FR Doc 04-21580

[Federal Register: September 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 186)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Solicitation: Building State, Territorial, and Tribal
Capacity To Address Children's Environmental Health: Environmental
Triggers of Childhood Asthma; Initial Announcement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

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Part I. Overview Information

(1) Federal Agency: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the
Administrator, Office of Children's Health Protection.
(2) Funding Opportunity Title: Building State, Territorial, and
Tribal Capacity to Address Children's Environmental Health:
Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma; Initial Announcement.
(3) Funding Opportunity Number: USEPA-AO-OCHP-04-02.
(4) CFDA Number: 66.609 Protection of Children and the Aging as a
Fundamental Goal of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Fiscal
Year 2004, Environmental Protection Agency.
(5) Deadline for the Letter of Intent: October 15, 2004. All
applicants must submit a Letter of Intent (up to two pages in length)
to be considered for an invitation to submit a Full Proposal.
(6) Solicitation Closing Date and Full Proposal shipping date for
applicants found to be eligible by EPA based on the Letters of Intent:
December 29, 2004.
(7) Table of Contents:

Part I. Overview Information
Part II. Full Text of Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
Section II. Award Information
Section III. Eligibility Information
Section IV. Application and Submission Information
Section V. Application Review Information
Section VI. Award Administration Information
Section VII. Agency Contact
Section VIII. Other Information
Attachment Sample Letter of Intent

(8) Executive Summary
(a) Funding Opportunity Title: ``Building State, Territorial, and
Tribal Capacity to Address Children's Environmental Health:
Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma.''
(b) Announcement Type: Initial Offering.
(c) Funding Opportunity Number: USEPA-AO-OCHP-04-02.
(d) CFDA Number: 66.609 Protection of Children and the Aging as a
Fundamental Goal of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Fiscal
Year 2004, EPA.
(e) Purpose of Funding Opportunity: Identify projects that will
build state, territorial, and tribal capacity to address the
environment triggers of childhood asthma. This solicitation focuses on
projects that equip environment and health departments/agencies, and
social service agencies where indicated, of states, territories and
tribes as partners or state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma
coalitions with substantive government involvement, to achieve
measurable environmental and public health results by identifying and
reducing environmental risks to protect and improve the environmental
health of children impacted by asthma. Projects must be accomplished
through collaborative efforts of environment and health departments/
agencies, and social service agencies where indicated, of states,
territories and tribes as partners or state/territorial/tribal or
regional asthma coalitions with substantive government involvement
which focus on one or more Target Investment Areas. Target Project
Areas define a range of activities from which applicants must choose to
understand, coordinate, address and manage the environmental triggers
of childhood asthma.
(f) Awards: EPA anticipates awarding approximately seven to nine
grants from these Full Proposals. Approximately $360,000 are expected
to be awarded. Grants or cooperative agreements may be requested from
$25,000 to $50,000 for a period of one year. No cost sharing is
required.
(g) Eligibility: The environment or health departments/agencies, in
partnership with social service departments/agencies when indicated, of
the states of EPA Regions 2-10 (NJ, NY, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV, AL, FL, GE,
KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI, AR, LA, NM, OK, TX, IA, KS,
MO, NE, CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY, AZ, CA, HI, NV, AK, ID, OR and WA) and
the District of Columbia; tribes whose territories fall within the
aforementioned states and the territories of the United States.
Applicant agencies must propose to collaborate with their counterparts
in their government's environment or health department or related
agencies in this project.
Applicants may also be state/territorial/tribal or regional (e.g.
the asthma coalition of the greater metropolitan area of Smallville)
asthma coalitions in the geographic areas defined above, with
documented significant sustained involvement of senior representatives
of the environment and health departments of the states, territories or
tribes in the geographic area served by the state/territorial/tribal or
regional asthma coalition.
(h) Application and Submission Information: A two part application
process will be followed. Letters of Intent must be submitted by e-mail
October 15, 2004. Applicants with successful Letters of Intent will be
invited to participate in an optional Pre-proposal Assistance Call on
October 26, 2004 and to submit a Full Proposal which must be shipped by
December 29, 2004. A sample Letter of Intent is included as an
Attachment to this Solicitation. Other application materials are
available on the Office of Children's Health Protection Web site:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm and the EPA Grants Administration Web site http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/how_to_apply.htm.

Part II. Full Text of Announcement

Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

1. Background
In recent years, EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection has
encouraged and supported collaboration between state level health and
environment departments/agencies toward the end of building state
capacity to combat childhood asthma. Since the summer of 2001, the
Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) has collaborated with the
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to design a flexible template for
state level strategies and actions to minimize environmental factors
that contribute to asthma in children. This focus on environmental
factors complements the on-going Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
state asthma program which recognizes the need to address environmental
factors but does not explicitly provide guidance or support for this
aspect of disease prevention and control.
Throughout 2002, ECOS, ASTHO, and EPA hosted a series of four
workshops to refine the details of a cooperative approach in four
specific areas: Data, environmental factors in homes, environmental
factors in schools and child care facilities, and outdoor environmental
factors.
The funding priorities of this Request for Proposals are a
reflection of the draft action agenda, Catching Your Breath http://www.astho.org/pubs/CatchingYourBreathReport.pdf
that resulted from this

intensive collaborative visioning process.
With this Funding Opportunity, the Office of Children's Health
Protection is pleased to be able to extend this capacity building
effort to territories of the United States and tribes.
2. Funding Priorities
The purpose of this funding opportunity, ``Building State,
Territorial, and Tribal Capacity to Address Children's Environmental
Health: Environmental Triggers of Childhood Asthma,'' is to identify

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projects that will build state, territorial, and tribal capacity to
address the environmental triggers of childhood asthma. This
solicitation focuses on projects that equip environment and health
departments/agencies, in partnership with social service agencies,
where indicated, of states, territories and tribes or state/
territorial/tribal or regional asthma coalitions with substantive
government involvement, to achieve measurable environmental and public
health results by identifying and reducing environmental risks to
protect and improve the environmental health of children impacted by
asthma. This initiative will help achieve these goals by identifying
and funding projects that:
Focus efforts on benefitting communities at greatest risk
including places with high levels of toxic air pollution and areas with
disproportionate impact from environmental health hazards related to
childhood asthma;
Measure, assess, and reduce environmental triggers of
health risks associated with childhood asthma;
Increase collaboration among environment, health and other
relevant agencies within states, territories and tribes, or within
state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma coalitions with their
government partners. Focus collaboration upon understanding the burden
of childhood asthma in at-risk communities and minimizing and
eliminating the sources of environmental triggers; and
Build institutional capacity to understand and solve
children's environmental health problems through innovative techniques;
and achieve measurable children's environmental health benefits.
Specifically, projects must meet the Statutory Criteria. Further,
they must focus on one or more Target Investment Areas and build state,
territorial or tribal capacity to address children's environmental
health through collaborative efforts of environment, health and other
appropriate government agencies in partnership with other organizations
through work to understand, coordinate, address and manage the
environmental triggers of childhood asthma through one of the Target
Project Areas.

