Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 Funding Opportunities for Knowledge Development and Application Cooperative Agreements

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 Funding Opportunities for Knowledge

Development and Application Cooperative Agreements

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's (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS),

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), and Center for Substance

Abuse Treatment (CSAT) announce that they anticipate that FY 1996 funds

will be available for Knowledge Development and Application cooperative

agreements for the following activities. These activities are discussed

in more detail under Section 4 of this notice.

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Estimated

Activity Application Estimated funds available No. of Project

deadline awards period

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Managed Care.......................... 06/10/96 $10 million....................... 21 3 yrs.

Homelessness Prevention............... 06/10/96 2.6 million....................... 16 3 yrs.

Predictor Variables & Development..... 06/10/96 4.0 million....................... 9 3 yrs.

Wrap Around Services.................. 06/10/96 2.4 million....................... 2 3 yrs.

Cannabis Dependence Treatment......... 06/10/96 1.2 million....................... 5 3 yrs.

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These programs are being announced prior to the full annual

appropriation for FY 1996 for SAMHSA's programs. Applications are

invited based on the assumption that sufficient funds will be

appropriated for FY 1996 to permit funding of a reasonable number of

applications being hereby solicited. These programs are being announced

in order to allow applicants sufficient time to plan and to prepare

applications. Solicitation of applications in advance of a final

appropriation will also enable the award of appropriated grant funds in

an expeditious manner and thus allow prompt implementation and

evaluation of promising projects. All applicants are reminded, however,

that we cannot guarantee sufficient funds will be appropriated to

permit SAMHSA to fund any applications. Questions regarding the status

of the appropriation of funds should be directed to the grants

management contacts listed in Section 4 of this notice.

SAMHSA will publish a notice in the Federal Register regarding the

amount of funding available for its programs when the final

appropriation is enacted.

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: 202-783-3238).

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Applicants for grants and cooperative agreements

must use application form PHS 5161-1 (Rev. 7/92; OMB No. 0937-0189).

Application kits contain the PHS 5161-1, Standard Form 424 (Face Page)

and complete instructions for preparing and submitting applications.

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,

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including any specific program review and award criteria.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Applications must be submitted to: SAMHSA

Programs, Division of Research Grants, 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 categories of cooperative agreements.

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.

Cooperative Agreements/Amounts.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number.

Program Contact.

Grants Management Contact.

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 Approved Applications

4. FY 1996 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

4.1.1 Managed Care and Vulnerable Populations Cooperative

Agreements

4.1.2 Cooperative Agreements for CMHS/CSAT Collaborative Program

to Prevent Homelessness

4.1.3 Cooperative Agreements for Prevention Intervention Studies

on Predictor Variables by Developmental Stage

4.1.4 Cooperative Agreements for Wrap Around Services for

Clients in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: Demonstrating Utility

and Cost Effectiveness in the Context of Changes in Health Care

Financing

4.1.5 Cooperative Agreements for a Multisite Study of the

Effectiveness of Brief Treatment for Cannabis (Marijuana) Dependency

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 is moving 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.

The agency has worked to transform its demonstration portfolio from

service-based projects to true knowledge-acquisition studies. For FY

1996, SAMHSA has developed an agenda of new programs designed to answer

specific important policy-relevant questions. These questions,

specified in this and subsequent Notices of Funding Availability, are

designed to provide critical information to improve the nation's mental

health and substance abuse treatment and prevention services.

The new agenda is the outcome of a process whereby providers,

services researchers, consumers, 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 1996 programs will sometimes involve

the evaluation of some delivery of services, they are really services

studies, not merely evaluation, since they are aimed at answering

policy-relevant questions.

SAMHSA differs from other agencies in focussing on needed

information at the services delivery level, and in its question-focus.

Dissemination is an integral, major feature of the programs. SAMHSA

believes that it is important to get the information into the hands of

providers as effectively as possible. Technical assistance, training,

preparation of special materials will be used, in addition to normal

communications means.

