[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10482-10484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5386]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 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 Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), announces the
availability of FY 1999 funds for grants for the following activity.
This activity is discussed in more detail under Section 4 of this
notice. This notice is not a complete description of the activity;
potential applicants must obtain a copy of the Guidance for Applicants
(GFA) before preparing an application.
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Estimated
Activity Application Estimated funds number of Project period
deadline available awards
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Adolescent Treatment Models... 5/10/99 $4 Million........... 12 Up to 3 yrs.
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Note: SAMHSA will publish additional notices of available
funding opportunities for FY 1999 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 number
and quality of applications received. FY 1999 funds for the activity
discussed in this announcement were appropriated by the Congress under
Public Law No. 105-277. 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 the 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 the activity
(i.e., the GFA) described in Section 4 are available electronically via
SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov).
Application Submission: 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 deadline for receipt of applications is
listed in the table above.
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Competing applications must be received by the indicated receipt
date to be accepted for review. An application received after the
deadline may only be accepted 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.
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 the 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 the activity covered by this notice (see Section 4).
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 1999 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Activities
4.1 Grants
4.1.1. Grants for Evaluation of Treatment Models for Adolescents
(Adolescent Treatment Models)
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 1999 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 1999 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 activity 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 review process.
Other funding criteria will include:
Availability of funds.
Additional funding criteria specific to the programmatic activity
may be included in the application guidance materials.
4. Special FY 1999 SAMHSA Activities
4.1 Grants
4.1.1. Grants for Evaluation of Treatment Models for Adolescents (Short
Title: Adolescent Treatment Models, GFA No. TI 99-001)
Application Deadline: May 10, 1999.
Purpose: The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) announces the availability of funds for
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grants to identify effective treatment programs or models of care that
show promise for replication elsewhere. In fiscal year 1999, grants
will be made available to identify promising programs that provide
treatment services for adolescents. Funds are available only for
evaluation and documentation purposes and may not be expended to
provide treatment services.
The primary goal of this initiative is to identify currently
existing models of adolescent treatment that, when evaluated for client
outcomes and cost, under a rigorous study design, demonstrate
effectiveness. Subsequently, documentation for these models will be
developed, and those programs identified for replication, as judged by
an independent panel of experts, will be invited to exhibit at a
conference to disseminate their findings and showcase their models.
The target population for projects funded under this program is
adolescents who have a substance abuse (alcohol and drug) problem. The
age range includes individuals who are at least twelve years of age,
and no older than nineteen years of age at treatment entry.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by
units of State or local government and by public and private nonprofit
and for-profit entities such as community-based organizations,
universities, colleges, and hospitals. The proposed program/model must
at a minimum: (1) Be providing services for the target population for a
minimum of two years. SAMHSA believes that only programs that have been
providing services, based on their model, for a minimum of two years
have the expertise and infrastructure to support the rigorous
evaluation called for in this GFA; (2) Be collecting data on clients in
the target population that include admission, course of treatment,
outcome, and follow-up; and (3) Be in compliance with all local, city,
county and State licensing requirements.
Grants/Amounts: Approximately $4 million will be available
to support up to 12 awards under this GFA in FY 1999. The average award
is expected to range from $350,000 to $450,000 in total costs (direct +
indirect). Support may be requested for a period of up to 3 years. The
initial award will be for twelve months. Two subsequent twelve-month
awards may be made subject to continued availability of funds and
documented results. Projects will be reviewed annually to determine if
ongoing funding is needed to complete program goals and to determine if
adequate progress is being made.
Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance: 93.230.
For Programmatic or Technical Assistance (Not for
application kits), contact: Randolph D. Muck, M.Ed., Division of
Practice and Systems Development, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment,
SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Room 7-138, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857, (301) 443-6574.
For Grants Management Assistance, contact: Peggy Jones, Division of
Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Room 614, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-9666.
For Application Kits, contact: National Clearinghouse for
Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345,
1-800-729-6686.
SAMHSA is sponsoring three technical assistance workshops
for potential applicants. The workshops will be held at the following
locations: March 11, 1999--Washington, DC; March 17, 1999--Chicago, IL;
and March 19--Los Angeles, CA. For more information, please call Ms.
Lisa Wilder, Workshop Coordinator, at 301-984-1471, extension 333.
5. Public Health System Reporting Requirements
This program 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 the FY 1999 activity 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, Policy and 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: March 1, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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