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[FR Doc. 04–25186 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4163–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Grants and Cooperative Agreements; 

Notice of Availability 

Funding Opportunity Title: State 

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment 

Coordination (Short Title: Adolescent 

Treatment Coordination) 

Announcement Type: Initial 

Announcement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: TI 05–

006. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243. 

Due Date for Applications: January 

12, 2005.

[Note: Letters from State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) in response to E.O. 12372 are 

due March 12, 2005.]

Summary: The Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services Administration 

(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse 

Treatment (CSAT), announces the 

availability of FY 2005 funds for State 

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment 

Coordination. A synopsis of this Notice 

of Funding Availability (NOFA), as well 

as many other Federal Government 

funding opportunities, are also available 

at the Internet site: http://

www.grants.gov.

For complete instructions, potential 

applicants must obtain a copy of 

SAMHSA’s standard Infrastructure 

Grants Program Announcement (INF–05 

PA), and the PHS 5161–1 (Rev. 7/00) 

application form before preparing and 

submitting an application. The INF–05 

PA describes the general program design 

and provides instructions for applying 

for all SAMHSA Infrastructure Grants, 

including the State Adolescent 

Substance Abuse Treatment 

Coordination program. SAMHSA’s 

Infrastructure Grants provide funds to 

develop or enhance service system 

infrastructure in order to support 

effective substance abuse services. 

Additional instructions and specific 

requirements for this funding 

opportunity are described below. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Authority: Section 509 of the Public Health 

Service Act, as amended and subject to the 

availability of funds.

The State Adolescent Substance 

Abuse Treatment Coordination grant 

program is one of SAMHSA’s 

Infrastructure Grant programs. The 

purpose of State Adolescent Substance 

Abuse Treatment Coordination grants is 

to build capacity in States to provide 

effective, accessible, and affordable 

substance abuse treatment for youth and 

their families. Grants will provide 

funding to support a staff position (a 

State official whose sole responsibility 

is ensuring the effectiveness of 

adolescent substance abuse treatment 

State-wide) and a State process to 

assess, facilitate, and coordinate 

ongoing, self-sustaining cross-system 

planning for effective adolescent 

substance abuse treatment. 

Grantees are required to hire and/or 

dedicate a full-time employee at the 

State level vested with the authority to 

convene and coordinate all of the State 

agencies that allocate public health 

resources that may provide funding and 

other support for adolescents and their 

families needing early intervention and 

treatment services for substance use 

disorders. The State adolescent 

substance abuse treatment coordinator 

shall also form linkages with other 

service systems that provide mental 

health, education, health, child welfare, 

and juvenile justice services for youth 

and their families and identify 

opportunities to coordinate funding and 

treatment resources across these systems 

to the fullest extent possible. It is 

incumbent upon the grantee to create a 

position vested with the authority 

necessary to accomplish these tasks, and 

to hire/designate an individual who has 

the necessary skills and experience 

appropriate for the position, including 

an understanding of the correlation of 

co-occurring mental health and 

substance use disorders. 

Background 

Although there has been increased 

awareness around the need for 

accessible, effective substance abuse 

treatment for youth, there are problems 

within State structures that make 

providing funding and services for 

youth extremely difficult. Responsibility 

for adolescent treatment is located in a 

number of State agencies, and is 

frequently not in the office that oversees 

substance abuse treatment services. 

Only one State has best practices 

guidelines for adolescent substance 

abuse treatment. Only five States’

substance abuse counselor licensure 

requirements include any knowledge of 

youth addiction, childhood 

development, or families. None has a 

specific licensure for clinicians working 

with youth addiction. Of the six States 

that have separate certification 

requirements for adolescent substance 

abuse treatment, four do not address 

required staffing levels; none addresses 

the issue of parental notification; only 

one addresses the use of discipline/

restraint; only three require background 

checks for staff; and only three require 

any specialized training for staff. A 

major contributor to the aforementioned 

weaknesses in the adolescent substance 

abuse treatment system is that most 

States do not have a single locus of 

responsibility for ensuring an 

accessible, effective substance abuse 

treatment system for youth and their 

families. 

