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 the following activities. These

activities are discussed in more detail under Section 3 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 No.

Activity deadline available (in of awards Project period

millions)

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Targeted Capacity Expansion........ 5/10/99 $12.5 25 Up to 3 yrs.

Targeted Capacity Expansion--HIV/ 6/17/99 16 40 Up to 3 yrs.

AIDS.

HIV/AIDS Outreach Program.......... 5/18/99 7 20-25 Up to 3 yrs.

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Note: SAMHSA also published 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 volume

and quality of applications. Awards are usually made for grant periods

from one to three years in duration. FY 1999 funds for activities

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

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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 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 each of the

activities (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: Unless otherwise stated in the GFA,

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 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.

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 3).

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 3).

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/Amounts.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers.

Contacts.

Application Kits.

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 to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment Capacity in

Targeted Areas of Need (Short Title: Targeted Capacity Expansion,

GFA No. TI 99-002)

3.2. Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse

Treatment and HIV/AIDS Services (Short Title: TCE/HIV, GFA No. TI

99-004)

3.3. Community-Based Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Outreach

Program (Short Title: HIV/AIDS Outreach Program, GFA No. TI 99-005)

3.4. SAMHSA/CSAT FY 1999 Programs for Substance Abuse Treatment

and/or HIV/AIDS Services

3.5. SAMHSA Technical Assistance Workshop

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 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 activities 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;

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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 (if applicable) 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 to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment in Targeted Areas of

Need (Short Title: Targeted Capacity Expansion, GFA No. TI 99-002)

Application Deadline: May 10, 1999.

Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

announces the availability of funds for grants to expand substance

abuse treatment capacity in targeted areas. This program is designed to

address gaps in treatment capacity by supporting rapid and strategic

responses to demands for substance abuse (including alcohol and drug)

treatment services. This announcement is a reissuance (with revisions)

of a prior announcement by the same title, ``Targeted Capacity

Expansion,'' GFA No. TI 98-006. Applications are solicited for a

targeted response to treatment capacity problems including communities

with serious, emerging drug problems as well as communities with

innovative solutions to unmet needs. Applicants must have an existing

infrastructure (facility/program) and may either apply to expand (add

treatment slots) an existing treatment program or create a new program.

The proposed treatment services must be based on sound, scientifically

based theory or empirical evidence of effectiveness. Further, the

services should be designed to significantly impact the identified

treatment gap or emerging issue within the three year grant period. A

plan for continuation of the effort beyond the life of the grant should

be presented if such continuation is expected to be necessary. Finally,

the proposed services should be consistent with and fit within the

overall response to substance abuse problems in the target area.

Eligible Applicants: Only units of local (cities, towns,

counties) and State governments and Indian Tribes and tribal

organizations (as defined in the Indian Self-Determination Act--25

U.S.C., section 450b) are eligible to apply. These applicants may

engage (coordinate/subcontract) the skills of a wide variety of

private, non-profit, and community-based organizations not eligible to

apply on their own; however, the applicant will be legally,

administratively and fiscally responsible for the grant. This is not a

pass through arrangement; ``umbrella'' applications will not be

accepted for review. Eligibility is being limited to cities, towns,

counties, regional authorities, boroughs, States, Tribes, and tribal

organizations in recognition of the primacy of their responsibility

for, and interest in, providing for the needs of their citizens, and

because the success of the program will depend upon the authority and

ability available to broadly coordinate the variety of resources to

ensure full program success. Furthermore, in addition to licensure,

applicants/proposed providers of services must have been providing

substance abuse treatment services for a minimum of two years prior to

the date of application. Without this documentation, applications will

be considered ineligible and not considered for peer review. SAMHSA

believes that only existing providers have the infrastructure and

expertise to address emerging and unmet needs as quickly as possible.

CSAT is interested in applications from local governments because they

are closer to the problem and in a better position to identify emerging

needs and respond quickly; therefore, in its award decision-making

process, CSAT will give priority to applications from local (cities,

towns, counties) governments, and Indian Tribes and tribal

organizations.

