[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11940-11943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5906]


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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 Prevention (CSAP) announces the 
availability of FY 1999 funds for the following activity. This activity 
is discussed in more detail under Section 3 of this notice. This notice 
is not a

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complete description of the activity; potential applicants must obtain 
a copy of the Guidance for Applicants (GFA) before preparing an 
application.

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                                                                                 Estimated
           Activity               Application    Estimated funds  available      number of      Project period
                                   deadline                                       awards
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Targeted SA & HIV/AIDS                 6/17/99  $13.5 million...............              50  Up to 3 yrs.
 Prevention.
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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 the activity 
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 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 the 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 deadline for receipt of applications is 
listed in the table above.
    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 the 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 the activity covered by this notice (see Section 3).

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 SAMHSA Activities
    3.1  Targeted Capacity Expansion Cooperative Agreements for 
Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Prevention (Short Title: Targeted SA & 
HIV/AIDS Prevention, GFA No. SP 99-03)
    3.2  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,

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including the development of national mental health and substance abuse 
goals and model programs, competing applications requesting funding 
under the specific project activity 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;
     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.  Targeted Capacity Expansion Cooperative Agreements for Substance 
Abuse and HIV/AIDS Prevention (Short Title: Targeted SA & HIV/AIDS 
Prevention, GFA No. SP 99-03)

     Application Deadline: June 17, 1999.
     Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 
announces the availability of targeted capacity expansion cooperative 
agreements to increase community capacity to provide integrated 
substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services targeted to African 
American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/ethnic minority youth (note 
that based on congressional report language a portion of the funds for 
this purpose will be reserved exclusively for African American youth); 
and African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/ethnic minority 
women and their children. A Program Coordinating Center to support the 
efforts of the selected sites will also be funded. The program has 
three specific purposes: 1) Increase capacity of communities to meet 
the needs related to the prevention of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS; 2) 
Assist community-driven services to document and assess effectiveness 
and efficiency of the interventions implemented; and 3) Facilitate the 
dissemination of results from these target population appropriate 
intervention to improve provider practice. This strategy to increase 
service capacity in communities, to adapt and adopt target population 
specific interventions, and to disseminate results may ultimately 
reduce the incidence and prevalence of both HIV/AIDS disease and 
substance abuse. To promote appropriate services, the interventions 
designed, implemented, and evaluated through this cooperative agreement 
program must be tailored to the age, gender, culture, language, level 
of acculturation, literacy, and sexual orientation of the target 
populations. The cooperative agreement mechanism is being used because 
the complexity of the program requires substantive involvement of 
Federal staff to monitor the implementation of the interventions and a 
Program Coordinating Center to manage the cross-site evaluation data 
collection and analysis of results.
     Priorities: None.
     Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
public and domestic private nonprofit and for-profit entities, such as 
units of State or local government, community-based organizations, 
faith communities, local and national coalitions and civic groups, and 
public or private schools, universities, colleges, and hospitals.
    Eligible applicants are limited to the following types of 
organizations serving at risk African American, Hispanic/Latino, and 
other racial/ethnic minority youth; and/or African American, Hispanic/
Latino, and other racial/ethnic minority women, and women and their 
children:
    (1) Organizations which are currently providing substance abuse 
prevention services that plan to expand services to include HIV/AIDS 
prevention; or
    (2) Organizations which are currently providing HIV/AIDS prevention 
services that plan to expand their services to substance abuse 
prevention; or
    (3) Organizations which are currently providing integrated 
substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services that plan to increase 
their program capacity and/or to validate the effectiveness of their 
integrated prevention intervention(s).
     Cooperative Agreement/Amounts: It is estimated that $13.5 
million will be available to support approximately 50 awards under this 
GFA in FY 1999. The average award is expected to be $250,000 in total 
costs (direct+indirect). The Program Coordinating Center award is 
expected to be between $750,000 and $1,000,000 in total costs (direct + 
indirect).
    Funding for this program is expected to be allocated in three 
components as follows:

--Projects targeted to African American youth: $6,000,000
    (Approximately 24 awards)
--Projects targeted to African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other 
racial/ethnic minority youth: $2,000,000
    (Approximately 8 awards)

--Projects targeted to African American, Hispanic/Latina, and other 
racial/ethnic minority women and their children: $4,500,000
    (Approximately 18 awards)
    Support may be requested for a period of up to three years. Annual 
awards will be made subject to continued availability of funds and 
progress achieved.
     Catalog Domestic Federal Assistance: 93.230.
     Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance 
(not for application kits) contact: Lucy Perez, M.D, Director, or 
Martha Bond, Public Health Advisor, Office of Medical and Clinical 
Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 900, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-3652.
    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, 
Maryland 20857, (301) 443-3958.
     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  SAMHSA Technical Assistance Workshop

    SAMHSA is sponsoring three technical assistance workshops for

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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 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.

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 5, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-5906 Filed 3-9-99; 8:45 am]
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