[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 8213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3765]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Notice of Extension of Receipt Dates and Planned Republication of 
SAMHSA Grant Announcements SM 04-003, Statewide Consumer Network 
Grants, and SM 04-004, Statewide Family Network Grants; and Planned 
Republication of Standing Grant Program Announcements

SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), for Fiscal Year 2004, published four standard grant 
announcements, which established mandatory formatting requirements for 
all applications that would be processed in accordance with the terms 
of those standing announcements. The standard grant announcements did 
not directly solicit any applications. Rather, they are to be used in 
conjunction with Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs), which solicit 
applications for specific opportunities pursuant to the standard 
announcements.
    Upon further consideration, SAMHSA believes the formatting 
requirements common to those announcements, and motivated by SAMHSA's 
desire to assure equitable opportunity and a ``level playing field'' to 
all applicants, will not best serve the public until we revise and 
republish them. Accordingly, we will quickly revise the identical 
formatting discussions of all four standing grant program announcements 
and republish them in their entirety for ease of the users. These 
formatting requirements are used for preliminary screening out of 
noncomplying applications in order to assure some applicants do not 
obtain a competitive advantage through failure to comply. The revised 
screening criteria will be more lenient, permitting a greater number of 
applications to be reviewed. We had already solicited applications 
under two NOFAs, which we will now also revise to address the revised 
announcements and their interdependent screening requirements.
    In accordance with the above considerations, and in order to afford 
the benefits intended from the republication of the program 
announcements and NOFAs to those already planning to apply under the 
two NOFAs identified, SAMHSA hereby notifies the public, and 
particularly those who planned to apply in response to those NOFAs, 
that the receipt date for both programs will now be March 31, 2004, and 
the NOFAs will be republished to reflect the screening revisions and 
new receipt dates. Since all applications, whenever submitted, will be 
processed under the revised standards, those applying under either of 
those NOFAs should await and study the revised documents before 
submitting their applications. Any applicant who has already applied 
may request return of the application and by the new receipt date 
resubmit a revised one, or submit a revised application with a cover 
letter telling us it is a replacement for one previously submitted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the CMHS Statewide Consumer 
Network Grants, Risa Fox, SAMHSA/Center for Mental Health Services, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11C-22, Rockville, MD 20857; 301-443-3653; e-
mail: [email protected].
    For the CMHS Statewide Family Network Grants, Elizabeth Sweet, 
SAMHSA/CMHS, Child, Adolescent and Family Branch, Center for Mental 
Health Services, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11C-16, Rockville, MD 20857; 
301-443-1333; e-mail: [email protected]. For grants management issues, 
Kimberly Pendleton, SAMHSA/OPS/DGM, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, 
Room 630, Rockville, MD 20857; 301-443-6133; e-mail: 
[email protected].

    Dated: February 13, 2004.
Daryl Kade,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Budget, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-3765 Filed 2-20-04; 8:45 am]
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