[Federal Register: July 8, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 130)]
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Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Discretionary Cooperative Agreement To Support Metropolitan/Urban
Projects To Increase African American Safety Belt Use
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Announcement of a Discretionary Cooperative Agreement to
Support Metropolitan/Urban Demonstration Projects to Increase African
American Safety Belt Use.
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SUMMARY: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
announces a Discretionary Cooperative Agreement to provide funding to a
national organization servicing the African American community to
support demonstration projects in key metropolitan/urban cities
designed to increase African American safety belt use. NHTSA
anticipates funding one national organization for a period of three
years that, if necessary, may sub-contract with local or community-
based service providers to administer demonstration projects in
approximately 3 to 4 sites, to be determined jointly by NHTSA and the
successful applicant. This Notice solicits applications from national
non-profit, not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Interested
applicants must submit an application packet meeting the requirements
set forth in the application section of this Notice. NHTSA will
evaluate the applications to determine which proposal will receive
funding under this announcement.
DATES: Applications must be received no later than August 5, 2003, at 1
p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts and Procurements
(NPO-220), ATTN: April Jennings, 400 7th Street SW., Room 5301,
Washington, DC 20590. All applicants must include reference to NHTSA
Cooperative Agreement Program No. DTNH22-03-H-05155
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General administrative questions may
be directed to April Jennings, Office of Contracts and Procurement at
(202) 366-9571 or by e-mail: ajennings@nhtsa.dot.gov. Programmatic
questions should be directed to Shirley Peterson Barton, Occupant
Protection Division, NHTSA, NTI-112, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC
20590, fax (202) 366-7721 or by e-mail: sbarton@nhtsa.dot.gov.
Interested applicants are advised that no separate application packages
exist beyond the contents of this announcement.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Safety Belt Use Among African Americans Reaches an Unprecedented Level
After decades of being below the national average for safety belt
use and suffering a higher incidence of deaths and injuries from motor
vehicle crashes, African Americans have begun using safety belts at an
increased rate. In 1996, only 51 percent of African Americans used
safety belts. The latest National Occupant Protection Use Survey
(NOPUS) indicates that safety belt use among African Americans reached
an unprecedented level of 77 percent in 2002. This increase of 8
percentage points over the rate recorded in 2000 places African
Americans slightly ahead of the overall population in safety belt use
(currently observed at 75 percent).
Keys to Success
This dramatic increase appears to be the result of a combination of
factors. Prior to the 2002 NOPUS, minorities were overrepresented in
motor vehicle crashes. In response, NHTSA initiated a comprehensive
outreach project to
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educate and enlist national African American organizations to focus on
the motor vehicle problem. NHTSA also contracted with the Cambridge
Institute for Applied Research to assess how best to reach the African
American community. The Institute concluded that focusing on key
metropolitan/urban areas with large African American populations would
yield considerable results in increasing safety belt use and thereby
reduce injuries and fatalities among this group.
Also leading the way in research relating to this issue was Meharry
Medical College, a predominately African American Medical College,
which released a report funded by General Motors Corporation entitled,
Achieving A Credible Health and Safety Approach to Increasing Seat Belt
Use Among African Americans. Meharry reported that by increasing safety
belt use by African Americans to 100 percent, 1,300 lives could be
saved, 26,000 injuries prevented and $2.5 billion saved every year.
This report helped galvanize the commitment of the African American
community and Black legislators to address traffic safety issues,
particularly safety belt and child safety seat use. One of the
recommendations from the Meharry Report suggested that a panel of
African American leaders periodically convene to identify additional
strategies to increase safety belt use in their community.
In October 1999, NHTSA collaborated with Meharry Medical College on
a second report entitled, The Role of African-American National
Organizations in Increasing Seat Belt Use Among African-Americans: A
Health and Safety Forum & Student Practicum. One of the Forum's
principal recommendations was to convene a national body, under the
auspices of the U.S. Department of Transportation, whose purpose would
be, ``* * * to inspire and excite all sectors of the American public to
take action and address the public health crisis (by providing)
strategies that could be implemented by all Americans to close the gap
in safety belt use.''