2. Special Concerns

SAMHSA's FY 1996 Knowledge Development and Application activities

discussed below do not provide funds for mental health and substance

abuse treatment and prevention services except for incremental costs

required by the particular activity's study design. Applicants are

required to propose true knowledge acquisition studies. Applications

seeking funding for services projects will be considered nonresponsive.

Applications that are incomplete or nonresponsive to the guidance for

applicants 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 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

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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 Approved Applications

Applications recommended for approval by the peer review group and

the appropriate Advisory Council (if applicable) will be considered for

funding on the basis of their overall technical merit as determined

through the 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 1996 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

Five 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.

4.1.1 Cooperative Agreements for Managed Care and Vulnerable

Populations

Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.

Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded for a

program designed to enhance knowledge about how managed care in the

public sector affects the provision of substance abuse (alcohol and

other drugs--AOD) and mental health (MH) services. Applications are

being solicited for Study Sites to conduct research on a single well-

defined approach to managed care for provision of AOD and MH services

in comparison to a traditional, publicly-funded approach to care and to

collaborate with other program participants in developing generalizable

findings across sites. Applications are also being sought for a

Coordinating Center to provide overall coordination of the program, to

manage and analyze the common data collected across Study Sites, and to

design and conduct a national survey of managed care organizations.

The following types of questions should be considered by applicants

for Study Sites:

What is the impact of managed care on utilization, outcomes and

costs for the defined population with mental health or substance use

problems? Does the impact vary for important subgroups within the

target population?

What is the experience of providers, families, and consumers with

managed care; e.g., how satisfied are they with their managed care plan

compared with other persons served in traditional, publicly-funded

programs?

Are there different patterns of services provided to enrollees and

their dependents under managed care than are provided in traditional

programs? For example, are there differences in the prevention,

rehabilitation, or wraparound services being provided?

Across Study Sites, the following types of questions should be

considered:

What are the comparative costs and benefits of different approaches

to managed care for AOD and MH services for specific target

populations? Across populations?

Are there specific aspects of managed care (type of provider

organization; level and type of financial risks; etc.) that produce

better outcomes than others?

Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered

jointly by CMHS, CSAP and CSAT.

Priorities: Applicants for Study Sites must propose to

study one, and only one, of the specific target populations that

follow. Applicants who wish to study more than one population must

submit a separate complete application for each population group to be

studied.

(1) Women and children who are categorically eligible for Medicaid.

Within this broader population, families with children with serious

emotional disturbances (SED) are of particular interest and will be

oversampled when necessary.

(2) Adults who are seriously chemically dependent.

(3) Adults with serious mental illness (SMI).

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by

public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities.

Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately 20

individual Study Sites awards at an estimated $450,000 each per year in

total costs. One Coordinating Center award at an estimated $1,250,000

per year in total costs. Actual funding levels will depend upon the

availability of funds at the time of the award.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,

contact:

For substance abuse treatment issues: Mady Chalk, Ph.D., CSAT,

Rockwall II, Room 840, (301) 443-8796.

For substance abuse prevention issues: Ms. Ulonda Shamwell, CSAP,

Rockwall II, 9th Floor, (301) 443-9110.

For mental health issues: Roger B. Straw, Ph.D., CMHS, Parklawn,

Room 11C-26, (301) 443-3606.

Questions related to the cross-site aspects of the Coordinating

Center should be directed to Roger Straw (contact information above);

questions related to the survey should be directed to: Nancy Kennedy,

Dr. P.H., CSAP, Rockwall II, 9th Floor, (301) 443-9453.

Grants Management Contact: For business management assistance,

contact: Ms. Mable Lam, CSAT, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, (301) 443-9360.

The mailing address for all of the individuals listed above is:

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

Application Kits: Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, (800) 729-6686.

4.1.2 Cooperative Agreements for CMHS/CSAT Collaborative Program To

Prevent Homelessness

Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.

Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to support

projects that will document homelessness prevention interventions for

individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorders

who are formerly homeless or at risk for homelessness, and who are

engaged with the mental health and/or substance abuse treatment

systems. A second goal is to evaluate appropriate homelessness

prevention interventions for individuals with serious mental illnesses

and/or substance use disorders that address the following four topic

areas: housing

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instability and eviction from housing; discharge planning from

psychiatric and substance abuse treatment facilities; models of family

respite services; and resource management and representative payee

models.

