[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14409-14410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5956]


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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, Cooperative Agreement for a Technical Assistance 
Center for Statewide Family Networks (short title: Statewide Networks 
Technical Assistance), 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. funds  FY    Est. number
            Activity                 Application deadline            2001          of awards    Project  period
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Statewide Networks Technical     May 21, 2001...............      $300-600,000             1   3 years.
 Assistance Center.
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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 No. 
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 a 
cooperative agreement for a Technical Assistance Center for Statewide 
Family Networks. The Technical Assistance Center will serve Networks 
receiving a grant under SAMHSA GFA No. SM01-004. The purpose of the 
Technical Assistance Center is to provide training, mentoring by peers 
in the field, help with problem solving, a communications link for the 
Center for Mental Health Services to the grantees, and logistical 
arrangements for a mandatory annual technical assistance meeting.
    Eligibility: Nonprofit private entities that meet all of the 
following requirements are eligible to apply:
    (1) Nonprofit private entities that have a board of directors 
comprise of no less than 51 percent family members whose children, 
youth, or adolescents have a serious emotional, behavioral, or mental 
disorder.
    (2) The entities organizational mission and scope of work must 
solely focus on families whose children, youth, and adolescents age 18 
and under or 21 and under if served by an Individual Education Plan 
(IEP); with serious

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emotional, behavioral, or mental disorder.
    Availability of Funds: Approximately $300,000 to $600,000 will be 
available for one award. Actual funding levels will depend upon the 
availability of funds.
    Period of Support: The project period is three years. Annual 
continuation awards 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.
    (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.
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