[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17197-17203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9253]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Funding Opportunities

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 
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), and Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announce the availability of FY 1998 
funds for 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     Project  
                  Activity                    Application   Estimated funds available    number of      period  
                                                deadline                                   awards      (years)  
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State Indicator Pilot.......................     06/08/98  $1.0M......................           10            3
National TA Centers.........................     06/08/98  $1.1M......................            3            3
State Network Grants........................     06/08/98  $1.55M.....................           31            3
Statewide Family Networks...................     06/08/98  $1.55M.....................           31            3
Adolescent Treatment Models.................     06/08/98  $11.5......................        45-55          2.5
Addiction Technology Transfer Centers.......     06/08/98  $7.5.......................           15            3
Treatment Outcome & Performance Pilot.......     06/08/98  $5.0.......................        11-13            3
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    Note: SAMHSA also published notices of available funding 
opportunities for FY 1998 in the Federal Register on January 6, 
1998, January 20, 1998, February 26, 1998, and on March 20, 1998.

    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 1998 funds for activities 
discussed in this announcement were appropriated by the Congress under 
Public Law 105-78. 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), the PHS 5161-1 which includes Standard Form 
424 (Face Page), and other documentation and forms. 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 application form and the full text of each of the 
activities (i.e., the GFA) described in Section 4 are available 
electronically via SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page (address: http://
www.samhsa.gov).

APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Unless otherwise stated in the GFA, 
applications must be submitted to: SAMHSA Programs, Center for 
Scientific Review, 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.
    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 1998 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Activities
    4.1  Grants
    4.1.1  State Indicator Pilot Grants
    4.1.2  Grants to Support Consumer and Consumer Supporter 
National Technical Assistance Centers (Short Title: National TA 
Centers)
    4.1.3  Statewide Consumer and Consumer Supporter Networking 
Grants (Short Title: State Network Grants)
    4.1.4  Statewide Family Network Grants (Short Title: Statewide 
Family Networks)
    4.1.5  Grants for Identification of Exemplary Treatment Models 
for Adolescents (Short Title: Adolescent Treatment Models)
    4.2  Cooperative Agreements
    4.2.1 Cooperative Agreements for Addiction Technology Transfer 
Centers (Short Title: ATTCs)
    4.2.2  Cooperative Agreements for State Treatment Outcomes and 
Performance Pilot Studies Enhancement (Short Title: TOPPS II)
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

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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 moved 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.
    SAMHSA's FY 1998 Knowledge Development and Application (KD&A) 
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 1998 KD&A 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.
    SAMHSA also continues to fund legislatively-mandated services 
programs for which funds are appropriated.

2. Special Concerns

    SAMHSA's legislatively-mandated services programs do provide funds 
for mental health and/or substance abuse treatment and prevention 
services. However, SAMHSA's KD&A activities do not provide funds for 
mental health and/or substance abuse treatment and prevention services 
except sometimes 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 under a KD&A activity 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.
    Additional funding criteria specific to the programmatic activity 
may be included in the application guidance materials.

4. Special FY 1998 SAMHSA Activities

4.1  Grants

    4.1.1  State Indicator Pilot Grants (GFA No. SM 98-010)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), 
announces technical assistance grants to the State Mental Health 
Agencies (SMHAs) or the equivalent in the District of Columbia and 
United States Territories eligible for CMHS block grants, to support 
performance indicator pilots which will facilitate appropriate 
implementation of selected, comparable performance measures within and 
among States. Piloting of additional State specific performance 
measures will also be supported for State grantees that complete 
successful piloting of the initial framework of selected indicators. 
This Program effort emanates from the current environment of the State 
and national need for effective accountability systems which can 
identify the effects of mental health services within and among States. 
Accommodation is made to assist States to pilot refinements and 
modifications in performance indicator systems for individual State 
data system needs once the primary goal is successfully met. Needs 
supporting accountability in mental health systems are supported in the 
enactment of the Federal Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 
(GPRA) and in existing reform mandates and activities among States 
experiencing system wide and managed care reform.
    The primary purpose of this technical assistance grant Program is 
to facilitate the development and implementation of State performance 
indicator pilots that reflect the performance indicators selected in 
the 1997/98 Five State Feasibility Assessment Project funded by CMHS. 
The Five State Feasibility Assessment Project addressed the existing 
need for accountability and comparability in terms of mental health 
services performance within and among States. Selected States 
participated in the Five State project to identify performance 
indicators, specify their range of applicability, and determine 
potential feasibility. The objective was to select a set of performance 
indicators that can be applied by all States. The primary effort in 
this new Program will be the design, implementation, assessment, and 
refinement of the pilot experience in a sample of States. The

