Announcement of Requirements and Registration for “I VetoViolence Because . . .”: Teen Dating Violence Prevention Public Service Announcement Contest, 41800-41801 [2013-16619]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for ‘‘I VetoViolence
Because . . .’’: Teen Dating Violence
Prevention Public Service
Announcement Contest
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
Award Approving Official: Thomas R.
Frieden, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and
Administrator, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) located
within the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) launches the ‘‘I
VetoViolence Because . . .’’: Teen
Dating Violence Prevention Public
Service Announcement Contest. The
purpose of the contest is to encourage
the development of video public service
announcements (PSA) that increase the
understanding (1) that teen dating
violence is a public health problem and
(2) that prevention efforts can stop it
before it starts. VetoViolence, under
HHS/CDC’s National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control (Injury Center),
asks violence prevention professionals,
allied organizations, students,
VetoViolence Facebook page fans, and
the general public to develop PSAs
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about teen dating violence and the
importance of prevention. The intended
effect of the PSAs is to inspire viewers
to take steps to stop teen dating violence
before it starts by promoting healthy
relationships among friends and loved
ones and within schools and
communities. The PSA finalists and
winners will be showcased in three
categories on the VetoViolence
Facebook page, allowing participants to
reach more people with effective and
creative messages about preventing teen
dating violence.
DATES: Contest begins on July 15, 2013
and ends on August 15, 2013. Judging
will take place August 16–30, 2013, and
winners will be notified on September
6, 2013, with prizes being awarded
before September 30, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Williams, Media Specialist,
Division of Violence Prevention,
National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway
NE., MS F64, Atlanta, GA 30341,
Telephone: (770) 488–3893, email:
wzj4@cdc.gov.
Subject of Challenge Competition
Contestants entering the ‘‘I
VetoViolence Because . . .’’: Teen
Dating Violence Prevention Public
Service Announcement Contest will be
asked to submit short (60 seconds or
less), self-made PSAs about teen dating
violence and the importance of
prevention efforts.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in the
Competition
The challenge is open to any
contestant—defined as an individual or
team of U.S. citizens or permanent
residents of the United States.
Contestants may submit more than one
video to the challenge.
Contestants will be asked to selfidentify as a student, violence
prevention professional, or member of
the general public when selecting an
entry category (Student View, Violence
Prevention Professional View, or
General Public View). A student is
defined as anyone enrolled in middle
school, high school, or college and
under age 25. Contestants must be at
least 13 years of age to enter.
To be eligible to win a prize under
this challenge, an individual or entity—
(1) Shall have registered to participate
in the competition under the rules
published by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention’s National
Center for Injury Prevention and Control
at vetoviolence.challenge.gov;
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(2) Shall have complied with all the
requirements under this section;
(3) In the case of a private entity, shall
be incorporated in and maintain a
primary place of business in the United
States, and in the case of an individual,
whether participating singly or in a
group, shall be a citizen or permanent
resident of the United States; and
(4) May not be a Federal entity or
Federal employee acting within the
scope of their employment;
(5) Shall not be an HHS employee
working on their applications or
submissions during assigned duty
hours;
(6) May not be employees of the HHS/
CDC Injury Center, judges of the
challenge, or any other party involved
with the design, production, execution,
or distribution of the challenge or their
immediate family (spouse, parents or
step-parents, siblings and step-siblings,
and children and step-children).
(7) Federal grantees may not use
Federal funds to develop COMPETES
Act (www.nsf.gov/statistics/about/
BILLS-111hr5116enr.pdf) challenge
applications unless consistent with the
purpose of their grant award.
(8) Federal contractors may 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.
An individual or entity shall not be
deemed ineligible because the
individual or entity 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.
By participating in this challenge,
contestants agree to assume any and all
risks and waive claims against the
Federal Government and its related
entities, except in the case of willful
misconduct, for any injury, death,
damage, or loss of property, revenue, or
profits, whether direct, indirect, or
consequential, arising from
participation in this prize contest,
whether the injury, death, damage, or
loss arises through negligence or
otherwise. By participating in this
challenge, contestants agree to
indemnify the Federal Government
against third party claims for damages
arising from or related to challenge
activities.
Registration Process for Participants:
Contestants must register for the ‘‘I
VetoViolence Because . . .’’: Teen
Dating Violence Prevention Public
Service Announcement Contest
Challenge through www.challenge.gov.
Interested persons should read the
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official rules posted on the challenge
site, vetoviolence.challenge.gov. Prior to
entering a submission to the challenge,
contestants must follow the challenge
rules before the end of the submission
period.
Amount of the Prize: One prize
winner for each category, including
General Public View, Student View, and
Violence Prevention Professional View,
will receive an award in the amount of
$500 after the notification of the
winners. A total of $1,500 will be
distributed as awards by the contractor.
Payment of the Prize: Prizes under
this competition will be paid by
electronic funds transfer by Westat
Health Communications as part of their
VetoViolence Facebook contract with
the HHS/CDC Injury Center’s Division
of Violence Prevention.
