[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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