[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15810-15815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8827]



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


Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 Funding Opportunities for Knowledge 
Development and Application Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability.

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SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), 
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and Center for Substance 
Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announce that they anticipate that FY 1996 funds 
will be available for Knowledge Development and Application cooperative 
agreements for the following activities. These activities are discussed 
in more detail under Section 4 of this notice.

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                                                                                            Estimated           
               Activity                   Application        Estimated funds available        No. of    Project 
                                           deadline                                           awards     period 
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Managed Care..........................        06/10/96  $10 million.......................         21     3 yrs.
Homelessness Prevention...............        06/10/96  2.6 million.......................         16     3 yrs.
Predictor Variables & Development.....        06/10/96  4.0 million.......................          9     3 yrs.
Wrap Around Services..................        06/10/96  2.4 million.......................          2     3 yrs.
Cannabis Dependence Treatment.........        06/10/96  1.2 million.......................          5     3 yrs.
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    These programs are being announced prior to the full annual 
appropriation for FY 1996 for SAMHSA's programs. Applications are 
invited based on the assumption that sufficient funds will be 
appropriated for FY 1996 to permit funding of a reasonable number of 
applications being hereby solicited. These programs are being announced 
in order to allow applicants sufficient time to plan and to prepare 
applications. Solicitation of applications in advance of a final 
appropriation will also enable the award of appropriated grant funds in 
an expeditious manner and thus allow prompt implementation and 
evaluation of promising projects. All applicants are reminded, however, 
that we cannot guarantee sufficient funds will be appropriated to 
permit SAMHSA to fund any applications. Questions regarding the status 
of the appropriation of funds should be directed to the grants 
management contacts listed in Section 4 of this notice.
    SAMHSA will publish a notice in the Federal Register regarding the 
amount of funding available for its programs when the final 
appropriation is enacted.
    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 
SAMHSA Centers' substance abuse and mental health services activities 
address issues related to Healthy People 2000 objectives of Mental 
Health and Mental Disorders; Alcohol and Other Drugs; Clinical 
Preventive Services; HIV Infection; and Surveillance and Data Systems. 
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 and cooperative agreements 
must use application form PHS 5161-1 (Rev. 7/92; OMB No. 0937-0189). 
Application kits contain the PHS 5161-1, Standard Form 424 (Face Page) 
and complete instructions for preparing and submitting applications. 
Application kits may be obtained from the organization specified for 
each activity covered by this notice (see Section 4).
    When requesting an application kit, the applicant must specify the 
particular activity for which detailed information is desired. This is 
to ensure receipt of all necessary forms and information,

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including any specific program review and award criteria.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Applications must be submitted to: SAMHSA 
Programs, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, 
Suite 1040, 6701 Rockledge Drive MSC-7710, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-
7710* (* Applicants who wish to use express mail or courier service 
should change the zip code to 20817.)

APPLICATION DEADLINES: The deadlines for receipt of applications are 
listed in the table above. Please note that the deadlines may differ 
for the individual categories of cooperative agreements.
    Competing applications must be received by the indicated receipt 
dates to be accepted for review. An 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.
    Applications received after the deadline date and 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 program contact person 
identified for each activity covered by this notice (see Section 4).
    Requests for information concerning business management issues 
should be directed to the grants management contact person identified 
for each activity covered by this notice (see Section 4).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To facilitate the use of this Notice of 
Funding Availability, information has been organized as outlined in the 
Table of Contents below. For each activity, the following information 
is provided:
     Application Deadline.
     Purpose.
     Priorities.
     Eligible Applicants.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number.
     Program Contact.
     Grants Management Contact.
     Application Kits.

