[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 67 (Monday, April 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18803-18804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6997]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Funding Opportunity

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to award a Single Source Grant to the 
Education Development Resource Center, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to award 
approximately $996,000 (total costs) per year for up to two years to 
the Education Development Resource Center, Inc. Newton, Massachusetts. 
This is not a formal request for applications. Assistance will be 
provided only to the Education Development Resource Center, Inc. based 
on the receipt of a satisfactory application that is approved by an 
independent review group.
    Funding Opportunity Title: SM-08-014
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243

    Authority: Section 520C of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended.

    Justification: Through the Suicide Prevention Resource Center 
(SPRC), the Education Development Center supports the technical 
assistance and information needs of SAMHSA State/Tribal Youth Suicide 
Prevention and Campus Suicide Prevention grantees and State, 
Territorial, and Tribal suicide prevention coordinators and coalition 
members with customized assistance and technical resources. They 
accomplish this through planning conferences and training events, 
creating publications and Web content on suicide and suicide prevention 
for professionals, advocates, and consumers; identifying and 
disseminating best practices; facilitating informational exchanges and 
peer-to-peer mentoring using listservs and other technologies; and 
promoting suicide prevention as a component of mental health 
transformation.
    Funding for the SPRC and for this program supplement are components 
of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, most recently included in the 
2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act. Congress authorized funding for only 
one Suicide Prevention Resource Center; therefore the program 
supplement must be awarded to the grantee that manages the SPRC, 
specifically to Education

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Development Center, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts. There are no other 
sources with the available resources and expertise to successfully 
complete the tasks of this proposal. Further, it would be both 
inefficient and wasteful to fund a second technical assistance provider 
for the same group of grantees.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelly Hara, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 8-
1081, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone: (240) 276-2321; E-mail: 
[email protected].

Toian Vaughn,
SAMHSA Committee Management Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-6997 Filed 4-4-08; 8:45 am]
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