Grants/Amounts: Approximately $12.5 million will be

available to support awards in FY 1999. Of this amount, $8 million is

available for general program applications from units of local (cities,

towns, counties) and State government, and Indian Tribes and tribal

organizations; up to $2 million is reserved for applications from such

entities from Alaska for new projects (for women and children in rural

areas) and Iowa (for methamphetamine abuse) as was specified in

Congressional report language; and up to $2.5 million is reserved for

applications from such government entities specifically addressing

substance abuse and HIV/AIDS in African American, Hispanic/Latino, and

other racial/ethnic minority communities.

Availability of Funds: FY 1999

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Eligible Entities: All applicants must be

units of local or State government or Available funds

Indian Tribes and tribal organizations

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Entities from Alaska that address women Up to $1 million.

and children in rural areas, and.

Entities from Iowa that address Up to $1 Million.

methamphetamine abuse.

Entities that specifically address Up to $2.5 million.

substance abuse and HIV/AIDS in African

American, Hispanic/Latino, and/or other

racial/ethnic minority communities.

Applications will be divided into two

population categories for purposes of

review:

--those proposing to serve populations

of more than 30,000; and

--those proposing to serve populations

of 30,000 or fewer whether urban or

rural.

General Program Entities. Applications Up to $8 million*.

will be divided into two population

categories for purposes of review:

--those proposing to serve populations

of more than 30,000; and

--those proposing to serve populations

of 30,000 or fewer whether urban or

rural.

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Total............................. $12.5 million

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* Average awards of $100,000-$500,000 apply to these entities.

Support may be requested for a period of up to three (3) years.

In accordance with the Congressional conference agreement and based

on previously planned targeted HIV/AIDS activities, the $2.5 million

noted above

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is intended to augment the capabilities of substance abuse treatment

programs to address the growing HIV/AIDS problem in African American,

Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/ethnic minority communities. As

required by the Targeted Capacity Expansion program, applicants

applying for grants to enhance or expand substance abuse treatment and

HIV/AIDS, STDs, TB, and hepatitis B and C services must have an

existing infrastructure (program/facility). Applicants may request

funding to: (1) Expand organizational capacity to provide a more

comprehensive array of community-based services through well defined

linkages to other organizations/providers; (2) expand program capacity

by increasing the number of slots in a residential, day, or outpatient

substance abuse treatment program, or by adding a new component

(outpatient/continuing care) to an existing program; (3) expand a core

program to accommodate clients who are HIV positive or AIDS

symptomatic; and (4) enhance accessibility of existing HIV/AIDS, STDs,

TB, and hepatitis B and C services by adding community health education

and risk reduction programming, outreach services, mobile HIV, STD, TB,

and hepatitis B and C services including counseling/testing/treatment

capabilities. Federal funds may not be used to carry out syringe

exchange programs, such as the purchase and distribution of syringes

and/or needles, nor can funds authorized under this program be used to

pay for pharmacologies for antiretroviral therapy, STDs, TB and

hepatitis B and C.

Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance: 93.230.

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance

(not for application kits) contact: Clifton Mitchell, Chief, Treatment

and Systems Improvement Branch, Division of Practice and Systems

Development, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II,

6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-

8804.

For grants management assistance, contact: Andrea L. Brandon,

Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-9667.

Application Kits are available from: National

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

Rockville, Maryland 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686.

3.2. Targeted Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment

and HIV/AIDS Services (Short Title: TCE/HIV, GFA No, TI 99-004)

Application Deadline: June 17, 1999.

Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

announces the availability of funds for grants to enhance and expand

substance abuse treatment and services related to HIV/AIDS in African

American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/ethnic minority communities

highly affected by the twin epidemics of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS.

This program seeks to address gaps in substance abuse treatment

capacity, and increase the accessibility and availability of substance

abuse treatment and related HIV/AIDS services (including STDs, TB and

hepatitis B and C) to African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other

racial/ethnic minority substance abusers. This announcement solicits

applications for innovative targeted responses to the epidemic of

substance abuse and related HIV/AIDS.