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. FY 1996 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Activities
    4.1 Cooperative Agreements
    4.1.1 Managed Care and Vulnerable Populations Cooperative 
Agreements
    4.1.2 Cooperative Agreements for CMHS/CSAT Collaborative Program 
to Prevent Homelessness
    4.1.3 Cooperative Agreements for Prevention Intervention Studies 
on Predictor Variables by Developmental Stage
    4.1.4 Cooperative Agreements for Wrap Around Services for 
Clients in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: Demonstrating Utility 
and Cost Effectiveness in the Context of Changes in Health Care 
Financing
    4.1.5 Cooperative Agreements for a Multisite Study of the 
Effectiveness of Brief Treatment for Cannabis (Marijuana) Dependency
5. Public Health System Reporting Requirements
6. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement
7. Executive Order 12372

1. Program Background and Objectives

    SAMHSA's mission within the Nation's health system is to improve 
the quality and availability of prevention, early intervention, 
treatment, and rehabilitation services for substance abuse and mental 
illnesses, including co-occurring disorders, in order to improve health 
and reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society.
    Reinventing government, with its emphases on redefining the role of 
Federal agencies and on improving customer service, has provided SAMHSA 
with a welcome opportunity to examine carefully its programs and 
activities. As a result of that process, SAMHSA is moving assertively 
to create a renewed and strategic emphasis on using its resources to 
generate knowledge about ways to improve the prevention and treatment 
of substance abuse and mental illness and to work with State and local 
governments as well as providers, families, and consumers to 
effectively use that knowledge in everyday practice.
    The agency has worked to transform its demonstration portfolio from 
service-based projects to true knowledge-acquisition studies. For FY 
1996, SAMHSA has developed an agenda of new programs designed to answer 
specific important policy-relevant questions. These questions, 
specified in this and subsequent Notices of Funding Availability, are 
designed to provide critical information to improve the nation's mental 
health and substance abuse treatment and prevention services.
    The new agenda is the outcome of a process whereby providers, 
services researchers, consumers, Council members and other interested 
persons participated in special meetings or responded to calls for 
suggestions and reactions. From this input, each SAMHSA Center 
developed a ``menu'' of suggested topics. The topics were discussed 
jointly and an agency agenda of critical topics was agreed to. The 
selection of topics depended heavily on policy importance and on the 
existence of adequate research and practitioner experience on which to 
base studies. While SAMHSA's FY 1996 programs will sometimes involve 
the evaluation of some delivery of services, they are really services 
studies, not merely evaluation, since they are aimed at answering 
policy-relevant questions.
    SAMHSA differs from other agencies in focussing on needed 
information at the services delivery level, and in its question-focus. 
Dissemination is an integral, major feature of the programs. SAMHSA 
believes that it is important to get the information into the hands of 
providers as effectively as possible. Technical assistance, training, 
preparation of special materials will be used, in addition to normal 
communications means.

2. Special Concerns

    SAMHSA's FY 1996 Knowledge Development and Application activities 
discussed below do not provide funds for mental health and substance 
abuse treatment and prevention services except for incremental costs 
required by the particular activity's study design. Applicants are 
required to propose true knowledge acquisition studies. Applications 
seeking funding for services projects will be considered nonresponsive. 
Applications that are incomplete or nonresponsive to the guidance for 
applicants will be returned to the applicant without further 
consideration.

3. Criteria for Review and Funding

    Consistent with the statutory mandate for SAMHSA to support 
activities that will improve the provision of treatment, prevention and 
related services, including the development of national mental health 
and substance abuse goals and model programs, 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.

3.1  General 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

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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 appropriate 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 1996 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Activities

