[Federal Register: August 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 163)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Implementation of Multi-Disciplinary HIV Care for Sexually Abused
Children in Zambia, as Part of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS
Relief
Announcement Type: New.
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-AA172.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.067.
Key Dates: Application Deadline: September 19, 2005.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Authority: This program is authorized under Sections 301(a) and 307
of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241 and 242l], as amended,
and under Public Law 108-25 (United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003) [U.S.C. 7601].
Background: President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has
called for immediate, comprehensive and evidence-based action to turn
the tide of global HIV/AIDS. The initiative aims to treat more than two
million HIV-infected people with effective combination anti-retroviral
therapy by 2008; care for ten million HIV-infected and affected
persons, including those orphaned by HIV/AIDS, by 2008; and prevent
seven million infections by 2010, with focus on 15 priority countries,
including 12 in sub-Saharan Africa. The five-year strategy for the
Emergency Plan is available at the following Internet address: http://www.state.gov/s/gac/rl/or/c11652.htm
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Over the same time period, as part of a collective national
response, the Emergency Plan goals specific to Zambia are to treat at
least 120,000 HIV-infected individuals and care for 600,000 HIV-
affected individuals, including orphans.
Under the leadership of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, as part
of the President's Emergency Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) works with host countries and other key partners
to assess the needs of each country and design a customized program of
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assistance that fits within the host nation's strategic plan.
HHS focuses on two or three major program areas in each country.
Goals and priorities include the following:
Achieving primary prevention of HIV infection through
activities such as expanding confidential counseling and testing
programs, building programs to reduce mother-to-child transmission, and
strengthening programs to reduce transmission via blood transfusion and
medical injections.
Improving the care and treatment of HIV/AIDS, sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs) and related opportunistic infections by
improving STD management; enhancing care and treatment of opportunistic
infections, including tuberculosis (TB); and initiating programs to
provide anti-retroviral therapy (ART).
Strengthening the capacity of countries to collect and use
surveillance data and manage national HIV/AIDS programs by expanding
HIV/STD/TB surveillance programs and strengthening laboratory support
for surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, disease-monitoring and HIV
screening for blood safety.
To carry out its activities in these countries, HHS works in a
collaborative manner with national governments and other agencies to
develop programs of assistance to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In
particular, HHS' mission in Zambia is to work with the Ministry of
Health, and its partners, to develop and apply effective interventions
to prevent and treat HIV infection and associated illness and death
from AIDS.
Purpose: The Demographic and Health Survey (2001-2002) from Zambia
indicates that in the age group 15 to 19 the HIV prevalence among women
is 6.6 percent, compared to a prevalence of 1.9 percent in men of the
same age. Reports from South Africa indicate that death rates among
girls between 15 to 19 years have increased by over 50 percent in the
last ten years. In the last few years, there has been a disturbing rise
in the number of cases of child rape and sexual abuse reported in the
media. In some sub-Saharan African countries, including Zambia, there
are myths surrounding HIV, such as that sex with a virgin can cure a
man of HIV. In addition, older men seek sex with very young partners in
the belief the young are free from HIV. These practices expose young
children to HIV infection, and have consequences on the child's
physical, psychological and social development. The actual extent of
this problem is often unclear, because the perpetrators are sometimes
close family members.
The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) is the main referral
hospital for pediatric care in Zambia. Cases of sexual abuse reported
to the hospital are seen first at the Police Post based there. In 2003,
a total of 659 cases of child sexual abuse were reported at the Police
Post. Currently, 15 to 20 sexually abused children are seen in the
clinic each week. However, many other cases might be missed because of
a lack of awareness of attending clinicians of evidence of sexual
abuse, or reluctance to discuss such issues with parents and guardians.
This leads to lost opportunities to provide post-exposure prophylaxis
and psychological support to the child, and increases the possibility
of HIV infection.
