baseline 

data for the outcome indicators. The 

program should establish a time frame 

and setting to share their progress with 

the community. The settings could 

include regular programs on the radio 

station, monthly newspaper reports, 

newsletter mailings, one or more graph 

or ‘thermometer’ type billboards, or 

centrally placed posters that track 

progress. 

• The action plan should include a 

community gathering that is held to 

close out the project with an accounting 

of the progress by indicators and 

dialogue about next steps. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Awards: Grant. 

Estimated Funds Available: The total 

amount identified for fiscal year (FY) 

2008 is $300,000; FY 2009 is $300,000; 

Grand total of $600,000. The awards are 

for 12 months in each budget period. 

The awards are subject to the 

availability of funds. 

Anticipated Number of Awards: An 

estimated three (3) two-year awards will 

be approved for funding with the 

amounts identified for FY 2008 and FY 

2009. The existing awardees will apply 

for continuation awards for continued 

funding based on program performance. 

Contingent on appropriation of funds, 

the amount of awards in the third year 

will continue at the same level as year 

one and two under this Program 

Announcement. 

Project Period: Three (3) Years. 

Award Amount: $100,000 per year. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants are: 

• AI/AN Federally-recognized Tribes; 

• Tribal organizations, as defined by 

the IHCIA, 25 U.S.C. 1603(e); 

• Tribal consortia; 

• Non-profit urban Indian 

organizations, as defined by 25 U.S.C. 

1603(h); 

• Applicants must provide proof of 

Federally-recognized status. 

Eligibility is limited to the 

aforementioned applicants because they 

have the necessary knowledge of, 

experience, capability, capacity to work 

within the AI/AN communities to 

perform the required activities. 

Tribal Resolution—A resolution of the 

Indian Tribe served by the project must 

accompany the application submission. 

This can be attached to the electronic 

application. An Indian Tribe that is 

proposing a project affecting another 

Indian Tribe must include resolutions 

from all affected Tribes to be served. 

Applications by Tribal organizations 

will not require a specific Tribal 

resolution if the current Tribal 

resolution(s) under which they operate 

would encompass the proposed grant 

activities. Draft resolutions are 

acceptable in lieu of an official 

resolution. However, an official signed 

Tribal resolution must be faxed to the 

Division of Grants Operations (DGO) at 

(301) 443–9602 to the attention of 

Kimberly Pendleton prior to the 

beginning of the Application Review. 

Therefore, if an official signed 

resolution is not received in DGO by 

August 3, 2009 the application will be 

considered incomplete, ineligible for 

review, and returned to the applicant 

without consideration. 

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2. Cost Sharing or Matching 

The Methamphetamine & Suicide 

Prevention Initiative for Youth does not 

require matching funds or cost sharing. 

3. Other Requirements 

A. If application budgets exceed the 

stated dollar amount that is outlined 

within this announcement those 

applications will not be considered for 

funding. 

B. The budget should include a 

budget narrative and justification for all 

cost outlined in the application for the 

budget period and should explain why 

each line item is necessary or relevant 

to the proposed project. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Applicant package may be found at 

the Grants.gov Web site (http:// 

www.grants.gov), or for a link to the 

package information go to the Grants 

Policy Staff Web site at http://

www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/

gogp/gogp_funding.asp. Information 

regarding the electronic application 

process may be directed to Tammy G. 

Bagley at (301) 443–6290. 

The entire application package and 

detailed application instructions are 

available at: http://www.grants.gov/ 

index.jsp. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

a. You must submit a project narrative 

with your application package. The 

project narrative must be submitted in 

the following format: 

• Maximum number of pages: 25. If 

your narrative exceeds the page limit, 

only the first pages which are within the 

page limit will be reviewed. 

• Font size: 12 point unreduced. 

• Single spaced. 

• 81⁄2′′ x 11′′ paper. 

• Page margin size: One inch. 

