Electronic Learning (E-Learning) Collaborative Resource Center for SV and IPV Prevention Practitioners, 26800-26804 [2017-11941]

Download as PDF 26800 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 110 / Friday, June 9, 2017 / Notices Dates: September 30, 2017 until January 30, 2019. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Electronic Learning (E-Learning) Collaborative Resource Center for SV and IPV Prevention Practitioners Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing $536,733 in funds. DATES: Effective date is June 9, 2017. ADDRESSES: Agency Contacts: CDC encourages inquiries concerning this announcement. For programmatic technical assistance, contact: Pamela Brown, Project Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE., Mailstop F–64, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: (770) 488–1345, Emailpbrown8@cdc.gov. For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact: LaQuanda Lewis Grants Management Specialist, Department of Health and Human Services, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine Road, MS K– 70, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770) 488–2969, Email: LLewis@cdc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L.C. Browing (Office of Grants Services) (OGS), Technical Information Management Section (TIMS), ogstims@ cdc.gov, 770–48–2700. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Part I. Overview Information This notice announces the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) intent to extend the funds to the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault with Rape Prevention and Education funds. Federal Agency Name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Funding Opportunity Title: Electronic Learning (E-Learning) Collaborative Resource Center for SV and IPV Prevention Practitioners. Announcement Type: Cooperative Agreement. Agency Funding Opportunity Number: CDC–RFA–CE12–1204. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.136 Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:25 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 241001 Executive Summary The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing $536,733 in funding through the CE12– 1204, Electronic Learning (E-Learning) Collaborative Resource Center for Sexual Violence (SV) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Practitioners Cooperative Agreement to the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault to offer online training and convene an Electronic Learning Collaborative (ELC) to enhance the capacity and skills of local, state, and national SV and IPV practitioners to develop, implement and evaluate SV and IPV prevention efforts. Part II. Full Text Funding Opportunity Description (a) Background Since September 30, 2012, the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA), through its national on-line e-learning project PreventConnect, has provided training and technical assistance to CDC’s Rape Prevention Education (RPE) and DELTA FOCUS grantees and the broader IPV and SV prevention practice fields. CALCASA has developed the technical infrastructure and staff expertise to support multiple web-based platforms (webinars, podcasts, on-line trainings, wiki, etc.) to serve a large audience and disseminate the best available research and practice knowledge for IPV and SV prevention. This work strengthens the capacity and skills of local, state and national violence prevention practitioners. The current project period ends on Sept. 29, 2017, however, the CDC-funded SV and IPV projects that PreventConnect supports (RPE and DELTA FOCUS) continue beyond this project period end. The additional funds and 16-months extension for the cooperative agreement, CE12–1204 (CALCASA/PreventConnect) is critical and essential for the successful implementation and completion of the CDC CE13–1302 (Delta Focus) and CDC CE–14–1401 (Rape Prevention and Education Program) projects. The funding will: assure that the targeted audiences for the e-learning project will not experience an interruption of expert TA and Training support prior to the end of the current RPE and DELTA FOCUS project periods and allow for future SV and IPV new FOA/project periods to be aligned with one another more effectively and be developed with complementary goals, objectives and deliverables. PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 To address IPV, CDC has funded, since 2002, the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancements and Leadership through Alliances (DELTA) program, which seeks to build the capacity of state coalitions addressing IPV to support IPV primary prevention efforts. To address SV, CDC has funded, since 1995, the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE) program, to address risk and protective factors to prevent first time perpetration and victimization of SV. Both DELTA and RPE have similar goals, to build capacity for primary prevention; utilization of the Public Health Approach, Socioecological Model, and evidence informed strategies. From 2005 to 2012, a State Sexual Assault Coalition was funded to provide support for CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees and nationwide practitioners through innovative online technology communication channels. In cooperation with CDC, they were able to develop and facilitate ongoing discussions where SV and IPV prevention practitioners had the opportunity to network, share ideas, discuss successes and challenges, and learn from each other. Building prevention system capacity at the state health department and state coalition levels are critical in maintaining an infrastructure that supports prevention efforts. The ELearning Collaborative provides an interactive environment via training, education, and dialogue for two separate sets of prevention grantees to collectively come together and share, learn, network, and reach the goal of peer based learning. (b) CDC Project Description The purpose of this Funding Registry Notice (FRN) is to provide funds for 16 months, beginning with fiscal year (FY) 2017, to: Continue offering web-based training that enhances skills and capacity of CDC SV and IPV prevention grantees to prevent SV and IPV; convene an E-Learning Collaborative among CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees that enhances training received; and build a broader network of national, state, and local SV and IPV prevention practitioners, regardless of funding sources, using multiple media channels, including interactive web conferences, podcasts, interactive listserv, and social media to share, connect, and enhance their skills and capacity to prevent SV and IPV. Core Activities 1. Develop and conduct 3–4 training web conferences annually, in collaboration with CDC that are E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM 09JNN1 mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 110 / Friday, June 9, 2017 / Notices interactive and have practical