Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 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) 1997 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

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) announces the

availability of FY 1997 funds for Knowledge Development and Application

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

Application funds Estimated Project

Activity deadline available number of period

(million) awards (years)

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State Incentive Program..................................... 05/12/97 $15.0 5 3

Centers for the Application of Prevention Technologies

(CAPT)..................................................... 05/12/97 5.0 5 3

Workplace Managed Care...................................... 05/12/97 4.0 10-15 3

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Note: SAMHSA published notices of available funding

opportunities in FY 1997 in the Federal Register (Vol. 62, No. 16)

on Friday, January 24, 1997; (Vol. 62, No. 27) on Monday, February

10, 1997; and (Vol. 62, No. 31) on Friday, February 14, 1997.

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 1997 funds for activities

discussed in this announcement were appropriated by the Congress under

Public Law No. 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

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 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 each of the activities (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)

and SAMHSA's Bulletin Board (800-424-2294 or 301-443-0040).

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 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.

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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 1997 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

4.1.1 National Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative--

State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action

(State Incentive Program)

4.1.2 CSAP Cooperative Agreements for Centers for the

Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT)

4.1.3. Cooperative Agreements for Public/Private Sector

Workplace Models and Strategies for the Incorporation of Substance

Abuse Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives into Managed

Care (Workplace Managed Care)

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 transformed its demonstration grant programs from

service-delivery projects to knowledge acquisition and application. For

FY 1997, 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 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 1997 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.

2. Special Concerns

SAMHSA's FY 1997 Knowledge Development and Application activities

discussed below do not provide funds for mental health and substance

abuse treatment and prevention services except 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 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.

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Additional funding criteria specific to the programmatic activity

may be included in the application guidance materials.

4. Special FY 1997 Substance Abuse Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

Three 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 National Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative--State

Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action (State

Incentive Program)

Application Deadline: May 12, 1997

Purpose: To reverse the trend in drug use by youth, the

State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action will

call upon Governors to set a new course of action that will assess

needs, identify gaps and channel or redirect resources (consistent with

the requirements of the funding source) to implement comprehensive

strategies for effective youth substance abuse prevention. This program

gives States the opportunity to develop an innovative process for using

these special incentive funds in a different way so as to complement

and enhance existing prevention efforts. Through this State-led

process, individual citizens can be encouraged to play a more forceful

role in their community's anti-drug efforts; and additional resources

can be mobilized to support promising prevention approaches across

systems and settings.

The State Incentive Program will support the States in coordinating

and redirecting all prevention resources available within the State and

in developing a revitalized, comprehensive prevention strategy that

will make optimal use of those resources. With these redirected

resources and a viable prevention strategy in place, Governors can more

effectively mobilize local citizens--youth, families, communities,

schools and workplaces--to work proactively with State and local

prevention organizations.

Therefore, the State Incentive Program has a two-fold purpose:

(1) Governors should coordinate, leverage and/or redirect, as

appropriate, and legally permissible, all substance abuse prevention

resources (funding streams and programs) within the State that are

directed at communities, families, schools and workplaces in order to

fill gaps with effective and promising prevention approaches targeted

to marijuana and other drug use by youth. Any redirection of Federal

funds, however, must be consistent with the terms and conditions of

such funding and all other Federal laws.1

(2) States should develop a revitalized, comprehensive State-wide

strategy aimed at reducing drug use by youth through the implementation

of promising community-based prevention efforts derived from sound

scientific research findings.

Priorities: None.

Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is limited to the Office

of the Governor so that a consistent State-wide strategy on substance

abuse prevention will be implemented by the Governor and evaluated as

to effectiveness in the strategies used. Eligibility is limited to the

Office of the Governor in those States (including the District of

Columbia) and territories and the Indian Tribal organization (i.e., the

Red Lake Band of Chippewa) that receive the Substance Abuse Prevention

and Treatment Block Grant, Title XIX, Part B, Subpart II of the Public

Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300x-21, et seq. (hereinafter referred to

as ``States''). That grant sets aside 20 percent of the funds for

primary prevention activities. This set-aside is a large resource

available to the State for prevention activities and, along with the

resources available under this announcement and other resources

available to the State for substance abuse prevention activities, could

assist the Governor in implementing a State-wide strategy.

