[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5997-6002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3194]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Funding Opportunities for Knowledge 
Development and Application Grants and 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) and 
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announce the availability 
of FY 1997 funds for Knowledge Development and Application grants and 
cooperative agreements for the following activities. These activities 
are discussed in more detail under Section 4 of this notice. This 
notice is not a complete description of the activities; potential 
applicants must obtain a copy of the Guidance for Applicants (GFA) 
before preparing an application.

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                                                                           Estimated                            
                                                             Application     funds       Estimated     Project  
                          Activity                             deadline    available     number of      period  
                                                                           (million)      awards       (years)  
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Community Action Grants....................................     04/11/97         $1.2         10               1
Criminal Justice Diversion.................................     04/11/97          6.0      10-14               3
Adolescent Managed Care....................................     04/11/97          3.0        6-7               3
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    Note: SAMHSA published a notice of available funding 
opportunities in FY 1997 in the Federal Register (Vol. 62, No. 16) 
on Friday, January 24, 1997. It anticipates publishing additional 
notices of available funding opportunities in the coming weeks.

    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 usually made for grant periods 
from one to three years in duration. FY 1997 funds for activities 
discussed in this announcement were appropriated by the Congress under 
Public Law No. 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 
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: 202-512-1800).

    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). 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, including any 
specific program review and award criteria.
    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 each of the activities (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) 
and SAMHSA's Bulletin Board (800-424-2294 or 301-443-0040).

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 activities.
    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.

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    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
     Grants/Cooperative Agreements/Amounts
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number
     Contacts
     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 Scored Applications
4. Special FY 1997 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Activities
    4.1  Grants
    4.1.1  Community Action Grants for Service Systems Change
    4.2  Cooperative Agreements
    4.2.1  Cooperative Agreements on Criminal Justice Diversion 
Interventions for Individuals with Co-Occurring Mental Illness and 
Substance Abuse Disorders
    4.2.2  Cooperative Agreements for Managed Care and Adolescents
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 transformed its demonstration grant programs from 
service-delivery projects to knowledge acquisition and application. For 
FY 1997, 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 agenda is the outcome of a process whereby providers, services 
researchers, consumers, National Advisory 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 1997 programs will sometimes 
involve the evaluation of some delivery of services, they are services 
studies and application activities, not merely evaluation, since they 
are aimed at answering policy-relevant questions and putting that 
knowledge to use.
    SAMHSA differs from other agencies in focusing on needed 
information at the services delivery level, and in its question-focus. 
Dissemination and application are integral, major features of the 
programs. SAMHSA believes that it is important to get the information 
into the hands of the public, providers, and systems administrators 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 1997 Knowledge Development and Application activities 
discussed below do not provide funds for mental health and substance 
abuse treatment and prevention services except for costs required by 
the particular activity's study design. Applicants are required to 
propose true knowledge application or knowledge development and 
application projects. Applications seeking funding for services 
projects will be considered nonresponsive. Applications that are 
incomplete or nonresponsive to the GFA 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 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 Scored Applications

    Applications will be considered for funding on the basis of their 
overall technical merit as determined through the peer review group and 
the appropriate National Advisory Council (if applicable) review 
process.
    Other funding criteria will include:
     Availability of funds.

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    Additional funding criteria specific to the programmatic activity 
may be included in the application guidance materials.

