Fiscal Year 1996 National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect; Availability of Fund and Requests for Applications

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]

[Notices]

[Pages 30748-30775]

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

[FR Doc No: 96-15156]

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Part V

Department of Health and Human Services

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Administration for Children and Families

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National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect Projects; Fiscal Year 1996

Availability of Funds and Requests for Comments; Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 117 / Monday, June 17, 1996 /

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and Families

[Program Announcement No. ACF/ACYF/NCCAN/DP 96-1]

Fiscal Year 1996 National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect;

Availability of Fund and Requests for Applications

AGENCY: National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN),

Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration

for Children and Families (ACF), Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Announcement of the availability of financial assistance and

requests for applications to support child abuse and neglect research,

demonstration, and training and technical assistance projects as

authorized by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as amended.

SUMMARY: The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN)

announces the availability of Fiscal Year 1996 funding.

Funds from NCCAN are for research on the causes, prevention,

identification, treatment and cultural distinctions of child abuse and

neglect; for research on appropriate, effective and culturally-

sensitive investigative, administrative and judicial procedures with

respect to cases of child abuse; and for demonstration or service

programs and projects designed to prevent, identify, and treat child

abuse and neglect.

This announcement contains forms and instructions for submitting an

application.

DATES: The closing time and date for the receipt of applications under

this announcement is 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) August 16, 1996.

Applications received after 4:30 p.m. will be classified as late.

ADDRESSES: Mail applications to: Department of Health and Human

Services, Administration for Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W., Mail Stop 6C-462,

Washington, D.C. 20447, ATTN: __________ (Reference announcement number

and specify Priority Area 1.01, 2.01, or 2.02).

Hand-delivered, courier or overnight applications are accepted

during the normal working hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., (Eastern

time), Monday through Friday, on or prior to the established closing

date at: Administration for Children and Families, Division of

Discretionary Grants, ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor Loading Dock, Aerospace

Center, 901 D Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20447, ATTN: __________

(reference number and specify Priority Area 1.01, 2.01, or 2.02).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The ACYF Operations Center Technical

Assistance Team at 1-800-351-2293 is available to answer questions

regarding application requirements and to refer you to the appropriate

contact person in NCCAN for programmatic questions.

INTENT TO APPLY: If you are going to submit an application, send a

postcard or call in the following information: The name, address, and

telephone number of the contact person; the name of the organization;

and the priority area(s) in which you may submit an application, within

two weeks of the receipt of this announcement to: Administration on

Children, Youth and Families, Operations Center, 3030 Clarendon

Boulevard, Suite 240, Arlington, VA 22201. The telephone number is 1-

800-351-2293. This information will be used to determine the number of

expert reviewers needed and to update the mailing list of persons to

whom the program announcement is sent.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This program announcement consists of three

parts. Part I provides information on the National Center on Child

Abuse and Neglect and general information on the application

procedures. Part II describes the review process, additional

requirements for the grant applications, the criteria for the review

and evaluation of applications, and the programmatic priorities for

which applications are being solicited. Part III provides information

and instructions for the development and submission of applications.

The forms to be used for submitting an application follow Part III.

Please copy as single-sided forms and use in submitting an application

under this announcement. No additional application forms are needed to

submit an application.

Applicants should note that grants to be awarded under this program

announcement are subject to the availability of funds.

Outline of Announcement

Part I: General Information

Part II: Review Process and Priority Areas

A. Eligible Applicants

B. Review Process and Funding Decisions

C. Evaluation Criteria

D. Structure of Priority Area Descriptions

E. Available Funds

F. Priority Area Descriptions and Requirements

Part III: Information and Instructions for the Development and

Submission of Applications

A. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

B. Availability of Forms

C. Required Notification of the State Single Point of Contact

D. Deadline for Submission of Applications

E. Instructions for Preparing the Application and Completing

Application Forms

1. SF424, page 1, Application Cover Sheet

2. SF424A, Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs

3. Project Summary Description

4. Program Narrative Statement

5. Assurances/Certifications

F. Checklist for a Complete Application

G. The Application Package

Part I--General Information

A. Background

The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF)

administers national programs for children and youth, works with States

and local communities to develop services which support and strengthen

family life, seeks out joint ventures with the private sector to

enhance the lives of children and their families, and provides

information and other assistance to parents, public and private

agencies, States and local communities, and other entities.

The concerns of ACYF extend to all children from birth through

adolescence. Many of the programs administered by the agency focus on

children from low-income families; children and youth in need of foster

care, adoption, or other child welfare services; preschool children;

children with disabilities; abused and neglected children; runaway and

homeless youth; and children from Native American and migrant families.

Located organizationally within ACYF, the National Center on Child

Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) was established within the Department of

Health and Human Services in 1974 by the Child Abuse Prevention and

Treatment Act (the Act).

NCCAN conducts activities designed to assist and enhance national,

State and community efforts to prevent, identify, and treat child abuse

and neglect. These activities include: conducting research and

demonstrations; supporting service improvement projects; gathering,

analyzing, and disseminating information through a national

clearinghouse; and awarding grants to eligible States to develop,

strengthen, and carry out child abuse and neglect prevention and

treatment programs and programs relating to the investigation

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and prosecution of child abuse cases. In addition, the legislatively-

mandated Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect and the Inter-Agency

Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect produce periodic reports on child

abuse and neglect activities.

B. Statutory Authority Covered Under This Announcement

NCCAN solicits applications under the authority of the Child Abuse

Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) as amended. The

Act was most recently reauthorized through September 1995 and was

further amended through the Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption,

and Family Services Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-295, 5/28/92), the

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act Amendments of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-

586, 11/4/92), and Title IV of the Human Services Amendments of 1994

(Pub. L. 103-252, sec. 401). Funds were appropriated, at a reduced

level, under the 1996 Appropriation Bill (Pub. L. 104-134) through

September 1996. (CFDA: 93.670)

Part II. The Review Process and Priority Areas

A. Eligible Applicants

Each priority area description contains information about the types

of agencies and organizations eligible to apply. Because eligibility

varies depending on statutory provisions, it is critical that the

``Eligible Applicants'' section of each priority area be read

carefully.

Before review, each application will be screened for applicant

organization eligibility. Applications from ineligible organizations

will not be reviewed in the competition, and the applicants will be so

informed.

Only agencies and organizations, not individuals, are eligible to

apply under this Announcement. All applications developed jointly by

more than one agency or organization must identify a single lead

organization and official applicant. Participating agencies and

organizations can be included as co-participants, subgrantees, or

subcontractors. For-profit organizations are eligible to participate as

subgrantees or subcontractors with eligible non-profit organizations

under all priority areas.

Any non-profit agency must submit proof of non-profit status either

by making reference to its listing in the Internal Revenue Service's

(IRS) most recent list of tax-exempt organizations or by submitting a

copy of its letter from the IRS under IRS Code Section 501(c)(3). The

ACYF cannot fund a non-profit applicant without acceptable proof of its

non-profit status.

B. Review Process and Funding Decisions

Before applications are reviewed, each application is screened to

determine whether the applicant organization is eligible. Applications

from ineligible organizations will not be reviewed in the competition,

and the applicant will be so informed. Applications that omit essential

components of the application or fail to comply with format

specifications described in Part III will have their application

withdrawn from further consideration.

Applications will be screened for categorical appropriateness. If

applications are found to be inappropriate for the priority area in

which they were submitted, applicants will be contacted for verbal

approval of redirection to a more appropriate priority area.

Redirection does not affect decision-making in the competitive process

following the initial screening.

Timely applications from eligible applicants will be reviewed and

scored competitively. Experts in the field, generally persons outside

the Federal government, will use the appropriate evaluation criteria

listed later in this section to review and score the applications. The

result of this review is a primary factor in funding decisions.

NCCAN and ACYF reserve the option to discuss applications with, or

refer them to, other Federal or non-Federal funding sources when this

is in the best interest of the Federal government or the applicants.

ACYF may also solicit comments from ACF Regional Office staff, other

Federal agencies, interested foundations, national organizations,

specialists, experts, States and the general public. These comments,

along with those of the expert reviewers, will be considered by ACYF in

making funding decisions.

In making decisions on awards, ACYF may give preference to

applications which focus on: over-represented or under-served

populations; substantially innovative strategies with the potential to

improve theory or practice in child welfare and child protective

services; a model practice or set of procedures that holds the

potential for replication by organizations that administer or deliver

child welfare and/or child protective services; substantial involvement

of volunteers, where appropriate; substantial involvement (either

financial or programmatic) of the private sector; a favorable balance

between Federal and non-Federal funds available for the proposed

project; the potential for high benefit from low Federal investment;

and/or substantial involvement by national or community foundations.

To the greatest extent possible, funding decisions will reflect an

equitable distribution of assistance among the States and geographical

regions of the country, rural and urban areas, and ethnic populations.

In making these decisions, ACYF may also take into account the need to

avoid unnecessary duplication of effort.

C. Evaluation Criteria

A panel of at least three reviewers (primarily experts from outside

the Federal government) will review the applications. To facilitate

this review, applicants should address each requirement in the priority

area description under the appropriate section of the Program Narrative

Statement.

The reviewers will determine the strengths and weaknesses of each

application using the evaluation criteria listed below and provide

verbal and written comments and assign numerical scores to each

application. The point value following each criterion heading is the

maximum score for that criterion.

All research applications will be evaluated against the following

criteria:

(a) Objectives (5 points). The application pinpoints the research

problem addressed; concisely states the specific objectives of the

study; references theory or craft knowledge supporting the study; and

states the question(s) or hypothesis(es) to be tested.

(b) Background and Significance (maximum of 19 points). The

application provides a thoughtful discussion about the current state of

knowledge related to the research problem addressed by presenting a

review of the relevant literature, including any pilot tests, in order

to establish the need for the study as a replication to validate

existing knowledge or a new study to fill a knowledge gap. Applicants

also must indicate how the proposed study findings are expected to

significantly inform policy, improve practice, and/or advance the

science of child abuse and neglect research. Bibliographic references

for all citations should be included.

(c) Methodology (51 points). The application precisely defines the

terms and variables used in the study; identifies data sources, data

collection processes and instruments, including the instruments'

reliability and validity with the population proposed; and describes

the data analysis plan. If the

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study proposes to do secondary data analysis, the application describes

access to the data source.

The application describes the characteristics of the target

population and the rationale, strengths, and potential limitations for

interpretations of findings due to the gender and ethnic composition of

the proposed study sample; depicts recruitment and retention

procedures; provides realistic estimates of attrition, and discusses

appropriate procedures for handling attrition or interpreting the

findings of the study in light of attrition.

The proposed methodology protects human subjects; reflects

sensitivity to ethical issues that may arise and provides for reporting

suspected abuse and/or neglect as governed by applicable laws and

regulations; describes procedures for soliciting approval from an

institutional review board (IRB), if applicable, and protecting the

integrity and confidentiality of data.

The applicant(s) commits to using data processing and documentation

practices in accordance with the needs of the National Data Archive on

Child Abuse and Neglect and to providing study data to the Archive at

the conclusion of the project, as applicable. A manual describing such

practices, The Preparation of Data Sets for Analysis and Dissemination:

Technical Standards for Machine-Readable Data, can be obtained free of

cost from the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect located

at Cornell University, Family Life Development Center, G20 MVR Hall,

Ithaca, New York 14853-4401, 607-255-7794. Applicants must confirm that

the final report will be prepared in the suggested format to ensure its

readiness for dissemination by NCCAN and ACYF, if desired.

The application provides a fiscally responsible and workable plan

of action; details a reasonable time-line and target dates; includes an

adequate staffing plan, listing key and support staff, consultants, any

agency, organization, other key group, and/or advisory panels involved

or proposed; describes the responsibilities, activities, and/or

training plans for each, if applicable. The application explicitly

identifies the role of the author(s) of this proposal in relation to

the work plan and administrative structure.

The application proposes reasonable project costs and allocates

sufficient funds across component areas. This information also must be

included in the budget narrative.

(d) Staff Background and Organizational Experience (25 points). The

application describes the qualifications of the key staff and

consultants alluded to in the methods section (a curriculum vitae for

each key staff person must be included with the application); the

geographic accessibility of the personnel proposed; and access to

special personnel resources to be tapped, if required.

The application describes the adequacy of the available facilities

and organizational experience to perform the pertinent tasks of the

proposed project effectively and efficiently. Organizational capability

statements included with applications should be no longer than two

pages. If collaboration is proposed, the nature and extent of the

collaboration must be described in detail, and supported by letters of

commitment.

The application describes the relationship between this project and

any other Federally assisted work planned, anticipated, or underway, by

the applicant.

All demonstration and training and technical assistance

applications will be evaluated against the following criteria:

(a). Objectives and Need for Assistance (20 points). The

application pinpoints the problem or issue requiring a solution and

demonstrates the need for the assistance; states the principal and

subordinate objectives of the project; provides supporting

documentation or other testimonies from concerned interests other than

the applicant; identifies other successful demonstration projects that

may have implications for the proposed demonstration (which may include

a review of the relevant literature); identifies the conceptual or

theoretical framework for this model; and describes whether the

proposed project replicates or modifies previously evaluated model(s)

addressing the identified need. The application must pinpoint the

location of the project and area and population to be served.

(b). Approach (35 points). The application outlines a sound and

workable plan of action and time-line and details how the proposed work

will be accomplished; describes the approach in detail and points out

its unique features; cites factors which might accelerate or delay this

approach, giving acceptable reasons for taking this approach as opposed

to others; describes and supports any unusual features of the project,

such as extraordinary social and community involvements; includes an

adequate staffing plan, that lists key and support staff, consultants,

any agency, organization, other key group, and/or advisory panels

involved or proposed; describes the responsibilities, activities, and/

or training plans for each (if applicable). The application proposes

reasonable project costs and allocates sufficient funds appropriately

across activities to accomplish the objectives.

The application, when appropriate, identifies the kinds of data to

be collected and maintained, describes procedures for informed consent

of participants, where applicable, and discusses the criteria to be

used to evaluate the results of the project. The application describes

the evaluation methodology that will be used to determine if the

process proposed was implemented, if the needs identified were

addressed, and if the benefits expected were achieved.

(c). Results or Benefits Expected (20 points). The application

identifies the results and benefits to be derived, the extent to which

they are consistent with the goals and objectives, and their

contributions to policy and practice. The extent to which the proposed

project costs are reasonable in view of the expected results.

