[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42556-42558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20163]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 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 Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces the 
availability of 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, A Cooperative

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Agreement for a Comprehensive Program for Substance Abusing Adults 
Involved with the Justice System to be Rehabilitated, Provide 
Restitution to the Community, and have Certain Privileges Restored, 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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                                      Application                           Est. number of
            Activity                   deadline       Est. funds FY 2001        awards          Project period
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Rehabilitation & Restitution....  November 5, 2001..  $2 million........  Two...............  5 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 
applications received. Amounts may also vary based on appropriations. 
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 Clearinghouse 
for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 
20847-2345, Telephone: 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 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's 
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment announces the availability of 
funds for cooperative agreements for Program Rehabilitation and 
Restitution. These cooperative agreements will study the effectiveness 
of a sophisticated, multi-system program for certain non-violent 
substance abusing ex-felons to: Improve treatment retention and 
outcome; reduce the stigma of past substance abuse and non-violent 
criminal activity by, among other things, increasing the number and 
percentage of persons who have their non-violent felony records sealed; 
reduce criminal activity, which reduces victimization; and assist 
program clients in becoming more fully functioning citizens of the 
United States.
    This cooperative agreement program has been announced in response 
to the increasingly serious problem of non-violent substance abusing 
persons becoming involved with the criminal justice system, with that 
involvement resulting in short and long term consequences detrimental 
to the substance abuser, her or his family, and society. Funds are 
primarily available for system coordination, case management and 
evaluation; only a limited amount can be used for direct services as 
defined in the announcement.
    Funding is limited to applicants in States that have laws 
permitting the sealing of the records of most convicted, first-time 
non-violent ex-felons within five years of the end of post-release 
supervision. This restriction is essential to the basic programmatic 
concepts being implemented and evaluated. Consequently, CSAT needs to 
place programs in States where the time period before possible sealing 
of records is the shortest. Further, time periods longer than five 
years are not acceptable given the fact the maximum permissible grant 
award period is five years.

Eligibility

    Applications may be submitted by units of State or local 
government, Indian Tribes, and tribal organizations, and by public and 
private domestic nonprofit entities such as community-based 
organizations and faith-based organizations.

Availability of Funds

    Subject to the availability of funds, it is estimated that 
$2,000,000 will be available to support two awards under this program 
in fiscal year 2002.

Period of Support

    Support may be requested for a period of up to five years. Annual 
awards will be made subject to continued availability of funds and 
progress achieved. After the five year period, depending upon the 
availability of funds, supplemental awards, for purposes of supporting 
evaluation, may become available. The applicant should not request 
supplemental awards in their applications responding to this 
announcement.

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: Bruce Fry, 
Division of Practice and Systems Development, CSAT/SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 
Suite 740, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-0128, E-
mail: [email protected].
    For questions regarding grants management issues, contact: Kathleen 
Sample, Division of Grants Management, OPS/SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 6th 
floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-9667, 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.

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    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 2002 
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 2002 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: August 7, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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