[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7977-7980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3342]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 1995 Funding Opportunities for Grants From the 
Center for Mental Health Services

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

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

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SUMMARY: The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), SAMHSA, 
announces that FY 1995 funds are available for grants for the following 
activities. These activities are discussed in more detail under Section 
4 of this notice.

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                                                 Estimated     Project  
    Activity      Application  Estimated funds   number of      period  
                    deadline      available        awards      (years)  
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AIDS Provider        05/10/95  $980,000.......          5-6            3
 Educ.                                                                  
Innovative Child     05/10/95  $2.6 million...          6-8            3
 Services.                                                              
Consumer/Family      05/10/95  $750,000-1.2             5-8            3
 Networks.                      million.                                
Consumer TA          05/10/95  $350,000-700,00          1-2            3
 Center(s).                     0.                                      
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    The actual amount available for awards and their allocation may 
vary, depending on unanticipated program requirements and the volume 
and quality of applications. Awards are made for grant periods which 
generally run from 1 up to 3 years in duration. FY 1995 funds for 
mental health services and demonstration programs are appropriated by 
the Congress under Public Law 103-333. SAMHSA's policies and procedures 
for peer review and Advisory Council review of grant and cooperative 
agreement applications were published in the Federal Register (Vol. 58, 
No. 126) on July 2, 1993.
    The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the 
health promotion and disease prevention objectives of Healthy People 
2000, a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. The 
Center's mental health services and demonstration activities address 
issues related to Healthy People 2000 objectives: to promote the 
physical, social, psychological and economic well-being of adults with 
mental disorders and children and adolescents with or at risk for a 
serious emotional, behavioral, or mental disorder.
    Potential applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full 
Report: Stock No. 017-001-00474-0) or Summary Report: Stock No. 017-
001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government 
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325 (Telephone: (202) 783-3238).

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Applicants for grants must use application form 
PHS 5161-1 (Rev. 7/92; OMB No. 0937-0189). The Application Kit contains 
the PHS 5161-1, Standard Form 424 (Face Page) and complete instructions 
for preparing and submitting applications. The Kit may be obtained from 
the contact person identified for each activity covered by this notice 
(see Section 4).
    When requesting an Application Kit, the applicant must specify the 
particular activity(ies) for which detailed information is desired. 
This is to ensure receipt of all necessary forms and information, 
including any specific program review and award criteria.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Applications must be submitted to: Center for 
Mental Health Services Programs, Division of Research Grants, NIH, 
Westwood Building, Room 240, 5333 Westbard Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892.*

    *If an overnight carrier or express mail is used, the Zip Code 
is 20816.

APPLICATION DEADLINES: The deadlines for receipt of applications are 
listed in the table above.
    Competing applications must be received by the indicated receipt 
dates to be accepted for review. An [[Page 7978]] application received 
after the deadline may be acceptable if it carries a legible proof-of-
mailing date assigned by the carrier and that date is not later than 
one week prior to the deadline date. Private metered postmarks are not 
acceptable as proof of timely mailing. If the receipt date falls on a 
weekend, it will be extended to Monday; if the date falls on a national 
holiday, it will be extended to the following work day.
    Applications received after the receipt date(s) or those sent to an 
address other than the address specified above will be returned to the 
applicant without review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for activity-specific 
technical information should be directed to the contact person 
identified for each activity covered by this notice (see Section 4). 
Requests for information concerning business management issues should 
be directed to: Grants Management Office, Center for Mental Health 
Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15C-05, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 
(301) 443-4456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To facilitate the use of this Notice of 
Funding Availability, information in this section has been organized, 
as outlined in the Table of Contents below. In addition, the discussion 
of the specific FY 1995 funding activities is presented under the 
following headings:
     Application Deadline.
     Purpose.
     Priorities.
     Eligible Applicants.
     Grants/Amounts.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number.
     Program Contact.

Table of Contents

1. Program Background and Objectives
2. Special Concerns
3. Criteria for Review and Funding
    3.1  General Review Criteria
    3.2  Funding Criteria for Approved Applications
4. Special FY 1995 Mental Health Services Activities
    4.1  Grants
    4.1.1  Mental Health Care Provider Education In HIV/AIDS Program
    4.1.2  Evaluating Innovative Children's Mental Health Services
    4.1.3  Grants for Consumer and Family Networks
    4.1.4  National Consumer Technical Assistance Centers
5. Public Health System Reporting Requirements
6. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement
7. Executive Order 12372

1. Program Background and Objectives

    The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) has been given a 
statutory mandate to take a national leadership role in the development 
and demonstration of improved mental health services. Toward that end, 
Center activities involve facilitating the application of 
scientifically established findings and practice-based knowledge to 
prevent and treat mental disorders, improving access, reducing barriers 
and promoting high quality, effective programs and services for people 
with, or at risk for, these disorders.

2. Special Concerns

    The CMHS will address a number of special concerns in 1995. 
Particular emphasis will be placed on helping localities design and 
implement comprehensive approaches to service delivery, networking, and 
coordination with other Federal and non-Federal programs. Special 
emphasis will be given to providing assistance for individuals in 
varied racial and ethnic groups; adolescents; early intervention 
programs; rural populations; adolescents involved in the juvenile 
justice system; and individuals with, or at risk for, HIV/AIDS.

