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and it is appropriate to define two
geographic markets within the state.
USF and FSA compete closely to
serve local broadline customers in
Eastern Idaho, Western North Dakota,
Eastern North Dakota, and the Seattle
Area. The transaction would eliminate a
key broadline distributor in each of
these markets, limiting customers’
ability to switch between distributors
and leverage them in order to obtain
more competitive pricing and better
service. The few remaining competitors
in the relevant markets would be
insufficient to alleviate competitive
concerns. As a result, the Proposed
Acquisition will likely lead to higher
prices and diminished service for local
broadline customers in the four local
markets.
The effects of the Proposed
Acquisition must also be evaluated in
the national market. Through its
membership in a consortium of regional
distributors, DMA, FSA competes with
USF for the provision of broadline
distribution services to multi-regional
and national accounts. If DMA were to
lose all of FSA’s distribution centers
from its network, it would be rendered
a significantly less attractive competitor
than it is today to many multi-regional
and national customers. As a result, the
Proposed Acquisition will likely result
in higher prices and reduced quality
and service to national customers.
New entry or expansion is unlikely to
deter or counteract the anticompetitive
effects of the acquisition in the Eastern
Idaho, Western North Dakota, Eastern
North Dakota, Seattle Area, and national
markets. The broadline foodservice
distribution industry is capital and labor
intensive, rendering entry challenging
and time consuming, with significant
operational and financial risks.
Prospective entrants or expanders face
three main obstacles: (1) Developing the
requisite sales forces and customer base;
(2) establishing a properly outfitted
distribution center, truck fleet, and
driver base for operations and delivery;
and (3) building the volume of
perishable and non-perishable SKUs
necessary to serve broadline customers.
To overcome these hurdles, a new
entrant or an adjacent company trying to
expand must commit a tremendous
amount of capital and time to develop
relationships with potential customers,
build or expand an existing facility, and
assemble the equipment required for
distribution in that area. Thus, due to
the considerable time and investment
required to build a functional broadline
distribution operation in a new market,
entry and expansion are unlikely to be
timely, or sufficient to deter or
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counteract the Proposed Acquisition’s
anticompetitive effects.
IV. The Proposed Consent Agreement
The proposed Consent Order
remedies the likely anticompetitive
effects in each of the relevant markets
by requiring divestitures to Shamrock,
Cash-Wa, and Harbor within 30 days of
the Proposed Acquisition’s closing.
Until the completion of each divestiture,
the Respondents are required to abide
by the Order to Maintain Assets, which
requires them to maintain the viability,
marketability, and competitiveness of
the divestiture assets until the
divestitures are completed. The
proposed Consent Order appoints a
Monitor to ensure the Respondents’
compliance with the Order to Maintain
Assets, Consent Order, and Divestiture
Agreements in anticipation of and
following the divestiture.
Additionally, the proposed Consent
Order requires the Respondents to
provide transitional services to the
approved acquirer for at least 24 months
after the divestiture, as needed, to assist
the acquirer with the transfer and
operation of the divested assets. Finally,
the proposed Consent Order contains
standard terms regarding the acquirer’s
access to employees, protection of
Material Confidential Information, and
compliance reporting requirements,
among other things.
A. Eastern Idaho
The proposed Consent Order
remedies the likely anticompetitive
effects in Eastern Idaho by requiring the
divestiture of FSA’s distribution center
in Boise to Shamrock. The divestiture
assets and rights include the
distribution center and selected
broadline distribution assets, including
employees and tangible assets necessary
to operate the business.
B. Western and Eastern North Dakota
The proposed Consent Order
remedies the likely anticompetitive
effects in both Western and Eastern
North Dakota by requiring the
divestiture of FSA’s distribution center
in Fargo to Cash-Wa. The divestiture
assets and rights include the
distribution center and selected
broadline distribution assets, including
employees and tangible assets necessary
to operate the business.
