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Proposed Project

Administrative Reporting Form (ARF)

for the Cooperative Agreement to Study

Women with Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and

Mental Disorders (ADM) Who Have

Histories of Violence—New—The

Women, ADM Disorders, and Violence

Study is funded by SAMHSA’s Center

for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT),

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

(CSAP), and Center for Mental Health

Services (CMHS) to produce knowledge

on the development and effectiveness of

integrated services for women with cooccurring mental health and substance

abuse disorders who are victims of

violence. Fourteen sites are funded in

Phase I from across the country, and ten

sites are expected to be funded in Phase

II. During Phase I of the study (2 years),

sites are expected to develop integrated

service models. In Phase II, sites that

successfully reapply will test their

interventions in a multi-site outcome

study contrasting comprehensive,

integrated, trauma-specific and

Consumer/Survivor/Recovering Person

(C/S/R) involved services to services as

usual.

A process evaluation occurs through

both phases of the study with the goals

of (1) documenting the development of

integrated service systems across all

sites, (2) feeding information back to

each site to help site staff improve their

project, and (3) describing the service

systems which intervention and control

groups are exposed to at each of the

sites so that meaningful comparisons of

outcomes can be made.

The Administrative Reporting Form

(ARF) is a program monitoring

instrument which is to be completed

jointly by the project director, project

staff members, and directors of

participating organizations at each study

site annually as part of the process

evaluation data collection. The ARF

collects information about the staffing

and governance of each project, project

accomplishments in the previous year,

and specific project components. Like

other periodic progress reports, the ARF

focuses on the reporting of

organizational and institutional

information. No individual information

or opinions are solicited or appropriate

for inclusion in the ARF.

Information collected with the ARF

will be used in three ways,

corresponding to the three goals of the

process evaluation listed above. First,

evaluators will use information from the

ARF to describe the process of project

implementation at each of the study

sites. This information will ultimately

contribute to ‘‘how-to’’ knowledge

products for communities attempting to

integrate services. Second, site visiting

teams will use information from the

ARF in their assessments of the sites

and will make recommendations to each

site of how the site can improve its

project. Third, descriptive information

from the ARF will be used to

characterize each site’s intervention in

terms of the players involved, the

services provided, the manner in which

those services are integrated, and the

manner in which C/S/R persons are

involved. These characterizations will

inform the interpretation of the clientlevel data in the outcome study.

The estimated annualized burden for

these reporting requirements is

summarized below.

Respondent type Number of

respondents

Responses/

respondent

Burden/

response

(hours)

Total burden

hours

Project Directors .............................................................................................. 10 1 10 100

Project Staff Members ..................................................................................... 20 1 10 200

Participating Organization Directors ................................................................ 80 1 .50 40

Total .......................................................................................................... 110 ........................ ........................ 340

Send comments to Nancy Pearce,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 Funding

Opportunities

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health

Services (CMHS) announces the

availability of FY 2000 funds for grants

for the following activity. This activity

is discussed in more detail under

Section 3 of this notice. This notice is

not a complete description of the

activity; potential applicants must

obtain a copy of Parts I and II of the

Guidance for Applicants (GFA) before

preparing an application. Part I is

entitled Community Youth Mental

Health Promotion and Violence/

Substance Abuse Prevention

Partnership Grants (GFA No. SM00–

004). Part II is entitled General Policies

and Procedures Applicable to all

SAMHSA Applications for

Discretionary Grants and Cooperative

Agreements.

Activity Application

deadline Estimated funds available, FY 2000 Estimated No.of awards Project period

Coalitions for Prevention Grants ............... 7/12/00 $6.0 million ................................................ *25 2–3 years.*

* Applicants may apply for one of two types of grants under this announcement. It is estimated that there will be 13 awards for the Planning

and Partnership Development Grants ranging from $150,000 to $200,000 in total costs and approximately 12 awards for the Partnership Resource and Infrastructure Support Monies (PRISM) ranging from $300,000 to $350,000. Support may be requested for a period of up to 2 years

for Planning and Partnership Development Grants and up to 3 years for the Partnership Resource and Infrastructure Support Monies (PRISM).

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*Applicants who wish to use express mail or

courier service should change the zip code to

20817.

The actual amount available for

awards and their allocation may vary,

depending on unanticipated program

requirements and the number and

quality of applications received. FY

2000 funds for the activity discussed in

this announcement were appropriated

by the Congress under Public Law No.

106–113. SAMHSA’s policies and

procedures for peer review and

Advisory Council review of grant and

cooperative agreement applications

were published in the Federal Register

(Vol. 58, No. 126) on July 2, 1993.

