[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58779-58780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25349]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Funding Opportunity

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to award a single source grant to the 
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).

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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 
$500,000 (total costs) for up to five years to CADCA for the National 
Anti-Drug Coalitions Training and Workforce Development Grant. Under 
this initiative, CADCA will provide training to state and community 
prevention leaders, including members of anti-drug community coalitions 
from around the country who are committed to addressing the evolving 
needs of the behavioral health field, and promote workforce 
development. Training and workforce development activities supported 
through this grant include SAMHSA's Prevention Day, the CADCA National 
Leadership Forum, and CADCA's Mid-Year Training Institute. These 
activities aim to disseminate knowledge and transfer state-of-the-art 
information, assisting state and community leaders in developing and 
implementing evidence-based programs, practices, and policies aligned 
with the 21st Century Cures Act, the Comprehensive Addition and 
Recovery Act, the President's Commission on combating drug addiction 
and the opioid crisis, and other national substance abuse prevention 
goals, outcomes, and efforts, including underage drinking prevention. 
This is not a formal request for applications. Assistance will be 
provided only to CADCA based on the receipt of a satisfactory 
application that is approved by an independent review group.
    Funding Opportunity Title: SP-19-002.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243.
    Authority: Section 516 of the Public Health Services Act, as 
amended.

Justification

    Eligibility for this award is limited to CADCA. The purpose of this 
grant to provide training and workforce development for thousands of 
members of community coalitions dedicated to preventing substance abuse 
through a national leadership workforce development and training event. 
CADCA is the only national organization that has special expertise and 
unique broad, national-level experience in working with community anti-
drug coalitions. For more than 22 years, coalitions and coalition 
leadership have turned to CADCA to obtain the assistance they need to 
implement, operate, and sustain effective local community anti-drug 
strategies. CADCA will take advantage of the resources of multiple 
agencies located throughout the federal, state and

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local governments, philanthropies, and universities to bring the best 
available knowledge, information, and technology to local community 
anti-drug coalitions working to prevent and reduce drug use among the 
youth of America. CADCA is the only identified organization with the 
required experience and national reach to over 5,000 identified anti-
drug coalitions across the country. Significant investments were made 
over the years to support this program with outstanding results. CADCA 
has long been recognized in communities as well as states throughout 
the nation for the technical support it has provided to anti-drug 
coalitions. As such, it is uniquely qualified and positioned to carry 
out the requirements of this announcement.
    Contact: Odessa Crocker, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone: 
(240) 276-1078; email: [email protected].

    Dated: November 15, 2018.
Carlos Castillo,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-25349 Filed 11-20-18; 8:45 am]
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