4.1  Cooperative Agreements

    Five major activities for SAMHSA cooperative agreement programs are 
discussed below. Substantive Federal programmatic involvement is 
required in cooperative agreement programs. Federal involvement will 
include planning, guidance, coordination, and participating in 
programmatic activities (e.g., participation in publication of 
findings) and on steering committees. Periodic meetings, conferences 
and/or communications with the award recipients may be held to review 
mutually agreed-upon goals and objectives and to assess progress. 
Additional details on the degree of Federal programmatic involvement 
will be included in the application guidance materials.
4.1.1  Cooperative Agreements for Managed Care and Vulnerable 
Populations
     Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.
     Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded for a 
program designed to enhance knowledge about how managed care in the 
public sector affects the provision of substance abuse (alcohol and 
other drugs--AOD) and mental health (MH) services. Applications are 
being solicited for Study Sites to conduct research on a single well-
defined approach to managed care for provision of AOD and MH services 
in comparison to a traditional, publicly-funded approach to care and to 
collaborate with other program participants in developing generalizable 
findings across sites. Applications are also being sought for a 
Coordinating Center to provide overall coordination of the program, to 
manage and analyze the common data collected across Study Sites, and to 
design and conduct a national survey of managed care organizations.
    The following types of questions should be considered by applicants 
for Study Sites:
    What is the impact of managed care on utilization, outcomes and 
costs for the defined population with mental health or substance use 
problems? Does the impact vary for important subgroups within the 
target population?
    What is the experience of providers, families, and consumers with 
managed care; e.g., how satisfied are they with their managed care plan 
compared with other persons served in traditional, publicly-funded 
programs?
    Are there different patterns of services provided to enrollees and 
their dependents under managed care than are provided in traditional 
programs? For example, are there differences in the prevention, 
rehabilitation, or wraparound services being provided?
    Across Study Sites, the following types of questions should be 
considered:
    What are the comparative costs and benefits of different approaches 
to managed care for AOD and MH services for specific target 
populations? Across populations?
    Are there specific aspects of managed care (type of provider 
organization; level and type of financial risks; etc.) that produce 
better outcomes than others?
    Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered 
jointly by CMHS, CSAP and CSAT.
     Priorities: Applicants for Study Sites must propose to 
study one, and only one, of the specific target populations that 
follow. Applicants who wish to study more than one population must 
submit a separate complete application for each population group to be 
studied.
    (1) Women and children who are categorically eligible for Medicaid. 
Within this broader population, families with children with serious 
emotional disturbances (SED) are of particular interest and will be 
oversampled when necessary.
    (2) Adults who are seriously chemically dependent.
    (3) Adults with serious mental illness (SMI).
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately 20 
individual Study Sites awards at an estimated $450,000 each per year in 
total costs. One Coordinating Center award at an estimated $1,250,000 
per year in total costs. Actual funding levels will depend upon the 
availability of funds at the time of the award.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance, 
contact:
    For substance abuse treatment issues: Mady Chalk, Ph.D., CSAT, 
Rockwall II, Room 840, (301) 443-8796.
    For substance abuse prevention issues: Ms. Ulonda Shamwell, CSAP, 
Rockwall II, 9th Floor, (301) 443-9110.
    For mental health issues: Roger B. Straw, Ph.D., CMHS, Parklawn, 
Room 11C-26, (301) 443-3606.
    Questions related to the cross-site aspects of the Coordinating 
Center should be directed to Roger Straw (contact information above); 
questions related to the survey should be directed to: Nancy Kennedy, 
Dr. P.H., CSAP, Rockwall II, 9th Floor, (301) 443-9453.
    Grants Management Contact: For business management assistance, 
contact: Ms. Mable Lam, CSAT, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, (301) 443-9360.
    The mailing address for all of the individuals listed above is: 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
     Application Kits: Application kits are available from: 
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, (800) 729-6686.
4.1.2  Cooperative Agreements for CMHS/CSAT Collaborative Program To 
Prevent Homelessness
     Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.
     Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to support 
projects that will document homelessness prevention interventions for 
individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders 
who are formerly homeless or at risk for homelessness, and who are 
engaged with the mental health and/or substance abuse treatment 
systems. A second goal is to evaluate appropriate homelessness 
prevention interventions for individuals with serious mental illnesses 
and/or substance use disorders that address the following four topic 
areas: housing

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instability and eviction from housing; discharge planning from 
psychiatric and substance abuse treatment facilities; models of family 
respite services; and resource management and representative payee 
models.
    This program is intended to answer the following question:
    What is the relative effectiveness of alternate models for 
preventing homelessness among adults with serious mental illnesses and/
or substance use disorders who are engaged with the treatment system?
    Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered 
jointly by CMHS and CSAT.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities. Applicants 
must have an infrastructure in which the prevention program can be 
provided for the target population and must have provided prevention 
services for a minimum of two years prior to the date of the 
application. Applicants must also be licensed, accredited, certified, 
or chartered to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment 
services by appropriate certification or credentialing bodies.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately 16 awards at 
an estimated $165,000 in total costs each for the first year. Actual 
funding levels will depend upon the availability of funds at the time 
of the award.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance, 
contact:

Lawrence Rickards, Ph.D. or Walter Leginski, Ph.D., CMHS, Parklawn, 
Room 11C-05, (301) 443-3706.
Hector Sanchez, M.S.W. or Joyce Johnson, D.O., M.A., CSAT, Rockwall II, 
7th Floor, (301) 443-6534.

