[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21163-21164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10453]


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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) 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, State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants, 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. No. of
            Activity              Application deadline     Est. funds FY 2001       awards      Project period
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State Mental Health Data         June 19, 2001.........  $5.5 million \1\......       \1\ 59  3 years.
 Infrastructure Grants.
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\1\ See the text below for more detailed information on the estimated funds available and the estimated number
  of awards. The actual amount available for the awards may vary, depending on unanticipated program
  requirements and the number and quality of applications received. FY 2001 funds for the activities 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 applications 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: 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 grants to develop and 
sustain State and community data infrastructure that helps promote 
comprehensive, community-based systems of care for all children and 
adults with mental illness or at risk of developing mental illness. In 
this program, referred to as ``Data Infrastructure Grants,'' grants 
will be available for developing data infrastructure to permit future 
data compilation of Uniform Data Reporting under the Block Grant 
program to be reported as part of the CMHS Block Grant Application.

Eligibility

    Applicants must be State Mental Health Authorities or the 
equivalent in the District of Columbia, or State Mental Health 
Authority equivalents in U.S. Territories.

Availability of Funds

    Approximately $5,500,000 will be available to fund 59 grants. It is 
expected that 51 grant awards will be made to State Mental Health 
Authorities for $100,000 each, and 8 grant awards will be made to the 
Mental Health Authority in U.S. Territories for $50,000 each. This 
program also requires a matching requirement of at least 50 percent of 
total costs will be provided (in cash or in-kind) directly by the 
applicant or through donations from public or private entities.
    Period of Support: Grants will be awarded for a period of 3 years. 
Annual awards will be made subject to continued availability of funds 
to SAMHSA/CMHS and progress achieved by the grantee.

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

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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 the Mental Health Block Grant Program, contact: 
Nainan Thomas, Ph.D., Public Health Adviser, Room 15C-26, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4257, E-Mail: [email protected].
    For questions on Measures and the GFA Application contact: Olinda 
Gonzalez, Ph.D., Public Health Adviser, Room 15C-04, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-2849, E-Mail: [email protected].
    For questions on grants management issues, contact: Steve Hudak, 
Division of Grants Management, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration, Room 13-103, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 
20857, (301) 443-9666, 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. 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: April 20, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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