cdc-rfa-dd12-12010101supp15.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities

CDC-RFA-DD12-12010101SUPP15

Application Due Date: 05/20/2015

Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities

CDC-RFA-DD12-12010101SUPP15

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1. Overview Information

Part 2. Full Text of the Announcement

Section I. Funding Opportunity Description Section II. Award Information Section III. Eligibility Information Section IV. Application and Submission Information Section V. Application Review Information Section VI. Award Administration Information Section VII. Agency Contacts Section VIII. Other Information

Part 1. Overview Information Federal Agency Name:

Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Funding Opportunity Title:

Improving the Health of People with Intellectual Disabilities Announcement Type:

Revision - Type 3

Agency Funding Opportunity Number:

CDC-RFA-DD12-12010101SUPP15

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number:

93.184 Key Dates:

Due Date for Application: 05/20/2015 Additional Overview Content:

Executive Summary:

The purpose of this program is to improve the health of people with intellectual disabilities (ID) by improving access to health services and promoting healthy behaviors. The program shall accomplish health improvements by: (1) providing health assessments, referral to services, and education to persons with ID;

(2) training health care professionals to improve their skill in caring for people with ID; (3) raising awareness of persons with ID; and (4) improving health care access.

Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with one (or more) of the following performance goal(s) for the NCBDDD:

Priority 1: Reduce disparities in key health indicators, including obesity in children, youth, and adults with disabilities.

Priority 4: Identify and reduce disparities in health care access for people with disabilities.

This announcement is only for non-research activities supported by CDC. If research is proposed, the application will not be reviewed. For the definition of research, please see the CDC Web site at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/integrity/docs/cdc-policy-distinguishing-public -health-research-nonresearch.pdf.

Part 2. Full Text Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

Statutory Authority

This program is authorized under Section 317(k) (2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 247b (k) (2)), as amended.

Background http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/integrity/docs/cdc-policy-distinguishing-public-health-research-nonresearch.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/od/science/integrity/docs/cdc-policy-distinguishing-public-health-research-nonresearch.pdf

N/A Purpose

The purpose of this program is to fund activities for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) that identify comorbid conditions and poor health behaviors and to increase healthy behaviors, and improve and increase access to appropriate health services. This program addresses the “Healthy People 2020” focus area(s) of:

DH–2 Surveillance and health promotion programs; DH–4 Barriers to primary care; DH–8 Barriers to health and wellness programs; DH–9 Barriers to participation; DH–13 Participation in social, spiritual, recreational, community, and civic activities; DH–17 Social and emotional support, available at http://www.healthypeo ple.gov.

Program Implementation

Recipient Activities

Conduct health assessments of people with ID in some or all of the following areas: hearing (audiology), oral health, vision, physical and mental well-being (including physical activity and healthy weight, blood pressure, bone density, podiatry, sunscreen use, hydration, etc.). Such assessments will cost nothing to the person or their family. Assessments should include documented referrals, information, and pre-arranged linkages so those people with positive findings can obtain follow-up care.

Train volunteers (medical professionals and laypersons) to provide health screening services for people with ID and promote follow-up care. Training for volunteers should be evaluated and revised as needed.

Encourage and promote availability of health care for people with ID. Promote training on routine medical care of people with ID to a variety of medical professionals. Develop partnerships to help facilitate this training. Track and evaluate these trainings and partnerships.

Develop, test and deploy an individualized data tracking system for long-term evaluation of individuals’ health and well-being.

Collect data during screening events of people with ID, compile and evaluate collected data, and disseminate results. Include information on per individual costs.

Advance partnerships and initiatives to improve health care for persons with ID, provide technical assistance to foster improved health care, and monitor results of the technical assistance provided.

Develop, deploy and expand locally-based health promotion programs appropriate for people with ID in order to provide education and training for individuals with ID and, when appropriate their caregivers or service providers. Supporting activities may include literature reviews, inventory of potential evidence-based interventions, evaluation of evidence-based activities, development of training and deployment strategies, technical assistance regarding funding strategies, and development of partnerships to facilitate activities.

In a cooperative agreement, CDC staff is substantially involved in the program activities, above and beyond routine grant monitoring.

CDC Activities

Provide technical consultation to the grantee using the current knowledge base (including emerging research, literature and epidemiological information) regarding health promotion and health care access for people with intellectual disabilities and assist in the development of information targeted to people with limitations related to this condition.