(d). Staff Background and Organization Experience (25 points). The

application identifies the educational and professional background of

the project director/principal investigator and key project staff and

the experience of the organization to demonstrate the applicant's

ability to administer and implement the project effectively and

efficiently. The role of the author(s) of this proposal in relation to

the work plan and administrative structure should be explicitly

identified. The application describes the relationships between the

proposed project and other Federally assisted work planned, anticipated

or underway by the applicant. If the project proposed is a

collaboration, the application must describe the nature and extent of

the collaboration including the responsibilities of the respective

agencies in carrying out the activities identified in the work-plan.

D. Structure of Priority Area Descriptions

Each priority area description is composed of the following

sections:

Eligible Applicants: This section specifies the type of

organization eligible to apply under the particular priority area.

Specific restrictions are noted where applicable.

Purpose: This section presents the basic focus and/or broad goal(s)

of the priority area.

Background Information: This section briefly discusses the

legislative background and the current state-of-the-

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art and/or current state-of-practice supporting the need for the

particular priority area activity. Relevant information on projects

previously funded by ACYF and/or others, and State models are noted.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: This section presents the

minimum requirements which must be addressed in response to the

evaluation criteria. For research projects, these requirements relate

to project objectives, background and significance, methodology, staff

background and organizational experience. For demonstration projects,

these requirements relate to objectives and need for assistance,

approach, results or benefits expected, and staff background and

organizational experience. Reviewers will use the details expected

under these headings in response to each priority area to evaluate the

applications.

Project Duration: This section specifies the maximum allowable

project period; it refers to the amount of time for which Federal

funding is available.

Federal Share of Project Cost: This section specifies the maximum

amount of Federal support for the project for the first budget year.

Matching Requirement: This section specifies the minimum non-

Federal contribution, either cash or in-kind match, required in

relation to the maximum Federal funds requested for the project.

Anticipated Number of Projects To Be Funded: This section specifies

the number of projects ACYF anticipates funding under the priority

area.

Applications that fail to comply with the specific priority area

requirements in the section on ``Eligible Applicants'' will not be

reviewed.

Non-responsiveness to the section ``Minimum Requirements for the

Project Design'' is likely to result in a low evaluation score by the

reviewers. Applicants must clearly identify the specific priority area

under which they wish to have their applications considered, and tailor

their applications accordingly. Experience has shown that an

application which is broader and more general in concept than the

priority area description calls for invariably scores lower than one

more clearly focused on, and directly responsive to, the specific

priority area.

E. Available Funds

The ACYF intends to award new grants resulting from this

announcement during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 1996, subject to

the availability of funds. The size of the actual awards will vary from

priority area to priority area.

Each priority area description specifies the maximum Federal share

of the project costs and the anticipated number of projects to be

funded.

``Budget period'' is the interval of time (usually 12 months) into

which a multi-year period of assistance (project period) is divided for

budgetary and funding purposes. ``Project period'' is the total time a

project is approved for support, including any extensions.

Where appropriate, applicants may propose project periods which are

shorter than the specified maximums. Non-Federal share contributions

may exceed the minimums specified when the applicant is able to do so.

However, applicants only should propose a non-Federal share they can

realistically provide because ACF will disallow any unmatched Federal

funds.

For multi-year projects, continued Federal funding beyond the first

budget period depends upon satisfactory performance by the grantee,

availability of funds from future appropriations, and a determination

that continued funding is in the best interest of the Government.

F. Priority Area Descriptions and Requirements

1.01 University-Based Doctoral or Medical Student and Faculty

Fellowships in Child Abuse and Neglect

2.01 Demonstration Models on Neglect

2.02 National Resource Center on Child Maltreatment

On October 25, 1994 (Federal Register Vol. 59, No. 205, pp. 53652-

53657) NCCAN published, as required by the authorizing legislation, a

notice of the proposed research and demonstration priorities for Fiscal

Years 1995 and 1996. The notice provided a 60-day period for public

comment on the proposed areas. NCCAN received 81 written responses. A

detailed description of those responses was included in the notice of

availability of funds and request for applications published on May 9,

1995 (Federal Register Vol. 60, No. 89, pp. 24700-24732). The priority

areas selected for that announcement were chosen by prioritizing needs,

matched to available funding levels, with due consideration of the

public comments on the proposed priorities. This announcement is based

on the proposed priority publication and public comments. Public

responses to those proposed priority topics which were not presented in

previous announcements are described here.

Thirty-seven letters commented on the proposed research topic

focusing on the impact of community-based family support and family

preservation programs on child abuse and neglect. Almost all concurred

with the direction of this priority. Some writers suggested that the

target populations and the target findings needed greater clarity. By

designating four populations of interest and four outcomes, the

impression may have been given that all four populations and all four

outcomes were to be included in each proposal, creating projects of

scope and complexity exceeding available funding. Many criticisms

targeted the lack of clarity between the priority area and ongoing

Federal evaluations of family support and family preservation services.

The proposed population categories and outcomes described in the

previous announcement were intended to focus applicants' thinking on

populations and outcomes of primary interest to NCCAN. If this topic is

pursued, applicants should feel free to suggest (and justify) other

populations or subgroups and outcomes, and select only those logically

and appropriately related to the outcomes, theoretical foundation,

research methods and measures proposed. Regardless of population and

outcomes, each applicant will be expected to propose explorations that

will inform future prevention and intervention strategies. With respect

to the lack of sufficient funding for large-scale explorations of Child

Protective Service (CPS) populations and service outcomes, this topic

has been subsumed in the list of suggested topics for university-based

doctoral or medical student and faculty fellowship studies.

Regarding field-initiated research, which was not included as a

separate topic in the proposed priorities, several respondents

suggested reinstating the previously funded priority area because it

focused the innovative thinking of the research community specifically

on issues of child maltreatment. NCCAN, recognizing the importance of

innovative research from the field and has taken those comments into

consideration in developing this announcement.

Twenty-five comments addressed the proposal to develop models for

centers of excellence in research. A number of respondents questioned

this approach and suggested alternatives for configuring research

centers, such as developing partnerships with for-profit companies,

universities, or other agencies. Seventeen respondents supported this

priority area as it was described. Many comments in both categories

supported the graduate research and medical research fellowships issued

previously. Both

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topics were intended to support the continued development of a research

infrastructure and to attract new researchers to the field. These goals

have been combined in priority area (1.01) for a block of fellowships

for doctoral or medical students and a faculty member to conduct child

abuse and neglect research.

Seventeen responses addressed the two priority areas proposing

service demonstrations on models for neglect. Thirteen made suggestions

for improving the priority area, only one did not support the priority.

Comments focused primarily on clarifying the populations to be served

and studied, the service approaches to be demonstrated, and the

partnerships required between the proposed organization and child

protection service agencies and/or community-based programs. Many

writers suggested additional populations meriting study (e.g., families

with substance abuse and addiction problems, families experiencing

domestic violence, parents with mental retardation, families of

adoption, and families with children with special needs). Respondents

expressed the need to select clearly defined, homogeneous populations

in order to conduct rigorous research and have generalizable findings.

With regard to the two approaches discussed in the announcement

(ecological and psychosocial), over half supported a combined approach.

The remainder stressed the importance of matching the approach to

client needs, available resources, and selection of outcome variables

and measures. Those comments have been incorporated into the priority

appearing in this announcement. Based on comments, the project length

will be expanded to five years.

Ongoing infrastructure support activities, such as resource centers

and training and technical assistance activities, also received support

for continuation.

Other respondents indicated the need to acknowledge the role

parental substance abuse and domestic violence may play in preventing

and treating child abuse and neglect regardless of topic focus. NCCAN

supports including these issues, as appropriate, and will reiterate in

the priority area descriptions the need to focus on parental substance

abuse and domestic violence as important issues, as research study

variables, and as co-occurring problems in demonstration projects.

NCCAN encourages applications from applicants who bring a special

understanding of the dynamics of communities over-represented in the

child protective service and child welfare systems. There is a

compelling need to generate knowledge about these populations through

research based upon conceptual frameworks that include appropriate

cultural and sociological perspectives. Researchers with experience or

the potential to examine over-represented and/or under-served

populations can make significant and unique contributions to knowledge

about child abuse and neglect, diversity, and over-representation.

Applications from Historically Black Colleges and Universities may

receive special consideration, in concurrence with Departmental

precedent.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to build new studies on the

findings of previously funded NCCAN grants. Information on prior

research and demonstration projects supported by NCCAN and other

studies on child maltreatment are available from the Clearinghouse on

Child Abuse and Neglect Information, P.O. Box 1182, Washington, DC

20013, (1-800-FYI-3366). The Clearinghouse (a member of the Consortium

of Clearinghouses) can provide information on the other Clearinghouses

and Resource Centers having special information resources on substance

abuse and domestic violence.

1.01 University-Based Doctoral or Medical Student and Faculty

Fellowships in Child Abuse and Neglect

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, including

medical schools, teaching hospitals, and Historically Black Colleges

and Universities on behalf of qualified doctoral students, medical

students, residents (medical, surgical, pediatric, or others), house

officers, or fellows enrolled in the institution and faculty employed

by the institution. To be eligible to administer such a grant, the

institution must be fully accredited by one of the regional

institutional accrediting commissions recognized by the U.S. Secretary

of Education and the Council on Post-Secondary Accreditation, the

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American

Association of Medical Colleges, or the Liaison Committee for Medical

Education, as applicable. While an individual is considered to be the

beneficiary of the grant support, awards will be made only to eligible

institutions on behalf of their qualified candidates.

Purpose: To provide support for doctoral students, medical

students, residents, house officers, or fellows, who show promise and

demonstrate serious interest and commitment to issues of child

maltreatment and faculty to conduct research on critical issues in

child abuse prevention, identification, and treatment in order to

cultivate the academic infrastructure, support the growth of the

university-based research capacity for child abuse and neglect, and

encourage doctoral-level students and faculty to pursue careers in

child abuse and neglect research.

Background Information: The research community has highlighted the

need to draw new researchers into the field of child abuse and neglect

(Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect, National Research Council,

Washington, D.C.: 1993). During FYs 1991, 1992, and 1994, NCCAN funded

26 graduate research fellowships for doctoral candidates to complete

dissertations addressing critical issues in child abuse and neglect.

This activity proved rewarding for NCCAN and garnered the support of

the field. NCCAN is expanding this effort to include doctoral students,

medical students, residents, or fellows, and faculty interested in

pursuing child abuse and neglect research projects. Faculty, doctoral

students, and students in medical schools, resident or fellows programs

are encouraged to apply for support through their schools and

interdisciplinary programs in social sciences, human development,

community and family development, human services, social work,

medicine, nursing, special education, early childhood education,

psychology, sociology, anthropology, public health, child study,

minority studies, and criminology.

NCCAN proposes to award funds for fellowships in blocks to eligible

institutions. Each institutional block would contain up to four

students and one faculty member. The students and faculty member may

pursue their own individual research or work on coordinated projects on

child abuse and neglect. In addition to submitting all the required

reports to NCCAN, the faculty member's work may lead to publications

and the students' work may lead to their doctoral dissertations or

fulfill the requirements of a major research project (e.g., independent

study projects requiring a minimum commitment of 6 to 9 graduate credit

hours).

Institutions will be selected competitively, with attention to

geographic distribution, and with at least one grant to Historically

Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in order to generate research

and researchers particularly responsive to issues of cultural context

and the over-representation of some groups in child protective systems.

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Examples of the proposed topics to be addressed and issues to be

studied for these fellowships include, but are not limited to, the

following topics: (1) Prevention effectiveness studies; (2) CPS service

interventions and outcomes studies; (3) treatment outcome studies; (4)

studies focusing on over-represented and/or under-served populations in

the child welfare and child protective services; (5) studies of the

impact of managed care on child maltreatment prevention and treatment

programs; and (6) secondary analysis of existing data sets. Medical

students, residents, and fellows are also encouraged to consider

research on new medical screening, diagnostic, or interview protocol

techniques or treatments for child abuse and neglect.

NCCAN has a general interest in research conducted in cooperation/

partnership with State or local Child Protective Services/child welfare

systems, prevention-oriented and/or service-providing community-based

organizations and/or systems, and teaching hospitals with

multidisciplinary child protection teams.

(1) Prevention effectiveness study topics might include tests of

effectiveness for various models of developmentally appropriate,

comprehensive prevention services in various settings; effectiveness of

parenting education and peer-support parent programs; studies of how

interactions between fathers and children promote or reduce the risk of

child maltreatment; studies of the relationship of parental discipline

practices and child maltreatment; or other topics related to prevention

effectiveness as proposed by applicants.

(2) Research studies on CPS service interventions and outcomes with

particular interest on families: (a) Referred to CPS, whose cases were

unsubstantiated or unfounded, but were found to need services, and were

referred for, or provided services, whose cases are now open or closed;

(b) follow-up studies with families whose child abuse or neglect cases

were substantiated or indicated, who received services that might have

included short-term placement and reunification, and whose cases are

now closed; and (c) families whose child abuse or neglect cases have

been substantiated or indicated, who are receiving services which might

include short-term placement and reunification, and whose cases are

currently open. We are also interested in system responses to cases

involving multiple forms of abuse. NCCAN encourages studies on the

combination of neglect and physical abuse; cases involving substance

abuse and/or domestic violence are also of interest. Type of services

and moderating variables that impact the outcomes of service should be

carefully defined. Family and child outcome variables might include

service impacts on: (a) Child health and development, child and family

functioning, recidivism, and frequency and duration of removals from

these families, if any; (b) costs/cost effectiveness of service

delivery approaches; (c) other issues related to these three

populations as proposed by applicants.

(3) Treatment outcome study topics of interest include studies of

the effectiveness of various approaches to the treatment of: (a)

Children subjected to multiple forms of maltreatment; (b) child abuse

and domestic violence; and (c) child abuse and substance abuse; or

other subtopics related to these three areas, as proposed by

applicants.

(4) Studies exploring the unique cultural dynamics of communities

over-represented in the child protective service and child welfare

systems; studies generating knowledge about the conceptual frameworks,

sociological, psychological, and cultural perspectives which can inform

interventions operating in these communities; examinations of over-

represented and/or under-served populations; or other topics related to

cultural dynamics as proposed by applicants.

(5) Studies of the impact of managed care on the delivery of child

maltreatment prevention and treatment programs.

