[Federal Register: September 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 180)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 
Office of Public Health and Science; Grant Award to Cicatelli 
Associates, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Population Affairs, OPHS, HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that the Office of Family 
Planning (OFP) of the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) is making 
available an award of approximately $500,000 in FY 1999 to Cicatelli 
Associates, Inc., a Title X general training and technical assistance 
grantee, under Section 1003 of Title X of the Public Health Service 
Act. These funds are from the Office of the Secretary's Public Health 
and Social Services Emergency Fund and were provided in the FY 1999 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriation Pub. L. 105-277) by the 
Congressional Black Caucus for the Secretary to address the HIV/AIDS 
crisis in racial and ethnic minority communities through specifically 
targeted programs that respond to changing demographics of the disease.
    Cicatelli Associates, Inc. (CAI) has requested these funds to 
support a one-year training and technical assistance project that will 
increase the capacity of Title X providers and other small community-
based organizations to provide prevention and early intervention 
services for poor, minority communities disproportionately impacted by 
HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancies. CAI 
is proposing to develop training and technical assistance activities 
that focus on improving the coordination, comprehensiveness and quality 
of HIV/AIDS service provision, by bringing together community-based 
organizations, primarily those providing support services to 
communities of color, including Title X providers, into federal 
regional planning and networking activities.
    The training and technical assistance activities proposed by CAI 
will include facilitating the identification of HIV/AIDS community 
resources across the country, and compiling regional resource handbooks 
on HIV/AIDS services, focusing on community-based organizations 
providing support and ancillary services to individuals and families 
affected and infected by HIV/AIDS. Also, CAI is proposing to support 
training and technical assistance activities for capacity building 
within small agencies and organizations that serve primarily racial and 
ethnic minorities and are in communities with high HIV incidence.
    The unsolicited proposal from CAI was reviewed and approved by a 
federal interagency review panel. The following language regarding the 
use of these funds is to be placed on the award: ``These funds are to 
be used only for high priority prevention and treatment needs in areas 
heavily impacted by HIV/AIDS, and to complement existing and previously 
planned targeted HIV/AIDS activities regarding communities of color.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Moskosky, Acting Deputy 
Director, Office of Family Planning, OPA, 4350 East-West Highway, Suite 
200, Bethesda, MD 20814. (301) 594-4008.

    Dated: September 10, 1999.
Denese O. Shervington,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs.
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