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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: Office of

Extramural Activities 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.

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97–3193 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Funding

Opportunities for Knowledge

Development and Application Grants

and Cooperative Agreements

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services

Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for

Mental Health Services (CMHS) and

Center for Substance Abuse Treatment

(CSAT) announce the availability of FY

1997 funds for Knowledge Development

and Application grants and cooperative

agreements for the following activities.

These activities are discussed in more

detail under Section 4 of this notice.

This notice is not a complete

description of the activities; potential

applicants must obtain a copy of the

Guidance for Applicants (GFA) before

preparing an application.

Activity Application

deadline

Estimated

funds available

(million)

Estimated

number of

awards

Project period

(years)

Community Action Grants .............................................................................................. 04/11/97 $1.2 10 1

Criminal Justice Diversion .............................................................................................. 04/11/97 6.0 10–14 3

Adolescent Managed Care ............................................................................................. 04/11/97 3.0 6–7 3

Note: SAMHSA published a notice of

available funding opportunities in FY 1997

in the Federal Register (Vol. 62, No. 16) on

Friday, January 24, 1997. It anticipates

publishing additional notices of available

funding opportunities in the coming weeks.

The actual amount available for

awards and their allocation may vary,

depending on unanticipated program

requirements and the volume and

quality of applications. Awards are

usually made for grant periods from one

to three years in duration. FY 1997

funds for activities discussed in this

announcement were appropriated by the

Congress under Public Law No. 104–

208. 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).

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Applicants

must use application form PHS 5161–1

(Rev. 5/96; OMB No. 0937–0189). The

application kit contains the GFA

(complete programmatic guidance and

instructions for preparing and

submitting applications) and the PHS

5161–1 which includes Standard Form

424 (Face Page). Application kits may be

obtained from the organization specified

for each activity covered by this notice

(see Section 4).

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 is also available

electronically via SAMHSA’s World

Wide Web Home Page (address: http://

www.samhsa.gov). Click on SAMHSA

Funding Opportunities for instructions.

You can also click on the address of the

forms distribution Web Page for direct

access.

The full text of each of the activities

(i.e., the GFA) described in Section 4 is

available electronically via the

following:

SAMHSA’s World Wide Web Home

Page (address: http://www.samhsa.gov)

and SAMHSA’s Bulletin Board (800–

424–2294 or 301–443–0040).

APPLICATION SUBMISSION: Applications

must be submitted to: SAMHSA

Programs, Division of Research Grants,

National Institutes of Health, Suite

1040, 6701 Rockledge Drive MSC–7710,

Bethesda, Maryland 20892–7710*

(* Applicants who wish to use express mail

or courier service should change the zip code

to 20817.)

APPLICATION DEADLINES: The deadlines

for receipt of applications are listed in

the table above. Please note that the

deadlines may differ for the individual

activities.

Competing applications must be

received by the indicated receipt dates

to be accepted for review. An

application received after the deadline

may be acceptable if it carries a legible

proof-of-mailing 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.
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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

each activity covered by this notice (see

Section 4).

Requests for information concerning

business management issues should be

directed to the grants management

contact person identified for each

activity covered by this notice (see

Section 4).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To

facilitate the use of this Notice of

Funding Availability, information has

been organized as outlined in the Table

of Contents below. For each activity, the

following information is provided:

• Application Deadline

• Purpose

• Priorities

• Eligible Applicants

• Grants/Cooperative Agreements/

Amounts

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number

• Contacts

• Application Kits

Table of Contents

1. Program Background and Objectives

2. Special Concerns

3. Criteria for Review and Funding

3.1 General Review Criteria

3.2 Funding Criteria for Scored

Applications

4. Special FY 1997 Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Activities

4.1 Grants

4.1.1 Community Action Grants for

Service Systems Change

4.2 Cooperative Agreements

4.2.1 Cooperative Agreements on

Criminal Justice Diversion Interventions

for Individuals with Co-Occurring

Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

Disorders

4.2.2 Cooperative Agreements for

Managed Care and Adolescents

5. Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

6. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy Statement

7. Executive Order 12372

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 is moving 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.

The agency has transformed its

demonstration grant programs from

service-delivery projects to knowledge

acquisition and application. For FY

1997, SAMHSA has developed an

agenda of new programs designed to

answer specific important policyrelevant questions. These questions,

specified in this and subsequent Notices

of Funding Availability, are designed to

provide critical information to improve

the Nation’s mental health and

substance abuse treatment and

prevention services.