(6) Secondary analysis of existing data. NCCAN encourages the use

of NIS, NCANDS, data-sets collected through other ACF-funded awards,

and data stored at the National Data Archives on Child Abuse and

Neglect located at Cornell University, Family Life Development Center,

G20 MVR Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-4401; telephone: 607-255-7794.

Each applicant institution should prepare a single submission

packet composed of (up to) five individual research proposals. Each

individual proposal will be evaluated against the criteria for

evaluating research projects. For this priority area only, an exception

is made regarding the 60-page limit described elsewhere in this

announcement. However, the text of each individual proposal should not

exceed a maximum of 15 pages. The total text for the five proposals

cannot exceed a maximum of 75 pages. Application forms and all required

attachments can add up to 25 more pages. Thus the total length of the

institutional submission, including text, application, and attachments

may be up to 100 pages. Human Subjects Assurances must be completed for

each individual proposal; however, all other assurances should be

submitted only once, by the institutional applicant. The academic

institution, in accepting the award, agrees to waive overhead charges

(indirect costs) and pass the entirety of the funds on to students and

faculty as fellowships.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: As part of addressing the

evaluation criteria outlined in Part II of this announcement, each

applicant must address the following items in the program narrative

section of the proposal.

Objectives

Pinpoint the research problem being addressed.

State the specific objectives of the study.

State the question(s) or hypothesis(es) to be tested.

Background and Significance

Discuss the current state of knowledge related to the

research problem.

Provide a review of the relevant literature, including any

pilot tests.

Demonstrate a conceptual framework that includes

appropriate cultural perspectives and references theory or craft

knowledge in support of the study.

Establish the need for the study as either a replication

to validate existing knowledge or as a new study to fill a knowledge

gap. If applicable, indicate how the proposed study is distinguished

from other on-going research of which it is a part.

Indicate how the proposed study findings significantly

inform policy, improve practice, and/or advance the science of child

abuse and neglect research.

Include all bibliographic references.

Methodology

Describe the proposed methodology. Define the terms,

variables, and design to be used in the study.

Describe the population and sampling plan, the rationale,

strengths, and potential limitations for interpretations of findings

due to the gender and ethnic composition of the proposed study sample.

Describe recruitment and retention procedures; provide

realistic estimates of attrition, and discuss appropriate procedures

for handling attrition or interpreting the findings of the study in

light of attrition.

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Identify data sources, data collection procedures, and

instruments, including information on reliability and validity of the

instruments with the population proposed. If the study proposes

secondary data analysis, describe access to the data source. Describe

data management to safeguard the integrity and confidentiality of data.

Describe the plan to prepare study data according to sound

data processing and documentation practices in accordance with the

needs of the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect.

Provide a data analysis plan.

Assure protections for human subjects; describe procedures

for soliciting approval from an institutional review board (IRB), if

applicable.

Reflect sensitivity to ethical issues that may arise and

make provision for reporting suspected abuse and/or neglect as governed

by applicable laws and regulations.

Provide a fiscally responsible and workable plan of

action; detail a reasonable time-line and target dates; include an

adequate staffing plan, listing key and support staff, consultants, any

agency, organization, other key group, and/or advisory panels involved

or proposed; describe the responsibilities, activities, and/or training

plans for each, if applicable.

Describe strategies for disseminating the findings in a

manner that would be useful to other researchers and practitioners in

the field.

Staff Background and Organizational Experience

Include evidence that the student candidates are enrolled

and in good standing as doctoral or medical students, residents, or

fellows in the sponsoring institution and verify the employment status

of the faculty candidate.

Document the agreement between the dean or chairperson and

the faculty candidate indicating that the faculty candidate will be

permitted to conduct the research project as part of his/her academic

duties, and if needed, that a senior faculty member would be available

to guide the project.

Include a letter of support from a tenured faculty member,

advisor, Dean, or Chairperson for each student seeking a fellowship,

recommending the student's capability to undertake a research project

of this nature.

Describe the corporate capability of the institution to

support a research initiative, in terms of the existing research

infrastructure and academic climate.

Include a short resume for each candidate (limit to one

page) including information on education and relevant experiences.

Describe the relationship between this project and any

other Federally-assisted work planned, anticipated, or underway, by the

applicant.

Provide assurances that each candidate will attend a

three-day annual spring meeting of NCCAN research grantees in

Washington, D.C.; prepare a pre-meeting abstract of the research,

quarterly progress reports, and a final project report in an NCCAN-

suggested format ensuring ease of dissemination and utilization;

prepare and submit at the conclusion of each individual study, the data

in accordance with the needs of the National Data Archive on Child

Abuse and Neglect, as described.

Project Duration: The length of the project may not exceed 17

months.

Federal Share of the Project Costs: The maximum Federal share of

the project is not to exceed $75,000 per university or institution to

fund up to four student-candidates at $13,750 each and $20,000 for the

faculty candidate.

Matching Requirement: There is no matching requirement.

Anticipated Number of Projects to be Funded: It is anticipated that

3 sites will be funded.

2.01 Demonstration Models on Neglect

Eligible Applicants: Public or private nonprofit agencies,

organizations, and institutions of higher learning. For-profit

organizations are eligible to participate as subgrantees or

subcontractors of eligible non-profit organizations.

Purpose: The intent of this priority area is to fund service models

that address the prevention, intervention, and treatment needs of

neglected children and their families. These models should provide for

(a) early identification of families at risk of neglect, (b)

identification of chronically neglectful families, and (c) neglected

children (in placements or reunified) who may be in need of special

services.

Projects may either present innovative approaches or be

replications of previously evaluated and promising models. In either

case, proposed models should build on previous research findings and

NCCAN-sponsored symposium findings; they should also incorporate mental

health, substance abuse, parenting education, and family support

services. They should collect data on the costs and potential cost

benefits of providing the proposed services. A strong evaluation

component will be essential.

Background Information: Child neglect is the most common form of

child maltreatment today. According to the latest NCANDS data available

(Child Maltreatment 1994: Reports from the States to the National

Center on Child Abuse and Neglect), 52.9% of all cases substantiated by

child protection service agencies are neglect cases. Since NCANDS began

tracking cases, neglect has been the predominant type of maltreatment.

This is also true of the NIS data. Yet, efforts to focus attention on

neglect have lagged significantly behind other forms of maltreatment.

Research indicates that the consequences for children who are

neglected have a long-term negative impact. Child victims of neglect

fail to develop secure psychological attachments as infants, and this

seriously hinders their subsequent development. Neglected preschool

children demonstrate a lack of readiness for learning, behavior

problems, and less active interaction with peers. School-aged neglected

children do poorly in school. The connection between delinquency and

neglect is less clear, although according to some preliminary data from

the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice

(Research Preview, February 1996), adolescents neglected as children

were equally likely to be arrested for violent crimes as physically

abused children. Neglected children under age 3 are at high risk for

child fatalities. Parents of neglected children are also more likely

to: have limited intellectual functioning; experience depression; abuse

alcohol and drugs; and have limited education (Gaudin, Polansky,

Kilpatrick and Shilton. ``Loneliness, Depression, Stress and Social

Supports in Neglectful Families,'' October 1993, American Journal of

Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 597-605).

To address one aspect of this problem, NCCAN convened a symposium

on chronic neglect in June 1993. Building upon lessons learned from

previous demonstration models on neglect, the symposium addressed

consensus-building on definitions, strategies for change through

empowerment, research, treatment and policy topics. The Chronic Neglect

Symposium Proceedings (1993) are available from the NCCAN Clearinghouse

(800-394-3366). A number of studies referred to in the Proceedings

suggest that programs for neglectful families based on building

interpersonal strengths, fostering individual empowerment, and ensuring

the provision of basic human needs in a safe environment were most

likely to improve parenting, self-esteem

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and coping ability among the neglectful population.

Designing services for families that neglect children is a

challenge. Both ecological and psycho-social factors influence the

manifestation of neglect. The many differences among neglectful

families, including cultural and sociological distinctions, dictate a

service model based on careful assessment of the family and services

designed specifically for them.

Projects may be based on either an ecological, i.e., a neighborhood

model, or the psycho-social model. If a project chooses the ecological

model, it must be aggressive in its outreach to the community;

conversely, if a project chooses to follow the psycho-social model, it

must include home-based/family support services, parenting education,

substance abuse and mental health services in its approach to

addressing neglect.

The U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect focuses on the

ecological aspects in their report, Neighbors Helping Neighbors (1993).

The report recommends several strategies for strengthening

neighborhoods and improving the quality of support available to

families within their own communities, as a national strategy for the

protection of children. Recommendations include:

Involving residents as participants, planners and managers

of neighborhood services,

Encouragement of foster grandparent programs,

Empowerment through home ownership,

Implementing prevention zones by public/private

partnerships, and

Funding more family resource centers.

The importance of neighborhoods in combatting neglect is also

emphasized in the 1994 Kids Count Data Book (The Annie E. Casey

Foundation, pp. 4-7).

The report issued by the National Research Council (NRC, 1993, pp.

50-52) also highlights the ecological aspects. That report states that

``dysfunctional families are often part of a dysfunctional

environment'' (p. 60). Its recommendations for intervention programs

include: home-based approaches, improving socio-economic conditions and

reversing social isolation.

Other research focuses on the psycho-social foundations of neglect.

DiLeonardi (``Families in Poverty and Chronic Neglect of Children,''

November 1993, Families in Society, Vol. 74, No. 9, pp. 557-562),

reported that ``family empowerment, the use of groups to develop social

support networks, and the assistance of volunteers or paraprofessionals

as home visitors or parent aides, appear to be beneficial'' to families

reported for neglect. The study concluded that families were able to

reverse their neglectful child-rearing patterns with this model of

service. DePanfilis (``Social Isolation of Neglectful Families: A

Review of Social Support, Assessment and Intervention Models,''

February 1993, Child Maltreatment, Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 37-52) also has

suggested that programs that address the social isolation of neglectful

parents by teaching them social and interactional skills work well.

Gaudin, et al., also found that family dynamics explains a

significant portion of the variance in quality of parenting and

neglect. Depression and substance abuse, for example, have been

suggested as powerful forces in family dynamics and mediators of

neglect.

Recent work by the Kansas Cooperative Extension Service (Smith,

C.A., Cudaback, D., Goddard, H.W., & Myers-Walls, J., 1994, National

Extension Parent Education Model) may provide a useful guide for

designing the parent education component of a comprehensive psycho-

social model. Parent education can help parents in many ways including:

learning to care for themselves, managing personal stress, managing

family resources; providing children with developmentally appropriate

opportunities and learning appropriate disciplinary techniques;

maintaining developmentally appropriate expectations of children;

improving communication skills, building social support systems; and

learning to access community, social service, and family support

resources.

Structurally, these projects are intended to function cooperatively

as a cluster. NCCAN proposes funding a minimum of four demonstration

projects on neglect. Participation in a cluster affords the grantees

the greatest opportunities to cooperate and collaborate. NCCAN will

assist this cooperation by providing assistance through a technical

assistance contract, encouraging meetings to develop common evaluation

criteria, data elements, and measures to maximize comparability of

evaluation findings. Evaluations will be required of each demonstration

project. Priority will be give to those who provide evidence of

partnership between CPS/IV-B agencies which provide Family

Preservation/Family Support services and community-based mental health/

family resource centers.

NCCAN is especially interested in examinations of core services and

studies of essential elements in treatment, and outcome studies.

Projects which address issues related to family preservation and family

support are encouraged as are demonstrations related to treatment

outcomes and practitioner evaluations.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: As part of addressing the

evaluation criteria outlined in Part II of this announcement, each

applicant must address the following items in the program narrative

section of the proposal.

Objectives and Need for Assistance

Pinpoint the child neglect-related problem or issue that

needs to be addressed and establish the need for assistance; state the

principal and subordinate objectives of the project. State goals and

objectives in specific, measurable form for evaluation purposes.

Identify the conceptual framework used as the basis for

the proposed model and provide a review of the relevant literature;

include information about similar successful demonstration projects

that may have implications for the proposed demonstration; and provide

supporting documentation or other testimonies from concerned interests

other than the applicant.

Demonstrate an awareness of current initiatives in the

field and how the approach being proposed would build on this work.

Describe whether the proposed project replicates or

modifies a previously-evaluated model which addresses the identified

need.

Identify the precise location of the project, community,

and population to be served by the proposed project.

Approach

Describe the approach in detail and point out its unique

features including sensitivity to cultural, sociological,

psychological, and ethnic dynamics which have affected the choice of

approach.

Describe a sound and workable plan of action and time-line

which match the scope of the project and explain how the proposed work

will be accomplished.

Cite factors which might accelerate or delay this

approach, giving acceptable reasons for taking this approach as opposed

to others.

Include an adequate staffing plan, listing key and support

staff, consultants, any agency, organization, other key group, and/or

advisory panels involved or proposed; describe the responsibilities,

activities, and/or

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training plans for each (if applicable). If the proposed project is a

collaboration, the application must describe the nature and extent of

the collaboration and the responsibilities of the respective agencies

in carrying out the activities identified in the work-plan.

Propose an evaluation plan. Discuss the methods and

criteria to be used to evaluate the process, outcomes, or impacts of

the project in terms of the objectives of the project. Identify the

kinds of data to be collected and maintained for this purpose. An

external evaluator may be hired or an internal evaluation may be

designed. It is recommended that approximately 15 percent of the

proposed budget be set aside for evaluation efforts.

Results or Benefits Expected

Identify the results and benefits to be derived by

clients, community, agency, and NCCAN as a result of the implementation

and evaluation of this project. Discuss how project findings are likely

to improve practice and inform policy related to neglectful families.

Justify proposed project costs in view of the expected

results.

Describe strategies for disseminating findings to other

practitioners in the field.

Staff Background and Organization Experience

Identify the educational and professional background of

the project director and key project staff.

Describe the organization's ability to administer and

implement the project effectively and efficiently.

Identify precisely the role of the author(s) of this

proposal in relation to the work plan and administrative structure.

Describe the relationships between the proposed project

and other Federally assisted work planned, anticipated, or underway by

the applicant.

Provide assurances that at least one key staff person will

attend an annual three-day meeting in Washington, DC.

Grant recipients will be expected to follow an NCCAN-

suggested format in preparing final program reports and copies of final

reports and other products shall be provided to the Clearinghouse.

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed a five-

year period.

