[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 73 (Monday, April 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19511-19513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9338]


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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, 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), Center for Substance 
Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 
(CSAT) announce the availability of FY 2001 funds 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, Minority Fellowship Program, 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
             Activity               Application deadline       2001       Est. No. of awards    Project period
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Minority Fellowship Program.......  May 16, 2001........      $3,090,000  Four..............  3 years
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    The actual amount available for the award may vary, depending on 
unanticipated program requirements and the number and quality of 
application received. FY 2001 funds for the activity discussed in this 
announcement were appropriated by 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) 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: The National 
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, 
Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686.
    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

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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), 
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, (CSAP), and the Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announce the availability of FY2001 
funds for the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP). The MFP facilitates 
entry of ethnic minority students into mental health and substance 
abuse disorders careers, and increases the number of psychology, 
psychiatry, nursing, and social work professionals trained to teach, 
administer, conduct services research, and provide direct mental 
health/substance abuse services to ethnic/racial/social/cultural 
minority groups.
    Eligibility: Eligibility is limited to the American Nurses 
Association (ANA), the American Psychiatric Association (ApA), the 
American Psychological Association (APA), and the Council on Social 
Work Education (CSWE). These professional organizations have unique 
access to those students entering their profession. The fields of 
psychiatric nursing, psychiatry, psychology, and social work have been 
nationally recognized for decades as the four core behavioral health 
disciplines, proving part of an essential core of services for 
individuals with serious mental illness and also less severe mental 
disorders. The ANA, ApA, and APA are the largest national professional 
organizations in the country for nursing, psychiatry, and psychology, 
respectively. The ANA, ApA, and APA and their affiliates have 
activities in all major areas of national policies affecting nursing 
and psychiatry as professions, including education and training. In the 
field of social work, the CSWE is the leading national organization 
which is focused just on the education and training of social workers, 
and it maintains a close working relationship with the National 
Association of Social Workers, the largest professional social work 
organization in the country.
    All four organizations, the ANA, ApA, APA, and CSWE, along with 
their affiliates, have direct involvement in curriculum development, 
school accreditation, and pre/post doctoral training. All four have had 
decades of experience in working directly with university training 
programs, from which the pools of participants are selected. These are 
the only organizations that have the infrastructure and expertise in 
place to administer this program. They already have mechanisms and 
databases in place to identify minority students based on race/
ethnicity demographics and to recruit each group based on the 
proportion they represent in the population. All four organizations 
developed relationships with appropriate minority professional 
organizations which may serve as useful liaisons.
    Availability of Funds: Approximately $3,090,000 will be available 
for four awards. The average award is expected to range from $600,000 
to $900,000 in total costs (direct and indirect). Actual funding levels 
will depend on the quality of each application and the availability of 
funds.
    Period of Support: Awards may be requested for up to three years. 
Annual awards will be made subject to the continued progress achieved 
and the availability of funds.
    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 on treatment services program issues 
and the coordinating center, contact:

Paul Wohlford, Ph.D., Project Officer, Division of State and Community 
Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15C-
26, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: 301-443-3503, E-mail: 
[email protected]
      Or
Mattie Cheek, Ph.D., Alt. Project Officer, Division of State and 
Community Systems Development, Center for Mental Health Services, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Room 15C-26, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: 301-443-7710, E-
mail: [email protected].

    For questions regarding grants management issues, contact: Stephen 
Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rm 13-103, 
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-9996, E-mail: [email protected].
    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. 
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. Executive Order

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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: April 10, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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