[Federal Register: May 10, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 90)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
BECAUSE Kids Count! (Building and Enhancing Community Alliances
United for Safety and Empowerment)
Announcement Type: New.
Funding Opportunity Number: 04142.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.136.
Key Dates:
Letter of Intent Deadline: May 25, 2004.
Application Deadline: July 9, 2004.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Authority: This program is authorized under section 317(k)(2) of
the Public Health Service Act, (42 U.S.C. 247b(k)(2).
Purpose: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2004 cooperative
agreement funds to build or expand the capacity of national
organizations and their state, local, regional and/or tribal affiliates
to address the prevention of child maltreatment, which includes
physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse. Research
suggests that these areas of violence have risk and protective factors
across multiple domains of influence as represented by the ecological
model presented in the World Report on Violence and Health (Krug et
al., 2002) including individual, relationship, community and societal
levels. Violence prevention efforts in child maltreatment include
activities that are aimed at addressing the individual, relationship,
community and societal factors of potential victims, perpetrators and
bystanders.
The specific purposes of this funding are to:
1. Provide an opportunity for national organizations to expand
their leadership role in addressing the prevention of child
maltreatment by disseminating the key concepts of prevention,
evaluation, and the ecological model, models for community assessment
and action, and evidence-based prevention strategies within their own
organizations. An emphasis will be placed on preventing child
maltreatment before it occurs.
2. Foster effective collaborations within the organizations and
their affiliates to respond to emerging policy and program issues
related to the prevention of child maltreatment.
3. Conduct organizational assessments of infrastructure
capabilities, staff and structural capacities, organizational
definitions, understandings, and applications of prevention principles
and key concepts. The assessments should also determine organizational
readiness for dissemination of child maltreatment prevention concepts
and strategies, and organizational barriers and facilitators, with an
emphasis on preventing child maltreatment before it ever occurs.
4. Develop a prevention plan based upon information obtained from
the organizational assessments, as well as an inventory of initiatives
and a review of organizational data related to the prevention of child
maltreatment. The plan for future activities should have an emphasis on
preventing child maltreatment before it occurs.
This program addresses the ``Healthy People 2010'' focus area of
Injury and Violence Prevention.
Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the
following performance goal for the National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (NCIPC): Increase the capacity of injury
prevention and control programs to address the prevention of injuries
and violence.
For the purposes of this program announcement the following
definitions apply:
Child maltreatment: ``Child abuse or maltreatment constitutes all
forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect
or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting
in actual or potential harm to the child's health, survival,
development or dignity in the context of a relationship of
responsibility, trust or power'' (Report of the Consultation on Child
Abuse Prevention, 29-31 March 1999, WHO, Geneva. Geneva, World Health
Organization (WHO), 1999 (document WHO/HSC/PVI/99.1)).
Prevention: Individual, relationship or family, community, and/or
environmental/system level strategies, policies and actions that
prevent violence from initially occurring. Prevention efforts work to
modify and/or entirely eliminate the event, conditions, situations, or
exposure to influences (risk factors) that result in the initiation of
violence and associated injuries, disabilities, and deaths.
Additionally, prevention efforts seek to identify and enhance
protective factors that may prevent violence not only in at-risk
populations but also in the community at large. Prevention efforts for
child maltreatment include activities that are aimed at addressing the
individual, relationship, community and societal factors that influence
potential perpetrators, victims, and bystanders.
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Intervention: Services, policies and actions provided after child
maltreatment has occurred.
Activities: Awardee activities for this program are as follows:
1. Develop, expand, and/or maintain a child maltreatment prevention
Work Group comprised of persons with expertise and experience in the
areas of child maltreatment, child health, and child well-being,
including public health. This group will:
a. Provide consultation to the awardee and assist in guiding
planning efforts.
b. Assist in identifying organizational prevention programs and
data sources.
c. Assist in the development of a prevention plan (as defined by
this announcement). This plan should guide the organization's efforts
to address the prevention of child maltreatment or one or more specific
components of child maltreatment, such as physical abuse, emotional
abuse, neglect, and/or sexual abuse.
d. Seek support and resources to implement the strategies and
recommendations detailed in the prevention plan.
