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[FR Doc No: 94-28376]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Preapplication Workshop on Cooperative Agreements for Preventive
Health Services-Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)/Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevention Training Centers--Program
Announcement Number 514: Meeting
The National Center for Prevention Services (NCPS) of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following
preapplication workshop.
Name: Preapplication Workshop on Cooperative Agreements for
Preventive Health Services-STD/HIV Prevention Training Centers--Program
Announcement 514.
Time and Dates: 8:30 a.m.--4:30 p.m., December 1-2, 1994
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available;
seating preference for eligible applicants.
Place: Sheraton Washington Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road at
Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008, telephone 202/328-
2000.
Purpose: To provide information concerning programmatic and
business aspects of preparing an application for funding under
Program Announcement 514.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are the official public health
agencies of State and local governments, the District of Columbia,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of
Palau, and Federally-recognized Indian Tribal governments.
Availability of funds: Contingent on the availability of funds,
up to $5.6 million will be available in fiscal year 1995 to fund
approximately ten awards for a 1-year budget period within a 5-year
project period. These awards may fund one STD/HIV Prevention
Training Center in each of the ten Department of Health and Human
Services regions. All applicants must compete for Part I, Clinical
Services Training. Part II, Health Behavior Training, and Part III,
Partner Counseling Training, are elective. Up to $4 million will be
available to fund ten awards in Part I. For Part II, up to $1
million will be available to fund up to four awards. For Part III,
up to $600,000 will be available for up to four awards. Awards are
expected to be made on or before April 1, 1995.
Matters to be Discussed: The workshop will allow participants to
receive explanations from CDC staff and ask questions about a draft
announcement prior to the publication of the official announcement
in the Federal Register.
General Information: The objective of these awards is to support
innovative professional training programs in integrated STD and HIV
Client management within a national network of STD/HIV Prevention
Training Centers to achieve a comprehensive prevention strategy
including clinical service, health behavioral, and partner
counseling interventions. Applicants must demonstrate the capability
to employ state-of-the-art training techniques, including distance
learning technology, to reach participants regionally or nationally
in a manner that prepares them to provide STD/HIV prevention
interventions in the clinic and community. Training is for providers
who have face-to-face contact with clients. Part I supports hands-on
STD clinical services training in public health STD clinics.
Applicants must demonstrate adequate clinic and training facilities
for the practical experiences of participants. Plans to provide 200
hours of clinic-based course are required. Part II supports the
practical skills based on behavior change theory to employ at the
client level. Applicants must emphasize participant cotnact with
high-risk individuals in the community. Plans to provide 100 hours
of health behavior training is required. Part III supports the
training of provides in STD/HIV partner counseling skills including
partner elicitation, referral, and notification. Plans to provide
500 hours of partner counseling training is required.
Each Part requires the organization of a qualified training
administration; analysis of STD and HIV Prevention Program training
needs; collaboration with graduate schools and community experts for
faculty and services and inclusion of graduate assistants in
training activities; provision of clinic-based, and for Part II and
Part III community-based, integrated STD/HIV services and actual
experiences for participants; the development of innovative distance
learning strategies; quality training through acquisition of
continuing education credits for participants; evaluation of
training and the design of cost-effective training models; and
collaboration with CDC in a nation-wide public health training
network.
For More Information Contact: To confirm your attendance, you
may call (404) 639-8357 or FAX (404) 639-8609 the following
information on or before November 25, 1994, to Robert B. Emerson:
Organization's name and number of attendees.
Dated: November 9, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
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