[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21260-21262]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10513]
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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,
DHHS.
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 2002 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, Technical Assistance Resource Center for the
Prevention of Violence and Behavioral Health Problems (SM 02-011), 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. No. of Project period
Activity Application deadline 2002 awards years
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Technical Assistance Resource Center for June 19, 2002....... $3,900,000 1 3
the Prevention of Violence and
Behavioral Health Problems.
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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.
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: Knowledge Exchange
Network, P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015, 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 Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)--in collaboration
with the Administration for Children and Families Office for Refugee
Resettlement (AFC/ORR), the Department of Education, and the Department
of Justice--announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 funds
for a cooperative agreement to develop and operate a technical
assistance (TA) resource center for the prevention of violence and
behavioral health problems.
The TA Center will provide technical assistance to existing
grantees and to prospective grantees. These two broad based functions
are:
1. The TA Center will provide technical assistance to approximately
160 grantees from three CMHS Prevention Programs Safe Schools/Healthy
Students, Youth Violence Prevention Cooperative Agreements, and
Targeted Capacity Expansion in order to assist those grant sites in
meeting their project objectives.
2. The TA Center will provide comprehensive outreach, consultation,
and technical assistance to entities seeking Federal grant funding to
support mental health promotion and violence prevention activities for
underserved populations, including: racial and ethnic minorities,
refugees, and individuals in low-income rural communities.
Eligibility: Eligibility is open to domestic, public, and private
not-for-profit entities. For example, the following are eligible to
apply:
Community based organizations.
Private and public colleges and universities, including
minority institutions of higher learning (historically black colleges
and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges
and universities).
Social policy research centers.
Consumer-run organizations.
Faith-based organizations.
Availability of Funds: One award will be made up for $3.9 million
annually to cover total costs (direct and indirect) for this
initiative. The actual funding level will depend on the availability of
funds.
Period of Support: Support may be requested for up to 3 years.
Annual continuation awards depend on the availability of funds 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 may be included in the
application guidance materials.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.243.
Program Contact: For questions concerning program issues, contact:
John Tuskan, Acting Branch Chief, Special Programs Development Branch,
Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17-C-05,
Rockville MD, 20857, (301) 443-1761, Email: [email protected].
For questions regarding grants management issues, contact: Steve
Hudak, Division of Grants Management, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane 13-103, 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 apprized 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 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
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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: April 24, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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