[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18926-18931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10035]


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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 Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and Center for 
Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) 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     Estimated                              
                  Activity                   Application     funds       number of          Project period      
                                               deadline    available      awards                                
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Recovery Community Support Program.........     06/08/98        $2.5M      20-30     3 yrs.                     
Methamphetamine Treatment..................     06/08/98         2.4M        5-7     3 yrs.                     
Children of Substance Abusing Parents           06/08/98         8.0M         19     3 yrs.                     
 (COSAPs).                                                                                                      
Parenting Adolescents......................     06/08/98         4.3M       9-12     3 yrs.                     
Border CAPT................................     06/08/98         .60M          1     3 yrs.                     
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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, March 20, 1998, and on 
April 8, 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 No. 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

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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, Regional and Local Recovery Network Development
    4.2  Cooperative Agreements
    4.2.1  Cooperative Agreements for Replication of Effective 
Treatment for Methamphetamine Dependence and Improvement of Cost-
Effectiveness of Treatment
    4.2.2  Cooperative Agreements for Providing Coordinated 
Prevention Services to Children of Substance Abusing Parents 
(COSAPs) and their Families
    4.2.3  Cooperative Agreements for Initiatives on Welfare Reform 
and Substance Abuse Prevention for Parenting Adolescents
    4.2.4  Cooperative Agreement for the Center for the Application 
of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) to Support the U.S.-Mexico Border 
Four-State Substance Abuse Initiative
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 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 
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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, Regional and Local Recovery Network Development (Short 
Title: Recovery Community Support Program, GFA No. TI 98-008)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) 
announces the availability of grants to foster the participation of 
recovery communities in the development of programs, policies and 
quality assurance activities at the State and local level. These 
recovery organizations may be comprised of persons in recovery from 
substance abuse and/or dependence, substance abuse service consumers/
recipients, and their significant others and families.
    CSAT is committed to funding the creation and initial support of 
recovery organizations that work to participate and provide input in 
the conceptualization, planning, implementation and evaluation of 
substance abuse treatment services. Such an approach will provide the 
recovery community a public voice to communicate their unique 
perspectives and insight. Recovery organizations will work to assist 
State and local communities to develop and disseminate strategies for 
enhancing systems of care, strengthening service systems 
infrastructure, and improving the quality and availability of substance 
abuse treatment services. Recovery organizations will also be 
encouraged to participate in the development, articulation and 
promotion of community substance abuse treatment philosophies. It is 
intended that recovery organizations funded through this program will 
become models of system participation and building for other 
communities and States.
    Grant funds may be used for activities that either support the 
creation and maintenance of recovery communities or activities that 
further an existing recovery organization's ability to participate and 
provide input on service system infrastructure issues.
     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.
     Grant/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately $2.5 
million will be available to support approximately 20-30 awards under 
this GFA in FY 1998. The average award for projects is expected to 
range from $30,000 to $100,000 in total costs (direct and indirect).
     Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance Number: 93.230.
     For programmatic or technical assistance, contact: Howard 
R. Sampson, Director, Division of State and Community Assistance, 
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 880, 
301-443-3820.
    For grants management assistance, contact: Peggy Jones, Division of 
Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA, 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, 
MD 20847-2345, 800-729-6686; 800-487-4889 TDD.
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 Replication of Effective Treatment 
for Methamphetamine Dependence and Improvement of Cost-Effectiveness of 
Treatment (Short Title: Methamphetamine Treatment, GFA No. TI 98-002)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) 
announces the availability of funds to test the replicability of 
specific non-residential programs for the treatment of methamphetamine 
abuse.
    This program is designed to determine the ability to replicate the 
MATRIX models of non-residential treatment for methamphetamine 
dependence. A collaborative, cross-site approach is essential in order 
to study and evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of both 
the 8 and 16 week MATRIX models of methamphetamine dependence 
treatment.
    The program's goals are to: replicate the MATRIX model in multiple 
sites and document adaptations made; evaluate the effectiveness and 
cost-effectiveness of the 8 week and 16 week courses of methamphetamine 
treatment in these sites; compare the MATRIX models (8-week and/or 16-
week) of treatment to the ongoing (existing treatment at the site) 
treatment program, if suitable; determine the problems involved in 
replication and technology transfer; and contribute to the development 
of knowledge on non-residential treatment of methamphetamine 
dependence.
    Applications are solicited for two types of awards: study sites and 
a coordinating center to provide technical assistance and training, and 
analyze the cross-site data. Study site applicants must verify the 
provision of methamphetamine treatment services for a minimum of two 
years prior to the date of the application and must currently be 
delivering services to methamphetamine dependent clients on an non-
residential basis. Applications will be accepted from the same entity 
for both study site and coordinating center roles. Applicants who wish 
to apply for both roles must submit a separate application for each.
     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.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that 
approximately $2.4 million will be available to support approximately 
5-7 awards (5 or 6 study sites plus one coordinating center) under this 
GFA in FY 1998. The average yearly award is expected to range from 
$300,000 to $360,000 in total costs (direct+indirect) for the study 
sites and $600,000 (direct+indirect costs) for the coordinating center.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     For programmatic or technical assistance, contact: Ms. 
Cheryl J. Gallagher, Division of Practice and