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expected overall result is a completed pilot which can be implemented 
statewide at the conclusion of the grant period and potentially 
implemented by other States.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applicants must be SMHAs or the 
equivalent in the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories that 
receive CMHS block grant funds. Eligibility is restricted to SMHAs as 
the only appropriate entities for piloting performance indicators for 
national and interstate State comparability.
     Grants/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately 
$1,000,000 will be available to support approximately 10 awards under 
this GFA in FY 1998. The maximum award per grantee will be $100,000 
total direct and indirect costs per year for a maximum of 3 years.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.119
     Application kits are being mailed to eligible entities. 
For programmatic or technical information regarding this grant, 
contact:

Olinda Gonzalez, Ph.D., Public Health Advisor, Survey and Analysis 
Branch

      or

Ronald W. Manderscheid, Ph.D., Chief, Survey and Analysis Branch, 
Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental 
Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 15C-04, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, Tel.(301) 443-3343 Fax 301-443-7926
E-mail addresses: [email protected]; [email protected]

For grants management assistance, contact: Stephen Hudak, Division of 
Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 15C-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, Tel. (301) 443-4456, [email protected]

4.1.2  Grants to Support Consumer and Consumer Supporter National 
Technical Assistance Centers (Short Title: National TA Centers--GFA No. 
SM 98-012)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Center for Mental Health Services announces the 
availability of funds to support three technical assistance centers, 
two to promote consumer self-help activities and one technical 
assistance center for supporters of consumers. The Program is intended 
to create technical assistance centers that act as resource centers for 
materials development and dissemination, training, skill development, 
interactive communication opportunities, networking and other technical 
assistance activities directed at facilitating self-help approaches, 
recovery concepts, and empowerment.
    Specific objectives include:
    (1) Strengthening of relationships among stakeholders and advocates 
in the mental health system through the use of innovative approaches, 
i.e., dispute resolution, networking, coalition building and modern 
information processing technology for the purpose of achieving their 
common goal.
    (2) Facilitating the improvement and enhancement of skill 
development with an emphasis on business and management skills for 
self-help programs in the field to ensure success and growth.
    (3) Supporting the Program: ``Grants to Promote Statewide Consumer 
and Consumer Supporter Networking.''
     Priorities: None
     Eligible Applicants: Applications for the Consumer 
National Technical Assistance Centers may only be submitted by consumer 
operated organizations. Applications for the Consumer Supporter 
National Technical Assistance Center may only be submitted by 
organizations of consumer supporters.
    Eligibility is being restricted to these organizations because of 
Program Goal No. 4 which is to improve the capacity of both consumer 
and consumer supporter organizations to provide technical assistance to 
their respective communities.
     Grants/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately $1.1 
million will be available to support three awards under this program in 
Fiscal Year 1998. The average award to support the two Consumer 
Technical Assistance Centers will be $400,000 in total costs 
(direct+indirect)per year. The average award for the Supporter 
Technical Assistance Center is expected to be $300,000 in total costs 
(direct+indirect).
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     For programmatic or technical information contact: Risa S. 
Fox, Community Support Programs Branch, Division of Knowledge 
Development and Systems Change Center for Mental Health Services, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Room 11C-22, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-3653.
    Questions regarding Grants Management issues may be directed to: 
Stephen J. Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15C-
05, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4456.
    For application kits, contact: Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), 
P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015, Voice: (800) 789-2647, TTY: (301) 
443-9006, FAX: (301) 984-8796.
4.1.3  Statewide Consumer and Consumer Supporter Networking Grants 
(Short Title: State Network Grants--GFA No. SM 98-013)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Center for Mental Health Services announces the 
availability of grants to increase the capacity of statewide consumer 
and/or consumer supporter networks to participate in the development of 
policies, programs, and quality assurance activities related to mental 
health.
    Specific objectives include:
    (1) Strengthening of organizational relationships among consumers, 
families, advocates, networks, and coalitions that are dedicated to 
empowering consumers and promoting their ability to participate in 
State and local mental health service-planning and health care reform 
policy activities;
    (2) Fostering of leadership and management skills with an emphasis 
on leadership, business and management and fostering financial self-
sufficiency of consumer and/or consumer supporter organizations 
(transition from Federal funding to other public and private resources) 
over the term of the Federal grant;
    (3) Identification of technical assistance needs for consumer and/
or consumer supporter organizations and the implementation of a 
strategy that meets those needs.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications for the Statewide 
Consumer and Consumer Supporter Networking Grants may be submitted by 
units of State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit 
and for-profit organizations such as community-based organizations, 
universities, colleges, and hospitals, family and/or consumer operated 
organizations and volunteer mental health organizations.
    Applicants must provide a brief history of the organization and 
documentation of activities, within the last year, that show that they 
are dedicated to the improvement of mental health services at the local 
and statewide levels (e.g., State-level policies).
     Grants/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately 
$1,550,000 will be

