[Federal Register: March 30, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 61)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Integrating HIV and Other Prevention Services Into Reproductive
Health and Community Settings
Announcement Type: New.
Funding Opportunity Number: 04073.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.946.
Key Dates:
Application Deadline: May 14, 2004.
Executive Summary: Table of Contents
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Authority
Purpose
Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health Activities
Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
II. Award Information
Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligibility Applicants
2. Cost-Sharing or Matching
3. Other
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package
2. Content and Form of Submission
3. Submission Dates and Times
4. Intergovernmental Review of Applications
5. Funding Restrictions
6. Other Submission Requirements
Application Submission Address
I. Application Review Information
1. Criteria
Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
2. Review and Selection Process
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements
3. Reporting Requirements
VII. Agency Contacts
Appendix A HIV Prevention Integration Background Information
Appendix B HIV Prevention Integration Logic Models
Appendix C Background Information for the Optional Adolescent
Reproductive Health Project
Appendix D On-Line Reporting System
Appendix E DHHS Regions
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Authority: This program is authorized under Sections 301(a) and
317(k)(2) [42 U.S.C. 241(a) and 247b(k)(2)] of the Public Health
Service Act, as amended.
Purpose: The overall purpose of this cooperative agreement is to
support HIV and other prevention services in reproductive health and
community settings to reach beyond their current efforts to prevent STD
and HIV transmission, and unintended and teen pregnancies.
This program announcement provides funding for two related but
distinct components. All applicants are required to apply for the HIV
Prevention Integration (Part A) component while the Adolescent
Reproductive Health (Part B) component is optional for Part A
applicants.
The purpose of Part A is to support the integration of HIV
prevention services into reproductive health settings. (See Appendix A:
HIV Prevention Integration Background Information and Appendix B: HIV
Prevention Integration Logic Models.) The purpose of Part B is to build
capacity within communities to prevent teen pregnancy, STDs and HIV,
and promote adolescent reproductive health using a range of strategies,
including abstinence. (See Appendix C: Adolescent Reproductive Health
Background Information.)
Collectively, both programs address the ``Healthy People 2010''
focus areas of Family Planning and Sexual Health, HIV, Sexually
Transmitted Disease (STD), and Education and Community-Based Programs.
Measurable outcomes for both programs will be in alignment with one
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or more of the performance goal(s) for the National Center for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) and the National
Center for HIV, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention (NCHSTP):
Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
For the HIV Prevention Integration component, the performance
goal(s) for the program are to:
Reduce the number of new HIV infections.
Decrease the number of persons at high-risk for
acquiring or transmitting HIV infection.
Increase the proportion of HIV-infected people
who know they are infected.
Increase the proportion of HIV-infected people
who are linked to appropriate prevention, care, and treatment services.
Strengthen the capacity regionwide to monitor
the epidemic, develop and implement effective HIV prevention
interventions, and evaluate prevention programs.
Increase the number of reproductive health
settings that integrate HIV counseling and testing services
Increase the number of staff working in
reproductive health settings who counsel clients using client-centered
counseling skills.
Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
For the Adolescent Reproductive Health component, the performance
goal(s) for the program are to:
Increase the proportion of adolescents who
abstain from sexual intercourse or use condoms if currently sexually
active.
Reduce pregnancies among adolescent females.
Reduce the number of cases of HIV infection
among adolescents.
Reduce the number of sexually transmitted
disease cases among adolescents.
Activities
Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
Awardee activities for Part A are as follows:
Develop, implement, and evaluate a strategy to
integrate HIV counseling and testing services in reproductive health
settings.
Develop, implement, and evaluate training and
technical assistance in client-centered counseling skills for
reproductive health staff.
Identify, establish, and evaluate the
effectiveness of one reproductive health setting within the region that
will serve as a ``model'' clinic to showcase integration of HIV
prevention services to other recipients of training and technical
assistance.
Participate in the collective management and
evaluation of the program.
Assign one senior staff member and one alternate
to the Grantee Steering Committee (GSC), to be comprised of one
representative from each grantee and CDC program staff.
GSC representatives will participate in regular
conference calls.
In the first six months of the project, work
with the GSC to:
--Develop a logic model for the overall program and individual
projects.
