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Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
 

Request for Applications (RFA)

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SM05-009:

 

Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants

Short Title:  MHT SIG

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Request for Applications (RFA) No. SM05-009

Publication in grants.gov: March 1, 2005

Receipt date:  June 1, 2005
   
   

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.: 93.243
 
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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 Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant program is one of SAMHSA's Infrastructure Grant programs.  This program will support an array of infrastructure and service delivery improvement activities to help grantees - i.e., States, Territories, the District of Columbia, and/or federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes or Tribal Organizations -­ build a solid foundation for delivering and sustaining effective mental health and related services.  These grants are unique in that they will support new and expanded planning and development to promote transformation to systems explicitly designed to foster recovery and meet the multiple needs of consumers.

The Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grant Program is responsive to the broad systemic recommendation contained in the final report of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America. The Commission goal is to increase the availability of high-quality services and overcome the existing fragmentation.
 

Eligible applicants are the immediate office of the Chief Executive Officer (e.g., Governor) in the States, Territories, the District of Columbia, and Federally-recognized American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes or Tribal Organizations.  ("Tribal Organization" refers to the recognized governing body of any Indian tribe or any legally established organization of Indians which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such an organization and which includes the maximum participation of Indians in all phases of activities.) 

The applicant's Chief Executive must appoint the Chairperson and members of the Transformation Working Group and must sign the application.  Eligibility is limited because recipients of the Mental Health Transformation State Incentive Grants must have the ability to leverage and coordinate multiple sources of funding and other resources in order to achieve the goals of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.   

Additional Information  

In FY 2005, approximately $18.769 million will be available to fund approximately 6 to 13 awards ranging from $1.5 million to $3 million in total costs (direct and indirect) per year.  Applicants may request a project period of up to 5 years. 

Awards will be made as Cooperative Agreement grants. 

Cost-sharing is not required.
 

For questions on program issues, contact:

Nancy J. Davis, Ed.D.
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 6-1107
Rockville, MD 20857
(240) 276-1866
nancy.davis@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. SM05-009
   

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