Your narrative should address 

activities to be conducted over the 

entire project period. You must use the 

sections/headings listed below in 

developing your project narrative. Be 

sure to place the required information in 

the correct section, or it will not be 

considered. Your application will be 

scored according to how well you 

address the requirements for each 

section of the project narrative. Your 

project narrative must include the 

following items in the order listed: 

• Statement of Need. 

• Describe the target population as 

well as the geographic area to be served, 

and justify the selection of both. The 

target population should include AI/AN 

youth who are currently residing within 

a youth regional/residential treatment 

center or who have been discharged 

from a residential treatment center 

within the previous sixty (60) days. 

Include the numbers to be served and 

demographic information. Discuss the 

target population’s language, beliefs, 

norms and values, as well as 

socioeconomic factors that must be 

considered in services to this 

population. Describe a brief history of 

the youth recidivism issues in the 

community and responses locally, 

within the Tribe and in the State. 

• Document clearly whether this 

project will address the transitional/ 

discharge or aftercare problem or 

decrease the rate of youth recidivism 

within the YRTC. 

• Document the need for a 

transitional/discharge or aftercare 

project in the selected community 

which is experiencing increases in the 

rate of recidivism. This documentation 

of need may come from a variety of 

sources, and applicants are encouraged 

to provide as much quantifiable data 

related information about the increases 

as may be available. 

• Show that identified needs are 

consistent with priorities of the Tribes, 

State, or county that has primary 

responsibility for the service delivery 

system. 

• Describe the local resource 

organizations in the community. 

• Depending on the type of project 

chosen, describe the local transitional/ 

discharge or aftercare resources 

available to the project. 

Project Plan 

• Clearly state the purpose, goals and 

objectives of your proposed project and 

how it addresses the target population 

and the geographic area being served. 

• Describe how the project is to be 

implemented, including the roles of 

staff to be hired. 

• Provide a realistic timeline for the 

project (chart or graph) showing key 

activities, milestones, and responsible 

staff. [Note: The timeline should be part 

of the project narrative. It should not be 

placed in an appendix.] 

• If you plan to include an advisory 

body in your project, describe its 

membership, roles and functions, and 

frequency of meetings. 

• Describe how members of the target 

population help prepare the application 

and how they will help plan, 

implement, and evaluate the project. 

• Identify any other organizations 

that will participate in the proposed 

project. Describe their roles and 

responsibilities and demonstrate their 

commitment to the project. Include 

letters of commitment from community 

organizations supporting the project in 

the appendix. 

• Show that the necessary 

groundwork (e.g., planning, consensus 

development, development of 

memoranda of agreement) has been 

completed or is near completion so that 

the project can be implemented, and 

any prevention or treatment 

interventions can begin as soon as 

possible but no later than six (6) months 

after grant award. 

• Describe any potential barriers to 

successful conduct of the proposed 

project and how you will overcome 

them. 

• Describe your plan to ensure project 

sustainability when funding for this 

project ends. Also describe how 

program continuity will be maintained 

when there is a change in the 

operational environment (e.g., staff 

turnover, change in project leadership) 

to ensure stability over time. 

Organizational Capacity 

• Discuss the capability and 

experience of the applicant organization 

and other participating organizations 

with the target population. Provide 

Memoranda of Understanding or Letters 

of Agreement specifically for the 

proposed project from participating 

organizations in the appendix. 

• Describe existing community 

infrastructure that addresses 

transitional/discharge or aftercare 

treatment. 

• Provide a list of staff and position 

descriptions for those who will 

participate in the project, showing the 

role of each and their level of effort and 

qualifications. Include the project 

director and other key personnel, such 

as the local evaluator and prevention or 

treatment personnel. 

• Describe the cultural characteristics 

of key staff and indicate if any are 

members of the target population/ 

community. 

• Describe the resources available for 

the proposed project (e.g., facilities, 

equipment), and provide evidence that 

services will be provided in a location 

that is adequate, accessible, compliant 

with the Americans with Disabilities 

Act (ADA), and amenable to the target 

population. 