3. Criteria for Review and Funding

    Competing applications requesting funding under the specific 
project activities in Section 4 will be reviewed for technical merit in 
accordance with established PHS/SAMHSA peer review procedures.
    Applications that are accepted for review will be assigned to an 
Initial Review Group (IRG) composed primarily of non-Federal experts. 
Applications will be recommended for approval or disapproval on the 
basis of technical merit. Applications recommended for approval will be 
assigned scores according to level of merit.
    Notification of the IRG's recommendation will be sent to the 
applicant upon completion of the initial review. In addition, the IRG 
recommendations on technical merit of applications over $50,000 will 
undergo a second level of review by the CMHS National Advisory Council, 
whose review may be based on policy considerations, as well as 
technical merit. Only applications recommended for approval by the 
Council may be considered for funding by CMHS.

3.1 General Review Criteria

    As published in the Federal Register on July 2, 1993 (Vol. 58, No. 
126), SAMHSA's ``Peer Review and Advisory Council Review of Grant and 
Cooperative Agreement Applications and Contract Proposals,'' peer 
review groups will take into account, among other factors as may be 
specified in the application guidance materials, the following general 
criteria:
     Potential significance of the proposed project;
     Appropriateness of the applicant's proposed objectives to 
the goals of the specific program;
     Adequacy and appropriateness of the proposed approach and 
activities;
     Adequacy of available resources, such as facilities and 
equipment;
     Qualifications and experience of the applicant 
organization, the project director, and other key personnel; and
     Reasonableness of the proposed budget.

3.2  Funding Criteria for Approved Applications

    Applications recommended for approval by the peer review group and 
the CMHS National Advisory Council (if applicable) will be considered 
for funding on the basis of their overall technical merit as determined 
through the review process.
    Other funding criteria will include;
     Availability of funds.
    Additional funding criteria specific to the programmatic activity 
may be included in the application guidance materials.

4. Special FY 1995 Mental Health Service Activities

    Project activities are grouped in this notice under one section: 
Grants.
4.1  Grants
    Four major activities for CMHS grant programs are discussed below.
4.1.1  Mental Health Care Provider Education In HIV/AIDS
     Application Deadline May 10, 1995.
     Purpose: The goal of the program is to enhance the 
Nation's ability to have an impact upon the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 
training the traditional mental health care providers and other health 
care workers who often are front-line providers of mental health 
services, such as medical students, primary care physicians, and the 
clergy and other spiritual providers.
    Applicants will be expected to propose a comprehensive training 
program that addresses the mental health needs of people with HIV/AIDS. 
The program is to train traditional mental health providers 
(psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, counselors, and 
marriage and family counselors), other first line providers of mental 
health services (e.g., medical students, primary care physicians), and 
nontraditional providers (e.g., the clergy and other spiritual 
providers, alternative [[Page 7979]] health care workers). Training 
programs proposed must target at least 5 provider groups. The program 
must address the neuropsychiatric and the psychosocial aspects of HIV/
AIDS; coping with HIV/AIDS; and approaches to prevent the spread the of 
HIV infection. Applicants shall make appropriate use of existing 
curricula.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by any 
public or private nonprofit organization.
     Grants/Amounts: 5 to 6 awards, with individual awards 
varying from $125,000 to $200,000 for the first year.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.244.
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical information 
contact: Barbara J. Silver, Ph.D., Director, HIV/AIDS Provider 
Education Program, Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Room 15-81, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-7817.
     Application kits and complete instructions for submitting 
an application may be obtained from: Global Exchange, Inc., 7910 
Woodmont Avenue, Suite 400, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3015, (301) 656-
3100.
4.1.2  Evaluating Innovative Children's Mental Health Services
     Application Deadline: May 10, 1995.
     Purpose: The purpose of this announcement is to encourage 
demonstrations which focus on evaluating the effectiveness of 
innovative models of organizing, delivering, and financing mental 
health service systems of care for children and adolescents with or at 
risk for serious emotional, behavioral or mental disturbances and their 
families, especially those systems that include community-based 
services and interagency coordination.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Centralized state assistance is often 
helpful in obtaining continued support for successful intervention 
projects. Therefore, State mental health authorities may choose to be 
direct applicants. Direct application for funding may also be made by 
political subdivisions of a State, and private nonprofit organizations 
such as community-based organizations, universities, colleges, and 
hospitals. In the case where an applicant is not the State mental 
health authority, the applicant will be required to obtain a letter of 
support from the State mental health authority.
     Grants/Amounts: 6 to 8 awards, with individual awards 
varying from $300,000 to $400,000 for the first year.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.125.
     Program Contact: For application kit and/or programmatic 
or technical information contact: Ms. Diane L. Sondheimer, Child, 
Adolescent and Family Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Room 11C-17, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-1333.
4.1.3  Demonstration Grants for Consumer and Family Networks
     Application Deadline: May 10, 1995.
     Purpose: The goals for these demonstration grants are to 
implement and evaluate strategies to: (1) Empower consumer and family 
networks and strengthen their ability to participate in State and local 
mental health service planning and health care reform policy activities 
related to improving community-based services for the target 
population; and (2) foster the financial self-sufficiency of consumer 
and family organizations.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: CMHS is limiting potential applicants 
for projects under this announcement to State mental health 
authorities. Multiple organizations are generally involved in 
implementing these initiatives; and the State mental health authorities 
are uniquely qualified to undertake the coordination function, since 
they work directly with the major consumer and family groups and 
oversee a wide range of mental health service providers.
    Due to funding limitations, only States and territories that do not 
have a current, active Community Support Programs (CSP) Service Systems 
Improvement Demonstration (SSID) grant, or those that have an active 
CSP SSID grant with a project period that ends on or before August 31, 
1995, excluding no-cost extensions, are eligible to apply.
     Grants/Amounts: 5 to 8 awards, with individual awards 
varying from $125,000 to $150,000 for the first year.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.125.
     Program Contact: For application kit and/or programmatic 
or technical information contact: Mr. Neal Brown, Chief, Community 
Support Programs Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Room 11C-22, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-3653.
4.1.4  National Consumer Technical Assistance Centers
     Application Deadline: May 10, 1995.
     Purpose: The goals of these Centers are to: (1) Serve as a 
resource center for consumers involved in the Community Support 
Programs (CSP) Service System Improvement Demonstration (SSID) grants, 
with a special emphasis on assisting the groups to achieve financial 
self-sufficiency; (2) operate a national resource center for consumers 
involved in developing consumer-operated services by reaching out to 
racial and ethnic minorities, assisting in planning, providing, and 
evaluating mental health services, and in planning for health care 
reform activities; and (3) facilitate the development of a coalition of 
national or multi-state consumer organizations involved in self-help 
and system improvement efforts.
     Priorities: It is CMHS's expectation that the TA Center(s) 
will be planned, directed, and operated by primary mental health 
consumers.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
States, political subdivisions of States, and private non-profit 
agencies, as well as current CMHS/CSP TA Center grantees.
     Grants/Amounts: 1 to 2 awards, with individual amounts 
varying from $300,000 to $350,000 for the first year.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.125.
     Program Contact: For application kit and/or programmatic 
or technical information contact: Mr. Neal Brown, Chief, Community 
Support Programs Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Room 11C-22, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-3653.