a. Statutory Criteria

EPA expects to award these grants under the Clean Air Act Section
103(b)(3). In addition to the program criteria list below, a proposal
must meet the following two important Statutory Criteria to be
considered for funding.
(1) Statutory Criterion 1
A project must consist of activities authorized under the Clean Air
Act Section 103(b)(3). This statute authorizes grants for: ``research,
investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys and studies.''
These activities relate generally to the gathering or transferring of
knowledge. Grant proposals should emphasize a ``learning'' concept, as
opposed to ``fixing'' a specific environmental problem through a well-
established method. For example, the application of the EPA ``Tools for
Schools'' protocols in schools to manage environmental triggers and
thereby reduce childhood asthma is not eligible nor would a project to
develop a home assessment checklist tool and conduct routine home
assessments be eligible. The project's activities must advance the
state of knowledge or transfer information to other practitioners in
the field. The statutory term ``demonstration'' can encompass the first
application of an approach or an innovative application of a previously
used method. The term ``research'' may include the application of
established practices as they contribute to ``learning'' about the
effectiveness of an environmental approach.
(2) Statutory Criterion 2
Section 103 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) authorizes EPA's
Administrator to conduct and promote the coordination and acceleration
of research, investigations, experiments, demonstrations, surveys and
studies relating to the causes, effects (including health and welfare
effects), extent, prevention, and control of air pollution by making
grants to air pollution control agencies, to other public or nonprofit
private agencies, institutions, and organizations for purposes stated
in Section 103(a)(1) http://www.epa.gov/oar/caa/caa103.txt. The

overarching concern or principle focus must be on the statutory purpose
of this grant authority. Proposals should describe the relationship of
their proposed activities to the air (ambient and indoor) pollution
statute. Products may include, but are not limited to, conference
presentations with published papers, case studies, workshops,
educational materials, innovative tools, or on-site demonstrations.

b. Target Investment Areas and Target Project Areas

In order to qualify as eligible projects under this initiative,
projects must focus on and benefit one or more Target Investment Areas
and build state, territorial and tribal capacity to address children's
environmental health through collaborative efforts of environment,
health, and other appropriate government departments/agencies in
partnership with other organizations to coordinate, address and manage
the environmental triggers of childhood asthma through one of the
Target Project Areas.
(1) Target Investment Areas
(a) Benefit communities at greatest risk of childhood asthma
including places with high risk from toxic air pollution, and/or
(b) Areas with disproportionate impact from environmental health
hazards related to childhood asthma.
(2) Target Project Areas
Building state, territorial and tribal capacity to address
childhood asthma can be accomplished through projects in one or more of
these areas:
(a) Organize or charter state/territorial/tribal or regional (e.g.
the asthma coalition of the greater metropolitan area of Smallville)
asthma coalitions with government partners to provide innovative
solutions to address the environmental triggers of childhood asthma.
Broad-based membership must feature senior officials from the
environment and health agencies of the states, territories or tribes
within the geographic area covered who demonstrate significant
leadership and pledge sustained participation in the coalition.
(b) Existing state, territorial or tribal governmental partnerships
or state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma coalitions, design and
implement projects that focus on understanding the burden of childhood
asthma in Target Investment Areas and identify sources of asthma
triggers;
(c) Collaborative efforts of state, territorial and tribal
environment, health and social service departments/agencies and/or
state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma coalitions which include
these entities, to demonstrate and evaluate the effectiveness of:
(i) New methods, approaches or protocols for reducing or
eliminating exposure to environmental asthma triggers in early
childhood (0-4 years). This may include but is not limited to changes
in environmental health requirements of child care facility approval,
education and implementation work in large-scale and home-based child
care facilities, pre-K and nursery school programs, Head Start and
Migrant Head Start facilities, homeless shelters serving children of
this age range, etc.

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(ii) New approaches for encouraging, rewarding, and measuring the
elimination of environmental asthma triggers from the environments of
young children. These may include, but are not limited to training and/
or certification programs for child care providers, training and
follow-up programs for new parents in high risk communities, training
and consumer education for parents on environmental asthma triggers
common in the child care setting and what to look for when choosing a
child care provider based on these concerns, etc.

Note:
For all the above, ``environmental asthma triggers'' is meant to
include known indoor and outdoor triggers such as dust mites, pet
dander, cockroach dust, ambient particulate matter, diesel exhaust,
ground level ozone (smog), second hand tobacco smoke, etc.

Section II. Award Information

Funds available for these projects are expected to total
approximately $360,000. Grants and cooperative agreements are expected
to be awarded to approximately seven to nine state, territorial or
tribal environment or health agencies or state/territorial or regional
(e.g. the asthma coalition of the greater metropolitan area of
Smallville) asthma coalitions. Proposals for less than $25,000 and
greater than $50,000 will not be considered. Award amounts will vary
depending upon solicitation priorities, proposal quality and level of
activity, and resource availability. The Agency reserves the right to
make no awards under this solicitation.
Projects may expand upon ongoing work within the focus of this
solicitation. However, the boundaries of the previous and proposed work
under this solicitation must be clear in terms of the work to be done
and the budget to support the new proposal.
It is expected that grants and cooperative agreements will begin
around the spring of 2005 and be completed in the spring of 2006.
If the applicant chooses to submit a proposal for a cooperative
agreement, the Agency will have substantial involvement in the project.
The applicant must define the expectations for Agency involvement in
the project. Such involvement may mean EPA review and approval of
project scope and phases; EPA participation in and collaboration on,
various phases of the work; EPA review of draft and final work
products; regular e-mail, phone and conference calls.
Projects not selected for award under this solicitation will be
retained on file and made available for potential funding by OCHP and
other EPA offices for a period of one year from the date of receipt of
the Full Proposal by EPA.
While only environment or health agencies/departments or state/
territorial/tribal or regional asthma coalitions with government
partners may be the direct recipients and lead administrators of the
project, other partners are encouraged to participate and are eligible
for compensation through sub-contracting agreement(s) between the lead
agency/department and collaborating partners as long as the state/
territorial/tribal department/agency maintains a substantive, hands-on
role in the management and implementation of the project. Materials to
support the projects may be secured through procurement contracts.

