[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13553-13556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6373]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Funding Opportunity Title: Child and Adolescent Mental Health and 
Substance Abuse State Infrastructure Grants (Short Title: Child and 
Adolescent SIG)

    Announcement Type: Initial.
    Funding Opportunity Number: SM 04-006.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243.
    Due Date for Applications: June 3, 2004.

    (Note: Letters from State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) in 
response to E.O. 12372 are due August 2, 2004.)

SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and the Center for 
Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announce the availability of FY 2004 
funds for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Abuse State 
Infrastructure Grants. A synopsis of this funding opportunity, as well 
as many other Federal Government funding opportunities, is also 
available at the Internet site: www.grants.gov.
    For complete instructions, potential applicants must obtain a copy 
of SAMHSA's standard Infrastructure Grants Program Announcement (INF-04 
PA (MOD)), and the PHS 5161-1 (Rev. 7/00) application form before 
preparing and submitting an application. The INF-04 PA (MOD) describes 
the general program design and provides instructions for applying for 
all SAMHSA Infrastructure Grants, including the Child and Adolescent 
SIG. Additional instructions and specific requirements for this funding 
opportunity are described below.

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I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Authority: 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended and 
subject to the availability of funds.

     The Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Substance Abuse State 
Infrastructure Grants (Short Title: Child and Adolescent SIG) is one of 
SAMHSA's Infrastructure Grants. SAMHSA's Infrastructure Grants provide 
funds to increase the capacity of mental health and/or substance abuse 
service systems to support programs and services. SAMHSA's 
Infrastructure Grants are intended for applicants seeking Federal 
support to develop or enhance their service system infrastructure in 
order to support effective substance abuse and/or mental health service 
delivery.
    The purpose of SAMHSA's Child and Adolescent SIG is to strengthen 
the capacity of States, territories, and Native American tribal 
governments to develop, expand and sustain substance abuse and mental 
health services including early intervention, treatment, and/or 
continuing services and supports at the local level for children, 
adolescents, and youth in transition, who have a serious emotional 
disturbance, substance abuse disorder, and/or co-occurring disorders, 
and their families. Applicants are expected to use grant funds to build 
the infrastructure necessary to promote, support, and sustain local 
service and treatment intervention capabilities for the target 
population across service delivery systems. The program is intended to 
provide sufficient flexibility and scope to enable States to determine 
whether they will focus on the entire target population or demographic/
geographic subsets of the population.
    The Child and Adolescent SIG Program is a critical part of the 
SAMHSA/CMHS effort to implement the President's New Freedom Commission 
on Mental Health Report. Therefore, activities carried out under this 
announcement must be focused on strengthening the capacity of States to 
transform their mental health system to meet the complex needs of 
children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and/or co-
occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders and their 
families within home and community-based settings.

Background

    For over a decade, SAMHSA has funded local demonstrations of 
promising treatment, and continuing services and supports for children, 
adolescents, and youth in transition who have a serious emotional 
disturbance, substance abuse disorder, and/or co-occurring disorders, 
and their families. A critical lesson provided by the local 
demonstrations is the difficulty of expanding and sustaining local 
capacity without the investment of key state-level stakeholders. 
Partnership between State and local stakeholders is essential to the 
development, sustainability and growth of effective early intervention 
and treatment systems.
    Despite the increased efforts of many localities to engage in 
system-building efforts for the target population, state-level capacity 
often has not kept pace or has become diminished for a variety of 
reasons. In some instances, reorganizations in response to managed care 
or department consolidations have eliminated an identifiable state-
level entity for children's mental health or adolescent substance abuse 
policies and programs. Devolution of service responsibility to local 
levels also has had an impact on state-level infrastructure, and, more 
recently, budget deficits are constraining state capacity. A priority 
focus of this new grant program is to strengthen the infrastructure in 
States, territories, and Native American tribes where there are 
existing local SAMHSA grant projects to ensure the sustainability and 
growth of these initiatives.

 II. Award Information

     1. Estimated Funding Available/Number of Awards: It is expected 
that up to $5.3 million will be available to fund up to seven awards in 
FY 2004. The maximum allowable award is $750,000 in total costs (direct 
and indirect) per year for five years. Proposed budgets cannot exceed 
the allowable amount in any year of the proposed project. The actual 
amount available for the awards may vary, depending on unanticipated 
program requirements and the number and quality of the applications 
received. Annual continuations will depend on the availability of 
funds, grantee progress in meeting program goals and objectives, and 
timely submission of required data and reports.
    2. Funding Instrument: Grant.

III. Eligibility Information

     1. Eligible Applicants are limited to States, the District of 
Columbia, territories and tribal governments. The application must be 
submitted by the Office of the Chief Executive of the State, territory 
or tribe. These funds are expected to increase capacity for Statewide 
and tribal wide changes that promote effective home and community-based 
mental health/substance abuse services across all service sectors. 
Therefore, investment of key state-level stakeholders is crucial to the 
development, sustainability and growth of effective early intervention 
and treatment systems. Additional information regarding program 
requirements and application formatting requirements is provided in the 
INF-04 PA (MOD) in Section III-3. These eligibility criteria supersede 
the criteria specified in Section III-1 of the INF-04 PA (MOD).
    2. Cost Sharing or Matching is not required.
    3. Other: Applicants must also meet certain application formatting 
and submission requirements or the application will be screened out and 
will not be reviewed. These requirements are described in Section IV-2 
below as well as in the INF-04 PA (MOD).

