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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

 

Grants for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for 
Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbances

AGENCY: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), HHS.

ACTION: Program update and reannouncement.

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    The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) is reannouncing the 
following grant program:

Grants for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for 
Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance

    Under the authority of section 561 of the Public Health Service 
Act, as amended by Public Law 102-321, the CMHS will accept 
applications from States, political subdivisions of States, and Indian 
tribes for the purpose of providing comprehensive community mental 
health services for children and adolescents with serious emotional 
disturbance. The grants will be used to support a broad array of 
community-based and family-focused services for children and 
adolescents with serious emotional, behavioral, or mental disorders to 
enable communities to develop coordinated local systems of care which 
involve mental health, child welfare, education, juvenile justice and 
other agencies, as appropriate. Approximately $10-15 million will be 
available to support approximately 10-15 grants in FY 1994. The receipt 
date for applications for FY 1994 funds is May 10, 1994. The Catalog of 
Federal Domestic Assistance number for this program is 93.104.
    The Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and 
Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance program was originally 
announced on April 15, 1993 (Federal Register, Vol. 58, No. 71) and FY 
1993 grant awards were made in September 1993. This program has 
subsequently been updated to: (1) Provide further clarification of the 
definition of a community; (2) provide additional specifications on the 
services that a grantee must provide in developing the system of care; 
(3) clarify that Indian tribal applicants receiving grants under 
Section 103 of P.L. 93-638 are exempt from the restriction which 
prohibits the use of Federal funds as a match; (4) provide greater 
explanation/clarification of the review criteria; and (5) incorporate 
other minor technical changes related to individual contacts and 
addresses, and to help ensure overall clarity.
    Application kits including the PHS 5161-1 application form, a copy 
of the updated announcement, and guidance for submitting an application 
are available from: Grants Management Office, Center for Mental Health 
Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, room 15-87, Rockville, MD 20857, 
Telephone: (301) 443-4456.
    For additional information regarding the program and/or application 
procedures, contact: Gary DeCarolis, Chief, Child, Adolescent and 
Family Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, room 11C-09, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-1333.

    Dated: February 16, 1994.
Richard Kopanda,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 94-4104 Filed 2-23-94; 8:45 am]
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