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Application Information:

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)

Request for Applications (RFA)

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TI 04-008:

Projects to Deliver and Evaluate Peer-to-Peer Recovery Support Services

Short Title: Recovery Community Services Program (RCSPIII)

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This Recovery Community Services Program (RCSP III) complements SAMHSA’s Access to Recovery (ATR) program.  ATR provides grant funding to States, Territories and Tribal Organizations to implement voucher programs for substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support services pursuant to sections 501 (d)(5) and 509 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. sections 290aa(d)(5) and 290bb-2).  ATR is part of a major Presidential Initiative to provide client choice among substance abuse clinical treatment and recovery support service providers, expand access to a comprehensive array of clinical treatment and recovery support options (including faith-based programmatic options), and increase substance abuse treatment capacity.  Although not required, applicants for RCSP III are encouraged to coordinate with their State/Territorial/Tribal governments so that RCSP applications will complement the State/Territorial/Tribal governments’ applications for ATR.

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.

Consortia comprised of various types of eligible organizations are permitted; however, a single organization representing the consortium must be the applicant, the recipient of any award, and the entity responsible for satisfying the grant requirements.

If you are proposing a consortia, a recovery community organization or people in recovery and their families must have a significant role in the consortium and the project.

All applicants, including single organizations and consortia, must clearly indicate in their project narrative (in Section B, Organizational and Community Readiness and Feasibility) whether they are a Recovery Community Organization (RCO) or Facilitating Organization (FO).  If your application fails to declare which type of organization you are, the Peer Review Committee will categorize your organization.  Also, if the Peer Review Committee does not agree with the way you have categorized your organization, they may change your designation (e.g., from RCO to FO or vice versa).

Organizations that were funded under Track II of the 2001 SAMHSA/CSAT Recovery Community Support Program (TI-01-003), whose grants will be ending in September 2004, may apply for grants under this Request for Applicants (RFA).  All other current RCSP grantees are ineligible for this program.

Approximately $2.5 million will be available for approximately 7 grants in fiscal year 2004. 

The average annual award is expected to be about $350,000 in total costs (direct and indirect), and grants will be awarded for a period of up to 4 years. 

Out of the $2.5 million available, SAMHSA/CSAT plans to set aside approximately $1.4 million to fund up to 4 recovery community organizations (RCOs) (see full RFA for definition).

The actual amount available for the awards may vary, depending on unanticipated program requirements and the number and quality of the applications received. 

Cost-sharing is not required.

For questions on program issues, contact:

	Catherine Nugent
	Recovery Community Services Program
	Division of State and Community Assistance
	CSAT/SAMHSA
	Rockwall II Building, Suite 800
	5600 Fishers Lane
	Rockville, MD 20857
	(301) 443-2662
	E-Mail: cnugent@samhsa.hhs.gov

For questions on grants management issues, contact:

	Kathleen Sample
	SAMHSA, Division of Grants Management
	5600 Fishers Lane
	Rockwall II 6th Floor
	Rockville, MD 20857
	(301) 443-9667
	ksample@samhsa.hhs.gov

Documents needed to complete an application for this grant opportunity:

Download RFA:

The complete

• Download as Word Document

• Download as Acrobat Document

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 available on this web site include:

• A technical assistance manual for potential applicants: Developing Competitive SAMHSA Grant Applications

• Standard terms and conditions for SAMHSA grants;

• Guidelines and policies that relate to SAMHSA grants (e.g., guidelines on cultural competence, consumer and family participation, and evaluation); and

• Enhanced instructions for completing the PHS 5161-1 application.

For a complete application kit, call the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI): 

• 800-729-6686

• 800-487-4889 TDD

or e-mail: info@health.org