applications. Participants should be CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees and their partners, including state health departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic violence coalitions. Training topics that meet the needs of SV and IPV grantees and are focused on improving primary prevention practices include but are not limited to: • Using data and evidence to inform their prevention efforts, • Working with stakeholders internal and external to their organizations to build prevention system capacity, and • Implementing and evaluating prevention strategies that address risk and protective factors for SV and IPV. 2. Convene an E-Learning Collaborative for CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees and their partners, including state health departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic violence coalitions. Peer based learning should be focused on topics that further support the skillbased training received through web conferences. Such topics may include: • Individual and community level shared risk and protective factors, • Indicators for evaluation that will promote prevention efforts and support building evidence based strategies, • Building evaluation capacity at state and local levels, • Building organizational capacity, • Implementation of community change strategies or outer layer ecological approach strategies, • Strategies related to social determinants of health. These opportunities may include electronically convening subcollaboratives or sub-groups by geographic location/region, resources, or by topical interests. 3. Develop and conduct 3–4 training web conferences annually, in collaboration with CDC, to address the needs of SV and IPV prevention practitioners at state, local and tribal agencies. Topics should be focused on SV and IPV primary prevention. Information provided to SV and IPV practitioners should be equally distributed between SV and IPV. 4. Develop and conduct podcasts that highlight SV and IPV primary prevention work in the field. 5. Develop and maintain an active email listserv where SV and IPV prevention practitioners can communicate and share about research, programs, practices and policies on SV and IPV primary prevention. 6. Use social media outlets to share, connect, and enhance SV and IPV primary prevention knowledge of VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:25 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 241001 research, programs, practices and policies. 7. Actively recruit new SV and IPV prevention practitioners amongst CDC funded SV and IPV grantees, local, state, national and tribal SV and IPV agencies and organizations, public health partners and those working in underserved communities, to engage in web conferences, podcasts, interactive email listserv and social media activities. Evaluation Activities 1. Develop and implement an evaluation plan with goals and objectives for the following evaluation activities with details on how the data will be shared with CDC 60 days after each assessment is completed, and how adjustments based on evaluation results will be made to activities and inform program improvement. • Conduct a yearly assessment that describes how the training web conferences impact SV and IPV prevention grantees and their partners’ prevention practices and behaviors, and user satisfaction. • Conduct a yearly assessment of the extent to how skill based web conference training and peer based learning (E-Learning Collaborative) increased SV and IPV prevention grantees’ capacity building for evaluation and prevention implementation. Recipient Activities—Administrative 1. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with national, state, local and tribal agencies and organizations working to prevent SV and IPV and with other CDC funded resource centers and initiatives. 2. Ensure dedicated and adequate staffing such as a full-time program manager and web master and provide resumes for key personnel. 3. Participate in conference calls, at least monthly, with CDC program staff and participate in CDC SV and IPV grantee meetings. 4. Ensure that all new online content and resources meet Section 508 compliance guidelines. Eligibility Information The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA), through its national on-line e-learning project Prevent Connect, has provided training and technical assistance to CDC’s Rape Prevention Education (RPE) and DELTA FOCUS grantees and the broader IPV and SV prevention practice fields. Under the propose program extension, the recipient has been identified as the Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 only and qualified institution to perform the required activities. Required Registrations Applicant must submit application package that includes the following: SF424 Mandatory Form, SF424A, Project Narrative, and detailed Budget Narrative. These forms are available on Grants.gov at https://www.grants.gov/ web/grants/forms/sf-424-mandatoryfamily.html#sortby=1. The application package must be submitted via GrantSolutions under Manage Amendments following the below steps: 1. Log into GrantSolutions 2. From the ‘‘My Grants List’’ screen, click the link Management Amendments 3. Click ‘‘New’’ 4. Click Create Amendment 5. Click ‘‘Edit Amendment’’ link to being working on the amendment 6. Upload the requested documents 7. Verify Submission and submit Amendment If the applicant encounters technical difficulties with GrantSolutions, the applicant should contact the helpdesk. You can reach the GrantSolutions Helpdesk at 1–866–577–0771 or by email at help@grantsolutions.gov. Submissions sent by email, fax, CD’s or thumb drives of applications will not be accepted. Request Application Package: April 28, 2017. Application Package: June 28, 2017. Submission Dates and Times: June 28, 2017 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time. Project Abstract Summary The Project Abstract must contain a summary of the proposed activity suitable for dissemination to the public. It should be a self-contained description of the project and should contain a statement of objectives and methods to be employed. It should be informative to other persons working in the same or related fields and insofar as possible understandable to a technically literate lay reader. This abstract must not include any proprietary/confidential information. Project Narrative Award Information PO 00000 26801 Sfmt 4703 A Project Narrative must be submitted with the application forms. The narrative must be submitted in the following format: • Maximum number of pages: 25. If your narrative exceeds the page limit, only the first pages, which are within the page limit, will be reviewed. • Font size: 12 point unreduced, Times New Roman. • Double spaced. • Page margin size: One inch. E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM 09JNN1 26802 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 110 / Friday, June 9, 2017 / Notices • Number all narrative pages; not to exceed the maximum number of pages. The narrative should address activities to be conducted over the entire project period and must include the following items in the order listed: mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Background, Understanding and Relevant Experience 1. Describe your organization’s understanding of sexual violence and intimate partner violence as public health issues. 