[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14407-14409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5955]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Funding Opportunities

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), HHS.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

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SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) announces the 
availability of FY 2001 funds for grants for the following activity. 
This notice is not a complete description of the activity; potential 
applicants must obtain a copy of the Guidance for Applicants (GFA), 
including Part I, Grants for Statewide Family Networks, and Part II, 
General Policies and Procedures Applicable to all SAMHSA Applications 
for Discretionary Grants and Cooperative Agreements, before preparing 
and submitting an application.

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                                                                                     Est. number      Project
           Activity               Application deadline       Est. funds FY 2001       of awards       period
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Grants for Statewide Family    May 21, 2001.............  $2.9 million............           50   3 years.
 Networks.
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    The actual amount available for the award may vary, depending on 
unanticipated program requirements and the number and quality of 
applications received. FY 2001 funds for the activity discussed in this 
announcement were appropriated by the Congress under Public Law 106-
310. SAMHSA's policies and procedures for peer review and Advisory 
Council review of grant and cooperative agreement application were 
published in the Federal Register (Vol. 58, No. 126, page 35962) on 
July 2, 1993.
    General Instructions: Applicants must use application form PHS 
5161-1 (Rev. 7/00). The application kit contains the two-part 
application materials (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: National Mental Health 
Services Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), P.O. Box 42490, Washington, 
DC 20015, Telephone: 1-800-789-2647.
    The PHS 5161-1 application form and the full text of the activity 
are also available electronically via SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home 
Page: http://www.samhsa.gov.
    When requesting an application kit, the applicant must specify the 
particular activity for which detailed information is desired. All 
information necessary to apply, including where to submit applications 
and application deadline instructions, are included in the application 
kit.
    Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) 
announces the availability of Fiscal Year 2001 funds for implementing 
Grants for Statewide Family Networks. Projects will assist family 
members around the country to work with policy makers and service 
providers to improve service access and quality of services for 
children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their 
families. When effective, groups of such individuals serve as catalysts 
in reforming service systems for this population. The Statewide Family 
Network Grant Program is designed to strengthen coalitions among family 
members, and between family members and policy makers and service 
providers; recognizing that family members are the best and most effect 
change agents.
    Eligibility: Nonprofit private entities, including currently funded 
Statewide Family Network grantees, which meet the following 
requirements are eligible to apply:
    1. Nonprofit private entities that have a board of directors 
comprised of no less than 51 percent family members whose children are 
currently receiving service and are age 18 and under or age 21 and 
under if served with an Individual Education Plan and have a serious 
emotional, behavioral or mental disorder.
    2. The entities' organizational mission and scope of work must have 
a statewide scope and focus solely on families who have children, youth 
and adolescents age 18 and under or 21 and under if served by an 
Individual Education Plan; with a serious emotional, behavioral, or 
mental disorder.
    Statewide Family Networks located in the 50 States, the District of 
Columbia and the federally recognized territories are eligible to 
apply. Inasmuch as there appear to be no nonprofit private family 
organizations representing a specific tribe, any nonprofit private 
tribal family organization can apply on behalf of tribal families 
overall.
    Availability of Funds: The program goal is to fund one award per 
State. Approximately $2.9 million will be available for approximately 
50 awards. Individual awards should be no more than $60,000 in total 
cost (direct and indirect). Actual funding levels will depend upon the 
availability of funds. Additional funds will be available for 10 
grantees for up to $10,000 for each award; to include provisions for 
youth involvement in the network. Youth involvement funds will be 
included in awards to successful applicants, not awarded separately.
    Period of Support: Support may be requested for a period of up to 
three years. Annual continuation awards for years 2 and 3 will be made 
subject to continued availability of funds and progress achieved.

Criteria for Review and Funding

    General Review Criteria: Competing applications requesting funding 
under this activity will be reviewed for technical merit in accordance 
with established PHS/SAMHSA peer review procedures. Review criteria 
that will be used by the peer review groups are specified in the 
application guidance material.
    Award 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 review process. Availability of funds will also be an 
award criteria. Additional award criteria specific to the programmatic 
activity may be included in the application guidance materials.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
    Program Contact: For questions concerning program issues, contact: 
Elizabeth Sweet, M.Ed. and Gary DeCarolis, M.Ed., Child, Adolescent, 
and Family Branch, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11C-
16, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-1333, E-Mail: [email protected], 
[email protected].
    Questions on grants management issues should be directed to: Steve 
Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13-103, 
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4456, E-Mail: [email protected].
    Public Health Grants Management 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.

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    (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 2001 
activity is subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.
    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.
    Executive Order 12372: Applications submitted in response to the FY 
2001 activity 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: Division of Extramural Activities, Policy, 
and 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, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-5955 Filed 3-9-01; 8:45 am]
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