IV. Application and Submission Information

    1. Address to Request Application Package: Complete application 
kits may be obtained from the National Mental Health Information Center 
at 1-800-789-CMHS (2647). When requesting an application kit for this 
program, the applicant must specify the funding opportunity title 
(Child and Adolescent SIG) and the funding opportunity number (SM 04-
006). All information necessary to apply, including where to submit 
applications and application deadline instructions, are included in the 
application kit. The PHS 5161-1 application form is also available 
electronically via SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page: http://www.samhsa.gov (Click on ``Grant Opportunities'') and the INF-04 PA 
(MOD) is available electronically at http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/2004/standard/Infrastructure/index.asp.
    When submitting an application, be sure to type ``SM 04-006/Child 
and Adolescent SIG'' in Item Number 10 on the face page of the 
application form. Also, SAMHSA applicants are required to provide a 
DUNS Number on the face page of the application. To obtain a DUNS 
Number, access the Dun and Bradstreet web site at 
www.dunandbradstreet.com or call 1-866-705-5711.
     2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Information 
including required documents, required application components, and 
application formatting requirements is available in the INF-04 PA (MOD) 
in Section IV-2.

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Checklist for Formatting Requirements and Screenout Criteria for SAMHSA 
Grant Applications

     SAMHSA's goal is to review all applications submitted for grant 
funding. However, this goal must be balanced against SAMHSA's 
obligation to ensure equitable treatment of applications. For this 
reason, SAMHSA has established certain formatting requirements for its 
applications. If you do not adhere to these requirements, your 
application will be screened out and returned to you without review.
     Use the PHS 5161-1 application.
     Applications must be received by the application 
deadline. Applications received after this date must have a proof of 
mailing date from the carrier dated at least 1 week prior to the due 
date. Private metered postmarks are not acceptable as proof of timely 
mailing. Applications not received by the application deadline or not 
postmarked at least 1 week prior to the application deadline will not 
be reviewed.
     Information provided must be sufficient for 
review.
     Text must be legible.
     Type size in the Project Narrative cannot exceed 
an average of 15 characters per inch, as measured on the physical page. 
(Type size in charts, tables, graphs, and footnotes will not be 
considered in determining compliance.)
     Text in the Project Narrative cannot exceed 6 
lines per vertical inch.
     Paper must be white paper and 8.5 inches by 11.0 
inches in size.
     To ensure equity among applications, the amount 
of space allowed for the Project Narrative cannot be exceeded.
     Applications would meet this requirement by 
using all margins (left, right, top, bottom) of at least one inch each, 
and adhering to the page limit for the Project Narrative stated in the 
specific funding announcement.
     Should an application not conform to these 
margin or page limits, SAMHSA will use the following method to 
determine compliance: The total area of the Project Narrative 
(excluding margins, but including charts, tables, graphs and footnotes) 
cannot exceed 58.5 square inches multiplied by the page limit. This 
number represents the full page less margins, multiplied by the total 
number of allowed pages.
     Space will be measured on the physical page. 
Space left blank within the Project Narrative (excluding margins) is 
considered part of the Project Narrative, in determining compliance.
     The page limit for Appendices stated in the 
specific funding announcement cannot be exceeded. To facilitate review 
of your application, follow these additional guidelines. Failure to 
adhere to the following guidelines will not, in itself, result in your 
application being screened out and returned without review. However, 
the information provided in your application must be sufficient for 
review. Following these guidelines will help ensure your application is 
complete, and will help reviewers to consider your application.
     The 10 application components required for 
SAMHSA applications should be included. These are:

     Face Page (Standard Form 424, which is in PHS 
5161-1)
     Abstract
     Table of Contents
     Budget Form (Standard Form 424A, which is in PHS 
5161-1)
     Project Narrative and Supporting Documentation
     Appendices
     Assurances (Standard Form 424B, which is in PHS 
5161-1)
     Certifications (a form in PHS 5161-1)
     Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form 
LLL, which is in PHS 5161-1)
     Checklist (a form in PHS 5161-1)

