96-17317. Maternal and Child Health Bureau; Special Project Grants; Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services; Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) Set-Aside Program; Community-Based Intervention Research Grants  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 36069-36071]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-17317]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    Health Resources and Services Administration
    
    
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau; Special Project Grants; 
    Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services; Community Integrated Service 
    Systems (CISS) Set-Aside Program; Community-Based Intervention Research 
    Grants
    
    AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
    
    ACTION: Notice of availability of funds.
    
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    SUMMARY: The HRSA announces that applications will be accepted for 
    fiscal year (FY) 1996 funds for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) 
    Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS) grants to support 
    community-based intervention research. The purpose of these projects is 
    to support research on CISS-sponsored early intervention services 
    programs in the context of developing and expanding local service 
    delivery systems. Awards are made under the program authority of 
    Section 502(b)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act, the CISS Federal Set-
    Aside Program. Within the HRSA, CISS projects are administered by the 
    Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
        About $900,000 will be available to support up to 3 new projects at 
    an average of about $300,000 per award per year. The actual amounts 
    available for awards and their allocation may vary, depending on the 
    volume and quality of applications. Awards are made for grant periods 
    of not more than 4 years in duration. Funds are appropriated by Public 
    Law 104-134.
        The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the 
    health promotion and disease prevention objectives of Healthy People 
    2000, a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. The CISS 
    Federal Set-Aside Program addresses issues related to the Healthy 
    People 2000 objectives of improving maternal, infant, child and 
    adolescent health and developing service systems for children with 
    special health care needs. Potential applicants may obtain a copy of 
    Healthy People 2000 (Full Report: Stock No. 017-001-00474-0) or Healthy 
    People 2000 (Summary Report: Stock No. 017-001-00473-1) through the 
    Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 
    20402-9325 (telephone: 202 783-3238).
        The PHS strongly encourages all grant recipients to provide a 
    smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all tobacco products. 
    In addition, Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994, 
    prohibits smoking in certain facilities (or in some cases, any portion 
    of a facility) in which regular or routine education, library, day 
    care, health care or early childhood development services are provided 
    to children.
    
    ADDRESSES: Grant applications for MCH research and training grants must 
    be obtained from and submitted to: Chief, Grants Management Branch, 
    Office of Operations and Management, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 
    Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 18-12, Parklawn 
    Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-1440. 
    Applicants for these projects will use application Form PHS 398 (Rev. 
    5/95), approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 0925-0001. 
    An MCHB supplement, with instructions specifically applicable to 
    Community-Based Intervention Research Grants, is included in the 
    application package, which can be obtained from the address given 
    above. You must obtain application materials in the mail.
        Federal Register notices and application guidance for MCHB programs 
    are available on the World Wide Web via the Internet at address: http:/
    /www.os.dhhs.gov/hrsa/mchb. Click on the file name you want to download 
    to your computer. It will be saved as a self-extracting (Macintosh or) 
    Wordperfect 5.1 file. To decompress the file once it is downloaded, 
    type in the file name followed by a . The file will expand to a 
    Wordperfect 5.1 file. If you have difficulty accessing the MCHB Home 
    Page via the Internet and need technical assistance, please contact 
    Linda L. Schneider at 301-443-0767 or lschneider@hrsa.ssw.dhhs.gov''.
    
    DATES: Potential applicants are invited to request application packages 
    and to submit their applications for funding consideration. The 
    application deadline is August 26, 1996.
    
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        Applications will be considered to have met the deadline if they 
    are either: (1) received on or before the deadline date, or (2) 
    postmarked on or before the deadline date and received in time for 
    orderly processing. Applicants should request a legibly dated receipt 
    from a commercial carrier or the U.S. Postal Service, or obtain a 
    legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark. Private metered postmarks 
    will not be accepted as proof of timely mailing. Late applications or 
    those sent to an address other than specified in the ADDRESS section 
    will be returned to the applicant.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For programmatic or technical 
    information, contact Dr. Gontran Lamberty, Director, MCH Research 
    Program, Research and Training Branch, MCHB, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 
    18A-55, Rockville, MD 20857, telephone: 301 443-2190. For information 
    concerning business management issues, contact Ms. Constance Davenport, 
    Grants Management Branch, MCHB, Room 18-12, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
    Rockville, MD, telephone 301 443-1440.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    
    1. Program Background and Objectives
    
        The purpose of the Community-Based Intervention Research Grant 
    projects covered by this announcement is to generate new knowledge on 
    early intervention services models and on how to integrate these models 
    into existing systems of care at the community level while sustaining 
    the essential nature and demonstrated effectiveness of the original 
    prototypes.
        Intervention is the name given to a variety of programs and 
    clinical management approaches designed to improve adverse conditions 
    in individuals and groups or prevent or limit these conditions. From 
    the standpoint of research, interventions are scientific experiments in 
    which an investigator, through a particular effort, treatment, or 
    program, seeks to purposively influence an outcome or outcomes in an 
    individual or group under controlled conditions. Intervention studies 
    may also be viewed as prospective, formal investigations of prototypes 
    of programs or subcomponents of programs (e.g., outreach, one-stop 
    shopping or home visiting). These prototypes, if proven effective under 
    controlled conditions, are then ready for further testing and 
    refinement in real-life settings.
    
