[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17197-17203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9253]
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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 (CMHS), and Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announce the availability of FY 1998
funds for grants and 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 Project
Activity Application Estimated funds available number of period
deadline awards (years)
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State Indicator Pilot....................... 06/08/98 $1.0M...................... 10 3
National TA Centers......................... 06/08/98 $1.1M...................... 3 3
State Network Grants........................ 06/08/98 $1.55M..................... 31 3
Statewide Family Networks................... 06/08/98 $1.55M..................... 31 3
Adolescent Treatment Models................. 06/08/98 $11.5...................... 45-55 2.5
Addiction Technology Transfer Centers....... 06/08/98 $7.5....................... 15 3
Treatment Outcome & Performance Pilot....... 06/08/98 $5.0....................... 11-13 3
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Note: SAMHSA also published notices of available funding
opportunities for FY 1998 in the Federal Register on January 6,
1998, January 20, 1998, February 26, 1998, and on March 20, 1998.
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).
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. 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 Grants
4.1.1 State Indicator Pilot Grants
4.1.2 Grants to Support Consumer and Consumer Supporter
National Technical Assistance Centers (Short Title: National TA
Centers)
4.1.3 Statewide Consumer and Consumer Supporter Networking
Grants (Short Title: State Network Grants)
4.1.4 Statewide Family Network Grants (Short Title: Statewide
Family Networks)
4.1.5 Grants for Identification of Exemplary Treatment Models
for Adolescents (Short Title: Adolescent Treatment Models)
4.2 Cooperative Agreements
4.2.1 Cooperative Agreements for Addiction Technology Transfer
Centers (Short Title: ATTCs)
4.2.2 Cooperative Agreements for State Treatment Outcomes and
Performance Pilot Studies Enhancement (Short Title: TOPPS II)
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
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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 included in the application guidance materials.
4. Special FY 1998 SAMHSA Activities
4.1 Grants
4.1.1 State Indicator Pilot Grants (GFA No. SM 98-010)
Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS),
announces technical assistance grants to the State Mental Health
Agencies (SMHAs) or the equivalent in the District of Columbia and
United States Territories eligible for CMHS block grants, to support
performance indicator pilots which will facilitate appropriate
implementation of selected, comparable performance measures within and
among States. Piloting of additional State specific performance
measures will also be supported for State grantees that complete
successful piloting of the initial framework of selected indicators.
This Program effort emanates from the current environment of the State
and national need for effective accountability systems which can
identify the effects of mental health services within and among States.
Accommodation is made to assist States to pilot refinements and
modifications in performance indicator systems for individual State
data system needs once the primary goal is successfully met. Needs
supporting accountability in mental health systems are supported in the
enactment of the Federal Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
(GPRA) and in existing reform mandates and activities among States
experiencing system wide and managed care reform.
The primary purpose of this technical assistance grant Program is
to facilitate the development and implementation of State performance
indicator pilots that reflect the performance indicators selected in
the 1997/98 Five State Feasibility Assessment Project funded by CMHS.
The Five State Feasibility Assessment Project addressed the existing
need for accountability and comparability in terms of mental health
services performance within and among States. Selected States
participated in the Five State project to identify performance
indicators, specify their range of applicability, and determine
potential feasibility. The objective was to select a set of performance
indicators that can be applied by all States. The primary effort in
this new Program will be the design, implementation, assessment, and
refinement of the pilot experience in a sample of States. The
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expected overall result is a completed pilot which can be implemented
statewide at the conclusion of the grant period and potentially
implemented by other States.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Applicants must be SMHAs or the
equivalent in the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories that
receive CMHS block grant funds. Eligibility is restricted to SMHAs as
the only appropriate entities for piloting performance indicators for
national and interstate State comparability.
Grants/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately
$1,000,000 will be available to support approximately 10 awards under
this GFA in FY 1998. The maximum award per grantee will be $100,000
total direct and indirect costs per year for a maximum of 3 years.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.119
Application kits are being mailed to eligible entities.
For programmatic or technical information regarding this grant,
contact:
Olinda Gonzalez, Ph.D., Public Health Advisor, Survey and Analysis
Branch
or
Ronald W. Manderscheid, Ph.D., Chief, Survey and Analysis Branch,
Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental
Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 15C-04, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857, Tel.(301) 443-3343 Fax 301-443-7926
E-mail addresses: ogonzale@samhsa.gov; rmanders@samhsa.gov
For grants management assistance, contact: Stephen Hudak, Division of
Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 15C-05, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857, Tel. (301) 443-4456, shudak@samhsa.gov
4.1.2 Grants to Support Consumer and Consumer Supporter National
Technical Assistance Centers (Short Title: National TA Centers--GFA No.