2. Describe your organization’s understanding of the purpose and objectives of this cooperative agreement, including collaboration in all aspects of the agreement with CDC program staff and other relevant partner organizations. 3. Describe your organizations experience in: Convening and maintaining an Advisory Council with diverse SV and IPV prevention practitioner representation, convening an E-Learning Collaborative, collaboration with CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees, and providing opportunities and multiple media channels for SV and IPV prevention practitioners to network, share and connect with each other. Work Plan 1. Include goals and Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Bound (SMART) objectives. 2. Provide a detailed 16 months’ work plan with timeline and logic model that describes how you plan to achieve your project’s goals of offering web-based training that enhances skills and capacity of CDC SV and IPV prevention grantees to prevent SV and IPV; convening an e-learning collaborative among CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees that enhances training received; and building a broader network of national, state, and local SV and IPV prevention practitioners, regardless of funding sources, using multiple media channels, including interactive web conferences, podcasts, interactive listserv, and social media to share, connect, and enhance their skills and capacity to prevent SV and IPV. 3. Provide a detailed plan on how SV and IPV practitioner needs will be assessed and applied to the 3–4 training web conferences. 4. Indicate within the 16 month plan, with timeline and logic model, how you plan to achieve the following activities: (a) Convene and maintain an Advisory Council that informs the overarching vision, direction, and goals of this FOA’s activities. Advisory membership should include but is not VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:25 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 241001 limited to representation from CDC; the recipient organization; other collaborative partners, and grantee/end users. (b) Stay current on research, programs, practices, and policies related to the prevention of SV and IPV to support all required activities. (c) Identify SV and IPV related materials on research, programs, practices and policies that have been translated for practical purposes and can be shared with CDC SV and IPV prevention grantees specifically and SV and IPV practitioners broadly to improve their prevention skills and practices. (d) In collaboration with CDC, establish standards for choosing presenters and SV and IPV related materials on research, programs, practices, and policies. (e) Develop and conduct 3–4 training web conferences annually, in collaboration with CDC that are interactive and have practical applications. Participants should be CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees and their partners, including state health departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic violence coalitions. Training topics that meet the needs of SV and IPV grantees and are focused on improving primary prevention practices include but are not limited to: (f) Using data and evidence to inform their prevention efforts, (g) Working with stakeholders internal and external to their organizations to build prevention system capacity, and (h) Implementing and evaluating prevention strategies that address risk and protective factors for SV and IPV. (i) Convene an E-Learning Collaborative for CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees and their partners, including state health departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic violence coalitions. Peer based learning should be focused on topics that further support the skillbased training received through web conferences. Such topics may include: (j) Individual and community level shared risk and protective factors, (k) Indicators for evaluation that will promote prevention efforts and support building evidence based strategies, (l) Building evaluation capacity at state and local levels, (m) Building organizational capacity, (n) Implementation of community change strategies or outer layer ecological approach strategies, (o) Strategies related to social determinants of health. PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 These opportunities may include electronically convening subcollaboratives or sub-groups by geographic location/region, resources, or by topical interests. (a) Foster peer based learning through online interactions and exchanges of ideas/information or posts by designated staff or approved facilitators, key stakeholders or experts during the first two years of the E-Learning Collaborative. (b) Develop and conduct 3–4 training web conferences annually, in collaboration with CDC, to address the needs of SV and IPV prevention practitioners at state, local and tribal agencies. Topics should be focused on SV and IPV primary prevention. Information provided to SV and IPV practitioners should be equally distributed between SV and IPV. (c) Develop and conduct podcasts that highlight SV and IPV primary prevention work in the field. (d) Develop and maintain an active email listserv where SV and IPV prevention practitioners can communicate and share about research, programs, practices and policies on SV and IPV primary prevention. (e) Use social media outlets to share, connect, and enhance SV and IPV primary prevention knowledge of research, programs, practices and policies. (f) Actively recruit new SV and IPV prevention practitioners amongst CDC funded SV and IPV grantees, local, state, national and tribal SV and IPV agencies and organizations, public health partners and those working in underserved communities, to engage in web conferences, podcasts, interactive email listserv and social media activities. (g) Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with national, state, local and tribal agencies and organizations working to prevent SV and IPV and with other CDC funded resource centers and initiatives. (h) Ensure dedicated and adequate staffing such as a full-time program manager and web master and provide resumes for key personnel. (i) Participate in conference calls, at least monthly, with CDC program staff and participate in CDC SV and IPV grantee meetings. (j) Ensure that all new online content and resources meet Section 508 compliance guidelines. For details and resources on Section 508 compliance, see Attachment III. 5. Provide a detailed evaluation plan with goals and