Allowable Activities 

Grants funds may be used to carry out 

all of the allowable activities listed in 

Section I–2.1 of the INF–05 PA except 

that grant funds may not be used for 

data infrastructure/MIS development. In 

addition, these are Category I—Small 

Infrastructure Grants; implementation 

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*Mee-lee D, Shulman GD, Fishman M, Gastfriend 

DR, and Griffith JH, eds. (2001). ASAM Patient 

Placement Criteria for the Treatment of SubstanceRelated Disorders, 2nd Ed-Revised (ASAM PPC–

2R). Chevy Chase, MD: American Society of 

Addiction Medicine, Inc.

pilots are not an allowable activity 

under this mechanism. 

Required Activities 

Grantees must use funds to carry out 

the following required activities: 

• Develop a full-time position within 

a unit of State government to oversee 

and coordinate the adolescent substance 

abuse treatment system Statewide. 

• Link and coordinate with other 

service systems to promote 

comprehensive, integrated services for 

youth with substance abuse and/or cooccurring problems. Such service 

systems include mental health, health, 

juvenile justice, education, child 

welfare, and Medicaid.

• Coordinate the budget formulation 

and benefit plans (e.g., Medicaid 

services for adolescent treatment) of all 

State agencies that have responsibility 

for funds that may be used to support 

adolescent substance abuse treatment 

services, including screening, 

assessment, early intervention, 

treatment, family involvement in 

treatment, case management, and 

continuing care/aftercare. 

• Identify barriers (fiscal, regulatory, 

and policy) that impede the adoption 

and provision of accessible evidencebased treatment across the full 

continuum of care recommended by the 

American Society of Addiction 

Medicine (ASAM)*. Devise and 

implement strategies, in concert with all 

other State-agencies that may fund and/

or regulate these services, to improve 

the access to treatment, increase 

capacity and quality, and expand the 

available continuum in communities 

and throughout the State implementing 

treatment interventions with a scientific 

evidence base for the population to be 

served. 

• Import tools, coordinate training, 

and support providers in the adoption 

of screening and assessment protocols 

that cross-walk to DSM–IV/ICD 10 

criteria for substance abuse/

dependence, mental health diagnoses, 

and ASAM Patient Placement Criteria, 

Version 2—Revised*.

• Develop/improve State standards 

for licensure/certification/accreditation 

of programs that provide substance 

abuse treatment services for adolescents 

and their families. 

• Develop/improve State standards 

for licensure/certification/credentialing 

of adolescent substance abuse treatment 

counselors. 

• Identify and provide linkages across 

the universe of discretionary federal and 

foundation-funded adolescent substance 

abuse treatment grant programs for the 

purpose of supporting and 

disseminating learning across the Statewide treatment system and to provide 

assistance to ensure sustainability and 

adoption of best/evidence based 

practices identified in these programs. 

• Identify, disseminate, and support 

training and technical assistance 

resources that expand the capacity and 

quality of adolescent substance abuse 

treatment throughout the State provider 

system, including cross-training for 

adolescent mental health and substance 

abuse treatment providers. 

• Participate in and actively share 

learning across the community created 

by the States funded in this grant 

program to leverage training, support, 

dissemination, intervention adoption, 

and evaluation/research to improve the 

treatment system for youth and their 

families both intra-State and inter-State. 

• Promote coordination and 

collaboration with family support 

organizations to strengthen services for 

youth, with or at risk of substance abuse 

and/or co-occurring problems. 

• Facilitate the development of a 

State-wide provider association for 

adolescent substance abuse treatment 

across programs and for counselors 

engaged in providing these services, 

regardless of the State or local system 

within which they work. 

• Keep abreast of the research 

findings related to adolescent substance 

abuse treatment and disseminate this 

information State-wide in a form that is 

easily digested by clinical staff, 

providing insight on the application of 

the research to improve clinical practice 

at the program level. 

II. Award Information 

1. Estimated Funding Available/

Number of Awards: It is expected that 

up to $7.1 million will be available to 

fund up to 22 awards in FY 2005. The 

maximum allowable award is $400,000 

in total costs (direct and indirect) per 

year for up to 3 years. Proposed budgets 

cannot exceed the allowable amount in 

any year of the proposed project. The 

actual amount available for the awards 

may vary, depending on unanticipated 

program requirements and the number 

and quality of the applications received. 