• Describe evidence of successful 

program management experience (see 

Criteria for more detail). 

• Describe experience with other 

Federal, State, or private grants. 

• Describe data collection experience 

and capacity for data storage. Clearly 

describe the project’s information 

management system capabilities and 

history of its use (if any). Describe any 

plans to utilize the RPMS information 

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management system with the 

implementation of this project. If 

applicant currently utilizes an alternate 

information management system or is 

unable to utilize RPMS as an 

information management system, the 

applicant should demonstrate within 

the application how they plan to satisfy 

the data collection requirements. 

Local Evaluation Capacity 

• Grantees must evaluate their 

projects and are required to describe 

their evaluation plans in their 

applications. The evaluation should be 

designed to provide regular feedback to 

the project to improve services. The 

evaluation must include both process 

and outcome components. Process and 

outcome evaluations must measure 

change relating to project goals and 

objectives over time compared to 

baseline information. Describe 

evaluation experience with current or 

past community projects. 

• State willingness to work with IHS 

evaluation consultant(s) in developing 

community-specific outcome measures 

for the local and national evaluation. 

• Demonstrate evidence of having 

secured or plans to secure a qualified 

local evaluation consultant and/or parttime employee to conduct data 

collection and data entry (e.g., resume, 

position description). 

• Describe plans for data collection, 

management, analysis, interpretation 

and reporting. Describe the existing 

approach to the collection of data, along 

with any necessary modifications. Be 

sure to include data collection 

instruments/interview protocols in an 

appendix format. 

• Demonstrate how the evaluation 

will be integrated with requirements for 

collection and reporting of performance 

data (e.g., RPMS and GPRA indicators, 

performance measures). Explain: How 

you will ensure privacy and 

confidentiality; describe where data will 

be stored? Who will or will not have 

access to information and how the 

identity of participants will be kept 

private, for example, through the use of 

a coding system on data records, 

limiting access to records, or storing 

identifiers separately from data? 

Describe adequate consent procedures. 

• Applicants must consider their 

evaluation plans when preparing the 

project budget. No more than 20% of the 

total grant award may be used for 

evaluation and data collection (this is 

not a research grant). 

The evaluation must include both 

process and outcome components. 

Process and outcome evaluations must 

measure change relating to project goals 

and objectives over time compared to 

baseline information. 

Process components should address 

issues such as: 

› How closely did the 

implementation match the plan? 

› What types of deviation from the 

plan occurred? 

› What led to the deviations? 

› What effect did the deviations 

have on the planned intervention and 

evaluation? 

› Who (program, staff) provided 

what services (modality, type, intensity, 

duration), to whom (individual 

characteristics), in what context 

(system, community), and at what cost 

(facilities, personnel, dollars)? 

Outcome components should address 

issues such as: 

› What was the effect of the 

intervention on participants? (For 

intervention projects only.) 

› What was the effect of 

infrastructure development on service 

capacity and other system outcomes? 

(For infrastructure projects only.) 

› What program/contextual factors 

were associated with outcomes? 

› What individual factors were 

associated with outcomes? 

› How durable were the effects? 

• Budget Justification (will not be 

counted in the stated page limit). 

• You must provide a narrative 

justification of the items included in 

your proposed budget, as well as a 

description of existing resources and 

other support you expect to receive for 

the proposed project. Be sure to show 

that no more than 20% of the total grant 

award will be used for data collection 

and evaluation. 

Additional information shall be 

included in the application appendices. 

The appendices will not be counted 

toward the narrative page limit. This 

additional information includes: 

• Position descriptions for key 

personnel including local evaluator and 

data collection/data entry employees. If 

the person evaluator will be 

subcontracted, include a letter of 

commitment with a current biographical 

sketch from the individual(s). Job 

descriptions should be no longer than 

one page each. 

• Curriculum Vitae/Resume of key 

personnel (project director, evaluator (if 

identified). Resumes should be no 

longer than two (2) pages in length. 

• Documentation of current indirect 

cost rate agreement. 

