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 Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), announces the

availability of FY 1999 funds 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

Activity Application Estimated funds number of Project period

deadline available awards

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Adolescent Treatment Models... 5/10/99 $4 Million........... 12 Up to 3 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 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 and the full text of the activity

(i.e., the GFA) described in Section 4 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.

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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 4).

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 4).

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 1999 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Activities

4.1 Grants

4.1.1. Grants for Evaluation of Treatment Models for Adolescents

(Adolescent Treatment Models)

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 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 consumers to

effectively use that knowledge in everyday practice.

SAMHSA's FY 1999 Knowledge Development and Application (KD&A)

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 1999 KD&A 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.

SAMHSA also continues to fund legislatively-mandated services

programs for which funds are appropriated.

2. Special Concerns

SAMHSA's legislatively-mandated services programs do provide funds

for mental health and/or substance abuse treatment and prevention

services. However, SAMHSA's KD&A activities do not provide funds for

mental health and/or substance abuse treatment and prevention services

except sometimes 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 under a KD&A activity 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 activity 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 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 1999 SAMHSA Activities

4.1 Grants

4.1.1. Grants for Evaluation of Treatment Models for Adolescents (Short

Title: Adolescent Treatment Models, GFA No. TI 99-001)

Application Deadline: May 10, 1999.

Purpose: The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) announces the availability of funds for

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grants to identify effective treatment programs or models of care that

show promise for replication elsewhere. In fiscal year 1999, grants

will be made available to identify promising programs that provide

treatment services for adolescents. Funds are available only for

evaluation and documentation purposes and may not be expended to

provide treatment services.

The primary goal of this initiative is to identify currently

existing models of adolescent treatment that, when evaluated for client

outcomes and cost, under a rigorous study design, demonstrate

effectiveness. Subsequently, documentation for these models will be

developed, and those programs identified for replication, as judged by

an independent panel of experts, will be invited to exhibit at a

conference to disseminate their findings and showcase their models.

The target population for projects funded under this program is

adolescents who have a substance abuse (alcohol and drug) problem. The

age range includes individuals who are at least twelve years of age,

and no older than nineteen years of age at treatment entry.

Priorities: None.

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by

units of State or local government and by public and private nonprofit

and for-profit entities such as community-based organizations,

universities, colleges, and hospitals. The proposed program/model must

at a minimum: (1) Be providing services for the target population for a

minimum of two years. SAMHSA believes that only programs that have been

providing services, based on their model, for a minimum of two years

have the expertise and infrastructure to support the rigorous

evaluation called for in this GFA; (2) Be collecting data on clients in

the target population that include admission, course of treatment,

outcome, and follow-up; and (3) Be in compliance with all local, city,

county and State licensing requirements.

Grants/Amounts: Approximately $4 million will be available

to support up to 12 awards under this GFA in FY 1999. The average award

is expected to range from $350,000 to $450,000 in total costs (direct +

indirect). Support may be requested for a period of up to 3 years. The

initial award will be for twelve months. Two subsequent twelve-month

awards may be made subject to continued availability of funds and

documented results. Projects will be reviewed annually to determine if

ongoing funding is needed to complete program goals and to determine if

adequate progress is being made.

Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance: 93.230.

For Programmatic or Technical Assistance (Not for

application kits), contact: Randolph D. Muck, M.Ed., Division of

Practice and Systems Development, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment,

SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Room 7-138, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD

20857, (301) 443-6574.

For Grants Management Assistance, contact: Peggy Jones, Division of

Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, Room 614, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-9666.

For Application Kits, contact: National Clearinghouse for

Alcohol and Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345,

1-800-729-6686.

SAMHSA is sponsoring three technical assistance workshops

for potential applicants. The workshops will be held at the following

locations: March 11, 1999--Washington, DC; March 17, 1999--Chicago, IL;

and March 19--Los Angeles, CA. For more information, please call Ms.

Lisa Wilder, Workshop Coordinator, at 301-984-1471, extension 333.

5. Public Health System Reporting Requirements

This program 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.

7. 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: March 1, 1999.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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