4. Special FY 1997 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Activities

4.1  Grants

4.1.1  Community Action Grants for Service Systems Change
     Application Deadline: April 11, 1997.
     Purpose: The Action Grant Program is intended to stimulate 
the adoption of exemplary practices through convening partners, 
building consensus, aiding in eliminating barriers, decision-support 
and adaptation of service models to meet local needs. Grants will not 
support direct funding of service delivery.
    The Program is designed to encourage communities to identify and 
build consensus around exemplary service delivery practices that meet 
their own needs. A Program will be successful if a grantee can develop 
consensus among key stakeholders on the adaptations of the chosen 
exemplary practice needed for that community and on a plan for 
implementing the adapted practice.
    The term ``exemplary practice'' is used instead of ``best 
practice'' to avoid the implication that any particular practice is 
best. The term exemplary practice connotes that the proposed practice 
has a reliable record of improving outcomes for those receiving the 
service. A proven outcome-based record of success will be a 
prerequisite to Federal support for adoption of a proposed exemplary 
practice.
    Exemplary practices are limited to those that involve service 
delivery or the organization of services or supports and are limited to 
practices which are consistent with the concept of ``systems of care.'' 
Grant funds may be used for any activity that is a part of the 
consensus building and decision-support process.
     Priorities: There are two subgroups in the target 
population. A project may focus on both of them, but CMHS anticipates 
that it generally will make sense to limit a project to only one. The 
subgroups are: (a) Adults with serious mental illness; and (b) children 
and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families. 
It is recognized that many individuals who are in these categories 
suffer from, or are at risk of HIV infection, substance abuse and/or 
homelessness. Children and adolescents transitioning into adulthood 
often ``fall through the cracks'' in service systems, and it is the 
intent here to include them. In some cases, it may be appropriate to 
focus only on those in transition to adulthood.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications for grants will be 
accepted from public and private entities. Public entities include 
State and local government agencies, and federally designated Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations. Private entities include those 
organized as not-for-profits and those organized as for-profits. Such 
organizations include, but are not necessarily limited to, those 
responsible for service delivery policy, those representing consumers 
and families, those providing services to the target population, and 
those responsible for training and accrediting service providers. 
Applicants must demonstrate that they are in a position to engage all 
the key stakeholders in the proposed consensus building/decision making 
process. CMHS encourages applications from consumer and family 
organizations.
     Grants/Amounts: An estimated $1.2 million is available 
under the Action Grant Program. Award amounts will range from 
approximately $50,000 to not more than $150,000. These funds will 
support approximately 10 or more grant awards in FY 1997. Actual 
funding levels will depend upon the availability of appropriated funds.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical information 
regarding Adult Serious Mentally Ill Populations, contact: Neal B. 
Brown or Santo (Buddy) Ruiz, Community Support Programs Branch, 
Division of Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center for Mental 
Health Services, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11C-22, Rockville, MD 
20857, (301) 443-3653.
    For programmatic or technical information regarding Homeless 
Populations, contact: Jim Morrow, Homeless Program Branch, Division of 
Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center for Mental Health 
Services, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11C-05, Rockville, MD 20857, 
(301) 443-3706.
    For programmatic or technical information regarding Children and 
Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disorders and their Families, 
contact: William Quinlan, Child, Adolescents and Family Services 
Branch, Division of Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center 
for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-49, 
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-1333.
     Grants Management Contact: For business management 
assistance contact: LouEllen Rice, Division of Grants Management, OPS, 
SAMHSA, Parklawn Building, Room 15C-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857, (301) 443-4456.
     Application Kits: Application kits are available from: 
Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015, 
Voice: (800) 789-2647, TTY: (301) 443-9006, FAX: (301) 984-8796.
    The full text of the GFA only is available electronically via the 
CMHS' World Wide Web Home Page (http://www.mentalhealth.org); and the 
CMHS KEN Bulletin Board (800-790-2647).

4.2  Cooperative Agreements

    Two 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.
4.2.1  Cooperative Agreements on Criminal Justice Diversion 
Interventions for Individuals With Co-occurring Mental Illness and 
Substance Abuse Disorders
     Application deadline: April 11, 1997.
     Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to support 
Study Sites and a Coordinating Center to evaluate the relative 
effectiveness of a variety of pre- and post-booking police diversion 
and criminal justice intervention models for individuals with co-
occurring serious mental illnesses and alcohol or other drug use 
disorders (hereafter abbreviated as substance use disorders). The 
primary outcomes to be assessed include, but are not limited to: 
criminal recidivism, time incarcerated, psychiatric status, functional 
status, continuity of participation in treatment, homelessness, 
emergency treatment utilization, and frequency of substance abuse.
    The primary goal of this CMHS/CSAT collaborative program is to 
answer the following questions:
     Are there differences in outcomes for non-diverted 
individuals compared to diverted individuals?