2. Review existing data and conduct an inventory of initiatives
within the organization and its affiliates related to the prevention of
child maltreatment. This should be done in conjunction with CDC:
a. Develop and conduct an organizational inventory of child
maltreatment prevention programs; at minimum, the inventory should
include the number of programs, intended audience, content, and
resources devoted to the programs.
b. Compile a report on organizational policies and research
activities focused on the prevention of child maltreatment.
c. Review existing organizational data related to the prevention of
child maltreatment.
d. Prepare a report summarizing the findings from 2a, 2b, and 2c.
Include plans for using these data to inform the prevention-planning
document described below in number four.
3. Conduct assessments, using available guidance and direction from
CDC, to determine the level of organizational commitment, interest and
readiness to fully engage in efforts to prevent child maltreatment.
a. Assess the status of the organization and its affiliates with
regard to carrying out activities that support the purposes of this
program and their needs for training, technical assistance, materials,
and other resources.
b. Conduct an organization-wide assessment of readiness for
dissemination of child maltreatment prevention concepts and strategies.
4. Develop a prevention plan that will guide the organization's
efforts to prevent child maltreatment, or one or more components of
child maltreatment, such as physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect,
and/or sexual abuse. The plan should address global risk and protective
factors, and identify strategies to address the complex ecological
factors that influence violence. Specifically, the plan must provide
strategies that address individual, relationship, community, and
societal factors. In addition, the prevention plan should include a
logic model and time-phased implementation strategies.
5. Identify strategies that will provide support for sustaining and
enhancing future prevention activities by addressing the following: (1)
Ongoing collaboration and community involvement; (2) Ongoing
commitment; (3) Ongoing communication; (4) Evaluation; and (5) Other
issues associated with the selected topic area.
6. Launch the national organization's child maltreatment prevention
plan.
7. Collaborate with CDC and other awardees on an ongoing basis to
ensure consensus and uniformity related to core measures, tools, and
processes, through conference calls and traveling to required awardee
meetings, including training sessions, evaluation meetings, and project
updates.
8. Submit required reports to CDC as scheduled.
In a cooperative agreement, CDC staff is substantially involved in
the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring.
CDC Activities for this program are as follows:
1. Provide updated information related to the purposes and
activities of this program announcement.
2. Provide technical assistance and consultation in the
development, implementation, and evaluation of assessment instruments
and the organization's plan to prevent child maltreatment, including
program objectives and performance measures.
3. Coordinate information sharing among relevant CDC awardees and
partners to ensure consensus and uniformity related to core measures,
tools, and processes.
4. Provide assistance with program planning to assure consistency
with program goals for capacity building, including the use of logic
models and other public health tools and resources.
5. Collaborate with awardees to plan and implement partner
meetings, conferences, and trainings to provide forums through which
awardees can increase their knowledge and skills, learn from each
other, share resources, and work collaboratively to address issues
related to child maltreatment prevention.
6. Participate in the Work Group's strategic planning meetings.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement. CDC involvement in this
program is listed in the Activities Section above.
Fiscal Year Funds: 2004.
Approximate Total Funding: $600,000.
Approximate Number of Awards: Three.
Approximate Average Award: $200,000.
Floor of Award Range: $150,000.
Ceiling of Award Range: $200,000.
Anticipated Award Date: September 1, 2004.
Budget Period Length: 12 months.
Project Period Length: Two years.
Throughout the project period, CDC's commitment to continuation of
awards will be conditioned on the availability of funds, evidence of
satisfactory progress by the recipient (as documented in required
reports), and the determination that continued funding is in the best
interest of the Federal Government.
III. Eligibility Information
III.1. Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants are national organizations that are non-profit
and non-governmental, including national faith-based organizations,
that work in the area of child maltreatment (i.e., physical abuse,
emotional abuse, neglect, and/or sexual abuse). Eligible applicants
must have state, local, regional, and/or tribal affiliates and provide
support to these affiliates.
III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Matching funds are not required for this program.
III.3. Other Eligibility Requirements
If your application is incomplete or non-responsive to the
requirements listed below, it will not be entered into the review
process. You will be notified that your application did not meet the
submission requirements.