Provide programmatic technical assistance [TA] as requested or indicated in the planning and conduct http://www.healthypeople.gov/ http://www.healthypeople.gov/ of data collection, training, evaluation, and disability and health promotion activities.

Provide scientific consultation; identify SME to liaison

Assist with planning and partnership activities.

Create liaisons within the Center and other CIOs in CDC

Provide consultation in program planning, development, implementation, and evaluation, which may include consulting with committees or working groups whose operations may impact the proposed programs.

Assist with the identification of health-related policies, best practices, and model programs designed to improve the health of people with intellectual disabilities Assist with planning and evaluation activities, including the development of measures for program impact.

Section II. Award Information

Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement CDC substantial involvement in this program appears in the Activities Section above.

Award Mechanism: U-59

Disabilities Prevention Cooperative Agreement

Fiscal Year Funds: 2015 Approximate Total Supplemental Funding: $2,334,000 This amount is subject to availability of funds. Includes direct and indirect costs.

Approximate Number of Awards: 2

Approximate Average Award: $1,167,000 This amount is for a 12-month budget period, and includes both direct and indirect costs.

Floor of Individual Award Range: $667,000 Ceiling of Individual Award Range: $1,667,000 This ceiling is for a 12-month budget period.

This FOA is only for an 8 month period.

Anticipated Award Date: 08/01/2015 Budget Period Length: 8 month(s) Project Period Length: 0 year(s) Competing Continuation Project Period Length: 0 year(s)

Section III. Eligibility Information

Eligible Applicants The following recipients may submit an application:

Eligibility Category: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This is a competing supplement. Only those applicants who were funded under CDC-RFA-DD12-1201 are eligible to apply.

Required Registrations

System for Award Management and Universal Identifier Requirements All applicant organizations must obtain a DUN and Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number as the Universal Identifier when applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements. The DUNS number is a nine-digit number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet Information Services.

The recipient is required to have the original DUNS identifier to apply for additional funds.

An AOR should be consulted to determine the appropriate number. If the organization does not have a DUNS number, an AOR should complete the US D&B D-U-N-S Number Request Form or contact Dun and Bradstreet by telephone directly at 1-866-705-5711 (toll-free) to obtain one. A DUNS number will be provided immediately by telephone at no charge. Note this is an organizational number. Individual Program Directors/Principal Investigators do not need to register for a DUNS number.

Additionally, all applicant organizations must register in the System for Award Management (SAM) and maintain their SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an application under consideration for funding by CDC and, if an award is made, until a final financial report is submitted or the final payment is received, whichever is later. SAM is the primary registrant database for the Federal government and is the repository into which an entity must provide information required for the conduct of business as a recipient. Additional information about registration procedures may be found at the SAM internet site at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1.

If an award is granted, the grantee organization must notify potential sub-recipients that no organization may receive a sub-award under the grant unless the organization has provided its DUNS number to the grantee organization.

Cost Sharing or Matching Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement:

No

Cost sharing or matching funds are not required for this program.

Other

If a funding amount greater than the ceiling of the award range is requested, the application will be considered non-responsive and will not be entered into the review process. The recipient will be notified that the application did not meet the eligibility requirements.

Special Requirements

Note: Title 2 of the United States Code Section 1611 states that an organization described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code that engages in lobbying activities is not eligible to receive Federal funds constituting a grant, loan, or an award.

Maintenance of Effort

Maintenance of Effort is not required for this program.

Section IV. Application and Submission Information

Address to Request Application Package https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1

Address to Request Application Package Applicants must download the application package associated with this funding opportunity from Grants.gov. If access to the Internet is not available or if the applicant encounters difficulty accessing the forms on-line, contact the HHS/CDC Procurement and Grants Office Technical Information Management Section (PGO TIMS) staff at (770) 488-2700 for further instruction. CDC Telecommunications for the hearing impaired or disable is available at: TTY 1-888-232-6348.

If the applicant encounters technical difficulties with Grants.gov, the applicant should contact Grants.gov Customer Service. The Grants.gov Contact Center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the exception of all Federal Holidays. The Contact Center provides customer service to the applicant community. The extended hours will provide applicants support around the clock, ensuring the best possible customer service is received any time it is needed. You can reach the Grants.gov Support Center at 1-800-518-4726 or by email at support@grants.gov. Submissions sent by email, fax, CD’s or thumb drives of applications will not be accepted.