The Public Health Service (PHS) is

committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention

objectives of Healthy People 2000, a

PHS-led national activity for setting

priority areas. The SAMHSA Centers’

substance abuse and mental health

services activities address issues related

to Healthy People 2000 objectives of

Mental Health and Mental Disorders;

Alcohol and Other Drugs; Clinical

Preventive Services; HIV Infection; and

Surveillance and Data Systems.

Potential applicants may obtain a copy

of Healthy People 2000 (Full Report:

Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

Summary Report: Stock No. 017–001–

00473–1) through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402–9325

(Telephone: 202–512–1800).

SAMHSA has published additional

notices of available funding

opportunities for FY 2000 in past issues

of the Federal Register.

General Instructions: Applicants must

use application form PHS 5161–1 (Rev.

6/99; OMB No. 0920–0428). The

application kit contains the two-part

application materials (complete

programmatic guidance and instructions

for preparing and submitting

applications), the PHS 5161–1 which

includes Standard Form 424 (Face

Page), and other documentation and

forms. Application kits may be obtained

from the organization specified for the

activity covered by this notice (see

Section 3).

When requesting an application kit,

the applicant must specify the particular

activity for which detailed information

is desired. This is to ensure receipt of

all necessary forms and information,

including any specific program review

and award criteria.

The PHS 5161–1 application form and

the full text of the activity described in

Section 3 are also available

electronically via SAMHSA’s World

Wide Web Home Page (address: http://

www.samhsa.gov).

Application Submission: Applications

must be submitted to: SAMHSA

Programs, Center for Scientific Review,

National Institutes of Health, Suite

1040, 6701 Rockledge Drive MSC–7701,

Bethesda, Maryland 20882–7701.*

Application Deadlines: The deadline

for receipt is July 12, 2000.

Competing applications must be

received by the indicated receipt date to

be accepted for review. An application

received after the deadline may only be

accepted if it carries a legible proof-ofmailing date assigned by the carrier and

that date is not later than one week prior

to the deadline date. Private metered

postmarks are not acceptable as proof of

timely mailing.

Applications received after the

deadline date and those sent to an

address other than the address specified

above will be returned to the applicant

without review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for activity-specific technical

information should be directed to the

program contact person identified for

the activity covered by this notice (see

Section 3).

Requests for information concerning

business management issues should be

directed to the grants management

contact person identified for the activity

covered by this notice (see Section 3).

Programmatic Information

1. Program Background and Objectives

SAMHSA’s mission within the

Nation’s health system is to improve the

quality and availability of prevention,

early intervention, treatment, and

rehabilitation services for substance

abuse and mental illnesses, including

co-occurring disorders, in order to

improve health and reduce illness,

death, disability, and cost to society.

Reinventing government, with its

emphases on redefining the role of

Federal agencies and on improving

customer service, has provided

SAMHSA with a welcome opportunity

to examine carefully its programs and

activities. As a result of that process,

SAMHSA moved assertively to create a

renewed and strategic emphasis on

using its resources to generate

knowledge about ways to improve the

prevention and treatment of substance

abuse and mental illness and to work

with State and local governments as

well as providers, families, and

consumers to effectively use that

knowledge in everyday practice.

SAMHSA’s FY 2000 Knowledge

Development and Application (KD&A)

agenda is the outcome of a process

whereby providers, services researchers,

consumers, National Advisory Council

members and other interested persons

participated in special meetings or

responded to calls for suggestions and

reactions. From this input, each

SAMHSA Center developed a ‘‘menu’’

of suggested topics. The topics were

discussed jointly and an agency agenda

of critical topics was agreed to. The

selection of topics depended heavily on

policy importance and on the existence

of adequate research and practitioner

experience on which to base studies.

While SAMHSA’s FY 2000 KD&A

program will sometimes involve the

evaluation of some delivery of services,

they are services studies and application

activities, not merely evaluation, since

they are aimed at answering policyrelevant questions and putting that

knowledge to use.

SAMHSA differs from other agencies

in focusing on needed information at

the services delivery level, and it is

question-focus. Dissemination and

application are integral, major features

of the programs. SAMHSA believes that

it is important to get the information

into the hands of the public, providers,

and systems administrators as

effectively as possible. Technical

assistance, training, and preparation of

special materials will be used, in

addition to normal communication

means.

SAMHSA also continues to fund

legislatively-mandated services

programs for which funds are

appropriated.

2. Criteria for Review and Funding

2.1 General Review Criteria

Review criteria that will be used by

the peer review groups are specified in

the application guidance material.

