[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47440-47445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17835]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Office of the Secretary
Funding Opportunity Title: Safe and Bright Futures for Children
Initiative
ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Initial.
CFDA Number: 93.990.
DATES: Applications are due no later than September 9, 2004.
SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of fiscal year (FY)
2004 grant funds for the Safe and Bright Futures for Children
Initiative--a program to diminish the damaging effects of domestic
violence on children and adolescents and to stop the cycles of abuse
and intentional injury. Approximately $2.2 million in funding is
available on a competitive basis for a maximum of up to 30 grants for
Phase One of the Safe and Bright Futures for Children Initiative. Phase
One consists of 2 years strategic planning (as outlined in Application
and Submission Information--Section IV). It is expected that the first
year award will begin on or about September 30, 2004 and will be for a
12-month budget period. The second year award will require a non-
competing continuation application and be made on or about September
30, 2005, depending on grantee performance and availability of funds
and be for a 12-month budget period. Each grantee will be funded
approximately $ 75,000 each year of the 2-year project period.
Applicants must demonstrate direct experience with domestic violence
prevention or show ability to partner with relevant domestic violence
prevention community agencies. Phase Two--Safe and Bright Futures for
Children Implementation Grants--will be competitively awarded, under a
separate announcement, to approximately 8 of the Phase One planning
grantees in FY 2006. It is anticipated that approximately $500,000 a
year for each of the three years, depending on availability of funds,
will be awarded. Implementation plans, as developed in the planning
years would be submitted as a competing application for objective
competitive peer review; implementation (continuation) funding will be
contingent on peer review approval, score, and award preferences
criteria.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
The Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) of the Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS) announces the availability of funds
for FY 2004 and requests applications for grants for Phase One of the
Safe and Bright Futures for Children Initiative--a program to diminish
the damaging effects of domestic violence on children and adolescents
and to stop the cycles of abuse and intentional injury.
The OPHS is under the direction of the Assistant Secretary for
Health (ASH), who serves as the Senior Advisor on public health and
science issues to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services. The Office serves as the focal point for leadership and
coordination across the Department in public health and science,
provides direction to program offices within OPHS; and provides advice
and counsel on public health and science issues to the Secretary.
The prosperity of our nation rests upon the health of our children.
Accordingly, securing a bright future must begin with ensuring the
health and safety of our children. Of the many threats to their well
being, one of the most devastating is the trauma experienced by
witnessing parent conflict and the violation of safety and security in
the home. Domestic violence is also a generational problem that
perpetuates a dangerous cycle of both abusers and victims of abuse. As
such, it is important to recognize that the primacy of safety first for
children relies on providing safety and assistance to the non-abusing
parent or primary caregiver, in ending violence in the home. Providing
safety and preventive or intervention services to the non-abusing
caregiver(s) and teaching children and adolescents by example that it
is unacceptable to resolve the problems of life by violent means is
essential for their well-being.
Too often children who reside in homes where domestic violence
occurs are not identified; when they are, they do not receive the
necessary and appropriate help, either related to the trauma
surrounding the precipitating event or with regard to long term follow-
up and follow-through needs. The systems of support for battered
parents/caregivers and the systems of accountability for those
perpetrating interpersonal violence are often not well geared for
addressing the developmental, social, emotional, or behavioral needs of
children or adolescents. New promising approaches for working with
children exposed to violence and their parents/caregivers are emerging.
This initiative seeks to encourage communities to plan for, develop,
implement and sustain a coordinated system of prevention, intervention,
treatment, and follow-through services for children who have witnessed
or been exposed to domestic violence and their families.
The Safe and Bright Futures for Children Initiative is a multi-
agency collaboration within the DHHS which builds on the President's
existing efforts to combat violence against women and families.
