Notice2024-06234
Notice of Award of a Single Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), San Carlos Apache Tribe (SCAT), Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), Navajo Nation (NN), Hopi Tribe and Tohono O'odham Nation (TON)
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Published
March 25, 2024
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announces 6 separate awards to fund White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), San Carlos Apache Tribe (SCAT), Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), Navajo Nation (NN), Hopi Tribe and Tohono O'odham Nation (TON). Funding amounts will be determined on disease burden during 2010-2020. The total 5 year period amount for the (6) recipients is $1,800,000.00 The awards will address Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) prevention activities, including but not limited to vector control, outreach, and education, and RMSF prevention support services.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 20656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06234]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Notice of Award of a Single Source Cooperative Agreement To Fund
White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), San Carlos Apache Tribe (SCAT),
Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), Navajo Nation (NN), Hopi Tribe and
Tohono O'odham Nation (TON)
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 6
separate awards to fund White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), San Carlos
Apache Tribe (SCAT), Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), Navajo Nation
(NN), Hopi Tribe and Tohono O'odham Nation (TON). Funding amounts will
be determined on disease burden during 2010-2020. The total 5 year
period amount for the (6) recipients is $1,800,000.00 The awards will
address Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) prevention activities,
including but not limited to vector control, outreach, and education,
and RMSF prevention support services.
DATES: The period for these awards will be September 1st, 2024, through
August 31st, 2029.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Ficalora, (Division of
Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3156
Rampart Road, Fort Collins, CO. Telephone: (970) 221-6425, Email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b1dacbc989f1d2d5d29fd6dec7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7acbdbfff87a4a3a4e9a0a8b1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The single source award will improve
dissemination of proven RMSF prevention practices to AI communities in
Arizona; Increase community understanding of RMSF and how it can be
prevented; Conduct an evaluation of current RMSF programs; Increase the
availability and utilization of public health resources such as vector
control and animal control to support sustainable RMSF prevention.
White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), San Carlos Apache Tribe (SCAT),
Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), Navajo Nation (NN), Hopi Tribe and
Tohono O'odham Nation (TON) are in a unique position to conduct this
work, as they are experiencing epidemic levels of RMSF not seen
anywhere else in the country, transmitted by the brown dog tick.
Summary of the Award
Recipient: White Mountain Apache Tribe (WMAT), San Carlos Apache
Tribe (SCAT), Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), Navajo Nation (NN),
Hopi Tribe and Tohono O'odham Nation (TON)
Purpose of the Award: The purpose of these awards is to increase
dissemination or process improvement of proven interventions for RMSF
prevention efforts, develop and evaluate of locally minded RMSF
communications plan, increase availability of RMSF support services
such as vector control and animal control to strengthen sustainable
RMSF prevention programs.
<bullet> Amount of Award: Initial awards may be weighted based on
disease burden during 2010-2020:
--Tribes reporting zero cases are ineligible for this funding
--Tribes reporting 1-10 cases of RMSF are eligible for $10,000-$30,000
--Tribes reporting 11-30 cases of RMSF are eligible for $20,000-$60,000
--Tribes reporting >30 cases are eligible for $50,000-$300,000''
Expected total funding of approximately $1,800,000 for 5-year
period of performance, subject to availability of funds.
Authority: This program is authorized under the Public Health
Service Act section 317(k)(2), as amended (42 U.S.C. 247(b)(k)(2)).
Period of Performance: September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2029.
Dated: March 19, 2024.
Jamie Legier,
Acting Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-06234 Filed 3-22-24; 8:45 am]
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