2.2 Funding Criteria for Scored

Applications

Applications will be considered for

funding on the basis of their overall

technical merit as determined through

the peer review group and the

appropriate National Advisory Council

review process. Availability of funds

will also be an award criteria.

Additional award criteria specific to the

programmatic activity may be included

in the application guidance materials.

3. Special FY 2000 SAMHSA Activities

Community Youth Mental Health

Promotion and Violence/Substance

Abuse Prevention Partnership Grants

(short title: Coalitions for Prevention

Grants (SM00–004).

• Application Deadline: The deadline

for receipt is July 12, 2000.

• Purpose: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services

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Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS)

announces the availability of grants to

State and local government

organizations to promote mental health

and prevent violence and substance

abuse among youth. Two types of grants

are available under this announcement:

(1) Planning and Partnership

Development Grants for State, Tribe,

and sub-entities to develop new

coalitions and partnerships with

community service organizations and

constituencies; and (2) Partnership

Resource and Infrastructure Support

Monies (PRISM) for existing coalitions/

partnerships to develop resources and

infrastructure to support program

implementation and evaluation.

SAMHSA has embarked on this

activity in recognition that successful,

long-term promotion and prevention

programs will be organized and

financed locally. Each State, Tribe, or

political subdivision will take a slightly

different approach in making promotion

and prevention programming available

within its boundaries. The Coalitions for

Prevention Grants allow political

entities to obtain Federal support to

build the necessary relationships,

organizational structures, financing

mechanisms, and partnership

agreements necessary to establish an

infrastructure that will support

promotion and prevention programming

for the long-term.

• Eligible applicants are States;

political subdivisions of States, such as

county and city governments and their

organizational units; and Indian tribe or

tribal organizations (as defined in

Section 4(b) and Section 4(c) of the

Indian Self-Determination and

Education Assistance Act). States

include the District of Columbia, Guam,

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin

Islands, American Samoa, and the Trust

Territory of the Pacific Islands.

Eligibility is limited to government

entities because of their authority and

responsibility to provide infrastructure

to ensure the health and safety of the

entire community. Non-governmental

organizations and individual service

providers lack the authority and

responsibility for creating and

maintaining the infrastructure to

prevention youth violence.

Applicants may be the Office of the

Governor, or the chief executive officer

of a political subdivision in a State or

Tribe or tribal organization, or a public

office or administrative agency

specifically designated in writing by

that governor or chief executive officer.

• Amount: Approximately $6 million

will be available to support 25 awards:

approximately 13 awards will be made

for the Planning and Partnership

Development Grants at $150,000 to

$200,000 each and 12 awards will be

made for the Partnership Resource and

Infrastructure Support Monies (PRISM)

at $300,000 to $350,000 each.

Period of Support: The period of

support for Planning and Partnership

Development Grants is 2 years and 3

years for the Partnership Resource and

Infrastructure Support Monies (PRISM).

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230.

• Program Contact: For questions

concerning program issues with CMHS,

contact: Michele Edwards, MA, ACSW,

Special Programs Development Branch,

Center for Mental Health Services,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration, Parklawn

Building, Room 17C–05, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443–

7713.

For questions regarding grants

management issues, contact: Steve

Hudak, Grants Management Officer,

Division of Grants Management, OPS,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration, Room 15C–05,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857, (301) 443–4456.

• Application kits are available from:

National Mental Health Services,

Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN),

P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015,

Telephone: 1–800–789–2647, TTY:

(301) 443–9006, Fax: (301) 984–8796.

4. Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

The Public Health System Impact

Statement (PHSIS) is intended to keep

State and local health officials apprised

of proposed health services grant and

cooperative agreement applications

submitted by community-based

nongovernmental organizations within

their jurisdictions.

Community-based nongovernmental

service providers who are not

transmitting their applications through

the State must submit a PHSIS to the

head(s) of the appropriate State and

local health agencies in the area(s) to be

affected not later than the pertinent

receipt date for applications. This

PHSIS consists of the following

information:

a. A copy of the face page of the

application (Standard form 424).

b. A summary of the project (PHSIS),

not to exceed one page, which provides:

(1) A description of the population to

be served.

(2) A summary of the services to be

provided.

(3) A description of the coordination

planned with the appropriate State or

local health agencies.

State and local governments and Indian

Tribal Authority applicants are not

subject to the Public Health System

Reporting Requirements.

Application guidance materials will

specify if a particular FY 2000 activity

is subject to the Public Health System

Reporting Requirements.