The Zambian UTH Department of Pediatrics, the National AIDS Council
Technical Group on Orphans and Vulnerable Children and the Zambian
Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ZSPCAN), in
collaboration with international partners, has instituted various
activities on child sexual abuse, and the purpose of the program is to
strengthen the human capacity in Zambia to provide a child-friendly and
parent sensitive environment in which to provide counseling and
support; clinical care; and ongoing care including post-exposure
prophylaxis and anti-retroviral treatment (ART), as required, to
children who have suffered sexual abuse.
Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with the
numerical goals of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and
one (or more) of the following performance goal(s) for the National
Center for HIV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Tuberculosis
Prevention (NCHSTP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) within HHS: Increase the proportion of HIV-infected people who
are linked to appropriate prevention, care and treatment services and
to strengthen the capacity nationwide to monitor the epidemic, develop
and implement effective HIV prevention interventions and evaluate
prevention programs.
This announcement is only for non-research activities supported by
HHS, including CDC. If research is proposed, the application will not
be reviewed. For the definition of ``research,'' please see the HHS/CDC
Web site at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/ads/opspoll1.htm
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Activities: The recipient of these funds is responsible for
activities in multiple program areas designed to target underserved
populations in Zambia. Either the awardee will implement activities
directly or will implement them through its subgrantees and/or
subcontractors; the awardee will retain overall financial and
programmatic management under the oversight of HHS/CDC and the
strategic direction of the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
The awardee must show a measurable, progressive reinforcement of the
capacity of indigenous organizations and local communities to respond
to the national HIV epidemic, as well as, progress towards the
sustainability of activities.
Applications should describe activities in detail as part of a
four-year action plan (U.S. Government Fiscal Years 2005-2008
inclusive) that reflects the policies and goals outlined in the five-
year strategy for the President's Emergency Plan.
The grantee will produce an annual operational plan in the context
of this four-year plan, which the U.S. Government Emergency Plan team
on the ground in Zambia will review as part of an annual Emergency Plan
for AIDS Relief Country Operational Plan review and approval process
managed by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. The grantee
may work on some of the activities listed below in the first year and
in subsequent years, and then progressively add others from the list to
achieve all of the Emergency Plan performance goals, as cited in the
previous section. HHS/CDC, under the guidance of the U.S. Global AIDS
Coordinator, will approve funds for activities on an annual basis,
based on documented performance towards achieving Emergency Plan goals,
as part of the annual Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Country
Operational Plan review and approval process.
Awardee activities for this program are as follows:
1. Train health workers in the Zambia UTH Departments of Pediatrics
and Obstetrics and Gynecology to recognize and care for child sexual
abuse.
2. Train health care workers to provide post-exposure prophylaxis
and ART, in general, for pediatric HIV care.
3. Provide culturally and age-appropriate psycho-social support in
local languages to sexually abused children and their families.
4. Develop a system to record accurately cases of child sexual
abuse, and to follow up such cases in the community.
5. Strengthen links with the Zambian Society for Child Abuse and
Neglect, and design activities to increase community awareness.
6. Develop a multi-disciplinary team to provide pediatric HIV care.
Administration: The winning applicant must comply with all HHS
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management requirements for meeting participation and progress and
financial reporting for this cooperative agreement (See HHS Activities
and Reporting sections below for details), and comply with all policy
directives established by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS
Coordinator.
In a cooperative agreement, HHS staff is substantially involved in
the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring.
HHS/CDC activities for this program are as follows:
1. Provide scientific and technical assistance in developing the
awardee's operational plan.
2. Provide ongoing technical assistance in program implementation.
3. Assist the awardee in assessments of the program's operations to
determine the overall effectiveness of the program, including
developing a monitoring and evaluation tool for the activities in the
program.
4. Design the program activities in conjunction with the UTH
Department of Pediatrics and other partners.
5. Participate in training of health staff.
6. Provide technical assistance from HHS-headquarters and the in-
country HHS office in Zambia to assure other related U.S. Government
activities are well-coordinated with the national program.
