[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 29666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13857]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grants to State Mental Health Authorities and Single State
Agencies for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse for Technical Assistance
AGENCY: Center for Mental Health Services, and the Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, (SAMHSA), HHS.
ACTION: Grants to State Mental Health Authorities and Single State
Agencies for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse for technical assistance to
States to improve the availability and use of data related to mental
health and substance abuse needs.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public of planned grants for
technical assistance that the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS),
under its State Reform Grant Program, and the Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment (CSAT), under its State Treatment Needs Assessment
Program, intend to award to State Mental Health Authorities (SMHAs) and
Single State Agencies (SSAs) for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse. In
fiscal year 1999, CMHS has approximately $500,000 available to fund 5
grants; CSAT has approximately $4.5M available to fund 9-15 grants.
Depending on the availability of funds in future fiscal years, CMHS and
CSAT may re-announce the program and award additional grants. Awards
will be made if the applications are scored by the initial review
groups and concurred with by the CMHS and CSAT National Advisory
Councils, respectively. This is not a formal request for applications;
assistance will be provided only to SMHAs and SSAs for Alcohol and
Other Drug Abuse.
Eligibility for grants is limited to SMHAs and SSAs for Alcohol and
Other Drug Abuse because these entities have the statutory
responsibility to develop and submit needs assessment data as part of
their Block Grant applications. By providing assistance to the States
in the area of needs assessment, CSAT, under its State Treatment Needs
Assessment Program, seeks to insure that data needed for the rational
allocation of scarce resources for substance abuse treatment are
available for States to use in their planning activities. Grant funds
will support States in (1) developing the infrastructure, and (2)
improving the availability and use of data of treatment needs beyond
that required to meet statutory requirements under the Substance Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Block Grants. CMHS, under its State Reform
Grants Programs, seeks to support States to facilitate the integration,
analysis, synthesis, and use of information for State mental health
planning efforts and to manage State mental health care reform efforts.
Authority: Grants to SMHAs will be made under the authority of
section 1948(a) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 300x-58). Grants to SSAs for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
will be made under the authority of section 1935(b)(1)(A) of the
Public Health Service Act, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 300x-35). The
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number for the CSAT State
Treatment Needs Assessment Program is 93.238; the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance for the CMHS State Reform Grants is 93.119.
CONTACTS: For the CMHS State Reform Grants Program contact: Olinda
Gonzales, Ph.D., CMHS/SAMHSA , Parklawn Building, Room 15C-04 (Tele:
301-443-3343). For the CSAT State Treatment Needs Assessment Program
contact: Roger Straw, Ph.D., CSAT/SAMHSA, Rockwall II Building, Suite
840 (Tele: 301-443-7747). The mailing address for these individuals is
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Dated: May 26, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-13857 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]
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