[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 566-570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-192]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Funding Opportunities
AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability.
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SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services and Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention announce the availability of FY 1998 funds for grants
and/or cooperative agreements for the following activities. These
activities are discussed in more detail under Section 4 of this notice.
This notice is not a complete description of the activities; potential
applicants must obtain a copy of the Guidance for Applicants (GFA)
before preparing an application.
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Estimated
Application funds Estimated Project
Activity deadline available number of period
(million) awards (years)
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State Incentive Program..................................... 03/06/98 $42.0 12-18 3
HIV/AIDS Education.......................................... 04/03/98 2.0 7-9 3
Child Mental Health Initiative.............................. 04/03/98 8-12 8-12 5
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Note: SAMHSA plans to publish additional notices of available
funding opportunities for FY 1998 in subsequent issues of the
Federal Register.
The actual amount available for awards and their allocation may
vary, depending on unanticipated program requirements and the volume
and quality of applications. Awards are usually made for grant periods
from one to three years in duration. FY 1998 funds for activities
discussed in this announcement were appropriated by the Congress under
Public Law 105-78. SAMHSA's policies and procedures for peer review and
Advisory Council review of grant and cooperative agreement applications
were published in the Federal Register (Vol. 58, No. 126) on July 2,
1993.
The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the
health promotion and disease prevention objectives of Healthy People
2000, a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas. The
SAMHSA Centers' substance abuse and mental health services activities
address issues related to Healthy People 2000 objectives of Mental
Health and Mental Disorders; Alcohol and Other Drugs; Clinical
Preventive Services; HIV Infection; and Surveillance and Data Systems.
Potential applicants may obtain a copy of Healthy People 2000 (Full
Report: Stock No. 017-001-00474-0) or Summary Report: Stock No. 017-
001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325 (Telephone: 202-512-1800).
General Instructions: Applicants must use application form PHS
5161-1 (Rev. 5/96; OMB No. 0937-0189). The application kit contains the
GFA (complete programmatic guidance and instructions for preparing and
submitting applications), the PHS 5161-1 which includes Standard Form
424 (Face Page), and other documentation and forms. Application kits
may be obtained from the organization specified for each activity
covered by this notice (see Section 4).
When requesting an application kit, the applicant must specify the
particular activity for which detailed information is desired. This is
to ensure receipt of all necessary forms and information, including any
specific program review and award criteria.
The PHS 5161-1 application form and the full text of each of the
activities (i.e., the GFA) described in Section 4 are available
electronically via SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page (address: http://
www.samhsa.gov). The GFAs are also available on SAMHSA's Bulletin Board
(800-424-2294 or 301-443-0040).
Application Submission: Unless otherwise stated in the GFA,
applications must be submitted to: SAMHSA Programs, Center for
Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Suite 1040, 6701
Rockledge Drive MSC-7710, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7710*
(* Applicants who wish to use express mail or courier service should
change the zip code to 20817)
Application Deadlines: The deadlines for receipt of applications
are listed in the table above. Please note that the deadlines may
differ for the individual activities.
Competing applications must be received by the indicated receipt
dates to be accepted for review. An application received after the
deadline may be acceptable if it carries a legible proof-of-mailing
date assigned by the carrier and that date is not later than one week
prior to the deadline date.
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Private metered postmarks are not acceptable as proof of timely
mailing.
Applications received after the deadline date and those sent to an
address other than the address specified above will be returned to the
applicant without review.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for activity-specific
technical information should be directed to the program contact person
identified for each activity covered by this notice (see Section 4).
Requests for information concerning business management issues
should be directed to the grants management contact person identified
for each activity covered by this notice (see Section 4).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To facilitate the use of this Notice of
Funding Availability, information has been organized as outlined in the
Table of Contents below. For each activity, the following information
is provided:
Application Deadline.
Purpose.
Priorities.
Eligible Applicants.
Grants/Cooperative Agreements/Amounts.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number.
Contacts
Application Kits.
Table of Contents
1. Program Background and Objectives
2. Special Concerns
3. Criteria for Review and Funding
3.1 General Review Criteria
3.2 Funding Criteria for Scored Applications
4. Special FY 1998 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Activities
4.1 Cooperative Agreements
4.1.1 National Youth Substance Abuse Prevention, Initiative--
State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action
(State Incentive Program)
4.1.2 Cooperative Agreements for the Mental Health Care
Provider Education in HIV/AIDS Program II (HIV/AIDS Eduction)
4.2 Grants
4.2.1 Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for
Children and their Families (Child Mental Health Initiative)
5. Public Health System Reporting Requirements
6. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement
7. Executive Order 12372
1. Program Background and Objectives
SAMHSA's mission within the Nation's health system is to improve
the quality and availability of prevention, early intervention,
treatment, and rehabilitation services for substance abuse and mental
illnesses, including co-occurring disorders, in order to improve health
and reduce illness, death, disability, and cost to society.