objectives for the following evaluation activities with details on how the data will be shared E:\FR\FM\09JNN1.SGM 09JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 110 / Friday, June 9, 2017 / Notices mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES with CDC 60 days after each assessment is completed, and how adjustments based on evaluation results will be made to activities and inform program improvement. For CDC SV and IPV prevention grantees: • Conduct a yearly assessment that describes how the training web conferences impact SV and IPV prevention grantees and their partners’ prevention practices and behaviors, and user satisfaction. • Conduct a yearly assessment of the extent to how skill based web conference training and peer based learning (E-Learning Collaborative) increased SV and IPV prevention grantees’ capacity building for evaluation and prevention implementation. For SV and IPV practitioners: • Conduct an assessment that describes how the training web conferences impact SV and IPV practitioner’s prevention practices and behaviors, and user satisfaction. • An assessment to determine the number and diversity (e.g., type of organization, population served, and location) of nationwide SV and IPV practitioner participants represented on the web conferences, podcasts, interactive listserv and/or social media and identify who is missing. Collaboration and Partnerships (a) Include original letters of support from CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees, and other appropriate organizations, individuals, institutions, academic institutions, public health departments, etc. needed to carry out proposed activities and the extent to which such letters clearly indicate the author’s commitment to participate as described in the plan. (b) Describe your organizations past collaborations and partnerships associated with sexual violence and intimate partner violence. Highlight goals and activities as well as successes and challenges. (c) Describe your organization’s commitment to collaborate with CDC in; the development of the E-Learning Collaborative Advisory Council; identifying the vision, direction and goals of the E-Learning Collaborative for SV and IPV prevention grantees; and designing web conferences that meet the needs of SV and IPV prevention grantees and other SV and IPV prevention practitioners. (d) Describe your organization’s commitment to collaborate with other funded partners and national, state, local and tribal agencies and organizations. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:25 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 241001 (e) Describe your organization’s commitment to collaborate with CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees to be in compliance with the terms of the cooperative agreement and to accomplish all identified project activities. Staffing Plan and Capacity (a) Describe your organization’s proposed staffing plan in support of this project. It is expected that funds available under this FOA are sufficient for staffing levels including time and effort for a full-time manager and experienced staff. (b) Describe the qualifications and experience of proposed staff for this project and provide resumes for manager and other key staff. (c) Demonstrate your organization has adequate resources, facilities, experience (both technical and administrative), and access to SV and IPV prevention grantees and other relevant partners to meet the goals and objectives of this FOA. This should include documentation of professional personnel involved are qualified and have prior successful experience and achievements related to the proposed activities. (d) The application should include a description of your organization’s infrastructure to support the requirements of this FOA as well as the quality and sufficiency of the proposed staffing of the project. Provide an organizational chart as an attachment. Measures of Effectiveness (a) Provide measures of effectiveness related to proposed project goals and objectives. Budget. The budget and budget justification will be included as a separate attachment, not to be counted towards the page limit. (a) Provide a detailed budget and line item justification for all operating and staffing expenses that are consistent with proposed program objectives and activities. (b) Include budget for key project staff to attend the annual SV and IPV prevention grantee meetings. (c) Specify any in-kind support for recipient activities. (d) If requesting indirect costs in the budget, a copy of the most current active indirect cost rate agreement is required. Additional information may be included in the application appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative page limit. This additional information includes: • Curricula Vitae • Job Descriptions • Resumes PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 26803 • Organizational Charts • Letters of Support, etc. Additional information submitted should be uploaded in a PDF file format, and should be named appropriately (i.e., Curriculum vitae, Letters of Support, Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, etc.). No more than eight should be uploaded per application. Additional requirements for additional documentation with the application are listed in Section VII. Award Administration Information, subsection entitled ‘‘Administrative and National Policy Requirements.’’ Funding Restrictions Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing the budget, are as follows: • Recipients may not use funds for research. • Recipients may not use funds for clinical care. • Recipients may only expend funds for reasonable program purposes, including personnel, travel, supplies, and services, such as contractual. • Awardees may not generally use HHS/CDC/ATSDR funding for the purchase of furniture or equipment. Any such proposed spending must be identified in the budget. • The direct and primary recipient in a cooperative agreement program must perform a substantial role in carrying out project objectives and not merely serve as a conduit for an award to another party or provider who is ineligible. • Reimbursement of pre-award costs is not allowed. • Funding restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing your budget are as follows: cooperative agreement funds for this project cannot be used for construction, renovation, the lease of passenger vehicles, the development of major software application, or supplanting current applicant expenditures. Review and Selection Process A technical review will be conducted by the CDC Program Office. The technical review will cover technical and cost matters. The initial application received objective review to ensure recipient complies with all the activities required. 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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Electronic Learning (E-Learning) Collaborative Resource Center
for SV and IPV Prevention Practitioners