Resources will be competitively available to support the implementation
of projects that will become models of community prevention and
intervention for children/adolescent who are witnesses of or those
exposed to domestic
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violence. The initiative will support coordination of services,
necessary expansion or enhancement of services at the community or
regional level which are age-appropriate, culturally- and
linguistically-appropriate. The initiative will build on community
assets and strengthen collaborations between local government, and
community- and/or faith-based programs that can prevent or intervene,
identify, assess, treat, and provide follow-up services to the target
population. It is anticipated and intended that proceeds from the
``Stop Family Violence'' semi postal stamp, released in 2003, will be
used for this initiative in fiscal years 2006-2009.
In order to produce the coordinated system and service enhancement
design, grantees will be required to accomplish tasks based on
strategic planning that targets specific child/adolescent service
outcomes which are community specific and appropriate for the
population to be served. This initiative and planning phase also
provides a vehicle for communities to integrate existing Federal
programs focused on this population. (Applicants are directed to http://harvester.census.gov/CFFR/index.html to identity existing Federal
programs in their areas).
This DHHS-sponsored Safe and Bright Futures for Children Initiative
is announced in concert with a related activity being undertaken by the
Department of Justice (DOJ) which also supports the President's
domestic violence prevention efforts. The DOJ will award grants to 12
communities for the creation of Family Justice Centers to provide
medical care, counseling, law enforcement, social services, employment
assistance, and housing assistance together in one location. To the
extent applicable, communities that receive a Safe and Bright Futures
for Children grant, will be required to demonstrate linkage with a DOJ-
sponsored Family Justice Center either as a planning partner or during
the implementation phase of this initiative.
Program Statutes
Sections 1701-1704 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act authorize
the Secretary to undertake and support, through improved planning and
implementation of tested models and evaluation of results, effective
and efficient programs respecting health information and health
promotion, preventive health services, and the education in the
appropriate use of health care. Additional applicable program
authorities of the Department of Health and Human Services relevant to
the implementation of this activity include: Sections 301 (general
authority), 392(b), 393 (relating to violence prevention) and 501(d)
(relating to substance abuse prevention and treatment and mental health
services) of the PHS Act. Title V of the Social Security Act (relating
to maternal and child health) is also applicable.
II. Award Information
Funding Instrument Type: Grant.
Anticipated Total Funding: $2,200,000.00.
Anticipated Number of Awards: Up to 30.
Amount of Individual Awards: Up to $75,000.00.
Project Period for Award: 24 months.
Anticipated Start Date: September 30, 2004.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants
To qualify for funding, an applicant must be a public or private
non-profit entity, including but not limited to child/adolescent-
serving local government agency, community-based or faith-based entity
or organization located in a State or U.S. Territory, or Federally
recognized Tribe or Tribal Organization. States may only apply on
behalf of a coalition of entities for a State-defined community to
develop or enhance a community system. Since this initiative is
intended to be a community effort with focus on diminishing the impact
of domestic violence, it is required that a primary partner be from the
domain of service providers in a community that engage in domestic
violence prevention or intervention services. Other organizations that
are experienced in the areas of injury/violence prevention, protection,
safety, identification, assessment and treatment of children and
adolescents who have witnessed or been exposed to domestic violence and
in working with victims and perpetrators, mental health providers with
expertise in trauma-related services are encouraged to be included as
partners.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching
None.
3. Other
Applicants 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 either the web site: https://www/dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html or call 1-866-705-5711. Be sure to click on
the link that reads, ``DUNS Number Only'' at the right hand bottom
corner of the screen to access the free registration page. Please note
that registration via the web site may take up to 30 business days to
complete.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address To Request Application Package
Application kits are available from and shall be submitted to the
Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and
Science, Office of Grants Management, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 550,
Rockville, MD 20853. Send the original and 2 copies of the complete
application to this address. Application kits may also be obtained by
calling the Office of Grants Management, (301) 594-0758 between the
hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST. For Further Programmatic Information
Contact: Woodie Kessel, M.D., M.P.H., [email protected], 202-401-
6295.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission
For this grant, applications must be submitted on the Form PHS-
5161-1 (Revised 07/00) and in the manner prescribed in the application
kit. An applicant is advised to pay close attention to the specific
program guidelines and general instructions provided in the kit.
