SOO.pdf

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES (SOO)

I. Purpose: The purpose of this SOO is to provide outreach and education support for responders and survivors of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City.

Responders include emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers of the attacks.

Survivors include residents, building occupants, and area workers who were adversely affected by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City. Outreach and education is expected to occur to responders and survivors of the attacks in New York City in the local NYC area and nationally.

II. Scope or Mission: NIOSH will consider proposals that address the outreach and educational needs of multiple WTCHP populations, and proposals that address the needs of a single cohort. Offerors must clearly identify the focus of their projects, specifically the target population(s) and outreach and education strategies. Applicants must also include sufficient information supporting their capacity to perform the recipient activities identified in this solicitation and provide appropriate outreach and education services for the population categories they identify.

Proposals may focus on one or more of the following categories of responders and survivors who were adversely affected by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in

New York City.

Responders include local emergency responders, and recovery and cleanup workers who (a) still live in the NYC area or (b) have since moved away from the

NYC area, and responders who came from outside the NYC area to assist with the response and subsequently returned to their respective home areas.

Survivors include people who were in the New York City disaster area in Lower

Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn on September 11, 2001, or who lived, worked or went to school or day care there for some time afterward and who (a) still live in the NYC area or (b) have since moved away from the NYC area.

NIOSH will consider proposals from individual organizations, partnerships of two or more organizations, and consortiums. All applicants—consortiums, partnerships, and single organizations must document established relationships with community groups who are able to reach the specific survivor and responder groups which they intend to serve. These community groups can include, but are not limited to, union and retiree groups.

Note: Actual awards will be made to those proposals deemed to be the best value to the government within funds availability.

III. Period and Place of Performance; One year base with a possible one (1) year option. The outreach activities will be focus in New York City area.

IV. Background:

The World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) is administered by the National

Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Information on this program is available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/wtc/.

The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 established a Federal program to support monitoring and treatment benefits for emergency responders, recovery and cleanup workers of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York

City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania; and residents, building occupants, and area workers who were adversely affected by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City. Outreach to Pentagon and Shanksville responders will be completed by NIOSH staff.

Note: For more detailed descriptions of eligible responders and survivors, please refer to sections 3311 (responders) and 3321(survivors) of The James Zadroga 9/11Health and

Compensation Act of 2010.

Under the Zadroga Act, section 3303, authorizes the following outreach and education activities:

Establishing a public Web site with information about the WTCHP;

Holding meetings with potentially eligible populations;

Developing and disseminating outreach and education materials about the program; and

Establishing telephone information services.

Further, the Zadroga Act specifies that these activities will be conducted in a manner intended to reach all affected populations and include materials for culturally and linguistically diverse populations.

V. Performance Objectives:

1. Develop, coordinate, and manage outreach and education strategies and activities for recruitment of eligible responders and survivors into the WTCHP.

2. Involve community groups to reach a broad population of responders and/or survivors. These community groups can include, but are not limited to, union and retiree groups.

3. Meet the outreach and education needs of current members, and those seeking enrollment, through culturally and linguistically appropriate educational materials.

4. Coordinate activities with the WTCHP designated NIOSH individual(s).

5. Notify NIOSH and appropriate WTCHP entities in advance of meetings so that attendance can be arranged by NIOSH staff and outreach partners if appropriate.

6. Attend meetings organized by NIOSH to coordinate activities with Centers of Excellence and other awardees.

6. Provide NIOSH with interim and annual progress reports. The reports will include information such as a description of the number of individuals identified, the number of outreach meetings held, and the number of educational materials created and distributed.

VI. Operating Constraints:

Collaborate with appropriate WTCHP entities, including NIOSH, data centers, clinical centers of excellence, the New York City World Trade Center Health

Registry, and the responder and/or survivor steering committees. Duplication of outreach meetings with groups already being served by a data center or clinical center should be avoided unless it is a joint outreach function.