Annual continuations will depend on 

the availability of funds, grantee 

progress in meeting program goals and 

objectives, and timely submission of 

required data and reports. 

This program is being announced 

prior to the annual appropriation for FY 

2005 for SAMHSA’s programs, with 

funding estimates based on the 

President’s budget request for FY 2005. 

Applications are invited based on the 

assumption that sufficient funds will be 

appropriated for FY 2005 to permit 

funding of a reasonable number of 

applications hereby solicited. All 

applicants are reminded, however, that 

we cannot guarantee that sufficient 

funds will be appropriated to permit 

SAMHSA to fund any applications. 

2. Funding Instrument: Grant. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Funding is 

limited to States, the District of 

Columbia, Territories and federally 

recognized tribal governments. Since 

this program is designed to facilitate 

State-level coordination of adolescent 

substance abuse treatment services, only 

States, the District of Columbia, 

Territories and federally recognized 

tribal governments are eligible to apply. 

These eligibility criteria supersede the 

criteria specified in Section III–1 of the 

INF–05 PA. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching is not 

required. 

3. Other: Applicants must also meet 

certain application formatting and 

submission requirements or the 

application will be screened out and 

will not be reviewed. These 

requirements are described in Section 

IV–2 below, as well as in Section IV of 

the INF–05 PA.

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Complete application kits may 

be obtained from the National 

Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug 

Information (NCADI) at 1–800–729–

6686. When requesting an application 

kit for this program, the applicant must 

specify the funding opportunity title 

‘‘Adolescent Treatment Coordination’’

and the funding opportunity number (TI 

05–006). All information necessary to 

apply, including where to submit 

applications and application deadline 

instructions, is included in the 

application kit. The PHS 5161–1 

application form is also available 

electronically via SAMHSA’s World 

Wide Web Home Page: http://

www.samhsa.gov (click on ‘Grants’). The 

INF–05 PA is available electronically at 

http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/

standard/Infrastructure/index.aspx.

When submitting an application, be 

sure to type ‘‘TI 05–006/Adolescent 

Treatment Coordination’’ in Item 

Number 10 on the face page of the 

application form. Also, SAMHSA 

applicants are required to provide a 

DUNS Number on the face page of the 

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application. To obtain a DUNS Number, 

access the Dun and Bradstreet Web site 

at http://www.dunandbradstreet.com or 

call 1–866–705–5711. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Information, including 

required documents, required 

application components, and 

application formatting requirements, is 

available in the INF–05 PA in Section 

IV–2. 

Checklist for Application Formatting 

Requirements 

SAMHSA’s goal is to review all 

applications submitted for grant 

funding. However, this goal must be 

balanced against SAMHSA’s obligation 

to ensure equitable treatment of 

applications. For this reason, SAMHSA 

has established certain formatting 

requirements for its applications. If you 

do not adhere to these requirements, 

your application will be screened out 

and returned to you without review. 

b Use the PHS 5161–1 application. 

b Applications must be received by 

the application deadline. Applications 

received after this date must have a 

proof of mailing date from the carrier 

dated at least 1 week prior to the due 

date. Private metered postmarks are not 

acceptable as proof of timely mailing. 

Applications not received by the 

application deadline or not postmarked 

at least 1 week prior to the application 

deadline will not be reviewed. 

b Information provided must be 

sufficient for review. 

b Text must be legible. (For Project 

Narratives submitted electronically in 

Microsoft Word, see separate 

requirements below under ‘‘Guidance 

for Electronic Submission of 

Applications.’’) 

• Type size in the Project Narrative 

cannot exceed an average of 15 

characters per inch, as measured on the 

physical page. (Type size in charts, 

tables, graphs, and footnotes will not be 

considered in determining compliance.) 

• Text in the Project Narrative cannot 

exceed 6 lines per vertical inch. 

b Paper must be white paper and 8.5 

inches by 11.0 inches in size. 

b To ensure equity among 

applications, the amount of space 

allowed for the Project Narrative cannot 

be exceeded. (For Project Narratives 

submitted electronically in Microsoft 

Word, see separate requirements below 

under ‘‘Guidance for Electronic 

Submission of Applications.’’) 