5. PHS Non-Use of Tobacco Policy

Statement

The PHS strongly encourages all grant

and contract recipients to provide a

smoke-free workplace and promote the

non-use of all tobacco products. In

addition, Public Law 103–227, the ProChildren Act of 1994, prohibits smoking

in certain facilities (or in some cases,

any portion of a facility) in which

regular or routine education, library,

day care, health care, or early childhood

development services are provided to

children. This is consistent with the

PHS mission to protect and advance the

physical and mental health of the

American people.

6. Executive Order 12372

Applications submitted in response to

the FY 2000 activity listed above are

subject to the intergovernmental review

requirements of Executive Order 12372,

as implemented through DHHS

regulations at 45 CFR Part 100. E.O.

12372 sets up a system for State and

local government review of applications

for Federal financial assistance.

Applicants (other than Federally

recognized Indian tribal governments)

should contact the State’s Single Point

of Contact (SPOC) as early as possible to

alert them to the prospective

application(s) and to receive any

necessary instructions on the State’s

review process. For proposed projects

serving more than one State, the

applicant is advised to contact the SPOC

of each affected State. A current listing

of SPOCs is included in the application

guidance materials. The SPOC should

send any State review process

recommendations directly to: Division

of Extramural Activities, Policy, and

Review, Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration,

Parklawn Building, Room 17–89, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857.

The due date for State review process

recommendations is no later than 60

days after the specified deadline date for

the receipt of applications. SAMHSA

does not guarantee to accommodate or

explain SPOC comments that are

received after the 60-day cut-off.

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Dated: April 18, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4565–N–11]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request;

Application and Re-certification

Packages for Approval of Nonprofit

Organizations in FHA Activities

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: June 23,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8202,

Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vance Morris, Director, Office of Single

Family Production, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

7th Street SW, Room 9266, Washington,

DC 20410, telephone (202) 708–2700

(this is not a toll free number) for copies

of the proposed forms and other

available information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information; (3) Enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) Minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond; including

the use of appropriate automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

The Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Application and Recertification Packages for Approval of

Nonprofit Organizations for FHA

Activities.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–0540.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: This

information collection is an application

and/or re-certification for nonprofit

organizations seeking approval to

participate as FHS insured mortgagors

or provide down payment assistance to

homebuyers. This information

collection will provide standardized

information and procedures to ensure

equal treatment of applicants

throughout the nation and give HUD

sufficient information to ascertain an

organization’s management and fiscal

abilities.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

None.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: The estimated

number of respondents are 2,500; total

annual responses equals 5,750; annual

burden hours are estimated to be 81,000,

and the frequency of responses is on

occasion and biannually.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Extension, without change.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

William C. Apgar,

Assistant Secretary of Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

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BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4560–C–03]

FY 2000 Super Notice of Funding

Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD’s

Housing, Community Development and

Empowerment Programs and Section 8

Housing Voucher Assistance; Notice

of Extension of OTAG Application Due

Date; and Clarification of Location for

OTAG Application Delivery After 5:00

PM on OTAG Application Due Date

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Super Notice of Funding

Availability (SuperNOFA) for HUD

Grant Programs; Extension of OTAG

Application Due Date and Clarification

of OTAG Application Delivery Location.

SUMMARY: On February 24, 2000, HUD

published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

Super Notice of Funding Availability

(SuperNOFA) for HUD’s Housing,

Community Development, and

Empowerment Programs and Section 8

Housing Voucher Assistance. This

document extends the due date to apply

for funding under the Outreach and

Assistance Training Grants (OTAG) to

May 31, 2000. This document also

clarifies the location at HUD for delivery

of OTAG applications after 5:00 pm on

the OTAG application due date.

DATES: The Application Due Date for

OTAG applications is extended by this

notice to May 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You

may contact Victor Lambert at (202)

708–0001 (ext. 3779). Persons with

speech or hearing impairments may call

HUD’s TTY number (202) 708–0770, or

1–800–877–8399 (the Federal

Information Relay Service TTY). Other

than the ‘‘800’’ number, these numbers

are not toll-free. Mr. Lambert can also be

reached via the Internet at

victorlrllambert@HUD.gov. You may

also call the SuperNOFA Information

Center, which you may reach by calling

1–800–HUD–8929 or the Center’s TTY

number at 1–800–HUD–2209.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 24, 2000 (65 FR 9322), HUD

published its Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

Super Notice of Funding Availability

(SuperNOFA) for HUD’s Housing,

Community Development, and

Empowerment Programs and Section 8

Housing Voucher Assistance. The FY

2000 SuperNOFA announced the

availability of approximately $2.424

billion in HUD program funds covering

39 grant categories within programs

operated and administered by HUD

offices and Section 8 housing voucher

assistance.