Notice2022-02409
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the REACH Lark Galloway-Gilliam Nomination for Advancing Health Equity Challenge (REACH Lark Award Challenge)
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February 4, 2022
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the 2022 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Lark Galloway-Gilliam for Advancing Health Equity Award Challenge (REACH Lark Award Challenge). This biennial challenge was established in 2019 to recognize extraordinary individuals, organizations, or community coalitions associated with the REACH program whose work has contributed to the implementation of culturally tailored interventions that advance health equity, reduce health disparities, and increase community engagement to address preventable risk factors (e.g., tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and inadequate access to clinical services).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6563-6565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02409]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for the REACH Lark
Galloway-Gilliam Nomination for Advancing Health Equity Challenge
(REACH Lark Award Challenge)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located
within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces the
2022 Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) Lark
Galloway-Gilliam for Advancing Health Equity Award Challenge (REACH
Lark Award Challenge). This biennial challenge was established in 2019
to recognize extraordinary individuals, organizations, or community
coalitions associated with the REACH program whose work has contributed
to the implementation of culturally tailored interventions that advance
health equity, reduce health disparities, and increase community
engagement to address preventable risk factors (e.g., tobacco use, poor
nutrition, physical inactivity, and inadequate access to clinical
services).
DATES: The Challenge will accept applications from February 7, 2022
through March 18, 2022.
Award Approving Official: Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Administrator, Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristy Mugavero, National Center for
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy. NE, Mailstop S107-5, Atlanta,
GA 30341, Telephone: 770-488-2047, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2969c82939d829d9e9b918bb2919691dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a5e544a5b554a55565359437a595e59145d554c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Racial and ethnic disparities in health
remain pervasive across the United States. CDC administers REACH, a
national program that provides funding to state and local health
departments, tribes, universities, and community-based organizations.
Since REACH was established in 1999, the program has demonstrated
success in addressing these disparities and promoting health equity by
engaging with diverse communities and implementing culturally tailored
interventions. For more information about the REACH program, visit
<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/index.htm">https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/index.htm</a>.
The intent of this challenge is to recognize individuals and
organizations or community coalitions associated with the REACH program
that meaningfully assisted with and carried out culturally tailored
interventions that advance health equity, reduce health disparities,
and increase community engagement to address preventable risk factors
(e.g., tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and inadequate
access to clinical services) in populations or groups
disproportionately affected by chronic disease; specifically, African
American/Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or
Latino, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander persons. To
support the science and practice of improving health equity, this
challenge can help further the goals of the REACH program by
documenting and further disseminating the innovative or unique
interventions employed by individuals, organizations or community
coalitions applying or nominated for this award.
Subject of Challenge Competition: The challenge is authorized by
Public Law 111-358, the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully
Promote Excellence in Technology, Education and Science Reauthorization
Act of 2010 (COMPETES Act).
The ``applicant'' refers to each individual, organization, or
community coalition who submits an application or nomination. The
``nominee'' refers to each individual or organization/community
coalition who is nominated, whether self-nominated or nominated by a
separate applicant.
Applicants will be asked to respond to a series of questions
related to how the nominee assisted with and carried out culturally
tailored interventions to advance health equity, reduce health
disparities, and increase community engagement to address preventable
risk factors (e.g., tobacco use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity,
and inadequate access to clinical services) in populations or groups
disproportionately affected by chronic disease; specifically African
American/Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Hispanic or
Latino, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander persons.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Challenge
The REACH Lark Award Challenge is open to the public. To be
eligible for this award, nominees must meet the following eligibility
requirements:
(1) Shall have completed the application (for self-nominees) or
have had an application submitted on their behalf (for those nominate
by others) for the competition under the rules promulgated by HHS/CDC;
(2) Shall have complied with all the requirements under this
section and satisfy one of the following requirements:
a. Be a currently or previously funded CDC REACH recipient that has
not previously received the REACH Lark Award in any year; or
b. Be a technical assistance provider to a former or current REACH
recipient (current and past REACH recipients can be found at: <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/index.htm">https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/index.htm</a>); or
c. Be a partner organization, part of a partner network, or
coalition members that collaborated on REACH-related work with a
current or previously funded REACH recipient;
(3) Shall not have been a REACH Lark Award Challenge recipient in
any previous year;
(4) Shall be either:
a. A U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident, eighteen years of
age or older, if the nominee is an individual or group of individuals;
or
b. Incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the
United States, if the nominee is an entity; where the United States
means a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States;
(5) Shall not be a federal entity or federal employee acting within
the scope of their employment;
(6) Shall not be an employee of or contractor of CDC;
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(7) Shall not use federal funds to develop COMPETES Act challenge
applications for this challenge, if the applicant is a federal grantee;
(8) Shall not use federal funds from a contract to develop COMPETES
Act challenge applications or to fund efforts in support of a COMPETES
Act challenge submission, if the applicant is a federal contractor;
(9) Shall not be deemed ineligible because an individual or team
applicant or nominee used federal facilities or consulted with federal
employees during a competition if the facilities and employees are made
available to all individuals and entities participating in the
competition on an equitable basis.
(10) By participating, the applicant represents, warrants, and
agrees that the entry contains accurate information. If an applicant is
nominating another individual, organization, community coalition (e.g.,
not self-nominating), the applicant must provide acknowledgement in
writing that the nominee consents to being nominated.