7. Organize an orientation meeting with the grantee to brief it on
applicable U.S. Government, HHS, and Emergency Plan expectations,
regulations and key management requirements, as well as report formats
and contents. The orientation could include meetings with staff from
HHS agencies and the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
8. Review and approve the process used by the grantee to select key
personnel and/or post-award subcontractors and/or subgrantees to be
involved in the activities performed under this agreement, as part of
the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Country Operational Plan review and
approval process, managed by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS
Coordinator.
9. Review and approve grantee's annual work plan and detailed
budget, as part of the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Country
Operational Plan review and approval process, managed by the Office of
the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
10. Review and approve grantee's monitoring and evaluation plan,
including for compliance with the strategic information guidance
established by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
11. Meet on a monthly basis with grantee to assess monthly
expenditures in relation to approved work plan and modify plans as
necessary.
12. Meet on a quarterly basis with grantee to assess quarterly
technical and financial progress reports and modify plans as necessary.
13. Meet on an annual basis with grantee to review annual progress
report for each U.S. Government Fiscal Year, and to review annual work
plans and budgets for subsequent year, as part of the Emergency Plan
for AIDS Relief review and approval process for Country Operational
Plans, managed by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
14. Provide technical assistance, as mutually agreed upon, and
revise annually during validation of the first and subsequent annual
work plans. This could include expert technical assistance and targeted
training activities in specialized areas, such as strategic
information, project management, confidential counseling and testing,
palliative care, treatment literacy, and adult learning techniques.
15. Provide in-country administrative support to help grantee meet
U.S. Government financial and reporting requirements.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement.
HHS involvement in this program is listed in the Activities Section
above.
Fiscal Year Funds: 2005.
Approximate Total Funding: $225,000. (This amount is an estimate,
and is subject to availability of funds.)
Approximate Number of Awards: One.
Approximate Average Award: $75,000. (This amount is for the first
12-month budget period, and includes direct costs.)
Floor of Award Range: None.
Ceiling of Award Range: $95,000. (This ceiling is for the first 12-
month budget period.)
Anticipated Award Date: September 23, 2005.
Budget Period Length: 12 months.
Project Period Length: Three years.
Throughout the project period, HHS' commitment to continuation of
awards will be conditioned on the availability of funds, evidence of
satisfactory progress by the recipient (as documented in required
reports), and the determination that continued funding is in the best
interest of the Federal Government, through the annual Country
Operational Plan review and approval process, managed by the Office of
the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.
III. Eligibility Information
III.1. Eligible Applicants
We will provide assistance only to university teaching hospitals
that are referral hospitals and provide a full range of care, including
pediatric care, and have a mandate and specialty in caring for sexually
abused children. Eligible applicants must already have established
activities to monitor cases of child sexual abuse by working with the
local police post, to which all such cases, are initially referred.
III.2. Cost-Sharing or Matching Funds
Matching funds are not required for this program. Although matching
funds are not required, preference will go to organizations that can
leverage additional funds to contribute to program goals.
III.3. Other
If you request a funding amount greater than the ceiling of the
award range, we will consider your application non-responsive, and it
will not enter into the review process. We will notify you that your
application did not meet the submission requirements.
Special Requirements: If your application is incomplete or non-
responsive to the special requirements listed in this section, it will
not enter into the review process. We will notify you that your
application did not meet the submission requirements.
HHS/CDC will consider late applications non-responsive.
See section ``IV.3. Submission Dates and Times'' for more information
on deadlines.
Note: Title 2 of the United States Code Section 1611
states that an organization described in Section 501(c)(4) of the
Internal Revenue Code that engages in lobbying activities is not
eligible to receive Federal funds constituting an award, grant, or
loan.
IV. Application and Submission Information
IV.1. Address to Request Application Package
To apply for this funding opportunity use application form PHS
5161-1.
HHS strongly encourages you to submit your application
electronically by using the forms and instructions posted for this
announcement on http://www.grants.gov.
Application forms and instructions are available on the HHS/CDC Web
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/forminfo.htm
.