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     What is the relative effectiveness of pre- and post-
booking diversion program models for individuals with co-occurring 
disorders?
    Secondary goals of the collaborative program are to document and 
evaluate established police diversion and criminal justice intervention 
programs in order to determine:
     To what extent diversion affects public safety as measured 
by criminal recidivism?
     What is the relative impact of specific components of the 
various diversion models?
     What are the direct costs of the intervention?
     What individual characteristics are related to 
intervention effectiveness?
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: For Project Sites: Public entities, 
including State and local government agencies, communities, cities, 
federally designated Indian tribes and Indian organizations, and 
domestic private nonprofit and for-profit organizations are eligible to 
apply. Entities that are interested in beginning new programs are not 
eligible to apply under this announcement. Existing contracts or 
memoranda of agreement or letters of commitment from each partner 
agency/provider are also required. Each applicant, if not the criminal 
justice system itself, must include the criminal justice system as a 
partner. This partnership will ensure that the entity primarily 
responsible for the management and disposition of criminal cases will 
be intimately involved in the project.
    For Coordinating Center: Applications may be submitted by public 
organizations, such as units of State, county, or other local 
governments, and by domestic private nonprofit and for-profit 
organizations. Public entities include federally designated Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations. Communities (i.e., cities, towns, 
counties, boroughs, parishes, or equivalent local governments) are 
eligible to apply. Private entities include those organized as not-for-
profit community-based organizations, colleges, universities and 
consumer operated organizations.
    Applicants may apply for either a Study Site or the Coordinating 
Center, but not both.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately $6 million 
dollars will be available to support 10-14 project Study Sites and one 
Coordinating Center in FY 1997. The amount of all awards, including the 
Coordinating Center, will range from $350,000 to $500,000. Actual 
funding levels will depend on the availability of appropriated funds.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance 
contact:
Neal B. Brown, M.P.A., Chief, or Mary L. Westcott, Ph.D., Community 
Support Programs Branch, Division of Knowledge Development and Systems 
Change, Center for Mental Health Services, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 11C-22, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 301-443-3653.
Susan Salasin, Director of Mental Health and Criminal Justice Program, 
Special Programs Development Branch, Division of Program Development, 
Special Populations and Projects, Center for Mental Health Services, 
SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18C-05, Rockville, Maryland 20857, 
(301) 443-7790.
Patricia Rye, J.D., M.S.W., Systems Integration and Development Branch, 
Division of Practice and Systems Integration, Center for Substance 
Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 7th floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-6256.
     Grants Management Contact: For business management 
assistance contact: LouEllen Rice, Division of Grants Management, OPS, 
SAMHSA, Parklawn Building, Room Number 15C-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-4456.
     Application Kits: Application Kits are available from: 
Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015, 
Voice: (800) 789-2647, TTY: (301) 443-9006, FAX: (301) 984-8796.
    The full text of the GFA only is available electronically via the 
CMHS' World Wide Web Home Page (http://www.mentalhealth.org); and the 
CMHS KEN Bulletin Board (800-790-2647).
4.2.2  Cooperative Agreements for Managed Care and Adolescents
     Application Deadline: April 11, 1997.
     Purpose: This program is to enhance knowledge about how 
different managed care models in the public section affect the 
provision of substance abuse (alcohol and other drugs) treatment 
services for adolescents, ages 12-18. This is a re-issuance of a 
previous Guidance for Applicants (GFA) that focused on managed care for 
adults who are substance abusers, individuals with severe mental 
illness, and categorically-eligible women and children. This new GFA 
includes adolescent substance abusers who in addition may be involved 
with the juvenile justice system and/or may be receiving services in 
the mental health system.
    The purpose of this cooperative agreement program is to generate 
knowledge on:
     The types of substance abuse treatment services that are 
provided in managed care environments for adolescents who are eligible 
for treatment in a publicly-funded adolescent substance abuse treatment 
program; and
     The effects of managed care on the use, cost, and outcomes 
of substance abuse treatment services for high-priority, publicly-
funded (in the Welfare system, Medicaid, etc.) adolescents.
    Applications are being solicited for Study Sites to conduct an 
investigation on a single well-defined approach to managed care for the 
provision of substance abuse treatment services and to collaborate with 
other program participants within this population and across 
populations in developing generalized findings across sites.
    An application is also being solicited from the Human Services 
Research Institute (HSRI) to serve as the Coordinating Center for this 
program.
    The following types of questions should be considered by 
applicants:
     What is the impact of managed care on utilization, 
outcomes and costs for substance abuse treatment of adolescents? Does 
the impact vary for important subgroups within the target population 
(e.g., racial/ethnic minority populations, adolescents involved with 
the juvenile justice system, dually diagnosed adolescents, adolescents 
with physical and/or mental disabilities)?
     What is the experience of providers, families, and 
adolescent consumers with managed care plans, e.g., how satisfied are 
they with their managed care plans?
     Are there different patterns of services provided to 
adolescent enrollees under managed care arrangements than in fee-for-
service plans? For example, are there differences in the early 
intervention, rehabilitation, or wrap around services being provided to 
adolescents?
     Are there differences in contacts with the juvenile 
justice system and use of mental health services for adolescent 
enrolles under managed care arrangements than in fee-for-service plans?
    These questions should all be addressed relative to the experiences 
of some comparison group.
    Across Study Sites, additional questions should be considered.
     Priorities: The managed care plan to be studied must 
already be in place and