• Applications would meet this 

requirement by using all margins (left, 

right, top, bottom) of at least one inch 

each, and adhering to the page limit for 

the Project Narrative stated in the INF–

05 PA. 

• Should an application not conform 

to these margin or page limits, SAMHSA 

will use the following method to 

determine compliance: The total area of 

the Project Narrative (excluding 

margins, but including charts, tables, 

graphs and footnotes) cannot exceed 

58.5 square inches multiplied by the 

page limit. This number represents the 

full page less margins, multiplied by the 

total number of allowed pages. 

• Space will be measured on the 

physical page. Space left blank within 

the Project Narrative (excluding 

margins) is considered part of the 

Project Narrative, in determining 

compliance. 

To facilitate review of your 

application, follow these additional 

guidelines. Failure to adhere to the 

following guidelines will not, in itself, 

result in your application being 

screened out and returned without 

review. However, the information 

provided in your application must be 

sufficient for review. Following these 

guidelines will help ensure your 

application is complete, and will help 

reviewers to consider your application. 

b The 10 application components 

required for SAMHSA applications 

should be included. These are: 

• Face page (Standard Form 424, 

which is in PHS 5161–1). 

• Abstract. 

• Table of contents. 

• Budget form (Standard Form 424A, 

which is in PHS 5161–1). 

• Project narrative and supporting 

documentation. 

• Appendices. 

• Assurances (Standard Form 424B, 

which is in PHS 5161–1). 

• Certifications (a form in PHS 5161–

1). 

• Disclosure of lobbying activities 

(Standard Form LLL, which is in PHS 

5161–1). 

• Checklist (a form in PHS 5161–1). 

b Applications should comply with 

the following requirements: 

• Provisions relating to 

confidentiality, participant protection 

and the protection of human subjects, as 

indicated in the INF–05 PA.

• Budgetary limitations as indicated 

in Sections I, II, and IV–5 of the INF–

05 PA. 

• Documentation of nonprofit status 

as required in the PHS 5161–1. 

b Pages should be typed singlespaced in black ink, with one column 

per page. Pages should not have printing 

on both sides. 

b Please number pages consecutively 

from beginning to end so that 

information can be located easily during 

review of the application. The cover 

page should be page 1, the abstract page 

should be page 2, and the table of 

contents page should be page 3. 

Appendices should be labeled and 

separated from the Project Narrative and 

budget section, and the pages should be 

numbered to continue the sequence. 

b The page limit for Appendices 

stated in the INF–05 PA should not be 

exceeded. 

b Send the original application and 

two copies to the mailing address in the 

funding announcement. Please do not 

use staples, paper clips, and fasteners. 

Nothing should be attached, stapled, 

folded, or pasted. Do not use heavy or 

lightweight paper, or any material that 

cannot be copied using automatic 

copying machines. Odd-sized and 

oversized attachments such as posters 

will not be copied or sent to reviewers. 

Do not include videotapes, audiotapes, 

or CD–ROMs. 

3. Submission Dates and Times:

Applications must be received by 

January 12, 2005. You will be notified 

by postal mail that your application has 

been received. Additional submission 

information is available in the INF–05 

PA in Section IV–3. 

Guidance for Electronic Submission of 

Applications 

SAMHSA is now offering the 

opportunity for you to submit your 

application to us either in electronic or 

paper format. Electronic submission is 

voluntary. No review points will be 

added or deducted, regardless of 

whether you use the electronic or paper 

format. 

To submit an application 

electronically, you must use the http://

www.Grants.gov apply site. You will be 

able to download a copy of the 

application package from http://

www.Grants.gov, complete it off-line, 

and then upload and submit the 

application via the Grants.gov site. Email submissions will not be accepted. 

You must search the Grants.gov site 

for the downloadable application 

package, by the Catalogue of Federal 

Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number. 

You can find the CFDA number on the 

first page of the funding announcement. 

You must follow the instructions in 

the User Guide available at: http://

www.Grants.gov apply site, on the 

Customer Support tab. In addition to the 

User Guide, you may wish to use the 

following sources for help: 

• By e-mail: support@Grants.gov.

• By phone: 1–800–518–4726 (1–800–

518–GRANTS). The Customer Support 

Center is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. 