This led to significant efforts by several national African
American leadership organizations, members of the Congressional Black
Caucus, National Black Caucus of State Legislators, and most notably to
the Blue Ribbon Panel to Increase Seat Belt Use Among African
Americans. This Panel, which convened in June 2000 and consisted of
African American leaders from civic, health and medicine, faith-based,
academia, and law enforcement backgrounds, was charged with developing
recommendations and strategies for increasing safety belt use among
African Americans. The Panel documented its findings in a December 2000
report entitled, Blue Ribbon Panel To Increase Safety Belt Use Among
African Americans: A Report to the Nation. The report, which stressed
the need to increase safety belt use among this population and
recommended a number of specific strategies, was well received by the
African American community and government officials. It can be viewed
at [http://www.bchle.org]
Concurrent with these research activities, NHTSA began working with
States to implement the successful Click It or Ticket/Operation ABC
Mobilizations. The Click It or Ticket model consists of intensive,
widespread enforcement of a State's safety belt law coupled with earned
and paid media that publicizes enforcement efforts. Specifically, media
activities inform the motoring public directly about the enforcement
campaign and paid media employs the ``Click It or Ticket'' slogan.
Click It or Ticket, which began in North Carolina in 1993, has a strong
track record of increasing safety belt use. Focus group testing
demonstrates that Click It or Ticket's message resonates well with the
hard-core non-user of safety belts.
NHTSA's May 2002 Click It or Ticket Mobilization, involving ten
``full implementation States,'' showed the effectiveness of the
campaign's approach in raising safety belt use. Full participation
involved a statewide coverage program employing the Click It or Ticket
model of defined periods of earned media (5 weeks), paid media (2
weeks) and intensive enforcement (2 weeks). Paid media used ``Click It
or Ticket'' or similar direct enforcement messages. During this
mobilization, belt use increased 8.6 percentage points (on average)
among the full implementation States, versus a 2.7 percentage point
increase (on average) among partial implementation States. Partial
implementation States had some variation of the full implementation,
but not all of the elements, such as following the model's timeline but
only conducted conducting modest paid media or covering only a portion
of the State. There was a 0.5 percentage point increase (on average) in
comparison States, which did not use direct paid advertisements.
Looking to the Future
Although the latest observational surveys of safety belt use for
African Americans are positive, approximately one-quarter of this
population still is not buckling up. The non-user segment of this
population remains the most difficult group to reach and warrants
enhanced efforts.
NHTSA's mission is to ensure that everyone is buckled up, and to
develop and implement national activities that will generate further
positive change in safety belt and child safety seat use. NHTSA's
programs are tailored to meet the unique needs of communities, use
evidence-based and proven strategies, and rely on close collaborations
and partnerships with community-based service providers.
As part of this on-going effort to define strategies that work best
to increase safety belt use in African American communities, NHTSA
announces this demonstration program to examine the premise, presented
by the Cambridge Institute for Applied Research, that focusing on key
metropolitan/urban areas with large African American populations will
reduce injuries and fatalities among this group. Through the award of a
Cooperative Agreement to a national organization that serves the
African American community, NHTSA hopes to increase safety belt use in
metropolitan/urban communities with large African American populations
and to identify effective strategies that can be replicated in other
African American communities across the Nation.
In June 2003, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Administrator
of NHTSA, and the National Council of Negro Women, convened a
Leadership Forum on Increasing Safety Belt Use in the African American
Community. The Forum served to acknowledge the recent increases in
African American safety belt use and to reaffirm the recommendations of
the Blue Ribbon Panel to Increase Seat Belt Use in the African American
Community. In addition to acknowledging the success of the Blue Ribbon
Panel, the Leadership Forum discussed next steps to further increase
safety belt use among urban-based African American populations. The
strategies identified by the Blue Ribbon Panel will be utilized in the
demonstration program.