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Systems Development, Organization of Services Branch, Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 7th floor, (301) 443-
7259.
     For business management assistance, contact: Mrs. Peggy 
Jones, Division of Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 6th 
Floor, (301) 443-9666.
    The mailing address for all of the individuals listed above is: 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
     Application kits are available from: National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, (800) 729-6686; (800) 487-4859 TDD.
4.2.2  Cooperative Agreements for Providing Coordinated Prevention 
Services to Children of Substance Abusing Parents (COSAPs) and their 
Families (Short Title: COSAPs, GFA No. SP 98-003)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) 
announces the availability of funds to generate new, empirical 
knowledge about what prevention models and associated services are most 
effective for enhancing COSAP's protective factors and minimizing their 
risk factors for developing substance abuse and/or other behavioral, 
emotional, social, cognitive and physical problems as a result of their 
parents' substance abuse. The target population includes three age 
groups (6-8; 9-11; and 12-14 year olds).
    The three objectives of this program are to: (1) determine what are 
the most effective prevention intervention models and associated 
services for preventing, delaying and/or reducing substance abuse by 
COSAPs that can be implemented in local communities; (2) measure and 
document declines in substance abuse as well as other negative outcomes 
of COSAP status pertaining to behavioral, emotional, social cognitive 
and physical development and/or abuse; and (3) document the program 
implementation in the form of a manual that can be used in other 
communities and/or for other COSAP populations.
    Study sites will be expected to implement, refine or adapt an 
established scientifically defensible and effective substance abuse 
prevention intervention program for COSAPs in a local community setting 
as well as provide additional and associated services that are needed 
to address their behavioral, emotional, social, cognitive and physical 
problems, determine their effectiveness, and document their 
implementation, design and content so that they can be replicated in 
other settings and/or for other COSAP populations.
    CSAP anticipates funding approximately 18 study sites and a Data 
Coordinating Center to guide and support study sites' work. The Data 
Coordinating Center will also guide, support the work for another CSAP 
program--GFA No. SP 98-004, Cooperative Agreements for Initiatives on 
Welfare Reform and Substance Abuse Prevention for Parenting 
Adolescents.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
units of State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit or 
for-profit organizations such as community-based organizations, 
universities, colleges and hospitals. Applicants cannot apply for both 
a Study Site and a Coordinating Center grant. They must choose to apply 
for one or the other to avoid any conflict of interest issues.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: it is estimated that 
approximately $7.2 million will be available to support approximately 
18 COSAP Study Sites and $0.8 million will be available to support a 
Data Coordinating Center which will serve both for the COSAP Study 
Sites and the Parenting Adolescent Study Site awards under this program 
in FY 1998. The award for each Study Site should average about $400,000 
for both direct and indirect costs.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     For programmatic or technical contact: Soledad Sambrano, 
Ph.D., Division of Knowledge Development and Evaluation, Center for 
Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 1075, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-9110 [Fax: (301) 
443-8965].
     For business management assistance, contact: Mrs. Peggy 
Jones, Division of Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 
630, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-3958.
     Application kits are available from: National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information Post Office Box 2345, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857-2345, (800) 729-6686; (800) 487-4859 TDD.
4.2.3  Cooperative Agreements for Initiatives on Welfare Reform and 
Substance Abuse Prevention for Parenting Adolescents (Short Title: 
Parenting Adolescents, GFA No. SP 98-004)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) 
announces the availability of funds to support cooperative agreements 
which address the needs of teen parents affected by welfare reform. The 
program is designed to generate knowledge on the effects of 
comprehensive preventive interventions aimed at parenting teens 
currently enrolled in, or eligible for, benefits under TANF. Preventive 
interventions must address the following four objections which CSAP has 
identified as critical for this population: prevention or reduction of 
alcohol, tobacco, and drug use; improvement in academic performance; 
reduction in subsequent pregnancies; and improvement in parenting and 
life skills and general well-being.
    Because parenting adolescents and their children are clearly at 
risk for negative outcomes including substance abuse, and the subset of 
parenting teens affected by welfare reform is equally if not more at 
risk, CSAP has a compelling interest in stimulating the design and 
testing of programs that complement and support welfare reform programs 
in ways which ensure the healthy growth and development of both 
adolescent parents and their children and minimize their risks of 
substance use/abuse.
    Study sites will strive to ascertain the effects of providing 
comprehensive services to adolescent parents and their families who are 
TANF recipients (and/or those eligible to receive TANF benefits) in the 
midst of the changes that are being implemented by States. Sites will 
be expected to fully document changes in the welfare program in their 
State which affect their local community, and to develop and implement 
comprehensive services for at-risk parenting adolescents and their 
families that can demonstrate outcomes in support of the above-noted 
objectives.
    Study sites funded under this GFA will produce two products: a 
final report on the program history, findings, and conclusions; and a 
replication manual which can be disseminated to the field for future 
implementation of similar projects. To guide and support grantees' 
work, CSAP will establish a Data Coordinating Center. A full 
description of the requirements of the Data Coordinating Center can be 
found in GFA No. SP 98-003--Cooperative Agreements for Providing 
Coordinating Prevention Services to Children of Substance Abusing 
Parents (COSAPs) and their Families.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
units of State or

