[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 29666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13857]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Grants to State Mental Health Authorities and Single State 
Agencies for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse for Technical Assistance

AGENCY: Center for Mental Health Services, and the Center for Substance 
Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, (SAMHSA), HHS.

ACTION: Grants to State Mental Health Authorities and Single State 
Agencies for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse for technical assistance to 
States to improve the availability and use of data related to mental 
health and substance abuse needs.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public of planned grants for 
technical assistance that the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), 
under its State Reform Grant Program, and the Center for Substance 
Abuse Treatment (CSAT), under its State Treatment Needs Assessment 
Program, intend to award to State Mental Health Authorities (SMHAs) and 
Single State Agencies (SSAs) for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse. In 
fiscal year 1999, CMHS has approximately $500,000 available to fund 5 
grants; CSAT has approximately $4.5M available to fund 9-15 grants. 
Depending on the availability of funds in future fiscal years, CMHS and 
CSAT may re-announce the program and award additional grants. Awards 
will be made if the applications are scored by the initial review 
groups and concurred with by the CMHS and CSAT National Advisory 
Councils, respectively. This is not a formal request for applications; 
assistance will be provided only to SMHAs and SSAs for Alcohol and 
Other Drug Abuse.
    Eligibility for grants is limited to SMHAs and SSAs for Alcohol and 
Other Drug Abuse because these entities have the statutory 
responsibility to develop and submit needs assessment data as part of 
their Block Grant applications. By providing assistance to the States 
in the area of needs assessment, CSAT, under its State Treatment Needs 
Assessment Program, seeks to insure that data needed for the rational 
allocation of scarce resources for substance abuse treatment are 
available for States to use in their planning activities. Grant funds 
will support States in (1) developing the infrastructure, and (2) 
improving the availability and use of data of treatment needs beyond 
that required to meet statutory requirements under the Substance Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Block Grants. CMHS, under its State Reform 
Grants Programs, seeks to support States to facilitate the integration, 
analysis, synthesis, and use of information for State mental health 
planning efforts and to manage State mental health care reform efforts.

    Authority: Grants to SMHAs will be made under the authority of 
section 1948(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 300x-58). Grants to SSAs for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse 
will be made under the authority of section 1935(b)(1)(A) of the 
Public Health Service Act, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 300x-35). The 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for the CSAT State 
Treatment Needs Assessment Program is 93.238; the Catalog of Federal 
Domestic Assistance for the CMHS State Reform Grants is 93.119.

CONTACTS: For the CMHS State Reform Grants Program contact: Olinda 
Gonzales, Ph.D., CMHS/SAMHSA , Parklawn Building, Room 15C-04 (Tele: 
301-443-3343). For the CSAT State Treatment Needs Assessment Program 
contact: Roger Straw, Ph.D., CSAT/SAMHSA, Rockwall II Building, Suite 
840 (Tele: 301-443-7747). The mailing address for these individuals is 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

    Dated: May 26, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-13857 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]
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