Objective
The objective of the demonstration program is to examine the impact
of various strategies to increase safety belt use in key metropolitan/
urban areas with large African American populations. NHTSA and the
successful applicant will select sites in metropolitan/urban areas with
diverse geographical distribution and with safety belt usage rates
lower than the national average. By implementing different strategies
in different selected
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sites, NHTSA and the successful applicant will have the capacity to
evaluate the strategies' impact on safety belt use and, ultimately,
their ability to reduce injuries and fatalities among this group.
Effective Strategies
Research has shown that combinations of strategies have been
effective in increasing safety belt use. The greatest increases in
safety belt use have come from highly visible enforcement programs,
supplemented with paid advertising with a strong enforcement message.
The Click It or Ticket message is simple and straightforward; ``Wear
your safety belt or you will get a ticket.'' (The evaluation report is
available at www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury rsearch/index.html).
Messages that are purely educational or safety oriented have not been
shown to have as great of an effect (e.g., ``What's Holding You
Back''). There is some evidence that the people who can be educated to
wear their safety belts already are wearing them, so education alone
does not seem to increase safety belt use beyond a minimal level.
To assist the highway safety community in determining the most
appropriate and effective strategies to increase safety belt use in
African American populations, under this Cooperative Agreement, the
successful applicant will assess variations of enforcement and
education models. One of these approaches must be the Click It or
Ticket model of high visibility law enforcement coupled with a strong
enforcement media message. Other approaches might include education,
health awareness programs, faith-based programs, or other programs
proposed by the successful applicant.
Since we know that highly visible enforcement of a State's safety
belt law, supplemented by paid media, is an effective tool for
increasing safety belt use, the high visibility enforcement/media model
must constitute at least part of the successful applicant and sub-
grantee planned activities at most sites funded under this Cooperative
Agreement.
Program Oversight
Under the Cooperative Agreement, the successful applicant will be
responsible for managing the demonstration projects in key
metropolitan/urban areas. NHTSA will work closely with the successful
applicant to provide necessary technical assistance to any sub-grantee.
Evaluation of Programs
The successful applicant will be responsible for collecting
information about program activities, resources, and outcomes. At a
minimum, the successful applicant will conduct a process evaluation to
document activities, materials, education activity, enforcement
activity, and media activities expended on the program. The ultimate
goal is to increase safety belt use among the African American
population. To assess achievement of that goal, outcome measures must
include pre- and post safety belt observation surveys to measure
changes in safety belt usage rates as a result of the program. NHTSA
also will require public perception surveys. A data collection and
evaluation plan that describes the design for these observational
surveys, as well as the public perception surveys, must be approved by
NHTSA prior to conducting the surveys. Measuring public awareness will
track the extent to which the successful applicant used media and other
activities to make the African American public aware of the program.
NHTSA will work with the successful applicant to select an independent
evaluator to coordinate an outcome evaluation document changes in
safety belt use among African Americans resulting from program
activity. The successful applicant agrees to work with an independent
evaluator in collecting information to document the success of the
program.
NHTSA Involvement
NHTSA will provide:
1. Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR)
Provide a Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) to
participate in the planning and management of the Cooperative Agreement
and to coordinate activities between the successful applicant and
NHTSA;
2. Availability of Funds and Period of Performance
Provide a total of $2 million is currently available to support
demonstration efforts in key metropolitan/urban areas during the
performance of the Cooperative Agreement. The government anticipates
making an award to one national organization for a total performance
period of 3 years. This funding shall include all monies to support the
demonstration site, evaluation, administration and management, and all
other related expenses. The successful applicant will, with the
approval of NHTSA, sub-contract with an independent evaluator to
conduct a full evaluation of the project. NHTSA will require the
successful applicant to set aside $400,000 for these activities;
3. Support
Provide technical assistance in response to specific requests from
the successful applicant and/or sub-grantee and work collaboratively
with both through phone conference calls, web site communications or
meetings;
4. Briefing
Conduct a one-day initial briefing in Washington, DC for the
successful applicant to discuss and determine requirements for
completing tasks successfully and efficiently;
5. Data Related Research
Provide significant information and technical assistance from
government sources and available resources (as deemed appropriate by
the COTR), including safety belt use and African American population
data; and
6. Oversight
Stimulate the exchange of ideas and information among recipients of
related projects, including through periodic meetings and briefings.
