[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70753-70755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29960]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Funding Opportunities

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

ACTION: Notice of funding availability for Community Collaborations to 
Prevent Youth Violence and Promote Youth Development (short title: 
Youth Violence Prevention Grants).

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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 Request for Applications (RFA), 
including part I, Community Collaborations to Prevent Youth Violence 
and Promote Youth Development (SM 03-005) (short title: Youth Violence 
Prevention Grants), 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  Project period
               Activity                   Application deadline         2003           awards          (years)
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Community Collaborations to Prevent     Jan. 22, 2002...........      $4,000,000              24               2
 Youth Violence and Promote Youth
 Development.
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    The actual amount available for the award may vary depending on 
unanticipated program requirements and actual SAMHSA appropriations. 
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 for FY 2003 to 
permit funding of Community Collaborations to Prevent Youth Violence 
and Promote Youth

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Development grants. This program is being announced 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 the grants. This program is authorized under section 520A of the 
Public Health Service Act. 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: SAMHSA's Mental Health 
Information Center, (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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA), Center Mental Health Services (CMHS) is 
accepting applications for a fiscal year (FY) 2003 grants to implement 
Youth Violence Prevention projects in three categories:
    [sbull] Group I: Grants to organizations proposing youth violence 
prevention projects targeting geographically or socially defined youth 
populations;
    [sbull] Group II: Grants that address violence towards, or by, 
females; and
    [sbull] Group III: Grants to support mental health services for 
youth with justice system involvement.
    Eligibility: Eligible applicants are domestic public and private 
non-profit entities such as public or private mental health systems, 
institutions, and agencies; State or local departments of juvenile/
criminal justice; mental health courts; juvenile/criminal court 
systems; district attorney's offices; or public defender's offices; 
public or private educational systems, institutions, and agencies; 
tribal governments and tribal organizations; community-based and faith-
based organizations, such as community-based advocacy, health, 
substance abuse, mental health, social service, consumer and family 
organizations; and service organizations serving ethnic, cultural, or 
social minority groups; or other public agencies or nonprofit 
organizations that can perform the requirements of this program.
    Availability of Funds: It is expected that approximately $4 million 
will be available to award grants in the following categories:
    [sbull] Group I: Approximately eight awards will be made;
    [sbull] Group II: Approximately eight awards will be made; and
    [sbull] Group III: Approximately eight awards will be made.
    Grants in groups I and II will be funded at a maximum of $150,000 
per year in total costs (direct and indirect) for 2 years; grants in 
group III will be funded at a maximum of $200,000 per year in total 
costs (direct and indirect) for 2 years. Applications with proposed 
budgets that request a level of SAMHSA funding support in excess of the 
amounts listed above will not be reviewed.
    Period of Support: Awards may be requested for up to 2 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 criterion. Additional award criteria specific to the programmatic 
activity may be included in the application guidance materials.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.243.
    Program Contact: For questions on substantive issues regarding the 
program, eligibility, and funding of reviewed applications, contact: 
Pat Shea, M.S.W., M.A., Special Programs Development Branch, CMHS/
SAMHSA, Parklawn Building, Room 17C-26, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 
MD 20857. (301) 443-3655. E-mail: [email protected].
    For questions on budget, completion of items on forms, and 
administrative 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 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

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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 website 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: November 20, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-29960 Filed 11-25-02; 8:45 am]
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