     Grants Management Contact: For business management 
assistance, contact: Stephen J. Hudak, CMHS, Parklawn, Room 15C-05, 
(301) 443-4456.
     Application Kits: Application kits are available from: 
Homeless Programs Branch, CMHS, Parklawn, Room 11C-05, (301) 443-3706.
    The mailing address for all of the individuals/organizations listed 
above is: 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
4.1.3  Cooperative Agreements for Prevention Intervention Studies on 
Predictor Variables by Developmental Stage
     Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.
     Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to support 
research studies to determine the most effective interventions to 
change the developmental course of early predictor markers for 
substance abuse in children at several defined developmental stages. 
The goal of this program is the generation of new empirical knowledge 
about effective approaches for changing the developmental trajectory of 
children at risk of substance abuse. This program is designed to elicit 
applications for research across identified age ranges that tests 
interventions designed to (1) build social competence; (2) build self-
regulation and control; (3) enhance school bonding and cognitive 
development in children in the 3-5 age range, school bonding and 
academic achievement in children in the other age ranges; and (4) 
develop strong parental/care-giver involvement.
    The research question intended to be answered is as follows:
    At what developmental stage does enhancement of each of the 
variables being investigated prove most effective in preventing/
reducing negative behaviors that are predictive of substance abuse?
    Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered by 
CSAP. Applications are solicited for two types of cooperative 
agreements: Research Sites and a Research Coordinating Center.
    Funds to support the program are limited to 3 years. Applicants 
should plan data collection over a period of 2 years, with analysis 
planned for the last 6 months of the program. Depending on the 
availability of funds in subsequent years, it is hoped that long-term 
follow-up and the study of continuing interventions will be permitted.
     Priorities: This program is targeted to children in four 
different developmental stages--3-5 years, 6-8 years, 9-11 years, and 
12-14 years. Children living in inner cities and in poor, rural areas 
within the age ranges defined are the populations of interest.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately 8 awards at 
an estimated $500,000 each in total costs per year for Research Sites 
and approximately $200,000 in total costs for a Research Coordinating 
Center for the first year. Funds for the Research Coordinating Center 
are expected to increase in years two and three. Actual funding levels 
will depend upon the availability of funds at the time of the award.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance, 
contact: Mary A. Jansen, Ph.D., CSAP, Rockwall II, Room 9C-03, (301) 
443-9136.
     Grants Management Contact: For business management 
assistance, contact: Ms. Mary Lou Dent, CSAP, Rockwall II, Room 640, 
(301) 443-3958.
    The mailing address for all of the individuals listed above is: 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
     Application Kits: Application kits are available from: 
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, (800) 729-6686.
4.1.4  Cooperative Agreements for Wrap Around Services for Clients in 
Non-Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: Evaluating Utility 
and Cost Effectiveness in the Context of Changes in Health Care 
Financing
     Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.
     Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded for the 
purpose of generating new knowledge about the relative impact of wrap 
around services on the success of the treatment of addictive disorders 
and the relative cost-effectiveness of these services in light of 
changes in health care financing, including managed care, as they 
relate to substance abuse treatment. The goal of this demonstration is 
to obtain information about the extent to which the provision of a 
range of wrap around services (matched to client needs) in conjunction 
with substance abuse treatment, improves outcome, and at what cost. For 
the purposes of this study, wrap around services include (1) vocational 
training; (2) educational services; (3) child care; (4) transportation; 
and (5) advisory legal services.
    The following questions are of interest in assessing the impact of 
wrap around services as part of comprehensive substance abuse 
treatment:
    (1) What impact on treatment outcome is attributable to the 
provision of various wrap around services matched to client needs?
    (2) What are the unit costs for providing wrap around services 
matched to client needs?
    Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered by 
CSAT. Applications are solicited for Study Coordinating Center(s) with 
a consortium of 8-10 substance abuse treatment providers (i.e., Study 
Sites) each to provide overall study coordination.
     Priorities: The proposed target population is adults (18 
years old or older); their primary drug of choice