If this is the first time you have 

submitted an application through 

Grants.gov, you must complete four 

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separate registration processes before 

you can submit your application. Allow 

at least two weeks (10 business days) for 

these registration processes, prior to 

submitting your application. The 

processes are: DUNS Number 

registration, Central Contractor Registry 

(CCR) registration, Credential Provider 

registration, and Grants.gov registration. 

It is strongly recommended that you 

submit your grant application using 

Microsoft Office products (e.g., 

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, etc.). If 

you do not have access to Microsoft 

Office products, you may submit a PDF 

file. Directions for creating PDF files can 

be found on the Grants.gov Web site. 

Use of file formats other than Microsoft 

Office or PDF may result in your file 

being unreadable by our staff. 

The Project Narrative must be a 

separate document in the electronic 

submission. Formatting requirements 

for SAMHSA grant applications are 

described above, and in Section IV–2.3 

and Appendix A of the standard grant 

announcement. These requirements also 

apply to applications submitted 

electronically, with the following 

exceptions only for Project Narratives 

submitted electronically in Microsoft 

Word. These requirements help to 

ensure the accurate transmission and 

equitable treatment of applications. 

• Text Legibility: Use a font of Times 

New Roman 12, line spacing of single 

space, and all margins (left, right, top, 

bottom) of one inch each. Adhering to 

these standards will help to ensure the 

accurate transmission of your 

document. If the type size in the Project 

Narrative of an electronic submission 

exceeds 15 characters per inch, or the 

text exceeds 6 lines per vertical inch, 

SAMHSA will reformat the document to 

Times New Roman 12, with line spacing 

of single space. Please note that this 

may alter the formatting of your 

document, especially for charts, tables, 

graphs, and footnotes. 

• Amount of Space Allowed for 

Project Narrative: The Project Narrative 

for an electronic submission may not 

exceed 12,875 words. Any part of the 

Project Narrative in excess of the word 

limit will not be submitted to review. To 

determine the number of words in your 

Project Narrative document in Microsoft 

Word, select file/properties/statistics. 

Applicants are strongly encouraged to 

submit their applications to Grants.gov 

early enough to resolve any 

unanticipated difficulties prior to the 

deadline. You may also submit a backup paper submission of your 

application. Any such paper submission 

must be received in accordance with the 

requirements for timely submission 

detailed in Section IV–3 of the grant 

announcement. The paper submission 

must be clearly marked: ‘‘Back-up for 

electronic submission.’’ The paper 

submission must conform with all 

requirements for non-electronic 

submissions. If both electronic and 

back-up paper submissions are received 

by the deadline, the electronic version 

will be considered the official 

submission.

After you electronically submit your 

application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgement from 

Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. It is important that 

you retain this number. 

The Grants.gov Web site does not 

accept electronic signatures at this time. 

Therefore, you must submit a signed 

paper original of the face page (SF 424), 

the assurances (SF 424B), and the 

certifications, and hard copy of any 

other required documentation that 

cannot be submitted electronically. You 

must reference the Grants.gov tracking 

number for your application, on these 

documents with original signatures, and 

send the documents to the following 

address. The documents must be 

received at the following address within 

5 business days of your electronic 

submission. Delays in receipt of these 

documents may impact the score your 

application receives or the ability of 

your application to be funded. 

For United States Postal Service:

Crystal Saunders, Director of Grant 

Review, Office of Program Services, 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration, Room 3–1044, 

1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 

20857, ATTN: Electronic Applications. 

For Other Delivery Service (DHL, 

Falcon Carrier, Federal Express, United 

Parcel Service): Crystal Saunders, 

Director of Grant Review, Office of 

Program Services, Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services Administration, 

Room 3–1044, 1 Choke Cherry Road, 

Rockville, MD 20850, ATTN: Electronic 

Applications. 

If you require a phone number for 

delivery, you may use (240) 276–1199. 

4. Intergovernmental Review:

Applicants for this funding opportunity 

must comply with Executive Order 

12372 (E.O. 12372). E.O. 12372, as 

implemented through Department of 

Health and Human Services (DHHS) 

regulation at 45 CFR Part 100, sets up 

a system for State and local review of 

applications for Federal financial 

assistance. Instructions for complying 

with E.O. 12372 are provided in the 

INF–05 PA in Section IV–4. A current 

listing of State Single Points of Contact 

(SPOCs) is included in the application 

kit and is available at http://

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/

spoc.html.