The 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 1997 programs 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 in its

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, preparation of

special materials will be used, in

addition to normal communications

means.

2. Special Concerns

SAMHSA’s FY 1997 Knowledge

Development and Application activities

discussed below do not provide funds

for mental health and substance abuse

treatment and prevention services

except for costs required by the

particular activity’s study design.

Applicants are required to propose true

knowledge application or knowledge

development and application projects.

Applications seeking funding for

services projects will be considered

nonresponsive. Applications that are

incomplete or nonresponsive to the GFA

will be returned to the applicant

without further consideration.

3. Criteria for Review and Funding

Consistent with the statutory mandate

for SAMHSA to support activities that

will improve the provision of treatment,

prevention and related services,

including the development of national

mental health and substance abuse goals

and model programs, competing

applications requesting funding under

the specific project activities in Section

4 will be reviewed for technical merit in

accordance with established PHS/

SAMHSA peer review procedures.

3.1 General Review Criteria

As published in the Federal Register

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

SAMHSA’s ‘‘Peer Review and Advisory

Council Review of Grant and

Cooperative Agreement Applications

and Contract Proposals,’’ peer review

groups will take into account, among

other factors as may be specified in the

application guidance materials, the

following general criteria:

• Potential significance of the

proposed project;

• Appropriateness of the applicant’s

proposed objectives to the goals of the

specific program;

• Adequacy and appropriateness of

the proposed approach and activities;

• Adequacy of available resources,

such as facilities and equipment;

• Qualifications and experience of the

applicant organization, the project

director, and other key personnel; and

• Reasonableness of the proposed

budget.

3.2 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

(if applicable) review process.

Other funding criteria will include:

• Availability of funds.
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Additional funding criteria specific to

the programmatic activity may be

included in the application guidance

materials.

4. Special FY 1997 Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services Activities

4.1 Grants

4.1.1 Community Action Grants for

Service Systems Change

• Application Deadline: April 11,

1997.

• Purpose: The Action Grant Program

is intended to stimulate the adoption of

exemplary practices through convening

partners, building consensus, aiding in

eliminating barriers, decision-support

and adaptation of service models to

meet local needs. Grants will not

support direct funding of service

delivery.

The Program is designed to encourage

communities to identify and build

consensus around exemplary service

delivery practices that meet their own

needs. A Program will be successful if

a grantee can develop consensus among

key stakeholders on the adaptations of

the chosen exemplary practice needed

for that community and on a plan for

implementing the adapted practice.

The term ‘‘exemplary practice’’ is

used instead of ‘‘best practice’’ to avoid

the implication that any particular

practice is best. The term exemplary

practice connotes that the proposed

practice has a reliable record of

improving outcomes for those receiving

the service. A proven outcome-based

record of success will be a prerequisite

to Federal support for adoption of a

proposed exemplary practice.

Exemplary practices are limited to

those that involve service delivery or

the organization of services or supports

and are limited to practices which are

consistent with the concept of ‘‘systems

of care.’’ Grant funds may be used for

any activity that is a part of the

consensus building and decisionsupport process.

• Priorities: There are two subgroups

in the target population. A project may

focus on both of them, but CMHS

anticipates that it generally will make

sense to limit a project to only one. The

subgroups are: (a) Adults with serious

mental illness; and (b) children and

adolescents with serious emotional

disturbances and their families. It is

recognized that many individuals who

are in these categories suffer from, or are

at risk of HIV infection, substance abuse

and/or homelessness. Children and

adolescents transitioning into adulthood

often ‘‘fall through the cracks’’ in

service systems, and it is the intent here

to include them. In some cases, it may

be appropriate to focus only on those in

transition to adulthood.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

for grants will be accepted from public

and private entities. Public entities

include State and local government

agencies, and federally designated

Indian tribes and tribal organizations.

Private entities include those organized

as not-for-profits and those organized as

for-profits. Such organizations include,

but are not necessarily limited to, those

responsible for service delivery policy,

those representing consumers and

families, those providing services to the

target population, and those responsible

for training and accrediting service

providers. Applicants must demonstrate

that they are in a position to engage all

the key stakeholders in the proposed

consensus building/decision making

process. CMHS encourages applications

from consumer and family

organizations.