Content and Form of Application Submission Unless specifically indicated, this announcement requires submission of the following information:

A Project Abstract must be completed in the Grants.gov application forms. The Project Abstract must contain a summary of the proposed activity suitable for dissemination to the public. It should be a self-contained description of the project and should contain a statement of objectives and methods to be employed. It should be informative to other persons working in the same or related fields and insofar as possible understandable to a technically literate lay reader. This abstract must not include any proprietary/confidential information.

A Project Narrative must be submitted with the application forms. The project narrative must be uploaded in a PDF file format when submitting via Grants.gov. The narrative must be submitted in the following format:

Maximum number of pages: 25. If your narrative exceeds the page limit, only the first pages which are within the page limit will be reviewed.

Font size: 12 point unreduced, Times New Roman Double spaced Page margin size: One inch Number all narrative pages; not to exceed the maximum number of pages.

The narrative should address activities to be conducted over the entire project period and must include the following items in the order listed:

Current Budget Period Progress (Should not exceed 5 pages)

Applicants must provide a brief summary addressing the following:

Status of objectives (met, ongoing, unmet, or revised);

Major findings, significance of those findings, and a description of how the findings impact or contribute to public health Barriers encountered and how those barriers were addressed If applicable, include the reasons the goals were not met and a discussion of assistance needed to resolve the situation

Report significant project changes, including changes in key personnel http://www.grants.gov mailto:support@grants.gov

Approach

Background, Purpose, and Outcomes Applicants must provide a description of relevant background information Applicant must describe how their application will address the problem Applicants must clearly identify the outcomes they expect to achieve

Strategies and Activities

Applicants must provide a clear and concise description of the strategies and activities they will use to achieve the project period outcomes

Collaboration

Applicants must describe how they will collaborate with programs and organizations either internal or external to CDC.

Applicants must file letters of support, as appropriate

Work Plan

Applicants must provide a detailed work plan and timeline for completing project activities

Evaluation and Performance Management

Applicants must provide an overall evaluation and performance measurement plan which:

Describes how program partners will be engaged in the evaluation Describes the type of evaluation to be conducted Describes key evaluation questions to be answered Describes potentially available data sources and feasibility of collecting appropriate evaluation and performance data Describes how evaluation findings will be used for continuous program and quality improvement.

Applicant’s organizational Capacity to Implement the Approach

Organizational Capacity

The applicant must describe its organizational capacity to carry out the program strategies and activities

Project Management The applicant must describe who will have day to day responsibility for key tasks such as project leadership, monitoring on-going progress, preparation of reports, program evaluation, and communication with CDC.

Additional Program Requirements

Applicants must include a minimum of one, but not more than three, success stories. Each success story should not exceed one page and may be included in the appendix.

Additional information may be included in the application appendices. The appendices must be uploaded to the "Other Attachments Form" of application package in Grants.gov. Note: appendices will not be counted toward the narrative page limit. This additional information includes:

Curriculum Vitae/Resumes Letters of Support, if applicable Budget (SF 424A) and Budget Narrative: provide a detailed budget which identifies and describes the basis for the anticipated costs for personnel, fringe benefits, travel, supplies, equipment, contractual, consultants, indirect, and other items.

Bona fide agent letter from state, if applicable Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for subawards, consultants, partnering agreements, etc., if applicable Indirect Cost Rate agreement Organizational Chart Legal authority to patient data sources Success stories

Additional information submitted via Grants.gov must be uploaded in a PDF file format, and should be named:

Appendix 1 – Curriculum Vitae/Resumes Appendix 2 – Budget (SF 424A) and Budget Narrative Appendix 3 – Letter(s) of Support Appendix 4 – Bona fide agent letter Appendix 5 – MOUs Appendix 6 – Indirect Cost Rate Agreement Appendix 7 – Organizational Chart Appendix 8 – Legal Authority to data

No more than 20 electronic attachments should be uploaded per application.

