[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 23850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11188]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Supplemental Grant Award to Pace/Orchard Place-Child Guidance, 
Inc. in Des Moines, Iowa

AGENCY: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), HHS

ACTION: Availability of grant funds for Pace/Orchard Place-Child 
Guidance, Inc. to supplement the substance abuse prevention program for 
youth at risk for gang involvement and/or first involvement in juvenile 
with a family strengthening component.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public of a planned $250,000 
grant award to Pace/Orchard Place-Child Guidance, Inc. in Des Moines, 
Iowa to support the Iowa Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Community-
Based Initiative. This is not a formal request for applications; 
assistance will be provided only to Pace/Orchard Place-Child Guidance, 
Inc., in Des Moines, Iowa. The purpose of the award is to strengthen 
the families of youth in Des Moines, Iowa at risk for gang involvement 
and/or first involvement in juvenile court. This program is intended to 
enhance the substance abuse prevention program provided to these youth, 
under the prior announcement entitled Iowa Youth Substance Abuse 
Prevention Community-Based Initiative Guidance for Applicants (GFA) No. 
SP 97-006, for Davenport and Des Moines, Iowa. This new GFA solicits an 
application from PACE/Orchard Place-Child Guidance, Inc. in Des Moines, 
Iowa, to support the existing program SAMHSA first funded in 1997, 
which expanded substance abuse prevention services among youth gang 
members in Des Moines and Davenport, Iowa, and encouraged the 
implementation of substance abuse prevention programs for youth who are 
vulnerable to gang involvement and the first stages of involvement in 
juvenile court. CSAP will make this award if the application is 
recommended for approval by the Initial Review Group and the CSAP 
National Advisory Council.
    This will be a sole source supplement to PACE/Orchard Place-Child 
guidance, Inc. of Des Moines, Iowa due to the ease of expansion and 
enhancement of the existing successful program with a family 
strengthening component, and for the following reasons: (1) PACE/
Orchard Place-Child Guidance, Inc. is the only private agency in Iowa 
with current experience working with substance abuse, delinquency 
prevention, and truancy reduction in the Des Moines public schools. 
PACE/Orchard Place-Child Guidance, Inc. is also the primary private 
provider of preventive services under contract with Polk County 
Juvenile Court; (2) Iowa is one of a few States with Federal and State 
coordination in this area. CSAP is currently funding Iowa to serve as a 
national model for coordinating Federal substance abuse prevention 
funds and activities with the Iowa Departments of Education, Human 
Rights, Human Services, Public Safety, the Iowa Governor's Alliance on 
Substance Abuse and three State universities; and (3) The location of 
PACE/Orchard Place-Child Guidance, Inc. in Des Moines, Iowa builds on 
the experiences of this city in addressing substance abuse among gang 
members. This serves as a relatively confined model, not possible in 
larger problem areas, of what benefits can accrue when multi-level 
State collaboration and Federal participation merge in addressing this 
subgroup.
    Therefore PACE/Orchard Place-Child Guidance, Inc. presents unique 
opportunities to exploit this Federal and State-level coordination in 
relation to substance abuse prevention services directed at substance 
abuse among youthful gang members due to its previously established 
activities in Des Moines.
    Consistent with the above discussion, eligibility to apply for 
funds under this initiative in Iowa is limited to PACE/ Orchard Place-
Child Guidance, Inc., in Des Moines, Iowa, the only organization 
currently experienced in working with the required entities thus 
ensuring no funds need be spent on time lost in bringing the recipient 
to the required performance level of expertise for this project.

    Authority: The cooperative agreement will be made under the 
authority of section 501(d)(5) of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 290aa). The Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance number for this program is 93.144.

    Contact: Soledad Sambrano, Ph.D., Division of Knowledge 
Development and Evaluation, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall 
II, Suite 1075, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-
9110.

    Dated: April 27, 1999.
Richard Kopanda
Executive Officer, SAMHSA
[FR Doc. 99-11188 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]
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