Basis Upon Which Winners Will be
Selected: Submissions to the challenge
will be assessed by a panel of judges
composed of HHS/CDC Injury Center
teen dating violence subject matter
experts and communications staff and
external injury and violence
professionals in compliance with the
requirements of the America
COMPETES Act. Judges will be named
after the commencement of the
challenge on July 15, 2013. The judging
panel will make decisions based on the
following criteria:
(1) Creativity: Each entry will be
judged on creativity demonstrated in the
delivery of teen dating violence
prevention messages.
(2) Communication of teen dating
violence prevention messages: Each
entry will be judged on the expression
of positive prevention of teen dating
violence messages. The submissions
should not contain real or simulated
acts of violence, profane language,
inappropriate content, or personal or
professional attacks.
(3) Length of Video: Each entry
should be 60 seconds or less.
(4) Video and Audio Quality: Each
entry should be visually focused and
have audible sound quality.
Submissions should not be difficult to
watch because of an unclear image or to
hear because of a poor audio recording.
(5) Fulfilling contest purpose: Each
entry will be judged on its overall
success in meeting the contest goal:
Development of video public service
announcements (PSA) that increase the
understanding (1) that teen dating
violence is a public health problem and
(2) that prevention efforts can stop it
before it starts.
One prize winner for each category—
General Public View, Student View, and
Violence Prevention Professional
View—will receive an award in the
amount of $500 after the notification of
the winners. A total of $1,500 will be
distributed among the three winners.
Additional Information: Finalists and
the contest winners must comply with
all terms and conditions of the official
rules posted on the challenge site,
vetoviolence.challenge.gov, and winning
is contingent upon fulfilling all
requirements herein. The finalists will
be notified by email, telephone, or mail
after the date of the judging.
Contestant information provided
during registration will 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.
HHS/CDC reserves the right to cancel,
suspend, and/or modify the contest, or
any part of it, for any reason, at HHS/
CDC’s sole discretion.
More information on teen dating
violence may be found at https://
www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/
intimatepartnerviolence/
teen_dating_violence.html. More
information on VetoViolence may be
found at https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/
and https://www.facebook.com/
vetoviolence.
Dated: July 5, 2013.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Children and
Families
Proposed Information Collection
Activity; Comment Request
Proposed Projects
Title: Evaluation of the Transitional
Living Program (TLP)
OMB No.: 0970–0383
Description: The Runaway and
Homeless Youth Act (RHYA), as
amended by Public Law 106–71 (42
U.S.C. 5701 et seq.), provides for the
Transitional Living Program (TLP), a
residential program lasting up to 18
months designed to prepare older
homeless youth ages 16–21 for a healthy
and self-sufficient adulthood. Section
119 of RHYA requires a study on the
long-term housing outcomes of youth
after exiting the program. In addition to
collecting information on housing
outcomes, the study will also consider
the living, employment, education, and
family situation of the youth before and
after their time in the TLP. This
information will be used to better
understand the most effective practices
in improving long-term outcomes of
youth in an effort to guide program
improvements.
Respondents: (1) Youth ages 16–21
participating in Transitional Living
Programs and (2) the Executive Director
and Program Manager representing TLP
grantees.
ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
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Grantee Survey ............................................................................
Youth Baseline Survey ................................................................
Youth 6-Month Follow Up ............................................................
Youth 12-Month Follow Up ..........................................................
Youth 18-Month Follow Up ..........................................................
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,715.
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of Section 506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
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information can be obtained and
comments may be forwarded by writing
to the Administration for Children and
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for ``I
VetoViolence Because . . .'': Teen Dating Violence Prevention Public
Service Announcement Contest
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
Award Approving Official: Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Administrator, Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
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) launches the
``I VetoViolence Because . . .'': Teen Dating Violence Prevention
Public Service Announcement Contest. The purpose of the contest is to
encourage the development of video public service announcements (PSA)
that increase the understanding (1) that teen dating violence is a
public health problem and (2) that prevention efforts can stop it
before it starts. VetoViolence, under HHS/CDC's National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control (Injury Center), asks violence prevention
professionals, allied organizations, students, VetoViolence Facebook
page fans, and the general public to develop PSAs about teen dating
violence and the importance of prevention. The intended effect of the
PSAs is to inspire viewers to take steps to stop teen dating violence
before it starts by promoting healthy relationships among friends and
loved ones and within schools and communities. The PSA finalists and
winners will be showcased in three categories on the VetoViolence
Facebook page, allowing participants to reach more people with
effective and creative messages about preventing teen dating violence.
DATES: Contest begins on July 15, 2013 and ends on August 15, 2013.