Applicants are required to submit an original application signed by
an individual authorized to act for the applicant agency or
organization and to assume for the organization the obligations imposed
by the terms and conditions of the grant award. Applicants are required
to submit an original application and two copies. Applications are
limited to 25 double-spaced pages, not including appendices and be in
12-point font. Appendices may include curriculum vitae and other
evidence of organizational capabilities.
Applications must include a one-page abstract of the proposed
project. The abstract will be used to provide reviewers with an
overview of the application, and will form the basis for the
application summary in grants management documents.
It is the practice of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion (ODPHP), in the Office of Public Health and Science, to
maintain a summary of grants and to post this information on the ODPHP
web site.
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The abstract will be used as the basis for this posting and for other
requests for summary information regarding funded grants.
Grantees under this program will implement a strategic planning and
design process that yields a realistic coordinated service system model
with service enhancements. The strategic plan will guide
implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of ongoing modifications
which will result from feedback and influence future system
development. Applicants must address each of the areas below and in
similar sequence in the application:
Understanding of Methodologies for planning a continuous and
coordinated system of identification, protection, and care for children
and adolescents, including those with special needs, who witness or are
exposed to domestic violence. Specifically, the applicant must address
how it will:
(a) Establish an inclusive and participatory format that ensures
engagement in and acceptance of the planning process and specific
outcome expectations by key community stakeholders, including but not
limited to: e.g., domestic violence prevention and service providers
and advocates, family members/caregivers, children and adolescents;
community- and faith-based organizations; child protective services;
schools; law enforcement/judicial system representatives, including
Tribal courts where applicable; public and/or private practitioners
from child welfare, health and behavioral health, schools; and agencies
providing job training/placement and housing services. Applicants may
utilize and build on an existing community/provider partnership or
coalition. Where this is case, applicant must describe how the
partnership will be expanded to include the required service providers
(i.e., domestic violence prevention/intervention services) and address
the requirements of this initiative. The applicant also must document
its experience and success with planning of coordinated programs.
(b) Design an approach to assessing need and organizing a
coordinated system of intervention and care for children, adolescents
and their families, including children with special needs and the non-
abusing primary caregiver(s), that includes mental health services such
as child trauma services or victim counseling, child/adolescent/family
counseling; protection and safety; health care services; substance
abuse prevention and treatment services; and supportive and/or
ancillary services (e.g., legal advocacy, transportation), important to
meeting the comprehensive needs of the target population. In designing
the approach to assess needs and coordinate services, attention should
given to the cultural diversity and corresponding issues within the
community, as well as developmental or social concerns for the target
population, e.g., age, gender, sexual orientation, language, socio-
economic status.
(c) Identify the evaluation parameters (as designated by the
community) and outcome measures that will be used to determine the
level of success of the implemented service system model (such as
ranking priorities from among topics like access to services, rate of
emergency department use, school success and connectedness, enhancing
resilience, juvenile justice involvement, family stability, change in
service capacity, and cost offsets) and its level of functioning (such
as ranking priorities from topics such as client/community/staff
satisfaction, identification and severity of diagnosis, financial
stability). Note that both outcome and process evaluations should be
considered in the planning effort. Identified evaluation processes
should be evidenced-based and rely on current research, to the extent
possible.
(d) Describe how the collaboration will support non-offending
parents (or primary caregivers) in seeking greater safety for their
children and themselves as a step in the process of ameliorating the
effects of domestic violence on children.
(e) Develop a resource strategy, including cost offsets from other
systems, that creates a realistic framework for implementation and
shows how community agencies/stakeholders will obtain and invest
various resources, both public and private, into the integrated
services system model with a goal of financial sustainability.
