Notice2022-15153
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 135 (Friday, July 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part C (CDC) of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority of HHS (45 FR 67772-76, dated October 14,
1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as amended most
recently at 86 35511-35520, dated July 6, 2021) is amended to reflect
the reorganization of the National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control (NCIPC), Deputy Director for Non-Infectious Diseases, CDC. This
reorganization approved by the Director, CDC, on July 1, 2022, will
streamline the current organizational structure, improve the overall
employee/supervisor ratio, eliminate workflow inefficiencies, and
improve customer service.
I. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, make the
following changes:
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Division of
Violence Prevention (CUHC)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Office of the
Director (CUHC1)
<bullet> Establish the Office of Policy, Partnerships, and
Communication (CUHC12)
<bullet> Establish the Office of Senior Director for Scientific
Programs (CUHC13)
<bullet> Establish the Office of the Associate Director for Science
(CUHC13b)
<bullet> Establish the Office of the Deputy Director for Management
and Program Operations (CUHC14)
<bullet> Establish the Office of Management and Operations
(CUHC14b)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Surveillance
Branch (CUHCB)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Research and
Evaluation Branch (CUHCC)
<bullet> Retitle the Prevention Practice and Translation Branch to
the Violence Prevention Practice and Translation Branch (CUHCD)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Field
Epidemiology and Prevention Branch (CUHCE)
<bullet> Establish the Community Violence Prevention Practice and
Translation Branch (CUHCG)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Division of
Injury Prevention (CUHF)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Office of the
Director (CUHF1)
<bullet> Establish the Office of Science (CUHF12)
<bullet> Establish the Office of Policy and Partnerships (CUHF13)
<bullet> Establish the Office of Management and Operations (CUHF14)
<bullet> Establish the Office of Communications (CUHF15)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Division of
Overdose Prevention (CUHG)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Office of the
Director (CUHG1)
<bullet> Establish the Office of Policy, Planning, and Partnerships
(CUHG12)
<bullet> Establish the Office of the Associate Director for Program
Implementation (CUHG13)
<bullet> Establish the Office of the Deputy Director for Scientific
Programs (CUHG14)
<bullet> Establish the Office of the Associate Director for Science
(CUHG14b)
<bullet> Establish the Office of the Associate Director for
Management Operations (CUHG15)
<bullet> Establish the Office of Management and Operations
(CUHG15b)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Epidemiology and
Surveillance Branch (CUHGB)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Health Systems
and Research Branch (CUHGC)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Prevention
Programs and Evaluation Branch (CUHGD)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Drug-Free
Communities Branch (CUHGE)
<bullet> Update the functional statements for the Communications
Branch (CUHGG)
<bullet> Establish the State Program Implementation Branch (CUHGH)
II. Under Part C, Section C-B, Organization and Functions, insert
the following:
<bullet> Division of Violence Prevention (CUHC). (1) Provides
leadership in developing and executing a national program for the
prevention and control of violence and its consequences; (2) plans,
establishes, and evaluates surveillance systems to monitor national
trends in morbidity, mortality, disabilities, health equity, and cost
of violence-related injuries and deaths, and facilitates the
development of surveillance systems by state, tribal, local, and
territorial agencies; (3) plans, directs, conducts, and supports
research focused on the causes of and health inequities in violence and
the development and evaluation of strategies to prevent and control
violence-related injuries and deaths; (4) produces new, evidence-based
scientific knowledge that informs policies, practice, and programs in
the violence field; (5) plans, conducts, supports, and evaluates
demonstration projects and programs to prevent and control violence;
(6) develops and disseminates policies, recommendations, and guidelines
for the prevention of violence and its consequences; (7) proposes goals
and objectives for linking health system and violence control
activities with public health activities, including surveillance,
prevention, healthcare, and rehabilitation of injury; (8) proposes
goals and objectives for national violence prevention and control
programs, monitors progress toward these goals and objectives, and
recommends and develops guidelines for priority prevention and control
activities; (9) provides expertise in public health practice, health
equity, surveillance, evaluation, and research for violence prevention;
(10) provides technical assistance, consultation, training, and
epidemiological, statistical, educational, and other technical services
to assist state and local health departments and community based
organizations in the planning, development, implementation, evaluation,
and overall improvement of violence prevention programs; (11)
facilitates the development and supports the dissemination of research
findings and transfer of violence prevention and control technologies
to federal, state, and local agencies, private organizations, and other
national and international groups; (12) sustains a public health
infrastructure for violence prevention at federal, state, tribal,
local, and territorial levels; (13) facilitates similar strategic
planning activities by other federal, state, and local agencies,
academic institutions, and private and other public organizations; and
(14) in carrying out the above functions collaborates with other
divisions of NCIPC, CDC Centers, Institute, and Offices (CIOs), HHS
agencies, other federal, state, and local departments and agencies,
academic institutions, private sector, voluntary, and international
organizations, as appropriate.
<bullet> Office of the Director (CUHC1). (1) Provides leadership
and direction for division priorities and activities to monitor,
prevent and reduce violent behavior and violence-related injuries and
deaths; (2) leads the division to monitor trends in violent behavior
and violence-related injuries and deaths and scales up prevention
activities to reduce violence, risk factors, and consequences; (3)
promotes strategies to achieve the vision of a violence-free society in
which all people and communities are safe, healthy, and thriving; (4)
plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the
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activities of the division; (5) establishes and interprets policies,
and determines program priorities; (6) provides national leadership and
guidance in violence prevention and control program planning,
development, and evaluation; (7) advances health equity in violence
prevention through both research and programmatic activities; and (8)
assures multi-disciplinary collaboration in violence prevention and
control activities.
