Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Funding Opportunity for Grants for Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Funding Opportunity for Grants for

Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their

Families

AGENCY: Center for Mental Health Services, 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)

announces that FY 1997 funds are available for grants for the following

activity. This activity is discussed in more detail under Section 4 of

this notice. This notice is not a complete description of the activity;

potential applicants must obtain a copy of the Guidance for Applicants

(GFA) before preparing an application.

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Estimated Estimated

Activity Application funds Number of Project

deadline available awards period

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Child MH Initiative.................................. 04/11/97 $6-9 million 6-9 5 yrs.

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Note: It is anticipated that additional notices of available

funding opportunities in FY 1997 will be published by SAMHSA in the

coming weeks.

FY 1997 funds for this activity were appropriated by the Congress

under Public Law 104-208. 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

Center's activities address issues related to Healthy People 2000

objectives: To promote the physical, social, psychological, and

economic well-being of adults with mental disorders and children and

adolescents with or at risk for a serious emotional, behavioral, or

mental disorder. 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) and the PHS 5161-1 which includes Standard

Form 424 (Face Page). Applications kits may be obtained from the

organization specified in Section 4.

The PHS 5161-1 is also available electronically via SAMHSA's World

Wide Web Home Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov). Click on SAMHSA

Funding Opportunities for instructions. You can also click on the

address of the forms distribution Web Page for direct access.

The full text of the activity (i.e., the GFA) described in Section

4 is available electronically via the following:

SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov);

SAMHSA's Bulletin Board (800-424-2294 or 301-443-0040; and the CMHS''

World Wide Web Home Page (http://www.mentalhealth.org); and the CMHS

Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN) Electronic Bulletin Board (800-790-

2647).

APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Applications must be submitted to: Center for

Mental Health Services Programs, Division of Research Grants, National

Institutes of Health, Suite 1040, 6701 Rockledge Drive MSC-7710,

Bethesda, MD 20892-7710.

Applicants who wish to use express mail or courier service should

change the zip code to 20817.

APPLICATION DEADLINES: The deadline for receipt of applications is

listed in the table above.

Competing applications must be received by the indicated receipt

date 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 receipt date or 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 programmatic, technical,

and/or business management information should be directed to the

contact persons identified in 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:

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. Specific FY 1997 Activity

Application Deadline

Purpose

Priorities

Eligible Applicants

Grants/Amounts

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

Contacts

Application Kits

5. Public Health System Reporting Requirements

6. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement

7. Executive Order 12372

1. Program Background and Objectives

The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) has been given a

statutory mandate to take a national leadership role in the development

and demonstration of improved mental health services. Toward that end,

the Center facilitates the application of scientifically established

findings and practice-based knowledge to prevent and treat mental

disorders, improve access, reduce barriers and promote high quality,

effective programs and services for people with, or at risk for, these

disorders.

2. Special Concerns

None.

3. Criteria for Review and Funding

Competing applications requesting funding under the specific

project activity in Section 4 will be reviewed for technical merit in

accordance with established PHS/SAMHSA peer review procedures.

Applications that are accepted for review will be assigned to an

Initial Review Group (IRG) composed primarily of non-Federal experts.

Applications will be assigned scores if they are considered to have

sufficient merit for program staff to consider as candidates for

funding.

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 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.

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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 IRG and the CMHS

National Advisory Council 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. Specific FY 1997 Activity: Comprehensive Community Mental Health

Services for Children and Their Families

Application Deadline: April 11, 1997.

Purpose: Under Section 561(a) of the Public Health Service

Act grants will be awarded to implement, in one or more communities, a

broad array of community-based and family-focused services for children

with serious emotional disturbance and their families, including

individualized case planning and coordination, and to enable

communities to integrate child-and family-serving agencies, including

health, mental health, substance abuse treatment, child welfare,

education, and juvenile justice into a local comprehensive system of

care. The statute requires that an evaluation of the system(s) of care

implemented under the program be conducted and that it include, among

other things, longitudinal studies of the outcomes of services provided

by such systems.

The primary goal of the program is to successfully implement

systems of care at the grant sites. A second goal after implementing

systems of care, is evaluation of the outcomes of services delivered

under the system. This will be accomplished through a national multi-

site evaluation conducted under a separate contract and grantees will

be required to cooperate with the multi-site evaluation contractor. The

final goal of the program is to use the results of both the system

development efforts of each service site and the results of the

descriptive, process and outcome evaluation to shape future program

direction with proven exemplary practices that work best for children

and their families.

Priorities: None.

Eligible Applicants: Eligible entities include States (as

defined in Section 2 of the PHS Act), political subdivisions of States,

and Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as defined in Section 4(b)

and Section 4(c) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education

Assistance Act). Applications from all State level, political

subdivisions of States (e.g., counties, cities), Tribe or tribal

organization child-serving agencies are allowed. In order for an entity

to be eligible, a plan must be in place for the development of a system

of care for community-based services for children with a serious

emotional disturbance approved by the Secretary of the U.S. Department

of Health and Human Services per Sec. 564(b) of the PHS Act. For the

purposes of this program, an approved State Mental Health Plan for

Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbance, submitted

under Pub. L. 102-321, will be accepted as such a plan.

Grants/Amount: Approximately $6-9 million will be

available to support six (6) to nine (9) awards under this GFA in FY

1997. Actual funding will depend upon the availability of funds at the

time of award. These grants are for a period of 5 years; it is

anticipated that approximately $1 million will be available to each

grantee in year one; $1 million in year two; $2 million in year three,

$1.5 million in year four, and $1.5 million in five. An applicant must

arrange and demonstrate the availability of match of non-Federal funds

in mandated ratios.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.104.

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,

contact: Gary DeCarolis, Chief, Child, Adolescent, and Family Branch,

Division of Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center for Mental

Health Services/SAMHSA, Room 18-49, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-1333/FAX (301) 443-3693, Internet:

[email protected].

Grants Management Contact: For business management issues,

contact: Steve Hudak, Division of Grants Management/OPS/SAMHSA, Room

15C-05, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,

(301) 443-4456/FAX (301) 594-2336, Internet: [email protected].

Application Kits: For application kits, contact: National

Mental Health Services, Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), P.O. Box

42490, Washington, DC 20015, Voice: (800) 789-2647, TTY: (301) 443-

9006, FAX: (301) 984-8796.

CMHS intends to sponsor two technical assistance workshops

for potential applicants: March 12-13 in Washington, DC, and March 17-

18 in Denver, Colorado. For more information, contact: Ken Currier,

Director, Technical Assistance Operations, National Resource Network

for Child and Family Mental Health Services, Washington Business Group

on Health, 777 North Capitol Street, NE., Suite 800, Washington, DC

20002, (202) 408-9320/FAX (202) 408-9332, Internet: [email protected].

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 the 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 to promote the nonuse 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 the FY 1997 activity listed

above is

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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: February 4, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97-3193 Filed 2-7-97; 8:45 am]

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