Successful Applicant Responsibilities
First and foremost, NHTSA intends to replicate successful
strategies and activities conducted pursuant to this Cooperative
Agreement elsewhere throughout the Nation. Accordingly, this benchmark
demonstration project will be closely monitored and its results shared
with other programs and constituencies. NHTSA will work with the
successful applicant to assure that the necessary components of the
project are in place to fulfill this goal.
Successful applicant responsibilities include:
1. Briefing
Participate with key NHTSA resource staff in the initial briefing
meeting, which will take place after the Cooperative Agreement is
awarded. The purpose of the meeting will be to review the project's
objectives, planned course of action, successful applicant
responsibilities, milestones and deliverables, and to resolve any
differences between the Government's technical approach and the
successful applicant's approach. The successful applicant first shall
conduct a short briefing (20 to 30 minutes) describing the
organization's planned approach. The successful applicant shall provide
attendees with appropriate briefing
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materials. After the prepared briefing, the successful applicant and
NHTSA personnel will discuss specific details of the project.
2. Personnel and Equipment
Provide necessary skilled personnel and equipment needed for
performing the work under this agreement. Assign a principal manager as
the point of contact for NHTSA's Contracting Officer's Technical
Representative (COTR) for the purpose of ongoing coordination and
review of work under this agreement.
3. Site Selection
Identify, jointly with NHTSA, the 3 to 4 communities/sites where
the successful applicant and/or sub-grantees will administer
demonstration projects. Based on NHTSA's preliminary identification of
locations with large proportionate African American populations and low
safety belt use rates, potential sites include, but are not limited to
the cities listed in Appendix A.
4. Strategy Identification
Identify the behavior change strategies, including high visibility
enforcement and media, to be implemented in the various sites as
approved by NHTSA.
5. Program Oversight
Provide ongoing program oversight at the selected sites including
oversight of any sub-grantee. Ideally, the successful applicant will
engage sub-grantees at selected sites that already have the
infrastructure and capacity to implement the demonstration project, as
required by NHTSA and the successful applicant. If no such entities
exist at some or all of the sites selected, the successful applicant
may use project resources, as approved by NHTSA, to develop
infrastructure necessary for the implementation of the demonstration
project at those sites(s). Through coordinated discussions, NHTSA and
the successful applicant together will determine whether the successful
applicant or one or more sub-grantees will implement demonstration
projects at the selected sites. In either case, the successful
applicant will provide ongoing and close oversight and coordination
over demonstration project personnel at the site(s) to ensure the
quality of the programs.
6. Foster Community Support
Build community support and buy-in for the program. Engage and
mobilize policy makers, law enforcement (e.g., chiefs of police),
mayors and other officials and community leaders at the selected sites.
The successful applicant must ensure that efforts are coordinated with
the Governor's Highway Safety Representative and the NHTSA Regional
office in the related site locations.
7. Team Approach
Establish and maintain a highly credible internal and external team
approach to prepare for and resolve any potential challenges presented
by this Demonstration Project.
8. Evaluation
Work closely with an independent evaluator selected jointly by
NHTSA and the successful applicant at the 3-4 selected sites to
coordinate the design and execution of an evaluation model applicable
to all demonstration projects conducted under this Cooperative
Agreement. The successful applicant will be responsible for collecting
information about program activities, resources, and outcomes, as well
as engaging and paying the fees of the selected independent evaluator
out of project funds. At a minimum, in partnership with NHTSA, the
successful applicant will carry out a data collection and evaluation
plan, and will conduct a process evaluation to document the activities,
materials, education activity, enforcement activity, and media
activities expended on the project.