<bullet> Office of Policy, Partnerships, and Communication
(CUHC12). (1) Provides leadership and guidance to division management
and staff on policies, planning and communications for violence
prevention activities; (2) prepares, tracks, and coordinates controlled
and general correspondence; (3) prepares responses and coordinates
provision of materials requested by CDC leadership, Congress, HHS,
other federal agencies, and non-governmental agencies; (4) coordinates
with NCIPC Office of Policy and Partnerships to execute and support
NCIPC- and CDC-wide policy and partner-related initiatives related to
violence prevention; (5) coordinates with the NCIPC Office of
Communications to execute and support NCIPC- and CDC-wide communication
initiatives and policies; (6) develops tailored messages and materials
to promote dissemination of scientific findings, evidence-based
prevention strategies, priority recommendations, and guidelines through
traditional media outlets, social media, and other channels;
(7) collaborates with subject matter experts, program and policy
staff, develops and implements communication strategies, campaigns, and
plans to meet the needs of division programs and NCIPC's mission, to
provide leadership in preventing and controlling injuries by reducing
the incidence, severity, and adverse outcomes of injury; (8) provides
consultation on international violence prevention and control
activities of the division; and (9) establishes linkages and
collaborates, as appropriate, with other divisions and offices in
NCIPC, with other CIOs throughout CDC, nongovernmental organizations;
and with national level prevention partners that impact violence
prevention programs.
<bullet> Office of the Senior Director for Scientific Programs
(CUHC13). (1) Directs and evaluates the cross-cutting scientific
activities of the division; (2) provides leadership and guidance in
scientific program planning, development, implementation, and
evaluation for violence prevention activities; (3) coordinates division
public health science efforts to protect the public's health; (4)
facilitates the translation of scientific knowledge into preventive
actions; (5) ensures use of best practices to collect, analyze, and
interpret data and disseminates scientific information to enable
internal and external partners to make actionable decisions; and (6)
integrates science, data analytics, and visualization into science
products.
<bullet> Office of the Associate Director for Science (CUHC13b).
(1) Provides scientific leadership, planning, and guidance to division
management and staff on research methodology and priorities for
violence prevention research activities;
(2) promotes DVP-funded science programs and activities, and
advocates for science within the organization; (3) provides leadership
on science policy development and implementation; (4) oversees
scientific clearance and related quality assurance; (5) provides
representation on scientific issues, internally within CDC and
externally with partners; (6) contributes to the development of new
scientific advances by preparing manuscripts for publication in
scientific and technical journals and publications, including articles
and guidelines published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
(MMWR) and other publications for the public; (7) supports scientific
training opportunities and mentorship to scientists and fellows; and
(8) in coordination with the NCIPC OS, reviews and approves
surveillance, programmatic, and research project concepts, and ensures
their compliance with federal regulations.
<bullet> Office of the Deputy Director for Management and Program
Operations (CUHC14). (1) Plans, directs, and evaluates the management
and program operations activities of the division; (2) provides cross-
cutting leadership and guidance in program planning, development,
implementation, and evaluation for violence prevention activities; (3)
oversees overarching personnel, operational, administrative, fiscal,
and technical support for division programs and units; (4) provides
leadership for and assessment of all administrative management
activities of the division; (5) provides overall programmatic direction
for planning and management oversight of allocated resources, human
resource management and general administrative support for division
programs and units; and
(6) reviews the effectiveness and efficiency of all administration
and operations of division programs and units.
<bullet> Office of Management and Operations (CUHC14b). (1)
Provides leadership, planning, and guidance to division management and
staff on management and operations for violence prevention activities;
(2) manages the budget through planning, execution, and closeout to
facilitate daily operations; (3) provides over-arching personnel,
operational, administrative, fiscal, and technical support for division
programs and units; (4) develops and implements processes to provide
efficiency in facilitating work to prevent violent behavior and
violence-related injuries and deaths; (5) carries out routine office
functions and meets administrative requirements necessary for daily
functions; and (6) coordinates and oversees the implementation of
available assistance mechanisms to prevent violent behavior and
violence-related injuries and deaths.
<bullet> Surveillance Branch (CUHCB). (1) Advises the Office of the
Director, in DVP and NCIPC, on all aspects of violence surveillance
including data and systems management by providing data to inform
violence program planning;
(2) conducts national, state, and local surveillance and surveys to
identify new and monitor recognized forms of violence and its
consequences, analyzes and interprets data, examines patterns in health
equity (e.g., by race/ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual
orientation, and disability), and monitors trends in violence and its
trajectory across the lifespan; (3) consults and collaborates with
other branches to promote using surveillance data to inform preventive
actions; (4) coordinates, manages, maintains, and provides tabulations
and maps from surveillance systems and other data sources that contain
national, state, and local data on violence-related morbidity,
mortality, and economic costs; (5) develops and implements uniform
definitions for public health surveillance of various forms of violence
and related outcomes; (6) provides leadership for the development of
surveillance systems to inform policies, practice, and programs in the
violence prevention field; (7) provides expert consultation to federal,
state, and local health agencies on surveillance system design,
implementation, and evaluation, and use of surveillance data to
describe the burden of violence; (8) disseminates violence surveillance
information to the scientific community and the general public through
regular publication in peer-reviewed journals and CDC publications,
presentations at professional conferences and other partner group
meetings, and through a
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public-facing dashboard; (9) develops, designs, implements, and
evaluates innovative surveillance strategies to address gaps and apply
surveillance data to epidemiological studies, program evaluation, and
programmatic activities; and (10) in carrying out the above functions,
provides leadership and collaborates with other divisions and offices
in NCIPC, other CIOs throughout CDC, and other federal, state, and
local departments and agencies, academic institutions, private sector,
voluntary, and international organizations, as appropriate in all
aspects of surveillance of violence and its consequences.
