[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11478-11483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5761]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 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) announces the 
availability of FY 1999 funds for the following activities. These 
activities are discussed in more detail under Section 3 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 No.
              Activity                  deadline     available  (in     of awards          Project  period
                                                        millions)
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Targeted Capacity Expansion........         5/10/99           $12.5              25  Up to 3 yrs.
Targeted Capacity Expansion--HIV/           6/17/99              16              40  Up to 3 yrs.
 AIDS.
HIV/AIDS Outreach Program..........         5/18/99               7           20-25  Up to 3 yrs.
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    Note: SAMHSA also published notices of available funding 
opportunities for FY 1999 in subsequent issues of the Federal 
Register.

    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 1999 funds for activities 
discussed in this announcement were appropriated by the Congress under 
Public Law No. 105-277. 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

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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 3).
    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 3).
    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 3).

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/Amounts.
     Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers.
     Contacts.
     Application Kits.

Table of Contents

1. Program Background and Objectives
2. Criteria for Review and Funding
    2.1  General Review Criteria
    2.2  Funding Criteria for Scored Applications
3. Special FY 1999 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Activities
    3.1.  Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in 
Targeted Areas of Need (Short Title: Targeted Capacity Expansion, 
GFA No. TI 99-002)
    3.2.  Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse 
Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services (Short Title: TCE/HIV, GFA No. TI 
99-004)
    3.3.  Community-Based Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Outreach 
Program (Short Title: HIV/AIDS Outreach Program, GFA No. TI 99-005)
    3.4.  SAMHSA/CSAT FY 1999 Programs for Substance Abuse Treatment 
and/or HIV/AIDS Services
    3.5.  SAMHSA Technical Assistance Workshop
4. Public Health System Reporting Requirements
5. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement
6. 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 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. 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 3 
will be reviewed for technical merit in accordance with established 
PHS/SAMHSA peer review procedures.

2.1 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;

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     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.

2.2 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.

3. Special FY 1999 SAMHSA Activities

3.1. Grants to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment in Targeted Areas of 
Need (Short Title: Targeted Capacity Expansion, GFA No. TI 99-002)

     Application Deadline: May 10, 1999.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) 
announces the availability of funds for grants to expand substance 
abuse treatment capacity in targeted areas. This program is designed to 
address gaps in treatment capacity by supporting rapid and strategic 
responses to demands for substance abuse (including alcohol and drug) 
treatment services. This announcement is a reissuance (with revisions) 
of a prior announcement by the same title, ``Targeted Capacity 
Expansion,'' GFA No. TI 98-006. Applications are solicited for a 
targeted response to treatment capacity problems including communities 
with serious, emerging drug problems as well as communities with 
innovative solutions to unmet needs. Applicants must have an existing 
infrastructure (facility/program) and may either apply to expand (add 
treatment slots) an existing treatment program or create a new program. 
The proposed treatment services must be based on sound, scientifically 
based theory or empirical evidence of effectiveness. Further, the 
services should be designed to significantly impact the identified 
treatment gap or emerging issue within the three year grant period. A 
plan for continuation of the effort beyond the life of the grant should 
be presented if such continuation is expected to be necessary. Finally, 
the proposed services should be consistent with and fit within the 
overall response to substance abuse problems in the target area.
     Eligible Applicants: Only units of local (cities, towns, 
counties) and State governments and Indian Tribes and tribal 
organizations (as defined in the Indian Self-Determination Act--25 
U.S.C., section 450b) are eligible to apply. These applicants may 
engage (coordinate/subcontract) the skills of a wide variety of 
private, non-profit, and community-based organizations not eligible to 
apply on their own; however, the applicant will be legally, 
administratively and fiscally responsible for the grant. This is not a 
pass through arrangement; ``umbrella'' applications will not be 
accepted for review. Eligibility is being limited to cities, towns, 
counties, regional authorities, boroughs, States, Tribes, and tribal 
organizations in recognition of the primacy of their responsibility 
for, and interest in, providing for the needs of their citizens, and 
because the success of the program will depend upon the authority and 
ability available to broadly coordinate the variety of resources to 
ensure full program success. Furthermore, in addition to licensure, 
applicants/proposed providers of services must have been providing 
substance abuse treatment services for a minimum of two years prior to 
the date of application. Without this documentation, applications will 
be considered ineligible and not considered for peer review. SAMHSA 
believes that only existing providers have the infrastructure and 
expertise to address emerging and unmet needs as quickly as possible. 
CSAT is interested in applications from local governments because they 
are closer to the problem and in a better position to identify emerging 
needs and respond quickly; therefore, in its award decision-making 
process, CSAT will give priority to applications from local (cities, 
towns, counties) governments, and Indian Tribes and tribal 
organizations.
     Grants/Amounts: Approximately $12.5 million will be 
available to support awards in FY 1999. Of this amount, $8 million is 
available for general program applications from units of local (cities, 
towns, counties) and State government, and Indian Tribes and tribal 
organizations; up to $2 million is reserved for applications from such 
entities from Alaska for new projects (for women and children in rural 
areas) and Iowa (for methamphetamine abuse) as was specified in 
Congressional report language; and up to $2.5 million is reserved for 
applications from such government entities specifically addressing 
substance abuse and HIV/AIDS in African American, Hispanic/Latino, and 
other racial/ethnic minority communities.

