[Federal Register: June 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 116)]
[Notices]
[Page 32633-32635]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr15jn01-76]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 Funding Opportunities
AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) announces the
availability of FY 2001 funds for cooperative agreements for the
following activity. This notice is not a complete description of the
activity; potential applicants must obtain a copy of the Guidance for
Applicants (GFA), including Part I, Cooperative Agreements to Develop a
National Infrastructure for the Improvement of Treatment and Services
for Children and Adolescents Who Experience Trauma, and Part II,
General Policies and Procedures Applicable to all SAMHSA Applications
for Discretionary Grants and Cooperative Agreements, before preparing
and submitting an application.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Project
Activity Application deadline Est. funds FY 2001 Est. number period (in
(in millions) of awards yrs.)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Child Traumatic Stress Initiative.. July 30, 2001............. *$9.5................ *18 *3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*See the text below for more details on the funding, number of awards, and the project period. This will vary
with the three types of awards.
The actual amount available for the award may vary, depending on
unanticipated program requirements and the number and quality of
application received. FY 2001 funds for the activity discussed in this
announcement were appropriated by Congress under Public Law No. 106-
310. SAMHSA's policies and procedures for peer review and Advisory
Council review of grant and cooperative agreement application were
published in the Federal Register (Vol. 58, No. 126) on July 2, 1993.
General Instructions: Applicants must use application form PHS
5161-1 (Rev. 7/00). The application kit contains the two-part
application materials
[[Page 32634]]
(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: National Mental Health Services Knowledge
Exchange Network (KEN), P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015,
Telephone: 1-800-789-2647.
The PHS 5161-1 application form and the full text of the activity
are also available electronically via SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home
Page: http://www.samhsa.gov
When requesting an application kit, the applicant must specify the
particular activity for which detailed information is desired. All
information necessary to apply, including where to submit applications
and application deadline instructions, are included in the application
kit.
Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
announces the availability of FY 2001 funds for cooperative agreements
to implement the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI).
Its purpose is to improve treatment and services for all children and
adolescents in the United States who have experienced traumatic events.
A network of centers will be established to identify or develop
effective treatments and services, collect clinical data on child
trauma cases and services, develop resources on trauma for
professionals, consumers, and the public, and develop trauma-focused
public education and professional training and other field development
activities. This GFA solicits applications in three distinct, but
related programs. It is anticipated that one award will be made in
Category I for the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, which
will provide national leadership and focus. Up to five awards will be
made in Category II for the Treatment/Services Development Program,
which will provide expertise to improve and provide specific areas of
child and adolescent trauma treatment and services. Up to 12 awards
will be made in Category III for the Community Practice Program, which
will assume primary responsibility for implementing effective treatment
and service delivery approaches for child trauma in community and
specialty service settings.
Eligibility: Domestic public and private nonprofit entities can
apply.
Availability of Funds: Approximately $2,500,000 will be available
for Category I. Approximately $3,000,000 will be made available for
Category II and the average award should range from $500,000 to
$600,000 per year. For Category III, approximately $4,000,000 will be
available, with the average award ranging from $250,000 to $340,000.
These amounts are per budget year and total costs include direct and
indirect costs.
Period of Support: For all categories, applicants should request
support for three years and provide a separate budget for each year.
Criteria for Review and Funding
General Review Criteria: Competing applications requesting funding
under this activity will be reviewed for technical merit in accordance
with established PHS/SAMHSA peer review procedures. Review criteria
that will be used by the peer review groups are specified in the
application guidance material.
Award 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. Availability of funds will also be an
award criteria. Additional award criteria specific to the programmatic
activity may be included in the application guidance materials.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
Program Contact: For program related questions, contact:
Robert DeMartino, PhD, Associate Director for Program in Trauma and
Terrorism, Division of Program Development, Special Populations and
Projects,Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17C-26,
Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: 301-443-2940, E-mail:
rdemarti@samhsa.gov;or
Malcolm Gordon, PhD, Special Programs Development Branch, Center for
Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17C-05, Rockville, MD 20857,
Telephone: 301-443-2957, E-mail: mgordon@samhsa.gov.
For questions regarding grants management issues, contact: Gwen
Simpson, Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rm 13-103,
Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-4456, E-mail: gsimpson@samhsa.gov.
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 2001
activity is subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.
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.
Executive Order 12372
Applications submitted in response to the FY 2001 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
[[Page 32635]]
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: Division 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: June 11, 2001.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 01-15086 Filed 6-14-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4162-20-P