(11) Applicants and nominees must agree to be recognized if
selected as a winner and agree to participate in an interview with CDC
staff to provide information that may be used by CDC staff to write a
success story that describes the intervention(s) that promoted health
equity. Winners and their intervention(s) may be recognized and the
success story may be made public, including but not limited to, posted
on the CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity
website, the CDC website, social media, or other communication
platforms, some combination of these communication channels, or all of
these channels.
(12) By participating in this challenge, applicants agree to assume
any and all risks related to participating in the challenge. Applicants
also agree to waive claims against the federal government and its
related entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, when
participating in the challenge, including claims for injury; death;
damage; or loss of property, money, or profits; and including those
risks caused by negligence or other causes.
Registration Process for Participants
To participate and submit an application, interested parties should
go to <a href="https://www.challenge.gov">https://www.challenge.gov</a>. The application requires responses to
six questions; the answer to each question should be no longer than 300
words. Generally, the questions ask the applicant to describe how the
nominee assisted with and carried out culturally tailored interventions
that achieve health equity, reduce health disparities, and increase
community engagement to address preventable risk factors (e.g., tobacco
use, poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and inadequate access to
clinical services) in populations or groups disproportionately affected
by chronic disease.
Applicants can also submit evidence that demonstrates that the
criteria were met through publications, links to online content, and
other forms of written material.
Amount of the Prize
No cash prize will be awarded. A maximum of two nominees (one
individual and one organization or community coalition) will receive a
plaque (``Winner''). While the winners may be invited to meetings by
CDC, attendance at such events is not required as a condition of
accepting the award.
Basis Upon Which Winners Will Be Selected
CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO)
Policy Office will convene a panel of three to five internal and
external experts (panel members may recuse themselves in the event of a
conflict of interest related to the nominee) to review the applications
and select up to two award recipients (one individual and one
organization or community coalition) from all eligible entries based
on:
<bullet> The extent to which the problem or challenge is clearly
identified and the strategies that the nominee used to address the
challenges are described.
<bullet> The extent to which nominee's work addresses one or more
of the following preventable risk factors: Tobacco use, poor nutrition,
physical inactivity, and inadequate access to clinical services that
are related to chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease,
type 2 diabetes, and obesity.
<bullet> The extent to which the nominee's work aligns with the
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's
goals of achieving health equity by addressing social determinants of
health. Examples of social determinants health include, but are not
limited to the built environment, community-clinical linkages, food and
nutrition security, social connectedness, and tobacco-free policies.
<bullet> The extent to which the solutions are culturally tailored,
evidence or practice-based, and designed specifically to reduce health
inequities for populations or groups disproportionately affected by
chronic disease or related risk factors.
<bullet> The extent to which the nominee has actively and
effectively engaged community members and partners across different
sectors such as, but not limited to, transportation, healthcare,
agriculture, emergency food systems, and faith-based organizations.
<bullet> The impact of the nominee's work in addressing preventable
risk factors in populations or groups disproportionately affected by
chronic disease.
Panel members will score applications on a 100-point scale to
select the winners.
Additional Information
Information about the winners, such as the name and location of the
individual, organization, or community coalition, priority population
served, and health outcomes addressed, may be shared through press
releases, the challenge website, and Division of Nutrition, Physical
Activity, and Obesity and CDC Resources, and other publicly available
platforms (e.g., social media, CDC website, etc.). Details regarding
the winners and their applications may be shared with the public as
part of recognition efforts.
Applicants and nominees who are not selected for the award may be
asked for permission for CDC to share information about successful
interventions that promoted health equity on CDC's Division of
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity website, the CDC website,
social media, or other platform generally with appropriate attribution
to the applicant or nominee.
The award is named in honor of Lark Galloway-Gilliam, the founding
Executive Director of Community Health Councils, Inc. (CHC). CHC began
in 1992 to support planning, resource development, and policy education
in response to the growing health crisis in the South Los Angeles area
and other under-resourced and marginalized communities throughout Los
Angeles County. Lark led the CHC team to engage communities and
strengthen the connections among organizations in order to improve
health, eliminate disparities, and achieve health equity. Under Lark's
leadership, CHC became an expert in health equity in Los Angeles,
across California, and the country. Lark also served in several
leadership roles, including the first president of the National REACH
Coalition, the MLK Medical center Advisory Board, and the IP3 Board of
Directors for Community Commons.
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Compliance With Rules and Contacting Challenge Winners
Applicants, nominees, and the REACH Lark Award Challenge winners
must comply with all terms and conditions of these Official Rules and
winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements herein. The
winners will be notified by email, telephone, or mail after the date of
the judging.
Privacy
If applicants choose to provide HHS/CDC with personal information
by registering or filling out the application form through the
<a href="http://Challenge.gov">Challenge.gov</a> website, that information will only be used to respond to
contestants in matters regarding their submission, announcements of
entrants, finalists, and winners of the contest. Information is not
collected for commercial marketing. Winners are permitted to cite that
they won this contest.
General Conditions
CDC reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the
Challenge, or any part of it, for any reason, at CDC's sole discretion.
Participation in this Challenge constitutes an applicants' full and
unconditional agreement to abide by the Challenge's Official Rules
found at https://www.<a href="http://Challenge.gov">Challenge.gov</a>.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: February 1, 2022.
Angela K. Oliver,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-02409 Filed 2-3-22; 8:45 am]
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