[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78006-78008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32052]


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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 State Training and 
Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices (Short Title: EBP Training and 
Evaluation).

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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, State Training and Evaluation of Evidence-Based 
Practices (SM 03-003) (Short Title: EBP Training and Evaluation), and 
Part II, General Policies

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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,   Est. No. of
            Activity                   Application deadline         FY 2003       awards        Project period
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State Training and Evaluation    March 24, 2003.................   $2,200,000            7   3 years.
 of Evidence-Based Practices.
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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 State Training and Evaluation of Evidence-Based 
Practices 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 Best Practices funds 
for up to seven grants to engage and support States in implementing and 
evaluating evidence-based practices (EBPs). State grantees will select 
and implement one or more of the six EBPs for which SAMHSA has 
developed implementation Resource Kits. These grants will fund the 
States to (1) provide state-of-the-art training and continuing 
education to State mental health service providers and other 
stakeholders who are implementing the EBP(s), and (2) evaluate the 
implementation of selected EBPs in two or more communities within the 
State. Implementation of the EBP, aside from training/continuing 
education of the providers, must be supported through other sources of 
funds.
    Eligibility: Only State mental health authorities may apply. States 
are defined in section 2 of the Public Health Service Act as including, 
in addition to the several States, only the District of Columbia, Guam, 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, 
American Samoa and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (now Palau, 
Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.) Only State mental health 
authorities are eligible, because they have primary responsibility for 
provision of public mental health services in the United States. As 
such, only the State mental health authorities generally can mandate 
the relationship between training and service provision that is 
necessary to make the implementation and evaluation of EBPs in multiple 
communities across the State a success.
    Availability of Funds: It is expected that approximately $2.2 
million will be available for seven awards in FY 2003. The average 
annual award will range from $250,000 to $325,000 in total costs 
(direct and indirect). Applications with proposed Federal budgets that 
exceed $325,000 will not be reviewed.
    Period of Support: Awards may be requested for 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 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: 
Crystal R. Blyler, Ph.D., Social Science Analyst, CMHS/SAMHSA, Parklawn 
Building, Room 11C-22, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 
594-3997 (direct), (301) 443-3653 (central phone), [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:

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    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 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: December 16, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-32052 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am]
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