    2. Special Concerns
    
        In its administration of the MCH Services Block Grant, the MCHB 
    places special emphasis on improving service delivery to women and 
    children from racial and ethnic minority populations who have had 
    limited access to accessible care. This means that CISS projects are 
    expected to serve and appropriately involve in project activities 
    individuals from the populations to be served, unless there are 
    compelling programmatic or other justifications for not doing so. The 
    MCHB's intent is to ensure that project interventions are responsive to 
    the cultural and linguistic needs of special populations, that services 
    are accessible to consumers, and that the broadest possible 
    representation of culturally distinct and historically underrepresented 
    groups is supported through programs and projects sponsored by the 
    MCHB. This same special emphasis applies to improving service delivery 
    to children with special health care needs.
        In keeping with the goals of advancing the development of human 
    potential, strengthening the Nation's capacity to provide high quality 
    education by broadening participation in MCHB programs of institutions 
    that may have perspectives uniquely reflecting the Nation's cultural 
    and linguistic diversity, and increasing opportunities for all 
    Americans to participate in and benefit from Federal public health 
    programs, a funding priority will be placed on projects from 
    Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) or Hispanic Serving 
    Institutions (HSI) in all categories and subcategories in this notice 
    for which applications from academic institutions are encouraged. An 
    approved proposal from a HBCU or HSI will receive a 0.5 point favorable 
    adjustment of the priority score in a 5=point range before funding 
    decisions are made.
    
    3. Project Review and Funding
    
        Within the limit of funds determined by the Secretary to be 
    available for the activities described in this announcement, the 
    Secretary will review applications for funds as competing applications 
    and may award Federal funding for projects which will, in her judgment, 
    best promote the purpose of title V of the Social Security Act, with 
    special emphasis on improving service delivery to women and children 
    from culturally distinct populations; best address achievement of 
    Healthy People 2000 objectives related to maternal, infant, child and 
    adolescent health and service systems for children at risk of chronic 
    and disabling conditions; and otherwise best promote improvements in 
    maternal and child health.
    
    4. Criteria for Review
    
        The criteria which follow are used, as pertinent, to review and 
    evaluate applications for CISS awards announced in this notice. Further 
    guidance in this regard is supplied in application guidance materials, 
    which may specify other criteria.
    
    --The quality of the project plan or methodology.
    --The need for the research or training.
    --The extent to which the project will contribute to the advancement of 
    maternal and child health and/or improvement of the health of children 
    with special health care needs;
    --The extent to which the project is responsive to policy concerns 
    applicable to MCH grants and to program objectives, requirements, 
    priorities and/or review criteria for specific project categories, as 
    published in program announcements or guidance materials.
    --The extent to which the estimated cost to the Government of the 
    project is reasonable, considering the anticipated results.
    --The extent to which the project personnel are well qualified by 
    training and experience for their roles in the project and the 
    applicant organization has adequate facilities and personnel.
    --The extent to which, insofar as practicable, the proposed activities, 
    if well executed, are capable of attaining project objectives.
    --The strength of the project's plans for evaluation.
    --The extent to which the project will be integrated with the 
    administration of the MCH Block Grant, State primary care plans, public 
    health, and prevention programs, and other related programs in the 
    respective State(s).
    --The extent to which the application is responsive to the special 
    concerns and program priorities specified in this notice.
    
        Comments on this notice which members of the public wish to make 
    are welcome at any time and may be submitted to: Director, MCHB, at the 
    address listed in the ADDRESSES section. Suggestions will be considered 
    when priorities are developed for the next solicitation.
    
    5. Grants/Amounts
    
        A total of about $900,000 per year will be available to support a 
    maximum of 3 projects. The project period will not exceed 4 years.
    
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    6. Eligible Applicants
    
        Applicants eligible to compete are public or nonprofit institutions 
    of higher learning and public or nonprofit private agencies and 
    organizations engaged in research or in maternal and child health or 
    children with special health care needs programs.
    
    7. Public Health System Reporting Requirements
    
        This program is subject to the Public Health System Reporting 
    Requirements (approved under OMB No. 0937-0195). Under these 
    requirements, the community-based nongovernmental applicant must 
    prepare and submit a Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS). The 
    PHSIS is intended to provide information to state and local health 
    officials to keep them apprised of proposed health services grant 
    applications submitted by community-based nongovernmental organizations 
    within their jurisdictions. Community-based nongovernmental applicants 
    are required to submit the following information to the head of the 
    appropriate State and local health agencies in the area(s) to be 
    impacted no later than the Federal application receipt date: (1) A copy 
    of the face page of the application (PHS-398 (Rev. 5/95); (2) a 
    summmary of the project PHSIS, not to exceed one page, which provides a 
    description of the population to be served, a summary of the services 
    to be provided, and a description of the coordination planned with the 
    appropriate State and local health agencies.
    
    8. Executive Order 12372
    
        The CISS Federal Set-Aside Program has been determined to be a 
    program which is not subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372 
    concerning intergovernmental review of Federal programs.
    
    
        The OMB Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number is 93.110.
    
        Dated: July 1, 1996.
    Ciro V. Sumaya,
    Administrator.
    [FR Doc. 96-17317 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
07/09/1996
Department:
Health Resources and Services Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of availability of funds.
Document Number:
96-17317
Dates:
Potential applicants are invited to request application packages and to submit their applications for funding consideration. The application deadline is August 26, 1996.
Pages:
36069-36071 (3 pages)
PDF File:
96-17317.pdf