C. The Seattle Area
The proposed Consent Order
remedies the likely anticompetitive
effects in the Seattle Area by requiring
the divestiture of FSA’s distribution
center in Kent to Harbor. The divestiture
assets and rights include the
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distribution center and selected
broadline distribution assets, including
employees and tangible assets necessary
to operate the local broadline
distribution business. Although the
proposed Consent Order only requires
USF to divest one of FSA’s two Seattlearea broadline distribution centers, this
remedy will prevent any increase in
market concentration levels and
preserve the status quo in the Seattle
Area broadline distribution market
because three major broadline
distributors will remain.
D. National
The proposed Consent Order
remedies the likely anticompetitive
effects in the national market by
replacing the loss of FSA from DMA’s
network with divestiture of the Kent,
Boise, and Fargo distribution centers to
three purchasers that are existing
members of the DMA consortium. The
divestiture assets and rights that
Shamrock, Cash-Wa, and Harbor will
acquire will enable each buyer to
operate the local broadline distribution
businesses in their respective local
markets, but also to provide effective
coverage to the DMA network in these
regions so that DMA can continue to be
an attractive option to, and effective
competitor for, multi-regional and
national customers.
The proposed Decision and Order will
have a term of ten (10) years.
The sole purpose of this analysis is to
facilitate public comment on the
proposed Consent Agreement. This
analysis does not constitute an official
interpretation of the proposed Consent
Agreement or modify its terms in any
way.
By direction of the Commission.
April J. Tabor,
Acting Secretary.
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Announcement of Requirements and
Registration for The REACH Lark
Galloway-Gilliam Nomination for
Advancing Health Equity (REACH Lark
Award)
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
Award Approving Official: Robert R.
Redfield, M.D., Director, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and
AGENCY:
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Administrator, Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry.
ACTION: Notice.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) located
within the Department of Health and
Human Services (HHS) announces the
launch of the REACH Lark GallowayGilliam Nomination for Advancing
Health Equity Award (REACH Lark
Award). Racial and ethnic disparities in
health remain pervasive across the
United States. Over the last 20 years, the
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to
Community Health (REACH) program
has demonstrated success in addressing
these disparities and promoting health
equity by engaging with diverse
communities and implementing
culturally tailored interventions. For
more information about the REACH
Program, visit https://www.cdc.gov/
nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/
reach/index.htm.
This award honors extraordinary
individuals, organizations, or
community coalitions associated with
the REACH program that have made
significant advances in the science and/
or practice of improving health equity,
and the elimination of health disparities
at the national, state, or local levels. The
intent of the challenge is to recognize
efforts made by individuals or teams
that meaningfully engage communities
to remove barriers to health by
addressing factors such as race,
ethnicity, education, income, location,
and other social determinants of health.
To support the science and practice of
improving health equity, this challenge
can help further the goals of the REACH
program by documenting and further
disseminating the innovative or unique
interventions that led to reduced health
disparities achieved by those applying
for this award.
DATES: The Challenge will accept
nominations from December 1, 2019
through January 28, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Delia Sikes, Division of Nutrition,
Physical Activity, and Obesity, National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 4770
Buford Hwy. NE, Mailstop S107–5,
Atlanta, GA 30341, Telephone: 770–
488–5035, Email: dnpaopolicy@cdc.gov;
subject line of email: REACH Lark
Award.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Subject of Challenge Competition
The challenge is authorized by Public
Law 111–358, the America Creating
Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote
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Excellence in Technology, Education
and Science Reauthorization Act of
2010 (COMPETES Act).