Section III. Eligibility Information

1. Applicants

a. Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants under this managed competition include:
government environment or health departments/agencies, in partnership
with social service departments/agencies when indicated, of states,
territories or tribes as listed below, and state/territorial/tribal or
regional (e.g. the asthma coalition of the greater metropolitan area of
Smallville) asthma coalitions addressing environmental triggers of
childhood asthma with substantive involvement of these government
department/agency partners.
Eligible governments include: the states of EPA Regions 2-10 (NJ,
NY, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV, AL, FL, GE, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, IL, IN, MI, MN,
OH, WI, AR, LA, NM, OK, TX, IA, KS, MO, NE, CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY, AZ,
CA, HI, NV, AK, ID, OR and WA) and the District of Columbia; tribes
whose territories fall within the aforementioned states; and the
territories of the United States.

b. Ineligible Applicants

(1) The EPA Region 1 states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont and the tribes whose
territories fall within this Region are expressly excluded from this
funding Initiative. Funding was available directly from the EPA Region
1 Office through a different competed solicitation in April of 2004
known as the ``Healthy Communities Grant Program'' to support New
England states' efforts in the arena of childhood asthma and related
community-based endeavors. See http://www.epa.gov/region01/grants/healthycommunities.html
or contact Sandra Padula at (617) 918-1797 for

more information.
(2) Businesses, federal agencies, and individuals are not eligible
to be grant recipients. They are encouraged to work in partnership with
eligible applicants on projects.

c. Non-profit Status

Applicants are not required to have a formal Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) non-profit designation, such as 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4);
however they must present in their Full Proposal their letter of
incorporation or other documentation demonstrating their non-profit or
not-for-profit status. This requirement does not apply to public
agencies or federally-recognized tribes. Failure to enclose a letter of
incorporation or other documentation demonstrating non-profit or not-
for-profit status will render Full Proposals incomplete and they will
not be reviewed. Applicants who do have an IRS 501(c)(4) designation
are not eligible for grants if they engage in lobbying, no matter what
the source of funding for the lobbying activities. No recipient may use
grant funds for lobbying. For profit enterprises are not eligible to
receive sub-grants from eligible recipients, although they may receive
contracts, subject to EPA regulations on procurement under assistance
agreements, 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 30.40 (for non-
governmental recipients) and 40 CFR 31.36 (for governments).

d. Tribal Status

Tribal agencies must supply documentation of their authorizing
tribal resolution.

e. Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs (SPOC List)

Applicants must adhere to the provisions of The Executive Order
12372, ``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs'' (SPOC List)
applies. See http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html for further

information.

f. Responsible Officials and Partnerships

As stated above, eligible applicants in this managed competition
include environment, health agencies/departments, in partnership with
social service agencies where applicable, of states, territories or
tribes, and state/territorial/tribal or regional (e.g. the asthma
coalition of the greater metropolitan area of Smallville) asthma
coalitions with government partners. While only environment or health
agencies/departments or state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma

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coalitions with government partners may be the direct recipients and
lead administrators of the project, other partners are encouraged to
participate and are eligible for compensation through sub-contracting
agreement(s) between the lead agency/department and collaborating
partners as long as the state, territorial or tribal agency/department
maintains a substantive, hands-on role in the management and
implementation of the project. Please note that substantive involvement
by the environment and health departments is a key evaluation
criterion. Projects that are essentially pass-through funding to a
third party for independent implementation will not meet the evaluation
criteria. Examples of substantive collaborative involvement include but
are not limited to:
(1) Both agencies/departments dedicating personnel;
(2) Agencies/departments co-sponsoring and presenting at crucial
workshops and meetings; or
(3) Both agencies/departments being involved in peer reviews of
documents and/or products.

g. Statutory Criterion

Applicants must meet standards for eligibility described in section
103(b)(3) of the CAA (http://www.epa.gov/oar/caa/caa103.txt).

h. Incurring Costs

a. Responsiveness Criteria That Will Make An Application Ineligible

(1) Letters of Intent
The Letter of Intent must comply with the following responsiveness
criteria to be eligible to submit a Full Proposal: Applicant
eligibility, completeness, administrative responsiveness, and
timeliness of submission.
(2) Full Proposal
The Full Proposal must comply with the following responsiveness
criteria for the Full Proposal to be reviewed for possible award:
Timeliness of shipment, administrative responsiveness, order of
materials presentation, completeness, original signatures as required,
required number of copies and the absence of unnecessary materials and
extraneous information.

b. Multiple Proposals

State, territorial and tribal departments/agencies and state/
territorial/tribal or regional (e.g. the asthma coalition of the
greater metropolitan area of Smallville) asthma coalitions addressing
environmental triggers of childhood asthma with substantive involvement
of these government department/agency partners (as described above in
section III) may submit more than one proposal if the proposals are for
different projects. However, no more than one grant will be awarded
under this offering to any given state, territory or tribal entity or
state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma coalition serving a given
geographic area. Environment and health departments/agencies of state,
territorial and tribal organizations are encouraged to collaborate with
joint proposals under this solicitation that is focused on bringing
environment and health departments/agencies together to address
environmental triggers of childhood asthma.

Section IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Address To Request Application Package
This is a two-stage application process involving a Letter of
Intent which is evaluated for basic eligibility, administrative and
technical responsiveness. Applicants submitting acceptable Letters of
Intent will be invited to participate in a Pre-proposal assistance
conference call and to submit a Full Proposal.
A sample Letter of Intent is provided at the end of this
solicitation. Paper copies of this announcement, the sample Letter of
Intent and the requisite forms for the Full Proposal can be obtained by
contacting EPA personnel listed in Section VII of this solicitation.
Electronic copies of the requisite forms for the Full Proposal are
available at http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm.
If your Full Proposal is selected for possible award, your

EPA Regional Office will supply you with any additional Federal forms
needed to process your Full Proposal for award.
2. Content and Form of Application (Proposal) Submission

a. Stage 1

(1) Stage 1 Content and Form of Letter of Intent
(a) Stage 1 of this application process is a Letter of Intent (Up
to two pages in length) which is due via e-mail to
fletcher.bettina@epa.gov on or before October 15, 2004. Letters of

Intent must have an email subject line starting with Letter of Intent:
Followed by your Project Title. Email confirmation of receipt will be
sent within two business days of receipt.
(b) Email submission of the Letter of Intent is strongly preferred.
However, if email is not available, the Letter of Intent may be faxed
to the attention of Bettina B. Fletcher at 202-564-2733. If a
confirming phone call for fax transmissions is not received within two
business days, a phone call should be made to Bettina Fletcher at 202-
564-2646 to initiate a trace.
(c) A sample Letter of Intent is provided at the end of this
solicitation. A copy also can be found at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
.