Effective and well-defined working relationships between
the national organization and its affiliates, as well as entities
outside the national organization, which will ensure implementation of
proposed activities.
The requested funding amount should not be greater than
the ceiling amount of $200,000.
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Note: Title 2 of the United States Code section 1611 states that
an organization described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to
receive Federal funds constituting an award, grant, or loan.
IV. Application and Submission Information
IV.1. Address To Request Application Package
To apply for this funding opportunity use application form PHS
5161. Forms are available on the CDC web site, at the following
Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm. If you do not
have access to the Internet, or if you have difficulty accessing the
forms on-line, you may contact the CDC Procurement and Grants Office
Technical Information Management Section (PGO-TIM) staff at: 770-488-
2700. Application forms can be mailed to you.
Pre-Application Conference Call: For interested applicants, one
pre-application technical assistance call will be conducted. The call
will be held for one hour. The conference call name is BECAUSE Kids
Count! The call date and time is May 24, 2004, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern
time. Call USA toll free (888) 528-9061. The leader will be Ms. Pat
Bender. The pass code is 15033. For security reasons, the pass code and
the leader's name will be required to join the call.
IV.2. Content and Form of Submission
Letter of Intent (LOI)
Your LOI must be written in the following format:
Maximum number of pages: two
Font size: 12-point unreduced
Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches
Single spaced
Page margin size: One inch
Printed only on one side of page
Written in plain language, avoid jargon
Your LOI must contain the following information:
Number and title of this Program Announcement
Brief description of your organization including the
component(s) of child maltreatment that your organization addresses
Number of affiliates
Organizational structure
Requirements for affiliation
Application
You must include a project narrative with your application forms.
Your narrative must be submitted in the following format:
Maximum number of pages: 25. If your narrative exceeds the
page limit, only the first 25 pages of the application which are within
the page limit will be reviewed.
Font size: 12 point unreduced
Double spaced
Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches
Page margin size: One inch
Printed only on one side of page
Held together only by rubber bands or metal clips; not
bound in any other way (e.g., do not use staples).
Your narrative should address activities to be conducted over the
entire project period, and must include the following items in the
order listed:
Abstract (one-page summary of the application, does not
count towards page limit)
Relevant Experience
Work Plan
Collaboration
Capacity and Staffing
Evaluation
Measures of Effectiveness
Proposed Budget and Justification (does not count towards
page limit)
Additional information may be included in the application
appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative
page limit. This additional information includes:
Curriculum Vitaes
Job Descriptions
Resumes
Organizational Charts
Letters of Support, etc.
You are required to have a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal
Numbering System (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://www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1-866-705-5711.
For more information, see the CDC Web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/pubcommt.htm
.
If your application form does not have a DUNS number field, please
write your DUNS number at the top of the first page of your
application, and/or include your DUNS number in your application cover
letter.
Additional requirements that may require you to submit additional
documentation with your application are listed in section ``VI.2.
Administrative and National Policy Requirements.''
IV.3. Submission Dates and Times
LOI Deadline Date: June 23, 2004.
CDC requests that you send a LOI if you intend to apply for this
program. Although the LOI is not required, not binding, and does not
enter into the review of your subsequent application, the LOI will be
gauge the level of interest in this program, and to allow CDC to plan
the application review.
Application Deadline Date: June 23, 2004.
Explanation of Deadlines: Applications must be received in the CDC
Procurement and Grants Office by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline
date. If you send your application by the United States Postal Service
or commercial delivery service, you must ensure that the carrier will
be able to guarantee delivery of the application by the closing date
and time. If CDC receives your application after closing due to: (1)
carrier error, when the carrier accepted the package with a guarantee
for delivery by the closing date and time, or (2) significant weather
delays or natural disasters, you will be given the opportunity to
submit documentation of the carrier's guarantee. If the documentation
verifies a carrier problem, CDC will consider the application as having
been received by the deadline.
This program announcement is the definitive guide on application
format, content, and deadlines. It supersedes information provided in
the application instructions. If your application does not meet the
deadline above, it will not be eligible for review, and will be
discarded. You will be notified that you did not meet the submission
requirements.
