[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40746-40747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14905]


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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 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, Cooperative Agreements for State Data Infrastructure 
(SDI) TI 02-010, before preparing and submitting an application.

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                                                                            Est. Funds  Est. Number    Project
                 Activity                        Application Deadline        FY 2002     of Awards      Period
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Cooperative Agreements for State Data       July 24, 2002................         $5.0           50     3 years.
 Infrastructure Program.                                                       million
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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 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. Complete application kits for 
this GFA will be mailed directly from SAMHSA/CSAT by the Government 
Project Officer (GPO) to SSAs for the States. For additional copies 
please contact:
    Richard Thoreson, GPO, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 
SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Suite 840, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Phone: (301) 443-5325. E-mail: [email protected].
    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 with States to upgrade State Data Infrastructure (SDI). The 
primary goal of this program is to help Single State Authorities (SSAs) 
report performance measures for planned Substance Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment Block Grant Performance Partnerships (PPG). Funds will assist 
States, in collaboration with each other and with CSAT, to develop 
administrative data infrastructure for collecting and reporting PPG and 
related information. Funds can also be used to upgrade State staff 
needed to collect and analyze performance data.
    Eligibility: The statutory authority for this program limits 
eligibility to the States. Applicants are limited to the Single State 
Authorities (SSAs) because of their responsibility to submit 
performance data for the planned Performance Partnership Grants (PPGs). 
For the purpose of this GFA, the term ``State(s)'' includes SSAs for 
all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
    Availability of Funds: In FY 2002, approximately $5,000,000 will be 
available. Annual awards available to the 50 States, the District of 
Columbia and Puerto Rico will be approximately $100,000 in total costs 
(direct and indirect). Annual awards available to U.S. territories will 
be approximately $50,000 in total costs (direct or indirect). Actual 
funding levels will depend upon the number or scored applications and 
the availability of funds.
    In accordance with section 1971(d) of the PHS Act, awardees must 
agree to make available (directly or through donations from public or 
private entities) non-Federal contributions of at least 50 percent of 
total project costs. For example, if the award is $100,000, then the 
non-Federal contribution must also be $100,000, which is 50 percent of 
total project costs ($200,000). A non-Federal contribution may be in 
cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment or 
services. Amounts provided by the Federal Government, or services 
assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the Federal 
Government, may not be included in determining the amount of such 
contributions.
    Period of Support: An award may be requested for a project period 
of up to 3 years.
    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: 93.238.

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    Program Contact: For questions concerning program issues, contact: 
Richard Thoreson, GPO, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, 
Rockwall II, Suite 840, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone: 
(301) 443-5325. 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 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. Executive Order 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: June 7, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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