99-10699. Supplemental Grant To Continue Cooperative Agreements With 10 Predictor Variables Grantees and Their Research Coordinating Center

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23091-23092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10699]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Supplemental Grant To Continue Cooperative Agreements With 10 
Predictor Variables Grantees and Their Research Coordinating Center

AGENCY: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), HHS.

ACTION: Supplement to support an additional year of intervention 
follow-up and data collection among the Predictor Variables by 
Developmental Stage grantees and their Research Coordinating Center.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that an estimated $1.65 
million will be available to support up to 11 supplemental awards to 10 
existing Predictor Variables Study Sites and one existing Research 
Coordinating Center in FY 1999. The purpose of the award is to support 
enhancement of current programs and allow the collection and analyses 
of additional follow-up data for children currently included in these 
studies. CSAP will make the awards based on the recommendations of the 
initial review group and the CSAP National Advisory Council. 
Supplemental awards will be made in Fiscal Year 1999, by September 30, 
1999. The studies funded under this supplement are projected to end 
September 30, 2000.
    Eligibility is limited to existing SAMHSA/CSAP's Predictor 
Variables by Developmental Stage study sites, and their Research 
Coordinating Center. All currently active Predictor Variables grantees 
are eligible to apply for supplemental funds under this GFA. Given the 
short implementation time frame and limited funds available for this 
activity, as well as existing research protocols that limit the scope 
of new activities that could be introduced at this point in the study, 
the existing Predictor Variables projects are the only projects that 
can effectively implement the required booster sessions and follow-up 
data collection activities. These studies have already demonstrated 
that they can make a positive impact on children within selected 
developmental parameters. It is important to document that this impact 
on these same children can be maintained as they enter the next 
developmental stages.
    The Research Coordinating Center has put considerable effort into 
developing

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cross-site rapport and collecting process data from the individual 
sites; an effort that would be redundant and not cost-effective if 
attempted by another entity at this point in the project. Additionally, 
it is important to the continuity of the study that the Research 
Coordinating Center be able to continue its' current analyses and be 
able to conduct secondary analyses based on the totality of the data 
submitted throughout the life of the study.

    Authority: These supplemental awards will be made under the 
authority of Section 501(d)(5) of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended ((42 USC) 290aa). The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 
(CFDA) number for this program is 93.230.

CONTACT: Soledad Sambrano, Ph.D., Division of Knowledge Development and 
Evaluation, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II, suite 740, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, [phone].

    Dated: April 23, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-10699 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]
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