CDC Assurances and Certifications: All applicants are required to sign and submit “Assurances and Certifications” documents indicated at http://www.cdc.gov/grants/interestedinapplying/applicationprocess.html

Applicants may follow either of the following processes:

Complete the applicable assurances and certifications on an annual basis;, name the file “Assurances and Certifications” and upload it as a PDF file at www.grants.gov Complete the applicable assurances and certifications and submit them directly to CDC on an annual basis at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/ grantassurances/ (S(mj444mxct51lnrv1hljjjmaa))/ Homepage.aspx Assurances and certifications submitted directly to CDC will be kept on file for one year and will apply to all applications submitted to CDC by the applicant within one year of the submission date.Complete the applicable assurances and certifications and submit them directly to CDC on an annual basis at http://wwwn.cdc.gov/ grant assurances/ (S(mj444mxct 51lnrv1hljjjmaa))/ Homepage.aspx

Assurances and certifications submitted directly to CDC will be kept on file for one year and will apply to all applications submitted to CDC by the applicant within one year of the submission date.

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Submission Dates and Times This announcement is the definitive guide on application content, submission, and deadline. It supersedes information provided in the application instructions. If the application submission does not meet the deadline published herein, it will not be eligible for review and the recipient will be notified the application did not meet the submission requirements.

This section provides applicants with submission dates and times. Applications that are submitted after the deadlines will not be processed.

If Grants.gov is inoperable and cannot receive applications, and circumstances preclude advance notification of an extension, then applications must be submitted by the first business day on which grants.gov operations resume.

Application Deadline Date Due Date for Applications: 05/20/2015 Explanation of Deadlines: Application must be successfully submitted to Grants.gov by 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time on the deadline date.

Intergovernmental Review

Executive Order 12372 does not apply to this program.

Funding Restrictions Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing the budget, are as follows:

Recipients may not use funds for research.

Recipients may not use funds for clinical care.

Recipients may only expend funds for reasonable program purposes, including personnel, travel, supplies, and services, such as contractual.

Awardees may not generally use HHS/CDC/ATSDR funding for the purchase of furniture or equipment. Any such proposed spending must be identified in the budget.

The direct and primary recipient in a cooperative agreement program must perform a substantial role in carrying out project objectives and not merely serve as a conduit for an award to another party or provider who is ineligible.

The recipient can obtain guidance for completing a detailed justified budget on the CDC website, at the following Internet address: http://www.cdc.gov/grants/interestedinapplying/applicationprocess.html

Other Submission Requirements

Application Submission Submit the application electronically by using the forms and instructions posted for this funding opportunity on www.Grants.gov. If access to the Internet is not available or if the recipient encounters difficulty in accessing the forms on-line, contact the HHS/CDC Procurement and Grant Office Technical Information Management Section (PGO TIMS) staff at (770) 488-2700 for further instruction.

Note: Application submission is not concluded until successful completion of the validation process. After submission of your application package, recipients will receive a "submission receipt" email generated by Grants.gov. Grants.gov will then generate a second e-mail message to recipients which will either validate or reject their submitted application package. This validation process may take as long as two (2) business days. Recipients are strongly encouraged check the status of their application to ensure submission of their application package is complete and no submission errors exists. To guarantee that you comply with the application deadline published in the Funding Opportunity Announcement, recipients are also http://www.cdc.gov/grants/interestedinapplying/applicationprocess.html http://www.Grants.gov the application deadline published in the Funding Opportunity Announcement, recipients are also strongly encouraged to allocate additional days prior to the published deadline to file their application.

Non-validated applications will not be accepted after the published application deadline date.

In the event that you do not receive a "validation" email within two (2) business days of application submission, please contact Grants.gov. Refer to the email message generated at the time of application submission for instructions on how to track your application or the Application User Guide, Version 3.0 page 57.

Electronic Submission of Application:

Applications must be submitted electronically at www.Grants.gov. Electronic applications will be considered as having met the deadline if the application has been successfully made available to CDC for processing from Grants.gov on the deadline date.

The application package can be downloaded from www.Grants.gov. Recipients can complete the application package off-line, and then upload and submit the application via the Grants.gov website. The recipient must submit all application attachments using a PDF file format when submitting via Grants.gov. Directions for creating PDF files can be found on the Grants.gov website. Use of file formats other than PDF may result in the file being unreadable by staff.

Applications submitted through Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov), are electronically time/date stamped and assigned a tracking number. The AOR will receive an e-mail notice of receipt when HHS/CDC receives the application. The tracking number serves to document submission and initiate the electronic validation process before the application is made available to CDC for processing.