(f) To the extent applicable, identify and demonstrate
collaboration and linkages with other related DHHS and Federal
initiatives or programs in the applicant's community that address
prevention, early intervention and treatment for children who are
exposed to or witness domestic violence and their families, and how
these programs will be incorporated into the planning process; how they
will be involved with implementation; and their role with maintaining
the established integrated model of coordinated care. (See http://harvester.census.gov/CFFR/index.html to access a listing of Federally-
supported programs in a community).
The applicant should describe how the following dimensions will be
addressed in the planning process:
(a) Governance and executive leadership.
(b) Coordination of organizational structures and staff;
configurations of staff.
(c) Operations and management; accountability.
(d) Facilities and equipment; materials and supplies.
(e) Financing and allocation of resources; blending of funds and
resources; fiscal management; fiscal sustainability.
(f) Legal and regulatory issues, including confidentiality and
safety issues for the target population and non-offending parents or
primary caregivers.
(g) Involvement and interactions among diverse disciplines; human
resources development and management; organizational culture and work
climate; relationships with external care providers.
(h) Education, training and supervision of clinicians,
administrators, social workers, teachers, and support staff; needs of
health professions students and professionals-in-training.
(i) Information systems and medical record keeping including
confidentiality of client/family information.
(j) Quality assessment and strategies for improvement, evaluation
(process and outcomes), and performance results.
(k) On-going strategic planning for future development and growth;
flexibility and ability to accommodate a changing environment should
also be addressed.
Understanding the issues of the target population and community as
an essential part of planning for a coordinated services system model.
Applicant will describe a vision of the existing and enhanced services
for the target population based on the service needs and outcome
expectations of the target community and describe the challenges, in
terms of both opportunities and barriers, related to designing a
coordinated system, filling service gaps, and sustaining a coordinated
system, across the various child/adolescent-serving agencies which
address the target population, including but not limited to: Police,
emergency rooms, child welfare, family and juvenile court judges, child
protective services, domestic abuse shelters, schools, and health and
mental health service providers.
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Organization Capabilities/Resources Management Plan
The applicant will demonstrate that it has the capacity to engage
the relevant local agency stakeholders in the planning process.
Application will address:
(a) Experience with similar planning activities and experience with
the target population of children, adolescents, and their families/
caregivers;
(b) Experience of proposed leadership, including past endeavors
that involved relationships with multiple stakeholders;
(c) Commitment to developing and sustaining working relationships
among key stakeholders, with the goal of designing and ultimately
implementing a coordinated services program. The demonstration of
explicit leadership commitment to this collaborative project will be
established through jointly signed letters from the applicant
organization with the directors of each participating agency/
organization. Each letter should state: (a) Which organization/agency/
program will be responsible for the grant award (that is, serve as the
grantee and assume fiscal and managerial responsibility for the
funding); (b) how planning and leadership will be organized; (c)
commitment to full engagement in the planning process, and if selected
for Phase Two of this initiative, full commitment to the future
implementation of the developed integrated services system that was
produced from the planning process. These letters should be contained
in the Appendix, ``Letters of Agreement.''
(d) Description of its organizational structure in relation to:
sponsoring organizations, designated planning and support personnel,
the target community, and specifically with regard to leading the
planning in terms of: (1) Time frames for performance; (2) resources
proposed for each task (e.g., staffing, consultants, collaborating
agencies, facilities, equipment, information systems, and (3) a
staffing/management plan.
(e) How proposed planning activities will be monitored and tracked.
(f) Description of contingency efforts that might be undertaken to
implement the plan in part or as a whole if implementation funding is
not available.
Experience of Key Personnel
Applicant will describe qualifications and experience of the
designated planning director and other key personnel as well as the
qualifications and experience of staff from the partnering
organizations, agencies and programs, consultants, and subcontractors.
Resumes and/or curricula vitae should be included in Appendices.
Budget
Applicant will submit a detailed budget on form SF-424a with
complete budget justification for each line item in the budget
categories of the application. See Form PHS-5161-1 (Revised 7/00).