Federal Share of Project Cost: The maximum Federal share of this

project is not to exceed $150,000 for the first 12-month budget period

or a maximum of $750,000 for a period of five years. Funding for

subsequent years may exceed the amount specified above for the first

budget period based on a comprehensive needs assessment submitted by

the grantee and the availability of funds.

Matching Requirement: Grantees must provide a non-Federal share or

match of at least 25 percent of the Federal funds awarded. The non-

Federal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although

applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a five-year project requesting $750,000 in

Federal funds (based on an award of $150,000 per 12-month budget

period) must include a match of at least $187,500 ($37,500 per budget

period).

Anticipated Number of Projects To Be Funded: It is anticipated that

a minimum of four projects will be funded.

2.02 National Resource Center on Child Maltreatment

Eligible Applicants: Any State, local, public or private non-profit

agency or organization, including accredited colleges and universities,

may apply under this announcement. Applications developed jointly by

State, local, and community-based social service agencies, foundations,

colleges or universities and private non-profit organizations that

bring complementary expertise to bear on the resource needs of the

child maltreatment field are encouraged.

Purpose: The primary purpose of the National Resource Center on

Child Maltreatment (NRCCM) is to deliver direct, on-site, as well as

state-of-the-art communication, technology-based training, technical

assistance, consultation, and related resource materials and

information to State, local, Tribal, and other publicly-administered or

supported agencies and organizations that work in child maltreatment

prevention, identification and treatment services, (e.g., Child

Protective Service agencies, Children's Justice Act grantees,

Prevention grantees, and Tribal agencies and Organizations) to build

their capacity for developing, expanding, strengthening and/or

improving the quality and effectiveness of such services for child

victims of maltreatment and their families. A second purpose of the

NRCCM is to engage in ancillary activities which support the delivery

of training and technical assistance to the field, and to provide

advice, consultation, materials and information, as requested, to

private organizations and agencies, including disability organizations,

and individuals engaged in child maltreatment prevention,

identification, and treatment services.

The NRCCM will have a central role helping States, local agencies

and Tribes to improve and strengthen child maltreatment prevention,

identification, and treatment services for children and their families.

This will be accomplished by collaborating and coordinating with

related Administration on Children, Youth and Family (ACYF) funded

Resource Centers, Training and Technical Assistance Networks,

contractors, and Clearinghouses, especially with those funded by the

National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN), Children's Bureau

(CB), and the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB). The NRCCM must

possess the expertise, knowledge and skill to provide quality training,

technical assistance, consultation, and appropriate materials and

information to relevant target audiences, both public and private.

Specific training, technical assistance, consultation and related

material and information needs of publicly-administered or supported

child maltreatment prevention, identification and treatment service

agencies will be identified in consultation with NCCAN Central Office

staff, the ten ACYF Regional Offices, the State agency staff, and plans

for meeting those needs will be coordinated with representatives of

NCCAN, CB and FYSB funded Resource Centers, Training and Technical

Assistance Networks, contractors, and clearinghouses. Similarly, the

need for ancillary activities to support delivery of training and

technical assistance, consultation, advice, materials and information

for private organizations and agencies, including disability

organizations, and individuals who work in the field of child

maltreatment, will be identified in consultation with the relevant

organizations, agencies and/or individuals.

Background Information: Section 105(b)C of the Child Abuse

Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), as amended, requires NCCAN to

provide technical assistance to public and private agencies and

organizations, including disability organizations and persons who work

with children with disabilities, to assist such agencies and

organizations in planning, improving, developing and carrying out

programs and activities related to the prevention, identification, and

treatment of child abuse and neglect.

Section 106(b) of CAPTA, as amended, requires Resource Centers to

be established that serve defined geographic areas; that are staffed by

multi-disciplinary teams trained in the

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prevention, identification and treatment of child abuse and neglect and

that provide advice and consultation to individuals, agencies and

organizations requesting such services.

To carry out this CAPTA mandate, in Fiscal Year 1991, NCCAN

supported a National Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse, operated by

the National Children's Advocacy Center, Huntsville, Alabama, and a

National Resource Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, specializing in

physical abuse and neglect, operated by the American Humane

Association, Denver, Colorado. These Centers were funded through five-

year cooperative agreements starting September 30, 1991 and ending on

September 29, 1996. The functions of these resource centers were

broadly defined. The major activities under each of these resource

centers have been in the areas of knowledge-building, dissemination of

information, and consultation. The Centers also conducted a limited

amount of training and technical assistance activities.

To comply with the CAPTA mandate on a continuous basis starting

with Fiscal Year 1996, NCCAN seeks to support a minimum of one but not

more than two National Resource Center(s) on Child Maltreatment (NRCCM)

through a cooperative agreement(s). This NRCCM is expected to have

qualified, multi-disciplinary personnel trained in prevention,

identification, and treatment in the whole spectrum of child

maltreatment--child neglect, physical abuse, psychological

maltreatment, and sexual abuse--adequate resources, organizational,

professional, and educational capability and the expertise to carry out

the intent of this announcement.

The decision to fund a minimum of one but not more than two

resource centers starting with Fiscal Year 1996, reorienting the focus

of the center(s) to training, technical assistance, consultation, and

delivering related materials and information, across the whole spectrum

of child maltreatment, is made after taking into consideration several

factors. They include: the lessons learned from the operation of two

specialized resource centers during the past five years; funding

limitations; the need to avoid duplication of effort; the need to

maximize the use of Federal dollars and its benefits for the field; the

requirement of field staff to deal with clients who often are victims

of multiple types of abuse; current trends; and a critical need to

develop training and technical assistance that will address specific

State needs.

NCANDS is the primary source of national information on abused and

neglected children known to State child protective services agencies.

Child Maltreatment 1994 discusses NCANDS findings from 1994 data and

presents the overall child abuse and neglect data for the five years of

data collection, 1990 through 1994. According to this report, in 1994,

48 States reported that 1,011,628 children were determined to have been

victims of abuse and neglect, and State child protective services

agencies received reports of alleged maltreatment involving more than

2.9 million children. The report found that 53 percent of maltreated

children suffered neglect, 26 percent physical abuse, 14 percent sexual

abuse, and 5 percent emotional abuse, and 22 percent other forms of

maltreatment. The loss of life is the most severe repercussion of child

abuse and neglect. Forty-three States reported that 1,111 children died

as a result of abuse in 1994.

The number of children who were the subjects of reports of alleged

maltreatment increased from 2.6 million in 1990 to 2.9 million in 1994.

The number of ``substantiated'' or ``indicated'' victims of

maltreatment increased almost 27 percent from 1990 to 1994.

Characteristics of victims were consistent across the years. In each of

the five years, neglect was the predominant type of maltreatment. The

number of neglect victims was consistently more than two times the

number of physical abuse, the next most common type of maltreatment.

Almost all of the victims were 8 years of age or younger; though a

surprising 25 percent were twelve years of age and older. Fifty-two

percent of all victims were female and 46 percent were males. Child

protective services agencies identified almost 5,400 children who died

as result of abuse or neglect from 1990 through 1994.

Other recent studies using different reporting methodologies have

estimated that many more children are being abused than are ultimately

verified by States. For example, preliminary results from the Third

National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-3) estimate

that almost three times the State-reported number of children are

maltreated.

In this context, the Federal government is redefining its

relationship with States and other child welfare agencies. The new

partnership being forged is based upon the vision wherein all concerned

agencies collaborate and cooperate to provide a continuum of services

to meet the needs of the increasing number of maltreated children and

their families. This comes at a time when steady increase in caseloads,

consisting of much more complex, multiple problem cases, are

confronting child maltreatment prevention, identification, and

treatment service programs. Throughout the country child maltreatment

service agencies, practitioners, and university-based personnel now are

demonstrating resiliency and creativity in response to these

circumstances. Skilled child maltreatment service professionals are

devising innovative solutions to numerous challenges, more often than

not, in the face of insufficient human, material, and financial

resources.

To meet the challenges of the current period, and overcome existing

resource deficiencies, capacity-building is needed by State, local,

Tribal and other private agencies, organizations as well as individuals

who are engaged in the prevention, identification and treatment of

child maltreatment. NRCCM is vital to making the most of this

opportunity with training and technical assistance, consultation,

advice and provision of related resource materials and information.

Support for this newly conceptualized NRCCM reflects NCCAN's commitment

to enhance the continuum of services for maltreated children and their

families.

The term `child maltreatment' in this priority announcement is

broadly defined to include child neglect, physical abuse, psychological

maltreatment, medical neglect, and sexual abuse.

`Cooperative agreement' in this announcement refers to Federal

assistance in which substantial Federal involvement is anticipated.

Minimum Requirements for Project Design: As part of addressing the

evaluation criteria outlined in Part II of this announcement, each

applicant must address the following items in the program narrative

section of the proposal.

Objectives and Need for Assistance

Describe the training, technical assistance, consultation,

and related materials and information needs of publicly supported/

administered agencies and organizations engaged in child maltreatment

prevention, identification, and treatment. Identify the auxiliary

activities needed to support training, technical assistance,

consultation to the field, and related materials and information needs

for private organizations and agencies engaged in child maltreatment

prevention, identification, and treatment.

Demonstrate awareness of training and technical assistance

initiatives currently underway at State and national levels. Describe

how the

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proposal does not duplicate existing efforts.

State the primary and secondary objectives of the proposed

resource center in specific measurable terms.

Approach

Describe the proposed activities in detail; point out the

scope and unique features.

List the type of training, technical assistance,

consultation, advice, and related material and information needs to be

provided.

Provide a plan for delivering training, technical

assistance, consultation, materials and information in response to the

identified needs, from year one through year five (a minimum of one

training and/or technical assistance activity in at least one of the

States in each of the ten ACYF regions is expected during the first

year; subsequent year's activities will be phased in) and specify the

delivery mode (e.g., principally on-site and in combination with the

use of state-of-the-art communications technology). Include a time-line

for the activities. Cite factors which might accelerate or delay this,

giving acceptable reasons for addressing these factors.

Include a staffing plan for each activity, listing key and

support staff, consultants, any agency, organization, other key group,

and/or advisory panels involved or proposed; describe the

qualifications, responsibilities and activities for each person.

Applications developed jointly by two or more

organizations must identify a single lead agency to be the primary

administrator of the NRCCM and the official recipient of the award; the

other applicant may be named as co-applicant. Joint applications must

delineate methods for coordinating activities and each organization's

responsibilities and contributions to completing the tasks identified

in the work plan.

Present strategies for obtaining input from the ten ACYF

regional offices, NCCAN central office, the State and local agencies

themselves.

Describe a plan for coordinating and establishing

effective linkages and collaborative working relationships with

relevant programs and other training and technical assistance providers

funded by Federal agencies. Specifically, NRCCM is expected to

establish effective linkages and appropriate coordination with the

Community Based Family Resource Program, NCCAN Emergency Services

Technical Service Contractor, seven resource centers funded by the

Children's Bureau, the three statewide Family Resource and Support

model projects initially funded by the Family and Youth Services Bureau

(FYSB), and the Technical Assistance Resource Coordination contract

funded by the Children's Bureau to assure effective utilization of

resources and to avoid duplication of efforts.

Describe a plan for utilizing Federal funds and matching

contributions to meet requests for on-site training, technical

assistance, consultation, materials, etc., from public agencies. Since

the Resource Center will have considerable, but finite, Federal funds,

applicants must present strategies for prioritizing requests and

maximizing available financial resources, including techniques such as,

but not limited to, subsidized cost-sharing arrangements with the

service recipient State, local, and Tribal agencies and/or

organizations. Justify the proposed costs.

Describe how on-going requests for consultation and

advice, and requests for training, technical assistance, related

materials and information from the private agencies, organizations, and

individuals will be handled, including techniques such as subsidized

cost-sharing. Justify the proposed costs.

Describe a plan to ensure that the services and program

activities of the Resource Center respond to cultural issues,

ethnically and culturally sensitive activities are furnished to the

populations being served, and the Resource Center staff is ethnically

and culturally diverse, and reflective of the populations being served.

Describe a plan to continually develop a national pool of

professionals in the field to serve as consultants and to link these

individuals with agencies, organizations, and individuals requesting

assistance.

Provide a plan for the NRCCM's own evaluation of the

quality of its training, technical assistance, consultation, and

provision of related materials and information, including plans for

eliciting consumer input. Discuss the methods and criteria to be used

to evaluate the process, outcomes, and impacts of the NRCCM. Identify

the kinds of data to be collected and maintained for the internal

evaluations. This data must also be made available to an independent

external evaluator, selected and funded by NCCAN.

Results or Benefits Expected

Identify the results and benefits to be derived from the

project in terms of the objectives of the proposal and as assessed by

the evaluation.

Justify the proposed project costs in view of the expected

benefits and results.

Staff Background and Organization Experience

Describe the full-time and part-time staff, as well as

project consultants, if any, with specific expertise, including

educational qualifications, training, experience and discipline of

each.

Identify precisely the role of the author(s) of this

proposal in relation to the work plan and administrative structure.

Demonstrate the organization's ability to administer and

implement the project effectively and efficiently.

Describe the organization's orientation to training and

technical assistance and any conceptual frameworks to be used in

designing and delivering training and technical assistance (e.g.,

multi-disciplinary, inter-agency, cross-program, comprehensive,

collaborative).

Document a commitment to and experience in providing

training, technical assistance, consultation, and related materials and

information, to agencies and organizations, both public and private, as

well as to individuals engaged in prevention, identification and

treatment of child maltreatment among economically, racially, and

culturally diverse population, including organizations and individuals

who serve maltreated children with disabilities and their families.

Describe the administrative and organizational structure

and the management plan for the project. An organizational chart

depicting these structures must be included.

Describe the relationships between the proposed project

and other Federally assisted work planned, anticipated, or underway by

the applicant.

Provide assurance that the NRCCM will cooperate with a

third-party evaluator which will evaluate the operation of the center,

its outreach, and outcomes over the first two-year period and agree to

the principle that further funding will depend on the evaluation

findings. This evaluation will be funded by NCCAN under a separate

contract.

Provide assurances that two key staff persons would attend

two annual 1 or 2 day meetings in Washington, D.C. for the project

directors of Resource and Research Centers and Clearinghouses organized

by the Children's Bureau.

Provide assurances that at least two key staff members

will attend up to six meetings in Washington during the first year for

periodic review of the work plan and/or attend various NCCAN-

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sponsored grantee meetings. This includes an initial meeting in

Washington, D.C. with the Federal Project Officer and other NCCAN

management representative(s) within 30 days of the award.

