Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 Funding Opportunities

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 Funding Opportunities

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 Mental Health Services (CMHS), announces the

availability of FY 1999 funds for grants for the following activity.

This activity is discussed in more detail under Section 3 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

Activity Application Estimated funds number of Project period

deadline available awards

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Child Mental Health Initiative.... 4/21/99 $20-25 Million....... 20-25 Up to 5 yrs.

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Note: SAMHSA will publish additional notices of available

funding opportunities for FY 1999 in subsequent issues of the

Federal Register.

The actual amount available for awards and their allocation may

vary, depending on unanticipated program requirements and the number

and quality of applications received. FY 1999 funds for the activity

discussed in this announcement were appropriated by the Congress under

Public Law No. 105-277. 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 the activity

covered by this notice (see Section 3).

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 and the full text of the activity

(i.e., the GFA) described in Section 3 are available electronically via

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

Application Submission: Applications must be submitted to: SAMHSA

Programs, Center for Scientific Review, 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 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 only be accepted 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 the activity covered by this notice (see Section 3).

Requests for information concerning business management issues

should be directed to the grants management contact person identified

for the activity covered by this notice (see Section 3).

Table of Contents

1. Program Background and Objectives

2. Criteria for Review and Funding

2.1 General Review Criteria

2.2 Funding Criteria for Scored Applications

3. Special FY 1999 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Activities

3.1 Grants

3.1.1. Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for

Children and Their Families

4. Public Health System Reporting Requirements

5. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement

6. 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 moved 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

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consumers to effectively use that knowledge in everyday practice.

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.

SAMHSA also continues to fund legislatively-mandated services

programs for which funds are appropriated.

2. 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 activity in Section 3

will be reviewed for technical merit in accordance with established

PHS/SAMHSA peer review procedures.

2.1 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.

2.2 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 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.

3. Special FY 1999 SAMHSA Activities

3.1 Grants

3.1.1. Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and

Their Families (Child Mental Health Initiative)

Application Deadline: April 21, 1999

Purpose: Under Sec. 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 further 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. (Sec. 565(c)(1) of the PHS Act).

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.

Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is limited by statute to

``public entities.'' A public entity is defined for this purpose (in

Section 561(a)(2) of the PHS Act) as any State, any political

subdivision of a State, and Indian tribe or tribal organization (as

defined in Section 4(b) and Section 4(c) of the Indian Self-

Determination and Education Assistance Act). The applicant entity must

be qualified to deliver services under the State Medicaid Plan and have

an agreement to do so, either directly or through a service provider

organization. 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 Public Law 102-321, will

be accepted as such a plan. This does not apply to Indian tribe or

tribal organization applicants.

Amount: Approximately $20-25 million will be available to

support twenty (20) to twenty-five (25) awards under this GFA in FY

1999. 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 an average of approximately $1 million will be

available to each grantee in year one; $1.25 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

matching non-Federal funds in statutorily mandated ratios. [NOTE:

Applicants must see full GFA for the specific ratios].

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.104.

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance,

contact: Gar De Carolis, 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].

For grants management issues, contact: Steve Hudak, Grants

Management Officer, Office of Program Services/SAMHSA, Room 15C-05,

Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-

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

For application kits, contact: IQ Solutions, Inc., 11300

Rockville Pike Suite 801, Rockville, MD 20852 Voice: (301) 984-1471,

FAX: (301) 984-1333, E-mail: [email protected]

CMHS intends to sponsor four technical assistance

workshops for potential applicants. For more information, potential

applicants may contact: Ken Currier, Director, Technical Assistance

Operations, National

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Resource Network for Child and Family Mental Health Services,

Washington Business Group on Health, 777 North Capitol Street, N.E.,

Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20002, (202) 408-9320/FAX (202) 408-9332,

Internet: [email protected].

4. Public Health System Reporting Requirements

This program is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

5. 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.

6. Executive Order 12372

Applications submitted in response to the FY 1999 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 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, 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: January 14, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 99-1506 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]

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