Budget should reflect appropriate costs of up to $150,000.00 for the
entire 2 year planning process. Submit year 1 and year 2 budgets
separately.
Budget must reflect costs travel costs for up to 2 key personnel to
attend one 2-day meeting in Washington, DC at mid-project period.
3. Submission Dates and Times
To receive consideration, applications must be received by the
Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Grants Management by 5
p.m. EDT on September 9, 2004. Applications received after the exact
date and time specified for receipt will not be accepted. The
application due date requirement specified in this announcement
supercedes the instruction in the PHS 5161-1. Applications submitted by
facsimile transmission (FAX) or any other electronic format will not be
accepted. Applications which do not meet the deadline or format
requirements, specified under Content and Form of Application
Submission, will not be accepted for review and will be returned to the
applicant unread.
4. Intergovernmental Reivew
Applicants under this announcement are not subject to the
requirements of Executive Order 12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of
Federal Programs.''
5. Funding Restrictions
Funds cannot be used for construction or renovation, to purchase or
lease vehicles or vans, to purchase a facility to house project staff
or carry out project activities, or to substitute new activities and
expenditures for current ones. The allowability, allocability,
reasonableness, and necessity of direct and indirect costs that may be
charged to OPHS grants are outlined in the following documents: OMB
Circular A-21 (Institutions of Higher education); OMB Circular A-87
(State and Local Governments); OMB Circular A-122 (Non-Profit
Organizations); and 45 CFR Part 74, Appendix E (Hospitals). Copies of
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars are available on
the internet at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants_circulars.html.
6. Submission Requirements
Applications must be submitted to the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Officer of Grants
Management, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 550, Rockville, Maryland,
20852; (301) 594-0758. Attention: Ms. Karen Campbell.
V. Application Review Information
1. Criteria
Each application will be evaluated individually against the
following criteria by a panel of independent reviewers appointed by
OPHS. Before the review panel convenes, each application will be
screened for applicant organization eligibility, as well as to make
sure the application contains all the essential elements. Applications
received from ineligible organizations and applications received after
the deadline will be withdrawn from further consideration. Applications
that do not conform to the requirements of this program announcement
will not be accepted for review and will be returned to the applicant.
Applications sent via facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted
for review. Applicants that meet the requirements of this program
announcement will be notified by the Office of Grants Management. A
panel of at least three reviewers will use the evaluation criteria
listed below to determine the strengths and weaknesses of each
application, provide comments and assign numerical scores. Applicants
should address each criterion in the project application. The point
value (summing up to 100) indicated the maximum numerical weight each
criterion will be accorded in the review process.
Criterion 1: Planning Methodology (30 Points)
The extent to which the applicant understands the methodologies for
planning and designing an effective, organized and coordinated system
of comprehensive services for children and adolescents, including those
with special needs, who witness or are exposed to domestic violence,
and their families.
That applicant has demonstrated an inclusive and participatory
process which involves the key community stakeholders, and includes a
local provider(s) of domestic violence prevention and intervention
services as a primary partner.
If applicable, the appropriateness of using an existing partnership
or
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coalition, its potential for successfully planning a coordinated system
of services, as evidenced by documented experience and success with
previous strategic planning, and how required service providers, not
already a part of the existing partnership or coalition will be
included. This includes linkage or collaboration with other related
DHHS and Federal initiatives that address prevention, early
intervention and treatment for children who are exposed to or witness
domestic violence and their families and how they will be incorporated
into the planning process, involved with implementation, maintaining
the proposed model of care.
Appropriateness of Proposed Governance Structure
The extent to which the proposed planning process will determine
need and guide development of a coordinated services system that
includes the required and supportive services to meet the comprehensive
needs of the target population and with attention to age, development
stages, racial/ethnic, cultural, language, gender, sexual orientation,
socio-economic status and other community-specific issues identified in
the proposed service model design.