Reinventing government, with its emphases on redefining the role of
Federal agencies and on improving customer service, has provided SAMHSA
with a welcome opportunity to examine carefully its programs and
activities. As a result of that process, SAMHSA moved assertively to
create a renewed and strategic emphasis on using its resources to
generate knowledge about ways to improve the prevention and treatment
of substance abuse and mental illness and to work with State and local
governments as well as providers, families, and consumers to
effectively use that knowledge in everyday practice.
SAMHSA's FY 1998 Knowledge Development and Application (KD&A)
agenda is the outcome of a process whereby providers, services
researchers, consumers, National Advisory Council members and other
interested persons participated in special meetings or responded to
calls for suggestions and reactions. From this input, each SAMHSA
Center developed a ``menu'' of suggested topics.
The topics were discussed jointly and an agency agenda of critical
topics was agreed to. The selection of topics depended heavily on
policy importance and on the existence of adequate research and
practitioner experience on which to base studies. While SAMHSA's FY
1998 KD&A programs will sometimes involve the evaluation of some
delivery of services, they are services studies and application
activities, not merely evaluation, since they are aimed at answering
policy-relevant questions and putting that knowledge to use.
SAMHSA differs from other agencies in focusing on needed
information at the services delivery level, and in its question-focus.
Dissemination and application are integral, major features of the
programs. SAMHSA believes that it is important to get the information
into the hands of the public, providers, and systems administrators as
effectively as possible. Technical assistance, training, preparation of
special materials will be used, in addition to normal communications
means.
SAMHSA also continues to fund legislatively-mandated services
programs for which funds are appropriated.
2. Special Concerns
SAMHSA's legislatively-mandated services programs do provide funds
for mental health and/or substance abuse treatment and prevention
services. However, SAMHSA's KD&A activities do not provide funds for
mental health and/or substance abuse treatment and prevention services
except sometimes for costs required by the particular activity's study
design. Applicants are required to propose true knowledge application
or knowledge development and application projects. Applications seeking
funding for services projects under a KD&A activity will be considered
nonresponsive.
Applications that are incomplete or nonresponsive to the GFA will
be returned to the applicant without further consideration.
3. Criteria for Review and Funding
Consistent with the statutory mandate for SAMHSA to support
activities that will improve the provision of treatment, prevention and
related services, including the development of national mental health
and substance abuse goals and model programs, competing applications
requesting funding under the specific project activities in Section 4
will be reviewed for technical merit in accordance with established
PHS/SAMHSA peer review procedures.
3.1 General Review Criteria
As published in the Federal Register on July 2, 1993 (Vol. 58, No.
126), SAMHSA's ``Peer Review and Advisory Council Review of Grant and
Cooperative Agreement Applications and Contract Proposals,'' peer
review groups will take into account, among other factors as may be
specified in the application guidance materials, the following general
criteria:
Potential significance of the proposed project;
Appropriateness of the applicant's proposed objectives to
the goals of the specific program;
Adequacy and appropriateness of the proposed approach and
activities;
Adequacy of available resources, such as facilities and
equipment;
Qualifications and experience of the applicant
organization, the project director, and other key personnel; and
Reasonableness of the proposed budget.
3.2 Funding Criteria for Scored Applications
Applications will be considered for funding on the basis of their
overall technical merit as determined through the peer review group and
the appropriate National Advisory Council (if applicable) review
process.
Other funding criteria will include:
Availability of funds.
Additional funding criteria specific to the programmatic activity
may be
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included in the application guidance materials.
4. Special FY 1998 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Activities
4.1 Cooperative Agreements
Two major activities for SAMHSA cooperative agreement programs are
discussed below. Substantive Federal programmatic involvement is
required in cooperative agreement programs. Federal involvement will
include planning, guidance, coordination, and participating in
programmatic activities (e.g., participation in publication of findings
and on steering committees). Periodic meetings, conferences and/or
communications with the award recipients may be held to review mutually
agreed-upon goals and objectives and to assess progress. Additional
details on the degree of Federal programmatic involvement will be
included in the application guidance materials.