SM 98-012)
Application Deadline: June 8, 1998
Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration Center for Mental Health Services announces the
availability of funds to support three technical assistance centers,
two to promote consumer self-help activities and one technical
assistance center for supporters of consumers. The Program is intended
to create technical assistance centers that act as resource centers for
materials development and dissemination, training, skill development,
interactive communication opportunities, networking and other technical
assistance activities directed at facilitating self-help approaches,
recovery concepts, and empowerment.
Specific objectives include:
(1) Strengthening of relationships among stakeholders and advocates
in the mental health system through the use of innovative approaches,
i.e., dispute resolution, networking, coalition building and modern
information processing technology for the purpose of achieving their
common goal.
(2) Facilitating the improvement and enhancement of skill
development with an emphasis on business and management skills for
self-help programs in the field to ensure success and growth.
(3) Supporting the Program: ``Grants to Promote Statewide Consumer
and Consumer Supporter Networking.''
Priorities: None
Eligible Applicants: Applications for the Consumer
National Technical Assistance Centers may only be submitted by consumer
operated organizations. Applications for the Consumer Supporter
National Technical Assistance Center may only be submitted by
organizations of consumer supporters.
Eligibility is being restricted to these organizations because of
Program Goal No. 4 which is to improve the capacity of both consumer
and consumer supporter organizations to provide technical assistance to
their respective communities.
Grants/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately $1.1
million will be available to support three awards under this program in
Fiscal Year 1998. The average award to support the two Consumer
Technical Assistance Centers will be $400,000 in total costs
(direct+indirect)per year. The average award for the Supporter
Technical Assistance Center is expected to be $300,000 in total costs
(direct+indirect).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
For programmatic or technical information contact: Risa S.
Fox, Community Support Programs Branch, Division of Knowledge
Development and Systems Change Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 11C-22, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-3653.
Questions regarding Grants Management issues may be directed to:
Stephen J. Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15C-
05, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4456.
For application kits, contact: Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN),
P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015, Voice: (800) 789-2647, TTY: (301)
443-9006, FAX: (301) 984-8796.
4.1.3 Statewide Consumer and Consumer Supporter Networking Grants
(Short Title: State Network Grants--GFA No. SM 98-013)
Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration Center for Mental Health Services announces the
availability of grants to increase the capacity of statewide consumer
and/or consumer supporter networks to participate in the development of
policies, programs, and quality assurance activities related to mental
health.
Specific objectives include:
(1) Strengthening of organizational relationships among consumers,
families, advocates, networks, and coalitions that are dedicated to
empowering consumers and promoting their ability to participate in
State and local mental health service-planning and health care reform
policy activities;
(2) Fostering of leadership and management skills with an emphasis
on leadership, business and management and fostering financial self-
sufficiency of consumer and/or consumer supporter organizations
(transition from Federal funding to other public and private resources)
over the term of the Federal grant;
(3) Identification of technical assistance needs for consumer and/
or consumer supporter organizations and the implementation of a
strategy that meets those needs.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Applications for the Statewide
Consumer and Consumer Supporter Networking Grants may be submitted by
units of State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit
and for-profit organizations such as community-based organizations,
universities, colleges, and hospitals, family and/or consumer operated
organizations and volunteer mental health organizations.
Applicants must provide a brief history of the organization and
documentation of activities, within the last year, that show that they
are dedicated to the improvement of mental health services at the local
and statewide levels (e.g., State-level policies).
Grants/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately
$1,550,000 will be
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available to support approximately 31 awards in FY 1998. The average
award is expected to range from $40,000 to $60,000, in total costs
(direct+indirect) for statewide consumer organizations and statewide
consumer supporter organizations. Within a State, a maximum of two
awards can be made--one award may be for a consumer organization and
one award may be for a consumer supporter organization.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
For programmatic or technical assistance contact: William
McKinnon, Ph.D. or Santo J.(Buddy) Ruiz, Community Support Programs
Branch, Division of Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center
for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11C-22, Rockville, MD 20857,
(301) 443-3653.
Questions regarding Grants Management issues may be
directed to: Stephen J. Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OPS,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 15C-05, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4456.
For application kits, contact: Knowledge Exchange Network
(KEN), P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015, Voice: (800) 789-2647,
TTY: (301)443-9006, FAX: (301)984-8796.
4.1.4 Statewide Family Network Grants (Short Title: Statewide Family
Networks--GFA No. SM 98.014)
Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) announces the
availability of grants to increase the capacity of statewide family
networks to participate in the development of policies, programs, and
quality assurance activities related to the mental health of children
and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances and their families.
The goals of the Statewide Family Network Grant program are to:
1. Strengthen Organizational Relationships--Improve collaboration
among families, advocates, networks, and coalitions that are dedicated
to empowering families and strengthening their ability to participate
in State and local mental health service-planning and health care
reform policy activities on behalf of their children; and, to maintain
effective working relationships with other State child-serving agencies
including, health, education, child welfare, substance abuse, and
juvenile justice.