Applicants will be asked to describe
how they assisted with and/or
successfully implemented culturally
tailored interventions that ultimately
led to reduced health disparities in
chronic conditions including
hypertension, heart disease, Type 2
diabetes, or obesity and associated risk
behaviors of physical inactivity, poor
nutrition, or smoking. This challenge
will highlight how diverse communities
were engaged to address health
disparities and achieve one of the
following listed below:
(1) Address preventable risk behaviors
(tobacco use, poor nutrition and
physical inactivity); or
(2) Link community and clinical
efforts to increase access to healthcare
and preventive care programs at the
community level; or
(3) Support implementation,
evaluation and dissemination of
practice- and evidence-based strategies
related to tobacco, nutrition, physical
activity, or community-clinical linkages.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in the
Competition
To be eligible to be recognized for this
award under this challenge, an
individual or team—
(1) Shall have completed the
application for the competition under
the rules promulgated by HHS/CDC;
(2) Shall have complied with all the
requirements under this section and
satisfy one of the following
requirements:
a. Be a currently- or previouslyfunded CDC REACH recipient that has
not previously received the REACH Lark
Award in any year; or
b. Be a technical assistance provider
to former or current REACH recipients
(Current and past REACH recipients can
be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/
nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/
reach/index.htm); or
c. Be a partner organization, part of a
partner network, or coalition members
that collaborated with current or
previously funded REACH recipients;
(3) Shall be a U.S. citizen or legal
resident thirteen years of age or older.
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. The
United States means a State, the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, and any other territory or
possession of the United States; and
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(4) Shall 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) Shall not be an employee of or
contractor at/within CDC;
(7) Federal grantees may not use
Federal funds to develop COMPETES
Act challenge applications for this
challenge.
(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.
(9) An individual or team shall not be
deemed ineligible because the
individual or team 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.
(10) Each individual or team who
applies is referred to as the ‘‘Applicant’’
and by participating in this challenge,
represents, warrants, and agrees that the
entry contains accurate information.
(11) Must agree to be recognized and
agree to participate in an interview to
develop a success story that describes
the intervention(s) that promoted health
equity. Applicants may be recognized
on the Division of Nutrition, Physical
Activity, and Obesity, CDC website and/
or the CDC website generally. For
instance, interventions used by certain
applicants that promote health equity
may be written into a success story,
placed on the Division of Nutrition,
Physical Activity, and Obesity website,
and/or CDC website, and attributed to
the applicants.
(12) By participating in this challenge,
individuals and organizations agree to
assume any and all risks related to
participating in the challenge.
Individuals or organizations also agree
to waive claims against the Federal
Government and its related entities,
except in the case of willful misconduct,
when participating in the challenge,
including claims for injury; death;
damage; or loss of property, money, or
profits, and including those risks caused
by negligence or other causes.
(13) No cash prize will be awarded.
The selected nomination will receive a
plaque and recognition.
Registration Process for Participants
To compete for this award,
individuals and entities may submit an
application. Interested parties should go
to https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/
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dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/
index.htm or https://
www.challenge.gov. On these sites,
applicants will find the guidelines for
participating. Applying will require
applicants to provide a free-text written
statement of 500 words or less that
describes the unique and innovative
approach that led to reduced health
disparities in chronic disease.
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Amount of the Prize
A maximum of one (1) Applicant
(individual or team) will receive a
plaque (‘‘Winner’’). While the winner
may be invited to meetings by CDC or
non-federal individuals/organizations
from outside the agency, attendance at
such events is not required as a
condition of accepting the Prize. No
cash prize will be awarded. The selected
applicant will receive a plaque and
recognition.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be
Selected
CDC- or non-federal individuals from
outside the agency will facilitate a panel
of three to five experts consisting of
CDC staff and other national experts to
review the applications and select a
winning entry from all eligible entries
based on the following judging criteria:
• The extent to which the applicant’s
work shows alignment with CDC Office
of Minority Health and Health Equity
(OMHHE) health equity goals to
decrease health disparities, address
social determinants of health, and
promote access to high quality
preventive healthcare. (20 points)
• The extent to which the applicant’s
work addressed health issues, including
hypertension, heart disease, Type 2
diabetes, and/or obesity, and/or
addressed the following preventable risk
behaviors: Tobacco use, poor nutrition,
or physical inactivity. (20 points)
• The extent to which the applicant’s
work demonstrated success in systems
improvement that impacted health
outcomes in one or more of the
following areas: Access to quality care,
education, employment, income,
community environment, housing, and
public safety. (20 points)
• The extent to which the applicant’s
work provided a unique or innovative
solution to improving outcomes for
groups most affected by health
disparities, specifically, African
Americans/Blacks, American Indians/
Alaska Natives, Asian Americans,
Hispanic Americans, and Native
Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders. (20 points)
• The extent to which the applicant
engaged members of the community
across different sectors and successfully
demonstrated the development and/or
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implementation and/or evaluation of the
work within the community related to
groups most affected by health
disparities. (20 points)
Judges will use a point system out of
100 to select the winner putting equal
emphasis on the bases discussed above.