     Applications should comply with the following 
requirements:
     Provisions relating to confidentiality, 
participant protection and the protection of human subjects, as 
indicated in the specific funding announcement.
     Budgetary limitations as indicated in Sections 
I, II, and IV-5 of the specific funding announcement.
     Documentation of nonprofit status as required in 
the PHS 5161-1.
     Pages should be typed single-spaced with one 
column per page.
     Pages should not have printing on both sides.
     Please use black ink, and number pages 
consecutively from beginning to end so that information can be located 
easily during review of the application. The cover page should be page 
1, the abstract page should be page 2, and the table of contents page 
should be page 3. Appendices should be labeled and separated from the 
Project Narrative and budget Section, and the pages should be numbered 
to continue the sequence.
     Send the original application and two copies to 
the mailing address in the funding announcement. Please do not use 
staples, paper clips, and fasteners. Nothing should be attached, 
stapled, folded, or pasted. Do not use heavy or lightweight paper, or 
any material that cannot be copied using automatic copying machines. 
Odd-sized and oversized attachments such as posters will not be copied 
or sent to reviewers. Do not include videotapes, audiotapes, or CD-
ROMs.
    3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications must be received by 
June 3, 2004. You will be notified by postal mail that your application 
has been received. Additional submission information is available in 
the INF-04 PA (MOD) in Section IV-3.
    4. Intergovernmental Review: Applicants for this funding 
opportunity must comply with Executive Order 12372 (E.O.12372). 
E.O.12372, as implemented through Department of Health and Human 
Services regulation at 45 CFR Part 100, sets up a system for State and 
local review of applications for Federal financial assistance. 
Instructions for complying with E.O. 12372 are provided in the INF-04 
PA (MOD) in Section IV-4. A current listing of State Single Points of 
Contact (SPOCs) is included in the application kit and is available at 
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
    5. Funding Restrictions: Information concerning funding 
restrictions is available in the INF-04 PA (MOD) in Section IV-5.

V. Application Review Information

    1. Evaluation Criteria: Applications will be reviewed against 
Evaluation Criteria and requirements for the Project Narrative 
specified in the INF-04 PA (MOD). The following information describes 
exceptions or limitations to the INF-04 PA (MOD) and provides special 
requirements that pertain only to Child and Adolescent SIG grants. 
Applicants must discuss the following requirements in their 
applications, in addition to the requirements specified in the INF-04 
PA (MOD):

1.1 In ``Section B: Proposed Approach''

    a. Applicants must describe the aspects of the substance abuse 
treatment and mental health service systems that will be affected by 
the proposed project and demonstrate that the proposed project cuts 
across service delivery systems.
    b. Applicants must demonstrate that they have developed or are 
creating a partnership with relevant local SAMHSA-funded programs 
(e.g., CMHS Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for 
Children and Their Families; CMHS Safe Schools, Healthy Students; CMHS 
State Mental Health Block Grant; CSAT Strengthening Communities/Youth; 
any

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relevant State Incentive Grant [SIG] project).
    c. Applicants must provide evidence that the new grant program will 
strengthen the sustainability and growth of these local initiatives and 
include Memoranda of Understanding that outline roles and 
responsibilities of these organizations in Appendix 6 (Memoranda of 
Support) of the application.
    d. Applicants must identify the universe of other relevant 
federally funded grants operating in the State and describe how the 
proposed project will be coordinated with these other Federally funded 
grants. A rationale should be presented, if it does not.

1.2 In ``Section D: Evaluation and Data''

    Applicants must document their ability to collect and report data 
using the Knowledge Application-Client Satisfaction tools which can be 
found at www.csat-gpra.samhsa.gov (Click on ``Data Collection Tools/
Instructions'').

1.3 Performance Measurement

    All SAMHSA grantees are required to collect and report certain 
data, so that SAMHSA can meet its obligations under the Government 
Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Grantees of the Child and 
Adolescent SIG program will be required to report performance in 
several areas. Applicants must document their ability to collect and 
report data on the following indicators in ``Section D: Evaluation and 
Data'' of their application:
     Increase inclusion of family members and youth 
in planning, policy, and service delivery.
     Increase the use of evidence-based models/
interventions.
     Increase the use of culturally and 
linguistically competent practices.
     Increase the use of training to build an 
effective workforce.
     Increase adaptation statewide of promising local 
grant project practices.
     Increase access statewide to effective treatment 
and continuing services and supports for the target population.
    In addition, SAMHSA grantees will measure customer satisfaction 
related to training, technical assistance, and meetings conducted with 
grant funds. SAMHSA will work with grantees to finalize a standard 
methodology related to these indicators shortly after award.
    2. Review and Selection Process: Information about the review and 
selection process is available in the INF-04 PA (MOD) in Section V-2.

VI. Award Administration Information

    Award administration information, including award notices, 
administrative and national policy requirements, and reporting 
requirements are available in the INF-04 PA (MOD). SAMHSA's standard 
terms and conditions are available at www.samhsa.gov/grants/2004/useful_info.asp.

VII. Agency Contact for Additional Information

    For questions about program issues contact: Diane L. Sondheimer, 
Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch, SAMHSA/CMHS, 5600 Fishers Lane, 
Room 11C-16, Rockville, MD 20857; 301-443-1334; E-mail: 
[email protected] or Randolph D. Muck, Team Leader/Public Health 
Advisor, SAMHSA/CSAT; 301-443-6574; [email protected]. For questions on 
grants management issues contact: Gwendolyn Simpson, SAMHSA/Division of 
Grants Management, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 13-103, Rockville, MD 20857; 
301-443-4456; E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: March 17, 2004.
Margaret M. Gilliam,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Budget, Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration.
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