<bullet> Research and Evaluation Branch (CUHCC). (1) Plans,
directs, conducts, and supports formative, etiologic, and epidemiologic
research focused on causal factors, risk and protective factors, and
psychosocial, cultural, and contextual determinants for violence and
its consequences; (2) plans, directs, conducts, and supports applied
research focused on the rigorous evaluation of strategies, policies,
and interventions to prevent violent behavior and violence-related
injuries and deaths; (3) evaluates the effectiveness and impact of
violence prevention strategies, policies, and interventions as
practiced or implemented by public health agencies and organizations at
the national/regional and state/local levels; (4) conducts
implementation research to examine the context, processes, and factors
that influence effective and efficient dissemination/diffusion, uptake/
adoption, implementation, translation, and sustainability of violence
prevention strategies, policies, and interventions; (5) conducts
research that promotes health equity by reducing the inequitable burden
of risk for violence exposure experienced by racial and ethnic minority
and other disproportionately affected (e.g., gender, sexual
orientation, and disability) groups to better understand risk and
protective factors contributing to these inequities and evaluate
violence prevention strategies, policies, and interventions to
remediate them; (6) develops and evaluates methodologies for conducting
violence prevention research evaluation; (7) contributes to the
research literature and evidence base by publishing regularly in peer-
reviewed journals, CDC sponsored publications and government reports
that include, but are not limited to, etiological, evaluation, and
implementation research and research syntheses; (8) serves as a
resource, collaborates, and provides technical assistance in applying
research and evaluation results and techniques to the ongoing
assessment and improvement of violence prevention and control
approaches; (9) disseminates research findings to help guide the
development of prevention strategies, policies, and interventions or to
improve the effectiveness of existing strategies, policies, and
interventions to prevent and reduce violence, its risk factors, and its
consequences; and (10) in carrying out the above functions,
collaborates with other components within NCIPC, CDC, the Public Health
Service, HHS, other federal agencies, and national and international
professional, academic, voluntary, philanthropic organizations, and
other entities.
<bullet> Violence Prevention Practice and Translation Branch
(CUHCD). (1) Provides leadership and support in public health practice
and the application of science for maximum benefit of violence
prevention programmatic efforts; (2) plans, directs, conducts, and
supports program evaluation of strategies, policies, and programs to
prevent violent behavior and violence-related injuries and deaths; (3)
monitors and evaluates violence prevention programs and policies, and
disseminates findings to promote program accountability and program
improvement; (4) promotes an enhanced and sustained infrastructure for
a public health approach to violence prevention at state, tribal,
local, and territorial levels; (5) provides leadership and technical
assistance in promoting health equity as an integral part of
programmatic activities to prevent violence and in adapting evidence-
based strategies to create the optimal conditions for health and safety
for all communities and people regardless of race/ethnicity, sexual
orientation, gender identity, poverty, geography, capacity, or
religion. (6) generates and moves practice based knowledge into program
practice and research fields; (7) develops and evaluates methodologies
for conducting program evaluation; (8) identifies findings, lessons
learned, and evidence from the field and collaborates with internal and
external partners to inform research, surveillance, and program
evaluation that builds the evidence base for effective violence
prevention; (9) provides support, training, and technical assistance
that applies sound prevention principles and systematic processes to
enhance public health practice, including program development,
implementation, improvement, and competence of personnel engaged in
violence prevention and control research practices; (10) applies the
best available evidence from translational science and continuous
quality improvement to help communities select, adopt, adapt,
implement, disseminate, sustain, and scale up programs, strategies, and
activities that will lead to successful violence prevention outcomes;
(11) works to reduce violence by supporting state and local violence
prevention and control programs, and promoting the dissemination and
application of science into program practice in the violence prevention
field; (12) synthesizes relevant research, evaluation findings,
evidence, and trends to develop practical guidance and resources that
enhance violence prevention programs, strategies, and activities; (13)
communicates internally and externally the important work and progress
of the staff, recipients, and partners; (14) plans, conducts, supports,
and evaluates demonstration projects and programs to prevent and
control violence; (15) proposes goals and objectives for national
violence prevention and control programs, monitors progress toward
these goals and objectives, and recommends and develops guidelines for
priority prevention and control activities; (16) provides national
leadership and guidance in violence prevention and control program
planning, development, and evaluation; (17) develops and manages
liaison and collaborative relationships with professional, community,
international, federal, and other agencies involved in violence
prevention activities; and (18) in carrying out the above functions,
provides leadership and collaborates with other divisions and offices
in NCIPC, other CIOs throughout CDC, and other federal, state, local,
non-governmental, voluntary, professional, and international
organizations in all aspects of public health practice as it relates to
violence prevention.
