[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 42556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20162]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Continuation of the Cooperative Agreement for the State Treatment 
Outcomes and Performance Pilot Studies Enhancement Technical Assistance 
Center

AGENCY: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Continuation of the cooperative agreement with the State 
Treatment Outcomes and Performance Pilot Studies Enhancement Technical 
Assistance Center Grantee, Johnson, Bassin and Shaw, Incorporated, for 
one year.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public of the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance 
Abuse Treatment's (CSAT) planned award to Johnson, Bassin and Shaw 
(JBS), Inc., to continue to serve as the Technical Assistance Center 
for the State Treatment Outcomes and Performance Pilot Studies 
Enhancement (TOPPS II) cooperative agreement program for one year. An 
additional year of support is needed to provide detailed statistical 
analyses of the final data set, to develop comprehensive written 
reports laying out the complete final analyses and results, and to 
translate the results into written and oral forms that can be 
understood and used by the substance abuse treatment field. In fiscal 
year 2001, CSAT plans to make approximately $380,000 available for the 
award to JBS, Inc. The award will be made if the application is scored 
by the initial review group and concurred with by the CSAT National 
Advisory Council.
    Eligibility for the cooperative agreement is limited to JBS, Inc., 
Only JBS, Inc., may apply because they have served as the Technical 
Assistance Center for the multi-site study during the past 2+ years of 
data collection. They developed the necessary infrastructure for the 
collection, analysis and dissemination of TOPPS II project data, and 
have experience working with the current 16 TOPPS II single State 
agency grantees. JBS, Inc., designed and maintains the TOPPS II 
database, collects and cleans the grantees' admission and discharge 
data, and is currently receiving and processing follow-up data. It 
would be an impediment to the orderly conduct of the study if there 
were a disruption in data collection and analyses. JBS, Inc., has hired 
competent and capable staff with experience in conducting large, 
prospective, multi-site, substance abuse services performance and 
outcome studies. The incumbent works collaboratively with Federal and 
State staff, and members of the TOPPS II Steering Committee to 
facilitate the development of the TOPPS II data collection protocols, 
and to develop instruments and protocols for performance and outcome 
measurement, data quality management, secondary data analysis, 
statistical analysis and technical report writing.
    Because of the incumbent's experience with this initiative, JBS, 
Inc., is uniquely positioned to guide the overall effort and to 
integrate the work of the TOPPS II study sites into a conceptual whole. 
To compete this announcement otherwise, would be duplicative and 
inefficient. Therefore, the eligibility for a continuation cooperative 
agreement with SAMHSA/CSAT is being limited to the incumbent, JBS, Inc.

    Authority: The cooperative agreement with JBS, Inc., will be 
made under the authority of section 1935 (b)(1)(C) of the Public 
Health Service Act, as amended. The Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance number is 93.238.

CONTACT: Hal Krause, CSAT, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 880, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone (301) 443-0488; e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: August 7, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 01-20162 Filed 8-10-01; 8:45 am]
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