2. Foster Leadership and Management Skills--Promote skills
development with an emphasis on leadership, business and management and
foster financial self-sufficiency of family-controlled organizations
(transition from Federal funding to other public and private resources)
over the term of the Federal grant;
3. Identify Technical Assistance Needs--Identify technical
assistance needs for family-controlled organizations and implement a
strategy that meets those needs.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Only nonprofit private entities that
have a board of directors or other controlling body comprised of no
less than 51 percent family members of children with serious emotional,
behavioral, or mental disorders, or other nonprofit entities which have
provided written assurance that the project will be under the control
of an autonomous subunit which is family-controlled, may apply. If the
application is on behalf of the autonomous subunit, the charter
granting full project autonomy to the family-controlled subunit, and
the minutes of the meeting of the applicant's Board of Directors
showing approval of full project autonomy must accompany the
application.
CMHS is limiting eligibility to family-controlled organizations
because the goals of this grant program are to: (1) Strengthen the
capacity of family members to participate in State and local mental
health service-planning and health care reform policy activities on
behalf of their children; (2) promote leadership and management skills
among family members which will foster self-sufficiency; and, (3)
identify and implement technical assistance strategies to successfully
meet program goals.
Evidence gathered over the past 14 years suggests that Statewide
family networks are critical to achieving full participation of
families in planning, implementing and evaluating systems of care for
their children with serious emotional disturbances. The engagement of
trained and empowered family members appears to be an essential
component of the system of care and can lead to greater rates of family
satisfaction and better health and related outcomes for the target
population.
Grants/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately
$1,550,000 will be available to support approximately 31 awards in FY
1998. The average award is expected to range from $40,000 to $60,000 in
total costs. CMHS will make no more than one award in any State.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
For programmatic or technical assistance contact: Gary De
Carolis, M.Ed., Chief, Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch, Division
of Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center for Mental Health
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration,
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18-49, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-1333.
Questions regarding Grants Management issues may be
directed to: Steve Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Room 15C-05, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4456.
Grant application kits may be obtained from: 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 via the KEN Electronic
Bulletin Board 800-790-2647).
4.1.5 Grants for Identification of Exemplary Treatment Models for
Adolescents (Short Title: Adolescent Treatment Models--GFA No. TI 98-
007)
Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces a
grant program designed to identify currently existing models of
adolescent treatment that, when evaluated for client outcomes and cost,
demonstrate effectiveness in treating adolescents. CSAT intends to make
funds available for the documentation and evaluation of programs that
appear to demonstrate sustained levels of effectiveness and that could
be considered exemplary, but, heretofore, have not had the means to
fully undertake these tasks. Funds are available for further evaluation
and documentation; funds may not be expended for treatment By
``exemplary'', CSAT means programs which have been validated as
exemplary through formal evaluation or research as evidenced by the
availability of peer-reviewed empirical findings; have significant
consensus among experts, including evaluators, policy-makers,
providers, consumers and families that they are exemplary; have been or
can be reasonably expected to be generalizable with adaptation to local
circumstances; and are documented.
CSAT designed this program to stimulate States, local governments
and private organizations to: (1) Identify
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potentially exemplary treatment models for adolescents that currently
exist, (2) develop an evaluation plan and produce short-term evaluation
of outcome measures, (3) develop documentation for these models, and
(4) offer these documented and evaluated treatment programs for
possible replication. Programs identified for replication will be
invited to exhibit at a conference to disseminate their findings and
showcase their models.
Priorities: The target population is adolescents who have
a substance abuse problem, with priority being given to those programs
that provide treatment for adolescent heroin abusers.
Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by
units of State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit
and for-profit organizations such as community-based organizations,
universities, colleges, and hospitals.
Grant/Amounts: It is estimated that approximately $11.5
million will be available to support approximately 45-55 awards under
this GFA in FY 98. The average award is expected to range from $200,000
to $250,000 in total costs (direct+indirect).
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
For Programmatic Assistance Contact: Mr. Randolph Muck,
M.Ed., Division of Practice and Systems Development, Center for
Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Rockwall II, Room 614, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857, (301) 443-6574.
For grants management assistance contact: Ms. Peggy Jones,
Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, Rockwall II, Room 614, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-9666.
Application Kits are available from: National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345,
Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686, 1-800-487-4889.
4.2 Cooperative Agreements
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.
4.2.1 Cooperative Agreements for Addiction Technology Transfer Centers
(Short Title: ATTCs--GFA No. TI 98-009)
Application Deadline: June 8, 1998
Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces
the availability of cooperative agreements to support the creation,
expansion, and/or enhancement of Addiction Technology Transfer Centers
(ATTCs). This program is designed to: (1) Develop a network of ATTCs
responsible for cultivating an interdisciplinary consortium of health
care and related professionals, educators, organizations, and State and
local governments knowledgeable about research-based, effective
approaches to substance abuse treatment and recovery; (2) shape systems
of care by replicating and testing science and translating substance
abuse treatment research into clinical practice; (3) develop competent
health care and related professionals reflective of the treatment
population and who are prepared to function in managed care settings;
and, (4) upgrade standards of professional practice for addictions
workers in various settings.