(d) Your Letter of Intent must provide all of the following
information in the following order:
(Section 1) Contact information for your organization:
(1) Name of your organization.
(2) Project name.
(3) Name of authorized representative.
(4) Address.
(5) Phone number and fax number.
(6) E-mail address.
(7) Web site, if any.
(Section 2) A brief description of how your organization fits each
stated eligibility criterion and how your organization proposes to
collaborate with the other agency(ies)/department(s).
(Section 3) One page project summary including:
(1) Dollar value of the project;
(2) Description of the organizational unit which will lead/oversee
the project;
(3) A brief summary statement that articulates the project's
concept and states its goals and objectives;
(4) A brief description of how this project will meet the Statutory
Criteria.
(5) Identification of the specific Target Investment Area and the
specific Target Project Area addressed by the project;
(6) A brief summary of the method that will be used to achieve the
project goals and how the outcomes will be measured;

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(7) Summary of the kinds of activities that will be funded by the
project and;
(8) A brief description of the role the state, territorial, or
tribal environment and health agencies or state, territorial or tribal
members of your state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma coalition
will play in this project.
(Section 4) Indication of Interest in Participating in Optional
Pre-proposal Assistance Call and Special Needs:
(1) Indication if you would like to participate in the October 26,
2004 optional Pre-proposal Assistance Call if your Letter of Intent is
accepted.

Note: Letters of Intent submitted to EPA will be evaluated for
basic eligibility, administrative and technical responsiveness. Only
those proposals satisfying all the requirements will be invited to
submit a Full Proposal; and

(2) Indication of any special needs to permit participation on such
a call.

b. Stage 2 Full Proposals, If Invited By EPA

Stage 2 of this application process is a Full Proposal (including
optional Pre-proposal Assistance Conference Call). Note: IF your Letter
of Intent is accepted, you will be invited to participate in Stage 2
(1) Optional Pre-proposal Assistance Conference Call
An optional Pre-proposal Assistance Conference Call will be held on
October 26, 2004, to answer any questions prospective eligible
applicants may have. If you indicate in your Letter of Intent a desire
to participate in the Pre-proposal Assistance Conference Call and your
Letter of Intent is found to be eligible, you will be emailed
instructions for participating in the conference call.

Note: Applicants should periodically check the web page below
for updated information to applicants (e.g., posting of some Qs & As
from Letters of Intent). A summary of the questions and answers from
the October 26, 2004 optional Pre-proposal Assistance Call will be
posted by November 2, 2004 at: http:// yosemite. epa. gov/ ochp/

ochpweb. nsf/ content/ grants. htm.

(2) Required Content and Form of Full Proposal, if Invited to Submit
One
Note: You must complete both the EPA Application Kit for Federal
Assistance and the Work Plan Proposal Narrative as described below:
(a) Table of Contents with page numbers for all elements of this
submission.
(b) EPA Application Kit for Federal Assistance.
The EPA Application Kit for Federal Assistance can be obtained on
the Web at http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm or http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/how_to_apply.htm.
(c) Completed SF-424A Budget Forms. http://www.epa.gov/ogd/grants/

how--to--apply.htm contains information about completing SF-424A Budget
Forms and Understanding Cost Principles for a Federal grant.
(d) Work Plan Proposal Narrative:
In addition to the standard forms contained in the EPA Application
Kit for Federal Assistance and the SF-424A budget forms, you must
submit a Work Plan Proposal Narrative of no longer than 12 pages (plus
appendices) that follows exactly the format outlined below. Pages and
information submitted out of order will not be reviewed. Text may be
single or double spaced, no smaller than 12 point font. The pages must
be letter sized (8\1/2\x11 inches). Margins are not specified.
Proposals must be legible. Note: All proposals should be well explained
and easily read. Information should be clear and concise, well
organized and contain no unnecessary jargon. The Work Plan Proposal
Narrative Content should include:
(i) Contact Information Sheet (1 page): For the project lead and
each collaborating partner, include contact name, organization, title,
address, phone, fax, and e-mail.
(ii) Letter of Intent: Include a copy of your previously submitted
Letter of Intent as a project summary.
(iii) Project Description (Up to 5 pages): Describe precisely what
your project will achieve. In your narrative, answer these questions in
this order:
Question 1. Who will conduct the project? What are the specific
roles and responsibilities of the state, territorial and tribal
representatives in this project? What experience do the partners have
in addressing environmental triggers of childhood asthma? What is the
nature of your agencies'/departments' or coalition's on-going programs
addressing children's environmental health. What will be the roles and
responsibilities of any other partners? Who will be affected by and/or
benefit from your project? How will they be targeted, identified, and
recruited?
Question 2. Why is it needed?
Question 3. What is the purpose of your project? Explain your
strategy-- your goals and objectives, the specific activities you will
conduct to achieve them, and what your projected outcomes will be. How
will you evaluate your results and your level of success? Describe any
mechanisms for tracking outputs (e.g. how many households were
educated, how many facilities were assessed, in how many facilities
were actions taken), and evaluating outcomes (e.g. the effectiveness of
the education and mitigation efforts to (1) decrease their measured
levels of asthma triggers in children's environments and/or (2)
decrease the number of times children access acute care services for
asthma (e.g. frequency and severity of asthma attacks, frequency of
asthma-related absences and the level of increased awareness); How will
the project be sustained beyond the life of the EPA grant?
Question 4. How will project deliverables and/or findings be
presented/packaged to be shared with and replicated by other states,
territories, tribes or state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma
coalitions?
Question 5. All projects should be completed prior to June 15,
2006. Outline a detailed time line/responsibility matrix to link your
project activities to a clear project schedule. Indicate at what point
over the months of your budget period each action, project outcome or
milestone occurs and indicate which partner is responsible for each
action. Note: Tabular or graphic presentation of this information is
acceptable for this time line; smaller but readable typeface is allowed
for this information
(e) Project Budget (1-2 pages):
(i) Personnel (For Each Positions: % of Time Worked, Annual Salary,
Salary Proposed for this Project).
(ii) Fringe Benefits (Full-time Rate).
(iii) Long Distance Travel (Destination, Cost of Trip, of
Travelers, of Trips, Amt. Proposed).
(iv) Air Fare (Destination, Travelers, Trips).
(v) Local Travel (Destination, Distance, Mileage,
Travelers).
(vi) Direct Cost--Equipment (Quantity, Cost per Unit, Amt.
Proposed).
(vii) Direct Cost--Supplies (Quantity, Cost per Unit, Amt.
Proposed).
(viii) Direct Cost--Other e.g. Phone, Postage, Conference Calls
(Quantity, Cost per Unit, Amt. Proposed).
Materials and Supplies, G&A Rate).
(x) Direct Cost--Consultants (Skill, Quantity, Rate).
(xi) Indirect Cost Charges (Total Direct Costs x ----% (indirect
cost rate = Estimated).