This program is intended to answer the following question:

What is the relative effectiveness of alternate models for

preventing homelessness among adults with serious mental illnesses and/

or substance use disorders who are engaged with the treatment system?

Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered

jointly by CMHS and CSAT.

Priorities: None.

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by

public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities. Applicants

must have an infrastructure in which the prevention program can be

provided for the target population and must have provided prevention

services for a minimum of two years prior to the date of the

application. Applicants must also be licensed, accredited, certified,

or chartered to provide substance abuse and mental health treatment

services by appropriate certification or credentialing bodies.

Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately 16 awards at

an estimated $165,000 in total costs each for the first year. Actual

funding levels will depend upon the availability of funds at the time

of the award.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,

contact:

Lawrence Rickards, Ph.D. or Walter Leginski, Ph.D., CMHS, Parklawn,

Room 11C-05, (301) 443-3706.

Hector Sanchez, M.S.W. or Joyce Johnson, D.O., M.A., CSAT, Rockwall II,

7th Floor, (301) 443-6534.

Grants Management Contact: For business management

assistance, contact: Stephen J. Hudak, CMHS, Parklawn, Room 15C-05,

(301) 443-4456.

Application Kits: Application kits are available from:

Homeless Programs Branch, CMHS, Parklawn, Room 11C-05, (301) 443-3706.

The mailing address for all of the individuals/organizations listed

above is: 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

4.1.3 Cooperative Agreements for Prevention Intervention Studies on

Predictor Variables by Developmental Stage

Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.

Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to support

research studies to determine the most effective interventions to

change the developmental course of early predictor markers for

substance abuse in children at several defined developmental stages.

The goal of this program is the generation of new empirical knowledge

about effective approaches for changing the developmental trajectory of

children at risk of substance abuse. This program is designed to elicit

applications for research across identified age ranges that tests

interventions designed to (1) build social competence; (2) build self-

regulation and control; (3) enhance school bonding and cognitive

development in children in the 3-5 age range, school bonding and

academic achievement in children in the other age ranges; and (4)

develop strong parental/care-giver involvement.

The research question intended to be answered is as follows:

At what developmental stage does enhancement of each of the

variables being investigated prove most effective in preventing/

reducing negative behaviors that are predictive of substance abuse?

Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered by

CSAP. Applications are solicited for two types of cooperative

agreements: Research Sites and a Research Coordinating Center.

Funds to support the program are limited to 3 years. Applicants

should plan data collection over a period of 2 years, with analysis

planned for the last 6 months of the program. Depending on the

availability of funds in subsequent years, it is hoped that long-term

follow-up and the study of continuing interventions will be permitted.

Priorities: This program is targeted to children in four

different developmental stages--3-5 years, 6-8 years, 9-11 years, and

12-14 years. Children living in inner cities and in poor, rural areas

within the age ranges defined are the populations of interest.

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by

public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities.

Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately 8 awards at

an estimated $500,000 each in total costs per year for Research Sites

and approximately $200,000 in total costs for a Research Coordinating

Center for the first year. Funds for the Research Coordinating Center

are expected to increase in years two and three. Actual funding levels

will depend upon the availability of funds at the time of the award.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,

contact: Mary A. Jansen, Ph.D., CSAP, Rockwall II, Room 9C-03, (301)

443-9136.

Grants Management Contact: For business management

assistance, contact: Ms. Mary Lou Dent, CSAP, Rockwall II, Room 640,

(301) 443-3958.

The mailing address for all of the individuals listed above is:

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

Application Kits: Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, (800) 729-6686.

4.1.4 Cooperative Agreements for Wrap Around Services for Clients in

Non-Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Programs: Evaluating Utility

and Cost Effectiveness in the Context of Changes in Health Care

Financing

Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.

Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded for the

purpose of generating new knowledge about the relative impact of wrap

around services on the success of the treatment of addictive disorders

and the relative cost-effectiveness of these services in light of

changes in health care financing, including managed care, as they

relate to substance abuse treatment. The goal of this demonstration is

to obtain information about the extent to which the provision of a

range of wrap around services (matched to client needs) in conjunction

with substance abuse treatment, improves outcome, and at what cost. For

the purposes of this study, wrap around services include (1) vocational

training; (2) educational services; (3) child care; (4) transportation;

and (5) advisory legal services.

The following questions are of interest in assessing the impact of

wrap around services as part of comprehensive substance abuse

treatment:

(1) What impact on treatment outcome is attributable to the

provision of various wrap around services matched to client needs?

(2) What are the unit costs for providing wrap around services

matched to client needs?

Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered by

CSAT. Applications are solicited for Study Coordinating Center(s) with

a consortium of 8-10 substance abuse treatment providers (i.e., Study

Sites) each to provide overall study coordination.

Priorities: The proposed target population is adults (18

years old or older); their primary drug of choice

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must be cocaine, including crack-cocaine, or heroin, although the

majority of clients are likely to be poly-drug users. To the extent

that sampling constraints allow, the proposed sample should be

representative of gender and racial/ethnic groups in the United States.

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by

public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities.

Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately 1-2 awards

at an estimated $1.2 million in total costs each for Study Coordinating

Centers. Actual funding levels will depend upon the availability of

funds at the time of the award. Funds cannot be used to pay for

substance abuse treatment or wrap around services.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,

contact: Mr. Randy Muck, CSAT, Rockwall II, Suite 618, (301) 443-6574.

Grants Management Contact: For business management

assistance, contact: Ms. Mable Lam, CSAT, Rockwall II, Suite 618, (301)

443-9665.

The mailing address for the individuals listed above is: 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

Application Kits: Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, (800) 729-6686.

4.1.5 Cooperative Agreements for a Multisite Study of the

Effectiveness of Brief Treatment for Cannabis (Marijuana) Dependency

Application Deadline: June 10, 1996.

Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to

evaluate the effectiveness of brief interventions in the treatment of

marijuana (cannabis) dependency. The purpose of the program is to test

the efficacy of relatively brief treatments for adults from differing

socio-economic and racial and ethnic backgrounds who meet criteria for

marijuana dependence as currently defined by DSM-IV and are seeking

treatment for this dependence.

The program is intended to provide answers to following questions:

(1) Are brief interventions more effective for selected populations

than a single assessment interview and deferred treatment (waiting list

control) in reducing marijuana use?

(2) How, for these populations, does a brief (3 sessions)

intervention compare in outcome to a still brief but somewhat extended

(up to 12 treatment sessions) intervention and to the controls

mentioned in number 1?

(3) Are the effects of either of these interventions reflected in

better social functioning among patients at follow up? In cognitive

functioning (if funds are available)?

Funds will be awarded and cooperative agreements administered by

CSAT. Applications are solicited for treatment sites and a coordinating

center.

Priorities: The target population for this program is

adults (18 years old and older) dependent on cannabis as currently

defined by DSM-IV. Because much of the published work on brief

interventions for marijuana dependence was carried out on a largely

Caucasian, largely employed patient population, CSAT is interested both

in testing the replicability of these findings and in determining to

what degree these techniques are applicable to populations with higher

proportions of ethnic and racial minorities and/or a higher level of

unemployment or under-employment.

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by

public and by private nonprofit and for-profit entities.

Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: Approximately $1.2 million

will be available to support up to four treatment sites at

approximately $225,000 each and a coordinating center at approximately

$300,000. Actual funding levels will depend upon the availability of

funds at the time of the award.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,

contact: Mr. George Kanuck, CSAT, Rockwall II, Room 8A-131, (301) 443-

6549.

Grants Management Contact: For business management

assistance, contact: Ms. Mable Lam, CSAT, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, (301)

443-9665.

The mailing address for all of the individuals listed above is:

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.

Application Kits: Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, (800) 729-6686.

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 1996

activity described above 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.

Specific application guidance materials may include more detailed

guidance as to how a Center will implement SAMHSA's policy on promoting

the non-use of tobacco.

7. Executive Order 12372

Applications submitted in response to all FY 1996 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

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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 4, 1996.

Richard Kopanda,

Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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