[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43598-43599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20624]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[CDC 576]


Project Grant to the National Tuberculosis Controllers 
Association

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces 
the availability of fiscal year (FY) 1995 grant funds for a sole source 
grant to the National Tuberculosis Controllers Association (NTCA). 
Approximately $150,000 is available in FY 1995 to fund this grant. The 
award is expected to begin on or about September 30, 1995, for a 12-
month budget period within a five year project period. The funding 
estimate is subject to change. Continuation awards within the project 
period will be made on the basis of satisfactory progress and the 
availability of funds.
    The purpose of this grant is to assist NTCA in developing, 
establishing, and coordinating systems and procedures to enhance the 
role of State and local health department tuberculosis (TB) control 
officials (TB Controllers), TB Nurse Consultants and other key TB 
program staff, in directing efforts to control, prevent, and eventually 
eliminate TB in the United States.
    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 to reduce morbidity and mortality 
and improve the quality of life. This announcement is related to the 
priority areas of HIV Infection and Immunization and Infectious 
Diseases. (To order a copy of ``Healthy People 2000,'' see the section 
``Where to Obtain Additional Information.'')

Authority

    This grant is authorized under Section 317E of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b-6), as amended. Applicable program 
regulations are found in part 51b, subparts A, of Title 42, Code of 
Federal Regulations.

Smoke-Free Workplace

    The PHS strongly encourages all grant recipients to provide a 
smoke-free workplace and to promote the non-use of all tobacco 
products, and Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994, 
prohibits smoking in certain facilities that receive Federal funds in 
which education, library, day care, health care, and early childhood 
development services are provided to children. 

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Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to NTCA for this project. No other 
applications are solicited.
    Eligibility is limited to NTCA because of its existing unique 
relationship with the State and local TB Controllers, TB Nurse 
Consultants, and other key TB program staff. NTCA is the only national 
TB organization whose members are TB Controllers, TB Nurse Consultants, 
and other key TB program staff who represent all States and 
territories. NTCA was organized in January 1995 to advance the 
elimination of TB in the United States through collective, concerted 
actions of the officials of State, local, and territorial governments 
who are empowered by their jurisdictions with the responsibility for 
carrying out programs to control and prevent TB. NTCA's technical 
expertise is an asset in the complex and changing environment of front-
line health care delivery.

Executive Order 12372 Review

    This application is not subject to review as governed by Executive 
Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs.

Public Health System Reporting Requirements

    This program is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting 
Requirements.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number is 93.947, TB 
Demonstration, Research, Public and Professional Education Projects.

Where to Obtain Additional Information

    If you are interested in obtaining additional information regarding 
this project, please refer to announcement 576 and contact Manuel 
Lambrinos, Grants Management Specialist, Grants Management Branch, 
Procurement and Grants Office, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC), 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 300, Mailstop E-
16, Atlanta, GA 30305, telephone (404) 842-6777.
    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) referenced in the SUMMARY may be obtained through the 
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 
20402-9325, telephone (202) 512-1800.

    Dated: August 15, 1995.
Joseph R. Carter,
Acting Associate Director for Management and Operations, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 95-20624 Filed 8-21-95; 8:45 am]
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