<bullet> Field Epidemiology and Prevention Branch (CUHCE). (1)
Conducts investigations to address important public health problems
related to violence; (2) conducts domestic and international surveys to
assess incidence and prevalence of violence, risk factors, and health
consequences, and monitors trends in violence and its trajectory across
the lifespan; (3) collects data to inform the timely development of
violence prevention initiatives; (4) builds capacity of public health
to guide application of data to prevent violence; (5) conducts field
epidemiology through field investigations and field support to improve
collection of data on violence and provide timely recommendations on
evidence-based violence prevention
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interventions; (6) advances health equity and prevents violence
globally and in the U.S. through data collection and application of
evidence-based, data-informed violence prevention practices; (7)
synthesizes and translates relevant research, evaluation findings,
evidence, and trends, and ensures that communication and marketing
technologies are applied to the development of practical tools,
products, trainings, and guidance that enhance international violence
prevention programs, strategies, and activities; (8) uses research
findings to develop new or improve existing strategies, policies, and
interventions to prevent and reduce violent behavior, its risk factors,
and consequences;
(9) disseminates scientific findings, evidence-based prevention
strategies, and violence prevention guidelines through publication of
research findings in professional journals and government reports,
through participation in national and international meetings, seminars,
and conferences, and through the development of communication
initiatives; (10) establishes and sustains partnerships with other CDC
CIOs and federal and non-government partners to improve the health and
safety of youth by linking systematic measurement of violence with
multi-sectoral, effective, scalable, and sustainable actions to reduce
violence and its consequences; (11) works to reduce community violence
by supporting state and local violence prevention and control programs
and promote the dissemination and application of science into program
practice in the violence prevention field;
(12) synthesizes relevant research, evaluation findings, evidence,
and trends to develop practical guidance and resources that enhance
community violence prevention programs, strategies, and activities;
(13) leverages and applies science-based information to help
organizations and government agencies to use data to inform public
health action to develop, evaluate, and improve programs and strategies
to prevent violence-related injuries, health problems, and deaths; (14)
provides expert consultation and technical assistance, consultation,
training, and epidemiological, statistical, and other technical
services to assist international and local health entities in the
planning, implementation, application, evaluation, and overall
improvement of violence monitoring and violence prevention programming;
and (15) in carrying out the above functions, collaborates with other
divisions and offices of NCIPC, CIOs, HHS agencies, other federal,
state, and local departments and agencies, academic institutions,
private sector, voluntary, and international organizations, as
appropriate on all aspects of violence surveillance.
<bullet> Community Violence Prevention Practice and Translation
Branch (CUHCG). (1) Provides leadership and support in public health
practice and the application of science for maximal benefit of
community violence (CV) prevention programmatic efforts; (2) plans,
directs, conducts, and supports program evaluation of strategies,
policies, and interventions to prevent community violence and related
injuries and deaths; (3) monitors and evaluates community violence
prevention programs, and disseminates findings to promote program
accountability and program improvement; (4) promotes an enhanced and
sustained CV infrastructure for a comprehensive approach based on
scaling up and/or implementing proven programs and policies to stem
current violence and prevent future violence from occurring; (5)
provides leadership and technical assistance in promoting health equity
as an integral part of programmatic activities to prevent violence and
in adapting evidence-based strategies to create the optimal conditions
for health and safety for all communities and people regardless of
race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, poverty,
geography, capacity, or religion; (6) generates and moves practice-
based knowledge into program practice and research fields; (7) develops
and evaluates methodologies for conducting program evaluation; (8)
identifies findings, lessons learned, and evidence from the field and
collaborates with internal and external partners to inform research,
surveillance, and program evaluation that builds the evidence base for
effective violence prevention; (9) provides support, training, and
technical assistance that applies sound prevention principles and
systematic processes to enhance public health practice, including
program development, implementation, improvement, and competence of
personnel engaged in community violence prevention practices; (10)
applies the best available evidence from translational science and
continuous quality improvement to help communities select, adopt,
adapt, implement, disseminate, sustain, and scale up programs,
strategies, and activities that will lead to successful community
violence prevention outcomes; (11) communicates internally and
externally the important work and progress of the staff, recipients,
and partners; (12) plans, conducts, supports, and evaluates
demonstration projects and programs to prevent and control community
violence; (13) proposes goals and objectives for national community
violence prevention programs, monitors progress toward these goals and
objectives, and recommends and develops guidelines for priority
prevention activities; (14) provides national leadership and guidance
in community violence prevention program planning, development, and
evaluation; (15) develops and manages liaison and collaborative
relationships with other federal, state, and local departments and
agencies, academic institutions, private sector, and voluntary
organizations involved in community violence prevention activities; and
(16) in carrying out the above functions, provides leadership and
collaborates with other divisions and offices in NCIPC, other CIOs
throughout CDC, and federal, state, local, non-governmental, voluntary,
professional, and international organizations in all aspects of public
health practice as it relates to community violence prevention.
<bullet> Division of Injury Prevention (CUHF). (1) Integrates
injury prevention strategies with healthcare delivery; (2) develops and
disseminates policies, recommendations, and guidelines for the
prevention of injury and its consequences; (3) develops and implements
evidence-based public health practices, policies, or programs that
prevent or reduce unintentional and self-directed injuries; (4)
identifies findings, lessons learned, and potential best practices from
the field and collaborates with internal and external partners to
conduct scientific investigations to examine the context, processes,
and factors that influence the risk of injuries and successful
implementation of prevention strategies; (5) plans, establishes, and
maintains surveillance systems to monitor national trends in morbidity,
mortality, disabilities, and cost of injuries and facilitates the
development of surveillance systems by state and local agencies; (6)
produces and disseminates new scientific knowledge to inform policies,
practice, and programs in the injury field; (7) supports the
development and enhancement of state, tribal, local, and territorial
injury prevention programs that integrate evidence-based population
health strategies, surveillance, and evaluation in collaboration with
other public health and non-public health sectors to promote injury
control and prevention; (8) provides expertise in statistics,
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computer programming, data science, economics, public health practice,
surveillance, evaluation, and research to engage NCIPC and the injury
prevention community; (9) leads translation and dissemination of injury
prevention and control research findings and injury data to federal,
state, tribal, local, and territorial public health agencies, and
public and private sector organizations with responsibilities and
interests related to injury prevention; (10) supports the development
and enhancement of public health infrastructure for injury prevention
at federal, state, tribal, local, and territorial levels through
funding, workforce training, and outreach; and (11) leads innovative
data science activities to address injury data and information needs
and inform research and prevention activities.