3. Submission Dates and Times 

Applications must be submitted 

electronically through Grants.gov by 12 

midnight Eastern Daylight Time (E.D.T.) 

on the application deadline due date. If 

technical challenges arise and the 

applicant is unable to successfully 

complete the electronic application 

process, the applicant should contact 

Grants Policy Staff at (301) 443–6290 at 

least fifteen days prior to the application 

deadline and advise of the difficulties 

that your organization is experiencing. 

The grantee must obtain prior approval, 

in writing (e-mails are acceptable) 

allowing the paper submission. If 

submission of a paper application is 

requested and approved, the original 

and two copies may be sent to Division 

of Grants Operations (DGO), 801 

Thompson Avenue, TMP, Suite 360, 

Rockville, MD 20852, (301) 443–5204 by 

12 midnight E.D.T. on the application 

deadline date. Applications not 

submitted through Grants.gov, without 

an approved waiver, may be returned to 

the applicant without review or 

consideration. Late applications will not 

be accepted for processing. They will be 

returned to the applicant and will not be 

considered for funding. 

4. Intergovernmental Review 

Executive Order 12372 requiring 

intergovernmental review is not 

applicable to this program. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

› Pre-award costs are allowable 

pending prior approval from the 

awarding agency. However, in 

accordance with 45 CFR Part 74 all preaward costs are incurred at the 

recipient’s risk. The awarding office is 

under no obligation to reimburse such 

costs if for any reason the applicant 

does not receive an award or if the 

award to the recipient is less than 

anticipated. 

› The available funds are inclusive 

of direct and appropriate indirect costs. 

› IHS will not acknowledge receipt 

of applications. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

Electronic Submission—The preferred 

method for receipt of applications is 

electronic submission through 

Grants.gov. However, should any 

technical challenges arise regarding the 

submission, please contact Grants.gov 

Customer Support at (800) 518–4726 or 

support@grants.gov. The Contact Center 

hours of operation are Monday–Friday 

from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. E.D.T. The 

applicant must seek assistance at least 

fifteen days prior to the application 

deadline. Applicants that do not adhere 

to the timelines for Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR) and/or Grants.gov 

registration and/or requesting timely 

assistance with technical issues will not 

be a candidate for paper applications. 

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To submit an application 

electronically, please use the http:// 

www.Grants.gov and select ‘‘Apply for 

Grants’’ link on the home page. 

Download a copy of the application 

package, on the Grants.gov Web site, 

complete it offline and then upload and 

submit the application via the 

Grants.gov site. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

IHS. 

Please be reminded of the following: 

› Under the new IHS application 

submission requirements, paper 

applications are not the preferred 

method. However, if you have technical 

problems submitting your application 

online, please contact Grants.gov 

Customer Support at: http:// 

www.grants.gov/CustomerSupport. 

› Upon contacting Grants.gov obtain 

a tracking number as proof of contact. 

The tracking number is helpful if there 

are technical issues that cannot be 

resolved and a waiver request from 

Grants Policy must be obtained. 

› If it is determined that a formal 

waiver is necessary, the applicant must 

submit a request, in writing (e-mails are 

acceptable), to Michelle.Bulls@ihs.gov 

including a justification for the need to 

deviate from the standard electronic 

submission process. Upon receipt of 

approval, a hard copy application 

package must be downloaded by the 

applicant from Grants.gov, and sent 

directly to the DGO, 801 Thompson 

Avenue, TMP, Suite 360, Rockville, MD 

20852 on or before 12 midnight of the 

application deadline date. 

› Upon entering the Grants.gov site, 

there is information available that 

outlines the requirements to the 

applicant regarding electronic 

submission of an application through 

Grants.gov, as well as the hours of 

operation. We strongly encourage all 

applicants not to wait until the deadline 

date to begin the application process 

through Grants.gov as the registration 

process for CCR and Grants.gov could 

take up to fifteen working days. 