Note: Eligible Expenses--salaries/fringe, travel,
communications, equipment rental, indirect overhead, public outreach
efforts (workshops, public forums, meeting expenses), office
expenses, printing and

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copying (conference and promotional materials), and Web site
dissemination of information related to the project.

Note: Ineligible Expenses--capital expenditures, construction
expenses, lobbying, endowments, formal educational expenses,
entertainment, remediation and removal expenses, medical equipment
and supplies, air sampling, and equipment purchases as the sole
focus of the assistance agreement.

(f) Appendices: Include project specific letters of commitment from
each state, territorial or tribal environment, health and other
agencies as well as major partners involved in the success of this
project. Include resumes for key personnel as well. Letters of
commitment focus on the partner's role in the proposed project. Do not
submit letters of general support, they will not be reviewed. Do not
include any materials other than letters of commitment for this project
and resumes.
3. Other Instructions

(a) Required Contents of Full Proposal Package

To support the EPA review process, the proposal must contain one
complete Full Proposal package with original signatures in contrasting
ink and nine duplicate hard copy sets of the Full Proposal package
including the following materials in the order listed below:
(1) Table of Contents with page numbers for all elements of this
submission.
(2) Completed EPA Application Kit for Federal Assistance.
(3) Completed SF 424A Budget Forms.
(4) Work Plan Proposal Narrative consisting of:
(i) Contact Information Sheet.
(ii) Copy of the Letter of Intent.
(iii) Project Description.
(5) Project Budget.
(6) Appendices exactly as defined in Section IV. Application and
Submission Information.
To support the EPA review process, the proposal is required to
contain one complete Full Proposal package with original signatures in
contrasting ink and nine duplicate hard copy sets of the Full Proposal
package including the following materials in the order listed above.
Do not submit additional items. Unnecessary materials (cover
letters, un-requested forms or binders) will make your proposal
ineligible.

(b) DUNS Instructions

Grant applicants are required to provide a Dun and Bradstreet (D&B)
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number when applying for Federal
grants or cooperative agreements. The DUNS number will supplement other
identifiers required by statute or regulation, such as tax
identification numbers. Organizations can receive a DUNS number in one
day, at no cost, by calling the dedicated toll-free DUNS Number request
line at 1-866-705-5711. Individuals who would personally receive a
grant or cooperative agreement award from the Federal government apart
from any business or non-profit organization they may operate are
exempt from this requirement. The Web site where an organization can
obtain a DUNS number is: http://www.dnb.com. This process takes 30

business days and there is no cost unless the organization requests
expedited (1-day) processing, which includes a fee of $40.

Successful Stage 2 Applicants must submit the following information
after EPA notifies them of its intent to make an award, but prior to
the award: quality assurance plan for any project involving
environmental data; evidence of compliance with human subjects
requirements where research is found to be involved.
4. Submission Dates and Times
(a) A required Stage 1 Letter of Intent is due via email to
fletcher.bettina@epa.gov on or before October 15, 2004 as indicated on

the email transmission. If email is unavailable, a fax submission may
be used. The same due date applies and the date will be determined by
the date registered on the receiving fax machine log and printed on the
received documents by said machine. A confirming email will be sent
within two working days of receipt of e-mailed Letters of Intent. A
confirming phone call will be made within two working days of receipt
for faxed Letters of Intent. The applicant should follow up with a
phone call to Bettina Fletcher at 202-564-2646 if a confirmation is not
received within the stated time frames. Email and fax transmissions
received after October 15, 2004 will not be reviewed.
(b) Applicants submitting a Letter of Intent will be notified via
email on or before October 22, 2004 if they are deemed eligible to
participate in the optional Pre-proposal Assistance Call and to submit
a Full Proposal.
(c) Applicants with accepted Letters of Intent who expressed an
interest in participating in the optional Pre-proposal Assistance Call
will be advised in this email on or before October 22, 2004 of the
call-in number and the specific time for the call.
(d) All questions before and after the October 26, 2004 Pre-
proposal Assistance Call, must be sent by email to the following
address: fletcher.bettina@epa.gov. The word ``QUESTION'' in capital
letters and the name of the solicitation should appear in the subject
line. Answers to allowable questions will be provided in a timely
manner at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm.

EPA will not respond to technical questions by phone or fax.
(e) Optional Pre-proposal Assistance Call will be held on October
26, 2004.
(f) A summary of the questions and answers from the October 26 2004
Pre-proposal Conference Call will be posted on the OCHP Web site http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
on or before

November 2, 2004.
(g) To ensure fair and open competition, EPA will respond to
questions submitted by email up to December 17, 2004. Questions and
answers will be posted in a timely manner at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
.

(h) Full Proposals from invited eligible applicants must be
delivered to the private shipping company (e.g., Federal Express, UPS,
DHL, or courier) for shipment or postmarked (see note in Section VIII)
by the U.S. Post Office (not a private postage meter) postmark on or
before December 29, 2004. Full Proposals shipped or mailed after this
date will not be considered for funding under this solicitation. Date
of shipment will be determined by the shipping company's shipping
information or the U.S. Post Office (not a private postage meter)
postmark on the shipping package depending upon the method of shipment.
(i) Applicants will receive an email notification of receipt of the
Full Proposal within one month of receipt by the Agency.
(j) The Selected Projects will be announced as their award
negotiations are completed around late spring 2005. Those projects not
selected for award in this funding cycle will also be notified at this
time.
(k) Start Date for Projects: June 15, 2005 is the earliest start
date that applicants should plan on and enter on their proposal forms
and time lines. Grant recipients may begin incurring allowable costs on
the start date identified in the EPA grant award agreement. Budget
periods may run up to 12 months from the date of award.