                     Availability of Funds: FY 1999
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 Eligible Entities: All applicants must be
   units of local or State government or           Available funds
  Indian Tribes and tribal organizations
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Entities from Alaska that address women     Up to $1 million.
 and children in rural areas, and.
Entities from Iowa that address             Up to $1 Million.
 methamphetamine abuse.
Entities that specifically address          Up to $2.5 million.
 substance abuse and HIV/AIDS in African
 American, Hispanic/Latino, and/or other
 racial/ethnic minority communities.
 Applications will be divided into two
 population categories for purposes of
 review:
    --those proposing to serve populations
     of more than 30,000; and
    --those proposing to serve populations
     of 30,000 or fewer whether urban or
     rural.
General Program Entities. Applications      Up to $8 million*.
 will be divided into two population
 categories for purposes of review:
    --those proposing to serve populations
     of more than 30,000; and
    --those proposing to serve populations
     of 30,000 or fewer whether urban or
     rural.
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        Total.............................  $12.5 million
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* Average awards of $100,000-$500,000 apply to these entities.

    Support may be requested for a period of up to three (3) years.
    In accordance with the Congressional conference agreement and based 
on previously planned targeted HIV/AIDS activities, the $2.5 million 
noted above

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is intended to augment the capabilities of substance abuse treatment 
programs to address the growing HIV/AIDS problem in African American, 
Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/ethnic minority communities. As 
required by the Targeted Capacity Expansion program, applicants 
applying for grants to enhance or expand substance abuse treatment and 
HIV/AIDS, STDs, TB, and hepatitis B and C services must have an 
existing infrastructure (program/facility). Applicants may request 
funding to: (1) Expand organizational capacity to provide a more 
comprehensive array of community-based services through well defined 
linkages to other organizations/providers; (2) expand program capacity 
by increasing the number of slots in a residential, day, or outpatient 
substance abuse treatment program, or by adding a new component 
(outpatient/continuing care) to an existing program; (3) expand a core 
program to accommodate clients who are HIV positive or AIDS 
symptomatic; and (4) enhance accessibility of existing HIV/AIDS, STDs, 
TB, and hepatitis B and C services by adding community health education 
and risk reduction programming, outreach services, mobile HIV, STD, TB, 
and hepatitis B and C services including counseling/testing/treatment 
capabilities. Federal funds may not be used to carry out syringe 
exchange programs, such as the purchase and distribution of syringes 
and/or needles, nor can funds authorized under this program be used to 
pay for pharmacologies for antiretroviral therapy, STDs, TB and 
hepatitis B and C.
     Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance: 93.230.
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance 
(not for application kits) contact: Clifton Mitchell, Chief, Treatment 
and Systems Improvement Branch, Division of Practice and Systems 
Development, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 
6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-
8804.
    For grants management assistance, contact: Andrea L. Brandon, 
Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-9667.
     Application Kits are available from: National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686.

