[Federal Register: November 26, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Funding Opportunities
AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability for Community Collaborations to
Prevent Youth Violence and Promote Youth Development (short title:
Youth Violence Prevention Grants).
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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 2003 funds for grants for the following activity.
This notice is not a complete description of the activity; potential
applicants must obtain a copy of the Request for Applications (RFA),
including part I, Community Collaborations to Prevent Youth Violence
and Promote Youth Development (SM 03-005) (short title: Youth Violence
Prevention Grants), and part II, General Policies and Procedures
Applicable to all SAMHSA Applications for Discretionary Grants and
Cooperative Agreements, before preparing and submitting an application.
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Est. funds FY Est. number of Project period
Activity Application deadline 2003 awards (years)
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Community Collaborations to Prevent Jan. 22, 2002........... $4,000,000 24 2
Youth Violence and Promote Youth
Development.
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The actual amount available for the award may vary depending on
unanticipated program requirements and actual SAMHSA appropriations.
This program is being announced prior to the annual appropriation for
FY 2003 for SAMHSA's programs. Applications are invited based on the
assumption that sufficient funds will be appropriated for FY 2003 to
permit funding of Community Collaborations to Prevent Youth Violence
and Promote Youth
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Development grants. This program is being announced in order to allow
applicants sufficient time to plan and prepare applications.
Solicitation of applications in advance of a final appropriation will
also enable the award of appropriated grant funds in an expeditious
manner and thus allow prompt implementation and evaluation of promising
practices. All applicants are reminded, however, that we cannot
guarantee sufficient funds will be appropriated to permit SAMHSA to
fund the grants. This program is authorized under section 520A of the
Public Health Service Act. 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.
General Instructions: Applicants must use application form PHS
5161-1 (Rev. 7/00). The application kit contains the two-part
application materials (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: SAMHSA's Mental Health
Information Center, (800) 789-2647.
The PHS 5161-1 application form and the full text of the grant
announcement are also available electronically via SAMHSA's World Wide
Web home page: http://www.samhsa.gov (click on ``Grant
Opportunities'').
When requesting an application kit, the applicant must specify the
particular announcement number for which detailed information is
desired. All information necessary to apply, including where to submit
applications and application deadline instructions, are included in the
application kit.
Purpose: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), Center Mental Health Services (CMHS) is
accepting applications for a fiscal year (FY) 2003 grants to implement
Youth Violence Prevention projects in three categories:
[sbull] Group I: Grants to organizations proposing youth violence
prevention projects targeting geographically or socially defined youth
populations;
[sbull] Group II: Grants that address violence towards, or by,
females; and
[sbull] Group III: Grants to support mental health services for
youth with justice system involvement.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are domestic public and private
non-profit entities such as public or private mental health systems,
institutions, and agencies; State or local departments of juvenile/
criminal justice; mental health courts; juvenile/criminal court
systems; district attorney's offices; or public defender's offices;
public or private educational systems, institutions, and agencies;
tribal governments and tribal organizations; community-based and faith-
based organizations, such as community-based advocacy, health,
substance abuse, mental health, social service, consumer and family
organizations; and service organizations serving ethnic, cultural, or
social minority groups; or other public agencies or nonprofit
organizations that can perform the requirements of this program.
Availability of Funds: It is expected that approximately $4 million
will be available to award grants in the following categories:
[sbull] Group I: Approximately eight awards will be made;
[sbull] Group II: Approximately eight awards will be made; and
[sbull] Group III: Approximately eight awards will be made.
Grants in groups I and II will be funded at a maximum of $150,000
per year in total costs (direct and indirect) for 2 years; grants in
group III will be funded at a maximum of $200,000 per year in total
costs (direct and indirect) for 2 years. Applications with proposed
budgets that request a level of SAMHSA funding support in excess of the
amounts listed above will not be reviewed.
Period of Support: Awards may be requested for up to 2 years.
Criteria for Review and Funding: General Review Criteria: Competing
applications requesting funding under this activity will be reviewed
for technical merit in accordance with established PHS/SAMHSA peer
review procedures. Review criteria that will be used by the peer review
groups are specified in the application guidance material.
Award 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. Availability of funds will also be an
award criterion. Additional award criteria specific to the programmatic
activity may be included in the application guidance materials.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.243.
Program Contact: For questions on substantive issues regarding the
program, eligibility, and funding of reviewed applications, contact:
Pat Shea, M.S.W., M.A., Special Programs Development Branch, CMHS/
SAMHSA, Parklawn Building, Room 17C-26, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. (301) 443-3655. E-mail: pshea@samhsa.gov.
For questions on budget, completion of items on forms, and
administrative issues, contact: Steve Hudak, Division of Grants
Management, OPS/SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 6th floor, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Rockville, MD 20857. (301) 443-9666. E-Mail: shudak@samhsa.gov.
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 2003
activity is subject to the Public Health System Reporting Requirements.
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.
Executive Order 12372: Applications submitted in response to the FY
2003 activity listed above are subject to the
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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 or on SAMHSA's website under ``Assistance with Grant
Applications''. The SPOC should send any State review process
recommendations directly to: Division 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: November 20, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
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