4.1.1 National Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative--State
Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action (State
Incentive Program)
Application Deadline: March 6, 1998
Purpose: To reverse the trend in drug use by youth, the
State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action calls
upon Governors to set a new course of action that will assess needs,
identify gaps and channel or redirect resources (consistent with the
requirements of the funding source) to implement comprehensive
strategies for effective youth substance abuse prevention. This program
gives States the opportunity to develop an innovative process for using
these special incentive funds in a different way so as to complement
and enhance existing prevention efforts. Through this State-led
process, individual citizens can be encouraged to play a more forceful
role in their community's anti-drug efforts; and additional resources
can be mobilized to support promising prevention approaches across
systems and settings.
The State Incentive Program will support the States in coordinating
and redirecting all prevention resources available within the State and
in developing a revitalized, comprehensive prevention strategy that
will make optimal use of those resources. With these redirected
resources and a viable prevention strategy in place, Governors can more
effectively mobilize local citizens--youth, families, communities,
schools and workplaces--to work proactively with State and local
prevention organizations.
Therefore, the State Incentive Program has a two-fold purpose:
(1) Governors should coordinate, leverage and/or redirect, as
appropriate, and legally permissible, all substance abuse prevention
resources (funding streams and programs) within the State that are
directed at communities, families, schools and workplaces in order to
fill gaps with effective and promising prevention approaches targeted
to marijuana and other drug use by youth. Any redirection of Federal
funds, however, must be consistent with the terms and conditions of
such funding and all other Federal laws.
(2) States should develop a revitalized, comprehensive State-wide
strategy aimed at reducing drug use by youth through the implementation
of promising community-based prevention efforts derived from sound
scientific research findings.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is limited to the Office
of the Governor so that a consistent State-wide strategy on substance
abuse prevention will be implemented by the Governor and
comprehensively evaluated as to effectiveness in the strategies used.
Eligibility is limited to the Office of the Governor in those entities
that receive the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
(SAPT), Title XIX, Part B, Subpart II of the Public Health Service Act,
42 U.S.C. 300x-21, et seq. (hereinafter referred to as ``States'').
That grant sets aside 20 percent of the funds for primary prevention
activities. This set-aside is a large resource available to the State
for prevention activities and, along with the resources available under
this announcement and other resources available to the State for
substance abuse prevention activities, should be used to assist the
Governor in implementing a State-wide strategy.
By restricting eligibility to the Governor's Office, SAMHSA/CSAP
believes optimal conditions and incentives needed to establish a
successful State Incentive Program are assured. The Governor's
leadership and involved commitment to youth substance abuse prevention,
coupled with the infrastructure previously developed through the
substance abuse Block Grant funds can spur the renewed support of
organizations throughout the State and ensure that substance abuse
prevention aimed at youth remains a high-priority, comprehensive, and
systemically integrated State-wide effort.
For this State Incentive Program, SAMHSA/CSAP strongly supports
State use of existing prevention expertise and resources that already
reside in the Alcohol and Drug Single State Agency (SSA), which
continues to fund prevention strategies through the Substance Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. Therefore, SAMHSA/CSAP encourages
Governors to include a significant role for the SSA in the development,
planning and implementation of State efforts under this cooperative
agreement. For example, the SSA director or his/her designee could
serve as the project director for the cooperative agreement, thereby
serving in a key leadership and oversight capacity.
Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that
approximately $42 million will be available to support approximately
12-18 awards under this cooperative agreement announcement in FY 1998.
In determining award amounts, consideration will be given to the
State's population, substance abuse prevention needs, and the cost
requirements of the proposed plan. Accordingly, it is expected that
awards will range from $2 million to $3 million. Final award amounts
and the actual number of awards made will depend on the number and
quality of applications received, and on consideration of the relative
cost reasonableness of projects approved for funding.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,
contact: Dave Robbins or Dan Fletcher, DSCSD, Systems Applications
Branch, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services, Administration, Rockwall II Building, 9th
Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-0369.
Grants Management Contact: For business management
assistance, contact: Peggy Jones, Division of Grants Management, OPS,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, Administration, Rockwall II
Building, Room 630, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301)
443-9666.
Application Kits: Application kits are available from:
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), P.O.
Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686; 1-800-487-4889 TDD,
Via Internet: www.health.org (Go into the Forum Section of the Web
site, click on ``CSAP FY 98 Grant Opportunities.'')