<bullet> Office of the Director (CUHF1). (1) Provides leadership
and direction for division priorities and activities to monitor,
prevent, and reduce unintentional and self-directed injuries; (2) leads
the division to monitor trends in the injury field and scales up
prevention activities to reduce injury and its consequences; (3)
promotes intervention strategies for injuries to advance NCIPC and
CDC's mission; (4) plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the
activities of the division; (5) leads division strategic planning and
priority setting and oversees overall program performance, scientific
quality of activities, and operational policies to advance NCIPC and
CDC's mission; (6) provides leadership, representation, and
consultation on cross-agency, intra-governmental, non-governmental, and
international workgroups and forums to advance division goals and NCIPC
and CDC's mission; and (7) oversees the development of research to
inform policies, practice, and programs in the injury field.
<bullet> Office of Science (CUHF12). (1) Provides leadership,
planning, and guidance to division management and staff on scientific
policy, priorities, and research methodology for injury prevention and
control practices; (2) ensures division programs and units produce the
highest quality, most useful and relevant science possible; (3) leads
development and updates to research priorities for injury prevention
and control in collaboration with division programs and provides tools
and assessment to ensure research informs policy, practice, and
programs in the injury field; (4) prepares and monitors clearance of
manuscripts for publication in scientific and technical journals and
publications, including articles and guidelines published in the MMWR
and other publications for the public; (5) supports scientific training
opportunities and mentorship to scientists and fellows; and (6)
provides leadership for the development of research to inform policies,
practice, and programs in the injury field.
<bullet> Office of Policy and Partnerships (CUHCF13). (1) Provides
leadership and guidance to division management and staff on policies
and partnership for injury prevention and control; (2) implements
operational policies to advance NCIPC and CDC's mission; (3) develops
and manages collaborative relationships with professional, community,
international, governmental, and non-governmental agencies, and tribal
nations, to advance injury prevention and control; (4) coordinates with
the NCIPC Office of Policy and Partnerships to identify and proactively
manage emerging policy issues; (5) coordinates with the NCIPC Office of
Policy and Partnerships and division staff to provide program,
performance, and budgetary information related to the division's
activities for internal and external stakeholders and policy makers;
(6) coordinates with division staff to prepare briefing materials; (7)
collaborates with other NCIPC divisions and Offices and other CIOs
throughout CDC on critical injury prevention programs; and (8)
prepares, tracks, and coordinates responses to all inquiries from NCIPC
leadership, Congress, HHS, other federal agencies, and non-governmental
agencies.
<bullet> Office of Management and Operations (CUHCF14). (1)
Provides leadership, planning, and guidance to division management and
staff on management and operations for injury prevention and control
practices; (2) manages the budget through planning, execution, and
closeout to facilitate daily operations; (3) provides over-arching
personnel, operational, administrative, fiscal, and technical support
for division programs and units; (4) develops and implements processes
to efficiently facilitate work on prevention and control injuries; (5)
carries out routine office functions and meets administrative
requirements necessary for daily functions; and (6) coordinates and
oversees the implementation of available assistance mechanisms to
prevent and control injuries.
<bullet> Office of Communications (CUHCF15). (1) Provides
leadership and guidance to division management and staff on
communications initiatives and policies, including health literacy,
plain language, and CDC branding for injury prevention and control
topics and practices; (2) collaborates with subject matter experts and
program and policy staff to develop strategic communication plans that
meet division, NCIPC, and CDC priorities; (3) develops, implements, and
evaluates communication strategies, campaigns, and materials to
disseminate data and scientific findings, evidence-based prevention
strategies, priority recommendations, programmatic successes, and
guidelines through traditional and emerging communication channels; (4)
facilitates coordination of cross-cutting topics related to effective
communications strategies and ensures incorporation of lessons learned
to promote communications best practices; (5) leads digital
communication and marketing strategies and manages digital channels in
the injury field; and (6) provides ongoing communication leadership,
support, and strategic direction to division programs and units.
<bullet> Division of Overdose Prevention (CUHG). (1) Plans,
establishes, evaluates, uses, and collaborates on surveillance systems
to monitor local, state, and national trends in morbidity, mortality,
risk and protective factors related to drug use and overdose, and
implements programmatic strategies to prevent drug use and overdose;
(2) plans, directs, conducts, and supports research and advanced
analytics focused on the causes, risks, and protective factors
associated with drug use and overdose and identifies strategies at the
federal, state, and local level, as well as in health systems, to
prevent drug use and overdose; (3) evaluates the effectiveness and
impact of drug use and overdose-related interventions, strategies,
policies, and programs as practiced or implemented by public health
agencies and organizations at the federal, state, territorial, and
local levels, including health systems and law enforcement/public
safety; (4) identifies, develops, translates, implements, and evaluates
programs and evidence-based clinical guidelines and informs policies to
prevent drug use and overdose; (5) facilitates the translation,
dissemination, and sustainability of practice- and research-tested
findings into widespread local, state, and national public health and
health system practice to prevent drug use and overdose; (6) develops,
translates, implements, and evaluates evidence-based clinical
prescribing guidelines to improve patient outcomes and prevent drug
overdose; (7) provides technical assistance, consultation, training,
and capacity building to federal, state, and local agencies, non-profit
and
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international organizations, professional associations, and medical
providers to prevent drug use and overdoses; (8) establishes and
maintains relationships across HHS, CDC, and NCIPC and its partners,
including state, territorial, and local public health agencies, other
federal agencies, the healthcare sector, professional organizations,
and other constituents, including academic institutions and
international organizations, that address drug use and overdose
prevention; and (9) develops or is actively involved in the development
of drug use and overdose prevention educational materials, training
courses, tools, and other communication materials, as appropriate,
based on identified needs of partners.
