[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9796-9800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5236]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Funding Opportunities for Knowledge
Development and Application Cooperative Agreements
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 Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) announces the
availability of FY 1997 funds for Knowledge Development and Application
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..................................... 05/12/97 $15.0 5 3
Centers for the Application of Prevention Technologies
(CAPT)..................................................... 05/12/97 5.0 5 3
Workplace Managed Care...................................... 05/12/97 4.0 10-15 3
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Note: SAMHSA published notices of available funding
opportunities in FY 1997 in the Federal Register (Vol. 62, No. 16)
on Friday, January 24, 1997; (Vol. 62, No. 27) on Monday, February
10, 1997; and (Vol. 62, No. 31) on Friday, February 14, 1997.
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 1997 funds for activities
discussed in this announcement were appropriated by the Congress under
Public Law No. 104-208. 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 is also available electronically
via SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov).
Click on SAMHSA Funding Opportunities for instructions. You can also
click on the address of the forms distribution Web Page for direct
access.
The full text of each of the activities (i.e., the GFA) described
in Section 4 is available electronically via the following:
SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov)
and SAMHSA's Bulletin Board (800-424-2294 or 301-443-0040).
APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Applications must be submitted to: SAMHSA
Programs, Division of Research Grants, 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. Private metered postmarks are not
acceptable as proof of timely mailing.
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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 1997 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 CSAP Cooperative Agreements for Centers for the
Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT)
4.1.3. Cooperative Agreements for Public/Private Sector
Workplace Models and Strategies for the Incorporation of Substance
Abuse Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives into Managed
Care (Workplace Managed Care)
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 is moving 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.
The agency has transformed its demonstration grant programs from
service-delivery projects to knowledge acquisition and application. For
FY 1997, SAMHSA has developed an agenda of new programs designed to
answer specific important policy-relevant questions. These questions,
specified in this and subsequent Notices of Funding Availability, are
designed to provide critical information to improve the Nation's mental
health and substance abuse treatment and prevention services.
The 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 1997 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.
2. Special Concerns
SAMHSA's FY 1997 Knowledge Development and Application activities
discussed below do not provide funds for mental health and substance
abuse treatment and prevention services except 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 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.
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Additional funding criteria specific to the programmatic activity
may be included in the application guidance materials.
4. Special FY 1997 Substance Abuse Activities
4.1 Cooperative Agreements
Three 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: May 12, 1997
Purpose: To reverse the trend in drug use by youth, the
State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action will
call 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.1
(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 evaluated as
to effectiveness in the strategies used. Eligibility is limited to the
Office of the Governor in those States (including the District of
Columbia) and territories and the Indian Tribal organization (i.e., the
Red Lake Band of Chippewa) that receive the Substance Abuse Prevention
and Treatment Block Grant, 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, could
assist the Governor in implementing a State-wide strategy.
By awarding cooperative agreement funds directly to the Governor's
Office, SAMHSA/CSAP will best facilitate the optimal conditions and
incentives needed to establish the State Incentive Program. The
Governor's leadership and commitment to youth substance abuse
prevention, along with the infrastructure developed through the
substance abuse Block Grant funds can spur the support of organizations
throughout the State and ensure that substance abuse prevention aimed
at youth remains a high-priority, comprehensive, and systemically
integrated effort.
For this State Incentive Program, SAMHSA/CSAP strongly supports
using the prevention expertise and resources that have historically
resided 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 and would
thus serve in a key leadership and oversight capacity.
Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that
approximately $15 million will be available to support approximately
five (5) awards under this cooperative agreement announcement in FY
1997. Actual funding levels will depend upon the availability of funds.
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) 443-9438.
Grants Management Contact: For business management
assistance, contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of Grants Management, OPS,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II
Building, Room 640, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301)
443-5702.
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 97 Grant Opportunities.'')
Visually impaired: Disk versions of the application may be
requested.
4.1.2 CSAP Cooperative Agreements for Centers for the Application of
Prevention Technologies (CAPT)
Application Deadline: May 12, 1997.
Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to develop
and operate five regional Centers for the Application of Prevention
Technologies (CAPT). The
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purpose of this program is to assist States to apply on a consistent
basis, the latest research knowledge to their substance abuse
prevention programs, practices, and policies. The regions served by the
CAPT program will be the same as those of the National Prevention
Network (a membership organization of State prevention coordinators).
The CAPT program goal is to use conventional and electronic
delivery methods to assist recipients of State Incentive Cooperative
Agreements for Community-Based Action, their subrecipients, and other
States in applying and utilizing scientifically defensible substance
abuse prevention knowledge and technology. The CAPT program will bridge
the gap between dissemination of prevention knowledge and effective
application of that knowledge in the field.
The CAPT program will focus its efforts on four key prevention
topic areas. These topic areas include: youth illicit drug use (with an
emphasis on marijuana); underage drinking; alcohol, drugs, and
violence; and HIV/AIDS and drug use. Applicants may be required to
provide services on other topic areas as well. Applicants must also
demonstrate a thorough knowledge and ability to provide technical
assistance and skills development in the following six CSAP prevention
strategies: information dissemination, education, community
mobilization, alternatives, environmental change, and early
identification and referral.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by
organizations such as units of State or local government and by
domestic private nonprofit or for-profit organizations such as
community-based organizations, universities, colleges, and hospitals.
Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that
approximately $5 million will be available to support approximately 5
awards under this program in FY 1997. Actual funding levels will depend
upon the availability of funds.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance
contact: Ms. Luisa del Carmen Pollard, M.A., Division of Community
Education Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 800, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: 301/443-0377.
Note: The Division of Community Education (DCE) , CSAP, will
accept concept papers (not to exceed 4 pages) from prospective
applicants via FAX or the Internet. DCE staff will review them and
provide technical assistance by Internet, FAX, or phone. Concept
papers may be submitted anytime up to 20 days prior to the
application receipt date. Concept paper should be faxed or e-mailed
to: CAPT at (301) 443-5592 or via the Internet: www.health.org (Go
into the Forum section of the web site, click on ``CSAP Grant
Opportunities for FY97.'') Whether or not a concept paper is
submitted will have no bearing on the subsequent acceptance and
review of an application.
Grants Management Contact: For business management
assistance, contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of Grants Management, OPS,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II,
Suite 6405600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
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 FY97 Grant Opportunities')
The full text of the GFA is also available electronically via the
CSAP site at the NCADI (www.health.org).
4.1.3 Cooperative Agreements for Public/Private Sector Workplace Models
and Strategies for the Incorporation of Substance Abuse Prevention and
Early Intervention Into Managed Care (Short Title: Workplace Managed
Care)
Application Deadline: May 12, 1997
' Purpose: SAMHSA/CSAP is seeking to build a strategic cooperative
effort with those who are engaged in, have a binding agreement with or
documented access to, an operational, fully funded, public/private
sector workplace managed care (WMC) substance abuse prevention and
early intervention program. Those with access to these WMC programs
must also have documented, authorized access to the data related to the
program. If data are available, grantees will analyze retrospective
data to assess longitudinal effectiveness. All grantees will collect,
analyze and compare prospective data for a study group and at least one
selected comparison group. Programs will evaluate their operational
processes and outcomes, be part of a cross-site evaluation study and
will develop a replication manual.
The fully funded, public/private sector workplace managed care
substance abuse prevention and early intervention program must already
be in place for a minimum of 1 year and fully implemented for
employees, if not all covered lives. The workplace must have a
documented minimum of 250 employees at selected workplace study sites.
This cooperative agreement program will assist SAMHSA/CSAP to identify
effective components and strategies of these programs which serve to
prevent and reduce substance abuse and enhance overall wellness of
individual employees and their families. This information will promote
the development of models and materials and the dissemination first to
businesses and eventually to communities and States as they initiate
new programs where none exist and assist those that do exist to improve
their effectiveness.
The overall goal of this cooperative agreement program is to
determine which public/private sector workplace managed care substance
abuse prevention and early intervention programs are the most effective
in reducing the incidence and prevalence of substance abuse and to
disseminate these findings.
The two objectives in support of this goal are to:
1. Determine the nature (e.g., structure, organization, function,
etc.) of WMC programs utilizing substance abuse prevention and early
intervention efforts.
2. Provide a detailed description of the WMC programs; assess their
strengths and weaknesses and their impact on the substance abuse of
employees and their families (e.g., covered lives); and assess the
quality and delivery of substance abuse prevention and early
intervention.
Through funding this program, SAMHSA/CSAP anticipates gaining
knowledge about the following global questions.
Do substance abuse prevention and early intervention
strategies and programs, applied within various managed care models
prevent and reduce substance abuse for covered lives (employees and
their families) over time?
Does the prevalence and incidence of substance abuse
differ among substance abuse prevention and early intervention models
of managed care?
Does the prevalence/incidence of substance abuse differ
among substance abuse prevention and early intervention models within
specific managed care and non-managed care models?
What issues or policies related to gender, cultural,
ethnic, age, race, educational, legal and/or linguistic variations need
to be addressed to increase positive impacts of the program?
Priorities: None
Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by
domestic private
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nonprofit and for-profit organizations such as businesses, Employee
Assistance Programs (EAPs), health care service organizations, research
institutes, universities, colleges, and hospitals, and by
organizations, such as units of State or local government.
Substance abuse prevention and early intervention programs may be
co-located with other managed care services or may be organizationally
or geographically separate. If separate, linkages must be clearly
described.
Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that
approximately $4 million will be available to support approximately 10-
15 awards under this GFA in FY 97. It is anticipated that the average
award will be in the $275,000 to $500,000 range. Actual funding levels
will depend upon the availability of funds.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,
contact: Deborah M. Galvin, Ph.D., Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Parklawn, Room 13A-54,5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301)
443-6780.
Grants Management Contact: For business management
assistance, contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of Grants Management, OPS,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II,
Room 640, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-5702.
Application Kits: Application kits are available from:
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, PO Box 2345,
Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686; 1-800-487-4889 TDD, Via
Internet: www.health.org (go into Forum Section of the web site, click
on ``CSAP FY 97 Grant Opportunities')
Visually impaired: Disk versions of the application may be
requested.
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 1997
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.
Specific application guidance materials may include more detailed
guidance as to how a Center will implement SAMHSA's policy on promoting
the non-use of tobacco.
7. Executive Order 12372
Applications submitted in response to all FY 1997 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: February 24, 1997.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA
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