CDC will notify you upon receipt of your application. If you have a
question about the receipt of your application, first contact your
courier. If you still have a question, contact the PGO-TIM staff at:
770-488-2700. Before calling, please wait two to three days after the
application deadline. This will allow time for applications to be
processed and logged.
IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of Application
Executive Order 12372 does not apply to this program.
IV.5. Funding Restrictions
Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing your
budget, are as follows: Cooperative agreement funds for this project
cannot be used for construction, renovation, the lease of passenger
vehicles, the development of major software applications, or
supplanting current applicant expenditures.
If you are requesting indirect costs in your budget, you must
include a copy of your indirect cost rate agreement. If
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your indirect cost rate is a provisional rate, the agreement must be
less than 12 months of age.
Guidance for completing your budget can be found on the CDC Web
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/budgetguide.htm
.
IV.6. Other Submission Requirements
LOI Submission Address: Submit your LOI by express mail, delivery
service, fax, or E-mail to: Margaret Brome, Project Officer, 2939
Flowers Road South, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-1721, Number:
770-488-1360, E-mail: MBrome@cdc.gov.
Application Submission Address: Submit the original and two hard
copies of your application by mail or express delivery service to:
Technical Information Management--PA 04142, CDC Procurement
and Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341.
Applications may not be submitted electronically at this time.
V. Application Review Information
V.1. Criteria
You 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 and quantitative, and must
measure the intended 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:
1. Relevant Experience (30 Points)
a. Does the applicant demonstrate experience coordinating,
collaborating and providing leadership with regard to child
maltreatment or a specific component of child maltreatment, such as
physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, or sexual abuse?
b. Does the applicant demonstrate experience managing a work group?
c. Does the applicant demonstrate experience in collecting and
using organizational assessment data? Does the applicant have
experience using data to determine organizational priorities?
d. Does the applicant demonstrate experience identifying and
prioritizing violence-related strategies, especially in the field of
child maltreatment or in a specific component of child maltreatment?
e. Does the applicant demonstrate experience developing strategic
plans?
2. Work Plan (30 Points)
a. Does the applicant include a detailed work plan, including a
time-line for the first year?
b. Does the applicant provide clearly stated goals and
corresponding objectives that are specific, measurable, attainable,
realistic and time-phased?
c. Does the applicant provide details about how the inventory of
initiatives and review of data related to the prevention of child
maltreatment within the organization and its affiliates will be
achieved? Does the applicant describe how the assessments of the needs
of the organization and its affiliates will be conducted relative to
training, technical assistance, materials, and other resources? Does
the applicant describe how it will assess the readiness of the
organization and its affiliates to disseminate child maltreatment
prevention concepts and strategies?
d. Does the applicant describe how the inventory and assessments
will be integrated into the organization's prevention plan for child
maltreatment?
e. Does the applicant describe how the prevention plan will be
developed? Does the applicant provide details about what strategies
will be used to obtain support for the prevention plan within the
organization and its affiliates?
f. Does the applicant indicate a willingness to embrace prevention
concepts, that is preventing initial perpetration? Does the applicant
incorporate strategies that are aimed at addressing individual,
relationship, community and societal factors, which are elements of the
ecological model?
3. Collaboration (20 Points)
a. Does the applicant describe the composition, role and
involvement of the Work Group, and identify or propose participants
representing a broad range of disciplines that work in the areas of
child maltreatment, child health, and child well being, including
public health?
b. Does the applicant demonstrate a willingness to collaborate with
CDC in the assessment and prevention planning activities? Does the
applicant demonstrate a willingness to collaborate with relevant CDC
awardees and partners? Does the applicant demonstrate a willingness to
work with CDC and the other awardees to reach consensus and uniformity
in selecting core measures, tools, and processes?
c. Does the applicant demonstrate a successful history of
collaborating effectively with other organizations? Does the applicant
include letters of support and/or memoranda of agreement from
organizations, research and/or academic experts/institutions, and other
agencies and organizations, including public health agencies and
organizations that work with children?
d. Does the applicant demonstrate a clear plan for involving state,
local, regional, and/or tribal affiliates in the assessment and
planning processes?