<bullet> Office of the Director (CUHG1). (1) Provides leadership
and direction on division priorities and activities to monitor,
prevent, and reduce harms associated with drug use, misuse, and
overdose; (2) leads the division in monitoring trends in the drug
overdose crisis and other emerging drug threats and identifies and
scales prevention activities to address the evolving drug overdose
crisis; (3) promotes strategies to achieve the vision to end drug
overdose and related harms; (4) plans, directs, and evaluates division
activities; (5) provides cross-cutting leadership and guidance in
policy formation and program planning, development, implementation and
evaluation for drug use and overdose prevention; and (6) ensures multi-
disciplinary collaboration in drug use and overdose prevention
activities.
<bullet> Office of Policy, Planning, and Partnerships (CUHG12). (1)
Provides leadership and guidance to division management and staff on
policies, planning, and partnership related to activities to monitor,
prevent, and reduce harms associated with drug use, misuse, and
overdose; (2) prepares, tracks, and coordinates controlled and general
correspondence; (3) prepares responses and coordinates provision of
materials requested by NCIPC leadership, CDC leadership, HHS, Congress,
and other federal partners; (4) coordinates with NCIPC's Office of
Policy and Partnerships to execute and support NCIPC- and CDC-wide
policy- and partner-related initiatives focused on overdose prevention;
(5) collaborates, as appropriate, with non-governmental organizations,
academic institutions, philanthropic foundations, and other domestic
and international partners to achieve the division's mission; (6)
tracks and monitors annual appropriations process, working with NCIPC
staff to draft annual budget justifications and performance narratives;
(7) coordinates with division and NCIPC leadership to develop
enterprise risk mitigation efforts related to division activities and
monitor performance measures related to division, NCIPC, and CDC
performance; and (8) coordinates and implements national prevention
strategies, programs, and policies in collaboration with state and
local public health departments, community-based organizations, and
other branches, CIOs, and federal agencies.
<bullet> Office of the Associate Director for Program
Implementation (CUHG13). (1) Provides leadership, guidance, and
technical assistance to division management and staff to strengthen
implementation of overdose surveillance and prevention programs and
initiatives; (2) identifies, implements, and coordinates technical
assistance strategies and supports to enhance the implementation and
evaluation of the division's overdose surveillance and prevention
strategies and programs;
(3) fosters and promotes opportunities for cross-program learning
and leverages program synergies to improve coordination, consistency,
and efficiencies across the division's programmatic efforts aimed at
reducing overdoses; (4) collaborates with other offices, CIOs, and
national partners to identify and execute opportunities that increase
the scope, reach, and impact of the division's overdose prevention
strategies; (5) establishes and maintains relationships with national
partners and other key stakeholders to strengthen technical assistance
and enhance subject matter expertise; (6) provides cross-cutting
leadership, expertise, and guidance to inform and execute on program
planning, development, and implementation of efforts, strategies, and
activities to combat the changing drug overdose epidemic; (7) leverages
programmatic data and research findings to inform the development and/
or implementation of strategies, policies, and interventions; and (8)
develops tools and resources to support the implementation of the
division's overdose surveillance and prevention strategies and
activities.
<bullet> Office of the Deputy Director for Scientific Programs
(CUHG14). (1) Plans, directs, and evaluates the cross-cutting
scientific activities of the division; (2) provides leadership and
guidance on scientific program planning, development, implementation,
and evaluation for drug use and overdose prevention; (3) coordinates
division public health science efforts to protect the public's health;
(4) develops capacity within states, territories, and localities to
integrate new and existing epidemiological and scientific principles
into operational and programmatic expertise within division programs
and units; (5) ensures use of best practices to collect, analyze, and
interpret data and disseminate scientific information to enable
internal and external partners to make actionable decisions; and (6)
translates and integrates science, data analytics, and visualization
into science products.
<bullet> Office of the Associate Director for Science (CUHG14b).
(1) Provides scientific leadership, planning, and guidance to division
management and staff on scientific policy, research methodology, and
strategic priorities for overdose prevention activities, ensuring the
integrity of the division's scientific work; (2) provides leadership to
develop research on etiologic, epidemiologic, and behavioral aspects of
drug use and overdose prevention; evaluate prevention activities; and
coordinate division activities with others involved in related work
across NCIPC, CDC, HHS, and other partners; (3) implements and guides
policies and procedures related to data management, sharing and public
access, human subjects research protections, Paperwork Reduction Act
regulations, Federal Advisory Committee Act regulations, and scientific
authorship and misconduct, ensuring work is performed in accordance
with these policies and guidance; (4) oversees adjudication of issues
related to science disputes, scientific ethics, and misconduct; (5)
ensures the division's work is grounded in science and recommendations
are evidence-based; (6) conducts portfolio reviews of scientific and
programmatic initiatives in the division to identify critical gaps and
opportunities for the future direction of research and programmatic
work; (7) coordinates agency-wide and cross-agency cannabis-related
surveillance, research activities, and communications activities, and
provides technical assistance for cannabis-related programmatic
activities; (8) reviews and approves surveillance, programmatic, and
research project concepts in coordination with NCIPC OS to ensure
alignment with strategic priorities and compliance with federal
regulations; (9) oversees and conducts clearance (scientific
information product reviews) of manuscripts for publication in
scientific and technical journals and publications, including articles
and guidelines published in the MMWR, informational web content, and
other publications for the public; (10)
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addresses critical research gaps through the development of extramural
research funding opportunities and collaborates with the Extramural
Research Program Office to ensure timely publication of funding
opportunities and rigorous peer review of funding applications; and
(11) supports scientific training opportunities and development of the
scientific workforce, including the Epidemic Intelligence Service and
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education training programs.