--Identify key evaluation indicators and data sources from across the
programs.
--Develop an overall plan of activities and accomplishments for years
two through five.
--Develop a strategy to share and disseminate training and technical
assistance materials and resources among the grantees and to other
constituent groups.
--Participate in collaborative management and evaluation of the
program.
--Assign an appropriately qualified staff person as the project
evaluator.
--Travel the GSC representative and one alternate to a two-day annual
grantee meeting, location to be determined.
--Travel the GSC member and the designated project evaluator to a two-
day evaluation workshop at the initiation of the project, location to
be determined.
--Submit timely on-line reports. (See Appendix D for additional
information on the program's on-line reporting system.)
In a cooperative agreement, CDC staff is substantially involved in
the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring.
CDC activities for Part A are as follows:
Provide scientific and programmatic consultation
for development and delivery of training, technical assistance, and
evaluation activities.
Serve as integral member of the Steering
Committee.
Coordinate timely dissemination of resources,
materials, and relevant findings.
Coordinate communication with other CDC
programs, mainly the divisions of Reproductive Health, STD Prevention,
and HIV Prevention.
Take the lead in developing grantee capacity to
evaluate project efforts. This will include identifying experts in the
field of project evaluation, and designing and participating in an
evaluation workshop.
Organize, facilitate, and participate in the
annual grantee meeting.
Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
Awardee activities for Part B are as follows:
Develop a strategy and workplan to include a
target audience, collaborative activities, and an evaluation plan, to
help communities reduce teen pregnancy, STDs and HIV.
Provide training and technical assistance to
State and local coalitions, State health departments, schools, health
clinics, youth serving community and faith-based organizations, or
other organizations to increase the organizations' capacity to:
--Select science-based interventions or modify current practices to
include science-based principles to prevent teen pregnancy, HIV and
STDs, and promote adolescent reproductive health that meet the
identified needs of the community.
--Select and implement science-based interventions.
--Design and implement an evaluation plan that contributes to program
improvement and accountability.
--Translate and broadly disseminate evaluation findings and training
materials for publication and use through a variety of mechanisms such
as scientific journals, media, professional meetings the Internet,
training manuals, curricula, toolkits, or other innovative means.
--Develop and implement an evaluation plan to measure the impact of
training and technical assistance on organizations through progress of
recipient activities.
Share lessons learned with CDC and other
grantees.
Collaborate with CDC and national organizations
and state coalitions funded through the existing ``Coalition Capacity
Building for Teen Pregnancy Prevention'' cooperative agreement.
Collaborate with CDC on program development,
implementation, and evaluation, and disseminate lessons learned from
those activities.
CDC activities for Part B are as follows:
Provide scientific and programmatic consultation
for development and delivery of training, technical assistance, and
evaluation activities.
Work with grantees to develop evaluation
strategies.
Coordinate communication with other CDC
programs, mainly the
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divisions of Reproductive Health and Adolescent and School Health.
Facilitate coordination of activities and
communication between recipients and national organizations and state
coalitions funded through the existing ``Coalition Capacity Building
for Teen Pregnancy Prevention'' cooperative agreement.
Translate and disseminate nationally lessons
learned and teen pregnancy, HIV and STD best practices through
publications, meetings, and other means.
II. Award Information
Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement.
CDC involvement in this program is listed in the Activities
Sections above.
Fiscal Year Funds: 2004.
Approximate Total Funding: $860,000.
Approximate Number of Awards: 10 (one award per DHHS Region, See
Appendix E for a breakdown of DHHS regions).
Approximate Average Award: $86,000 (This amount is for the first
12-month budget period, and includes both direct and indirect costs).
Floor of Award Range: None.
Ceiling of Award Range: None (This ceiling is for the first 12-
month budget period).
Anticipated Award Date: September 1, 2004.
Budget Period Length: 12 months.
Project Period Length: 5 years.
Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
Approximate Total Funding for Part B only: $450,000.
Approximate Number of Awards: 4-6.
Approximate Average Award: $75,000 (This amount is for the first
12-month budget period, and includes both direct and indirect costs).
Floor of Award Range: $75,000.
