[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 45 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
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Notice of Republication of SAMHSA's Standard Grant Announcements; 
Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Notice of Republication of SAMHSA's Standard Grant Announcements

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

ACTION: Notice of republication of SAMHSA's standard grant 
announcements.

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SUMMARY: This is a republication of the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration's standard grant announcements for 
Services Grants, Infrastructure Grants, Best Practices Planning and 
Implementation Grants, and Service to Science Grants. These 
announcements were previously published November 21, 2003. The primary 
purpose of this republication is to revise the criteria used to screen 
out applications from peer review. Motivated by the need to assure 
equitable opportunity and a ``level playing field'' to all applicants, 
SAMHSA believes the screening criteria common to those announcements 
will not best serve the public unless revised and republished. This 
republication makes those criteria more lenient, permitting a greater 
number of applications to be reviewed. The revisions to the criteria 
can be found, in their entirety, in: Section IV, Application and 
Submission Information; and Appendix A, Checklist for Formatting 
Requirements and Screenout Criteria for SAMHSA Grant Applications. 
Additional references to the criteria elsewhere in the text have been 
changed to be consistent with the revised criteria in Section IV and 
Appendix A.

    Authority: Sections 509, 516, and 520A of the Public Health 
Service Act.
    In addition, this republication includes an additional award 
criterion in Section V, updated agency contact information in Section 
VII, and minor technical changes to comply with the formatting 
requirements for announcement of Federal funding opportunities, as 
specified by the Office of Management and Budget.
    The aforementioned are the only changes SAMHSA has made to the four 
standard grant announcements in this republication. This notice is 
followed by four notices that provide the revised and final text for 
SAMHSA's four standard announcements.

DATES: Use of the standard grant announcements will be effective March 
8, 2004. The standard grant announcements must be used in conjunction 
with separate Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) that will provide 
application due dates and other key dates for specific SAMHSA grant 
funding opportunities.

ADDRESSES: Questions about SAMHSA's standard grant announcements may be 
directed to Cathy Friedman, M.A., Office of Policy, Planning and 
Budget, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12C-26, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Fax: 
(301-594-6159). E-mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Friedman, M.A., Office of 
Policy, Planning and Budget, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 12C-26, Rockville, 
Maryland 20857. Fax: (301-594-6159) E-mail: [email protected]. Phone: 
(301) 443-6092.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Starting in FY 2004, SAMHSA is changing its 
approach to announcing and soliciting applications for its 
discretionary grants. SAMHSA will publish four standard grant 
announcements that will describe the general program design and provide 
application instructions for four types of grants--Services Grants, 
Infrastructure Grants, Best Practices Planning and Implementation 
Grants, and Service-to-Science Grants. These standard grant 
announcements will be posted on SAMHSA's web page and will be available 
from SAMHSA's clearinghouses on an ongoing basis. The standard 
announcements will be used in conjunction with brief Notices of Funding 
Availability (NOFAs) that will announce the availability of funds for 
specific grant funding opportunities within each of the standard grant 
programs (e.g., Homeless Treatment grants, Statewide Family Network 
grants, HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse Prevention Planning Grants, etc.).
    The Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) announcing the 
availability of funds for specific grant funding opportunities will be 
published separately in the Federal Register, and posted on the Federal 
grants Web site (http://www.grants.gov) and on the SAMHSA Web site 
(http://www.samhsa.gov). The NOFAs will:
     Identify any specific target population or issue 
for the specific grant funding opportunity,
     Identify which of the four standard 
announcements applicants must use to prepare their applications,
     Specify total funding available for the first 
year of the grants and the expected size and number of awards,
     Specify the application deadline,
     Note any specific program requirements for each 
funding opportunity, and
     Include any limitations or exceptions to the 
general provisions in the standard announcement.
    Applicants will need to have both the NOFA and the appropriate 
standard announcement to prepare their applications. Both documents 
will be provided, along with application materials, in the application 
kits available from SAMHSA's clearinghouses as well as on SAMHSA's Web 
site. SAMHSA's clearinghouse for the Center for Mental Health Services 
(CMHS) is the National Mental Health Information Center, which can be 
reached at 1-800-789-2647. The clearinghouse for the Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention (CSAP) is the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug 
Information (NCADI), which can be reached at 1-800-729-6686.
    SAMHSA anticipates that the four standard grant announcements will 
be used for the majority of its grant funding opportunities. However, 
there will be some funding opportunities that do not fit the standard 
announcements. In those instances, separate stand-alone grant 
announcements will be published and provided to applicants as they have 
been in the past (i.e., in the Federal Register, on the SAMHSA Web 
site, on the Federal grants Web site, and through SAMHSA's 
clearinghouses).

    Dated: February 26, 2004.
Daryl Kade,
Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Budget, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration.
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