• Grants/Amounts: An estimated $1.2

million is available under the Action

Grant Program. Award amounts will

range from approximately $50,000 to

not more than $150,000. These funds

will support approximately 10 or more

grant awards in FY 1997. Actual

funding levels will depend upon the

availability of appropriated funds.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230

• Program Contact: For programmatic

or technical information regarding

Adult Serious Mentally Ill Populations,

contact: Neal B. Brown or Santo (Buddy)

Ruiz, Community Support Programs

Branch, Division of Knowledge

Development and Systems Change,

Center for Mental Health Services,

SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room

11C–22, Rockville, MD 20857, (301)

443–3653.

For programmatic or technical

information regarding Homeless

Populations, contact: Jim Morrow,

Homeless Program Branch, Division of

Knowledge Development and Systems

Change, Center for Mental Health

Services, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Room 11C–05, Rockville, MD 20857,

(301) 443–3706.

For programmatic or technical

information regarding Children and

Adolescents with Serious Emotional

Disorders and their Families, contact:

William Quinlan, Child, Adolescents

and Family Services Branch, Division of

Knowledge Development and Systems

Change, Center for Mental Health

Services, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Room 18–49, Rockville, MD 20857,

(301) 443–1333.

• Grants Management Contact: For

business management assistance

contact: LouEllen Rice, Division of

Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA,

Parklawn Building, Room 15C–05, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857, (301) 443–4456.

• Application Kits: Application kits

are available from: Knowledge Exchange

Network (KEN), P.O. Box 42490,

Washington, DC 20015, Voice: (800)

789–2647, TTY: (301) 443–9006, FAX:

(301) 984–8796.

The full text of the GFA only is

available electronically via the CMHS’

World Wide Web Home Page (http://

www.mentalhealth.org); and the CMHS

KEN Bulletin Board (800–790–2647).

4.2 Cooperative Agreements

Two major activities for SAMHSA

cooperative agreement programs are

discussed below. Substantive Federal

programmatic involvement is required

in cooperative agreement programs.

Federal involvement will include

planning, guidance, coordination, and

participating in programmatic activities

(e.g., participation in publication of

findings and on steering committees).

Periodic meetings, conferences and/or

communications with the award

recipients may be held to review

mutually agreed-upon goals and

objectives and to assess progress.

Additional details on the degree of

Federal programmatic involvement will

be included in the application guidance

materials.

4.2.1 Cooperative Agreements on

Criminal Justice Diversion Interventions

for Individuals With Co-occurring

Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

Disorders

• Application deadline: April 11,

1997.

• Purpose: Cooperative agreements

will be awarded to support Study Sites

and a Coordinating Center to evaluate

the relative effectiveness of a variety of

pre- and post-booking police diversion

and criminal justice intervention

models for individuals with cooccurring serious mental illnesses and

alcohol or other drug use disorders

(hereafter abbreviated as substance use

disorders). The primary outcomes to be

assessed include, but are not limited to:

criminal recidivism, time incarcerated,

psychiatric status, functional status,

continuity of participation in treatment,

homelessness, emergency treatment

utilization, and frequency of substance

abuse.

The primary goal of this CMHS/CSAT

collaborative program is to answer the

following questions:

• Are there differences in outcomes

for non-diverted individuals compared

to diverted individuals?
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• What is the relative effectiveness of

pre- and post-booking diversion

program models for individuals with cooccurring disorders?

Secondary goals of the collaborative

program are to document and evaluate

established police diversion and

criminal justice intervention programs

in order to determine:

• To what extent diversion affects

public safety as measured by criminal

recidivism?

• What is the relative impact of

specific components of the various

diversion models?

• What are the direct costs of the

intervention?

• What individual characteristics are

related to intervention effectiveness?

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: For Project

Sites: Public entities, including State

and local government agencies,

communities, cities, federally

designated Indian tribes and Indian

organizations, and domestic private

nonprofit and for-profit organizations

are eligible to apply. Entities that are

interested in beginning new programs

are not eligible to apply under this

announcement. Existing contracts or

memoranda of agreement or letters of

commitment from each partner agency/

provider are also required. Each

applicant, if not the criminal justice

system itself, must include the criminal

justice system as a partner. This

partnership will ensure that the entity

primarily responsible for the

management and disposition of criminal

cases will be intimately involved in the

project.