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is
providing $536,733 in funds.

DATES: Effective date is June 9, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Agency Contacts: CDC encourages inquiries concerning this
announcement.
For programmatic technical assistance, contact: Pamela Brown,
Project Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway NE., Mailstop F-64,
Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: (770) 488-1345, Emailpbrown8@cdc.gov.
For financial, grants management, or budget assistance, contact:
LaQuanda Lewis Grants Management Specialist, Department of Health and
Human Services, CDC Procurement and Grants Office, 2920 Brandywine
Road, MS K-70, Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone (770) 488-2969, Email:
LLewis@cdc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L.C. Browing (Office of Grants
Services) (OGS), Technical Information Management Section (TIMS),
ogstims@cdc.gov, 770-48-2700.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Part I. Overview Information

This notice announces the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's (CDC) intent to extend the funds to the California
Coalition Against Sexual Assault with Rape Prevention and Education
funds.
Federal Agency Name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Funding Opportunity Title: Electronic Learning (E-Learning)
Collaborative Resource Center for SV and IPV Prevention Practitioners.
Announcement Type: Cooperative Agreement.
Agency Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CE12-1204.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.136 Injury
Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs.
Dates: September 30, 2017 until January 30, 2019.

Executive Summary

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is
providing $536,733 in funding through the CE12-1204, Electronic
Learning (E-Learning) Collaborative Resource Center for Sexual Violence
(SV) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Practitioners
Cooperative Agreement to the California Coalition Against Sexual
Assault to offer online training and convene an Electronic Learning
Collaborative (ELC) to enhance the capacity and skills of local, state,
and national SV and IPV practitioners to develop, implement and
evaluate SV and IPV prevention efforts.

Part II. Full Text

Funding Opportunity Description

(a) Background
Since September 30, 2012, the California Coalition Against Sexual
Assault (CALCASA), through its national on-line e-learning project
PreventConnect, has provided training and technical assistance to CDC's
Rape Prevention Education (RPE) and DELTA FOCUS grantees and the
broader IPV and SV prevention practice fields. CALCASA has developed
the technical infrastructure and staff expertise to support multiple
web-based platforms (webinars, podcasts, on-line trainings, wiki, etc.)
to serve a large audience and disseminate the best available research
and practice knowledge for IPV and SV prevention. This work strengthens
the capacity and skills of local, state and national violence
prevention practitioners. The current project period ends on Sept. 29,
2017, however, the CDC-funded SV and IPV projects that PreventConnect
supports (RPE and DELTA FOCUS) continue beyond this project period end.
The additional funds and 16-months extension for the cooperative
agreement, CE12-1204 (CALCASA/PreventConnect) is critical and essential
for the successful implementation and completion of the CDC CE13-1302
(Delta Focus) and CDC CE-14-1401 (Rape Prevention and Education
Program) projects. The funding will: assure that the targeted audiences
for the e-learning project will not experience an interruption of
expert TA and Training support prior to the end of the current RPE and
DELTA FOCUS project periods and allow for future SV and IPV new FOA/
project periods to be aligned with one another more effectively and be
developed with complementary goals, objectives and deliverables.
To address IPV, CDC has funded, since 2002, the Domestic Violence
Prevention Enhancements and Leadership through Alliances (DELTA)
program, which seeks to build the capacity of state coalitions
addressing IPV to support IPV primary prevention efforts. To address
SV, CDC has funded, since 1995, the Rape Prevention and Education (RPE)
program, to address risk and protective factors to prevent first time
perpetration and victimization of SV. Both DELTA and RPE have similar
goals, to build capacity for primary prevention; utilization of the
Public Health Approach, Socioecological Model, and evidence informed
strategies. From 2005 to 2012, a State Sexual Assault Coalition was
funded to provide support for CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees
and nationwide practitioners through innovative online technology
communication channels. In cooperation with CDC, they were able to
develop and facilitate ongoing discussions where SV and IPV prevention
practitioners had the opportunity to network, share ideas, discuss
successes and challenges, and learn from each other.
Building prevention system capacity at the state health department
and state coalition levels are critical in maintaining an
infrastructure that supports prevention efforts. The E-Learning
Collaborative provides an interactive environment via training,
education, and dialogue for two separate sets of prevention grantees to
collectively come together and share, learn, network, and reach the
goal of peer based learning.
(b) CDC Project Description
The purpose of this Funding Registry Notice (FRN) is to provide
funds for 16 months, beginning with fiscal year (FY) 2017, to: Continue
offering web-based training that enhances skills and capacity of CDC SV
and IPV prevention grantees to prevent SV and IPV; convene an E-
Learning Collaborative among CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees
that enhances training received; and build a broader network of
national, state, and local SV and IPV prevention practitioners,
regardless of funding sources, using multiple media channels, including
interactive web conferences, podcasts, interactive listserv, and social
media to share, connect, and enhance their skills and capacity to
prevent SV and IPV.
Core Activities
1. Develop and conduct 3-4 training web conferences annually, in
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interactive and have practical applications. Participants should be CDC
funded SV and IPV prevention grantees and their partners, including
state health departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic
violence coalitions. Training topics that meet the needs of SV and IPV
grantees and are focused on improving primary prevention practices
include but are not limited to:
Using data and evidence to inform their prevention
efforts,
Working with stakeholders internal and external to their
organizations to build prevention system capacity, and
Implementing and evaluating prevention strategies that
address risk and protective factors for SV and IPV.
2. Convene an E-Learning Collaborative for CDC funded SV and IPV
prevention grantees and their partners, including state health
departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic violence
coalitions. Peer based learning should be focused on topics that
further support the skill-based training received through web
conferences. Such topics may include:
Individual and community level shared risk and protective
factors,
Indicators for evaluation that will promote prevention
efforts and support building evidence based strategies,
Building evaluation capacity at state and local levels,
Building organizational capacity,
Implementation of community change strategies or outer
layer ecological approach strategies,
Strategies related to social determinants of health.
These opportunities may include electronically convening sub-
collaboratives or sub-groups by geographic location/region, resources,
or by topical interests.
3. Develop and conduct 3-4 training web conferences annually, in
collaboration with CDC, to address the needs of SV and IPV prevention
practitioners at state, local and tribal agencies. Topics should be
focused on SV and IPV primary prevention. Information provided to SV
and IPV practitioners should be equally distributed between SV and IPV.
4. Develop and conduct podcasts that highlight SV and IPV primary
prevention work in the field.
5. Develop and maintain an active email listserv where SV and IPV
prevention practitioners can communicate and share about research,
programs, practices and policies on SV and IPV primary prevention.
6. Use social media outlets to share, connect, and enhance SV and
IPV primary prevention knowledge of research, programs, practices and
policies.
7. Actively recruit new SV and IPV prevention practitioners amongst
CDC funded SV and IPV grantees, local, state, national and tribal SV
and IPV agencies and organizations, public health partners and those
working in underserved communities, to engage in web conferences,
podcasts, interactive email listserv and social media activities.
Evaluation Activities
1. Develop and implement an evaluation plan with goals and
objectives for the following evaluation activities with details on how
the data will be shared with CDC 60 days after each assessment is
completed, and how adjustments based on evaluation results will be made
to activities and inform program improvement.
Conduct a yearly assessment that describes how the
training web conferences impact SV and IPV prevention grantees and
their partners' prevention practices and behaviors, and user
satisfaction.
Conduct a yearly assessment of the extent to how skill
based web conference training and peer based learning (E-Learning
Collaborative) increased SV and IPV prevention grantees' capacity
building for evaluation and prevention implementation.
Recipient Activities--Administrative
1. Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with
national, state, local and tribal agencies and organizations working to
prevent SV and IPV and with other CDC funded resource centers and
initiatives.
2. Ensure dedicated and adequate staffing such as a full-time
program manager and web master and provide resumes for key personnel.
3. Participate in conference calls, at least monthly, with CDC
program staff and participate in CDC SV and IPV grantee meetings.
4. Ensure that all new online content and resources meet Section
508 compliance guidelines.
Award Information
Eligibility Information
The California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA), through
its national on-line e-learning project Prevent Connect, has provided
training and technical assistance to CDC's Rape Prevention Education
(RPE) and DELTA FOCUS grantees and the broader IPV and SV prevention
practice fields. Under the propose program extension, the recipient has
been identified as the only and qualified institution to perform the
required activities.
Required Registrations
Applicant must submit application package that includes the
following: SF424 Mandatory Form, SF424A, Project Narrative, and
detailed Budget Narrative. These forms are available on Grants.gov at
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/forms/sf-424-mandatory-family.html#sortby=1. The application package must be submitted via
GrantSolutions under Manage Amendments following the below steps:

1. Log into GrantSolutions
2. From the ``My Grants List'' screen, click the link Management
Amendments
3. Click ``New''
4. Click Create Amendment
5. Click ``Edit Amendment'' link to being working on the amendment
6. Upload the requested documents
7. Verify Submission and submit Amendment

If the applicant encounters technical difficulties with
GrantSolutions, the applicant should contact the helpdesk. You can
reach the GrantSolutions Helpdesk at 1-866-577-0771 or by email at
help@grantsolutions.gov. Submissions sent by email, fax, CD's or thumb
drives of applications will not be accepted.
Request Application Package: April 28, 2017.
Application Package: June 28, 2017.
Submission Dates and Times: June 28, 2017 11:59 p.m. U.S. Eastern
Standard Time.
Project Abstract Summary
The Project Abstract must contain a summary of the proposed
activity suitable for dissemination to the public. It should be a self-
contained description of the project and should contain a statement of
objectives and methods to be employed. It should be informative to
other persons working in the same or related fields and insofar as
possible understandable to a technically literate lay reader. This
abstract must not include any proprietary/confidential information.
Project Narrative
A Project Narrative must be submitted with the application forms.
The narrative must be submitted in the following format:
Maximum number of pages: 25. If your narrative exceeds the
page limit, only the first pages, which are within the page limit, will
be reviewed.
Font size: 12 point unreduced, Times New Roman.
Double spaced.
Page margin size: One inch.