Ceiling of Award Range: $130,000 (This ceiling is for the first 12-
month budget period.)
Anticipated Award Date: September 1, 2004.
Budget Period Length: 12 months.
Project Period Length: 5 years.
Throughout the project period, CDC's 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.
III. Eligibility Information
III.1. Eligible Applicants
Applications may be submitted by public and private nonprofit
organizations and by governments and their agencies, such as:
Public nonprofit organizations
Private nonprofit organizations
Universities
Colleges
Research institutions
Hospitals
Community-based organizations
Faith-based organizations
Federally-recognized Indian tribal governments
Indian tribes
Indian tribal organizations
State and local governments or their Bona Fide
Agents (this includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of
Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of
Palau)
Political subdivisions of States (in consultation
with States)
A Bona Fide Agent is an agency/organization identified by the state
as eligible to submit an application under the state eligibility in
lieu of a state application. If you are applying as a bona fide agent
of a state or local government, you must provide a letter from the
state as documentation of your status. Place this documentation behind
the first page of your application form.
III.2. Cost Sharing or Matching
Matching funds are not required for this program.
III.3. Other
If your application is incomplete or non-responsive to the
requirements listed below, it will not be entered into the review
process. You will be notified that your application did not meet
submission requirements.
Applicants applying for both Parts A and B must be approved for
Part A to be considered for Part B.
If you request a funding amount greater than the ceiling of the
award range, your application will be considered non-responsive, and
will not be entered into the review process. You will be notified that
your application did not meet the submission requirements.
If agencies are interested in applying for funding under this
program announcement but do not meet the qualification criteria, they
are encouraged to partner with an eligible entity.
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. Application forms and instructions are available on the 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 accessing the forms on-line, you may contact the CDC
Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section
(PGO-TIM) staff at: 770-488-2700. Application forms can be mailed to
you.
IV.2. Content and Form of Submission
Application: You must submit a project narrative with your
application forms. The narrative must be submitted in the following
format:
Maximum number of pages for both Parts A and B:
35. If your narrative exceeds the page limit, only the first pages
within the page limit will be reviewed.
--For Part A: 20 page maximum
--For Part B: 15 page maximum
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.
Pages numbered consecutively.
Held together only by rubber bands or metal clips;
not bound in any other way.
Your narrative should address activities to be conducted over the
entire project period, and must include the following items in the
order listed for Parts A and B if applicable. Applicants must clearly
label all sections relating to Parts A and B as ``Part A: HIV
Prevention Integration'' and ``Part B: Adolescent Reproductive
Health''. Part B will require a separate narrative that should address
activities to be conducted over the entire 5-year project period.
Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
1. Background
Describe your organization's experience in
providing training, capacity-building, and technical assistance in the
areas of client-centered counseling or integration of HIV
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prevention services. Include such information as the name, location,
and type of organizations trained or provided technical assistance;
staff trained (e.g., job category, demographic data); nature of
training or technical assistance provided; curricula, tools, or other
materials used; outcome or evaluation results; and any collaboration
with other organizations in developing and delivering the training or
technical assistance.
Include a memo in an Appendix that clearly
describes:
--Your organization's capacity to serve all states within the DHHS
region in which you are geographically located.
--The extent to which your organization has qualified staff with a
minimum of five years experience designing scientific-based curricula
and delivering training on integrating HIV prevention services into
reproductive health care settings.
--To extent to which your organization has staff experienced in
assessing DHHS region-wide HIV-prevention training needs.
Describe staff experience in recruiting clinics
that provide reproductive health services as potential collaborating
partners; negotiating the terms of agreement with these potential
collaborating partners; and providing technical assistance to these
partners on integrating HIV prevention services.
Identify all funding sources supporting your
organization in its client-centered counseling or HIV prevention
integration activities.
Provide a copy of the most recent regional HIV
and family planning training needs assessments as an appendix.
Describe the women in your region most at-risk
for HIV infection. Include such information as the documented number of
known cases of HIV and AIDS, and other data indicative of behavioral
risks (such as rates for STDs, tobacco use, substance abuse,
incarceration, homelessness, teen pregnancy, and unintended pregnancy).