Judging will take place August 16-30, 2013, and winners will be
notified on September 6, 2013, with prizes being awarded before
September 30, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Williams, Media Specialist,
Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention
and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford
Highway NE., MS F64, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: (770) 488-3893,
email: wzj4@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition
Contestants entering the ``I VetoViolence Because . . .'': Teen
Dating Violence Prevention Public Service Announcement Contest will be
asked to submit short (60 seconds or less), self-made PSAs about teen
dating violence and the importance of prevention efforts.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition
The challenge is open to any contestant--defined as an individual
or team of U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
Contestants may submit more than one video to the challenge.
Contestants will be asked to self-identify as a student, violence
prevention professional, or member of the general public when selecting
an entry category (Student View, Violence Prevention Professional View,
or General Public View). A student is defined as anyone enrolled in
middle school, high school, or college and under age 25. Contestants
must be at least 13 years of age to enter.
To be eligible to win a prize under this challenge, an individual
or entity--
(1) Shall have registered to participate in the competition under
the rules published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at
vetoviolence.challenge.gov;
(2) Shall have complied with all the requirements under this
section;
(3) In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and
maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the
case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group,
shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States; and
(4) May not be a Federal entity or Federal employee acting within
the scope of their employment;
(5) Shall not be an HHS employee working on their applications or
submissions during assigned duty hours;
(6) May not be employees of the HHS/CDC Injury Center, judges of
the challenge, or any other party involved with the design, production,
execution, or distribution of the challenge or their immediate family
(spouse, parents or step-parents, siblings and step-siblings, and
children and step-children).
(7) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop COMPETES
Act (www.nsf.gov/statistics/about/BILLS-111hr5116enr.pdf) challenge
applications unless consistent with the purpose of their grant award.
(8) Federal contractors may 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.
An individual or entity shall not be deemed ineligible because the
individual or entity 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.
By participating in this challenge, contestants agree to assume any
and all risks and waive claims against the Federal Government and its
related entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, for any
injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits,
whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from participation
in this prize contest, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss
arises through negligence or otherwise. By participating in this
challenge, contestants agree to indemnify the Federal Government
against third party claims for damages arising from or related to
challenge activities.
Registration Process for Participants: Contestants must register
for the ``I VetoViolence Because . . .'': Teen Dating Violence
Prevention Public Service Announcement Contest Challenge through
www.challenge.gov. Interested persons should read the
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official rules posted on the challenge site,
vetoviolence.challenge.gov. Prior to entering a submission to the
challenge, contestants must follow the challenge rules before the end
of the submission period.
Amount of the Prize: One prize winner for each category, including
General Public View, Student View, and Violence Prevention Professional
View, will receive an award in the amount of $500 after the
notification of the winners. A total of $1,500 will be distributed as
awards by the contractor.
Payment of the Prize: Prizes under this competition will be paid by
electronic funds transfer by Westat Health Communications as part of
their VetoViolence Facebook contract with the HHS/CDC Injury Center's
Division of Violence Prevention.
Basis Upon Which Winners Will be Selected: Submissions to the
challenge will be assessed by a panel of judges composed of HHS/CDC
Injury Center teen dating violence subject matter experts and
communications staff and external injury and violence professionals in
compliance with the requirements of the America COMPETES Act. Judges
will be named after the commencement of the challenge on July 15, 2013.
The judging panel will make decisions based on the following criteria:
(1) Creativity: Each entry will be judged on creativity
demonstrated in the delivery of teen dating violence prevention
messages.
(2) Communication of teen dating violence prevention messages: Each
entry will be judged on the expression of positive prevention of teen
dating violence messages. The submissions should not contain real or
simulated acts of violence, profane language, inappropriate content, or
personal or professional attacks.
(3) Length of Video: Each entry should be 60 seconds or less.
(4) Video and Audio Quality: Each entry should be visually focused
and have audible sound quality. Submissions should not be difficult to
watch because of an unclear image or to hear because of a poor audio
recording.
(5) Fulfilling contest purpose: Each entry will be judged on its
overall success in meeting the contest goal: Development of video
public service announcements (PSA) that increase the understanding (1)
that teen dating violence is a public health problem and (2) that
prevention efforts can stop it before it starts.
One prize winner for each category--General Public View, Student
View, and Violence Prevention Professional View--will receive an award
in the amount of $500 after the notification of the winners. A total of
$1,500 will be distributed among the three winners.
Additional Information: Finalists and the contest winners must
comply with all terms and conditions of the official rules posted on
the challenge site, vetoviolence.challenge.gov, and winning is
contingent upon fulfilling all requirements herein. The finalists will
be notified by email, telephone, or mail after the date of the judging.
Contestant information provided during registration will 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.
HHS/CDC reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the
contest, or any part of it, for any reason, at HHS/CDC's sole
discretion.
More information on teen dating violence may be found at https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/teen_dating_violence.html. More information on VetoViolence may be found at https://vetoviolence.cdc.gov/ and https://www.facebook.com/vetoviolence.
Dated: July 5, 2013.
Tanja Popovic,
Deputy Associate Director for Science, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-16619 Filed 7-10-13; 8:45 am]
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