[Federal Register: May 20, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 97)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Fiscal Year 1999 Funding Opportunity
AGENCIES: Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health
Services, Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education, Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention.
ACTION: Notice of availability of funds for a cooperative agreement for
a coordinating center for the development of community partnerships and
the provision of technical assistance to prevent school violence and
enhance resilience.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for
Mental Health Services (CMHS), and the Departments of Education and
Justice (Agencies) announce the availability of FY 1999 funds for one
cooperative agreement 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.
Note: SAMHSA also published notices of available funding
opportunities for FY 1999 in previous issues of the Federal Register.
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Estimated
Activity Application Estimated funds number of Project period
deadline available awards
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Violence Prevention Coordination 07/13/99 $2.8 Million........ 1 Up to 3 yrs.
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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,
page 35962) 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.
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).
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
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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.
4. Special FY 1999 SAMHSA Activity
4.1. Coordinating Center for the Development of Community Partnerships
and the Provision of Technical Assistance to Prevent School Violence
and Enhance Resilience (Violence Prevention Coordination, SM 99-013)
* Application Deadline: July 13, 1999
* Purpose: The U. S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and the Departments
of Education and Justice announce the availability of a cooperative
agreement for a Coordinating Center for the Development of Community
Partnerships and the Provision of Technical Assistance to Prevent
School Violence and Enhance Resilience, hereinafter referred to as the
Violence Prevention Coordinating Center (VPC), to provide technical
assistance for grantees in the Inter-Departmental Safe Schools/Healthy
Students (SS/HS) Initiative, the CMHS School Action Grant Program, and
other CMHS violence prevention-related activities. This Cooperative
Agreement requires the grantee to develop a model for providing
assistance designed to provide the highest quality of facilitation,
training, and technical assistance to the Federal grantees in SS/HS and
School Action Grant programs and to other contractors involved in the
CMHS School Violence Prevention program by creating an organized group
of nationally known experts and established TA entities who have the
knowledge and skills pertinent to the programmatic goals of the
targeted grantees. Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative and School
Action grantees are linked to expert consultants through individualized
brokering based on local need. The VPC Consultant/Broker is responsible
for matching a grantee's TA needs to an expert or experts who can be
effective in offering consultation or facilitation in solving specific
grantee problems or challenges. Over the course of this grant program,
TA could increasingly be provided by peer grantees who have developed
significant expertise. The VPC shall emphasize and encourage
accountability through the creation and maintenance of continuous
feedback mechanisms.
* Eligibility: Applications may be submitted by domestic
public or private nonprofits such as incorporated volunteer
organizations, units of State or local governments, community-based
organizations, and public or private universities, colleges, and
hospitals. The U.S. Department of Education is an essential partner in
the Inter-Departmental Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative. The
Department of Education is statutorily restricted to funding only
nonprofit recipients. It is seen to be in the interest of the
Departments and the Inter-Departmental grantees to provide technical
assistance in a comprehensive and coordinated manner to the Inter-
Departmental grantees, and to avoid the separation and fragmentation
involved in awarding to two types of recipients, i.e., a profit maker
and a nonprofit. The grantees will thus be able to obtain assistance
from one source, a nonprofit, which will better ensure the success and
effectiveness of the Initiative.
* Grants/Amounts: Approximately $2.8 million will be
available per year to support one grantee. This award covers both
direct and indirect costs.
* Period of Support: Support may be requested for a period
of up to 3 years. Annual awards will be made subject to
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continued availability of funds and progress achieved.
* Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
* Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance
contact:
Gail F. Ritchie, M.S.W., Special Programs Development Branch, Division
of Program Development, Special Populations and Projects, Center for
Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 18C-07, Rockville, MD 20857,
(301) 443-7790, 301-443-7912 (Fax).
Gwendolyn G. Bennett, Public Health Advisor, Special Programs
Development Branch, Division of Program Development, Special
Populations and Projects, Center for Mental Health Services, Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Room 18C-07, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-7790, (301) 443-7912 (Fax).
* Questions Regarding Grants Management Issues may be
directed to Stephen J. Hudak, Division of Grants Management, OAPS,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Room 15C-05, Rockville, Maryland 20857; (301) 443-4456, E-Mail:
shudak@samhsa.gov.
* For application kits, contact: Knowledge Exchange Network
(KEN). PO Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015. Voice (800) 789-2647, TTY:
(301) 443-9006, FAX (301) 984-8796
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, Pub. L. 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.
Dated: May 11, 1999.
Nelba Chavez,
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration.
Dated: May 13, 1999.
Judith Johnson,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education.
Dated: May 14, 1999.
Shay Bilchik,
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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