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local government, and by domestic private nonprofit and for-profit 
organizations such as community-based organizations, universities, 
colleges, and hospitals. An applicant may apply to be either a Study 
Site or the Data Coordinating Center, but not both. (Note: As discussed 
above, applications for the Data Coordinating Center are being 
solicited under GFA SP 98-003.)
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that 
approximately $4.3 million will be available to support 9-12 awards of 
no more than $500,000 (including direct and indirect costs) under this 
GFA in FY 1998.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     For programmatic or technical information regarding this 
grant (not for application kits) contact: Laura J. Flinchbaugh, MPH, 
Division of Knowledge Development and Evaluation, Center for Substance 
Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Room 1075, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-6612.
    For grants management assistance, contact: Peggy Jones, Division of 
Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Room 630, 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, (800) 729-6686; (800) 487-4859 TDD.
4.2.4 Cooperative Agreement for the Center for the Application of 
Prevention Technologies (CAPT) to Support the U.S.-Mexico Border Four-
State Substance Abuse Initiative (Short Title: Border CAPT, GFA No. SP 
98-002)
     Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) 
announces the availability of funds to assist border State to apply on 
a consistent basis, the latest research knowledge to their substance 
abuse prevention programs, practices, and policies. The program goal is 
to use conventional and electronic delivery methods to assist border 
States, their subrecipient communities, and other border communities in 
effectively applying and utilizing scientifically defensible substance 
abuse prevention knowledge and technology.
    The Border CAPT will focus its efforts on four key prevention topic 
areas. These topic areas include: youth illicit drug use (with an 
emphasis on marijuana); underage drinking; alcohol, drugs, and 
violence; and HIV/AIDS and drug use. The applicant may be required to 
provide services on other topic areas as well. The applicant must also 
provide technical assistance using the following six CSAP prevention 
strategies: information dissemination, education, community 
mobilization, alternatives, environmental change, and early 
identification and referral.
    An applicant must apply to serve the four-State border region 
(Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) and specifically the 60 
mile corridor running parallel to the U.S.-Mexico border. The grantee 
will be expected to maintain a physical presence in the four-State 
region to be served.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
units of State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit or 
for-profit organizations such as community-based organizations, 
universities, colleges, and hospitals.
     Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that 
approximately $600,000 will be available to support one award under 
this GFA in FY 98.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
     For programmatic or technical assistance contact: Ms. 
Luisa del Carmen Pollard, M.A., Division of Community Education, Center 
for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 800, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: 301/443-0373.
     For business management assistance, contact: William 
Reyes, Division of Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 
640, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: 301/443-7375.
     Application kits are available from: National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 800/729-6686; 800/487-4889 TDD.

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, Pub. L. 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

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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: April 10, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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