If the recipient encounters technical difficulties with Grants.gov, the recipient should contact Grants.gov Customer Service. The Grants.gov Contact Center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Contact Center provides customer service to the recipient community. The extended hours will provide recipients support around the clock, ensuring the best possible customer service is received any time it’s needed. You can reach the Grants.gov Support Center at 1-800-518-4726 or by email at support@grants.gov.

Submissions sent by e-mail, fax, CD’s or thumb drives of applications will not be accepted.

Organizations that encounter technical difficulties in using www.Grants.gov to submit their application must attempt to overcome those difficulties by contacting the Grants.gov Support Center (1-800-518-4726, support@grants.gov). After consulting with the Grants.gov Support Center, if the technical difficulties remain unresolved and electronic submission is not possible to meet the established deadline, organizations may submit a request prior to the application deadline by email to the Grants Management Specialist/Officer for permission to submit a paper application. An organization's request for permission must: (a) include the Grants.gov case number assigned to the inquiry, (b) describe the difficulties that prevent electronic submission and the efforts taken with the Grants.gov Support Center (c) be submitted to the Grants Management Specialist/Officer at least 3 calendar days prior to the application deadline. Paper applications submitted without prior approval will not be considered.

If a paper application is authorized, the recipient will receive instructions from PGO TIMS to submit the original and two hard copies of the application by mail or express delivery service.

Section V. Application Review Information

Eligible recipients are required to provide measures of effectiveness that will demonstrate the http://www.Grants.gov http://www.Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov

Eligible recipients are required to provide measures of effectiveness that will demonstrate the accomplishment of the various identified objectives of the CDC-RFA-DD12-12010101SUPP15. Measures of effectiveness must relate to the performance goals stated in the "Purpose" section of this announcement.

Measures of effectiveness must be objective, quantitative and measure the intended outcome of the proposed program. The measures of effectiveness must be included in the application and will be an element of the evaluation of the submitted application.

Criteria Eligible recipients will be evaluated against the following criteria:

Approach Maximum Points: 50

Approach (50 pts)

A. Background, Purpose, and Outcomes (10 pts):

The extent to which the applicants provide a description of relevant background information and intended results which support the FOA priorities.

B. Strategies and Activities (20 pts)

The extent to which the applicant provides appropriate rationale for and a detailed description of strategies and activities that are feasible and achieve project outcomes.

C. Collaboration (10 pts)

The extent to which the applicant describes how it will collaborate with CDC as well as programs external to CDC in implementing the proposed program strategies

D. Work Plan (10 pts)

The extent to which the applicant describes a detailed one-year work plan.

Evaluation and Performance Management Maximum Points: 20

The extent to which the applicants describe the type of evaluations to be conducted, key evaluation questions to be answered, potential data sources, and describes how evaluation findings will be used for continuous program and quality improvement.

Applicant's Organizational Capacity to Implement the Approach Maximum Points: 30

A. Organizational Capacity (15 pts)

The extent to which the applicant must describe its organizational capacity to carry out the program strategies and activities

B. Project Management (15 pts) The extent to which the applicant must describe who will have day to day responsibility for key tasks such as project leadership, monitoring on-going progress, preparation of reports, program evaluation, and communication with CDC.

Budget (SF 424A) and Budget Narrative Reviewed, but not scored. Although the budget is not scored recipients should consider the following in development of their budget. Is the itemized budget for conducting the project, and justification reasonable and consistent with stated objectives and planned program activities?

If the recipients requests indirect costs in the budget, a copy of the indirect cost rate agreement is required. If the indirect cost rate is a provisional rate, the agreement should be less than 12 months of age. The indirect cost rate agreement should be uploaded as a PDF file with “Other Attachment Forms” when submitting via Grants.gov. [If the announcement is only open to international recipients, delete the above paragraph -indirect cost language is included in the international use of funds language.]

Review and Selection Process

Review Eligible applications will be jointly reviewed for responsiveness by NCBDDD and PGO. Incomplete applications and applications that are non-responsive will not advance through the review process.

Recipients will be notified in writing of the results.

An objective review panel will evaluate complete and responsive applications according to the criteria listed in Section V. Application Review Information, subsection entitled “Criteria”.

