The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the nation’s principal agency whose mission is the protection, health and safety of all Americans. During FY 2007, CDC continued its commitment of supporting the mission of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans (EEHA) to strengthen the capacity of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) to provide excellence in education. In compliance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requirements, CDC is submitting the annual performance report for FY 2007 in support of this initiative. This report presents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry’s (CDC/ATSDR) FY 2007 Annual Performance Report for the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. The CDC FY 2007 Performance Report for the EEHA Initiative is guided in part by the five overarching goals identified by HHS. The HHS identified goals are: 

• Increase access to and the participation of minority-serving institutions of higher education and/or other minority organizations in HHS programs such as biomedical research and services; 
• Strengthen the capacity of minority-serving institutions of higher education and/or minority organizations that address racial/ethnic minority populations to provide high quality education and other services; 
• Increase access to and the participation of racial and ethnic minority populations in HHS programs such as biomedical research and services (education-related activities and HHS workforce); and/or; 
• Promote data collection of racial and ethnic minority populations, e.g., through minority-serving institutions of higher education and minority organizations; 
• Increase participation and support in HHS programs and services for other education-related activities toward educational attainment at early and post-secondary education. 

  CDC has determined four of the five goals provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) correspond to the mission and scope of activities of its centers, institute and offices. The identified goals are: 

• Increase access to and the participation of minority-serving institutions of higher education and/or other minority organizations in HHS programs such as biomedical research and services; 
• Strengthen the capacity of minority-serving institutions of higher education and/or minority organizations that address racial/ethnic minority populations to provide high quality education and other services; 
• Increase access to and the participation of racial and ethnic minority populations in HHS programs such as biomedical research and services (education-related activities and HHS workforce); and/or; 
• Promote data collection of racial and ethnic minority populations, e.g., through minority-serving institutions of higher education and minority organizations.