[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 43220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17276]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Funding Opportunity

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to award a Single Source Grant to the current 
grantee of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center program.

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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 a 
programmatic supplement of approximately $583,330 (total costs) for up 
to one year to the current grantee of the Suicide Prevention Resource 
Center program. The current grantee is Education Development Center, 
Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts. This is not a formal request for 
applications. Assistance will be provided only to the Education 
Development Center, Inc. based on receipt of a satisfactory application 
that is approved by an independent review group.
    Funding Opportunity Title: SM-13-008.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243.
    Authority: Section 520A and 520C of the Public Health Service Act, 
as amended.
    Justification: The purpose of this 1-year supplement is to support 
implementation of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (NSSP) 
and to support the infrastructure of the National Action Alliance 
(Action Alliance) for Suicide Prevention, with the overall goal of 
reducing suicides and suicidal behaviors in the country.
    Funds will be used to support implementation of the Action Alliance 
high priority area, to transform health care systems to significantly 
reduce suicide and suicide attempts.
    This will also build on the momentum of the 2011 report released by 
the Action Alliance's Clinical Care and Intervention Task Force, 
Suicide Care in Systems Framework, including the informal ``zero 
suicide'' learning collaborative, which currently involves six states 
and health care systems.
    Funds will also be used to directly support the infrastructure of 
the Action Alliance such as funding staff support for key Alliance 
initiatives, including the Action Alliance Executive Committee and task 
forces, and for direct meeting expenses of the Executive Committee and 
select task forces.
    SAMHSA funds only one Suicide Prevention Resource Center, SAMHSA's 
primary vehicle for providing technical assistance to the field. 
Therefore, this program supplement will be awarded to the grantee that 
manages the SPRC, specifically to the Education Development Center, 
Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts. There are no other sources with the 
available resources and expertise to successfully complete the tasks of 
this proposal within the one-year grant period.
    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 J. Friedman,
Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 2013-17276 Filed 7-18-13; 8:45 am]
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