[Federal Register: May 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 95)]
[Notices]               
[Page 26995-26996]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

 
Supplemental Grant Award to the Farm Resource Center (FRC) of 
Cairo, Illinois To Continue the Mental Health Outreach to Coal Miners, 
Farmers, and Their Families Program

AGENCY: Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), Substance Abuse and

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Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), HHS

ACTION: Supplement to continue outreach services in Illinois and West 
Virginia and to expand activities into other areas of West Virginia and 
into western Pennsylvania.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that approximately 
$600,000 will be available in FY 1999 to the Farmers Resource Center 
(FRC) of Cairo, Illinois to supplement their current grant award under 
the 1997 announcement Mental Health Outreach to Coal Miners, Farmers, 
and Their Families. Support will be provided for up to one year. The 
purpose of the award is to continue outreach activities that ameliorate 
stress associated with unemployment in rural communities and to 
increase access to, and utilization of, mental health and substance 
abuse services for coal miners, farmers, and their families in Illinois 
and West Virginia and to expand activities into additional areas of 
West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. This program is intended to 
address the needs of adults and their families in rural areas who have 
or may be at risk for developing a mental illness of substance abuse 
problem as well as their children who have or may be at risk for 
developing emotional or other behavioral problems. CMHS will make the 
awards based on the recommendations of the initial review group and the 
CMHS National Advisory Council.
    This is not a request for applications. Eligibility for this grant 
award is limited to the currently funded Farm Resource Center (FRC) of 
Cairo, Illinois. The FRC has provided mental health and substance abuse 
outreach services in rural Illinois and parts of West Virginia. FRC has 
provided counseling to farmers, coal miners and their families, created 
a Statewide hotline, and utilized outreach counselors to work with 
rural families in their homes to address problems such as depression, 
alcoholism and domestic violence. The purpose of this supplemental 
award is to continue outreach activities in Illinois and parts of West 
Virginia and western Pennsylvania. The supplemental work is 
inextricably linked to the current activities the FRC is performing and 
the FRC is uniquely situated to provide services in western 
Pennsylvania and West Virginia in addition to Illinois. Therefore, the 
FRC is the only organization that may appropriately apply for this 
supplement to the existing award.

    Authority: These supplemental awards will be made under the 
authority of section 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 290bb-32). The Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance (CFDA) number for this program is 93.125.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Santo (Buddy) Ruiz, Division of 
Knowledge Development and Systems Change, Center for Mental Health 
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 11C-22, Rockville, Maryland 20857; 301-443-
3653.

    Dated: May 7, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-12398 Filed 5-17-99; 8:45 am]
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