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in full operation for the selected target population. That is, 
applicants must be engaged in, or have a binding agreement with, an 
operational, fully funded managed care program. CSAT is interested in 
examining whether some strategies for organizing providers are better 
than others. At a minimum, applicants must document access (either 
directly or through a formal written agreement) to a comparison group 
of publicly-funded adolescent clients receiving substance abuse 
treatment services in a non-managed care environment.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications for Study Sites may be 
submitted by organizations, such as units of State, county or local 
governments, and by domestic private nonprofit and for-profit 
organizations such as community-based organizations, universities, 
colleges and hospitals.
    Eligibility for the Coordinating Center has been limited to Human 
Services Research Institute (HSRI). HSRI is in a unique position to 
operate the Coordinating Center described in this announcement. As the 
current Coordinating Center for SAMHSA's Managed Care for Vulnerable 
Populations study, HSRI has worked collaboratively with current 
grantees on design issues and common protocols within and across 
populations, developed a managed care typology, developed data 
collection and verification processes that ensure the quality of data, 
assisted grantees in redesigning plans as necessary, and has in place a 
structure for data analysis and report writing. HSRI will integrate the 
new adolescent Study Sites into this ongoing process.
    It is critical to CSAT and SAMHSA that the new projects for managed 
care and adolescent substance abusing populations be integrated into 
the existing study in a short period of time. In order for cross-site 
analyses to benefit from the data and information developed by the new 
projects, grantees will need to receive guidance and technical 
assistance in developing study designs, sampling plans, and data 
collection and verification processes that mirror the existing study. A 
typology for the characterization of the managed care interventions at 
each site has been under formulation by HSRI and the existing grantees. 
The new adolescent projects will be at a significant disadvantage if 
they are not able to utilize the framework and methodologies that have 
already been developed. Because of the crucial short timeframe 
involved, and because HSRI has been central in the development of the 
current Managed Care for Vulnerable Populations study, they are the 
only organization that can meet the requirements for integrating the 
new adolescent projects into the already ongoing process.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that 
approximately $3 million will be available to support 5-6 Study Site 
awards and one Coordinating Center in FY 1997. Each Study Site 
cooperative agreement is estimated to be approximately $450,000 per 
year in total costs. The Coordinating Center award is estimated to be 
approximately $300,000 per year in total costs. Actual funding levels 
will depend on the availability of appropriated funds.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance 
contact:

Janice Berger, ACSW, MPH, Program Analyst, Office of Managed Care 
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 7th Floor, 
(301) 443-6534; or
Mady Chalk, Ph.D., Director, Office of Managed Care, Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, (301) 443-
8796

     Grants Management Contact: For business management 
assistance contact: Ms. Peggy Jones, Division of Grants Management, 
OPS, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, (301) 443-9360.
    The mailing address for all of the above individuals 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, MD 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 1997 
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 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 1997 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 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

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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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