5. Funding Restrictions: Information 

concerning funding restrictions is 

available in the INF–05 PA in Section 

IV–5.

V. Application Review Information 

1. Evaluation Criteria: Applications 

will be reviewed against the Evaluation 

Criteria and requirements for the Project 

Narrative (Sections A–D) specified in 

Section V–1 in the INF–05 PA. The 

following information describes 

exceptions/limitations/special 

requirements to the Project Narrative 

(Sections A–D) in the INF–05 PA that 

Adolescent Treatment Coordination 

applicants must address. Two bullets in 

the Evaluation Criteria in INF–05 PA are 

modified/clarified as follows:

1.1 In Section B: Proposed Approach

The second bullet is modified to read: 

‘‘Describe the proposed project. In the 

description of the project, address the 

Required Activities listed in Section I, 

Funding Opportunity Description of the 

Adolescent Treatment Coordination 

NOFA (TI 05–006). Provide evidence 

that the Required Activities (and any 

other activities you propose) meet your 

State’s infrastructure needs and show 

how your proposed infrastructure 

development strategy will meet the 

goals and objectives of the project (i.e., 

meet both goals and objectives proposed 

by the State and those for the Required 

Activities).’’

1.2 In Section D: Evaluation and Data

The first bullet is modified to read: 

‘‘Describe the process and outcome 

evaluation for your project. Include 

specific performance measures and 

target outcomes related to the goals and 

objectives identified for the project in 

Section B of your Project Narrative. 

These measures and outcomes also must 

address the Required Activities listed in 

Section I, Funding Opportunity 

Description of the Adolescent Treatment 

Coordination NOFA (TI 05–006).’’

Performance Measurement: All 

SAMHSA grantees are required to 

collect and report certain data so that 

SAMHSA can meet its obligations under 

the Government Performance and 

Results Act (GPRA) and grantees can 

meet their requirements to provide 

semi-annual progress reports to 

SAMHSA as outlined below. All 

applicants must document their ability 

to collect and report data using the 

Knowledge Application Customer 

Satisfaction GPRA tool. This tool can be 

found at http://www.csatgpra.samhsa.gov (click on ‘Data 

Collection Tools/Instruments’), along 

with instructions for completing it. 

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GPRA data must be collected at the 

end of each event and thirty days post 

event. GPRA data must be entered into 

the GPRA web system within 7 business 

days of the forms being completed. In 

addition, 80% of the participants must 

be followed up on. GPRA data are to be 

collected and then entered into CSAT’s 

GPRA Data Entry and Reporting System 

(http://www.csat-gpra.samhsa.gov). 

Training and technical assistance on 

data collecting, as well as data entry, 

will be provided by CSAT. 

In addition to GPRA, grantees of the 

Adolescent Treatment Coordination 

program will be required to report 

semiannually on their progress in 

meeting the Required Activities in 

Section I, Funding Opportunity 

Description of this NOFA. These reports 

will assess each grantee’s progress as 

compared to both the performance 

measures and target outcomes 

established by the grantee for the project 

and a common set of performance 

measures, to be established, that will be 

aligned with the Required Activities

and program goals in Section I, Funding 

Opportunity Description of this NOFA. 

In Section D of their project 

narratives, applicants must describe 

their current ability to collect and report 

data on their progress in meeting the 

Required Activities. Applicants may 

also propose performance measures to 

be considered by SAMHSA for 

inclusion in the common set of 

measures. Prior to award, applicants 

will have the opportunity to attend a 

policy academy during which 

participants will work to build 

consensus around this common set of 

performance measures. Grantees 

(including those who do not attend the 

policy academy) will be required to 

report in narrative format on the broad 

themes around their progress in their 

semi-annual reports. Once SAMHSA 

has obtained necessary approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), further data requirements will 

be mandated based on the common set 

of performance measures developed 

from the policy academy. At any time, 

grantees may choose to begin collecting 

more specific data related to the 

common measures to assist in building 

local support for continued 

sustainability for their activities once 

the period of federal funding ends. 