9. Technical Assistance
Provide technical assistance to the personnel at the selected sites
and in selected communities through conferences, annual meetings,
journals, and established networks and affiliate organizations.
Encourage personnel at the selected sites to coordinate their efforts
under this Cooperative Agreement with existing highway safety programs,
and facilitate an open exchange of information with other key players.
Collaborate with other national organizations and local chapters of
such organizations.
10. Results and Strategy Assessment
Identify remaining challenges to increasing safety belt use in the
African American population. Identify what strategies can quickly be
replicated, both locally, and nationally.
11. Report and Written Deliverables
Create a credible and culturally infused report of facts, safety
education materials and examples of safety belt use. Distribute the
materials and information through collaborative partnerships with
community-based service and other organizations/groups including
churches, civil rights and volunteer organizations, schools, educators,
parents and students. Coordinate and compile ``best practices'' guide
for other metropolitan cities, especially targeted at community
leadership and lawmakers.
12. Record Keeping
Maintain accurate records of all internal executive and management
discussions on planning, performance and evaluation activities related
to this project. Accurate project records will greatly assist in the
replication of the successful approaches and processes identified as a
result of this Cooperative Agreement.
Eligibility Requirements
To be considered for the Metropolitan/Urban Demonstration Projects
to Increase African American Safety Belt Use, the applicant must be a
non-profit, not-for-profit or for profit national organization
dedicated to serving the needs and/or addressing issues specific to
African American communities.
The successful applicant must demonstrate that it has the
infrastructure and staff sufficient to carry out the development,
administration, coordination and implementation of activities required
by this Agreement.
Specifically, successful applicants must have:
1. Demonstrated expertise in the development and implementation of
traffic safety programs and have substantial knowledge of safety belt
issues specific to the African American community;
2. an organizational infrastructure with adequate staff time
necessary to handle the day-to-day logistical needs of the
Metropolitan/Urban Demonstration Project to Increase African American
Safety Belt Use;
3. a communications and office infrastructure sufficient to handle
phone calls, conference calls, computer conferencing, faxes, emails,
mailings, and other necessary group communications;
4. staff experienced in and/or with adequate writing skills to
prepare press releases, reports, articles and other methods of
promotion and communication;
5. demonstrated ability to work with the media (e.g., develop media
buy plans, place media buys, etc.) or coordinate this effort with an
appropriate firm, as well as with law enforcement to develop a high
visibility enforcement campaign in a selected site(s);
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6. demonstrated ability to implement the recommendations
promulgated by the Blue Ribbon Panel To Increase Safety Belt Use Among
African Americans within the selected sites;
7. capacity to identify effective strategies to increase safety
belt use among high-risk populations, particularly African American
youth ages 16-24;
8. demonstrated ability to network with local chapters of national
organizations and create a broader partnership to maximize the impact
and ensure sustainability of the projects;
9. demonstrated ability and/or willingness to attempt to secure in-
kind or other contributions for the purposes of enhancing the program
and building sustainability;
10. demonstrated capacity for program planning and analysis;
11. demonstrated adequate knowledge of injury prevention programs;
12. the ability to implement injury prevention programs at the
grassroots level, or work with local coalitions or organizations at the
grassroots levels to do so;
13. demonstrated experience and technical proficiency in program
design, data collection and evaluation; and
14. the capability to outline strategies, successes, and challenges
of programs, i.e., identifying new initiatives that can be developed to
achieve increased safety belt use in minority communities and serve as
a model nationwide.
Application Procedures
The successful applicant shall submit on or before August 5, 2003,
at 1 p.m. EDT, one original and two copies of the application package
to: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Contracts
and Procurements, NPO-220, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 5301,
Washington, DC 20590, Attention: (April Jennings).