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5. Intergovernmental Review:
Applicants may be subject to Executive Order 12372.
``Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.'' See http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html
for more details.

6. Funding Restrictions

a. Eligible Expenses

Salaries/fringe, travel, communications, equipment rental, indirect
overhead, public outreach efforts (workshops, public forums, meeting
expenses), office expenses, printing and copying (conference and
promotional materials), and web site dissemination of information
related to the project.

b. Ineligible Expenses

Capital expenditures, construction expenses, lobbying, endowments,
formal educational expenses, entertainment, remediation and removal
expenses, medical equipment and supplies, air sampling, and equipment
purchases as the sole focus of the assistance agreement.

c. Incurring Costs

Pre-award costs will not be covered under this solicitation. Grant
recipients may begin incurring allowable costs on the date identified
in the EPA award agreement. Activities must be completed and funds
spent within the time frames specified in the award agreement. EPA
grant funds may be used only for the purposes set forth in the grant
agreement and must conform to the Federal cost principles contained in
OMB Circular A-87; A-122; and A-21, as appropriate. Ineligible costs
will be reduced from the final grant.
7. Other Submission Requirements
a. Do not submit additional items. Unnecessary materials (i.e. un-
requested forms or binders) create extra burden for the reviewers and
failure to follow instructions may render your project ineligible.
epa.gov. If email is not available, Letters of Intent may be faxed to
Bettina Fletcher at 202-564-2733.
c. Because of continuing delays in the delivery of mailed parcels,
Full Proposals are best delivered by a private shipping company (e.g.,
Federal Express, UPS, DHL, or courier) to the attention of: Bettina
Fletcher, U.S. EPA, Office of Children's Health Protection, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Mail Code 1107A, Room 2512 Ariel Rios North,
Washington, DC 20004.
If the applicant has no ability to send the Full Proposal in by way
of a private shipping company, the Full Proposal may be mailed to the
attention of: Bettina Fletcher, U.S. EPA, Office of Children's Health
Protection, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Mail Code 1107A, Room 2512
Ariel Rios North, Washington, DC 20460.

Note: To document the date of shipment, Full Proposal packages
must be postmarked by the U.S. Post Office, not by a private postage
meter.

d. If the applicant experiences technical difficulties in making a
submission, contact Bettina Fletcher at 202-564-2646 immediately.

Section V. Application Review Information

1. Criteria

a. Letter of Intent

(1) Administrative Responsiveness Criteria
The Letter of Intent must comply with the following responsiveness
criteria to be eligible to submit a Full Proposal: Applicant
eligibility, completeness, administrative responsiveness, and
timeliness of submission.
(2) Technical Responsiveness Criteria
The Letters of Intent will also be compared to Statutory Criteria,
Target Investment Areas and the Target Project Areas in this
solicitation. Applicants whose projects are clearly not responsive to
the published Statutory Criteria, Target Investment Areas and Target
Project Areas may not be invited to submit a Full Proposal.

b. Full Proposal

(1) Administrative Responsiveness Criteria
The Full Proposal must comply with the following responsiveness
criteria for the Full Proposal to be reviewed for possible award:
timeliness of shipment, administrative responsiveness, order of
materials presentation, completeness, original signatures as required,
required number of copies and the absence of unnecessary materials and
extraneous information.
(2) Multiple Proposals
State, territorial and tribal departments/agencies and state/
territorial/tribal or regional (e.g. the asthma coalition of the
greater metropolitan area of Smallville) asthma coalitions asthma
coalitions addressing environmental triggers of childhood asthma with
substantive involvement of these government department/agency partners
(as described above in Section III) may submit more than one proposal
if the proposals are for different projects. However, no more than one
grant will be awarded under this offering to any given state, territory
or tribal entity or state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma
coalition serving a given geographic area. Environment and health
departments/agencies of State, territorial and tribal organizations are
encouraged to collaborate with joint proposals under this solicitation
that is focused on bringing environment and health departments/agencies
together to address environmental triggers of childhood asthma.
(3) Technical Review (Maximum Score: 110 Points)
Each Full Proposal will be scored based on how well it meets the
specific selection criteria below.
(a) Describes Collaboration Between Environment, Health and Other
Appropriate Agencies for States, Territories or Tribes in Partnership
or Through State/Territorial/Tribal or Regional Asthma Coalitions
(Maximum Points: 30)
The proposal describes substantive collaborative partnerships to
address the environmental triggers of childhood asthma. Letters of
commitment specifically describe activities of the partners for this
project. Significant, sustained involvement of senior representatives
of state, territorial or tribal environment, health, and related agency
officials is documented. The organization is appropriate to do this
project. The project does not principally pass-through funds to an
independent third party.
(b) Focuses efforts upon and benefits Target Investment Area (Maximum
Points: 20)
The proposal describes how the project will specifically benefit
one or more the Target Investment Areas. Describes the need for this
project in this Target Investment Area and how it will reduce risks for
children's environmental health in this Target Investment Area.
(c) Addresses Needs in Target Project Area (Maximum Points: 30)
The proposal describes how the project will specifically address
the significant environmental issues around childhood asthma in the
context of one or more of the Target Project Areas. The proposal
includes specific goals and objectives with measurable, achievable
outputs and outcomes. Proposal uses existing tools with demonstrated
effectiveness such as facility assessment

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checklists rather than investing resources to recreate already-
available materials. The proposal includes steps and methodology to
track outputs. The project includes evaluation steps to measure degree
of success for the project and to make mid-course adjustments, if
needed. The project has addressed potential sources of resources and
mechanisms for sustaining the project after this EPA funding cycle has
been completed.
(d) Cost Effective Budget (Maximum Points: 20)
The proposal budget reflects: reasonable costs and efficient use of
resources for the work proposed. Funds are not used as pass-through
funding to a third party for project implementation. This subsection
will be scored on: (1) How well the budget information clearly and
accurately shows how funds will be used, (2) whether there funding
request is reasonable given the activity proposed, and (3) whether the
funding can be expected to provide a good return on the investment.
Proposal leverages funding from other agencies and programs to increase
the accomplishment of this project without raising concerns of double
billing for the same work.