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Number all narrative pages; not to exceed the maximum
number of pages.
The narrative should address activities to be conducted over the
entire project period and must include the following items in the order
listed:
Background, Understanding and Relevant Experience
1. Describe your organization's understanding of sexual violence
and intimate partner violence as public health issues.
2. Describe your organization's understanding of the purpose and
objectives of this cooperative agreement, including collaboration in
all aspects of the agreement with CDC program staff and other relevant
partner organizations.
3. Describe your organizations experience in: Convening and
maintaining an Advisory Council with diverse SV and IPV prevention
practitioner representation, convening an E-Learning Collaborative,
collaboration with CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees, and
providing opportunities and multiple media channels for SV and IPV
prevention practitioners to network, share and connect with each other.
Work Plan
1. Include goals and Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic,
Time-Bound (SMART) objectives.
2. Provide a detailed 16 months' work plan with timeline and logic
model that describes how you plan to achieve your project's goals of
offering web-based training that enhances skills and capacity of CDC SV
and IPV prevention grantees to prevent SV and IPV; convening an e-
learning collaborative among CDC funded SV and IPV prevention grantees
that enhances training received; and building a broader network of
national, state, and local SV and IPV prevention practitioners,
regardless of funding sources, using multiple media channels, including
interactive web conferences, podcasts, interactive listserv, and social
media to share, connect, and enhance their skills and capacity to
prevent SV and IPV.
3. Provide a detailed plan on how SV and IPV practitioner needs
will be assessed and applied to the 3-4 training web conferences.
4. Indicate within the 16 month plan, with timeline and logic
model, how you plan to achieve the following activities:
(a) Convene and maintain an Advisory Council that informs the
overarching vision, direction, and goals of this FOA's activities.
Advisory membership should include but is not limited to representation
from CDC; the recipient organization; other collaborative partners, and
grantee/end users.
(b) Stay current on research, programs, practices, and policies
related to the prevention of SV and IPV to support all required
activities.
(c) Identify SV and IPV related materials on research, programs,
practices and policies that have been translated for practical purposes
and can be shared with CDC SV and IPV prevention grantees specifically
and SV and IPV practitioners broadly to improve their prevention skills
and practices.
(d) In collaboration with CDC, establish standards for choosing
presenters and SV and IPV related materials on research, programs,
practices, and policies.
(e) Develop and conduct 3-4 training web conferences annually, in
collaboration with CDC that are interactive and have practical
applications. Participants should be CDC funded SV and IPV prevention
grantees and their partners, including state health departments, sexual
assault coalitions and domestic violence coalitions. Training topics
that meet the needs of SV and IPV grantees and are focused on improving
primary prevention practices include but are not limited to:
(f) Using data and evidence to inform their prevention efforts,
(g) Working with stakeholders internal and external to their
organizations to build prevention system capacity, and
(h) Implementing and evaluating prevention strategies that address
risk and protective factors for SV and IPV.
(i) Convene an E-Learning Collaborative for CDC funded SV and IPV
prevention grantees and their partners, including state health
departments, sexual assault coalitions and domestic violence
coalitions. Peer based learning should be focused on topics that
further support the skill-based training received through web
conferences. Such topics may include:
(j) Individual and community level shared risk and protective
factors,
(k) Indicators for evaluation that will promote prevention efforts
and support building evidence based strategies,
(l) Building evaluation capacity at state and local levels,
(m) Building organizational capacity,
(n) Implementation of community change strategies or outer layer
ecological approach strategies,
(o) Strategies related to social determinants of health.
These opportunities may include electronically convening sub-
collaboratives or sub-groups by geographic location/region, resources,
or by topical interests.
(a) Foster peer based learning through online interactions and
exchanges of ideas/information or posts by designated staff or approved
facilitators, key stakeholders or experts during the first two years of
the E-Learning Collaborative.
(b) Develop and conduct 3-4 training web conferences annually, in
collaboration with CDC, to address the needs of SV and IPV prevention
practitioners at state, local and tribal agencies. Topics should be
focused on SV and IPV primary prevention. Information provided to SV
and IPV practitioners should be equally distributed between SV and IPV.
(c) Develop and conduct podcasts that highlight SV and IPV primary
prevention work in the field.
(d) Develop and maintain an active email listserv where SV and IPV
prevention practitioners can communicate and share about research,
programs, practices and policies on SV and IPV primary prevention.
(e) Use social media outlets to share, connect, and enhance SV and
IPV primary prevention knowledge of research, programs, practices and
policies.
(f) Actively recruit new SV and IPV prevention practitioners
amongst CDC funded SV and IPV grantees, local, state, national and
tribal SV and IPV agencies and organizations, public health partners
and those working in underserved communities, to engage in web
conferences, podcasts, interactive email listserv and social media
activities.
(g) Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with
national, state, local and tribal agencies and organizations working to
prevent SV and IPV and with other CDC funded resource centers and
initiatives.
(h) Ensure dedicated and adequate staffing such as a full-time
program manager and web master and provide resumes for key personnel.
(i) Participate in conference calls, at least monthly, with CDC
program staff and participate in CDC SV and IPV grantee meetings.
(j) Ensure that all new online content and resources meet Section
508 compliance guidelines. For details and resources on Section 508
compliance, see Attachment III.
5. Provide a detailed evaluation plan with goals and objectives for
the following evaluation activities with details on how the data will
be shared