The extent to which applicant describes a process for developing an
evaluation (of success) and reasonable outcome expectations and
measures that the stakeholders will likely adopt and which define the
proposed evaluation measures of the expected outcomes. Note that both
outcome and process evaluations are to be a part of the planning
effort.
The adequacy and appropriateness of the proposed activities to
develop a resource strategy which is likely to create a realistic
framework for implementation and shows how community agencies/
stakeholders will obtain and invest various resources, both public and
private, into the coordinated services system model with a goal of
financial sustainability.
The extent to which the methodology is appropriate to the
applicant's community (will be able to address any problems and
barriers associated with the community's current system for children
and adolescents and their families) and can be relied upon to yield a
clear description of a proposed system.
The extent to which the proposed methodology accommodates a process
for assessing the cost of the current and proposed services, including
cost offsets from other systems.
Criterion 2: Organization Capabilities/Resource/Management Plan (25
Points).
The extent of applicant's previous experiences in designing
integrated systems and/or integrated services models; those that have
involved multiple stakeholders, especially with the organizations,
agencies, and programs designated as partners to this activity.
Stability of applicant organizational in terms of structure and
history, including its relationships to the partnering organizations,
among proposed personnel, with the target community, and its ability to
obtain and sustain interagency coordination, collaboration and
resources. The applicant should affirm the commitment of each
collaborating and cooperating agency and describe the intended roles
that each agency will play in planning.
Applicant should describe its plan for monitoring and tracking
planning activities.
Feasibility of contingency efforts that might be undertaken to
implement the plan in part or as a whole if implementation funding is
not available.
Criterion 3: Qualifications and Experience of Key Personnel (20 Points)
Qualification and experience of key personnel: Planning director;
designated personnel from partnering organizations, agencies and
programs; consultants and subcontractors, with domestic violence
prevention/intervention programs and activities, especially those for
children and adolescents who have been exposed to or witnessed domestic
violence and their families.
Criterion 4: Management Plan (15 Points)
Feasibility and appropriateness of the planning process in terms
of: (a) Time frames, (b) adequacy and availability of resources (e.g.,
personnel, consultants, contractors, collaborating agencies,
facilities, equipment, information technology resources), and (c)
staffing plan, including how the primary staff reflect the target
community.
Criterion 5: Budget (10 Points)
Appropriateness of budget and the justification in relation to the
proposed activities.
Reasonableness of costs and other necessary details to facilitate
the determination of cost allowability and the relevance of these costs
to the proposed planning process.
Inclusion of appropriate travel costs for up to 2 key personnel to
attend one 2-day meeting in Washington, DC at mid-project period.
2. Review and Selection Process
Each application submitted to the OPHS Office of Grants management
will be screened to determine whether it was received by the closing
date and time.
The results of a competitive review are a primary factor of the
applications and, in light of the results of the competitive review,
will recommend applications for funding to the ASH. The ASH reserves
the option of discussing applications with other funding sources when
this is in the interest of the Federal government. The ASH may also
solicit and consider comments from Public Health Services Regional
Office staff and others within DHHS in making funding decision. Final
grant award decisions will be made by the ASH. The ASH will fund those
projects which will, in his/her judgement, best promote the purposes of
this program, within the limits of funds available for such projects.
Award Decision Preferences
Final funding decisions for OPHS grants are the responsibility of
the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH). In considering approved
applications for funding, preferences may be exercised for groups of
applications. Selection preference will be given to the approved
applications, under this initiative, based on the following:
Availability of funds.
Evidence of non-supplantation of funds.
Evidence of commitment by the identified stakeholders through
letters of commitment which include the defined roles and
responsibilities during the planning period.
Evidence of formal coordination/collaboration with a Federal and/or
non-Federal organization that has the recognized capacity to provide
resources to support/assist in this project. Specifically, and to the
extent applicable, linkage with a DOJ supported Family Justice Center.