Indicate the source(s) of any data provided.
Describe the providers of reproductive health
services in your region. Include the name and location, services
provided, staffing patterns, communities served, and previous training
or technical assistance received from your organization.
2. Objectives
Define specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased
objectives for each performance goal of the program (see Part A: HIV
Prevention Integration after Purpose).
2. Plan and Methods for Activities
For HIV Prevention Integration:
Describe the strategy you will use to support
reproductive health settings to integrate HIV counseling and testing
services, striving to provide technical assistance to the maximum
number of sites from throughout the region, while maintaining the
greatest quality of technical assistance.
Identify and justify the settings to be
targeted.
Describe the technical assistance strategy,
including targeted staff, objectives, tools, process, length of
project, and evaluation plan.
Describe anticipated obstacles.
Include letters of support and intent to
collaborate from the directors of at least five reproductive health
agencies or other community or faith-based organizations that provide
reproductive health services in the region. The letters must clearly
state their support and commitment to the project and the specific
collaboration they agree to bring to the five-year process. The
inclusion of memoranda of agreement is encouraged.
Provide a timeline demonstrating the order and
timing of key project activities as they relate to the proposed goals
and objectives.
For Client-Centered Counseling:
Describe the strategy you will use to train
reproductive health staff in client-centered counseling, striving to
reach the maximum number throughout the region while maintaining the
greatest training quality.
Identify and justify the settings and staff to
be targeted.
Describe the training strategy, including the
method of delivery, potential trainers, training objectives, length of
training, curriculum and materials, and evaluation plan.
Describe anticipated obstacles.
Identify the scientific basis for the strategy;
include a bibliography if necessary as an appendix.
Include in an appendix letters of support and
intention to collaborate from the directors of five reproductive health
agencies or other community or faith-based organizations that provide
reproductive health services in the region. The letters must clearly
state their support and commitment to the project and the specific
collaboration they agree to bring. The inclusion of memoranda of
agreement is encouraged.
Provide a timeline demonstrating the order and
timing of key project activities as they relate to the proposed goals
and objectives.
For Model Clinic:
Each grantee will identify, establish, and
evaluate the effectiveness of one reproductive health setting within
the region that will serve as a model clinic to showcase integration of
HIV prevention services and client-centered counseling skills to other
recipients of training or technical assistance.
Describe the strategy you will use to identify
and establish the model clinic.
Provide a justification for the selection of the
clinic.
Identify the strategy you will used to create
the model clinic.
Explain how the clinic will model client-
centered counseling and integration of HIV prevention services to staff
from other reproductive health settings in the region.
Identify anticipated obstacles.
Obtain a written letter of support from the
clinic director of the proposed model clinic that clearly states his or
her understanding of the project duration and staff requirements for
the project.
Provide a timeline demonstrating the order and
timing of key project activities as they relate to the proposed goals
and objectives.
4. Evaluation
Clearly identify an evaluation plan for each
project component that is consistent with CDC's Evaluation Framework
for Evaluating Public Health Programs. (http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework.htm
).
In the plan, identify primary stakeholders.
For each project component, include process and
outcome evaluation indicators for each measurable objective.
Provide a data Collection, Analysis, and
Management plan that includes:
--Explain how baseline data will be gathered.
--Describe how project-related data will be collected and analyzed,
including measures to protect client and staff privacy and
confidentiality.
--Identify who will conduct data collection, analysis, and management.
--Specify how often data will be collected and analyzed.
Dissemination of Findings
--Describe how the data findings and evaluation results will be shared
with stakeholders.
--Describe how the evaluation results will be used.
5. Project Staff
Provide job descriptions for anticipated project
staff, identifying specific roles (e.g., management and supervision,
planning, curricula development, training delivery,
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technical assistance, evaluation, staff support). Attach
r[eacute]sum[eacute]s of existing and newly proposed staff as an
appendix.
Provide an organizational chart as an appendix
that identifies lines of authority, including who will have management
authority over the project.
Identify the senior staff member and one
alternate to serve on the project's Steering Committee.
Identify the staff person who will take the lead
on the project's evaluation.
6. Budget and Justification (Does Not Count Against Narrative Page
Limit.)