For Coordinating Center: Applications

may be submitted by public

organizations, such as units of State,

county, or other local governments, and

by domestic private nonprofit and forprofit organizations. Public entities

include federally designated Indian

tribes and tribal organizations.

Communities (i.e., cities, towns,

counties, boroughs, parishes, or

equivalent local governments) are

eligible to apply. Private entities include

those organized as not-for-profit

community-based organizations,

colleges, universities and consumer

operated organizations.

Applicants may apply for either a

Study Site or the Coordinating Center,

but not both.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

Approximately $6 million dollars will

be available to support 10–14 project

Study Sites and one Coordinating

Center in FY 1997. The amount of all

awards, including the Coordinating

Center, will range from $350,000 to

$500,000. Actual funding levels will

depend on the availability of

appropriated funds.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230

• Program Contact: For programmatic

or technical assistance contact:

Neal B. Brown, M.P.A., Chief, or Mary

L. Westcott, Ph.D., Community

Support Programs Branch, Division of

Knowledge Development and Systems

Change, Center for Mental Health

Services, SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Room 11C–22, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, 301–443–3653.

Susan Salasin, Director of Mental Health

and Criminal Justice Program, Special

Programs Development Branch,

Division of Program Development,

Special Populations and Projects,

Center for Mental Health Services,

SAMHSA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room

18C–05, Rockville, Maryland 20857,

(301) 443–7790.

Patricia Rye, J.D., M.S.W., Systems

Integration and Development Branch,

Division of Practice and Systems

Integration, Center for Substance

Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA,

Rockwall II, 7th floor, 5600 Fishers

Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857,

(301) 443–6256.

• Grants Management Contact: For

business management assistance

contact: LouEllen Rice, Division of

Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA,

Parklawn Building, Room Number 15C–

05, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, (301) 443–4456.

• Application Kits: Application Kits

are available from: Knowledge Exchange

Network (KEN), P.O. Box 42490,

Washington, DC 20015, Voice: (800)

789–2647, TTY: (301) 443–9006, FAX:

(301) 984–8796.

The full text of the GFA only is

available electronically via the CMHS’

World Wide Web Home Page (http://

www.mentalhealth.org); and the CMHS

KEN Bulletin Board (800–790–2647).

4.2.2 Cooperative Agreements for

Managed Care and Adolescents

• Application Deadline: April 11,

1997.

• Purpose: This program is to

enhance knowledge about how different

managed care models in the public

section affect the provision of substance

abuse (alcohol and other drugs)

treatment services for adolescents, ages

12–18. This is a re-issuance of a

previous Guidance for Applicants (GFA)

that focused on managed care for adults

who are substance abusers, individuals

with severe mental illness, and

categorically-eligible women and

children. This new GFA includes

adolescent substance abusers who in

addition may be involved with the

juvenile justice system and/or may be

receiving services in the mental health

system.

The purpose of this cooperative

agreement program is to generate

knowledge on:

• The types of substance abuse

treatment services that are provided in

managed care environments for

adolescents who are eligible for

treatment in a publicly-funded

adolescent substance abuse treatment

program; and

• The effects of managed care on the

use, cost, and outcomes of substance

abuse treatment services for highpriority, publicly-funded (in the Welfare

system, Medicaid, etc.) adolescents.

Applications are being solicited for

Study Sites to conduct an investigation

on a single well-defined approach to

managed care for the provision of

substance abuse treatment services and

to collaborate with other program

participants within this population and

across populations in developing

generalized findings across sites.

An application is also being solicited

from the Human Services Research

Institute (HSRI) to serve as the

Coordinating Center for this program.

The following types of questions

should be considered by applicants:

• What is the impact of managed care

on utilization, outcomes and costs for

substance abuse treatment of

adolescents? Does the impact vary for

important subgroups within the target

population (e.g., racial/ethnic minority

populations, adolescents involved with

the juvenile justice system, dually

diagnosed adolescents, adolescents with

physical and/or mental disabilities)?

• What is the experience of providers,

families, and adolescent consumers

with managed care plans, e.g., how

satisfied are they with their managed

care plans?

• Are there different patterns of

services provided to adolescent

enrollees under managed care

arrangements than in fee-for-service

plans? For example, are there

differences in the early intervention,

rehabilitation, or wrap around services

being provided to adolescents?

