[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57726-57728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28721]


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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 FY 2002 funds for cooperative agreements 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 Agreements for 
Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (includes ATTC Sites and the ATTC 
National Office), 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 of
            Activity              Application deadline          2002              awards         Project period
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Cooperative Agreements for       January 3, 2002.......  $4.4 million.....  7 sites and 1      5 years
 Addiction Technology Transfer                                               National Office.
 Centers.
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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 2002 funds for the activity discussed in this 
announcement were appropriated by the Congress under Public Law 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.

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    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 (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) 
announces the availability of fiscal year (FY) 2002 funds for 
cooperative agreements to support the creation or continuation of 
Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs). The ATTC program is 
comprised of 14 regional ATTCs and one ATTC National Office which 
together form a network. The ATTC Network members, individually and 
collaboratively, will develop research-based and culturally appropriate 
substance abuse treatment and recovery curricula and provide academic 
and continuing education, professional development, and practicum 
training to students and practitioners in the substance abuse treatment 
and related fields. This is a modified reissuance of SAMHSA/CSAT's 
Fiscal Year 2001 GFA No. TI 01-008, entitled ``Cooperative Agreements 
for Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTCs).'' The ATTC program 
is being reannounced to solicit applications for 7 ATTC sites to serve 
ATTC Regions not covered by FY 2001 awards, and for an ATTC National 
Office.
    Eligibility: Applications for these cooperative agreements for 
either an ATTC site or the ATTC National Office may be submitted by 
public and domestic private nonprofit entities such as units of State 
or local government, recovery and other community-based organizations, 
faith-based organizations, and State or private, non-profit 
universities, colleges, and hospitals. Current CSAT ATTC grantees in 
ATTC Regions 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 with a project period that ended on 
or before September 30, 2001, and who meet the above requirements, are 
also eligible to apply.
    An organization may submit an application for an ATTC site and/or 
the ATTC National Office. A separate application is required for each 
function. Although the ATTC National Office may be established by an 
organization which also has an ATTC site, it must be set up as a 
separate entity with dedicated staff, a separate and independent 
project director, a separate budget, audit, and specific 
responsibilities.
    Availability of Funds: Approximately $4,400,000 will be available 
to fund 7 ATTC sites and one National Office. The average award for 
ATTC sites and the ATTC National Office is expected to range from 
$450,000 to $550,000 per year in total costs (direct and indirect).
    Period of Support: Cooperative agreements will be awarded for a 
period of 5 years. Annual awards will be made subject to continued 
availability of funds to SAMHSA/CSAT 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:
    Susanne R. Rohrer, RN, Office of Evaluation, Scientific Analysis, 
and Synthesis CSAT/SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 840, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-8521, E-mail: [email protected].
    For questions regarding grants management issues, contact: Steve 
Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OPS/SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 6th 
floor, 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

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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: November 8, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-28721 Filed 11-15-01; 8:45 am]
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