› To use Grants.gov, you, as the 

applicant, must have a DUNS Number 

and register in the CCR. You should 

allow a minimum of ten days working 

days to complete CCR registration. See 

below for more information on how to 

apply. 

› You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

typically included on the SF–424 and 

all necessary assurances and 

certifications. 

› Please use the optional attachment 

feature in Grants.gov to attach 

additional documentation that may be 

requested by IHS. 

› Your application must comply 

with any page limitation requirements 

described in the program 

announcement. 

› After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment from 

Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. The DGO will 

download your application from 

Grants.gov and provide necessary copies 

to the cognizant program office. The 

DGO will not notify applicants that the 

application has been received. 

› You may access the electronic 

application for this program on http:// 

www.Grants.gov. 

› You may search for the 

downloadable application package 

using either the CFDA number or the 

Funding Opportunity Number. Both 

numbers are identified in the heading of 

this announcement. 

› The applicant must provide the 

Funding Opportunity Number: HHS– 

2009–IHS–METHY–0001. 

E-mail applications will not be 

accepted under this announcement. 

DUNS Number 

Applicants are required to have a Dun 

and Bradstreet (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 http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/ 

displayHomePage.do or call (866) 705– 

5711. Interested parties may wish to 

obtain their DUNS number by phone to 

expedite the process. 

Applications submitted electronically 

must also be registered with the CCR. A 

DUNS number is required before CCR 

registration can be completed. Many 

organizations may already have a DUNS 

number. Please use the number listed 

above to investigate whether or not your 

organization has a DUNS number. 

Registration with the CCR is free of 

charge. 

Applicants may register by calling 

(888) 227–2423. Please review and 

complete the CCR Registration 

Worksheet located on http:// 

www.grants.gov/CCRRegister. 

More detailed information regarding 

these registration processes can be 

found at http://www.grants.gov. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Criteria 

Applicants are required to 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, qualitative and quantitative, 

and must measure the intended process 

and outcome. These measures of 

effectiveness must be submitted with 

the application and will be an element 

of evaluation. 

Your application will be evaluated 

against the following criteria: 

Project Plan (40 Points) 

• How adequate is the description of 

the project to be implemented? (e.g. are 

the roles of the partners and staff to be 

hired included)—10 points. 

• How comprehensive are proposed 

objectives and activities described? (e.g. 

are responsible partners or staff 

identified for all activities; will 

activities support the successful 

completion of the project; are the 

proposed methods feasible)—15 Points. 

• Is there a good description and 

justification for the identified project 

target population(s)?—5 Points. 

• Is the time line provided 

comprehensive? (i.e., does it identify 

proposed project activities and 

responsible staff, does the plan cover 

the entire project period)—5 Points. 

• How comprehensive is the plan in 

describing and identifying potential 

problem areas or barriers and proposing 

solutions? (e.g. lack of understanding of 

the severity of the problem within the 

community, lack of community 

resources or lack of coordination of 

community resources)—5 Points. 

Statement of Need (25 Points) 

• Does the description provide an 

adequate baseline picture of the 

community? (e.g., demographics, 

location and brief history of local, 

County and State transitional/discharge 

or aftercare services)—15 Points. 

• How comprehensive is the 

description of the local resource 

organizations relevant to the proposed 

plan? (e.g., behavioral health, health, 

educational, legal, law enforcement, 

non-profit, business)—5 Points. 

• How comprehensive is the 

description of community transitional/ 

discharge or aftercare resources? (e.g., 

number of current facilities and 

programs; existing community 

resources)—5 Points. 

Organizational Capacity (20 Points) 

• Is there an adequate description of 

the infrastructure addressing 

transitional/discharge or aftercare 

services?—5 Points. 

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• Is there adequate evidence provided 

of successful transitional/discharge or 

aftercare program management 

capability?—2 Points. 

• How comprehensive is the 

description of experience with other 

Federal, State or private grants?—2 

Points. 