• Are there differences in contacts

with the juvenile justice system and use

of mental health services for adolescent

enrolles under managed care

arrangements than in fee-for-service

plans?

These questions should all be

addressed relative to the experiences of

some comparison group.

Across Study Sites, additional

questions should be considered.

• Priorities: The managed care plan to

be studied must already be in place and
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in full operation for the selected target

population. That is, applicants must be

engaged in, or have a binding agreement

with, an operational, fully funded

managed care program. CSAT is

interested in examining whether some

strategies for organizing providers are

better than others. At a minimum,

applicants must document access (either

directly or through a formal written

agreement) to a comparison group of

publicly-funded adolescent clients

receiving substance abuse treatment

services in a non-managed care

environment.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

for Study Sites may be submitted by

organizations, such as units of State,

county or local governments, and by

domestic private nonprofit and forprofit organizations such as communitybased organizations, universities,

colleges and hospitals.

Eligibility for the Coordinating Center

has been limited to Human Services

Research Institute (HSRI). HSRI is in a

unique position to operate the

Coordinating Center described in this

announcement. As the current

Coordinating Center for SAMHSA’s

Managed Care for Vulnerable

Populations study, HSRI has worked

collaboratively with current grantees on

design issues and common protocols

within and across populations,

developed a managed care typology,

developed data collection and

verification processes that ensure the

quality of data, assisted grantees in

redesigning plans as necessary, and has

in place a structure for data analysis and

report writing. HSRI will integrate the

new adolescent Study Sites into this

ongoing process.

It is critical to CSAT and SAMHSA

that the new projects for managed care

and adolescent substance abusing

populations be integrated into the

existing study in a short period of time.

In order for cross-site analyses to benefit

from the data and information

developed by the new projects, grantees

will need to receive guidance and

technical assistance in developing study

designs, sampling plans, and data

collection and verification processes

that mirror the existing study. A

typology for the characterization of the

managed care interventions at each site

has been under formulation by HSRI

and the existing grantees. The new

adolescent projects will be at a

significant disadvantage if they are not

able to utilize the framework and

methodologies that have already been

developed. Because of the crucial short

timeframe involved, and because HSRI

has been central in the development of

the current Managed Care for

Vulnerable Populations study, they are

the only organization that can meet the

requirements for integrating the new

adolescent projects into the already

ongoing process.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

It is estimated that approximately $3

million will be available to support 5–

6 Study Site awards and one

Coordinating Center in FY 1997. Each

Study Site cooperative agreement is

estimated to be approximately $450,000

per year in total costs. The Coordinating

Center award is estimated to be

approximately $300,000 per year in total

costs. Actual funding levels will depend

on the availability of appropriated

funds.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.230

• Program Contact: For programmatic

or technical assistance contact:

Janice Berger, ACSW, MPH, Program

Analyst, Office of Managed Care

Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 7th

Floor, (301) 443–6534; or

Mady Chalk, Ph.D., Director, Office of

Managed Care, Center for Substance

Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA,

Rockwall II, 6th Floor, (301) 443–8796

• Grants Management Contact: For

business management assistance

contact: Ms. Peggy Jones, Division of

Grants Management, OPS, SAMHSA,

Rockwall II, 6th Floor, (301) 443–9360.

The mailing address for all of the

above individuals is 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857

• Application Kits: Application kits

are available from: National

Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information, P.O. Box 2345, Rockville,

MD 20847–2345, (800) 729–6686.

5. 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 1997 activity

described above is/is not subject to the

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

6. 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.

Specific application guidance

materials may include more detailed

guidance as to how a Center will

implement SAMHSA’s policy on

promoting the non-use of tobacco.

7. Executive Order 12372

Applications submitted in response to

all FY 1997 activities 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: Office of

Extramural Activities Review,

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration, Parklawn
6002 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 27 / Monday, February 10, 1997 / Notices

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.

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97–3194 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of permits issued.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

between January 1 and December 31,

1996, Region 1 of the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service issued the following

permits pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A)

of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,

as amended (Act) for take or interstate

commerce of endangered species for

scientific purposes or to enhance the

propagation or survival of the affected

species. Each permit was issued only

after it was determined that the

application was submitted in good faith,

and was consistent with the Act and

applicable regulations.

Name Permit

No.