SAMHSA CSAT is soliciting applications from organizations

that have the capacity to provide substance abuse treatment services to

African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/ethnic minority

communities. While many organizations have been successful over the

years in securing linkages with providers of primary health care,

mental health, and HIV/AIDS services, these efforts have typically not

provided specific mechanisms to include the participation of indigenous

members of the affected community, and those community based

organizations with experience in serving these communities have not

been a critical component of the linkage strategy. SAMHSA CSAT is most

interested in applications that demonstrate a comprehensive,

integrated, creative and community-based response to a targeted, well

documented substance abuse and HIV/AIDS treatment need/problem. SAMHSA/

CSAT believes that the accomplishment of this goal requires that

applications be submitted by organizations that (1) have strong ties to

the grassroots/community-based organizations that are deeply rooted in

the culture of the targeted community, and (2) have demonstrated

experience in providing culturally appropriate services to the targeted

communities in the targeted area(s).

Priorities: None.

Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by

public and domestic private non-profit and for-profit entities, such as

units of State or local government and grassroots and/or community-

based organizations that have the capacity to provide substance abuse

treatment services to African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other

racial/ethnic minority communities. Targeted communities must be

located in a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) with an annual AIDS

case rate of 20/100,000 or in a State with an annual AIDS case rate of

or greater than 10/100,000. SAMHSA CSAT's intention is to target areas

at highest risk for HIV transmission. In the absence of consistent

reporting of HIV data by all jurisdictions, the best indicator of the

magnitude of the epidemic is AIDS case rates derived from Center for

Disease Control and Prevention HIV/AIDS Surveillance Reports.

In addition to the basic requirements for eligibility,

applicants must provide evidence of providing substance abuse treatment

services for a minimum of two years prior to the application. SAMHSA

CSAT believes that only existing providers have the infrastructure and

expertise to address emerging and unmet needs as quickly as possible.

Grants/Amounts: Approximately $16 million will be

available to support awards under this announcement in FY 1999. Awards

are expected to range from $100,000 to $600,000 (direct and indirect

costs) for projects directed to the following substance abusing

populations in African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/

ethnic minority communities: women and their children (about $10

million); adolescents (about $3 million); and men who inject drugs and

men who have sex with men and inject drugs(MSM) (about $3 million).

Support may be requested for a period of up to three (3) years.

Catalog Domestic Federal Assistance: 93.230

Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance

(not for application kits) contact: Clifton Mitchell, Chief, Treatment

and Systems Improvement Branch, Division of Practice and Systems

Development, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II,

6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-

8804.

For grants management assistance, contact: Andrea L. Brandon,

Division of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-9667.

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Application kits are available from: National

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

Rockville, Maryland 30847-2345, 1-800-729-6686.

3.3. Community-Based Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS Outreach Program

(Short Title: HIV/AIDS Outreach Program, GFA No. TI-99-005)

Application Deadline: May 18, 1999.

Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT),

announces the availability of funds for grants to support community-

based HIV/AIDS outreach programs in African American, Hispanic/Latino,

and other racial/ethnic minority communities with high rates of

substance abuse and AIDS. This program, hereinafter referred to as the

``HIV/AIDS Outreach Program'', is designed to develop community-based

outreach projects to provide HIV counseling and testing services,

health education and risk reduction information, access and referrals

to sexually transmitted disease (STD) and Tuberculosis (TB) testing,

substance abuse treatment, primary care, mental health and medical

services for those who are HIV positive or have AIDS.

The purpose of this announcement is to promote behavioral

transition and change among injecting drug users (IDUs) and other drug

users with respect to risk exposures to HIV infection, STDs, TB and

hepatitis, and to increase the number of substance abusers entering

treatment among African American, Hispanic/Latino, and other racial/

ethnic minority populations in high AIDS case rate areas.