• How adequate is the description of 

the project staffing, their tasks/roles, 

required experience and training, and 

time commitment? (i.e., are the staff 

roles clearly defined; do key staff have 

sufficient experience and training; is the 

time commitment for all staff sufficient 

to accomplish the program goals)—6 

Points. 

• Are position descriptions for key 

personnel provided? Key personnel 

include the local evaluation consultant, 

local project director/coordinator (if 

noted), clinical staff and data collection/ 

data entry employee.—3 Points. 

• Is the data collection and storage 

capacity adequately described—2 

Points. 

Local Evaluation Capacity (15 Points) 

• How well do the process and 

outcome measures describe 

accomplishment of stated activities and 

objectives (e.g., are they measurable 

objectives, is there a reasonable time 

frame for proposed project)?—5 Points. 

• Is there well-described evidence of 

experience of evaluation capacity with 

other Federal, State or private grants?— 

3 Points. 

• Is there stated willingness to 

collaborate with external IHS evaluation 

consultants?—4 Points. 

• Is evidence of commitment to 

securing a qualified local evaluator and 

data collection/entry employee well 

documented (e.g. letter of commitment/ 

contract, position descriptions, 

resumes)?—3 Points. 

2. Review and Selection Process 

Each application will be prescreened 

by the DGO staff for eligibility, 

compliance with the announcement, 

and completeness. Incomplete 

applications and applications that are 

non-responsive to the eligibility criteria 

will not be referred to the Objective 

Review Committee. Applicants will be 

notified that their application did not 

meet submission requirements. 

Applications that meet eligibility 

requirements, are complete, and 

conform to this announcement will be 

subject to the competitive objective 

review and evaluation by an Ad Hoc 

Review Committee of Tribal, IHS, and 

other Federal or non-Federal reviewers. 

Applications will be reviewed against 

criteria. Reviewers will assign a 

numerical score to each application 

which will be used to rank applications. 

The review process will be directed 

by the DGO staff to ensure compliance 

with HHS and IHS grant review 

guidelines. 

In addition, the following factors may 

affect the funding decision: 

• Geographic diversity. 

3. Anticipated Announcement and 

Award Dates 

Awards will start on August 14, 2009. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices 

The Notice of Award (NoA) will be 

initiated by DGO and will be mailed via 

postal mail to each entity that is 

approved for funding under this 

announcement. The NoA will be signed 

by the Grants Management Officer and 

this is the authorizing document for 

which funds are dispersed to the 

approved entities. The NoA will serve 

as the official notification of the grant 

award and will reflect the amount of 

Federal funds awarded the purpose of 

the grant, the terms and conditions of 

the award, the effective date of the 

award, and the budget/project period. 

The NoA is the legally binding 

document. Applicants who are 

approved but unfunded or disapproved 

based on their Objective Review score 

will receive a copy of the Executive 

Summary which identifies the 

weaknesses and strengths of the 

application submitted. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Grants are administrated in 

accordance with the following 

documents: 

• This Program Announcement. 

• 45 CFR Part 92, ‘‘Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State, 

Local and Tribal Governments,’’ or 45 

CFR Part 74, ‘‘Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Awards to Institutions 

of Higher Education, Hospitals, Other 

Non Profit Organizations and 

Commercial Organizations.’’ 

• HHS Grants Policy Statement, 

January 2007. 

• OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘State, Local, 

and Indian Tribal Governments, (Title 2 

Part 225) or OMB Circular A–122, ‘‘Nonprofit Organizations.’’ (Title 2 Part 230), 

or OMB Circular A–133, ‘‘Audits of 

States, Local Governments, and Non 

Profit Organizations.’’ 

3. Indirect Costs 

This section applies to all grant 

recipients that request reimbursement of 

indirect costs in their grant application. 

In accordance with HHS Grants Policy 

Statement, Part II–27, IHS requires 

applicants to have a current indirect 

cost rate agreement in place prior to 

award. The rate agreement must be 

prepared in accordance with the 

applicable cost principles and guidance 

as provided by the agency or office. A 

current rate means the rate covering the 

applicable activities and the award 

budget period. If the current rate is not 

on file with the DGO at the time of 

award, the indirect cost portion of the 

budget will be restricted and not 

available to the recipient until the 

current rate is provided to DGO. 