4. Capacity and Staffing (10 Points)
a. Does the applicant demonstrate existing capacity,
infrastructure, and evidence of leadership to carry out the required
activities? Does the applicant demonstrate an ability to effectively
manage and implement the required activities?
b. Does the applicant describe the responsibilities of individual
staff members, including their level of effort and allocation of time?
c. Does the applicant describe project staff and their relevant
skills and expertise for their assigned tasks relative to this
announcement?
d. Does the applicant include an organizational chart?
5. Evaluation (10 Points)
a. Does the applicant provide a detailed description of the methods
to be used to evaluate the project?
b. Does the applicant demonstrate a willingness to collaborate with
CDC and other awardees in the development of a logic model?
6. Measures of Effectiveness (Not Scored)
Does the applicant provide objective/quantifiable measures
regarding the intended outcomes that will demonstrate the
accomplishment of the various identified objectives of the cooperative
agreement?
7. Proposed Budget and Justification (Not Scored)
Does the applicant provide a detailed budget with complete line-
item justification of all proposed costs consistent with the stated
activities in the program announcement? Details must include a
breakdown in the categories of personnel (with time allocations for
each), staff travel, communications and postage, equipment, supplies,
and any other costs? Does the budget projection include a narrative
justification for all requested costs? Any sources of additional
funding beyond the amount stipulated in this cooperative agreement
should be indicated, including donated time or services. For each
expense category, the budget should indicate CDC share, the applicant
share and any
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other support. These funds should not be used to supplant existing
efforts.
V.2. Review and Selection Process
Applications will be reviewed for completeness by the Procurement
and Grants Office (PGO) staff, and for responsiveness by NCIPC.
Incomplete applications and applications that are non-responsive to the
eligibility criteria will not advance through the review process.
Applicants will be notified that their application did not meet
submission requirements.
A Special Emphasis Panel will evaluate your application according
to the criteria listed in the ``V.1. Criteria'' section above.
V.3. Anticipated Announcement and Award Date
August 15, 2004
VI. Award Administration Information
VI.1. Award Notices
Successful applicants will receive a Notice of Grant Award (NGA)
from the CDC Procurement and Grants Office. The NGA shall be the only
binding, authorizing document between the recipient and CDC. The NGA
will be signed by an authorized Grants Management Officer, and mailed
to the recipient fiscal officer identified in the application.
Unsuccessful applicants will receive notification of the results of
the application review by mail.
VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements
45 CFR Parts 74 or 92
For more information on the Code of Federal Regulations, see the
National Archives and Records Administration at the following Internet
address: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html.
The following additional requirements apply to this project:
AR-10 Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements
AR-11 Healthy People 2010
AR-12 Lobbying Restrictions
AR-13 Prohibition on Use of CDC Funds for Certain Gun Control
Activities
AR-15 Proof of Non-Profit Status
Additional information on these requirements can be found on the
CDC web site at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/ARs.htm
.
Projects that involve the collection of information from ten or
more individuals and funded by cooperative agreement will be subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork
Reduction Act.
VI.3. Reporting Requirements
You must provide CDC with an original, plus two copies of the
following reports:
1. Interim progress report, no less than 90 days before the end of
the budget period. The progress report will serve as your non-competing
continuation application, and must contain the following elements:
a. Current Budget Period Activities Objectives.
b. Current Budget Period Financial Progress.
c. New Budget Period Program Proposed Activity Objectives.
d. Detailed Line-Item Budget and Justification.
e. Additional Requested Information.
f. Measures of Effectiveness.
2. Financial status report, no more than 90 days after the end of
the budget period.
3. Final financial and performance reports, no more than 90 days
after the end of the project period.
These reports must be mailed to the Grants Management or Contract
Specialist listed in the ``Agency Contacts'' section of this
announcement.
VII. Agency Contacts
For general questions about this announcement, contact: Technical
Information Management Section, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920
Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
For program technical assistance, contact: Margaret Brome, Project
Officer, 4770 Buford Hwy., NE, MS-K60, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724,
Telephone: 770-488-1721, E-mail: MBrome@cdc.gov.
For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact:
Angie Tuttle, Grants Management Specialist, CDC Procurement and Grants
Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Suite 3000, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone:
770-488-2719, E-mail: Angie.Nation@cdc.hhs.gov.
Dated: May 4, 2004.
William P. Nichols,
Acting Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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