The objective review panel will be comprised of CDC employees who do not work in the Division of Human Development and Disability.

Selection

Applications will be funded in order by score and rank determined by the review panel.

CDC will provide justification for any decision to fund out of rank order.

Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates

Section VI. Award Administration Information

Award Notices

Award Notices Successful recipients will receive a Notice of Award (NoA) from the CDC Procurement and Grants Office.

The NoA shall be the only binding, authorizing document between the recipient and CDC. The NoA will be signed by an authorized Grants Management Officer and e-mailed to the program director. A hard copy of the NoA will be mailed to the recipient fiscal officer identified in the application.

Unsuccessful recipients will receive notification of the results of the application review by mail.

Administrative and National Policy Requirements Successful recipients must comply with the administrative requirements outlined in 45 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 2 Part 215 or Part 92, as appropriate. For competing supplements, ARs remain in effect as published in the original announcement.

Continuing Continuations -

AR-7 Executive Order 12372

AR-8 Public Health System Reporting Requirements

AR-9 Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements

AR-10 Smoke-Free Workplace Requirements

AR-11 Healthy People 2020

AR-12 Lobbying Restrictions

AR-13 Prohibition on Use of CDC Funds for Certain Gun Control Activities

AR-14 Accounting System Requirements

AR-15 Proof of Non-Profit Status

AR-21 Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business

AR-23 States and Faith-Based Organizations

AR-24 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Requirements

AR-25 Release and Sharing of Data

AR-26 National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665, 80 Stat. 915)

AR-27 Conference Disclaimer and Use of Logos

AR-29 Compliance with E.O. 13513 Federal Leadership on Reducing Text Messaging While Driving, October 1, 2009.

AR-30 Information Letter 10-006. – Compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

For more information on the Code of Federal Regulations, see the National Archives and Records Administration at the following Internet address: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html.

Reporting Federal Funding Accountability And Transparency Act Of 2006 (FFATA): Public Law 109-282, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 as amended (FFATA), requires full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds including grants, contracts, loans and other assistance and payments through a single publicly accessible Web site, USASpending.gov. The Web site includes information on each Federal financial assistance award and contract over $25,000, including such information as:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html information as:

1. The name of the entity receiving the award

2. The amount of of the award

3. Information on the award including transaction type, funding agency, etc.

4. The location of the entity receiving the award

5. A unique identifier of the entity receiving the award; and

6. Names and compensation of highly-compensated officers (as applicable)

Compliance with this law is primarily the responsibility of the Federal agency. However, two elements of the law require information to be collected and reported by recipients: 1) information on executive compensation when not already reported through the Central Contractor Registry; and 2) similar information on all sub-awards/subcontracts/ consortiums over $25,000.

For the full text of the requirements under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, please review the following website: http:// frwebgate . access.gpo.gov / cgi-bin / getdoc.cgi ? dbname = 109_cong_bills&docid = f:s2590enr.txt.pdf.

Additionally, funded recipients must provide CDC with an original, plus two hard copies of the following reports:

1. Federal Financial Report (FFR)(SF425): (Required) The annual FFR form (SF-425) is required and must be submitted through eRA Commons 90 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the budget period ends.

2. Final Performance and Financial Status Reports*, due 90 days after the end of the project period.

The reports must be submitted to the attention of the Grants Management Specialist listed in section VII below entitled "Agency Contacts."

Section VII. Agency Contacts

CDC encourages inquiries concerning this announcement.

For programmatic technical assistance and general inquiries, contact:

Mary Helen Witten, Project Officer Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Telephone: (404) 498-3023 Email: muw4@cdc.gov For financial, grants management, budget assistance and general inquiries, contact:

Kenya Anderson, Grants Management Specialist Department of Health and Human Services CDC Procurement and Grants Office Telephone: (770) 488-2487 Email: vfz6@cdc.gov http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:s2590enr.txt.pdf http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:s2590enr.txt.pdf mailto:muw4@cdc.gov mailto:vfz6@cdc.gov

For application submission questions, contact:

Technical Information Management Section Department of Health and Human Services CDC Procurement and Grants Office 2920 Brandywine Road, MS E-14 Atlanta, GA 30341 Telephone: 770-488-2700 Email: pgotim@cdc.gov

Section VIII. Other Information

Other CDC funding opportunity announcements can be found at www.grants.gov.

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