Provide assurance that in situations where the applicant's

organizational position on a particular child maltreatment-related

policy or practice differs from the Federal position, the Federal

position will guide NRCCM activity and will be reflected in all public

statements and publications of the NRCCM.

Agree to enter into a Cooperative Agreement which will

require NCCAN review and approval of work plans, including activities

involving Headquarters and Regional Office staff, topics to be covered

in training (training curricula, trainers manual, hand-outs), issues

for technical assistance, topics for consultation, location and

frequency of training and technical assistance activities, modes of

training and technical assistance, any subcontracts and their work

plans and budgets, and other materials prior to finalization by the

grantee.

Agree to work out the terms of the Cooperative Agreement

and the respective responsibilities of the Federal staff and the

project staff prior to the actual award.

Project Duration: The length of the project must not exceed 60

months.

Federal Share of the Project Costs: The maximum Federal share of

the project is not to exceed $700,000 for the first 12 months. Funding

for subsequent years of the project may exceed the amount specified

above for the first budget period based on a comprehensive needs

assessment submitted by the grantee and the availability of funds.

Matching Requirement: Grantees must provide a non-Federal share or

match of at least 25 percent of the Federal funds awarded. The non-

Federal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions, although

applicants are encouraged to meet their match requirements through cash

contributions. Therefore, a one-year project requesting $700,000 in

Federal funds must include a match of at least $175,000.

Anticipated Number of Projects: It is anticipated that a minimum of

one but no more than two projects will be funded.

Part III--Instructions for the Development and Submission of

Applications

This part contains information and instructions for submitting

applications in response to this announcement. Application forms are

provided along with a checklist for assembling an application package.

Please copy and use these forms in submitting an application.

Potential applicants should read this section carefully in

conjunction with the information in the specific priority area under

which the application is to be submitted. The priority area

descriptions are in Part II.

A. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13), the

Department is required to submit to OMB for review and approval any

reporting and record keeping requirements or program announcements.

This program announcement meets all information collection requirements

approved for ACF grant applications under OMB Control Number 0970-0139.

B. Availability of Forms

Eligible applicants interested in applying for funds must submit a

complete application including the required forms at the end of this

program announcement in Appendix B. In order to be considered for a

grant under this announcement, an application must be submitted on the

Standard Form 424 (approved by the Office of Management and Budget

under Control Number 0348-0043). A copy has been provided. Each

application must be signed by an individual authorized to act for the

applicant and to assume responsibility for the obligations imposed by

the terms and conditions of the grant award. Applicants requesting

financial assistance for non-construction projects must file the

Standard Form 424B, ``Assurances: Non-Construction Programs'' (approved

by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0348-0040).

Applicants must sign and return the Standard Form 424B (approved by the

Office of Management and Budget under Control Number 0348-0340) with

their application. Applicants must provide a certification regarding

lobbying (approved by the Office of Management and Budget under Control

Number 0348-0046). Prior to receiving an award in excess of $100,000,

applicants shall furnish an executed copy of the lobbying certification

(approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number

0348-0046). Applicants must sign and return the certification with

their application.

Applicants must make the appropriate certification of their

compliance with the Drug-free Workplace Act of 1988. By signing and

submitting the application, applicants are providing the certification

and need not mail back the certification with the application.

Applicants must make the appropriate certification that they are

not presently debarred, suspended or otherwise ineligible for an award.

By signing and submitting the application, applicants are providing the

certification and need not mail back the certification with the

application.

Applicants will be held accountable for the smoking prohibition in

Pub. L. 103-227, Part C Environmental Tobacco Smoke (also known as the

Pro-Children's Act of 1994). A copy of the Federal Register notice

which implements the smoking prohibition is included with the forms. By

signing and submitting the application, applicants are providing the

certification and need not mail back the certification with the

application.

All applicants for research projects must provide a Protection of

Human Subjects Assurance as specified in the policy described on the

HHS Form 596 (approved by the Office of Management and Budget under

control number 0925-0137) in Appendix B. If there is a question

regarding the applicability of this assurance, contact the Office of

Protection from Research Risks of the National Institutes of Health at

(301)-496-7041. Those applying for or currently conducting research

projects are further advised of the availability of a Certificate of

Confidentiality through the National Institute of Mental Health of the

Department of Health and Human Services. To obtain more information and

to apply for a Certificate of Confidentiality, contact the Division of

Extramural Activities of the National Institute of Mental Health at

(301) 443-4673.

C. Required Notification of the State Single Point of Contact

The discretionary funds awarded by NCCAN are covered under

Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs,

and 45 CFR Part 100, Intergovernmental Review of Department of Health

and Human Services Program and Activities. Under the Order, States may

design their own processes for reviewing and commenting on proposed

Federal assistance under covered programs.

As of February, 1996, the following jurisdictions have elected not

to participate in the Executive Order process: Alaska, Colorado,

Connecticut, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts,

Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South

Dakota, Tennessee,

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Virginia, Washington, American Samoa, Palau. Applicants from these

jurisdictions or for projects administered by Federally recognized

Indian Tribes need take no action in regard to E.O. 12372.

All remaining jurisdictions participate in the Executive Order

process and have established Single Points of Contact (SPOCs).

Applicants from participating jurisdictions should contact their SPOCs

as soon as possible to alert them of the prospective applications and

receive instructions. Applicants must submit any required material to

the SPOCs as soon as possible so that the program office can obtain and

review SPOC comments as part of the award process. The applicant must

submit all required materials, if any, to the SPOC and indicate the

date of this submittal (or the date of contact if no submittal is

required) on the Standard Form 424, item 16a.

Under 45 CFR 100.8(a)(2), a SPOC has 60 days from the application

deadline to comment on proposed new or competing continuation awards.

SPOCs are encouraged not to submit routine endorsements as official

recommendations. Additionally, SPOCs are requested to differentiate

clearly between advisory comments and official State process

recommendations which may trigger the ``accommodate or explain'' rule.

Comments submitted directly to ACF should be addressed to:

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children

and Families, Division of Discretionary Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade

SW., Mail Stop 6C-462, Washington, DC 20447.

A list of the Single Points of Contact for each State and Territory

is included as Appendix A of this announcement.

D. Deadline for Submission of Applications

The closing time and date for receipt of applications is 4:30 p.m.

(Eastern time) on August 16, 1996. Applications received after 4:30

p.m. will be classified as late.

Deadline: Mailed applications shall be considered as meeting an

announced deadline if they are received on or before the deadline time

and date at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

Administration for Children and Families, Division of Discretionary

Grants, 370 L'Enfant Promenade S.W., Mail Stop 6C-462, Washington, DC

20447, Attention: __________ (Reference Announcement Number and specify

Priority Area 1.01, 2.01, or 2.02.) Applicants are responsible for

mailing applications well in advance, when using the mail services, to

ensure that the applications are received on or before the deadline

time and date.

Applications hand-carried by applicants, applicant couriers, or by

overnight/express mail couriers shall be considered as meeting an

announced deadline if they are received on or before the deadline date,

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) at the U.S.

Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children

and Families, Division of Discretionary Grants, ACF Mailroom, 2nd Floor

Loading Dock, Aerospace Center, 901 D Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024

between Monday and Friday (excluding Federal Holidays). Applicants are

cautioned that express/overnight mail services do not always deliver as

agreed.

ACF cannot accommodate transmission of applications by fax.

Therefore, applications faxed to ACF will not be accepted regardless of

date or time of submission and time of receipt.

Late Applications: Applications which do not meet the criteria

stated above are considered late applications. Each late applicant will

be notified that its application will not be considered in the current

competition.

Extension of Deadlines: The deadline may be extended for all

applicants because of acts of God such as floods, hurricanes, etc., or

when there is a widespread disruption of the mail. However, if the

granting agency does not extend the deadline for all applicants, it may

not waive or extend the deadline for any applicants.

E. Instructions for Preparing the Application and Completing

Application Forms

The SF 424, 424A (approved by the Office of Management and Budget

under Control Number 0348-0044), 424B, and certifications have been

reprinted for your convenience in preparing the application. You should

reproduce single-sided copies of these forms from the reprinted forms

in the announcement, typing your information onto the copies. Please do

not use forms directly from the Federal Register announcement, as they

are printed on both sides of the page.

Please prepare your application in accordance with the following

instructions:

1. SF 424 Page 1, Application Cover Sheet. Please read the

following instructions before completing the application cover sheet.

An explanation of each item is included. Complete only the items

specified.

Top of Page. Enter the single priority area number under which the

application is being submitted under only one priority area.

Item 1. Type of submission--Preprinted on the form.

Item 2. Date Submitted and Applicant Identifier--Date application

is submitted to ACYF and applicant's own internal control number, if

applicable.

Item 3. Date Received By State--State use only (if applicable).

Item 4. Date Received by Federal Agency--Leave blank.

Item 5. Applicant Information Legal Name--Enter the legal name of

the applicant organization. For applications developed jointly, enter

the name of the lead organization only. There must be a single

applicant for each application.

Organizational Unit--Enter the name of the primary unit within the

applicant organization which will actually carry out the project

activity. Do not use the name of an individual as the applicant. If

this is the same as the applicant organization, leave the

organizational unit blank.

Address--Enter the complete address that the organization actually

uses to receive mail, since this is the address to which all

correspondence will be sent. Do not include both street address and

P.O. box number unless both must be used in mailing.

Name and telephone number of the person to be contacted on matters

involving this application (include area code)--Enter the full name

(including academic degree, if applicable) and telephone number of a

person who can respond to questions about the application. This person

should be accessible at the address given here and will receive all

correspondence regarding the application.

Item 6. Employer Identification Number (EIN)--Enter the employer

identification number of the applicant organization, as assigned by the

Internal Revenue Service, including, if known, the Central Registry

System suffix.

Item 7. Type of Applicant--Self-explanatory.

Item 8. Type of Application--Preprinted on the form.

Item 9. Name of Federal Agency--Preprinted on the form.

Item 10. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number and Title--

Enter the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number assigned

to the program under which assistance is requested and its title, as

indicated in the relevant priority area description.

Item 11. Descriptive Title of Applicant's Project--Enter the

project title. The title is generally short and is

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descriptive of the project, not the priority area title.

Item 12. Areas Affected by Project--Enter the governmental unit

where significant and meaningful impact could be observed. List only

the largest unit or units affected, such as State, county, or city. If

an entire unit is affected, list it rather than subunits.

Item 13. Proposed Project--Enter the desired start date for the

project and projected completion date.

Item 14. Congressional District of Applicant/Project--Enter the

number of the Congressional District where the applicant's principal

office is located and the number of the Congressional district(s) where

the project will be located. If statewide, a multi-State effort, or

nationwide, enter 00.

Items 15. Estimated Funding Levels. In completing 15a through 15f,

the dollar amounts entered should reflect, for a 12-month budget

period, the total amount requested. If the proposed project period

exceeds 17 months, enter only those dollar amounts needed for the first

12 months of the proposed project.

Item 15a. Enter the amount of Federal funds requested in accordance

with the preceding paragraph. This amount should be no greater than the

maximum amount specified in the priority area description.

Items 15b-e. Enter the amount(s) of funds from non-Federal sources

that will be contributed to the proposed project. Items b-e are

considered cost-sharing or matching funds. The value of third party in-

kind contributions should be included on appropriate lines as

applicable.

Item 15f. Enter the estimated amount of income, if any, expected to

be generated from the proposed project. Do not add or subtract this

amount from the total project amount entered under item 15g. Describe

the nature, source and anticipated use of this income in the Project

Narrative Statement.

Item 15g. Enter the sum of items 15a-15e.

Item 16a. Is Application Subject to Review By State Executive Order

12372 Process? Yes, except for the 18 jurisdictions listed above.--

Enter the date the applicant contacted the SPOC regarding this

application. Select the appropriate SPOC from the listing provided at

the end of Part III. The review of the application is at the discretion

of the SPOC. The SPOC will verify the date noted on the application. If

there is a discrepancy in dates, the SPOC may request that the Federal

agency delay any proposed funding until September 1994.

Item 16b. Is Application Subject to Review By State Executive Order

12372 process? No.--Check the appropriate box if the application is not

covered by E.O. 12372 or if the program has not been selected by the

State for review.

Item 17. Is the Applicant Delinquent on any Federal Debt?-- Check

the appropriate box. This question applies to the applicant

organization, not the person who signs as the authorized

representative. Categories of debt include audit disallowances, loans

and taxes.

Item 18. To the best of my knowledge and belief, all data in this

application/preapplication are true and correct. The document has been

duly authorized by the governing body of the applicant and the

applicant will comply with the attached assurances if the assistance is

awarded.--To be signed by the authorized representative of the

applicant. A copy of the governing body's authorization for signature

of this application by this individual as the official representative

must be on file in the applicant's office, and may be requested from

the applicant.

Item 18a-c. Typed Name of Authorized Representative, Title,

Telephone Number--Enter the name, title and telephone number of the

authorized representative of the applicant organization.

Item 18d. Signature of Authorized Representative--Signature of the

authorized representative named in Item 18a. At least one copy of the

application must have an original signature. Use colored ink (not

black) so that the original signature is easily identified.

Item 18e. Date Signed--Enter the date the application was signed by

the authorized representative.

2. SF 424A--Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs. This is

a form used by many Federal agencies. For this application, Sections A,

B, C, E and F are to be completed. Section D does not need to be

completed.

Sections A and B should include the Federal as well as the non-

Federal funding for the proposed project covering the first year budget

period.

Section A--Budget Summary. This section includes a summary of the

budget. On line 5, enter total Federal costs in column (e) and total

non-Federal costs, including third party in-kind contributions, but not

program income, in column (f). Enter the total of (e) and (f) in column

(g).

Section B--Budget Categories. This budget, which includes the

Federal as well as non-Federal funding for the proposed project, covers

the first year budget period if the proposed project period exceeds 12

months. It should relate to item 15g, total funding, on the SF 424.

Under column (5), enter the total requirements for funds (Federal

dollars in one column and non-Federal in the other) by object class

category.

A separate, itemized, budget justification for each line item is

required. The types of information to be included in the justification

are indicated under each category. For multiple-year projects, it is

desirable to provide this information for each year of the project.

Personnel--Line 6a. Enter the total costs of salaries and wages of

applicant/grantee staff. Do not include the costs of consultants, which

should be included on line 6h, Other.