All applicants are expected to develop outreach program strategies

that can effectively target women who are IDUs, the sexual partners of

IDUs, sex workers or women who exchange sex for drugs, men who are IDUs

and their needle sharing partners, men who have sex with men (MSM) and

MSM who inject drugs, and adolescents. Projects are expected to

formulate an overall outreach strategy that specifies the proposed

interventions and how they will affect behavior change in the targeted

population(s). Projects are expected to accomplish this by: (1)

providing community-based outreach services to encourage entry and

facilitate access to substance abuse treatment; (2) offering HIV/AIDS

risk reduction education interventions; (3) making available medical

diagnostic testing and screening for HIV, STDs, (e.g., syphilis,

gonorrhea, chlamydia), and TB; and (4) providing linkages and follow-up

primary medical care, mental health, and social services, as well as

other prophylactic means to affect those behavior changes most likely

to decrease the risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV, STDs, TB,

hepatitis B and C and related diseases.

Priority: None.

Eligible Applicants: Applicants may be public and domestic

private non-profit and for-profit entities, such as units of State or

local government and community-based organizations. Eligible

organizations must have two years of experience in providing outreach

services to out-of-treatment substance abusers, and be located in

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) with annual AIDS case rates that

are greater than 20 per 100,000 or in States with annual AIDS case

rates greater than 10 per 100,000 population. While SAMHSA/CSAT

acknowledges that outreach services provide a vital adjunctive resource

to treatment irrespective of the locality, SAMHSA's intention in this

announcement is to target areas deemed to be at highest risk for HIV

transmission. In the absence of consistent reporting of HIV

seroprevalence data by all jurisdictions, the best indicators of the

magnitude of the epidemic are AIDS case rates derived from the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV Surveillance Reports. In

addition, SAMHSA/CSAT believes that only existing providers have the

infrastructure and the expertise to address unmet outreach needs as

quickly as possible.

SAMHSA/CSAT encourages applications from substance abuse

treatment programs, AIDS-specific organizations, community-based

organizations, community health centers, STD clinics, or other entities

(e.g., central intake and referral agencies, TASC agencies) that have a

good record of reaching and serving hardcore, chronic drug users and

their-sex/needle-sharing partner(s) and facilitating their entry into

substance abuse treatment.

Grants/Amounts: Approximately $7.0 million will be

available in FY 1999 to support 20-25 awards under this announcement.

The average award is expected to range from $300,000 to $400,000 in

total costs (direct + indirect). Federal funds awarded under this

announcement may not be used to carry out syringe exchange programs,

such as the purchase and distribution of syringes and/or needles; nor

pay for pharmacologics for antiretroviral therapy, STDs, TB and

hepatitis B and C. Support may be requested for a period of up to three

(3) years.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 93.230

For programmatic or technical assistance (not for

application kits) contact: David C. Thompson, Clinical Interventions

and Organizational Model Branch, Division of Practice and Systems

Development, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II,

6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 443-

6523, E-Mail: [email protected]

For grants management issues, contact: Andrea L. Brandon, Division

of Grants Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration, Rockwall II, 6th Floor, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, (301) 443-9667.

For application kits, contact: National Clearinghouse for

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

1-800-729-6686.

3.4. SAMHSA/CSAT FY 1999 Programs for Substance Abuse Treatment and/or

HIV/AIDS Services

SAMHSA/CSAT has three FY 1999 programs under which funding is

available for substance abuse treatment and/or HIV/AIDS services. The

three programs are: TI 99-002--Grants to Expand Substance Abuse

Treatment Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need; TI 99-004--Targeted

Capacity Expansion Program for Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV/AIDS

Services; and TI 99-005--Community Based Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS

Outreach Program. The eligibility requirements vary for each program;

therefore, potential applicants must refer to the specific announcement

to determine if they are eligible to apply.

3.5. SAMHSA Technical Assistance Workshop

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.

4. 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

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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 1999

activity described above is/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 all FY 1999 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: March 4, 1999.

Nelba Chavez,

Administrator, SAMHSA.

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