Equitable distribution of awards in terms of geography, project
size, and rural/urban locality; including location of current HHS
grantees.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices
The OPHS does not release information about individual applications
during the review process. When final decisions have been made,
successful applicants will be notified by letter of the outcome of the
final funding decisions. The official document
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notifying an applicant that a project has been approved for funding is
the Notice of Grant Award (NGA), signed by the OPHS Grants Management
Officer, which sets forth the amount of funds granted, the terms and
conditions of the award, the effective date of the grant, the budget
period for which initial support will be given, and the total project
period for which support is contemplated. The OPHS will notify an
organization in writing when its application will not be funded. Every
effort will be made to notify all unsuccessful applicants as soon as
possible after final decisions are made.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements
In accepting this award, the grantee stipulates that the award and
any activities thereunder are subject to all provisions in 45 CFR parts
74 (non-governmental) and 92 (governmental) currently in effect or
implemented during the period of the grant.
The Buy American Act of 1933, as amended (41 U.S.C. 10a-10d),
requires that Government agencies give priority to domestic products
when making purchasing decisions. Therefore, to the greatest extent
practicable, all equipment and products purchased with grant funds
should be American-made.
A Notice providing information and guidance regarding the
``Government-wide Implementation of the President's Welfare-to-Work
Initiative for Federal Grant Programs'' was published in the Federal
Register on May 16, 1997. This initiative was designated to facilitate
and encourage grantees and their subrecipients to hire welfare
recipients and to provide additional needed training and/or mentoring
as needed. The text of the Notice is available electronically on the
OMB homepage at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb.
The HHS Appropriations Act requires that when issuing statements,
press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations, and other
documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part
with Federal money, grantees shall clearly state the percentage and
dollar amount of the total costs of the program or project which will
be financed with Federal money and the percentage and dollar amount of
the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-
governmental sources.
Provision of Smoke-free Workplace and Non-Use of Tobacco Products by
Recipients of PHS Grants
The PHS strongly encourages all grant recipients to provide a
smoke-free workplace and to 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.
3. Reporting
A successful applicant under this notice will submit: (1) Semi-
annual progress reports; (2) a final progress report in the form of the
Plan; and (3) a Financial Status Report in the format established in
accordance with the provisions of the general regulations which apply
under ``Monitoring and Reporting Program Performance,'' 45 CFR 74.51-
74.52, with the exception of State and local governments to which 45
CFR part 92, Subpart C reporting requirements apply. Applicants must
submit all required reports in a timely manner, in recommended formats
(to be provided) and submit a final report on the project, including
any information on evaluation results, at the completion of the project
period. Agencies receiving $500,000 or more in total Federal funds are
required to undergo an annual audit as described in OMB Circular A-133,
``Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations.''
Public Health System Reporting Requirements
This program is subject to Public Health System reporting
Requirements. Under these requirements, a 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 community-
based organizations within their jurisdictions.
Community-based nongovernmental applicants are required to submit,
no later than the Federal due date for receipt of the application, the
following information to the head of the appropriate State and local
health agencies in the area(s) to be impacted: (a) A Copy of the face
page of the applications (SF 424), and (b) a summary of the project
(PHSIS), not to exceed one page, which provides: (1) a description of
the population to be served, (2) a summary of the services to be
provided, and (3) a description of the coordination planned with the
appropriate State or local health agencies. Copies of the letters
forwarding the PHSIS to these authorities must be contained in the
application materials submitted to the Office of Public Health and
Science.
VII. Agency Contacts
Grants Management Office Contact: Karen Campbell, Department of
Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, OPHS
Grants Management Office, 1101 Wootton Parkway, Suite 550, Rockville,
Maryland, 20852. E-mail: [email protected]; telephone: 301-594-
0758. Program Office Contact: Woodie Kessel, Department of Health and
Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Room 738-G Hubert H. Humphrey
Building, 200 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC, 20201. E-mail:
[email protected]; telephone: 202-401-6295.
Dated: July 30, 2004.
Cristina V. Beato,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Public Health and
Science.
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