Justification: Identify the principal investigator or project

director, if known. Specify by title or name the percentage of time

allocated to the project, the individual annual salaries, and the cost

to the project (both Federal and non-Federal) of the organization's

staff who will be working on the project.

Fringe Benefits--Line 6b. Enter the total cost of fringe benefits,

unless treated as part of an approved indirect cost rate.

Justification: Provide a break-down of amounts and percentages that

comprise fringe benefit costs, such as health insurance, FICA,

retirement insurance, etc.

Travel--6c. Enter total costs of out-of-town travel (travel

requiring per diem) for staff of the project. Do not enter costs for

consultant's travel or local transportation, which should be included

on Line 6h, Other.

Justification: Include the name(s) of traveler(s), total number of

trips, destinations, length of stay, transportation costs and

subsistence allowances.

Equipment--Line 6d. Enter the total costs of all equipment to be

acquired by the project. Equipment is defined as non-expendable

tangible personal property having a useful life of more than one year

and a acquisition cost of $5,000 or more per unit.

Justification: Equipment to be purchased with Federal funds must be

justified. The equipment must be required to conduct the project, and

the applicant organization or its subgrantees must not have the

equipment or a reasonable facsimile available to the project. The

justification also must contain plans for future use or disposal of the

equipment after the project ends.

Supplies--Line 6e. Enter the total costs of all tangible expendable

personal property (supplies) other than those included on Line 6d.

Justification: Specify general categories of supplies and their

costs.

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Contractual--Line 6f. Enter the total costs of all contracts,

including (1) procurement contracts (except those which belong on other

lines such as equipment, supplies, etc.) and (2) contracts with

secondary recipient organizations, including delegate agencies. Also

include any contracts with organizations for the provision of technical

assistance. Do not include payments to individuals on this line. If the

name of the contractor, scope of work, and estimated total costs are

not available or have not been negotiated, include on Line 6h, other.

Justification: Attach a list of contractors, indicating the names

of the organizations, the purposes of the contracts, and the estimated

dollar amounts of the awards as part of the budget justification.

Whenever the applicant/grantee intends to delegate part or all of the

program to another agency, the applicant/grantee must complete this

section (Section B, Budget Categories) for each delegate agency by

agency title, along with the supporting information. The total cost of

all such agencies will be part of the amount shown on Line 6f. Provide

back-up documentation identifying the name of contractor, purpose of

contract, and major cost elements. Applicants who anticipate

procurement that will exceed $5,000 (non-governmental entities) or

$25,000 (governmental entities) and are requesting an award without

competition should include a sole-source justification in the proposal

which at a minimum should include the basis for contractor's selection,

justification for lack of competition when competitive bids or offers

are not obtained and basis for award cost or price. (Note: Previous or

past experience with a contractor is not sufficient justification for

sole source.)

Construction--Line 6g. Not applicable. New construction is not

allowable.

Other--Line 6h. Enter the total of all other costs. Where

applicable, such costs may include, but are not limited to: insurance,

medical and dental costs, noncontractual fees and travel paid directly

to individual consultants, local transportation (all travel which does

not require per diem is considered local travel), space and equipment

rentals, printing and publication, computer use, training costs,

including tuition and stipends, training service costs, including wage

payments to individuals and supportive service payments, and staff

development costs. Note that costs identified as miscellaneous and

honoraria are not allowable.

Justification: Specify the costs included.

Total Direct Charge--Line 6i. Enter the total of Lines 6a through

6h.

Indirect Charges--6j. Enter the total amount of indirect charges

(costs). If no indirect costs are requested, enter none. Generally,

this line should be used when the applicant has a current indirect cost

rate agreement approved by the Department of Health and Human Services

or another Federal agency.

Local and State governments should enter the amount of indirect

costs determined in accordance with DHHS requirements. When an indirect

cost rate is requested, these costs are included in the indirect cost

pool and should not be charged again as direct costs to the grant.

Justification: Enclose a copy of the indirect cost rate agreement.

Total--Line 6k. Enter the total amounts of lines 6i and 6j.

Program Income--Line 7. Enter the estimated amount, if any,

expected to be generated from this project. Do not add or subtract this

amount from the total project amount.

Justification: Describe the nature, source, and anticipated use of

program income in the Program Narrative Statement.

Section C--Non-Federal Resources. This section summarizes the

amounts of non-Federal resources that will be applied to the grant.

Enter this information on line 12 entitled Totals. In-kind

contributions are defined in 45 CFR, Part 74.51 and 45 CFR Part 92.3,

as property or services which benefit a grant-supported project or

program and which are contributed by non-Federal third parties without

charge to the grantee, the subgrantee, or a cost-type contractor under

the grant or subgrant.

Justification: Describe third party in-kind contributions, if

included.

Section D--Forecasted Cash Needs, Not applicable.

Section E--Budget Estimate of Federal Funds Needed For Balance of

the Project. This section should only be completed if the total project

period exceeds 12 months.

Totals--Line 20. For projects that will have more than one budget

period, enter the estimated required Federal funds for the second

budget period (months 13 through 24) under column (b) First. If a third

budget period will be necessary, enter the Federal funds needed for

months 25 through 36 under (c) Second. Columns (d) and (e) would be

used in the case of a 60 month project.

Section F--Other Budget Information.

Direct Charges--Line 21, Not applicable.

Indirect Charges--Line 22, Enter the type of indirect rate

(provisional, predetermined, final or fixed) that will be in effect

during the funding period, the estimated amount of the base to which

the rate is applied, and the total indirect expense.

Remarks--Line 23. If the total project period exceeds 12 months,

you must enter your proposed non-Federal share of the project budget

for each of the remaining years of the project.

3. Project Summary Description. Clearly mark this separate page

with the applicant name as shown in item 5 of the SF 424, the priority

area number as shown at the top of the SF 424, and the title of the

project as shown in item 11 of the SF 424. The summary description

should not exceed 300 words. These 300 words become part of the

computer database on each project.

Care should be taken to produce a summary description which

accurately and concisely reflects the application. It should describe

the objectives of the project, the approaches to be used and the

outcomes expected. The description should also include a list of major

products that will result from the proposed project, such as software

packages, materials, management procedures, data collection

instruments, training packages, or videos. (Please note that

audiovisuals should be closed captioned.) The project summary

description, together with the information on the SF 424, will

constitute the project abstract. It is the major source of information

about the proposed project and is usually the first part of the

application that the reviewers read in evaluating the application.

At the bottom of the page, following the summary description, type

up to 10 key words which best describe the proposed project, the

service(s) involved and the target population(s) to be covered. These

key words will be used for computerized information retrieval for

specific types of funded projects.

4. Program Narrative Statement. The Program Narrative Statement is

a very important part of an application. It should be clear, concise,

and address the specific requirements mentioned under the priority area

description in Part II.

The narrative should provide information concerning how the

application meets the evaluation criteria using the following headings

for Research applications:

(a) Objectives

(b) Background and Significance

(c) Methodology

(d) Staff Background and Organizational Experience

All demonstration applications should use the following headings:

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(a) Objective and Need for Assistance

(b) Approach

(c) Results or Benefits Expected

(d) Staff Background and Organization Experience

The narrative should be typed double-spaced on a single-side of an

8\1/2\'' x 11'' plain white paper, with 1" margins on all sides,

using standard type sizes or fonts (e.g., Times Roman 12 or Courier

10). Applicants should not submit reproductions of larger size paper

reduced to meet the size requirement. Applicants are requested not to

send pamphlets, brochures, or other printed material along with their

application as they pose copying difficulties. All pages of the

narrative (including charts, references/footnotes, tables, maps,

exhibits, etc.) must be sequentially numbered, beginning with

``Objectives'' or ``Objectives and Need for Assistance'' as page number

one.

The length of the application, including the application forms and

all attachments, should not exceed 60 pages, except for applications

for priority area 1.01 which has different page limits as described in

that section of the announcement. Anything over the limit will not be

reproduced and distributed to reviewers. Applicants should understand

that, except for priority area 1.01, only the first 60 pages of

material will be reviewed. A page is a single side of an 8\1/2\ x

11'' sheet of paper. Applicants are requested not to send pamphlets,

brochures or other printed material along with their application as

these pose xeroxing difficulties. These materials, if submitted, will

not be included in the review process if they exceed the page limit

criteria. Each page of the application will be counted to determine the

total length.

5. Organizational Capability Statement. The Organizational

Capability Statement should consist of a brief (two pages is suggested)

background description of how the applicant organization (or the unit

within the organization that will have responsibility for the project)

is organized, the types and quantity of services it provides, and/or

the research and management capabilities it possesses. This description

should cover capabilities not included in the Program Narrative

Statement. It may include descriptions of any current or previous

relevant experience, or describe the competence of the project team and

its demonstrated ability to produce a final product that is readily

comprehensible and usable. An organization chart showing the

relationship of the project to the current organization must be

included.

6. Part IV--Assurances/Certifications. Applicants are required to

file an SF 424B, Assurances--Non-Construction Programs and the

Certification Regarding Lobbying. Both must be signed and returned with

the application. In addition, applicants must certify their compliance

with: (1) Drug-free Workplace Requirements; and (2) Debarment and Other

Responsibilities. Copies of the assurances/certifications are reprinted

at the end of this announcement and should be reproduced, as necessary.

A duly authorized representative of the applicant organization must

certify that the applicant is in compliance with these assurances/

certifications. A signature on the SF 424 indicates compliance with the

Drug-free Workplace Requirements, and Debarment and Other

Responsibilities certifications.

A signature on the application constitutes an assurance that the

applicant will comply with the pertinent Departmental regulations

contained in 45 CFR Part 74.

F. Checklist for a Complete Application

The checklist below is for your use to ensure that your application

package has been properly prepared.

--One original, signed and dated application, plus two copies.

Applications for different priority areas are packaged separately;

--Application is from an organization which is eligible under the

eligibility requirements defined in the priority area description

(screening requirement);

--Application length does not exceed 60 pages, unless otherwise

specified in the priority area description. A complete application

consists of the following items in this order:

--Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424, REV 4-88);

--A completed SPOC certification with the date of SPOC contact entered

in line 16, page 1 of the SF 424;

--Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs (SF 424A, REV 4-88);

--Budget justification for Section B--Budget Categories;

--Table of Contents;

--Letter from the Internal Revenue Service to prove non-profit status,

if necessary;

--Copy of the applicant's approved indirect cost rate agreement, if

appropriate;

--Project summary description and listing of key words;

--Program Narrative Statement (See Part III, Section D);

--Organizational capability statement, including an organization chart;

--Any appendices/attachments;

--Assurances-Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B, REV 4-88);

--Certification Regarding Lobbying; and

--Certification of Protection of Human Subjects, if necessary.

G. The Application Package

Each application package must include an original and two copies of

the complete application. Each copy should be stapled securely (front

and back if necessary) in the upper left-hand corner. All pages of the

narrative (including charts, tables, maps, exhibits, etc.) must be

sequentially numbered, beginning with page one. In order to facilitate

handling, please do not use covers, binders or tabs. Do not include

extraneous materials as attachments, such as agency promotion

brochures, slides, tapes, film clips, minutes of meetings, survey

instruments or articles of incorporation.

Do not include a self-addressed, stamped acknowledgement card. All

applicants will be notified automatically about the receipt of their

application. If acknowledgement of receipt of your application is not

received within eight weeks after the deadline date, please notify the

ACYF Operations Center by telephone at 1-800-351-2293.

Dated: June 7, 1996.

Olivia A. Golden,

Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families.

Appendix A--OMB State Single Point of Contact Listing

Arizona

Joni Saad, Arizona State Clearinghouse, 3800 N. Central Avenue,

Fourteenth Floor, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, Telephone (602) 280-1315,

FAX: (602) 280-1305

Arkansas

Mr. Tracy L. Copeland, Manager, State Clearinghouse, Office of

Intergovernmental Services, Department of Finance and

Administration, 1515 W. 7th St., Room 412, Little Rock, Arkansas

72203, Telephone: (501) 682-1074, FAX: (501) 682-5206

Alabama

Jon C. Strickland, Alabama Department of Economic and Community

Affairs, Planning and Economic Development Division, 401 Adams

Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5690, Telephone: (205) 242-5483,

FAX: (205) 242-5515

California

Grants Coordinator, Office of Planning & Research, 1400 Tenth

Street, Room 121, Sacramento, California 95814, Telephone (916) 323-

7480, FAX: (916) 323-3018

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Delaware

Francine Booth, State Single Point of Contact Executive Department,

Thomas Collins Building, P.O. Box 1401, Dover, Delaware 19903,

Telephone: (302) 739-3326, FAX: (302) 739-5661

District of Columbia

Charles Nichols, State Single Point of Contact, Office of Grants

Mgmt. & Dev., 717 14th Street, N.W.--Suite 500, Washington, D.C.

20005, Telephone: (202) 727-6554, FAX: (202) 727-1617

Florida

Florida State Clearinghouse, Department of Community Affairs, 2740

Centerview Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, Telephone: (904)

922-5438, FAX: (904) 487-2899

Georgia

Tom L. Reid III, Administrator, Georgia State Clearinghouse, 254

Washington Street, S.W.--Room 401J, Atlanta, Georgia 30334,

Telephone: (404) 656-3855 or (404) 656-3829, FAX: (404) 656-7938

Illinois

Barbara Beard, State Single Point of Contact, Department of Commerce

and Community Affairs, 620 East Adams, Springfield, Illinois 62701,

Telephone: (217) 782-1671, FAX: (217) 534-1627

Indiana

Amy Brewer, State Budget Agency, 212 State House, Indianapolis,

Indiana 46204, Telephone: (317) 232-5619, FAX: (317) 233-3323

Iowa

Steven R. McCann, Division for Community Assistance, Iowa Department

of Economic Development, 200 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa

50309, Telephone: (515) 242-4719, FAX: (515) 242-4859

Kentucky

Ronald W. Cook, Office of the Governor, Department of Local

Government, 1024 Capitol Center Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601-

8204, Telephone: (502) 573-2382, FAX: (502) 573-2512

Maine

Joyce Benson, State Planning Office, State House Station #38,

Augusta, Maine 04333, Telephone: (207) 287-3261, FAX: (207) 287-6489

Maryland

William G. Carroll, Manager, State Clearinghouse for

Intergovernmental Assistance, Maryland Office of Planning, 301 W.