If you do not have access to the Internet, or if you have
difficulty
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accessing the forms on-line, you may contact the HHS/CDC Procurement
and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section (PGO-TIM)
staff at 770-488-2700. We can mail application forms to you.
IV.2. Content and Form of Submission
Application: You must submit a project narrative with your
application forms. You must submit the narrative in the following
format:
Maximum number of pages: 25. If your narrative exceeds the
page limit, we will only review the first pages within the page limit.
Font size: 12 point unreduced.
Double spaced.
Paper size: 8.5 by 11 inches.
Page margin size: One inch.
Printed only on one side of page.
Held together only by rubber bands or metal clips; not
bound in any other way.
Application must be written in English.
Your narrative should address activities to be conducted over the
entire project period, and must include the following items in the
order listed:
Justification for program.
Eligibility and organizational capacity.
Proposed program plan, including goals, objectives and
plan of operation.
Program Management, staffing, collaborations, and
infrastructure.
Evaluation plan.
Budget and justification (will not be counted in the
stated page limit).
Additional information may be included in the application
appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative
page limit. This additional information includes:
Curriculum Vitae.
Organizational Charts.
Letters of support.
Applicants must document eligibility by submitting
verification of their Zambian registration status.
Job descriptions of proposed key positions to be created
for the activity.
Quality-Assurance, Monitoring-and-Evaluation, and
Strategic-Information Forms.
Applicant's Corporate Capability Statement.
Evidence of Legal Organizational Structure.
You must have a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System
(DUNS) number to apply for a grant or cooperative agreement from the
Federal Government. The DUNS number is a nine-digit identification
number, which uniquely identifies business entities. Obtaining a DUNS
number is easy, and there is no charge. To obtain a DUNS number, access
http://www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1-866-705-5711. For more information, see the HHS/CDC Web site at: http://
http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/grantmain.htm. If your application form does
not have a DUNS number field, please write your DUNS number at the top
of the first page of your application, and/or include your DUNS number
in your application cover letter.
Additional requirements that could require you to submit additional
documentation with your application are listed in section ``VI.2.
Administrative and National Policy Requirements.''
IV.3. Submission Dates and Times
Application Deadline Date: September 19, 2005.
Explanation of Deadlines: Applications must be received in the HHS/
CDC Procurement and Grants Office by 4 p.m. eastern time on the
deadline date.
You may submit your application electronically at http://www.grants.gov.
We consider applications completed on-line through
Grants.gov as formally submitted when the applicant organization's
Authorizing Official electronically submits the application to http://www.grants.gov.
We will consider electronic applications as having met
the deadline if the applicant organization's Authorizing Official has
submitted the application electronically to Grants.gov on or before the
deadline date and time.
If you submit your application electronically through Grants.gov,
your application will be electronically time/date stamped, which will
serve as receipt of submission. You will receive an e-mail notice of
receipt when HHS/CDC receives the application.
If you submit your application by the United States Postal Service
or commercial delivery service, you must ensure the carrier will be
able to guarantee delivery by the closing date and time. If HHS/CDC
receives your submission after the closing date because: (1) Carrier
error, when the carrier accepted the package with a guarantee for
delivery by the closing date and time, or (2) significant weather
delays or natural disasters, you will have the opportunity to submit
documentation of the carrier's guarantee. If the documentation verifies
a carrier problem, HHS/CDC will consider the submission as received by
the deadline.
If you submit a hard copy application, HHS/CDC will not notify you
upon receipt of your submission. If you have a question about the
receipt of your application, first contact your carrier. If you still
have a question, contact the PGO-TIM staff at (770)488-2700. Before
calling, please wait two to three days after the submission deadline.
This will allow time for us to process and log submissions.
This announcement is the definitive guide on application content,
submission address, and deadline. It supersedes information provided in
the application instructions. If your submission does not meet the
deadline above, it will not be eligible for review, and we will discard
it. We will notify you that you did not meet the submission
requirements.
IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of Applications
Executive Order 12372 does not apply to this program.