By awarding cooperative agreement funds directly to the Governor's

Office, SAMHSA/CSAP will best facilitate the optimal conditions and

incentives needed to establish the State Incentive Program. The

Governor's leadership and commitment to youth substance abuse

prevention, along with the infrastructure developed through the

substance abuse Block Grant funds can spur the support of organizations

throughout the State and ensure that substance abuse prevention aimed

at youth remains a high-priority, comprehensive, and systemically

integrated effort.

For this State Incentive Program, SAMHSA/CSAP strongly supports

using the prevention expertise and resources that have historically

resided in the Alcohol and Drug Single State Agency (SSA), which

continues to fund prevention strategies through the Substance Abuse

Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. Therefore, SAMHSA/CSAP encourages

Governors to include a significant role for the SSA in the development,

planning and implementation of State efforts under this cooperative

agreement. For example, the SSA director or his/her designee could

serve as the project director for the cooperative agreement and would

thus serve in a key leadership and oversight capacity.

Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that

approximately $15 million will be available to support approximately

five (5) awards under this cooperative agreement announcement in FY

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

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,

contact: Dave Robbins or Dan Fletcher, DSCSD, Systems Applications

Branch, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II Building, 9th Floor,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-9438.

Grants Management Contact: For business management

assistance, contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of Grants Management, OPS,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II

Building, Room 640, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301)

443-5702.

Application Kits: Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), P.O.

Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686; 1-800-487-4889 TDD,

Via Internet: www.health.org (Go into the Forum Section of the Web

site, click on ``CSAP FY 97 Grant Opportunities.'')

Visually impaired: Disk versions of the application may be

requested.

4.1.2 CSAP Cooperative Agreements for Centers for the Application of

Prevention Technologies (CAPT)

Application Deadline: May 12, 1997.

Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to develop

and operate five regional Centers for the Application of Prevention

Technologies (CAPT). The

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purpose of this program is to assist States to apply on a consistent

basis, the latest research knowledge to their substance abuse

prevention programs, practices, and policies. The regions served by the

CAPT program will be the same as those of the National Prevention

Network (a membership organization of State prevention coordinators).

The CAPT program goal is to use conventional and electronic

delivery methods to assist recipients of State Incentive Cooperative

Agreements for Community-Based Action, their subrecipients, and other

States in applying and utilizing scientifically defensible substance

abuse prevention knowledge and technology. The CAPT program will bridge

the gap between dissemination of prevention knowledge and effective

application of that knowledge in the field.

The CAPT program will focus its efforts on four key prevention

topic areas. These topic areas include: youth illicit drug use (with an

emphasis on marijuana); underage drinking; alcohol, drugs, and

violence; and HIV/AIDS and drug use. Applicants may be required to

provide services on other topic areas as well. Applicants must also

demonstrate a thorough knowledge and ability to provide technical

assistance and skills development in the following six CSAP prevention

strategies: information dissemination, education, community

mobilization, alternatives, environmental change, and early

identification and referral.

Priorities: None.

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by

organizations such as units of State or local government and by

domestic private nonprofit or for-profit organizations such as

community-based organizations, universities, colleges, and hospitals.

Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that

approximately $5 million will be available to support approximately 5

awards under this program in FY 1997. Actual funding levels will depend

upon the availability of funds.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance

contact: Ms. Luisa del Carmen Pollard, M.A., Division of Community

Education Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 800, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: 301/443-0377.

Note: The Division of Community Education (DCE) , CSAP, will

accept concept papers (not to exceed 4 pages) from prospective

applicants via FAX or the Internet. DCE staff will review them and

provide technical assistance by Internet, FAX, or phone. Concept

papers may be submitted anytime up to 20 days prior to the

application receipt date. Concept paper should be faxed or e-mailed

to: CAPT at (301) 443-5592 or via the Internet: www.health.org (Go

into the Forum section of the web site, click on ``CSAP Grant

Opportunities for FY97.'') Whether or not a concept paper is

submitted will have no bearing on the subsequent acceptance and

review of an application.

Grants Management Contact: For business management

assistance, contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of Grants Management, OPS,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II,

Suite 6405600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Application Kits: Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), P.O.

Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800/729-6686, 1-800/487-4889 TDD,

Via Internet: www.health.org (Go into the Forum Section of the Web

site, click on ``CSAP FY97 Grant Opportunities')

The full text of the GFA is also available electronically via the

CSAP site at the NCADI (www.health.org).

4.1.3 Cooperative Agreements for Public/Private Sector Workplace Models

and Strategies for the Incorporation of Substance Abuse Prevention and

Early Intervention Into Managed Care (Short Title: Workplace Managed

Care)

Application Deadline: May 12, 1997

' Purpose: SAMHSA/CSAP is seeking to build a strategic cooperative

effort with those who are engaged in, have a binding agreement with or

documented access to, an operational, fully funded, public/private

sector workplace managed care (WMC) substance abuse prevention and

early intervention program. Those with access to these WMC programs

must also have documented, authorized access to the data related to the

program. If data are available, grantees will analyze retrospective

data to assess longitudinal effectiveness. All grantees will collect,

analyze and compare prospective data for a study group and at least one

selected comparison group. Programs will evaluate their operational

processes and outcomes, be part of a cross-site evaluation study and

will develop a replication manual.

The fully funded, public/private sector workplace managed care

substance abuse prevention and early intervention program must already

be in place for a minimum of 1 year and fully implemented for

employees, if not all covered lives. The workplace must have a

documented minimum of 250 employees at selected workplace study sites.

This cooperative agreement program will assist SAMHSA/CSAP to identify

effective components and strategies of these programs which serve to

prevent and reduce substance abuse and enhance overall wellness of

individual employees and their families. This information will promote

the development of models and materials and the dissemination first to

businesses and eventually to communities and States as they initiate

new programs where none exist and assist those that do exist to improve

their effectiveness.

The overall goal of this cooperative agreement program is to

determine which public/private sector workplace managed care substance

abuse prevention and early intervention programs are the most effective

in reducing the incidence and prevalence of substance abuse and to

disseminate these findings.

The two objectives in support of this goal are to:

1. Determine the nature (e.g., structure, organization, function,

etc.) of WMC programs utilizing substance abuse prevention and early

intervention efforts.

2. Provide a detailed description of the WMC programs; assess their

strengths and weaknesses and their impact on the substance abuse of

employees and their families (e.g., covered lives); and assess the

quality and delivery of substance abuse prevention and early

intervention.

Through funding this program, SAMHSA/CSAP anticipates gaining

knowledge about the following global questions.

Do substance abuse prevention and early intervention

strategies and programs, applied within various managed care models

prevent and reduce substance abuse for covered lives (employees and

their families) over time?

Does the prevalence and incidence of substance abuse

differ among substance abuse prevention and early intervention models

of managed care?

Does the prevalence/incidence of substance abuse differ

among substance abuse prevention and early intervention models within

specific managed care and non-managed care models?

What issues or policies related to gender, cultural,

ethnic, age, race, educational, legal and/or linguistic variations need

to be addressed to increase positive impacts of the program?

Priorities: None

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by

domestic private

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nonprofit and for-profit organizations such as businesses, Employee

Assistance Programs (EAPs), health care service organizations, research

institutes, universities, colleges, and hospitals, and by

organizations, such as units of State or local government.

Substance abuse prevention and early intervention programs may be

co-located with other managed care services or may be organizationally

or geographically separate. If separate, linkages must be clearly

described.

Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that

approximately $4 million will be available to support approximately 10-

15 awards under this GFA in FY 97. It is anticipated that the average

award will be in the $275,000 to $500,000 range. Actual funding levels

will depend upon the availability of funds.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,

contact: Deborah M. Galvin, Ph.D., Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,

Parklawn, Room 13A-54,5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301)

443-6780.

Grants Management Contact: For business management

assistance, contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of Grants Management, OPS,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II,

Room 640, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-5702.

Application Kits: Application kits are available from:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, PO Box 2345,

Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686; 1-800-487-4889 TDD, Via

Internet: www.health.org (go into Forum Section of the web site, click

on ``CSAP FY 97 Grant Opportunities')

Visually impaired: Disk versions of the application may be

requested.

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 1997

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.

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 1997 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: February 24, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA

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