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Application Deadline |
Applications are due by May 30, 2008 |
Intergovernmental Review |
Applicants must comply with E.O. 12372 if their State(s) participates. Review process recommendations from the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) are due no later than 60 days after application deadline. |
Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS)/Single State Agency 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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announces the availability of funds to expand/enhance grant activities funded under the State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants for Quality Improvement. The purpose of this program supplement is to support mental health prevalence estimation and related associations in State populations. The effort is part of the SAMHSA/CDC Intra-Agency Agreement, in which the Mental Health and Stigma Module will be added to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for prevalence estimation of serious psychological distress. The DIG Supplement will support State mental health agencies to coordinate and partner with respective State public health agency contacts who implement the BRFSS. DIG grantees will provide coordination, State data analyses and information dissemination activities that can assist in State program development.
This DIG supplement effort builds on an Intra-agency Agreement between SAMHSA and the Centers for Disease Control in which the Mental Health and Stigma Module will be added to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) for developing State prevalence estimates on serious psychological distress. Serious psychological distress (SPD) is the formal term provided by the authors of the K6 module which is included within the Mental Health and Stigma Module. The K6 is a standardized and validated measure of psychological distress that is designed to help in estimating the prevalence of serious mental illness (SMI) in community populations (Kessler 2002, 2003). The BRFSS as a community survey does not address those in institutions or those who are homeless, so that prevalence of actual serious mental illness for all populations would not be indicated. The K6 measure widely used in the U.S. and Australia has been shown to provide acceptable prevalence estimates of serious DSM IV mental disorders (Furukawa 2003, Kessler 2003). The supplement will support 1) State mental health agency coordination with respective State public health agency contacts who implement the BRFSS, 2) provision of State data analyses, including prevalence estimates and associations to other factors, including behavioral risk factors and chronic disease, and 3) dissemination of findings to State leaders and stakeholders to inform planning.
The Mental Health Data Infrastructure grant presently includes State prevalence estimates and need for mental health services as a goal within the Uniform Reporting System data collection effort. This supplement will provide much needed information on prevalence estimates of serious psychological distress, particularly as related to behavioral risk factors and chronic disease, that can assist the States in areas such as health and mental health integration efforts. Information related to health and behavioral factors for these populations can provide knowledge for increased understanding and improved program development. These efforts are addressed in Goal 1 of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health which supports bridging the gap between health and mental health in service care. In addition to serious psychological distress, two questions on the prevalence of stigma have been included in the Module which can also be of assistance in planning: 1. Treatment can help people with mental illness lead normal lives? Agree to Disagree and 2. People are generally caring and sympathetic to people with mental illness? Agree to Disagree. For example, the Commission supports the reducing of stigma through provision of educational programs. The information garnered from this work will identify geographical areas in greater need of this education. Finally, in this effort, States can implement more in-depth data analyses suitable to respective State needs using additional data elements, including State optional modules, as an appropriate prevalence estimation for specific geographical areas.
At a minimum the funds awarded will be used to conduct the following activities:
State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants for Quality Improvement are authorized under 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2010 focus area 18 (Mental Health and Mental Disorders).
Applicants must be recipients of a SAMHSA Data Infrastructure Grant for Quality Improvement. Also some States may have received awards from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement the Mental Health and Stigma Module through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). These States are eligible to receive a DIG supplement and will be required to coordinate with the CDC and provide additional data analyses and data dissemination. A State is also eligible if it implements the Mental Health and Stigma module solely with State funds.
| Funding Mechanism: |
Grant |
| Anticipated Total Available Funding: | Up to $276,000 |
| Anticipated Number of Awards: | 20 |
| Anticipated Award Amount: |
Up to $13,800 per year |
| Length of Project Period: | Up to 1 years |
It is expected that up to $276,000 will be available to fund up to 20 grants in FY 2008. Awards are expected to be up to $13,800 in total costs (direct and indirect) for up to one year.
Additionally, there is an Intra-Agency Agreement which must be implemented before the program can be finalized.
For questions on program issues, contact:
Olinda Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Public Health Advisor
Division of State and Community Development
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
1 Choke Cherry Road
Room 2-1087
Rockville, MD 20857
(240) 276-1762
olinda.gonzalez@samhsa.hhs.gov
For questions on grants management issues, contact:
Gwendolyn Simpson
Office of Program Services, Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Choke Cherry Road
Room 7-1085
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(240) 276-1408
gwendolyn.simpson@samhsa.hhs.gov
Applications that are not submitted on the required application form will be screened out and will not be reviewed.
Download the complete Announcement No. SM-08-013
You must respond to the requirements in the RFA in preparing your application.
Download RFA in MS Word format
Download RFA in Adobe PDF format
PHS 5161-1 (revised July 2000): Includes the face page, budget forms and checklist. Applications that are not submitted on the required application form will be screened out and will not be reviewed.
For further information on the forms and the application process, see Useful Information for Applicants
Additional materials available on this website include:
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