Visually impaired: Disk versions of the application may be
requested.
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4.1.2 Cooperative Agreements for the Mental Health Care Provider
Education in HIV/AIDS Program II (HIV/AIDS Education)
Application Deadline: April 3, 1998.
Purpose: The purpose of this cooperative agreement program
is twofold: (1) To disseminate to mental health care service providers
state-of-the-art knowledge about how to identify and treat the
psychological and the neuropsychiatric sequelae of HIV/AIDS; and (2) to
develop knowledge on how to be more effective in the dissemination of
this knowledge.
The latter includes an assessment, through a multisite evaluation,
of both the use and usefulness of this knowledge for providers of HIV/
AIDS specific mental health care services (the assessment protocol and
measures are being developed under a separate contract).
Applications are being solicited for 6 to 8 established education
sites (funds will not be available to develop new HIV/AIDS education
projects) to provide education/training (incorporating the required
activities outlined in the Guidance for Applicants, GFA) to a minimum
of 1,000 individual mental health care service providers per year, per
site, for 3 years. At least five (5) provider groups must be included
in the training project (e.g., psychiatrists, psychologists, social
workers, medical students, primary care residents, psychiatry
residents, nurses, counselors, the clergy and other spiritual
providers).
Applications are also being sought for a coordinating/technical
assistance center to provide overall coordination of the program. The
role of the coordinating center will be to (1) provide leadership and
guidance to the education sites on the implementation of the multisite
evaluation, (2) manage and analyze the common data collected across
education sites, and (3) provide technical assistance to the sites in
modifying their projects based on the multisite evaluation interim
findings.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Applications to be an education site
or the coordinating center may be submitted by organizations such as
units of State or local governments and by domestic private nonprofit
and for-profit organizations such as community-based organizations,
universities, colleges, and hospitals. Applications from Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions and
Tribal Colleges and Universities are encouraged.
Applicants may apply to be either an education site or a
coordinating center, or both; however, separate applications must be
submitted.
Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that
approximately $1.6 million will be available to support approximately 6
to 8 education site awards under this GFA in FY 1998. The average award
is expected to range from $200,000 to $300,000 in total costs
(direct+indirect). It is also estimated that approximately $400,000 in
total costs (direct+indirect) will be available to support one (1)
coordinating center award under this GFA in FY 1998. Actual funding
levels will depend upon the availability of appropriated funds.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance
contact: Barbara J. Silver, Ph.D., Director, Mental Health Care
Provider Education in HIV/AIDS Program II, Office of the Associate
Director for Medical Affairs, Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Parklawn
Building, Room 15-81, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301)
443-7817.
Grants Management Contact: For business management
assistance, contact: Stephen Hudak, Grants Management Specialist,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Parklawn
Building, Room 15C-05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,
(301) 443-4456.
Application Kits: Application kits are available from:
National Mental Health Services, Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), P.O.
Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015, Voice: (800) 789-2647, TTY: (301) 443-
9006, FAX: (301) 984-8796.
The full text of the GFA is available electronically via the Center
for Mental Health Services Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) (voice line
800-789-2647 or Electronic Bulletin Board 800-790-2647).
4.2 Grants
4.2.1 Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and
their Families (Child Mental Health Initiative)
Application Deadline: April 3, 1998.
Purpose: Under Section 561(a) of the Public Health Service
Act grants will be awarded to implement, in one or more communities, a
broad array of community-based and family-focused services for children
with serious emotional disturbance and their families, including
individualized case planning and coordination, and to enable
communities to integrate child-and family-serving agencies, including
health, mental health, substance abuse treatment, child welfare,
education, and juvenile justice into a local comprehensive system of
care. The statute further requires that an evaluation of the system(s)
of care implemented under the Program be conducted and that it include,
among other things, longitudinal studies of the outcomes of services
provided by such systems.
The primary goal of the program is to successfully implement
systems of care at the grant sites. A second goal after implementing
systems of care, is evaluation of the outcomes of services delivered
under the system. This will be accomplished through a national multi-
site evaluation conducted under a separate contract and grantees will
be required to cooperate with the multi-site evaluation contractor. The
final goal of the Program is to use the results of both the system
development efforts of each service site and the results of the
descriptive, process and outcome evaluation to shape future program
direction with proven exemplary practices that work best for children
and their families.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Eligible entities include States (as
defined in Section 2 of the PHS Act), political subdivisions of States,
and Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as defined in Section 4(b)
and Section 4(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act). Applications from all State level, political
subdivisions of States (e.g., counties, cities), tribe or tribal
organization child-serving agencies are allowed. In order for an entity
to be eligible, a plan must be in place for the development of a system
of care for community-based services for children with a serious
emotional disturbance approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services per Section 564(b) of the PHS Act. For the
purposes of this program, an approved State Mental Health Plan for
Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance, submitted
under Public Law 102-321, will be accepted as such a plan.