Provide a detailed budget and line-item
justification for all operating expenses that are consistent with the
proposed program objectives and activities for each activity. Include:
--Any staff or trainee travel.
--Attendance for two people (the GSC member and the project evaluator)
at two-day evaluation workshop, location to be determined.
--Attendance for two people (the GSC member and an alternate) to attend
the annual grantee meeting, location to be determined.
7. Protection of Human Subjects
Address the Requirements of Title 45 CFR part 46 for the protection
of Human Subjects.
Part B: Adolescent Reproductive Health
1. Background
Describe your organization's experience in
providing training and technical assistance in teen pregnancy, STD, and
HIV prevention.
Include a memo as an appendix that clearly
describes:
--Your organization's experience providing technical assistance in the
areas of teen pregnancy, STD, and HIV prevention.
--Your organization's experience providing technical assistance and
training to State and local coalitions, State health departments,
schools, health clinics, youth serving community and faith-based
organizations, or other organizations.
--The extent to which your organization has staff with demonstrated
experience in teen pregnancy, STD, and HIV prevention training and
evaluation.
--Describe any experience developing logic models, and identifying,
selecting, implementing, and evaluating science-based programs that
prevent teen pregnancy, HIV and STDs, and promote adolescent
reproductive health.
--Describe the results of similar efforts that used skills to provide
training and technical assistance to other organizations such as State
and local coalitions, State health departments, schools, health
clinics, youth serving community and faith-based organizations and to
disseminate findings to a broader audience.
2. Objectives
Define specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased
objectives to support each performance goal of the program (see Part B:
Adolescent Reproductive Health after Purpose).
Identify and describe the activities to support
the objectives.
Explain how achievement of the objectives will
be measured.
3. Plan and Methods
Provide a realistic timeline for activities.
Describe how the project will be implemented.
Describe how the project will achieve the goal
of the overall program.
Describe the training and technical assistance
strategy including the method of delivery, potential trainers, training
objectives, length of training, curriculum and materials, and
evaluation plan.
Describe any anticipated obstacles to
accomplishing the proposed activities.
Include letters of support and intention to
collaborate from the directors of at least two organizations in the
region. The letters must clearly state their support and commitment to
the proposed activities and the specific collaboration they agree to
bring to the five-year process. Inclusion of memoranda of agreement is
encouraged.
Describe the translation and dissemination plan
for lessons learned.
4. Evaluation Plan
Develop an evaluation plan that is consistent
with CDC's Evaluation Framework for Evaluating Public Health Programs.
(See http://www.cdc.gov/eval/frameword.htm).
Identify primary stakeholders in the evaluation
process.
For each measurable objective, identify process
and outcome indicators.
Identify who will conduct the data collection,
analysis, and management.
Describe how data will be collected and analyzed
and how often.
Describe how the data findings and evaluation
results will be shared with stakeholders and how results will be used.
5. Program Staff
Describe the training and technical assistance
experience of staff in science-based practices in teen pregnancy, STD,
and HIV prevention.
Describe the experience of the staff working
with the proposed target organizations.
Provide r[eacute]sum[eacute]s and job
descriptions of existing and newly proposed staff, with prior
experience in teen pregnancy, STD, and HIV prevention, identifying
their role and responsibilities in the optional teen pregnancy
prevention component.
Provide an organizational chart as an appendix
that identifies lines of authority, including who will have management
authority over the project.
Identify the staff person who will take the lead
on the project's evaluation.
6. Budget and Justification (Does Not Count Against Narrative Page
Limit.)
Provide a detailed budget and line-item
justification for all operating expenses that are consistent with the
proposed program objectives and activities for each activity. Include:
--Any staff or trainee travel costs.
--Cost for attendance for one person at a two-day evaluation workshop,
location to be determined.
--Cost for one annual trip for two staff to attend a planning,
training, and information-sharing meeting, location to be determined.
7. Protection of Human Subjects
Address the requirements of Title 45 CFR part 46 for the protection
of human subjects.