Preston Street--Room 1104, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2365, Staff

Contact: Linda Janey, Telephone: (410) 225-4490, FAX: (410) 225-4480

Michigan

Richard Pfaff, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, 1900

Edison Plaza, 660 Plaza Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48226, Telephone:

(313) 961-4266

Mississippi

Cathy Malette, Clearinghouse Officer, Department of Finance and

Administration, 455 North Lamar Street, Jackson, Mississippi 39202-

3087, Telephone: (601) 359-6762, FAX: (601) 359-6764

Missouri

Lois Pohl, Federal Assistance Clearinghouse, Office of

Administration, P.O. Box 809, Room 760, Truman Building, Jefferson

City, Missouri 65102, Telephone: (314) 751-4834, FAX: (314) 751-7819

Nevada

Department of Administration, State Clearinghouse, Capitol Complex,

Carson City, Nevada 89710, Telephone: (702) 687-4065, FAX: (702)

687-3983

New Hampshire

Jeffrey H. Taylor, Director, New Hampshire Office of State Planning,

Attn: Intergovernmental Review Process, Mike Blake, 2\1/2\ Beacon

Street, Concord, New Hampshire 03301, Telephone: (603) 271-2155,

FAX: (603) 271-1728

New Jersey

Gregory W. Adkins, Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department of

Community Affairs

Please direct all correspondence and questions about

intergovernmental review to:

Andrew J. Jaskolka, State Review Process, Intergovernmental Review

Unit CN 800, Room 813A, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0800, Telephone:

(609) 292-9025, FAX: (609) 633-2132

New Mexico

Robert Peters, State Budget Division, Room 190, Bataan Memorial

Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503, Telephone: (505) 827-3640

New York

New York State Clearinghouse, Division of the Budget, State Capitol,

Albany, New York 12224, Telephone: (518) 474-1605

North Carolina

Chrys Baggett, Director, N.C. State Clearinghouse, Office of the

Secretary of Admin., 116 West Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina

27603-8003, Telephone: (919) 733-7232, FAX: (919) 733-9571

North Dakota

North Dakota Single Point of Contact, Office of Intergovernmental

Assistance, 600 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-

0170, Telephone: (701) 224-2094, FAX: (701) 224-2308

Ohio

Larry Weaver, State Single Point of Contact, State Clearinghouse,

Office of Budget and Management, 30 East Broad Street, 34th Floor,

Columbus, Ohio 43266-0411

Please direct correspondence and questions about

intergovernmental review to: Linda Wise, Telephone: (614) 466-0698,

FAX: (614) 466-5400

Rhode Island

Daniel W. Varin, Associate Director, Department of Administration/

Division of Planning, One Capitol Hill, 4th Floor, Providence, Rhode

Island 02908-5870, Telephone: (401) 277-2656, FAX: (401) 277-2083

Please direct correspondence and questions to: Review

Coordinator, Office of Strategic Planning

South Carolina

Omeagia Burgess, State Single Point of Contact, Grant Services,

Office of the Governor, 1205 Pendleton Street--Room 477, Columbia,

South Carolina 29201, Telephone: (803) 734-0494, FAX: (803) 734-0385

Texas

Tom Adams, Governor's Office, Director, Intergovernmental

Coordination, P.O. Box 12428, Austin, Texas 78711, Telephone: (512)

463-1771, FAX: (512) 463-1880

Utah

Carolyn Wright, Utah State Clearinghouse, Office of Planning and

Budget, Room 116, Stater Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114,

Telephone: (801) 538-1535, FAX: (801) 538-1547

Vermont

Nancy McAvoy, State Single Point of Contact, Pavilion Office

Building, 109 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05609, Telephone:

(802) 828-3326, FAX: (802) 828-3339

West Virginia

Fred Cutlip, Director, Community Development Division, W. Virginia

Development Office, Building #6, Room 553, Charleston, West Virginia

25305, Telephone: (304) 558-4010, FAX: (304) 558-3248

Wisconsin

Martha Kerner, Section Chief, State/Federal Relations, Wisconsin

Department of Administration, 101 East Wilson Street--6th Floor,

P.O. Box 7868, Madison, Wisconsin 53707, Telephone: (608) 266-2125,

FAX: (608) 267-6931

Wyoming

Sheryl Jeffries, State Single Point of Contact, Herschler Building

4th Floor, East Wing, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002, Telephone: (307) 777-

7574, FAX: (307) 638-8967

Territories

Guam

Mr. Giovanni T. Sgambelluri, Director, Bureau of Budget and

Management Research, Office of the Governor, P.O. Box 2950, Agana,

Guam 96910, Telephone: 011-671-472-2285, FAX: 011-671-472-2825

Puerto Rico

Norma Burgos/Jose E. Caro, Chairwoman/Director, Puerto Rico Planning

Board, Federal Proposals Review Office, Minillas Government Center,

P.O. Box 41119, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940-1119, Telephone: (809)

727-4444, (809) 723-6190, FAX: (809) 724-3270, (809) 724-3103

North Marianna Islands

State Single Point of Contact, Planning and Budget Office, Office of

the Governor, Saipan, CM, Northern Marianna Islands 96950

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Virgin Islands

Jose George, Director, Office of Management and Budget, #41

Norregade Emancipation Garden Station, Second Floor, Saint Thomas,

Virgin Islands 00802

Please direct all questions and correspondence about

intergovernmental review to:

Linda Clarke, Telephone: (809) 774-0750, FAX: (809) 776-0069

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Instructions for the SF 424

This is a standard form used by applicants as a required

facesheet for preapplication and applications submitted for Federal

assistance. It will be used by Federal agencies to obtain applicant

certification that States which have established a review and

comment procedure in response to Executive Order 12372 and have

selected the program to be included in their process, have been

given an opportunity to review the applicant's submission.

Item and Entry

1. Self-explanatory.

2. Date application submitted to Federal agency (or State if

applicable) & applicant's control number (if applicable).

3. State use only (if applicable).

4. If this application is to continue or revise an existing

award, enter present Federal identifier number. If for a new

project, leave blank.

5. Legal name of applicant, name of primary organizational unit

which will undertake the assistance activity, complete address of

the applicant, and name and telephone number of the person to

contact on matters related to this application.

6. Enter Employer Identification Number (EIN) as assigned by the

Internal Revenue Service.

7. Enter the appropriate letter in the space provided.

8. Check appropriate box and enter appropriate letter(s) in the

space(s) provided:

--``New'' means a new assistance award.

--``Continuation'' means an extension for an additional funding/

budget period for a project with a projected completion date.

--``Revision'' means any change in the Federal Government's

financial obligation or contingent liability from an existing

obligation.

9. Name of Federal agency from which assistance is being

requested with this application.

10. Use the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number and

title of the program under which assistance is requested.

11. Enter a brief descriptive title of the project. If more than

one program is involved, you should append an explanation on a

separate sheet. If appropriate (e.g., construction or real property

projects), attach a map showing project location. For

preapplications, use a separate sheet to provide a summary

description of this project.

12. List only the largest political entities affected (e.g.,

State, counties, cities).

13. Self-explanatory.

14. List the applicant's Congressional District and any

District(s) affected by the program or project.

15. Amount requested or to be contributed during the first

funding/budget period by each contributor. Value of in-kind

contributions should be included on appropriate lines as applicable.

If the action will result in a dollar change to an existing award,

indicate only the amount of the change. For decreases, enclose the

amounts in parentheses. If both basic and supplemental amounts are

included, show breakdown on an attached sheet. For multiple program

funding, use totals and show breakdown using same categories as item

15.

16. Applicants should contact the State Single Point of Contact

(SPOC) for Federal Executive Order 12372 to determine whether the

application is subject to the State intergovernmental review

process.

17. This question applies to the applicant organization, not the

person who signs as the authorized representative. Categories of

debt include delinquent audit disallowances, loans and taxes.

18. To be signed by the authorized representative of the

applicant. A copy of the governing body's authorization for you to

sign this application as official representative must be on file in

the applicant's office. (Certain Federal agencies may require that

this authorization be submitted as part of the application.)

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Instructions for the SF-424A

General Instructions

This form is designed so that application can be made for funds

from one or more grant programs. In preparing the budget, adhere to

any existing Federal grantor agency guidelines which prescribe how

and whether budgeted amounts should be separately shown for

different functions or activities within the program. For some

programs, grantor agencies may require budgets to be separately

shown by function or activity. For other programs, grantor agencies

may require a breakdown by function or activity. Sections A, B, C,

and D should include budget estimates for the whole project except

when applying for assistance which requires Federal authorization in

annual or other funding period increments. In the latter case,

Sections A, B, C, and D should provide the budget for the first

budget period (usually a year) and Section E should present the need

for Federal assistance in the subsequent budget periods. All

applications should contain a breakdown by the object class

categories shown in Lines a-k of Section B.

Section A. Budget Summary

Lines 1-4, Columns (a) and (b)

For applications pertaining to a single Federal grant program

(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog number) and not requiring a

functional or activity breakdown, enter on Line 1 under Column (a)

the catalog program title and the catalog number in Column (b).

For applications pertaining to a single program requiring budget

amounts by multiple functions or activities, enter the name of each

activity or function on each line in Column (a), and enter the

catalog number in Column (b). For applications pertaining to

multiple programs where none of the programs require a breakdown by

function or activity, enter the catalog program title on each line

in Column (a) and the respective catalog number on each line in

Column (b).

For applications pertaining to multiple programs where one or

more programs require a breakdown by function or activity, prepare a

separate sheet for each program requiring the breakdown. Additional

sheets should be used when one form does not provide adequate space

for all breakdown of data required. However, when more than one

sheet is used, the first page should provide the summary totals by

programs.

Lines 1-4, Columns (c) Through (g.)

For new applications, leave Columns (c) and (d) blank. For each

line entry in Columns (a) and (b), enter in Columns (e), (f), and

(g) the appropriate amounts of funds needed to support the project

for the first funding period (usually a year).

For continuing grant program applications, submit these forms

before the end of each funding period as required by the grantor

agency. Enter in Columns (c) and (d) the estimated amounts of funds

which will remain unobligated at the end of the grant funding period

only if the Federal grantor agency instructions provide for this.

Otherwise, leave these columns blank. Enter in columns (e) and (f)

the amounts of funds needed for the upcoming period. The amount(s)

in Column (g) should be the sum of amounts in Columns (e) and (f).

For supplemental grants and changes to existing grants, do not

use Columns (c) and (d). Enter in Column (e) the amount of the

increase or decrease of Federal funds and enter in Column (f) the

amount of the increase or decrease of non-Federal funds. In Column

(g) enter the new total budgeted amount (Federal and non-Federal)

which includes the total previous authorized budgeted amounts plus

or minus, as appropriate, the amounts shown in Columns (e) and (f).

The amount(s) in Column (g) should not equal the sum of amounts in

Columns (e) and (f).

Line 5--Show the totals for all columns used.

Section B. Budget Categories

In the column headings (1) through (4), enter the titles of the

same programs, functions, and activities shown on Lines 1-4, Column

(a), Section A. When additional sheets are prepared for Section A,

provide similar column headings on each sheet. For each program,

function or activity, fill in the total requirements for funds (both

Federal and non-Federal) by object class categories.

Lines 6a-i--Show the totals of Lines 6a to 6h in each column

Line 6i--Show the amount of indirect cost.

Line 6k--Enter the total of amounts on Lines 6i and 6j. For all

applications for new grants and continuation grants for total amount

in column (5), Line 6k, should be the same as the total amount shown

in Section A, Column (g), Line 5. For supplemental grants and

changes to grants, the total amount of the increase or decrease as

shown in Columns (1)-(4), Line 6k should be the same as the sum of

the amounts in Section A, Columns (e) and (f) on Line 5.

Line 7--Enter the estimated amount of income, if any, expected

to be generated from this project. Do not add or subtract this

amount from the total project amount. Show under the program

narrative statement the nature and source of income. The estimated

amount of program income may be considered by the federal grantor

agency in determining the total amount of the grant.

Section C. Non-Federal-Resources

Lines 8-11--Enter amounts of non-Federal resources that will be

used on the grant. If in-kind contributions are included, provide a

brief explanation on a separate sheet.

Column (a)--Enter the program titles identical to Column (a),

Section A. A breakdown by function or activity is not necessary.

Column (b)--Enter the contribution to be made by the applicant.

Column (c)--Enter the amount of the State's cash and in-kind

contribution if the applicant is not a State or State agency.

Applicants which are a State or State agencies should leave this

column blank.

Column (d)--Enter the amount of cash and in-kind contributions

to be made from all other sources.

Column (e)--Enter totals of Columns (b), (c), and (d).

Line 12--Enter the total for each of Columns (b)-(e). The amount

in Column (e) should be equal to the amount on Line 5, Column (f),

Section A.

Section D. Forecasted Cash Needs

Line 13--Enter the amount of cash needed by quarter from the

grantor agency during the first year.

Line 14--Enter the amount of cash from all other sources needed

by quarter during the first year.

Line 15--Enter the totals of amounts on Lines 13 and 14.

Section E. Budget Estimates of Federal Funds Needed for Balance of

the Project

Lines 16-19--Enter in Column (a) the same grant program titles

shown in Column (a), Section A. A breakdown by function or activity

is not necessary. For new applications and continuation grant

applications, enter in the proper columns amounts of Federal funds

which will be needed to complete the program or project over the

succeeding funding periods (usually in years). This section need not

be completed for revisions (amendments, changes, or supplements) to

funds for the current year of existing grants.

If more than four lines are needed to list the program titles,

submit additional schedules as necessary.

Line 20--Enter the total for each of the Columns (b)-(e). When

additional schedules are prepared for this Section, annotate

accordingly and show the overall totals on this line.

Section F. Other Budget Information

Line 21--Use this space to explain amounts for individual direct

object-class cost categories that may appear to be out of the

ordinary or to explain the details as required by the Federal

grantor agency.

Line 22--Enter the type of indirect rate (provisional,

predetermined, final or fixed) that will be in effect during the

funding period, the estimated amount of the base to which the rate

is applied, and the total indirect expense.

Line 23--Provide any other explanations or comments deemed

necessary.

Assurances--Non-Construction Programs

Note: Certain of these assurances may not be applicable to your

project or program. If you have questions, please contact the

awarding agency. Further, certain Federal awarding agencies may

require applicants to certify to additional assurances. If such is

the case, you will be notified.