5. Public Health System Reporting Requirements

    The Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS) is intended to 
keep State and local health officials apprised of proposed health 
services grant and cooperative agreement applications submitted by 
community-based nongovernmental organizations within their 
jurisdictions.
    Community-based nongovernmental service providers who are not 
transmitting their applications through the State must submit a PHSIS 
to the head(s) of the appropriate State and local health agencies in 
the area(s) to be affected not later than the pertinent receipt date 
for applications. This PHSIS consists of the following information:
    a. A copy of the face page of the application (Standard form 
424). [[Page 7980]] 
    b. A summary of the project (PHSIS), not to exceed one page, which 
provides:
    (1) A description of the population to be served.
    (2) A summary of the services to be provided.
    (3) A description of the coordination planned with the appropriate 
State or local health agencies.
    State and local governments and Indian Tribal Authority applicants 
are not subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.
    Application guidance materials will specify if a particular FY 1995 
activity described above is not subject to the Public Health System 
Reporting Requirements.

6. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement

    The PHS strongly encourages all grant and cooperative agreement 
recipients to provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of 
all tobacco products. This is consistent with the PHS mission to 
protect and advance the physical and mental health of the American 
people.
    Specific application guidance materials may include more detailed 
guidance as to how the Center will implement SAMHSA's policy on 
promoting the non-use of tobacco.

7. Executive Order 12372

    Applications submitted in response to most, if not all, of the FY 
1995 activities listed above are subject to the intergovernmental 
review requirements of Executive Order (E.O.) 12372, as implemented 
through DHHS regulations at 45 CFR Part 100. E.O. 12372 sets up a 
system for State and local government review of applications for 
Federal financial assistance. Applicants (other than Federally 
recognized Indian tribal governments) should contact the State's Single 
Point of Contact (SPOC) as early as possible to alert them to the 
prospective application(s) and to receive any necessary instructions on 
the State's review process. For proposed projects serving more than one 
State, the applicant is advised to contact the SPOC of each affected 
State. A current listing of SPOCs is included in the application 
guidance materials. The SPOC should send any State review process 
recommendations directly to: Office of Extramural Activities Review, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13C-06, Rockville, Maryland 20857, ATTN: SPOC.
    The due date for State review process recommendations is no later 
than 60 days after the specified deadline date for the receipt of 
applications. The CMHS does not guarantee to accommodate or explain 
SPOC comments that are received after the 60-day cut-off.
    Application guidance materials will specify if a particular FY 1995 
activity described above is not subject to the provisions of Executive 
Order 12372.

    Dated: February 3, 1995.
Richard Kopanda,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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