An additional three copies will facilitate the review process, but
are not required. Applications must be typed on one side of the page
only. Only complete packages received on or before August 5, 2003 at 1
p.m. EDT will be considered.
Application Contents
A. The application package must be submitted with OMB Standard 424
(Rev 7-97), including SF 424A and 424B). The Application for Federal
Assistance, with the required information filled in and certified
assurances must be included. While the SF 424 addresses budget
information, and Section B identifies budget categories, the available
space does not permit a level of detail that is sufficient to provide
for a meaningful evaluation of the proposed costs. A Supplemental
Budget Sheet must be submitted to detail the breakdown of the proposed
costs (Direct Labor, including labor categories, level of effort, and
rate; Materials including itemized equipment; Travel and
Transportation, including projected trips and number of people
traveling; Subcontractor/Sub-grantee, with similar detail; and
Overhead) as well as any costs that the applicant proposes to
contribute or obtain from any other sources in support of this effort.
B. The certifications required by 49 CFR part 20.
C. The certifications required by CFR part 29.
D. A technical proposal not to exceed 20 pages describing:
1. The successful applicant's proposed plan of action/approach for
designing and implementing the Demonstration Programs, including a
discussion of the applicant's infrastructure and/or proposed sub-
grantees at the sites proposed for demonstration projects;
2. A timeline/schedule of activities that demonstrates that the
successful applicant will comply with NHTSA requests and Cooperative
Agreement requirements in a timely manner;
3. A brief biography of each proposed staff person and sub-
contractor, if known, and their role on the Demonstration Projects and/
or projects at individual sites;
4. Letters of support and commitment to the Metropolitan/Urban
Demonstration Projects to Increase African American Safety Belt Use
(e.g., from members of the Blue Ribbon Panel to Increase Seat Belt Use
in the African American Community, mayors or other elected officials,
or local community-based service providers involved with issues
specific to the African American Community);
5. A letter of support from the State Governor's Highway Safety
Office in which the applicant resides; however, upon award, the
successful applicant must submit letters of support from the State
Governor's Highway Safety Offices in the States where the selected
demonstration sites are located. Contact information for Governor's
Highway Safety Offices can be found on the NHTSA Web site at: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whatis/regions/
6. Work samples that demonstrate the required knowledge and skills
necessary to implement this Demonstration Project; and
7. Documentation of the applicant's recordkeeping strategy,
specifically, how information from the organization and demonstration
sites will be organized, maintained and disseminated.
Review Procedures, Criteria and Evaluation Factors
Upon receipt of the application package, each package will
initially be reviewed to ensure eligibility and that the application
contains all of the items specified in the Application Contents Section
of this announcement. An Evaluation Committee using the criteria
outlined below will then review all complete applications.
The application package must concisely address the following
criteria:
1. Organizational Capabilities--The Applicant shall provide
evidence of the existence of a viable organizational entity with
sufficient demonstrated experience in performing the tasks required for
successful implementation of this Cooperative Agreement; a full and
complete description of existing capabilities, and established
credibility within the African American community through similar
initiatives; and, sufficient staff with demonstrated skill and relevant
experience to perform the tasks required to support the Metropolitan/
Urban Demonstrations. Applicants must have demonstrated research and
evaluation capacity or be affiliated with an academic institution or
other entity that possess these critical capabilities. (25 percent)
2. Project Approach/Plan--The Applicant shall provide a sound and
feasible plan for the development and implementation of program
activities. The approach shall demonstrate a clear and comprehensive
understanding of the African American community, knowledge of effective
strategies and interventions, and the potential to increase safety belt
use. (25 percent)
3. Partnerships/Collaboration--The Applicant shall demonstrate its
ability (through examples of current and prior activities) to form
effective partnerships with other organizations, coalitions and with
community leaders/officials, and to motivate and mobilize the community
and community leaders to take action in furtherance of positive change.