(e) Bonus Points (Points: Up to 10)

Reviewers have the flexibility to provide from zero to 10 bonus
points for exceptional project qualities in accordance with one or more
of the following principles of quality and efficacy:
(1) Applicant's materials are consistent with EPA guidance and
recommendations. In particular, applicant outlines educational
materials and mitigation methods for second-hand tobacco smoke, house
dust mites, cockroaches, molds, and animal dander that are compatible
with the guidance contained in EPA's asthma brochure, A Clear Your Home
of Asthma Triggers: Your Children Will Breathe Easier, http://www.epa.gov/asthma/resources.html
and the findings and recommendations

contained in the January, 2000 National Academy of Sciences report on
asthma, A Clearing the Air: Asthma and Indoor Air Exposures, http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9610.html
.

(2) Projects focused upon ambient air pollutants and asthma are
consistent with EPA guidance that can be accessed through http://www.epa.gov/air/topics/comap.html
.

(3) Use of education materials reflecting current standards for
conducting environmental health or public health education and outreach
activities, particularly with respect to motivating behavioral changes
in low-literacy, low-income, and disproportionately impacted
populations.
(4) Proposals including extraordinarily compelling examples and
other strengths noted by the reviewers who evaluate and compare
proposals.
2. Review and Selection Process
After individual projects are evaluated, scored, and ranked against
the published criteria by EPA staff and peers external to the Agency,
EPA may take into account the following factors in making their final
selections:
(a) Effectiveness of collaborative activities and partnerships, as
needed to successfully implement the project;
(b) Environmental and educational importance of the activity or
product;
(c) Effectiveness of the delivery mechanism (i.e. workshop,
conference, etc.);
(d) Cost effectiveness of the proposal; and
(e) Geographic distribution of projects.
3. Cost Analysis
Projects recommended for possible funding based upon the findings
of the reviewers and EPA's consideration of the final selection factors
described above receive a cost analysis to ensure that the project
costs in the budget are reasonable, allocable, and allowable per OMB
Cost Circulars A-87, A-122, and A-21 as appropriate.
In the course of this Cost Analysis, unallowable and unproductive
activities will be deleted and unreasonable costs will be deflated.

Section VI. Award Administration Information

1. Award Notices
Organizations submitting Letters of Intent will be notified
regarding their successful or unsuccessful Stage 1 application via
email on or before October 22, 2004.
Project Officers of organizations with Full Proposals that were
selected for possible award (pending successful award negotiations)
will be contacted around the spring of 2005 by the appropriate Regional
Project Officer to work through the awards process. Upon completion of
a successful award negotiation and following a mandatory five day
Congressional Notification Period, each successful grant applicant will
receive a written notice signed by the EPA Project Officer/grants
official. This document will serve as the authorizing document. This
award notice will be faxed to the Key Contact as specified in the Full
Proposal. Successful applicants must receive this document before
drawing any funds.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

a. Responsible Officials

Projects must be performed by the applicant/recipient or a designee
within that organization who is satisfactory to the applicant and EPA.
All proposals must identify any other person(s) and their
organization(s) who will assist in carrying out the project. Recipients
are responsible for receiving the grant award agreement from EPA and
ensuring that all grant conditions are satisfied. Recipients are
responsible for the successful completion of the project.

b. Incurring Costs

No pre-award costs should be incurred by the recipient. Grant
recipients may begin incurring allowable costs on the start date
identified in the EPA grant award agreement. Activities must be
completed and funds spent within the time frames specified in the award
agreement. EPA grant funds may be used only for the purposes set forth
in the grant agreement and must conform to the Federal cost principles
contained in OMB Circular A-87, A-122, and A-21, as appropriate.
Ineligible costs will be reduced from the final grant award.

c. Materials To Be Provided by the Successful Stage 2 Applicants After
EPA Notifies Them of Its Intent To Make an Award

The Successful Stage 2 Applicant must submit the following
information after EPA notifies them of its intent to make an award, but
prior to the award: Quality assurance plan for any project involving
environmental data; evidence of compliance with human subjects
requirements where research is found to be involved.
3. Reporting
Specific financial and other reporting requirements will be
identified in the EPA grant award agreement. Grant recipients must
submit the standard formal quarterly progress reports, unless otherwise
instructed in the award agreement. A quality assurance plan will be
required if environmental data are collected. Also, two copies of the
final report and two copies of all work products must be sent to the
EPA project officer within 90 days after the expiration of the budget
period. This submission will be accepted as the final requirement,
unless the EPA project

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officer notifies the recipient that changes must be made.

Section VII. Agency Contact

1. Contact Information
Bettina B. Fletcher; Office of Children's Health Protection; 1200
Pennsylvania Ave, NW.; Mail Code 1107A; Room 2512 Ariel Rios North;
Washington, DC 20004-2403; fletcher.bettina@epa.gov; Phone: (202) 564-
2646; FAX (202) 564-2733; Web Site: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
.

2. Mechanisms for Questions and Answers
a. Applicants who need more information about this grant or
clarification about specific requirements of this Solicitation Notice,
should periodically check the Web page http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
for posted information (e.g.

administrative clarification and responses to Qs & As from Letters of
Intent and participate, if eligible, in the Pre-proposal Assistance
Conference Call).
b. Specific clarifying questions can be posed via email to
fletcher.bettina@epa.gov. The word ``QUESTION'' in Capital Letters and

the name of the solicitation should appear in the Subject Line.
Responses to allowable questions will be posted in a timely manner on
the OCHP Web site at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
.

c. If email is absolutely not available, requests for materials may
be made by FAX to 202-564-2733. Requests should be sent to the
attention of Bettina B. Fletcher.
d. To Ensure Fair And Open Competition, EPA Will Answer No
Clarifying Questions In Person Except On The Pre-Proposal Conference
Call.
e. Applicants may submit questions via email to
fletcher.bettina@epa.gov. Answers will be posted on the Web page:

http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm.

f. Questions and answers from the October 26, 2004 optional Pre-
proposal Assistance Call will be summarized and posted within a week of
the Assistance Call on the OCHP Web page at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
.

g. To ensure fair and open competition, EPA will respond to
questions submitted by email up to December 17, 2004. Questions and
answers will be posted in a timely manner at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
.

3. If paper copies of the EPA Application Kit for Federal
Assistance are required, contact Bettina B. Fletcher at
fletcher.bettina@epa.gov.