IV.5. Funding Restrictions
Restrictions, which you must take into account while writing your
budget, are as follows:
Funds may not be used for research.
Reimbursement of pre-award costs is not allowed.
Needle Exchange--No funds appropriated under this Act
shall be used to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles
or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
Funds may be spent for reasonable program purposes,
including personnel, travel, supplies, and services. Equipment may be
purchased if deemed necessary to accomplish program objectives;
however, prior approval by HHS/CDC officials must be requested in
writing.
All requests for funds contained in the budget shall be
stated in U.S. dollars. Once an award is made, HHS/CDC will not
compensate foreign grantees for currency exchange fluctuations through
the issuance of supplemental awards.
The costs that are generally allowable in grants to
domestic organizations are allowable to foreign institutions and
international organizations, with the following exception: With the
exception of the American University, Beirut, and the World Health
Organization, Indirect Costs will not be paid (either directly or
through sub-award) to organizations located outside the territorial
limits of the U.S. or to international organizations, regardless of
their location.
The applicant may contract with other organizations under
this program; however the applicant must perform a
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substantial portion of the activities (including program management and
operations, and delivery of prevention services for which funds are
required).
You must obtain an annual audit of these HHS/CDC funds
(program-specific audit) by a U.S.-based audit firm with international
branches and current licensure/authority in-country, and in accordance
with International Accounting Standards or equivalent standards(s)
approved in writing by HHS/CDC.
A fiscal Recipient Capability Assessment may be required,
prior to or post award, in order to review the applicant's business
management and fiscal capabilities regarding the handling of U.S.
Federal funds.
Prostitution and Related Activities
The U.S. Government is opposed to prostitution and related
activities, which are inherently harmful and dehumanizing, and
contribute to the phenomenon of trafficking in persons.
Any entity that receives, directly or indirectly, U.S. Government
funds in connection with this document (``recipient'') cannot use such
U.S. Government funds to promote or advocate the legalization or
practice of prostitution or sex trafficking. Nothing in the preceding
sentence shall be construed to preclude the provision to individuals of
palliative care, treatment, or post-exposure pharmaceutical
prophylaxis, and necessary pharmaceuticals and commodities, including
test kits, condoms, and, when proven effective, microbicides.
A recipient that is otherwise eligible to receive funds in
connection with this document to prevent, treat, or monitor HIV/AIDS
shall not be required to endorse or utilize a multisectoral approach to
combating HIV/AIDS, or to endorse, utilize, or participate in a
prevention method or treatment program to which the recipient has a
religious or moral objection. Any information provided by recipients
about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities that are
funded in connection with this document shall be medically accurate and
shall include the public health benefits and failure rates of such use.
In addition, any recipient must have a policy explicitly opposing
prostitution and sex trafficking. The preceding sentence shall not
apply to any ``exempt organizations'' (defined as the Global Fund to
Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the World Health Organization and
its six Regional Offices, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative or
any United Nations agency).
The following definition applies for purposes of this clause:
Sex trafficking means the recruitment, harboring,
transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of
a commercial sex act. 22 U.S.C. 7102(9).
All recipients must insert provisions implementing the applicable
parts of this section, ``Prostitution and Related Activities,'' in all
subagreements under this award. These provisions must be express terms
and conditions of the subagreement, must acknowledge that compliance
with this section, ``Prostitution and Related Activities,'' is a
prerequisite to receipt and expenditure of U.S. government funds in
connection with this document, and must acknowledge that any violation
of the provisions shall be grounds for unilateral termination of the
agreement prior to the end of its term. Recipients must agree that HHS
may, at any reasonable time, inspect the documents and materials
maintained or prepared by the recipient in the usual course of its
operations that relate to the organization's compliance with this
section, ``Prostitution and Related Activities.''
All prime recipients that receive U.S. Government funds (``prime
recipients'') in connection with this document must certify compliance
prior to actual receipt of such funds in a written statement that makes
reference to this document (e.g., ``[Prime recipient's name] certifies
compliance with the section, `Prostitution and Related Activities.' '')
addressed to the agency's grants officer. Such certifications by prime
recipients are prerequisites to the payment of any U.S. Government
funds in connection with this document.