Issuance

date

Gibson & Skordal Wetlands Consultants ......................................................................................................................... 795935 1/30/96

Dr. Rudolph Mattoni ......................................................................................................................................................... 685022 2/9/96

Mary V. Price ................................................................................................................................................................... 802453 3/6/96

Dr. Sonja I. Yoerg ............................................................................................................................................................ 803610 3/7/96

Tierra Madre Consultants ................................................................................................................................................ 785108 4/29/96

Hydrozoology ................................................................................................................................................................... 796280 5/20/96

Daniel E. Varland ............................................................................................................................................................. 790136 5/20/96

Clifford M. Anderson ........................................................................................................................................................ 793646 5/24/96

Pacific Southwest Biological Services ............................................................................................................................. 778100 5/28/96

Assistant Regional Director-Ecological Services, Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ............................................. 702631 6/17/96

Idaho Power Company .................................................................................................................................................... 799558 6/19/96

Mark A. Holmgren ............................................................................................................................................................ 814216 7/3/96

Richard D. Friesen ........................................................................................................................................................... 775869 7/10/96

William Haas .................................................................................................................................................................... 779910 7/16/96

Dr. Phillip Brylski .............................................................................................................................................................. 787041 7/16/96

Resource Management International, Inc ........................................................................................................................ 677215 7/17/96

Harmsworth Associates ................................................................................................................................................... 810768 7/17/96

Dr. Philip Behrends .......................................................................................................................................................... 756268 7/17/96

Scott Tremor .................................................................................................................................................................... 787716 7/17/96

Elaine K. Harding-Smith ................................................................................................................................................... 802445 7/25/96

Robin Church ................................................................................................................................................................... 812206 7/25/96

Michael W. Skenfield ....................................................................................................................................................... 798015 7/25/96

Dr. Leroy McClenaghan ................................................................................................................................................... 809230 7/31/96

Kimberly Miller .................................................................................................................................................................. 802447 8/2/96

Franklin Gress .................................................................................................................................................................. 766018 8/2/96

Robert Hamilton ............................................................................................................................................................... 799557 8/6/96

Chris Wilcox ..................................................................................................................................................................... 797259 8/9/96

California Department of Transportation .......................................................................................................................... 783010 8/9/96

Thomas Leslie .................................................................................................................................................................. 781384 8/9/96

Kern River Research Center ............................................................................................................................................ 801821 8/9/96

Peter Famolaro ................................................................................................................................................................ 813431 8/9/96

Michelle Caruana ............................................................................................................................................................. 810193 8/12/96

Peter H. Bloom ................................................................................................................................................................. 787376 8/14/96

H. T. Harvey and Associates ........................................................................................................................................... 797267 8/14/96

Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains .................................................................................... 811188 8/19/96

Ingri Quon ........................................................................................................................................................................ 812740 8/19/96

William J. Vanherweg ...................................................................................................................................................... 787644 8/21/96

Kootenai Tribe of Idaho ................................................................................................................................................... 798744 8/23/96

Anita Hayworth ................................................................................................................................................................. 781084 8/29/96

Brock Ortega .................................................................................................................................................................... 813545 8/29/96

Harold Wier ...................................................................................................................................................................... 813548 8/29/96

Jeffrey Wells ..................................................................................................................................................................... 780565 8/30/96

Lisa Embree ..................................................................................................................................................................... 780692 8/30/96

Julie Vanderwier ............................................................................................................................................................... 812792 8/30/96

Sonoma County Water Agency ....................................................................................................................................... 808241 9/6/96

Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas District ........................................................................................................... 811081 9/6/96

Michael Dole Bumgardner ............................................................................................................................................... 785564 9/6/96

Scott Cameron ................................................................................................................................................................. 808242 9/20/96

Pruett, Lawrence, & Associates ....................................................................................................................................... 745284 9/26/96

Rosemary Ann Thompson ............................................................................................................................................... 815144 10/4/96

Mark Webb ....................................................................................................................................................................... 794783 10/7/96

Peregrine Fund, Incorporated .......................................................................................................................................... 686387 10/7/96

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History ...................................................................................................................... 799679 10/7/96

Dr. Douglas Kelt ............................................................................................................................................................... 816204 10/10/96

Dr. Clifford Morden ........................................................................................................................................................... 811049 10/21/96

Kathleen Keane ................................................................................................................................................................ 787484 10/21/96