3.2. Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment 
and HIV/AIDS Services (Short Title: TCE/HIV, GFA No, TI 99-004)

     Application Deadline: June 17, 1999.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) 
announces the availability of funds for grants to enhance and expand 
substance abuse treatment and services related to HIV/AIDS in African 
American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/ethnic minority communities 
highly affected by the twin epidemics of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. 
This program seeks to address gaps in substance abuse treatment 
capacity, and increase the accessibility and availability of substance 
abuse treatment and related HIV/AIDS services (including STDs, TB and 
hepatitis B and C) to African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other 
racial/ethnic minority substance abusers. This announcement solicits 
applications for innovative targeted responses to the epidemic of 
substance abuse and related HIV/AIDS.
     SAMHSA CSAT is soliciting applications from organizations 
that have the capacity to provide substance abuse treatment services to 
African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/ethnic minority 
communities. While many organizations have been successful over the 
years in securing linkages with providers of primary health care, 
mental health, and HIV/AIDS services, these efforts have typically not 
provided specific mechanisms to include the participation of indigenous 
members of the affected community, and those community based 
organizations with experience in serving these communities have not 
been a critical component of the linkage strategy. SAMHSA CSAT is most 
interested in applications that demonstrate a comprehensive, 
integrated, creative and community-based response to a targeted, well 
documented substance abuse and HIV/AIDS treatment need/problem. SAMHSA/
CSAT believes that the accomplishment of this goal requires that 
applications be submitted by organizations that (1) have strong ties to 
the grassroots/community-based organizations that are deeply rooted in 
the culture of the targeted community, and (2) have demonstrated 
experience in providing culturally appropriate services to the targeted 
communities in the targeted area(s).
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
public and domestic private non-profit and for-profit entities, such as 
units of State or local government and grassroots and/or community-
based organizations that have the capacity to provide substance abuse 
treatment services to African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other 
racial/ethnic minority communities. Targeted communities must be 
located in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) with an annual AIDS 
case rate of 20/100,000 or in a State with an annual AIDS case rate of 
or greater than 10/100,000. SAMHSA CSAT's intention is to target areas 
at highest risk for HIV transmission. In the absence of consistent 
reporting of HIV data by all jurisdictions, the best indicator of the 
magnitude of the epidemic is AIDS case rates derived from Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports.
     In addition to the basic requirements for eligibility, 
applicants must provide evidence of providing substance abuse treatment 
services for a minimum of two years prior to the application. SAMHSA 
CSAT believes that only existing providers have the infrastructure and 
expertise to address emerging and unmet needs as quickly as possible.
     Grants/Amounts: Approximately $16 million will be 
available to support awards under this announcement in FY 1999. Awards 
are expected to range from $100,000 to $600,000 (direct and indirect 
costs) for projects directed to the following substance abusing 
populations in African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/
ethnic minority communities: women and their children (about $10 
million); adolescents (about $3 million); and men who inject drugs and 
men who have sex with men and inject drugs(MSM) (about $3 million). 
Support may be requested for a period of up to three (3) years.
     Catalog Domestic Federal Assistance: 93.230
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance 
(not for application kits) contact: Clifton Mitchell, Chief, Treatment 
and Systems Improvement Branch, Division of Practice and Systems 
Development, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 
6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-
8804.
    For grants management assistance, contact: Andrea L. Brandon, 
Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-9667.

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     Application kits are available from: National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, Maryland 30847-2345, 1-800-729-6686.

3.3. Community-Based Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Outreach Program 
(Short Title: HIV/AIDS Outreach Program, GFA No. TI-99-005)