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available to support approximately 31 awards in FY 1998. The average 
award is expected to range from $40,000 to $60,000, in total costs 
(direct+indirect) for statewide consumer organizations and statewide 
consumer supporter organizations. Within a State, a maximum of two 
awards can be made--one award may be for a consumer organization and 
one award may be for a consumer supporter organization.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     For programmatic or technical assistance contact: William 
McKinnon, Ph.D. or Santo J.(Buddy) Ruiz, Community Support Programs 
Branch, Division of Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center 
for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11C-22, Rockville, MD 20857, 
(301) 443-3653.
     Questions regarding Grants Management issues may be 
directed to: Stephen J. Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OPS, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Room 15C-05, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4456.
     For application kits, contact: Knowledge Exchange Network 
(KEN), P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015, Voice: (800) 789-2647, 
TTY: (301)443-9006, FAX: (301)984-8796.
4.1.4  Statewide Family Network Grants (Short Title: Statewide Family 
Networks--GFA No. SM 98.014)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) announces the 
availability of grants to increase the capacity of statewide family 
networks to participate in the development of policies, programs, and 
quality assurance activities related to the mental health of children 
and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families.
    The goals of the Statewide Family Network Grant program are to:
    1. Strengthen Organizational Relationships--Improve collaboration 
among families, advocates, networks, and coalitions that are dedicated 
to empowering families and strengthening their ability to participate 
in State and local mental health service-planning and health care 
reform policy activities on behalf of their children; and, to maintain 
effective working relationships with other State child-serving agencies 
including, health, education, child welfare, substance abuse, and 
juvenile justice.
    2. Foster Leadership and Management Skills--Promote skills 
development with an emphasis on leadership, business and management and 
foster financial self-sufficiency of family-controlled organizations 
(transition from Federal funding to other public and private resources) 
over the term of the Federal grant;
    3. Identify Technical Assistance Needs--Identify technical 
assistance needs for family-controlled organizations and implement a 
strategy that meets those needs.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Only nonprofit private entities that 
have a board of directors or other controlling body comprised of no 
less than 51 percent family members of children with serious emotional, 
behavioral, or mental disorders, or other nonprofit entities which have 
provided written assurance that the project will be under the control 
of an autonomous subunit which is family-controlled, may apply. If the 
application is on behalf of the autonomous subunit, the charter 
granting full project autonomy to the family-controlled subunit, and 
the minutes of the meeting of the applicant's Board of Directors 
showing approval of full project autonomy must accompany the 
application.
    CMHS is limiting eligibility to family-controlled organizations 
because the goals of this grant program are to: (1) Strengthen the 
capacity of family members to participate in State and local mental 
health service-planning and health care reform policy activities on 
behalf of their children; (2) promote leadership and management skills 
among family members which will foster self-sufficiency; and, (3) 
identify and implement technical assistance strategies to successfully 
meet program goals.
    Evidence gathered over the past 14 years suggests that Statewide 
family networks are critical to achieving full participation of 
families in planning, implementing and evaluating systems of care for 
their children with serious emotional disturbances. The engagement of 
trained and empowered family members appears to be an essential 
component of the system of care and can lead to greater rates of family 
satisfaction and better health and related outcomes for the target 
population.
     Grants/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately 
$1,550,000 will be available to support approximately 31 awards in FY 
1998. The average award is expected to range from $40,000 to $60,000 in 
total costs. CMHS will make no more than one award in any State.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     For programmatic or technical assistance contact: Gary De 
Carolis, M.Ed., Chief, Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch, Division 
of Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center for Mental Health 
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-49, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-1333.
     Questions regarding Grants Management issues may be 
directed to: Steve Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 15C-05, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4456.
     Grant application kits may be obtained 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 is available via the KEN Electronic 
Bulletin Board 800-790-2647).
4.1.5  Grants for Identification of Exemplary Treatment Models for 
Adolescents (Short Title: Adolescent Treatment Models--GFA No. TI 98-
007)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces a 
grant program designed to identify currently existing models of 
adolescent treatment that, when evaluated for client outcomes and cost, 
demonstrate effectiveness in treating adolescents. CSAT intends to make 
funds available for the documentation and evaluation of programs that 
appear to demonstrate sustained levels of effectiveness and that could 
be considered exemplary, but, heretofore, have not had the means to 
fully undertake these tasks. Funds are available for further evaluation 
and documentation; funds may not be expended for treatment By 
``exemplary'', CSAT means programs which have been validated as 
exemplary through formal evaluation or research as evidenced by the 
availability of peer-reviewed empirical findings; have significant 
consensus among experts, including evaluators, policy-makers, 
providers, consumers and families that they are exemplary; have been or 
can be reasonably expected to be generalizable with adaptation to local 
circumstances; and are documented.
    CSAT designed this program to stimulate States, local governments 
and private organizations to: (1) Identify