Generally, indirect costs rates for IHS 

grantees are negotiated with the 

Division of Cost Allocation (DCA) 

http://rates.psc.gov/ and the Department 

of the Interior (National Business 

Center) http://www.nbc.gov/acquisition/ 

ics/icshome.html. If your organization 

has questions regarding the indirect cost 

policy, please contact the DGO at 301– 

443–5204. 

4. Reporting 

A. Progress Report. A semi-annual 

progress report is required. A format 

will be provided. These reports will 

include a brief comparison of actual 

accomplishments to the goals 

established for the period, or, if 

applicable, provide sound justification 

for the lack of progress, and other 

pertinent information as required. 

Copies of any materials developed shall 

be attached. Semi-annual progress 

reports must be submitted within 30 

days of the end of the half year. An 

annual report must be submitted within 

30 days after the end of the 12 month 

time period. 

B. Financial Status Report. Semiannual financial status reports must be 

submitted within 30 days of the end of 

the half year. Final financial status 

reports are due within 90 days of 

expiration of the budget/project period. 

Standard Form 269 (long form) will be 

used for financial reporting. 

C. Reports. Grantees are responsible 

and accountable for accurate reporting 

of the Progress Reports and Financial 

Status Reports which are generally due 

semi-annually. Financial Status Reports 

(SF–269) are due 90 days after each 

budget period and the final SF–269 

must be verified from the grantee 

records on how the value was derived. 

Grantees must submit reports in a 

reasonable period of time. 

Failure to submit required reports 

within the time allowed may result in 

suspension or termination of an active 

grant, withholding of additional awards 

for the project, or other enforcement 

actions such as withholding of 

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payments or converting to the 

reimbursement method of payment. 

Continued failure to submit required 

reports may result in one or both of the 

following: (1) The imposition of special 

award provisions; and (2) the nonfunding or non-award of other eligible 

projects or activities. This applies 

whether the delinquency is attributable 

to the failure of the grantee organization 

or the individual responsible for 

preparation of the reports. 

5. Telecommunication for the hearing 

impaired is available at: TTY (301) 443– 

6394. 

VII. Agency Contact(s) 

We encourage inquiries concerning 

this announcement. 

For program technical assistance, 

contact: Bryan E. Wooden, Director 

(Acting) Division of Behavioral Health, 

801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 300, 

Reyes Building, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. Telephone: (301) 443–2038. Email: bryan.wooden@ihs.gov. 

For financial, grants management, or 

budget assistance, contact: Kimberly 

Pendleton, 12300 Twinbrook Metro 

Plaza, Suite 360, Rockville, MD 20851. 

Telephone: (301) 443–6290. E-mail: 

kimberly.pendleton@ihs.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

This and other IHS funding 

opportunity announcements can be 

found on the IHS Web site, Internet 

address: http://www.ihs.gov. Click on 

‘‘Funding’’ then ‘‘Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements.’’ 

Dated: June 26, 2009. 

Yvette Roubideaux, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–16148 Filed 7–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

[Funding Opportunity Number: HHS–2009– 

IHS–OCPS–HIV–0001] 

Office of Clinical and Preventive 

Services: National HIV Program; 

Announcement Type: Cooperative 

Agreement; Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance Number: 93.933 

DATES: Key Dates: Application Deadline 

Date: July 31, 2009. 

Review Date: August 6, 2009. 

Anticipated Start Date: August 10, 

2009. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The Indian Health Service (IHS) 

announces that competitive cooperative 

agreement applications are now being 

accepted by the IHS Office of Clinical 

and Preventive Services (OCPS) for the 

National Human Immunodeficiency 

Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency 

Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Program. This 

program is authorized under the Snyder 

Act, 25 U.S.C. 13, and the Indian Health 

Care Improvement Act, 25 U.S.C. 