This announcement is a modified reissuance of a prior announcement
entitled ``Addiction Training Centers (ATCs),'' GFA No. TI 93-02.
Applications are solicited for two types of awards: (1) ATTCs and (2)
an ATTC Coordinating Center. An organization may submit an application
for an ATTC and/or the ATTC Coordinating Center. A separate application
is required for each function. The ATTC Coordinating Center must be set
up as a separate entity with dedicated staff, a separate and
independent project director, a separate budget, audit, and specific
responsibilities.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by
units of State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit
and for-profit organizations such as community-based organizations,
universities, colleges, and hospitals.
Current CSAT ATTC grantees with a project period that ends on or
before September 30, 1998, excluding extensions in time without
additional funds, are also eligible applicants.
Cooperative Agreement/Amounts: It is estimated that
approximately $7.5 million will be available to support approximately
15 awards (including one Coordinating Center) under this GFA in FY
1998. The average award is expected to range from $200,000 to $500,000
for the ATTCs in total costs (direct + indirect). The award for the
ATTC Coordinating Center is expected to be in the area of $300,000 in
total costs (direct + indirect).
Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance Number: 93.230
For programmatic or technical assistance contact: Susanne
R. Rohrer, Office of Evaluation, Scientific Analysis, and Synthesis,
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 840, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-8521.
For grants management assistance, contact: Peggy Jones,
Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 630, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-9666.
Application Kits are available from: National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, PO Box 2345, Rockville,
Maryland 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686, 1-800-487-4889, Via Internet:
http://www.samhsa.gov
4.2.2 Cooperative Agreements for State Treatment Outcomes and
Performance Pilot Studies Enhancement (Short Title: TOPPS II--GFA No.
TI 98-005)
Application Deadline: June 8, 1998.
Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announces
the availability of cooperative agreements for States to develop a
standardized approach that systematically measures the performance of
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPT BG) funded
programs/providers and the treatment outcomes of clients as they
progress through the State substance abuse treatment system. This
program will support States to develop Outcomes Monitoring Systems
(OMS) or to refine Management Information Systems (MIS) that measure
performance and outcomes for substance abuse treatment. All States are
eligible to apply. Awards will be granted to States who demonstrate
that this program will assist in the State system development of
outcomes measurements and for eventual development of a statewide MIS/
OMS system.
This program is designed to support inter-State consensus based
decision making regarding the development of
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standardized AOD treatment performance and outcome measures. The
program will support the development and evaluation of strategies for
monitoring the impact and effectiveness of alcohol and other drug (AOD)
treatment. To fulfill this objective, there are four phases: A
planning/coordination phase, a developmental phase, an implementation
phase, and an analysis/dissemination phase.
A Technical Assistance Center will be funded to provide overall
coordination and support of the program, management of common data
collected across Project States, and assumption of primary
responsibility, in collaboration with CSAT and the States, for
analyzing the consistency of the data across the States and producing
inter-State findings.
Priorities: None.
Eligible Applicants: Applications will be accepted for two
types of awards: Project States and a Technical Assistance Center.
Project State applications may be submitted by State AOD Single State
Authorities (SSAs). Eligibility is limited to the SSAs because this
cooperative agreement program is designed to collect information on the
treatment services funded by the SAPT Block Grant. The SSAs are the
recipients of the SAPT Block Grants and they are the only parties that
have access to MIS programs with the ability to collect necessary data.
Technical Assistance Center applications may be submitted by units of
State or local government and by domestic private nonprofit and for-
profit organizations such as community-based organizations,
universities, colleges, and hospitals.
Cooperative Agreement/Amounts: It is estimated that
approximately $5 million will be available to support 10 to 12 State
awards and 1 Technical Assistance Center under this program in FY 98.
Each project State award is estimated to be in the range of $300,000 to
$500,000 per year in total costs (direct and indirect). The Technical
Assistance Center is estimated to be $250,000 per year in total costs
(direct and indirect).
Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance Number: 93.238
Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance
contact: Sheila Harmison, D.S.W., Division of State and Community
Assistance, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 880, (301)
443-7524.
For grants management assistance, contact: Ms. Peggy
Jones, Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 360, (301) 443-9666.
The mailing address for the individuals listed above is: 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Application Kits are available from: National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, PO Box 2345, Rockville,
Maryland 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686, 1-800-487-4889, Via Internet:
http://www.samhsa.gov
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: April 3, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-9253 Filed 4-7-98; 8:45 am]
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