(25 percent)
4. Project Management--The soundness of the project management
structure, budget and the delineation of responsibility for different
parts of the project. NHTSA will assess the qualifications and
experience of project personnel. The applicant's staffing plan should
be adequate to manage and implement the project and identify estimated
costs and rationale for the proposed budget. (25 percent)
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Terms and Conditions of the Award
1. Prior to award, each grantee must comply with the certification
requirements set forth in 49 CFR part 20, DOT's New Restrictions on
Lobbying, and those set forth in 49 CFR part 29, DOT's Government-wide
Debarment and Suspension (Non-procurement) and Government-wide
Requirements for Drug Free Workplace Grants).
2. Progress Reports
The successful applicant will furnish two copies of a monthly
letter typed progress report to the COTR and one copy to the
Contracting Officer (CO), by the 10th of each month detailing:
a. Accomplishments made during that reporting period, and one copy
of any written or graphic product produced;
b. An analysis and interpretation of those accomplishments, and an
assessment of results achieved;
c. Funding expended during the reporting period and a total of
expenditures for the Cooperative Agreement;
d. What is planned during the next reporting period; and,
e. Specific actions that the successful applicant would like NHTSA
to undertake.
3. Annual Summary Report
At the completion of each year of the Cooperative Agreement, the
successful applicant will submit an annual summary report. These
reports shall document and review the accomplishments of the year. The
reports shall include a list and brief summary of materials developed,
dissemination of methods used, feedback from the field, a list of
partners secured, notable accomplishments, evaluation results and
recommendations for future year's efforts. The annual summary report
also shall include an executive summary, which may be reproduced for
widespread distribution and used as a ``best practices guide.''
4. Draft Final Report
The successful applicant shall prepare a Draft Final Report that
includes a description of the demonstration project detailing the major
activities, events, data collection, methodology, and best practices
guide that can be replicated for use in other communities. The
successful applicant shall submit the Draft Final Report to the COTR 90
days prior to the end of the performance period. The COTR will review
the draft report and provide comments to the successful applicant
within 30 days of receipt of the document.
5. Final Report
The revised Draft Final Report shall be delivered to the COTR one
(1) month before the end of the performance period and reflect the
COTR's comments. The comprehensive report should detail the major
activities, events, data collection, methodology, and best practices
guide that can be replicated in other communities. The successful
applicant shall supply the COTR with:
(a) one camera-ready version of the document, as printed and one
copy, on appropriate media disk in Microsoft Word Format or CD ROM of
the document in the original program format that was used for the
printing process. Some documents require several different original
program languages (e.g., PageMaker for general layout and design,
PowerPoint for charts, Project for project timeline management, and
another for photographs, etc.). Each of these component parts should be
available on disk, properly labeled with the program format and the
file names. For example, PowerPoint files should be clearly identified
by both a descriptive name and file name (e.g., 2001 Fatalities--chart
1.ppt).
(b) document must be completely assembled with all colors, charts,
sidebars, photographs, and graphics, if appropriate). This can be
delivered to NHTSA on a standard 1.44 floppy diskette (for small
documents) or on any appropriate archival media (for larger documents)
such as CD ROM. The successful applicant will provide to the COTR four
hard paper copies of the final document, as well as a disk containing
the redlined version of the Draft Final Report reflecting changes made
in response to the COTR's comments.
6. During the effective performance of Cooperative Agreement
awarded as a result of this announcement, the Agreement shall be
subject to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's General
Provisions for Assistance Agreements, dated July 1995.
Marilena Amoni,
Associate Administrator for Program Development and Delivery.
Appendix A--Cities With Highest African American Populations
1. Jacksonville, FL
2. Atlanta, GA
3. Chicago, IL
4. New Orleans, LA
5. Cleveland, OH
6. Columbus, OH
7. Philadelphia, PA
8. Birmingham, AL
9. Memphis, TN
10. St. Louis, MO
11. Indianapolis, IN
12. Boston, MA
13. Milwaukee, WI
[FR Doc. 03-17109 Filed 7-7-03; 8:45 am]
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