[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16592-16593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7043]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Funding Opportunity

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to award a Single Source Grant to the Iowa 
Department of Public Health.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for 
Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), intends to award approximately 
$200,000 (total costs) for a one-year project period to the Iowa 
Department of Public Health. This is not a formal request for 
applications. Assistance will be provided only to the Iowa Department 
of Public Health based on the receipt of a satisfactory application 
that is approved by an independent review group.
    Funding Opportunity Title: SP 04-010.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243.

    Authority: Section 519E of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended.

    Justification: Only the Iowa Department of Public Health is 
eligible to apply. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), 
is seeking to award a single source supplemental grant to the Iowa 
Department of Public Health to support methamphetamine prevention 
infrastructure development to reduce methamphetamine production supply 
and use.
    Iowa has a serious and growing methamphetamine abuse problem. It 
ranks as the sixth highest state in usage, according to the 2001 
preliminary findings of the National Institute of Justice. Problems 
stemming from widespread use, including increases in treatment 
admissions, arrests, drug convictions, and seizure of methamphetamine 
laboratories, have overwhelmed the substance abuse prevention and 
treatment, and criminal justice systems. Iowa's rural and agricultural 
nature provides an attractive setting for clandestine methamphetamine 
production

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laboratories, since it is characterized by open space, a network of 
roadways for delivery, and ample raw materials. Consequently, Iowa 
houses many methamphetamine laboratories.
    The dramatic increase in methamphetamine use in the State of Iowa 
has stimulated the interest and commitment of its business community to 
partner with the State in responding to the problem. There is a growing 
awareness in the field of the importance of engaging ``mainstream'' 
sectors of the community in prevention activities in order to increase 
the acceptability, effectiveness, and long-term sustainability of such 
programs. The interest of Iowa's business community provides the State 
(and SAMHSA) with a unique opportunity to develop and evaluate a 
public-private partnership to combat methamphetamine production and 
cost.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wilma Pinnock, SAMHSA/CSAP, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockwall II, 9th Floor, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone: 
(301) 594-3447; E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: March 24, 2004.
Margaret M. Gilliam,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Planning and Budget, Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-7043 Filed 3-29-04; 8:45 am]
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