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must be cocaine, including crack-cocaine, or heroin, although the 
majority of clients are likely to be poly-drug users. To the extent 
that sampling constraints allow, the proposed sample should be 
representative of gender and racial/ethnic groups in the United States.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately 1-2 awards 
at an estimated $1.2 million in total costs each for Study Coordinating 
Centers. Actual funding levels will depend upon the availability of 
funds at the time of the award. Funds cannot be used to pay for 
substance abuse treatment or wrap around services.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance, 
contact: Mr. Randy Muck, CSAT, Rockwall II, Suite 618, (301) 443-6574.
     Grants Management Contact: For business management 
assistance, contact: Ms. Mable Lam, CSAT, Rockwall II, Suite 618, (301) 
443-9665.
    The mailing address for the individuals listed above is: 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
     Application Kits: Application kits are available from: 
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, (800) 729-6686.
4.1.5  Cooperative Agreements for a Multisite Study of the 
Effectiveness of Brief Treatment for Cannabis (Marijuana) Dependency
     Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.
     Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to 
evaluate the effectiveness of brief interventions in the treatment of 
marijuana (cannabis) dependency. The purpose of the program is to test 
the efficacy of relatively brief treatments for adults from differing 
socio-economic and racial and ethnic backgrounds who meet criteria for 
marijuana dependence as currently defined by DSM-IV and are seeking 
treatment for this dependence.
    The program is intended to provide answers to following questions:
    (1) Are brief interventions more effective for selected populations 
than a single assessment interview and deferred treatment (waiting list 
control) in reducing marijuana use?
    (2) How, for these populations, does a brief (3 sessions) 
intervention compare in outcome to a still brief but somewhat extended 
(up to 12 treatment sessions) intervention and to the controls 
mentioned in number 1?
    (3) Are the effects of either of these interventions reflected in 
better social functioning among patients at follow up? In cognitive 
functioning (if funds are available)?
    Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered by 
CSAT. Applications are solicited for treatment sites and a coordinating 
center.
     Priorities: The target population for this program is 
adults (18 years old and older) dependent on cannabis as currently 
defined by DSM-IV. Because much of the published work on brief 
interventions for marijuana dependence was carried out on a largely 
Caucasian, largely employed patient population, CSAT is interested both 
in testing the replicability of these findings and in determining to 
what degree these techniques are applicable to populations with higher 
proportions of ethnic and racial minorities and/or a higher level of 
unemployment or under-employment.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately $1.2 million 
will be available to support up to four treatment sites at 
approximately $225,000 each and a coordinating center at approximately 
$300,000. Actual funding levels will depend upon the availability of 
funds at the time of the award.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance, 
contact: Mr. George Kanuck, CSAT, Rockwall II, Room 8A-131, (301) 443-
6549.
     Grants Management Contact: For business management 
assistance, contact: Ms. Mable Lam, CSAT, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, (301) 
443-9665.
    The mailing address for all of the individuals listed above is: 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
     Application Kits: Application kits are available from: 
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, (800) 729-6686.

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).
    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 1996 
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 contract recipients to 
provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all tobacco 
products. In addition, Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of 
1994, prohibits smoking in certain facilities (or in some cases, any 
portion of a facility) in which regular or routine education, library, 
day care, health care, or early childhood development services are 
provided to children. 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 a Center will implement SAMHSA's policy on promoting 
the non-use of tobacco.

7. Executive Order 12372

    Applications submitted in response to all FY 1996 activities listed 
above are subject to the intergovernmental review requirements of 
Executive Order 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

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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, Parklawn 
Building, Room 17-89, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
    The due date for State review process recommendations is no later 
than 60 days after the specified deadline date for the receipt of 
applications. SAMHSA does not guarantee to accommodate or explain SPOC 
comments that are received after the 60-day cut-off.

    Dated: April 4, 1996.
Richard Kopanda,
Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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