<bullet> Office of the Associate Director for Management and
Operations (CUHG15). (1) Plans, directs, and evaluates the management
and operations activities of the division; (2) oversees over-arching
personnel, operational, administrative, fiscal, and technical support
for the division; (3) provides leadership for and assessment of all
administrative management activities of the division; (4) provides
overall direction for planning and management oversight of allocated
resources, human resource management, and general administrative
support for the division; and (5) reviews the effectiveness and
efficiency of all administration and operations of the division.
<bullet> Office of Management and Operations (CUHG15b). (1)
Provides leadership, planning, and guidance to division management and
staff on financial and administrative operations for overdose
activities; (2) manages the budget through planning, execution, and
closeout to facilitate daily operations; (3) provides expert
consultation on personnel, operational, administrative, fiscal, and
technical support management; (4) develops tools and implements
processes to provide efficiency in facilitating work to reduce drug use
and prevent overdose; (5) carries out over-arching, routine
administrative requirements necessary for daily functions; (6)
coordinates and oversees the implementation of available assistance
mechanisms to prevent drug use and overdose; and (7) ensures proposed
and ongoing operations are consistent with policy, practices, and
procedures.
<bullet> Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch (CUHGB). (1) Plans,
establishes, and evaluates surveillance systems to monitor national,
state, and local trends in nonfatal and fatal overdoses and innovative
surveillance projects, such as biosurveillance, illicit drug supply
monitoring, linkage to care tracking, and overdose data linkages; (2)
develops and implements uniform definitions of various overdose-related
outcomes for public health surveillance; (3) routinely disseminates
surveillance data through publications, data briefs and reports,
presentations, and CDC websites and data dashboards on national, state,
and local trends on overdose-related outcomes and disparities, which
includes the mapping of geographic variations; (4) monitors and tracks
overdoses with surveillance systems to inform prevention programs at
the state and local level; (5) develops, designs, implements, and
evaluates innovative surveillance strategies or systems in
collaboration with colleagues to address gaps in existing CDC
surveillance systems that inform evaluation and programmatic
activities; (6) plans and directs strategies to collect, analyze, and
interpret scientific findings from surveillance and epidemiologic
activities to evaluating trends, set priorities, and develop
intervention strategies for overdose prevention; (7) develops
comprehensive data management processes to manage overdose morbidity,
mortality, and innovative surveillance data received through
cooperative agreements and contracts; (8) plans and collaborates on
data modernization and data science efforts with colleagues in NCIPC
and other CIOs; (9) serve as subject matter experts providing technical
assistance on surveillance activities with state and local entities;
(10) plans and conducts data projects from data sources, such as
toxicology data, to fill gaps in surveillance and investigates emerging
and novel drug overdose threats; and (11) supports training to increase
the number and capacity of personnel engaged in overdose epidemiology
and surveillance--including supporting medical examiners/coroners in
investigating drug overdose deaths.
<bullet> Health Systems and Research Branch (CUHGC). (1) Supports
applied research, advanced analytics, evaluation, and demonstration
projects to determine the effectiveness of health system prevention
interventions; enhance the impact of health systems; and expand the
understanding of how to best integrate health systems with public
health prevention efforts to prevent drug use and overdose; (2)
develops, implements, and evaluates evidence-based clinical prescribing
guidelines and accompanying translation materials to improve patient
outcomes and prevent drug overdose; (3) conducts advanced overdose and
treatment analytics and modeling to inform prevention strategies and
provide jurisdictions and partners with actionable data and tools; (4)
provides expert consultation to federal, state, local, and
international health and public health agencies on applied research,
evaluation, and health system implementation strategies; (5) provides
scientific technical assistance to states, tribes, localities, and
territories through programmatic efforts to increase their capacity to
develop, implement, and evaluate system-level overdose prevention
strategies; (6) develops, implements, and evaluates tools and resources
to use in electronic health records and health IT systems to address
overdoses and support data integration across data systems; (7) expands
reach and scale of evidence-based health system interventions through
strategic partnerships and collaboration with health systems and state,
tribal, local, and territorial public health departments; (8) publishes
regularly in peer-reviewed journals and CDC-sponsored publications on
topics that include, but are not limited to, programmatic, advanced
analytics, modeling, evaluation, health systems, or community-based
strategies to contribute to the research literature; and (9) supports
dissemination of research, advanced analytics, evaluation, translation,
and program implementation to federal, state, tribal, local, and
territorial health agencies, public and private sector organizations,
and other national and international groups with responsibilities and
interests related to overdose prevention.
<bullet> Prevention Programs and Evaluation Branch (CUHGD). (1)
Provides programmatic leadership and support for drug use and overdose
prevention activities in state, tribal, local, and territorial
jurisdictions; (2) provides technical assistance and project officer
support to grantees on evaluation and implementation of evidence- and
practice-based interventions with the greatest reach and impact in
state, tribal, local and territorial jurisdictions, including
sustaining and scaling up programs, strategies, and activities over
time in collaboration with public safety/law enforcement and other
partners; (3) stimulates adoption and effective use of evidence-based
strategies to prevent drug use and overdose, including addressing
disproportionately affected populations; (4) collaborates with
localities to develop, adapt, and adopt novel evidence-based
strategies; (5) leverages epidemiology and surveillance data about drug
overdose morbidity, mortality, and risk and protective factors to
inform, tailor, and update prevention strategies across the life
course; (6) monitors and evaluates the outcomes of division investments
in state, tribal, local and territorial jurisdictions through program
evaluation and applied prevention
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science while widely disseminating findings to improve programmatic
activities; (7) publishes the findings of programmatic evaluations in
peer-reviewed literature and other reports and participates in
scientific and professional conferences; (8) serves as a resource,
collaborates, and provides comprehensive technical assistance and
training to state, tribal, local and territorial jurisdictions and
other partners to reduce drug use and overdose; (9) synthesizes
relevant research, evaluation findings, evidence, and trends to develop
practical guidance and resources that enhance overdose prevention
programs, strategies, and activities; (10) uses research findings to
develop or improve strategies, policies, and interventions to prevent
and reduce overdose, and its risk factors and consequences; and (11)
collaborates with state, tribal, local, and territorial jurisdictions,
public safety/law enforcement, and other partners to use data to drive
decision-making and action.
