[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5994-5997]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3193]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Funding Opportunity for Grants for
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their
Families
AGENCY: Center for Mental Health Services, 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)
announces that FY 1997 funds are available for grants for the following
activity. This activity is discussed in more detail under Section 4 of
this notice. This notice is not a complete description of the activity;
potential applicants must obtain a copy of the Guidance for Applicants
(GFA) before preparing an application.
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Estimated Estimated
Activity Application funds Number of Project
deadline available awards period
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Child MH Initiative.................................. 04/11/97 $6-9 million 6-9 5 yrs.
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Note: It is anticipated that additional notices of available
funding opportunities in FY 1997 will be published by SAMHSA in the
coming weeks.
FY 1997 funds for this activity were appropriated by the Congress
under Public Law 104-208. 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 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-
512-1800).
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Applicants must use application form PHS 5161-1
(Rev. 5/96; OMB No. 0937-0189). The application kit contains the GFA
(complete programmatic guidance and instructions for preparing and
submitting applications) and the PHS 5161-1 which includes Standard
Form 424 (Face Page). Applications kits may be obtained from the
organization specified in Section 4.
The PHS 5161-1 is also available electronically via SAMHSA's World
Wide Web Home Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov). Click on SAMHSA
Funding Opportunities for instructions. You can also click on the
address of the forms distribution Web Page for direct access.
The full text of the activity (i.e., the GFA) described in Section
4 is available electronically via the following:
SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov);
SAMHSA's Bulletin Board (800-424-2294 or 301-443-0040; and the CMHS''
World Wide Web Home Page (http://www.mentalhealth.org); and the CMHS
Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) Electronic Bulletin Board (800-790-
2647).
APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Applications must be submitted to: Center for
Mental Health Services Programs, Division of Research Grants, National
Institutes of Health, Suite 1040, 6701 Rockledge Drive MSC-7710,
Bethesda, MD 20892-7710.
Applicants who wish to use express mail or courier service should
change the zip code to 20817.
APPLICATION DEADLINES: The deadline for receipt of applications is
listed in the table above.
Competing applications must be received by the indicated receipt
date 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 receipt date 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 programmatic, technical,
and/or business management information should be directed to the
contact persons identified in 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:
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 Scored Applications
4. Specific FY 1997 Activity
Application Deadline
Purpose
Priorities
Eligible Applicants
Grants/Amounts
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number
Contacts
Application Kits
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,
the Center facilitates the application of scientifically established
findings and practice-based knowledge to prevent and treat mental
disorders, improve access, reduce barriers and promote high quality,
effective programs and services for people with, or at risk for, these
disorders.
2. Special Concerns
None.
3. Criteria for Review and Funding
Competing applications requesting funding under the specific
project activity 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 assigned scores if they are considered to have
sufficient merit for program staff to consider as candidates for
funding.
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 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.
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3.2 Funding Criteria for Scored Applications
Applications will be considered for funding on the basis of their
overall technical merit as determined through the IRG and the CMHS
National Advisory Council 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. Specific FY 1997 Activity: Comprehensive Community Mental Health
Services for Children and Their Families
Application Deadline: April 11, 1997.
Purpose: Under Section 561(a) of the Public Health Service
Act grants will be awarded to implement, in one or more communities, a
broad array of community-based and family-focused services for children
with serious emotional disturbance and their families, including
individualized case planning and coordination, and to enable
communities to integrate child-and family-serving agencies, including
health, mental health, substance abuse treatment, child welfare,
education, and juvenile justice into a local comprehensive system of
care. The statute requires that an evaluation of the system(s) of care
implemented under the program be conducted and that it include, among
other things, longitudinal studies of the outcomes of services provided
by such systems.
The primary goal of the program is to successfully implement
systems of care at the grant sites. A second goal after implementing
systems of care, is evaluation of the outcomes of services delivered
under the system. This will be accomplished through a national multi-
site evaluation conducted under a separate contract and grantees will
be required to cooperate with the multi-site evaluation contractor. The
final goal of the program is to use the results of both the system
development efforts of each service site and the results of the
descriptive, process and outcome evaluation to shape future program
direction with proven exemplary practices that work best for children
and their families.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Eligible entities include States (as
defined in Section 2 of the PHS Act), political subdivisions of States,
and Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as defined in Section 4(b)
and Section 4(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act). Applications from all State level, political
subdivisions of States (e.g., counties, cities), Tribe or tribal
organization child-serving agencies are allowed. In order for an entity
to be eligible, a plan must be in place for the development of a system
of care for community-based services for children with a serious
emotional disturbance approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services per Sec. 564(b) of the PHS Act. For the
purposes of this program, an approved State Mental Health Plan for
Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance, submitted
under Pub. L. 102-321, will be accepted as such a plan.
Grants/Amount: Approximately $6-9 million will be
available to support six (6) to nine (9) awards under this GFA in FY
1997. Actual funding will depend upon the availability of funds at the
time of award. These grants are for a period of 5 years; it is
anticipated that approximately $1 million will be available to each
grantee in year one; $1 million in year two; $2 million in year three,
$1.5 million in year four, and $1.5 million in five. An applicant must
arrange and demonstrate the availability of match of non-Federal funds
in mandated ratios.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.104.
Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,
contact: Gary DeCarolis, Chief, Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch,
Division of Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center for Mental
Health Services/SAMHSA, Room 18-49, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-1333/FAX (301) 443-3693, Internet:
[email protected].
Grants Management Contact: For business management issues,
contact: Steve Hudak, Division of Grants Management/OPS/SAMHSA, Room
15C-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,
(301) 443-4456/FAX (301) 594-2336, Internet: [email protected].
Application Kits: For application kits, contact: National
Mental Health Services, Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), P.O. Box
42490, Washington, DC 20015, Voice: (800) 789-2647, TTY: (301) 443-
9006, FAX: (301) 984-8796.
CMHS intends to sponsor two technical assistance workshops
for potential applicants: March 12-13 in Washington, DC, and March 17-
18 in Denver, Colorado. For more information, contact: Ken Currier,
Director, Technical Assistance Operations, National Resource Network
for Child and Family Mental Health Services, Washington Business Group
on Health, 777 North Capitol Street, NE., Suite 800, Washington, DC
20002, (202) 408-9320/FAX (202) 408-9332, Internet: [email protected].
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 the activity
described above is/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 to promote the nonuse 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.
7. Executive Order 12372
Applications submitted in response to the FY 1997 activity listed
above is
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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 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: February 4, 1997.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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