Recipients' compliance with this section, ``Prostitution and
Related Activities,'' is an express term and condition of receiving
U.S. Government funds in connection with this document, and any
violation of it shall be grounds for unilateral termination by HHS of
the agreement with HHS in connection with this document prior to the
end of its term. The recipient shall refund to HHS the entire amount
furnished in connection with this document in the event HHS determines
the recipient has not complied with this section, ``Prostitution and
Related Activities.''
You may find guidance for completing your budget on the HHS/CDC Web
site, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/budgetguide.htm
.
IV.6. Other Submission Requirements
Application Submission Address: HHS/CDC strongly encourages you to
submit electronically at: http://www.grants.gov You will be able to download a copy of the application package from http://www.grants.gov.,
complete it offline, and then upload and submit the application via the
Grants.gov site. We will not accept e-mail submissions. If you are
having technical difficulties in Grants.gov, you may reach them by e-
mail at support@grants.gov, or by phone at 1-800-518-4726 (1-800-518-
GRANTS). The Customer Support Center is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
eastern time, Monday through Friday.
HHS/CDC recommends that you submit your application to Grants.gov
early enough to resolve any unanticipated difficulties prior to the
deadline. You may also submit a back-up paper submission of your
application. We must receive any such paper submission in accordance
with the requirements for timely submission detailed in Section IV.3.
of the grant announcement.
You must clearly mark the paper submission: ``BACK-UP FOR
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION.''
The paper submission must conform to all requirements for non-
electronic submissions. If we receive both electronic and back-up paper
submissions by the deadline, we will consider the electronic version
the official submission.
We strongly recommended that you submit your grant application by
using Microsoft Office products (e.g., Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel,
etc.). If you do not have access to Microsoft Office products, you may
submit a PDF file. You may find directions for creating PDF files on
the Grants.gov Web site. Use of files other than Microsoft Office or
PDF could make your file unreadable for our staff.
or
Submit the original and two hard copies of your application by mail
or express delivery service to the following address:
Technical Information Management--AA172, CDC Procurement and Grants
Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2920 Brandywine
Road, Atlanta, GA 30341.
V. Application Review Information
V.1. Criteria
Applicants must provide measures of effectiveness that will
demonstrate the accomplishment of the various identified objectives of
the cooperative agreement. Measures of effectiveness
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must relate to the performance goals stated in the ``Purpose'' section
of this announcement. Measures must be objective and quantitative, and
must measure the intended outcome. Applicants must submit these
measures of effectiveness with the application and will be an element
of evaluation.
Your application will be evaluated against the following criteria:
1. Plan (30 Points). Does the applicant demonstrate an
understanding of the national cultural and political context and the
technical and programmatic areas covered by the project? Does the
applicant display knowledge of the five-year strategy and goals of the
President's Emergency Plan, such that it can build on these to develop
a comprehensive, collaborative project to reach underserved populations
in Zambia and meet the goals of the Emergency Plan? Is the plan
adequate to carry out the proposed objectives? How complete and
comprehensive is the plan for the entire project period? Does the plan
include a quantitative process to measure outcomes?
2. Personnel (20 Points). Do the staff members have appropriate
experience? Are the staff roles clearly defined? As described, will the
staff be sufficient to meet the goals of the Emergency Plan?
3. Need (20 Points). To what extent does the applicant justify the
need for this program within the target community?
4. Methods (15 Points). Does the application include an overall
design strategy, including measurable time lines, clear monitoring and
evaluation procedures, and specific activities for meeting the proposed
objectives? Does the applicant describe a plan to build progressively
the capacity of local organizations and of target beneficiaries and
communities to respond to the epidemic?
5. Ability to carry out the project (15 Points). Does the applicant
provide a clear plan for the administration and management of the
proposed activities, to manage the resources of the program, prepare
reports, monitor and evaluate activities and audit expenditures?