Additional information may be included in the application
appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative
page limit. This additional information may include:
--Training needs assessments
--Epidemiological data
--Training curricula or materials
--Curriculum vitae/resumes
--Organizational charts
--Letters of support
--Memoranda of agreement
--Bibliographies
--Other pertinent information requested in the narrative section of the
program announcement or other relevant material and documents you want
to include.
You are required to have a Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS) number to apply for a grant or cooperative
agreement from the federal government. The DUNS number is a nine-digit
identification number, which uniquely identifies business entities.
Obtaining a DUNS number is
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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 CDC web site at: http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/pubcommt.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.
IV.3. Submission Dates and Times
Application Deadline Date: May 14, 2004.
Explanation of Deadlines: Applications must be received in the CDC
Procurement and Grants Office by 4 p.m. Eastern Time on the deadline
date. If you send your application by the United States Postal Service
or commercial delivery service, you must ensure that the carrier will
be able to guarantee delivery of the application by the closing date
and time. If CDC receives your application after closing due to: (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 be given the opportunity to
submit documentation of the carriers guarantee. If the documentation
verifies a carrier problem, CDC will consider the application as having
been received by the deadline.
This announcement is the definitive guide on application submission
address and deadline. It supersedes information provided in the
application instructions. If your application does not meet the
deadline above, it will not be eligible for review, and will be
discarded. You will be notified that your application did not meet the
submission requirements.
CDC will not notify you upon receipt of your application. If you
have a question about the receipt of your application, first contact
your courier. 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 application deadline. This will allow time for applications to be
processed and logged.
IV.4. Intergovernmental Review of Applications
Your application is subject to Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs, as governed by Executive Order (EO) 12372. This order sets up
a system for state and local governmental review of proposed federal
assistance applications. You should contact your state single point of
contact (SPOC) as early as possible to alert the SPOC to prospective
applications, and to receive instructions on your state's process.
Click on the following link to get the current SPOC list: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html
.
IV.5. Funding Restrictions
Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing your
budget, are as follows:
You may not use funds to supplant Federal,
State, or local health department funds; make building improvements or
engage in other construction activities; or provide direct clinical or
treatment services.
If you are requesting indirect costs in your budget, you must
include a copy of your current indirect cost rate agreement. If your
indirect cost rate is a provisional rate, the agreement should be less
than 12 months of age.
Guidance for completing your budget can be found on the 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: Submit the original and two hard
copies of your application by mail or express delivery service to:
Technical Information Management-PA04073, CDC Procurement and
Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341.
Applications may not be submitted electronically at this time.
V. Application Review Information
V.1. Criteria
You are required to provide measures of effectiveness that will
demonstrate the accomplishment of the various identified objectives of
the cooperative agreement. Measures of effectiveness 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. These measures of effectiveness must be
submitted with the application and will be an element of evaluation.
Your application will be evaluated against the following criteria:
Part A: HIV Prevention Integration
1. Plan and Methods (35)
Does the applicant identify appropriate staff to
support HIV Prevention Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the
Model Clinic.?
Does the applicant propose a realistic timeline
demonstrating order and timing of key project activities for HIV
Prevention Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the Model
Clinic?
Does the applicant demonstrate a valid process
to identify training and technical assistance priorities that appear
appropriate and likely to promote and support HIV Prevention
Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the Model Clinic?
Does the applicant demonstrate support for the
project with letters of support or memoranda of agreement for HIV
Prevention Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the Model
Clinic? Do the letters clearly indicate an intention to collaborate and
an understanding of the commitment involved?
2. Objectives (20)
Does the applicant provide objectives that are
specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-phased for HIV
Prevention Integration, Client-Centered Counseling, and the Model
Clinic?
Does the applicant clearly identify which of the
goals (e.g., HIV prevention integration and client-centered counseling)
each of their project objectives supports?
3. Evaluation (20)
Does the applicant clearly identify an
evaluation plan for HIV Prevention Integration, Client-Centered
Counseling, and the Model Clinic, including identification of
stakeholders; measurable process and outcome indicators for activities
and objectives; strategy to collect, analyze, and disseminate data; and
use of data findings and evaluation results?
Are the objectives linked to appropriate
evaluation criteria for HIV Prevention Integration, Client-Centered
Counseling, and the Model Clinic?
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