[Federal Register: July 2, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 127)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Funding Opportunity
AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability for SAMHSA Cooperative
Agreements to Expand the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative
Intervention Development and Evaluation Centers.
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SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) announces the
availability of FY 2003 funds for the cooperative agreement described
below. A synopsis of this funding opportunity, as well as many other
Federal Government funding opportunities, is also available at the
Internet site: www.fedgrants.gov.
This notice is not a complete description of the cooperative
agreement; potential applicants must obtain a copy of the Request for
Applications (RFA), including Part I, Cooperative Agreements to Expand
the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Intervention Development
and Evaluation Centers, Part II, General Policies and Procedures
Applicable to all SAMHSA applications for Discretionary Grants and
Cooperative Agreements, and the PHS 5161-1 (Rev. 7/00) application form
before preparing and submitting an application.
Funding Opportunity Title: Cooperative Agreements to Expand the
National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative--Short Title: Child
Traumatic Stress Initiative Intervention Development and Evaluation
Centers.
Funding Opportunity Number: SM 03-011.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243.
Authority: Section: 582 of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended and subject to the availability of funds.
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Funding Opportunity Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health
Services (CMHS) is accepting applications for fiscal year 2003
cooperative agreements to expand the National Child Traumatic Stress
Initiative (NCTSI) Intervention Development and Evaluation Centers.
Funds are available under Section 582 to local mental health providers
for the purpose of developing knowledge of best practices and providing
mental health services to children and youth suffering from post-
traumatic stress as a result of having experienced or witnessed a
traumatic event.
The purpose of the NCTSI is to improve treatment and services for
all children and adolescents in the United States who have experienced
traumatic events or witnessed such events. A network of centers, the
NCTSN, has been established to promote the development and use of
effective treatment and services, to develop resources on trauma for
professionals, consumers, and the public, and to develop trauma-focused
public education and professional training and other field development
activities.
This announcement solicits for three specific types of child and
adolescent traumatic stress Intervention Development and Evaluation
(IDE) Centers that will facilitate the NCTSI achievement of its overall
goals of improving access to and quality of services for child and
adolescent traumatic stress: Rural/Tribal/Frontier Intervention
Development and Evaluation Center; Service Systems Models Intervention
Development and Evaluation Center; and Traumatic Stress and Substance
Abuse Intervention Development and Evaluation Center.
Eligible Applicants: The following domestic public and private non-
profit entities are eligible to apply. Community-based and faith-based
organizations, out-patient clinics, public or private universities,
psychiatric or general hospitals, units of State or local governments,
Indian tribes and tribal organizations, partnerships of multiple
clinical centers, programs and/or community service providers applying
as a single center (in which case one of the participating
organizations must be designated as the applicant organization).
Applicant organizations may apply for the Intervention Development
and Evaluation Centers (this announcement) and/or the Community
Treatment and Services Centers (RFA SM-03-012). A separate, complete
application is required for each category. An organization that is
selected for funding in both programs will receive funding only for its
proposed Intervention Development and Evaluation Center.
Organizations that are currently grantees of the NCTSI are not
eligible to apply as the applicant organization under this
announcement.
Applicant organizations must apply for one of the specific IDE
centers--Rural/Tribal/Frontier; Service Systems Models; or Traumatic
Stress and Substance Abuse--and address the requirements for that
specific center in the application. Applicant organizations may submit
separate applications for more than one of the specific IDE centers.
Due Date for Applications: August 7, 2003.
Estimated Funding Available/Number of Awards: It is expected that
approximately $1.8 million will be available to fund three new centers
in the Intervention Development and Evaluation Program of the National
Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). Annual awards may be up to
$600,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) for each year for up to 4
years. Actual funding levels will depend on the availability of funds.
Second, third, and fourth project year funding may be supplemented by
SAMHSA for activities that fall within the scope and intent of this
RFA. Applications with proposed budgets that exceed $600,000 will be
returned without review.
Is Cost Sharing Required: No.
Period of Support: Applicants must request support for four years
and provide a separate budget for each year. While SAMHSA's intent for
this program is to fund the full four year period requested, continued
funding is contingent on the availability of funds.
How to Get Full Announcement and Application Materials: Complete
application kits may be obtained by calling: the SAMHSA Mental Health
Information Center at (800) 789-2647, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m., EDT; TDD: (301) 443-9006; Fax: (301) 984-8796; P.O. Box
42490, Washington, DC 20015. The PHS 5161-1 application form and the
full text of the funding announcement are also available electronically
via SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page: http://www.samhsa.gov (Click on
`Grant Opportunities').
When requesting an application kit, the applicant must specify the
funding opportunity title and number for which detailed information is
desired. All information necessary to apply, including where to submit
applications and application deadline instructions, are included in the
application kit.
Contact for Additional Information: Malcolm Gordon, Ph.D.,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for
Mental Health Services, Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress, and
Special Programs, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 17C-17, Rockville, MD 20857,
(301) 443-2957, E-mail: mgordon@samhsa.gov.
Dated: June 25, 2003.
Anna Marsh,
Acting Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration.
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