6. Budget and Justification (Reviewed, but not scored).
V.2. Review and Selection Process
The HHS/CDC Procurement and Grants Office (PGO) staff will review
applications for completeness, and HHS Global AIDS program will review
them for responsiveness. Incomplete applications and applications that
are non-responsive to the eligibility criteria will not advance through
the review process. Applicants will receive notification that their
application did not meet submission requirements.
An objective review panel will evaluate complete and responsive
applications according to the criteria listed in the ``V.1. Criteria''
section above. All persons who serve on the panel will be external to
the U.S. Government Country Program Office. The panel may include both
Federal and non-Federal participants.
In addition, the following factors could affect the funding
decision:
Applications will be funded in order by score and rank determined
by the review panel. HHS/CDC will provide justification for any
decision to fund out of rank order.
V.3. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates
September 23, 2005.
VI. Award Administration Information
VI.1. Award Notices
Successful applicants will receive a Notice of Award (NoA) from the
HHS/CDC Procurement and Grants Office. The NoA shall be the only
binding, authorizing document between the recipient and HHS/CDC. An
authorized Grants Management Officer will sign the NoA, and mail it to
the recipient fiscal officer identified in the application.
Unsuccessful applicants will receive notification of the results of
the application review by mail.
VI.2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements
45 CFR Part 74 and Part 92
For more information on the Code of Federal Regulations, see the
National Archives and Records Administration at the following Internet
address: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html.
The following additional requirements apply to this project:
AR-4 HIV/AIDS Confidentiality Provisions
AR-6 Patient Care
AR-10 Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements
Applicants can find additional information on these requirements on
the HHS/CDC Web site at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/ARs.htm
.
An additional Certifications form from the PHS5161-1 application
needs to be included in the Grants.gov electronic submission only.
Please refer to http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/PHS5161-1-Certificates.pdf.
Once you have filled out the form, please attach it
to the Grants.gov submission as Other Attachments Form.
VI.3. Reporting Requirements
You must provide CDC with an original, plus two hard copies of the
following reports:
1. Interim progress report, due no less than 90 days before the end
of the budget period. The progress report will serve as your non-
competing continuation application, and must contain the following
elements:
a. Current Budget Period Activities Objectives.
b. Current Budget Period Financial Progress.
c. New Budget Period Program Proposed Activity Objectives.
d. Budget.
e. Measures of Effectiveness, including progress against the
numerical goals of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for
Zambia.
f. Additional Requested Information.
2. Financial status report no more than 90 days after the end of
the budget period.
3. Final financial and performance reports, due no later than 90
days after the end of the project period.
4. Annual progress report, due no later than 90 days after the end
of the budget period. Reports should include progress against the
numerical goals of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for
Zambia.
Recipients must mail these reports to the Grants Management or
Contract Specialist listed in the ``Agency Contacts'' section of this
announcement.
VII. Agency Contacts
We encourage inquiries concerning this announcement. For general
questions, contact:
Technical Information Management Section, CDC Procurement and
Grants Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2920
Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-2700.
For program technical assistance, contact:
Marc Bulterys, Project Officer, 1600 Clifton Road MS E-04, Atlanta,
GA 30333, Telephone: 011 260 1 250 955 ext 246, E-mail:
bulterysm@cdczm.org.
For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact:
Shirley Wynn, Grants Management Specialist, CDC Procurement and
Grants Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2920
Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770/488-1515, E-mail:
zbx6@cdc.gov.
VIII. Other Information
Applicants can find this and other HHS funding opportunity
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announcements on the HHS/CDC Web site, Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov
(Click on ``Funding'' then ``Grants and Cooperative
Agreements''), and on the Web site of the HHS Office of Global Health
Affairs, Internet address: http://www.globalhealth.gov.
Dated: August 17, 2005.
William P. Nichols,
Director, Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
[FR Doc. 05-16838 Filed 8-23-05; 8:45 am]
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