SAMHSA will work with grantees to 

assist them in building performance 

measurement systems that will provide 

needed local policy information. 

2. Review and Selection Process:

Information about the review and 

selection process is available in the 

INF–05 PA in Section V–2. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

Award administration information, 

including award notices, administrative 

and national policy requirements, and 

reporting requirements are available in 

the INF–05 PA in Section VI. 

SAMHSA’s standard terms and 

conditions are available at http://

www.samhsa.gov/grants/generalinfo/

useful_info.aspx.

VII. Agency Contact for Additional 

Information 

For questions concerning program 

issues contact: Randolph D. Muck, 

SAMHSA/CSAT/DSI, 1 Choke Cherry 

Road, Room 5–1083, Rockville, MD 

20857; phone 240–276–1576; 

randy.muck@samhsa.hhs.gov. For 

questions on grants management issues 

contact: Kimberly Pendleton, SAMHSA/

Division of Grants Management, 1 

Choke Cherry Road, Room 7–1097, 

Rockville, MD 20857; 240–276–1421; Email: 

kimberly.pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov.

Dated: November 5, 2004. 

Daryl Kade, 

Director, Office of Policy, Planning and 

Budget, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration 

Funding Opportunity Title: Grants To 

Expand Substance Abuse Treatment 

Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need 

(Short Title: Targeted Capacity 

Expansion (TCE) Grants) 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

Funding Opportunity Number: TI 05–

003. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243. 

Due Date for Applications: January 

13, 2005.

[Note: Letters from State Single Point of 

Contact (SPOC) in response to E.O. 12372 are 

due March 14, 2005.]

Summary: The Substance Abuse and 

Mental Health Services Administration 

(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse 

Treatment (CSAT), announces the 

availability of FY 2005 funds for Grants 

to Expand Substance Abuse Treatment 

Capacity in Targeted Areas of Need 

[Short Title: Targeted Capacity 

Expansion (TCE) Grants]. A synopsis of 

this Notice of Funding Availability 

(NOFA), as well as many other Federal 

Government funding opportunities, is 

also available at the Internet site:

http://www.grants.gov.

For complete instructions, potential 

applicants must obtain a copy of 

SAMHSA’s standard Services Grants 

Program Announcement, SVC–05 PA, 

and the PHS 5161–1 (Rev. 7/00) 

application form before preparing and 

submitting an application. The SVC–05 

PA describes the general program design 

and provides instructions for applying 

for SAMHSA’s Services Grants 

including the Targeted Capacity 

Expansion Grants program. SAMHSA’s 

Services Grants provide funds to expand 

and strengthen effective, culturally 

appropriate substance abuse and/or 

mental health services at the State and 

local levels. The services implemented 

through SAMHSA’s Services Grants 

must incorporate the best objective 

information available regarding 

effectiveness and acceptability. In 

general, SAMHSA’s Services Grants are 

appropriate for applicants seeking 

Federal support to implement substance 

abuse and/or mental health services that 

have a strong evidence-base for 

effectiveness. SAMHSA’s Services 

Grants must be used primarily to 

support direct service delivery. 

SAMHSA expects that the services will 

be sustained beyond the term of the 

grant. Additional instructions and 

specific requirements for the Targeted 

Capacity Expansion Grants are 

described below. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Authority: Section 509 of the Public Health 

Service Act, as amended and subject to the 

availability of funds.

The purpose of the Targeted Capacity 

Expansion Grants program is to expand 

and/or enhance the community’s ability 

to provide a comprehensive, integrated, 

and community-based response to a 

targeted, well-documented substance 

abuse treatment capacity problem and/

or improve the quality and intensity of 

services. For example, a community 

might seek a Targeted Capacity 

Expansion Grant to add state-of-the-art 

treatment approaches or new services to 

address emerging trends or unmet needs 

(e.g., intensive case management, 

referral, and follow-up services to 

address related HIV, tuberculosis, 

hepatitis B and C, and other primary 

health care needs of substance abusing 

clients). Applicants are encouraged to 

engage (coordinate with or subcontract) 

the skills of private, non-profit, and 

community-based organizations not 

eligible to apply on their own because 

they are not a State or local government 

entity.