[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 28615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11725]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Funding Opportunity

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to award a single source grant to the 
Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA.

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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 $375,000 (total costs) for up to one year to the 
Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA. This is not a formal request 
for applications. Assistance will be provided only to the Natividad 
Medical Center based on the receipt of a satisfactory application that 
is approved by an independent review group.
    Funding Opportunity Title: TI-12-009.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243.
    Authority: Section 509 of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended.
    Justification: Only the Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA is 
eligible to apply. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) is seeking to award a supplemental grant to the 
Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, CA, to enable Natividad to 
continue to develop and implement a training program to teach medical 
residents skills to provide evidence-based screening, brief 
intervention, brief treatment and referral to specialty treatment for 
patients who have, or are at risk for, a substance use disorder as 
required under the FY 2008 Request for Applications (RFA). This 
organization was funded under the SBIRT Medical Residency grant program 
(TI-08-003) in FY 2008. Under the leadership at that time, the 
Natividad Medical Center received a 4-year grant, although the SBIRT 
Medical Residency Program is a 5-year program. Subsequent to the 
original award, new leadership for the grant program has been put in 
place. As a result, the new leadership has determined that in order to 
execute the full requirements of the program and to meet the necessary 
client targets, the final year of funding is required. The purpose of 
this sole source award is to fund the last year of the 5-year 
cooperative agreement awarded under the initial announcement. SAMHSA 
will not accept an application from any other entity. Natividad Medical 
Center is in the unique position to be awarded one year funding 
because:
     Natividad Medical Center to date has successfully 
implemented the SBIRT Medical Residency Program since 2008, and a fifth 
year of funding would give the program an additional year to train more 
residents in SBIRT as well as allow the program to solidify sustaining 
its training program after the end of SAMHSA funding.
     Natividad Medical Center is the only SBIRT Medical 
Residency Program grantee in Central California, and serves minority, 
high-risk and vulnerable populations, including farm workers, low-
income individuals, adolescents, elderly, homeless, veterans, and 
individuals with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders.
    Contact: Cathy Friedman, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 8-1097, Rockville, MD 20857; 
telephone: (240) 276-2316; Email: [email protected].

Cathy Friedman,
SAMHSA Public Health Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2012-11725 Filed 5-14-12; 8:45 am]
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