FY 2005 Grant Opportunity
   

 

Downloadable files

  

Application Information:

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
 

Request for Applications (RFA)

Download RFA

SM-05-017:

 

Cooperative Agreement for the Suicide Prevention

Resource Center (SPRC)
   

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Acrobat Document

Request for Applications (RFA) No. SM-05-017

Publication in grants.gov: March 31, 2005

Receipt date:  June 1, 2005
   
    Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.: 93.243
 
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Key Dates:

Application Deadline

Applications are due by June 1, 2005. 

Intergovernmental Review

(E.O. 12372)

Letters from State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.

Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS)/SSA Coordination

Applicants must send the PHSIS to appropriate State and local health agencies by application deadline. Comments from Single State Agency are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.

 
The purpose of this grant is to provide funding to create and operate a national Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) that will:

  • assist States, Territories, Tribes, and communities in their efforts to plan for the development, implementation, and evaluation of suicide prevention programs across the lifespan;

  • assemble and make available to the field a repository of reliable, culturally appropriate information, materials, and resources on suicide;

  • assist in the development of resources to address existing gaps in the field; and

  • serve as a clearinghouse of materials to be disseminated on best practices of suicide prevention strategies and techniques. 

Additionally, the SPRC will be responsible for providing tailored technical assistance to approximately 34 SAMHSA/CMHS grantees that will be funded through two separate suicide-prevention initiatives beginning in FY 2005 (the Cooperative Agreements for State Sponsored Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention Program and Campus Suicide Prevention Grant Program); and for collaborating with the Evaluation Contractor for those grantees to assist with content knowledge, training, report drafting, and the packaging and disseminating of project findings.

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center grant is authorized under 520C of the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
     

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are domestic public and private nonprofit entities. For example, State, local or tribal governments; public or private universities and colleges; community- and faith-based organizations; and tribal organizations may apply.  The statutory authority for this program precludes grants to for-profit organizations. 
Additional Information

It is expected that approximately $2.6 million will be available to fund one award in FY 2005.  The annual award is expected to be $2.6 million per year in total costs (direct and indirect).  Applicants may request a project period of up to five years.

Cost sharing (see Glossary) is not required in this program

For questions on program issues, contact:

Richard McKeon, Ph.D.
SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 6-1105
Rockville, MD 20857
240-276-1873
richard.mckeon@samhsa.hhs.gov

For questions on grants management issues, contact:

Kimberly Pendleton
Office of Program Services, Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 7-1097
Rockville, MD 20857
(240) 276-1421
kimberly.pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov

Documents needed to complete an application for this grant opportunity:

Download RFA:

   The complete Request for Applications (RFA) No. SM-05-017

Download forms:

 

PHS 5161-1 (revised July 2000): Includes the face page, budget forms, assurances, certification,  and checklist.

Applications that are not submitted on the required application form will be screened out and will not be reviewed.
   

Additional Materials:

 

For further information on the forms and the application process, see Useful Information for Applicants

Additional materials available on this website include:

 
 
 

For a complete application kit, call the National Mental Health Information Center at: 

  • 800-789-2647