     Application Deadline: May 18, 1999.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), 
announces the availability of funds for grants to support community-
based HIV/AIDS outreach programs in African American, Hispanic/Latino, 
and other racial/ethnic minority communities with high rates of 
substance abuse and AIDS. This program, hereinafter referred to as the 
``HIV/AIDS Outreach Program'', is designed to develop community-based 
outreach projects to provide HIV counseling and testing services, 
health education and risk reduction information, access and referrals 
to sexually transmitted disease (STD) and Tuberculosis (TB) testing, 
substance abuse treatment, primary care, mental health and medical 
services for those who are HIV positive or have AIDS.
    The purpose of this announcement is to promote behavioral 
transition and change among injecting drug users (IDUs) and other drug 
users with respect to risk exposures to HIV infection, STDs, TB and 
hepatitis, and to increase the number of substance abusers entering 
treatment among African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/
ethnic minority populations in high AIDS case rate areas.
    All applicants are expected to develop outreach program strategies 
that can effectively target women who are IDUs, the sexual partners of 
IDUs, sex workers or women who exchange sex for drugs, men who are IDUs 
and their needle sharing partners, men who have sex with men (MSM) and 
MSM who inject drugs, and adolescents. Projects are expected to 
formulate an overall outreach strategy that specifies the proposed 
interventions and how they will affect behavior change in the targeted 
population(s). Projects are expected to accomplish this by: (1) 
providing community-based outreach services to encourage entry and 
facilitate access to substance abuse treatment; (2) offering HIV/AIDS 
risk reduction education interventions; (3) making available medical 
diagnostic testing and screening for HIV, STDs, (e.g., syphilis, 
gonorrhea, chlamydia), and TB; and (4) providing linkages and follow-up 
primary medical care, mental health, and social services, as well as 
other prophylactic means to affect those behavior changes most likely 
to decrease the risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV, STDs, TB, 
hepatitis B and C and related diseases.
     Priority: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applicants may be public and domestic 
private non-profit and for-profit entities, such as units of State or 
local government and community-based organizations. Eligible 
organizations must have two years of experience in providing outreach 
services to out-of-treatment substance abusers, and be located in 
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) with annual AIDS case rates that 
are greater than 20 per 100,000 or in States with annual AIDS case 
rates greater than 10 per 100,000 population. While SAMHSA/CSAT 
acknowledges that outreach services provide a vital adjunctive resource 
to treatment irrespective of the locality, SAMHSA's intention in this 
announcement is to target areas deemed to be at highest risk for HIV 
transmission. In the absence of consistent reporting of HIV 
seroprevalence data by all jurisdictions, the best indicators of the 
magnitude of the epidemic are AIDS case rates derived from the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV Surveillance Reports. In 
addition, SAMHSA/CSAT believes that only existing providers have the 
infrastructure and the expertise to address unmet outreach needs as 
quickly as possible.
     SAMHSA/CSAT encourages applications from substance abuse 
treatment programs, AIDS-specific organizations, community-based 
organizations, community health centers, STD clinics, or other entities 
(e.g., central intake and referral agencies, TASC agencies) that have a 
good record of reaching and serving hardcore, chronic drug users and 
their-sex/needle-sharing partner(s) and facilitating their entry into 
substance abuse treatment.
     Grants/Amounts: Approximately $7.0 million will be 
available in FY 1999 to support 20-25 awards under this announcement. 
The average award is expected to range from $300,000 to $400,000 in 
total costs (direct + indirect). Federal funds awarded under this 
announcement may not be used to carry out syringe exchange programs, 
such as the purchase and distribution of syringes and/or needles; nor 
pay for pharmacologics for antiretroviral therapy, STDs, TB and 
hepatitis B and C. Support may be requested for a period of up to three 
(3) years.
      Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 93.230
      For programmatic or technical assistance (not for 
application kits) contact: David C. Thompson, Clinical Interventions 
and Organizational Model Branch, Division of Practice and Systems 
Development, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 
6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-
6523, E-Mail: [email protected].
    For grants management issues, contact: Andrea L. Brandon, Division 
of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857, (301) 443-9667.
     For application kits, contact: National Clearinghouse for 
Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 
1-800-729-6686.

3.4. SAMHSA/CSAT FY 1999 Programs for Substance Abuse Treatment and/or 
HIV/AIDS Services

    SAMHSA/CSAT has three FY 1999 programs under which funding is 
available for substance abuse treatment and/or HIV/AIDS services. The 
three programs are: TI 99-002--Grants to Expand Substance Abuse 
Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need; TI 99-004--Targeted 
Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS 
Services; and TI 99-005--Community Based Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS 
Outreach Program. The eligibility requirements vary for each program; 
therefore, potential applicants must refer to the specific announcement 
to determine if they are eligible to apply.

3.5. SAMHSA Technical Assistance Workshop

    SAMHSA is sponsoring three technical assistance workshops for 
potential applicants. The workshops will be held at the following 
locations: March 11, 1999--Washington, DC; March 17, 1999--Chicago, IL; 
and March 19--Los Angeles, CA. For more information, please call Ms. 
Lisa Wilder, Workshop Coordinator, at 301-984-1471, extension 333.

4. 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

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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 1999 
activity described above is/is not subject to the Public Health System 
Reporting Requirements.

5. 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.

6. Executive Order 12372

    Applications submitted in response to all FY 1999 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: March 4, 1999.
Nelba Chavez,
Administrator, SAMHSA.
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