Notice2023-22160
Reorganization of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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Published
October 5, 2023
Effective
September 29, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
CDC has modified its structure. This notice announces the reorganization of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). NCCDPHP has realigned the Division of Adolescent and School Health from the National Center National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 192 (Thursday, October 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69188-69190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22160]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reorganization of the National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: CDC has modified its structure. This notice announces the
reorganization of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP). NCCDPHP has realigned the Division of
Adolescent and School Health from the National Center National Center
for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP).
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DATES: This reorganization was approved by the Director of CDC on,
September 29, 2023 and became effective, September 29, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D'Artonya Graham, Office of Strategic
Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief Operating Officer, Office of
the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE, MS TW-2, Atlanta, GA 30329; Telephone 770-488-4401; Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bbc9ded4c9dcc8fbd8dfd895dcd4cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9be9fef4e9fce8dbf8fff8b5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Part C (Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention) of the Statement of Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority of the Department of Health and Human Services
(45 FR 67772-76, dated October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296,
October 20, 1980, as amended most recently at 88 FR 44359-44363, dated
July 12, 2023) is amended to reflect the reorganization of the National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Specifically, the changes are as
follows:
I. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, delete
the following:
<bullet> Division of Adolescent and School Health (CKG)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CKG1)
<bullet> Program Development and Services Management (CKGB)
<bullet> Research Application and Evaluation Branch (CKGC)
<bullet> School-Based Surveillance Branch (CKGD)
<bullet> Healthy Schools Branch (CLKE)
II. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, after
the Division of Population Health (CLK) insert the following
organizational units:
<bullet> Division of Adolescent and School Health (CLL)
<bullet> Office of the Director (CLL1)
<bullet> Program Development and Services Management (CLLB)
<bullet> Research Application and Evaluation Branch (CLLC)
<bullet> School-Based Surveillance Branch (CLLD)
III. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, insert
the following:
Division of Adolescent and School Health (CLL). (1) in cooperation
with other CDC components, State, local, Territorial, Tribal agencies,
and national nongovernmental organizations administers and supports
strategies in school settings to address health outcomes for priority
health risks and related health behaviors, including but not limited to
the promotion of healthy eating, physical activity, sexual health, and
tobacco-free lifestyles, among school-aged populations; (2) provides
consultation, training, educational, and other technical services to
assist State, Territorial, and local education and health departments,
Tribal governments, national nongovernmental organizations, and other
societal institutions to implement a coordinated approach to school
health and evaluate policy, systems, and environmental changes and
interventions to reduce priority health risks among youth and improve
the health of students and school staff; (3) identifies and monitors
priority health risks and related health behaviors among school-aged
populations that result in obesity, smoking, physical inactivity,
chronic disease, the transmission of HIV, other sexually transmitted
infections, and unintended pregnancy; (4) in coordination with other
CDC components, supports international, national, State, Tribal, and
local school-based surveillance systems to monitor priority health risk
behaviors and health outcomes among school-aged populations, along with
the policies, programs, and practices schools implement to address
them; (5) conducts evaluation research to expand knowledge of the
determinants of priority health risk behaviors among school-aged
populations and to identify effective policies and practices that
schools and other societal institutions can implement to reduce
priority health risks; (6) develops and disseminates guidelines and
tools to help schools and other societal institutions apply research
synthesis findings to reduce priority health risks among school-aged
populations; (7) supports implementation and evaluation of a
coordinated approach to school health and best practices in (a) health
education, (b) physical education and other physical activity programs,
(c) nutrition services, (d) school health services, (e) school
counseling, psychological, and social services, (f) health promotion
for staff, (g) family and community involvement, and (h) school health
and safety policies and environment; (8) provides information to the
scientific community and the general public through publications and
presentations; (9) in accomplishing the functions listed above,
collaborates with (a) other components of CDC and HHS, (b) the U.S.
Department of Education, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and other
Federal agencies, (c) national professional, voluntary, and
philanthropic organizations, (d) international agencies, (e) and other
societal institutions and organizations, as appropriate; and (10)
assists other nations in reducing chronic disease-related health risks
among school-aged populations in implementing and improving school
health programs.
Office of the Director (CLL1). (1) plans, directs, and evaluates
the activities of the division; (2) provides national leadership and
guidance in policy formulation and program planning and development to
reduce health risks among school-aged populations and improve school
health programs, policies, and practices; (3) provides leadership and
guidance for program management and operations; (4) provides leadership
in coordinating activities between the division and other NCCDPHP
divisions in addressing priority health risks among school-aged
populations; (5) provides leadership in coordinating school-based
activities throughout CDC, including with the National Center for HIV,
Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, and National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities; (6) maintains a strong focus on school-aged
populations' health risks and health-related behaviors, including
sexual risk-taking and teen pregnancy; (7) promotes collaboration with
other governmental and nongovernmental organizations for the
development of policies and evaluation methods; (8) coordinates
division responses to inquiries from national and local communications
media; (9) implements science and evidence-based communication
programs, initiatives, and strategies that target State and local
health and education partners, media, national organizations, and
consumers; (10) systematically translates, promotes, and disseminates
science-based messages through multiple communication products and
channels; (11) implements effective internal communication strategies
targeting the division and other CDC staff; (12) oversees creation,
production, promotion, and dissemination of materials designed for use
by the media, partners, national organizations, and consumers,
including press releases, brochures, fact sheets, toolkits, other print
and electronic materials, and ensures appropriate clearance of these
materials; (13) assists in the preparation of speeches and
congressional testimony for the division director, the center director,
and other public health officials; (14) provides program services
support in extramural programs
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management; and (15) collaborates, as appropriate, with other Federal
agencies in carrying out these activities.