In addition to the 500 word or less freetext written statement, applicants can
also submit evidence that demonstrates
that the criteria were met through
publications, links to online content,
and other forms of written material.
After the selection process has been
completed, up to 9 applicants (inclusive
of the winner) may be asked to
participate in a post-challenge
telephone discussion about the
interventions used by the individual or
team to successfully promote health
equity and reduce health disparities.
Themes from these discussions may be
shared publicly to provide additional
information to promote innovative and
unique interventions that led to reduced
health disparities.
Additional Information
The challenge website may post the
number of applications received but
will not include confidential or
proprietary information about
individual applicants. The information
submitted by applicants will not be
posted on the website. Information
collected from applicants will include
general details, such as the business
name, address, and contact information
of the nominee. This type of information
is generally publicly available.
Information for the Winner, such as
the name of the individual or team,
location, priority population, and health
outcomes will be shared through press
releases, the challenge website, and
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity,
and Obesity and CDC Resources. Details
regarding the Winner and its application
may be shared with the public as part
of a success story.
The award is named in honor of Lark
Galloway-Gilliam, the founding
Executive Director of Community
Health Councils, Inc. (CHC). CHC began
in 1992 to support planning, resource
development, and policy education in
response to the growing health crisis in
the South Los Angeles area and other
under-resourced and marginalized
communities throughout LA County.
Lark led the CHC team to engage
communities and strengthen the
connections among organizations in
order to improve health, eliminate
disparities, and achieve health equity.
Under Lark’s leadership, CHC became
an expert in health equity in Los
Angeles, across California, and the
country. Lark also served in several
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leadership roles, including the first
president of the National REACH
Coalition, the MLK Medical center
Advisory Board, and the IP3 Board of
Directors for Community Commons.
Compliance With Rules and Contacting
Challenge Winners
Applicants and the Challenge Winner
(and all members of the team, if a team
is selected as the Winner) must comply
with all terms and conditions of these
Official Rules, and winning is
contingent upon fulfilling all
requirements herein. The Winner will
be notified by email, telephone, or mail
after the date of the judging.
Privacy
If applicants choose to provide HHS/
CDC with personal information by
registering or filling out the submission
form through the Challenge.gov website,
that information is 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.
General Conditions
HHS/CDC reserves the right to cancel,
suspend, and/or modify the Challenge,
or any part of it, for any reason, at HHS/
CDC’s sole discretion.
Participation in this Challenge
constitutes an applicants’ full and
unconditional agreement to abide by the
Challenge’s Official Rules found at
www.Challenge.gov.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: September 12, 2019.
Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Announcement of Requirements and Registration for The REACH Lark
Galloway-Gilliam Nomination for Advancing Health Equity (REACH Lark
Award)
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
Award Approving Official: Robert R. Redfield, M.D., Director,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
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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) announces the
launch of the REACH Lark Galloway-Gilliam Nomination for Advancing
Health Equity Award (REACH Lark Award). Racial and ethnic disparities
in health remain pervasive across the United States. Over the last 20
years, the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)
program has demonstrated success in addressing these disparities and
promoting health equity by engaging with diverse communities and
implementing culturally tailored interventions. For more information
about the REACH Program, visit https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/index.htm.
