[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60246-60248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24365]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Years (FY) 2003 Funding Opportunities

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

ACTION: Fiscal year (FY) 2003-2006 allotments to States for protection 
and advocacy for individuals with mental illness.

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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 2003 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, Fiscal Years (FY 2003-2006 Allotments to States for 
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness (SM 03-F1), 
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      Project period
            Activity                   deadline        Est. Funds FY 2003        awards             (years)
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FY 2003--2006 Allotments to      October 1, 2002....  Formula............  Formula...........                  4
 States for Protection and
 Advocacy for Individuals with
 Mental Illness.
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    The actual amount available for these grants will depend on the 
amount appropriated for the program. This program is being announced 
prior to the annual appropriation for FY 2003 for SAMHSA's programs. 
Applications are invited based on the assumption that sufficient funds 
will be appropriated to fund the program in FY 2003. This program is 
being announced at this time in order to allow applicants sufficient 
time to plan and prepare applications. Solicitation of applications in 
advance of a final appropriation will also enable the award of 
appropriated grant funds in an expeditious manner and thus allow prompt 
implementation and evaluation of promising practices. All applicants 
are reminded, however, that we cannot guarantee sufficient funds will 
be appropriated to permit SAMHSA to fund any applications. This program 
is authorized under the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with 
Mental Illness Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. 10801, et seq. (as amended in 
2000). 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

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applications), the PHS 5161-1 which includes Standard Form 424 (Face 
Page), and other documentation and forms. Application kits may be 
obtained from: National Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange 
Network (KEN), P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015. Telephone: 1-800-
789-2647.
    The PHS 5161-1 application form and the full text of the grant 
announcement are also available electronically via SAMHSA's World Wide 
Web home page: http://www.samhsa.gov, (Click on ``Grant 
Opportunities'').
    When requesting an application kit, the applicant must specify the 
particular announcement number 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 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Substance 
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for 
Mental Health Services (CMHS) will award grants to the eligible systems 
in each State to facilitate the fulfillment of the purpose of the 
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act of 1986 
[42 United States Code (U.S.C.) 10801, et seq.], hereafter referred to 
as the Act. The purpose of the Act is:
    [sbull] To ensure that the rights of individuals with mental 
illness are protected; and,
    [sbull] To assist States to establish and operate a protection and 
advocacy system for individuals with mental illness which will protect 
and advocate the rights of such individuals through activities to 
ensure the enforcement of the Constitution and Federal and State 
statutes; and,
    [sbull] To investigate incidents of abuse and neglect of 
individuals with mental illness if the incidents are reported to the 
system or if there is probable cause to believe that the incidents 
occurred.

Eligibility

    Under the terms of the Act, awards are made only to ``eligible 
systems.'' This means the system established in a State to protect and 
advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities under 
part C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights 
Act, Public Law 106-402, as amended on October 30, 2000, hereafter, 
referred to as the DD Act [42 U.S.C. 6041 et seq.].

Availability of Funds

    Monetary awards to eligible systems are provided as formula grants. 
The formula used to determine a PAIMI grant award is prescribed by the 
Secretary. In anticipation of an annual PAIMI appropriation and for 
purposes of this announcement, eligible State protection and advocacy 
systems are to prepare and submit a provisional budget for each fiscal 
year (FY) 2003-2006 based upon the PAIMI award received in the 
preceding FY. In FY 2002, the PAIMI awards were as follows: a minimum 
of $384,900 to each State, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico; 
and $206,200 to each territory--the American Indian Consortium, 
American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin 
Islands. Future PAIMI allotments will depend upon the appropriation of 
funds.

Period of Support

    A PAIMI application submitted on or before October 1 in FYs 2003, 
2004, 2005 and 2006, shall be considered a request for a PAIMI Program 
award for that fiscal year. Each annual PAIMI grant award is available 
for obligation by a State protection and advocacy system for the 
Federal fiscal year in which it was awarded. Amounts not obligated by 
the system at the end of such year shall remain available to such 
system for the next fiscal year for the purposes for which the award 
was made. Funds shall not be carried over as additional authorization 
beyond that time period. For example, PAIMI awards made in FY 2002 
(October 1, 2001) must be obligated by September 30, 2003 and expended 
by September 30, 2004. Each grant award is contingent on Congressional 
re-authorization of the PAIMI Act and the availability of appropriated 
funds. In fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006, each State protection and 
advocacy system must submit a continuation application and provide a 
set of the following documents: annual assurances, certifications, 
projected program expenditures, an information page and a list of 
program priorities and objectives for the fiscal year.

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 criterion.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

    93.138.

Program Contact

    For questions concerning program issues, contact: Ms. Karen S. 
Armstrong, M.S., J.D., Senior Public Health Advisor, Protection and 
Advocacy Program, SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services, State 
Planing and Systems Development Branch, 5600 Fishers Lane, 15C-21, 
Rockville, MD 20857. Office: (301) 443-3667. Fax: (301) 443-7926. E-
mail: [email protected].
    Alternate: Ms. Marie Danforth, M.S.W., Chief, State Planing and 
Systems Development Branch, Division of State and Community Systems 
Development, SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, 15C-26, Rockville, MD 20857. Office: (301) 443-3667. Fax: (301) 
443-5427. E-mail: [email protected].
    For questions regarding grants management issues, contact: Ms. 
LouEllen Rice, Grants Management Officer, Division of Grants 
Management, Office of Program Services, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, 13-
103, Rockville, Maryland 20857. (301) 443-4456. 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.

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    (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 2003 
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 2003 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 or on SAMHSA's Web site 
under ``Assistance with Grant Applications''. 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: September 20, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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