Section VIII. Other Information

1. Examples of Potential Projects
The following are examples of types of projects that EPA would
consider for funding the Building State, Territorial, and Tribal
Capacity to Address Children's Environmental Health: Environmental
Triggers of Childhood Asthma. The following are examples of components
EPA considers to be elements of building state, territorial and tribal
capacity to address children's environmental health in the context of
the environmental triggers of childhood asthma. These examples are
illustrative only and are not intended to limit proposal ideas.
Design an asthma surveillance tracking system.
Linked an asthma surveillance tracking system with
environmental data.
Design an asthma education program through a collaboration
of the environment and health agencies.
Build state, territorial, tribal or regional capacity to
decrease asthma incidence in areas with disproportionate impact from
environmental health hazards.
Sponsor state, territorial, tribal or regional workshops
to train school officials, day care facility operators, health
officials, parents of school-aged children on air quality and
environmental triggers of childhood asthma in schools and day care
facilities.
Create a technical resource and training center for state,
territorial, tribal or regional community air risk screening as well as
a resource for pollution and exposure prevention related to childhood
asthma.
Target reduction of smoke including environmental tobacco
smoke, smoke from burning of trash, and smoke from field burning
through education and awareness campaigns.
Facilitate productive dialogues and strategy development
among states, territories, tribal and regions as well as across
disciplines regarding asthma tracking and surveillance and the
development of healthier day care facilities and schools.
Conduct multilingual, multi-cultural outreach and
education activities that result in better health outcomes related to
childhood asthma.
Conduct an education and outreach campaign in low-income,
diverse neighborhoods on vehicle idling, ambient and indoor air quality
and childhood asthma.
2. Resources
a. Please visit our Web site for information on children's
environmental health issues and these grant materials at http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp and http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
respectively.

b. We strongly suggest that applicants examine the ECOS/ASTHO state
draft action agenda, Catching Your Breath, http://www.astho.org/pubs/CatchingYourBreathReport.pdf
for background on state/asthma activities.

c. First time recipients of Federal funds are encouraged to
familiarize themselves with the regulations applicable to assistance
agreements found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 40,
part 31 for State and local government entities. See http://www.epa.gov/docs/epacfr40/chapt-I.info/subch-B.html.
Applicants may

also obtain a copy of the CFR Title 40, part 31 at the local U.S.
Government Bookstore, or through the U.S. Government Printing Office.
This solicitation notice contains all the information and forms
necessary to prepare a Letter of Intent. If your project is selected as
a finalist after the evaluation process is concluded, EPA will provide
you with additional Federal forms needed to process your Full Proposal.
3. Regulatory References
EPA's regulations on procurement under assistance agreements can be
found in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 30.40 (for non-
governmental recipients) and 40 CFR 31.36 (for governments).
4. Dispute Resolution Process
Dispute Resolution Process: Procedures are in 40 CFR 30.63 and 40
CFR 31.70.
5. Shipping Information for Full Proposals, If Invited By EPA
Due to on-going mail delays in the Washington, DC area, applicants
who are invited to submit a Full Proposal are strongly encouraged to
send all required materials by way of a private shipping company (e.g.,
Federal Express, UPS, DHL, or courier) to the attention of: Bettina
Fletcher, U.S. EPA, Office of Children's Health Protection, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Mail Code 1107A, Room 2512 Ariel Rios North,
Washington, DC 20004.
If the applicant has no ability to send the Full Proposal in by way
of a private shipping company, the Full Proposal may be mailed to the
attention of: Bettina Fletcher, U.S. EPA, Office of Children's Health
Protection, 1200

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Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Mail Code 1107A, Room 2512 Ariel Rios North,
Washington, DC 20460.

Note: To document the date of shipment, Full Proposal packages
must be postmarked by the U.S. Post Office, not by a private postage
meter.

6. The Agency Reserves the Right to Make No Awards Under This
Solicitation
7. Attachment
Sample Letter of Intent (Up to 2 pages total)
All state, tribal, territorial agencies/departments and state/
territorial/tribal or regional (e.g. the asthma coalition of the
greater metropolitan area of Smallville) asthma coalitions who intend
to apply should complete this Letter of Intent information and return
it to EPA via email to fletcher.bettina@epa.gov by October 15, 2004.
* * * * *
Section 1
Organization Name:
Project Name:
Applicant Address:
Street:
City:
State, Zip Code:
Applicant Phone Number:
Applicant FAX Number:
Applicant Email Address:
Applicant Web Site (if any):
Authorized Representative of the Organization:
* * * * *
Section 2
Brief description of how your organization fits each stated
eligibility criterion and how how your organization proposes to
collaborate with other agency(ies)/departments in this project.
Section 3--Project Summary (Not To Exceed One Page)
Description of the organizational unit that will lead/oversee the
project:
Brief summary statement that articulates the project's concept and
states its goals and objectives:
A brief description of how this project will meet the Statutory
Criteria:
Identification of the specific Target Investment Area and specific
Target Project Area addressed by the project:
Brief summary of the method that will be used to achieve the project
goals and how the outcomes will be measured:
Summary of the kind of activities that will be funded by the project:
Brief description of the role the state, territorial, or tribal
environment and health agencies or state, territorial or tribal members
of your state/territorial/tribal or regional asthma coalitions will
play in this project:
Section 4
Indicate below whether your organization would like to participate
in the October 26, 2004 optional Pre-proposal Assistance Call if Your
Letter of Intent Is Found To Be Eligible. Questions and answers from
the October 26, 2004 Pre-proposal Assistance Call will be posted by
November 2, 2004 at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/grants.htm
.

[ballot] Yes, I would like to participate in the October 26, 2004 Pre-
proposal Assistance Call IF my Letter of Intent is found by EPA to be
eligible.
[ballot] No, I decline to participate in the October 26, 2004 Pre-
proposal Assistance Call if my Letter of Intent is found by EPA to be
acceptable.
[ballot] Please describe any type of support [e.g. Telephone for the
Deaf (TDD) number and/or Federal Information Relay (FIR)] you require
to permit participation in the Pre-proposal Assistance Conference Call.
Section 5
To help us prepare for the best possible Pre-proposal Assistance
Call, please submit in advance any questions you have at this time
regarding this application process.
Additional questions may also be posed on the call.

Dated: September 21, 2004.
Joanne Rodman,
Acting Director, Office of Children's Health Protection.
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