This award honors extraordinary individuals, organizations, or
community coalitions associated with the REACH program that have made
significant advances in the science and/or practice of improving health
equity, and the elimination of health disparities at the national,
state, or local levels. The intent of the challenge is to recognize
efforts made by individuals or teams that meaningfully engage
communities to remove barriers to health by addressing factors such as
race, ethnicity, education, income, location, and other social
determinants of health. To support the science and practice of
improving health equity, this challenge can help further the goals of
the REACH program by documenting and further disseminating the
innovative or unique interventions that led to reduced health
disparities achieved by those applying for this award.
DATES: The Challenge will accept nominations from December 1, 2019
through January 28, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delia Sikes, Division of Nutrition,
Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy. NE, Mailstop S107-5, Atlanta, GA 30341,
Telephone: 770-488-5035, Email: [email protected]; subject line of
email: REACH Lark Award.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Subject of Challenge Competition
The challenge is authorized by Public Law 111-358, the America
Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in
Technology, Education and Science Reauthorization Act of 2010 (COMPETES
Act).
Applicants will be asked to describe how they assisted with and/or
successfully implemented culturally tailored interventions that
ultimately led to reduced health disparities in chronic conditions
including hypertension, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, or obesity and
associated risk behaviors of physical inactivity, poor nutrition, or
smoking. This challenge will highlight how diverse communities were
engaged to address health disparities and achieve one of the following
listed below:
(1) Address preventable risk behaviors (tobacco use, poor nutrition
and physical inactivity); or
(2) Link community and clinical efforts to increase access to
healthcare and preventive care programs at the community level; or
(3) Support implementation, evaluation and dissemination of
practice- and evidence-based strategies related to tobacco, nutrition,
physical activity, or community-clinical linkages.
Eligibility Rules for Participating in the Competition
To be eligible to be recognized for this award under this
challenge, an individual or team--
(1) Shall have completed the application for the competition under
the rules promulgated by HHS/CDC;
(2) Shall have complied with all the requirements under this
section and satisfy one of the following requirements:
a. Be a currently- or previously-funded CDC REACH recipient that
has not previously received the REACH Lark Award in any year; or
b. Be a technical assistance provider to former or current REACH
recipients (Current and past REACH recipients can be found at: https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/index.htm); or
c. Be a partner organization, part of a partner network, or
coalition members that collaborated with current or previously funded
REACH recipients;
(3) Shall be a U.S. citizen or legal resident thirteen years of age
or older. 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. The
United States means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United
States; and
(4) Shall 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) Shall not be an employee of or contractor at/within CDC;
(7) Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop COMPETES
Act challenge applications for this challenge.
(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.
(9) An individual or team shall not be deemed ineligible because
the individual or team 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.
(10) Each individual or team who applies is referred to as the
``Applicant'' and by participating in this challenge, represents,
warrants, and agrees that the entry contains accurate information.
(11) Must agree to be recognized and agree to participate in an
interview to develop a success story that describes the intervention(s)
that promoted health equity. Applicants may be recognized on the
Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, CDC website and/
or the CDC website generally. For instance, interventions used by
certain applicants that promote health equity may be written into a
success story, placed on the Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity,
and Obesity website, and/or CDC website, and attributed to the
applicants.
(12) By participating in this challenge, individuals and
organizations agree to assume any and all risks related to
participating in the challenge. Individuals or organizations also agree
to waive claims against the Federal Government and its related
entities, except in the case of willful misconduct, when participating
in the challenge, including claims for injury; death; damage; or loss
of property, money, or profits, and including those risks caused by
negligence or other causes.
(13) No cash prize will be awarded. The selected nomination will
receive a plaque and recognition.
Registration Process for Participants
To compete for this award, individuals and entities may submit an
application. Interested parties should go to https://www.cdc.gov/
nccdphp/
[[Page 49110]]
dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/index.htm or https://www.challenge.gov. On these sites, applicants will find the guidelines
for participating. Applying will require applicants to provide a free-
text written statement of 500 words or less that describes the unique
and innovative approach that led to reduced health disparities in
chronic disease.
Amount of the Prize
A maximum of one (1) Applicant (individual or team) will receive a
plaque (``Winner''). While the winner may be invited to meetings by CDC
or non-federal individuals/organizations from outside the agency,
attendance at such events is not required as a condition of accepting
the Prize. No cash prize will be awarded. The selected applicant will
receive a plaque and recognition.