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potentially exemplary treatment models for adolescents that currently 
exist, (2) develop an evaluation plan and produce short-term evaluation 
of outcome measures, (3) develop documentation for these models, and 
(4) offer these documented and evaluated treatment programs for 
possible replication. Programs identified for replication will be 
invited to exhibit at a conference to disseminate their findings and 
showcase their models.
     Priorities: The target population is adolescents who have 
a substance abuse problem, with priority being given to those programs 
that provide treatment for adolescent heroin abusers.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
units of State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit 
and for-profit organizations such as community-based organizations, 
universities, colleges, and hospitals.
     Grant/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately $11.5 
million will be available to support approximately 45-55 awards under 
this GFA in FY 98. The average award is expected to range from $200,000 
to $250,000 in total costs (direct+indirect).
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
     For Programmatic Assistance Contact: Mr. Randolph Muck, 
M.Ed., Division of Practice and Systems Development, Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, Rockwall II, Room 614, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 
20857, (301) 443-6574.
     For grants management assistance contact: Ms. Peggy Jones, 
Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration, Rockwall II, Room 614, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-9666.
     Application Kits are available from: National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686, 1-800-487-4889.

4.2  Cooperative Agreements

    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 for Addiction Technology Transfer Centers 
(Short Title: ATTCs--GFA No. TI 98-009)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces 
the availability of cooperative agreements to support the creation, 
expansion, and/or enhancement of Addiction Technology Transfer Centers 
(ATTCs). This program is designed to: (1) Develop a network of ATTCs 
responsible for cultivating an interdisciplinary consortium of health 
care and related professionals, educators, organizations, and State and 
local governments knowledgeable about research-based, effective 
approaches to substance abuse treatment and recovery; (2) shape systems 
of care by replicating and testing science and translating substance 
abuse treatment research into clinical practice; (3) develop competent 
health care and related professionals reflective of the treatment 
population and who are prepared to function in managed care settings; 
and, (4) upgrade standards of professional practice for addictions 
workers in various settings.
    This announcement is a modified reissuance of a prior announcement 
entitled ``Addiction Training Centers (ATCs),'' GFA No. TI 93-02. 
Applications are solicited for two types of awards: (1) ATTCs and (2) 
an ATTC Coordinating Center. An organization may submit an application 
for an ATTC and/or the ATTC Coordinating Center. A separate application 
is required for each function. The ATTC Coordinating Center must be set 
up as a separate entity with dedicated staff, a separate and 
independent project director, a separate budget, audit, and specific 
responsibilities.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
units of State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit 
and for-profit organizations such as community-based organizations, 
universities, colleges, and hospitals.
    Current CSAT ATTC grantees with a project period that ends on or 
before September 30, 1998, excluding extensions in time without 
additional funds, are also eligible applicants.
     Cooperative Agreement/Amounts: It is estimated that 
approximately $7.5 million will be available to support approximately 
15 awards (including one Coordinating Center) under this GFA in FY 
1998. The average award is expected to range from $200,000 to $500,000 
for the ATTCs in total costs (direct + indirect). The award for the 
ATTC Coordinating Center is expected to be in the area of $300,000 in 
total costs (direct + indirect).
     Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance Number: 93.230
     For programmatic or technical assistance contact: Susanne 
R. Rohrer, Office of Evaluation, Scientific Analysis, and Synthesis, 
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 840, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-8521.
     For grants management assistance, contact: Peggy Jones, 
Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 630, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-9666.
     Application Kits are available from: National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, PO Box 2345, Rockville, 
Maryland 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686, 1-800-487-4889, Via Internet: 
http://www.samhsa.gov
4.2.2  Cooperative Agreements for State Treatment Outcomes and 
Performance Pilot Studies Enhancement (Short Title: TOPPS II--GFA No. 
TI 98-005)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces 
the availability of cooperative agreements for States to develop a 
standardized approach that systematically measures the performance of 
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPT BG) funded 
programs/providers and the treatment outcomes of clients as they 
progress through the State substance abuse treatment system. This 
program will support States to develop Outcomes Monitoring Systems 
(OMS) or to refine Management Information Systems (MIS) that measure 
performance and outcomes for substance abuse treatment. All States are 
eligible to apply. Awards will be granted to States who demonstrate 
that this program will assist in the State system development of 
outcomes measurements and for eventual development of a statewide MIS/
OMS system.
    This program is designed to support inter-State consensus based 
decision making regarding the development of

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standardized AOD treatment performance and outcome measures. The 
program will support the development and evaluation of strategies for 
monitoring the impact and effectiveness of alcohol and other drug (AOD) 
treatment. To fulfill this objective, there are four phases: A 
planning/coordination phase, a developmental phase, an implementation 
phase, and an analysis/dissemination phase.
    A Technical Assistance Center will be funded to provide overall 
coordination and support of the program, management of common data 
collected across Project States, and assumption of primary 
responsibility, in collaboration with CSAT and the States, for 
analyzing the consistency of the data across the States and producing 
inter-State findings.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications will be accepted for two 
types of awards: Project States and a Technical Assistance Center. 
Project State applications may be submitted by State AOD Single State 
Authorities (SSAs). Eligibility is limited to the SSAs because this 
cooperative agreement program is designed to collect information on the 
treatment services funded by the SAPT Block Grant. The SSAs are the 
recipients of the SAPT Block Grants and they are the only parties that 
have access to MIS programs with the ability to collect necessary data. 
Technical Assistance Center applications may be submitted by units of 
State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit and for-
profit organizations such as community-based organizations, 
universities, colleges, and hospitals.
     Cooperative Agreement/Amounts: It is estimated that 
approximately $5 million will be available to support 10 to 12 State 
awards and 1 Technical Assistance Center under this program in FY 98. 
Each project State award is estimated to be in the range of $300,000 to 
$500,000 per year in total costs (direct and indirect). The Technical 
Assistance Center is estimated to be $250,000 per year in total costs 
(direct and indirect).
     Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance Number: 93.238
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance 
contact: Sheila Harmison, D.S.W., Division of State and Community 
Assistance, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 880, (301) 
443-7524.
     For grants management assistance, contact: Ms. Peggy 
Jones, Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 360, (301) 443-9666.
    The mailing address for the individuals listed above is: 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
     Application Kits are available from: National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, PO Box 2345, Rockville, 
Maryland 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686, 1-800-487-4889, Via Internet: 
http://www.samhsa.gov

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 1998 
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.

7. Executive Order 12372

    Applications submitted in response to all FY 1998 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 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 3, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-9253 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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