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with CDC 60 days after each assessment is completed, and how
adjustments based on evaluation results will be made to activities and
inform program improvement.
For CDC SV and IPV prevention grantees:
Conduct a yearly assessment that describes how the
training web conferences impact SV and IPV prevention grantees and
their partners' prevention practices and behaviors, and user
satisfaction.
Conduct a yearly assessment of the extent to how skill
based web conference training and peer based learning (E-Learning
Collaborative) increased SV and IPV prevention grantees' capacity
building for evaluation and prevention implementation.
For SV and IPV practitioners:
Conduct an assessment that describes how the training web
conferences impact SV and IPV practitioner's prevention practices and
behaviors, and user satisfaction.
An assessment to determine the number and diversity (e.g.,
type of organization, population served, and location) of nationwide SV
and IPV practitioner participants represented on the web conferences,
podcasts, interactive listserv and/or social media and identify who is
missing.
Collaboration and Partnerships
(a) Include original letters of support from CDC funded SV and IPV
prevention grantees, and other appropriate organizations, individuals,
institutions, academic institutions, public health departments, etc.
needed to carry out proposed activities and the extent to which such
letters clearly indicate the author's commitment to participate as
described in the plan.
(b) Describe your organizations past collaborations and
partnerships associated with sexual violence and intimate partner
violence. Highlight goals and activities as well as successes and
challenges.
(c) Describe your organization's commitment to collaborate with CDC
in; the development of the E-Learning Collaborative Advisory Council;
identifying the vision, direction and goals of the E-Learning
Collaborative for SV and IPV prevention grantees; and designing web
conferences that meet the needs of SV and IPV prevention grantees and
other SV and IPV prevention practitioners.
(d) Describe your organization's commitment to collaborate with
other funded partners and national, state, local and tribal agencies
and organizations.
(e) Describe your organization's commitment to collaborate with CDC
funded SV and IPV prevention grantees to be in compliance with the
terms of the cooperative agreement and to accomplish all identified
project activities.
Staffing Plan and Capacity
(a) Describe your organization's proposed staffing plan in support
of this project. It is expected that funds available under this FOA are
sufficient for staffing levels including time and effort for a full-
time manager and experienced staff.
(b) Describe the qualifications and experience of proposed staff
for this project and provide resumes for manager and other key staff.
(c) Demonstrate your organization has adequate resources,
facilities, experience (both technical and administrative), and access
to SV and IPV prevention grantees and other relevant partners to meet
the goals and objectives of this FOA. This should include documentation
of professional personnel involved are qualified and have prior
successful experience and achievements related to the proposed
activities.
(d) The application should include a description of your
organization's infrastructure to support the requirements of this FOA
as well as the quality and sufficiency of the proposed staffing of the
project. Provide an organizational chart as an attachment.
Measures of Effectiveness
(a) Provide measures of effectiveness related to proposed project
goals and objectives.
Budget. The budget and budget justification will be included as a
separate attachment, not to be counted towards the page limit.
(a) Provide a detailed budget and line item justification for all
operating and staffing expenses that are consistent with proposed
program objectives and activities.
(b) Include budget for key project staff to attend the annual SV
and IPV prevention grantee meetings.
(c) Specify any in-kind support for recipient activities.
(d) If requesting indirect costs in the budget, a copy of the most
current active indirect cost rate agreement is required.
Additional information may be included in the application
appendices. The appendices will not be counted toward the narrative
page limit. This additional information includes:
Curricula Vitae
Job Descriptions
Resumes
Organizational Charts
Letters of Support, etc.
Additional information submitted should be uploaded in a PDF file
format, and should be named appropriately (i.e., Curriculum vitae,
Letters of Support, Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, etc.). No more than
eight should be uploaded per application.
Additional requirements for additional documentation with the
application are listed in Section VII. Award Administration
Information, subsection entitled ``Administrative and National Policy
Requirements.''
Funding Restrictions
Restrictions, which must be taken into account while writing the
budget, are as follows:
Recipients may not use funds for research.
Recipients may not use funds for clinical care.
Recipients may only expend funds for reasonable program
purposes, including personnel, travel, supplies, and services, such as
contractual.
Awardees may not generally use HHS/CDC/ATSDR funding for
the purchase of furniture or equipment. Any such proposed spending must
be identified in the budget.
The direct and primary recipient in a cooperative
agreement program must perform a substantial role in carrying out
project objectives and not merely serve as a conduit for an award to
another party or provider who is ineligible.
Reimbursement of pre-award costs is not allowed.
Funding restrictions, which must be taken into account
while writing your budget are as follows: cooperative agreement funds
for this project cannot be used for construction, renovation, the lease
of passenger vehicles, the development of major software application,
or supplanting current applicant expenditures.
Review and Selection Process
A technical review will be conducted by the CDC Program Office. The
technical review will cover technical and cost matters. The initial
application received objective review to ensure recipient complies with
all the activities required. Recipient was selected thru a competitive
process during the initial FOA award.
Central Contractor Registration and Universal Identifier Requirements
All applicant organizations must obtain a DUN and Bradstreet (D&B)
Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number as the Universal
Identifier when

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applying for Federal grants or cooperative agreements. The DUNS number
is a nine-digit number assigned by Dun and Bradstreet Information
Services. An Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) should be
consulted to determine the appropriate number. If the organization does
not have a DUNS number, an AOR should complete the US D&B D-U-N-S
Number Request Form or contact Dun and Bradstreet by telephone directly
at 1-866-705-5711 (toll-free) to obtain one. A DUNS number will be
provided immediately by telephone at no charge. Note this is an
organizational number. Individual Program Directors/Principal
Investigators do not need to register for a DUNS number.
Additionally, all applicant organizations must register in the
Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and maintain the registration with
current information at all times during which it has an application
under consideration for funding by CDC and, if an award is made, until
a final financial report is submitted or the final payment is received,
whichever is later. CCR is the primary registrant database for the
Federal government and is the repository into which an entity must
provide information required for the conduct of business as a
recipient. Additional information about registration procedures may be
found at the CCR internet site at www.ccr.gov.
If an award is granted, the grantee organization must notify
potential sub-recipients that no organization may receive a sub award
under the grant unless the organization has provided its DUNS number to
the grantee organization.

Dated: May 18, 2017.
Terrance Perry,
Director, Office of Grants Services, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-11941 Filed 6-8-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P

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