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected
CDC- or non-federal individuals from outside the agency will
facilitate a panel of three to five experts consisting of CDC staff and
other national experts to review the applications and select a winning
entry from all eligible entries based on the following judging
criteria:
The extent to which the applicant's work shows alignment
with CDC Office of Minority Health and Health Equity (OMHHE) health
equity goals to decrease health disparities, address social
determinants of health, and promote access to high quality preventive
healthcare. (20 points)
The extent to which the applicant's work addressed health
issues, including hypertension, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and/or
obesity, and/or addressed the following preventable risk behaviors:
Tobacco use, poor nutrition, or physical inactivity. (20 points)
The extent to which the applicant's work demonstrated
success in systems improvement that impacted health outcomes in one or
more of the following areas: Access to quality care, education,
employment, income, community environment, housing, and public safety.
(20 points)
The extent to which the applicant's work provided a unique
or innovative solution to improving outcomes for groups most affected
by health disparities, specifically, African Americans/Blacks, American
Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native
Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders. (20 points)
The extent to which the applicant engaged members of the
community across different sectors and successfully demonstrated the
development and/or implementation and/or evaluation of the work within
the community related to groups most affected by health disparities.
(20 points)
Judges will use a point system out of 100 to select the winner
putting equal emphasis on the bases discussed above. In addition to the
500 word or less free-text written statement, applicants can also
submit evidence that demonstrates that the criteria were met through
publications, links to online content, and other forms of written
material.
After the selection process has been completed, up to 9 applicants
(inclusive of the winner) may be asked to participate in a post-
challenge telephone discussion about the interventions used by the
individual or team to successfully promote health equity and reduce
health disparities. Themes from these discussions may be shared
publicly to provide additional information to promote innovative and
unique interventions that led to reduced health disparities.
Additional Information
The challenge website may post the number of applications received
but will not include confidential or proprietary information about
individual applicants. The information submitted by applicants will not
be posted on the website. Information collected from applicants will
include general details, such as the business name, address, and
contact information of the nominee. This type of information is
generally publicly available.
Information for the Winner, such as the name of the individual or
team, location, priority population, and health outcomes will be shared
through press releases, the challenge website, and Division of
Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity and CDC Resources. Details
regarding the Winner and its application may be shared with the public
as part of a success story.
The award is named in honor of Lark Galloway-Gilliam, the founding
Executive Director of Community Health Councils, Inc. (CHC). CHC began
in 1992 to support planning, resource development, and policy education
in response to the growing health crisis in the South Los Angeles area
and other under-resourced and marginalized communities throughout LA
County. Lark led the CHC team to engage communities and strengthen the
connections among organizations in order to improve health, eliminate
disparities, and achieve health equity. Under Lark's leadership, CHC
became an expert in health equity in Los Angeles, across California,
and the country. Lark also served in several leadership roles,
including the first president of the National REACH Coalition, the MLK
Medical center Advisory Board, and the IP3 Board of Directors for
Community Commons.
Compliance With Rules and Contacting Challenge Winners
Applicants and the Challenge Winner (and all members of the team,
if a team is selected as the Winner) must comply with all terms and
conditions of these Official Rules, and winning is contingent upon
fulfilling all requirements herein. The Winner will be notified by
email, telephone, or mail after the date of the judging.
Privacy
If applicants choose to provide HHS/CDC with personal information
by registering or filling out the submission form through the
Challenge.gov website, that information is 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.
General Conditions
HHS/CDC reserves the right to cancel, suspend, and/or modify the
Challenge, or any part of it, for any reason, at HHS/CDC's sole
discretion.
Participation in this Challenge constitutes an applicants' full and
unconditional agreement to abide by the Challenge's Official Rules
found at www.Challenge.gov.
Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719.
Dated: September 12, 2019.
Sandra Cashman,
Executive Secretary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2019-20162 Filed 9-17-19; 8:45 am]
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