As the duly authorized representative of the applicant I certify

that the applicant:

1. Has the legal authority to apply for Federal assistance, and

the institutional, managerial and financial capability (including

funds sufficient to pay the non-Federal share of project costs) to

ensure proper planning, management and completion of the project

described in this application.

2. Will give the awarding agency, the Comptroller General of the

United States, and if appropriate, the State, through any authorized

representative, access to and the right to examine all records,

books, papers, or documents related to the award; and will

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establish a proper accounting system in accordance with generally

accepted accounting standards or agency directives.

3. Will establish safeguards to prohibit employees from using

their positions for a purpose that constitutes or presents the

appearance of personal or organizational conflict of interest, or

personal gain.

4. Will initiate and complete the work within the applicable

time frame after receipt of approval of the awarding agency.

5. Will comply with the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970

(42 U.S.C. Secs. 4728-4763) relating to prescribed standards for

merit systems for programs funded under one of the nineteen statutes

or regulations specified in Appendix A of OPM's Standards for a

Merit System of Personnel Administration (5 C.F.R. 900, Subpart F).

6. Will comply with all Federal statutes relating to

nondiscrimination. These include but are not limited to: (a) Title

VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (P.L. 88-352) which prohibits

discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin; (b)

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended (20 U.S.C.

Secs. 1681-1683, and 1685-1686), which prohibits discrimination on

the basis of sex; (c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,

as amended (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794), which prohibits discrimination on

the basis of handicaps; (d) the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as

amended (42 U.S.C. Secs. 6101-6107), which prohibits discrimination

on the basis of age; (e) the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of

1972 (P.L. 92-255), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the

basis of drug abuse; (f) the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of 1970

(P.L. 91-616), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination on the

basis of alcohol abuse or alcoholism; (g) Secs. 523 and 527 of the

Public Health Service Act of 1912 (42 U.S.C. 290dd-3 and 290ee-3),

as amended, relating to confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse

patient records; (h) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42

U.S.C. Sec. 3601 et seq.), as amended, relating to nondiscrimination

in the sale, rental or financing of housing; (i) any other

nondiscrimination provisions in the specific statute(s) under which

application for Federal assistance is being made; and (j) the

requirements of any other nondiscrimination statute(s) which may

apply to the application.

7. Will comply, or has already complied, with the requirements

of Titles II and III of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real

Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-646) which

provide for fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced or

whose property is acquired as a result of Federal or federally

assisted programs. These requirements apply to all interests in real

property acquired for project purposes regardless of Federal

participation in purchases.

8. Will comply with the provisions of the Hatch Act (5 U.S.C.

Secs. 1501-5108 and 7324-7328) which limit the political activities

of employees whose principal employment activities are funded in

whole or in part with Federal funds.

9. Will comply, as applicable, with the provisions of the Davis-

Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. Secs. 276a to 276a-7), the Copeland Act (40

U.S.C. Sec. 276c and 18 U.S.C. Secs. 874), and the Contract Work

Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. Secs. 327-333), regarding

labor standards for federally assisted construction subagreements.

10. Will comply, if applicable, with flood insurance purchase

requirements of Section 102(a) of the Flood Disaster Protection Act

of 1973 (P.L. 93-234) which requires recipients in a special flood

hazard area to participate in the program and to purchase flood

insurance if the total cost of insurable construction and

acquisition is $10,000 or more.

11. Will comply with environmental standards which may be

prescribed pursuant to the following: (a) institution of

environmental quality control measures under the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (P.L. 91-190) and Executive Order

(EO) 11514; (b) notification of violating facilities pursuant to EO

11738; (c) protection of wetlands pursuant to EO 11990; (d)

evaluation of flood hazards in floodplains in accordance with EO

11988; (e) assurance of project consistency with the approved State

management program developed under the Coastal Zone Management Act

of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Secs. 1451 et seq.); (f) conformity of Federal

actions to State (Clear Air) Implementation Plans under Section

176(c) of the Clear Air Act of 1955, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401

et seq.); (g) protection of underground sources of drinking water

under the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, as amended (P.L. 93-523);

and (h) protection of endangered species under the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, as amended (P.L. 93-205).

12. Will comply with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (16

U.S.C. Secs. 1271 et seq.) related to protecting components or

potential components of the national wild and scenic rivers system.

13. Will assist the awarding agency in assuring compliance with

Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 470), EO 11593 (identification and protection of

historic properties), and the Archaeological and Historic

Preservation Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 469a-1 et seq.).

14. Will comply with P.L. 93-348 regarding the protection of

human subjects involved in research, development, and related

activities supported by this award of assistance.

15. Will comply with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966

(P.L. 89-544, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) pertaining to the

care, handling and treatment of warm blooded animals held for

research, teaching, or other activities supported by this award of

assistance.

16. Will comply with the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention

Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 4801 et seq.) which prohibits the use of lead

based paint in construction or rehabilitation of residence

structures.

17. Will cause to be performed the required financial and

compliance audits in accordance with the Single Audit Act of 1984.

18. Will comply with all applicable requirements of all other

Federal laws, executive orders, regulations and policies governing

this program.

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Appendix C--U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Certification

Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements, Grantees Other Than

Individuals

By signing and/or submitting this application or grant

agreement, the grantee is providing the certification set out below.

This certification is required by regulations implementing the

Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, 45 CFR Part 76, Subpart F. The

regulations, published in the May 25, 1990 Federal Register, require

certification by grantees that they will maintain a drug-free

workplace. The certification set out below is a material

representation of fact upon which reliance will be placed when the

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determines to award

the grant. If it is later determined that the grantee knowingly

rendered a false certification, or otherwise violates the

requirements of the Drug-Free Workplace Act, HHS, in addition to any

other remedies available to the Federal Government, may take action

authorized under the Drug-Free Workplace Act. False certification or

violation of the certification shall be grounds for suspension of

payments, suspension or termination of grants, or government wide

suspension or debarment.

Workplaces under grants, for grantees other than individuals,

need not be identified on the certification. If known, they may be

identified in the grant application. If the grantee does not

identify the workplaces at the time of application, or upon award,

if there is no application, the grantee must keep the identity of

the workplace(s) on file in its office and make the information

available for Federal inspection. Failure to identify all known

workplaces constitutes a violation of the grantee's drug-free

workplace requirements.

Workplace identifications must include the actual address of

buildings (or parts of buildings) or other sites where work under

the grant takes place. Categorical descriptions may be used (e.g.,

all vehicles of a mass transit authority or State highway department

while in operation, State employees in each local unemployment

office, performers in concert halls or radio studios.)

If the workplace identified to HHS changes during the

performance of the grant, the grantee shall inform the agency of the

change(s), if it previously identified the workplaces in question

(see above).

Definitions of terms in the Nonprocurement Suspension and

Debarment common rule and Drug-Free Workplace common rule apply to

this certification. Grantees' attention is called, in particular, to

the following definitions from these rules:

``Controlled substance'' means a controlled substance in

Schedules I through V of the

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Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) and as further defined by

regulation (21 1308.11 through 1308.15).

``Conviction'' means a finding of guilt (including a plea of

nolo contendere) or imposition of sentence, or both, by any judicial

body charged with the responsibility to determine violations of the

Federal or State criminal drug statutes;

``Criminal drug statute'' means a Federal or non-Federal

criminal statute involving the manufacture, distribution,

dispensing, use, or possession of any controlled substance;

``Employee'' means the employee of a grantee directly engaged in

the performance of work under a grant, including: (i) All ``direct

charge'' employees; (ii) all ``indirect charge'' employees unless

their impact or involvement is insignificant to the performance of

the grant; and, (iii) temporary personnel and consultants who are

directly engaged in the performance of work under the grant and who

are on the grantee's payroll. This definition does not include

workers not on the payroll of the grantee (e.g., volunteers, even if

used to meet a matching requirement; consultants or independent

contractors not on the grantee's payroll; or employees of

subrecipients or subcontractors in covered workplaces).

The grantee certifies that it will or will continue to provide a

drug-free workplace by:

(a) Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful

manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession or use of a

controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee's workplace and

specifying the actions that will be taken against employees for

violation of such prohibition;

(b) Establishing an ongoing drug-free awareness program to

inform employees about:

(1) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace; (2) The

grantee's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace; (3) Any

available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee assistance

programs; and (4) The penalties that may be imposed upon employees

for drug abuse violations occurring in the workplace;

(c) Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in

the performance of the grant be given a copy of the statement

required by paragraph (a);

(d) Notifying the employee in the statement required by

paragraph (a) that, as a condition of employment under the grant,

the employee will:

(1) Abide by the terms of the statement; and, (2) Notify the

employer in writing of his or her conviction for a violation of a

criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace no later than five

calendar days after such conviction;

(e) Notifying the agency in writing, within ten calendar days

after receiving notice under subparagraph (d)(2) from an employee or

otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction. Employers of

convicted employees must provide notice, including position title,

to every grant officer or other designee on whose grant activity the

convicted employee was working, unless the Federal agency has

designated a central point for the receipt of such notices. Notice

shall include the identification number(s) of each affected grant;

(f) Taking one of the following actions, within 30 calendar days

of receiving notice under subparagraph (d)(2), with respect to any

employee who is so convicted:

(1) Taking appropriate personnel action against such an

employee, up to and including termination, consistent with the

requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; or, (2)

Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug

abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such

purposes by a Federal, State, or local health, law enforcement, or

other appropriate agency;

(g) Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-

free workplace through implementation of paragraphs (a), (b), (c),

(d), (e) and (f).

The grantee may insert in the space provided below the site(s)

for the performance of work done in connection with the specific

grant (use attachments, if needed);

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Place of Performance (Street address, City, County, State, ZIP Code)

Check ______ if there are workplace on file that are not

identified here.

Sections 76.630 (c) and (d)(2) and 76.635 (a)(1) and (b) provide

that a Federal agency may designate a central receipt point for

STATE-WIDE AND STATE AGENCY-WIDE certifications, and for

notification or criminal drug convictions. For the Department of

Health and Human Services, the central receipt point is: Division of

Grants Management and Oversight, Office of Management and

Acquisition, Department of Health and Human Services, Room 517-D,

200 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201.

Appendix D--Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other

Responsibility Matters--Primary Covered Transactions

By signing and submitting this proposal, the applicant, defined

as the primary participant in accordance with 45 CFR Part 76,

certifies to the best of its knowledge and believe that it and its

principals:

(a) are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for

debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered

transactions by any Federal Department or agency;

(b) have not within a 3-year period preceding this proposal been

convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for

commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with

obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal,

State, or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction;

violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of

embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction

of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property;

(c) are not presently indicted or otherwise criminally or

civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State of local)

with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1)

(b) of this certification; and

(d) have not within a 3-year period preceding this application/

proposal had one or more public transactions (Federal, State, or

local) terminated for cause or default.

The inability of a person to provide the certification required

above will not necessarily result in denial of participation in this

covered transaction. If necessary, the prospective participant shall

submit an explanation of why it cannot provide the certification.

The certification or explanation will be considered in connection

with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determination

whether to enter into this transaction. However, failure of the

prospective primary participant to furnish a certification or an

explanation shall disqualify such person from participation in this

transaction.

The prospective primary participant agrees that by submitting

this proposal, it will include the clause entitled ``Certification

Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and Voluntary

Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transaction.'' provided below without

modification in all lower tier covered transactions and in all

solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.

Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and

Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions

(To be Supplied to Lower Tier Participants)

By signing and submitting this lower tier proposal, the

prospective lower tier participant, as defined in 45 CFR Part 76,

certifies to best of its knowledge and belief that it and its

principals:

(a) are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for

debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from

participation in this transaction by any federal department or

agency.

(b) where the prospective lower tier participant is unable to

certify to any of the above , such prospective participant shall

attach an explanation to this proposal.

The prospective lower tier participant further agrees by

submitting this proposal that it will include this clause entitled

``Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility, and

Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions'' without

modification in all lower tier covered transactions and in all

solicitations for lower tier covered transactions.

Appendix E--Certification Regarding Lobbying--Certification for

Contracts, Grants, Loans, and Cooperative Agreements

The undersigned certifies, to the best of his or here knowledge

and belief, that:

(1) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be

paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for

influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any

agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or

an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding

of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal grant, the making

of any Federal loan, the entering into of any cooperative agreement,

and the extension, continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification

of any Federal contract, grant, loan, or cooperative agreement.

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(2) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been

paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting to

influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of

Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a

Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract, grant,

loan or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and

submit Standard Form-LLL, ``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' in

accordance with its instructions.

(3) The undersigned shall require that the language of this

certification be included in the award documents for all subawards

at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and contracts under

grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and that all

subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.

This certification is a material representation of fact upon

which reliance was placed when this transaction was made or entered

into. Submission of this certification is a prerequisite for making

or entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31,

U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required certification

shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not

more than $100,000 for each such failure.

State for Loan Guarantee and Loan Insurance

The undersigned states, to the best of his or her knowledge and

belief, that:

If any funds have been paid or will be paid to any person for

influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any

agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or

an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this

commitment providing for the United States to insure or guarantee a

loan, the undersigned shall complete and submit Standard Form-LLL

``Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying,'' in accordance with its

instructions.

Submission of this statement is a prerequisite for making or

entering into this transaction imposed by section 1352, title 31,

U.S. Code. Any person who fails to file the required statement shall

be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $10,000 and not more

than $100,000 for each such failure.

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Appendix F--Certification Regarding Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Public Law 103-227, Part C--Environmental Tobacco Smoke, also

known as the Pro-Children Act of 1994 (Act), requires that smoking

not be permitted in any portion of any indoor facility owned or

leased or contracted for by an entity and used routinely or

regularly for the provision of health, day care, education, or

library services to children under the age of 18, if the services

are funded by Federal programs either directly or through State or

local governments, by Federal grant, contract, loan, or loan

guarantee. The law does not apply to children's services provided in

private residences, facilities funded solely by Medicare or Medicaid

funds, and portions of facilities used for inpatient drug or alcohol

treatment. Failure to comply with the provisions of the law may

result in the imposition of a civil monetary penalty of up to $1,000

per day and/or the imposition of an administrative compliance order

on the responsible entity.

By signing and submitting this application the applicant/grantee

certifies that it will comply with the requirements of the Act. The

applicant/grantee further agrees that it will require the language

of this certification be included in any subawards which contain

provisions for children's services and that all subgrantees shall

certify accordingly.

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