1602(a)(b)(42)(43). This program is 

described under 93.933 in the Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). 

There will be only one funding cycle 

during Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. 

Enhancement of HIV/AIDS testing 

activities in American Indian/Alaska 

Native (AI/AN) people is necessary to 

reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in 

those communities by increasing access 

to HIV related services, reducing stigma, 

and making testing routine. This open 

competition seeks to expand fiscal 

resources to increase the number of AI/ 

AN with awareness of his/her HIV 

status. The cooperative agreements will 

provide routine HIV screening for adults 

as per 2006 Centers for Disease Control 

and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, and 

pre- and post test counseling (when 

appropriate). 

These cooperative agreements will be 

used to identify best practices to 

enhance HIV testing, including rapid 

testing and/or conventional HIV 

antibody testing, and to provide a more 

focused effort to address HIV/AIDS 

prevention in AI/AN populations in the 

United States. 

The nature of these projects will 

require collaboration to: (1) Coordinate 

activities with the IHS National HIV 

Program; and (2) submit and share nonpersonally identifiable (NPI) data 

surrounding HIV/AIDS testing, 

treatment and education. 

These agreements are intended to 

encourage development of sustainable, 

routine HIV screening programs in 

Tribal health facilities that are aligned 

with 2006 CDC HIV screening 

guidelines (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ 

preview/mmwrhtml/rr5514a1.htm). Key 

features include streamlined consent 

and counseling procedures (verbal 

consent, opt-out), a clear HIV screening 

policy, identifying and implementing 

any necessary staff training, community 

awareness, and a clear follow-up 

protocol for HIV positive results 

including linkages to care. Grantees may 

choose to bundle HIV tests with 

sexually transmitted diseases (STD) 

screening. 

Proposed activities that cover large 

populations and/or geographical areas 

that do not necessarily correspond with 

current IHS administrative areas are 

encouraged. In conducting activities to 

achieve the purpose of this program, the 

recipient will be responsible for the 

activities under: 1. Recipient Activities, 

and IHS will be responsible for 

conducting activities under 2. IHS 

Activities. 

1. Recipient Activities 

• Assist AI/AN communities and 

Tribal organizations in increasing the 

number of AI/ANs with awareness of 

his/her HIV status. The grantee will 

assist and facilitate reporting of HIV 

diagnoses to local and state public 

health authorities in the region as 

required under existing public health 

statutes. 

• Test at least one previouslyuntested (not tested in the prior five 

years) patient for every $50.00 in 

cooperative agreement funds received, 

inclusive of all ancillary and indirect 

costs. 

• Collaborate with national IHS 

programs by providing standardized, 

anonymous HIV surveillance data on a 

quarterly basis, and in identifying and 

documenting best practices for 

implementing routine HIV testing. 

• Participate in the development of 

systems for sharing, improving, and 

disseminating aggregate HIV data at a 

national level for purposes of advocacy 

for AI/AN communities, Government 

Performance Results Act of 1993 

(GPRA), Healthy People 2010/2020 and 

other national-level activities. 

• A three page mid-year report and no 

more than a ten page summary annual 

report at the end of each project year. 

The report should establish the impact 

and outcomes of various methods of 

implementing routine screening tried 

during the funding period. 

2. IHS Activities 

• Provide funded organizations with 

ongoing consultation and technical 

assistance to plan, implement, and 

evaluate each component of the 

comprehensive program as described 

under Recipient Activities above. 

Consultation and technical assistance 

will include, but not be limited to, the 

following areas: (a) Interpretation of 

current scientific literature related 

epidemiology, statistics, surveillance, 

Healthy People 2010/2020 Objectives, 

and other HIV disease control activities; 

(b) Design and implementation of 

program components (including, but not 

limited to, program implementation 

methods, surveillance, epidemiologic 

analysis, outbreak investigation, 

development of programmatic 

evaluation, development of disease 

control programs, and coordination of 

activities); and 

(c) Overall operational planning and 

program management. 

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