Grants/Amounts: Approximately $8-12 million will be
available to support 8 to 12 awards under this GFA in FY 1998. Actual
funding will depend upon the availability of funds at the time of
award. These grants are for a period of 5 years; it is anticipated that
approximately $1 million will be available to each grantee in year one;
$1 million in year two; $2 million in year
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three, $1.5 million in year four, and $1.5 million in five. An
applicant must arrange and demonstrate the availability of match of
non-Federal funds in mandated ratios.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.104.
Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,
contact: Gary De Carolis, Chief, Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch,
Division of Knowledge Development and Systems Change Center for Mental
Health Services/SAMHSA, Room 18-49, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-1333/FAX (301) 443-3693, Internet:
gdecarol@samhsa.gov.
For grants management issues, contact:
Stephen Hudak, Grants Management Officer, Office of Program
Services/SAMHSA, Room 15C-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4456/FAX (301) 594-2336, Internet:
shudak@samhsa.gov.
Application kits, contact:, National Mental Health
Services, Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), P.O. Box 42490, Washington,
D.C. 20015, Voice: (800) 789-2647, TTY: (301) 443-9006, FAX: (301) 984-
8796.
CMHS intends to sponsor two technical assistance workshops
for potential applicants: February 10-11, 1998 in Denver, Colorado and
February 23-24, 1998 in Washington, D.C. For more information,
potential applicants may contact: Ken Currier, Director, Technical
Assistance Operations, National Resource Network for Child and Family
Mental Health Services, Washington Business Group on Health, 777 North
Capitol Street, N.E., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20002, (202) 408-
9320/FAX (202) 408-9332, Internet: currier@wbgh.com.
5. Public Health System Reporting Requirements
The Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS) is intended to
keep State and local health officials apprised of proposed health
services grant and cooperative agreement applications submitted by
community-based nongovernmental organizations within their
jurisdictions.
Community-based nongovernmental service providers who are not
transmitting their applications through the State must submit a PHSIS
to the head(s) of the appropriate State and local health agencies in
the area(s) to be affected not later than the pertinent receipt date
for applications. This PHSIS consists of the following information:
a. A copy of the face page of the application (Standard form 424).
b. A summary of the project (PHSIS), not to exceed one page, which
provides:
(1) A description of the population to be served.
(2) A summary of the services to be provided.
(3) A description of the coordination planned with the appropriate
State or local health agencies.
State and local governments and Indian Tribal Authority applicants
are not subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.
Application guidance materials will specify if a particular FY 1998
activity described above is/is not subject to the Public Health System
Reporting Requirements.
6. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement
The PHS strongly encourages all grant and contract recipients to
provide a smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all tobacco
products. In addition, Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children Act of
1994, prohibits smoking in certain facilities (or in some cases, any
portion of a facility) in which regular or routine education, library,
day care, health care, or early childhood development services are
provided to children. This is consistent with the PHS mission to
protect and advance the physical and mental health of the American
people.
7. Executive Order 12372
Applications submitted in response to all FY 1998 activities listed
above are subject to the intergovernmental review requirements of
Executive Order 12372, as implemented through DHHS regulations at 45
CFR Part 100. E.O. 12372 sets up a system for State and local
government review of applications for Federal financial assistance.
Applicants (other than Federally recognized Indian tribal governments)
should contact the State's Single Point of Contact (SPOC) as early as
possible to alert them to the prospective application(s) and to receive
any necessary instructions on the State's review process. For proposed
projects serving more than one State, the applicant is advised to
contact the SPOC of each affected State. A current listing of SPOCs is
included in the application guidance materials. The SPOC should send
any State review process recommendations directly to: Office of
Extramural Activities Review, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 17-89, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
The due date for State review process recommendations is no later
than 60 days after the specified deadline date for the receipt of
applications. SAMHSA does not guarantee to accommodate or explain SPOC
comments that are received after the 60-day cut-off.
Dated: December 30, 1997.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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