<bullet> Drug-Free Communities Branch (CUHGE). (1) Provides
programmatic leadership and support to communities/localities and
community coalitions under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support and
the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Local Drug Crisis (CARA
Local Drug Crisis) Grant Programs; (2) provides comprehensive technical
assistance and project officer support to the grant award recipients
and serves as a resource and collaborator to implement community-based
youth substance use prevention interventions capable of effecting and
sustaining community-level change and addressing local youth opioid,
methamphetamine, and/or prescription medication abuse; (3) works with
the grant award recipients to promote the seven Strategies for
Community-Level Change (Provide Information, Enhance Skills, Provide
Support, Enhance Access or Reduce Barriers, Change Consequences, Change
Physical Design, Modify/Change Policies); (4) collaborates with staff
across the division, NCIPC, and CDC to maximize opportunities and the
subject matter expertise available for the implementation of the DFC
Support and CARA Local Drug Crisis Grant Programs; (5) monitors and
evaluates the outcomes of division investments in communities/
localities and community coalitions in concert with the White House
Office of National Drug Control Policy using rigorous evaluation
methods and widely disseminating findings to improve future
programmatic activities; (6) synthesizes relevant research, evaluation
findings, evidence, and trends to develop practical guidance and
resources that enhance community-based youth substance use prevention
programs, strategies, and activities and present this work at relevant
scientific and professional conferences; (7) uses research findings to
develop new strategies and interventions or to improve the impact of
existing strategies and interventions to prevent and reduce youth
substance use and associated risk factors and consequences; and (8)
provides assistance, as needed, to communities/localities and community
coalitions to prevent youth substance use.
<bullet> Communications Branch (CUHGG). (1) Oversees communication
and marketing science, research, practice, and public affairs and
ensures division materials meet HHS and CDC standards; (2) leads
division's strategic planning for communication, marketing science, and
public affairs programs and projects and analyzes context, situation,
and environment to inform division-wide communication and marketing
programs and projects; (3) ensures use of scientifically-sound research
for marketing and communication programs and projects and accurate,
accessible, timely, and effective translation of science for the use of
multiple audiences; (4) leads identification and implementation of
information dissemination channels and provides communication and
marketing project management expertise; (5) collaborates with external
organizations, including media organizations, to ensure that scientific
findings and their implications for public health reach the intended
audiences; (6) collaborates closely with divisions to produce materials
tailored to meet the requirements of news and other media channels,
including press releases, letters to the editor, public service
announcements, television programming, video news releases, and other
electronic and printed materials; (7) coordinates the development and
maintenance of accessible public information through the internet,
social media, and other applicable channels; (8) provides training and
technical assistance in health communication, risk communication,
social marketing, and public affairs; (9) manages or coordinates
communication services such as internet/intranet, application
development, social media, video production, graphics, photography, CDC
name and logo use, and other brand management; (10) plans, develops,
conducts, and evaluates cross-cutting communication projects and
campaigns to inform the media, health professionals, the public, and
others about drug use and overdose prevention; (11) develops and
evaluates messages, materials, and health communication products to
promote and disseminate scientific findings, evidence-based prevention
strategies, priority recommendations, and guidelines through various
platforms; (12) provides editorial services, including writing,
editing, and technical editing; (13) facilitates internal communication
to NCIPC staff and allied audiences; (14) serves as a liaison to
internal and external groups to advance the division's mission and
collaborates with NCIPC's Office of Communication and CDC's Office of
the Associate Director for Communication on media relations, electronic
communication, health media production, and brand management
activities; (15) collaborates with the Center for Preparedness and
Response and other CDC and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry entities to fulfill communication responsibilities in
emergency response situations; and (16) collaborates with other CDC
CIOs to develop marketing communications targeted to populations that
benefit from a cross-functional approach.
<bullet> State Program Implementation Branch (CUHGH). (1) Provides
programmatic leadership, guidance, and technical assistance to state
health departments on a range of surveillance and prevention strategies
to reduce and prevent drug overdoses; (2) provides programmatic and
scientific support to strengthen state award recipients capacity to
implement surveillance and prevention interventions capable of
effecting and sustaining state-level change to combat drug overdoses;
(3) coordinates with staff across the division, NCIPC, and CDC to
leverage subject matter expertise and opportunities for collaboration
to enhance development, implementation, and evaluation of overdose
surveillance and prevention strategies needed to combat the changing
drug overdose epidemic; (4) monitors and evaluates the outcomes of the
division's programmatic investments; (5) uses research findings to
inform or improve strategies, policies, and interventions on
surveillance and prevention strategies to combat drug overdoses through
states and partners; and (6) synthesizes relevant research, evaluation
findings, and trends to develop practical guidance and resources that
enhance and expand state overdose prevention strategies and activities.
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III. Delegations of Authority: All delegations and redelegations of
authority made to officials and employees of affected organizational
components will continue pending further redelegation, provided they
are consistent with this reorganization.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101)
Robin D. Bailey Jr.,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2022-15153 Filed 7-14-22; 8:45 am]
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