Program Development and Services Branch (CLLB). (1) provides
consultation, training, educational, and other technical services to
assist State, Territorial, and local education and health departments,
Tribal governments, national nongovernmental organizations, and other
societal institutions to implement and improve policy, systems, and
environmental changes and interventions to reduce priority health risks
among the school-aged population and improve the health of students and
school staff; (2) uses the results of surveillance and evaluation
research and research syntheses to improve the impact of school- and
community-based interventions designed to reduce priority health risks
among school-aged populations to promote changes in behaviors such as
obesity, smoking, physical inactivity, chronic disease, the
transmission of HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, and
unintended pregnancy; (3) provides leadership to the nationwide network
of leaders in school health to promote linkages between State and local
public health departments with education agencies; (4) assesses
training and technical assistance needs and develops strategies to
build the capacity of funded partners, other external partners, and
division staff; (5) strengthens efforts of national, State, and local
programs to provide high quality professional development services to
support school-based chronic disease prevention policies, programs, and
practices; and (6) provides consultation to other divisions within
NCCDPHP and CDC on how schools work and how to foster effective
collaboration between public health and education departments.
Research Application and Evaluation Branch (CLLC). (1) conducts
evaluation research to expand knowledge of the determinants of priority
health risk behaviors among school-aged populations and to identify
effective policies, systems, environmental changes, interventions and
practices that schools and other societal institutions can implement to
reduce priority health risks; (2) synthesizes and disseminates research
findings to improve the impact of interventions designed to reduce
priority sexual health risks among school-aged populations, including
those designed to address cross-cutting issues and protective factors;
(3) synthesizes and translates scientific research to develop and
disseminate guidance, tools, and resources to help schools and other
societal institutions apply research synthesis findings to reduce
priority health risks; and (4) in collaboration with other NCCDPHP
divisions and with other governmental and nongovernmental
organizations, develops and promotes evidence-based policies,
practices, and evaluation methods.
School-Based Surveillance Branch (CLLD). (1) maintains
international, national, State, Tribal, and local school-based
surveillance systems to identify and monitor priority health risk
behaviors and health outcomes; (2) maintains and supports national,
State, Tribal, and local surveillance systems to monitor health risk
behaviors among school-aged populations along with the school health
policies, programs, and practices designed to address priority health
risk behaviors and health outcomes; (3) designs, develops, and
disseminates a wide variety of products describing school-based
surveillance data; (4) provides national leadership and comprehensive
technical assistance to State and local education and health agencies,
Tribal governments, and ministries of health and education in the
planning and implementation of school-based surveillance systems; (5)
manages extramural funding of school-based surveillance systems; and
(6) collaborates with other branches, divisions, and offices in NCCDPHP
and other components throughout CDC to accomplish the functions listed
above.
IV. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, retitle
the following organizational components:
<bullet> Strategic Business Initiatives (CAJT) to the Office of
Strategic Business Initiatives (CAJT) within the Office of the Chief
Operating Officer
<bullet> Office of the Deputy Director of Management and Operations
(CAK13) to the Office of the Deputy Director for Management and
Operations (CAK13) within the Office of Public Health Data,
Surveillance, and Technology
<bullet> Management and Operations Office (CAK133) to the Office of
Management and Operations (CAK133) within the Office of Public Health
Data, Surveillance, and Technology
V. Under part C, section C-B, Organization and Functions, delete
the respective mission or functional statements for and replace with
the following:
Office of the Director (CAKC1). (5) ensures the OPHDST strategy is
executed in the Investigate and Respond Division and aligned with
overall CDC and the Public Health Data Strategy goals; (9) identifies
dependencies and coordinates synergies between Investigate and Respond
Division and OPHDST offices and divisions.
Office of the Director (CAKD1). (9) identifies dependencies and
coordinates synergies between Inform and Disseminate Division, OPHDST
offices and divisions, and other CDC programs.
Data Standards Branch (CAKEB). (5) collaborates with the Technology
Strategy Office to develop and adopt interoperability standards for
systems and health information technology functional services.
Office of the Director (CAKG1). (8) identifies dependencies and
coordinates synergies between the Platforms Division and OPHDST offices
and divisions; (9) ensures communications are aligned within OPHDST/OD
and shared across the Platforms Division.
Delegations of Authority
All delegations and redelegations of authority made to officials
and employees of affected organizational components will continue in
them or their successors pending further redelegation, provided they
are consistent with this reorganization.
(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3101.)
Robin Bailey, Jr.,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2023-22160 Filed 10-4-23; 8:45 am]
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