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rooms accommodate approximately 50

people.

BACKGROUND: A Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) was signed in

October 1990 and renewed in November

1992 between ATSDR and DOE. The

MOU delineates the responsibilities and

procedures for ATSDR’s public health

activities at DOE sites required under

sections 104, 105, 107, and 120 of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (CERCLA or ‘‘Superfund’’). These

activities include health consultations

and public health assessments at DOE

sites listed on, or proposed for, the

Superfund National Priorities List and

at sites that are the subject of petitions

from the public; and other healthrelated activities such as epidemiologic

studies, health surveillance, exposure

and disease registries, health education,

substance-specific applied research,

emergency response, and preparation of

toxicological profiles.

In addition, under an MOU signed in

December 1990 with DOE, the

Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS) has been given the

responsibility and resources for

conducting analytic epidemiologic

investigations of residents of

communities in the vicinity of DOE

facilities, workers at DOE facilities, and

other persons potentially exposed to

radiation or to potential hazards from

non-nuclear energy production and use.

HHS has delegated program

responsibility to CDC.

Community involvement is a critical

part of ATSDR’s and CDC’s energyrelated research and activities and input

from members of the ICHHP is part of

these efforts. The ICHHP will work with

the HHES to provide input on American

Indian health effects at the Hanford,

Washington site.

PURPOSE: The purpose of these meetings

is to address issues that are unique to

tribal involvement with the HHES,

including considerations regarding a

proposed medical monitoring program

and explorations of options and

alternatives to providing support for

tribal involvement in HHES.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: Agenda items

will include a dialogue on issues that

are unique to tribal involvement with

the HHES. This will include exploring

options and alternatives to providing

support for tribal involvement in HHES

and a discussion of tribal representation

on HHES.

Agenda items are subject to change as

priorities dictate.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Linda A. Carnes, Health Council

Advisor, ATSDR, 1600 Clifton Road,

NE, M/S E–28, Atlanta, Georgia 30333,

telephone 404/639–0730, FAX 404/639–

0759.

Dated: February 7, 1997.

Carolyn J. Russell,

Director, Management Analysis and Services

Office Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC).

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BILLING CODE 4163–70–P

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 1997 Funding

Opportunities for Knowledge

Development and Application

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), Center

for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP),

and Center for Substance Abuse

Treatment (CSAT) announce the

availability of FY 1997 funds for

Knowledge Development and

Application cooperative agreements for

the following activity. This activity, a

collaborative effort of SAMHSA and The

Casey Family Program, is discussed in

more detail under Section 4 of this

notice. This notice is not a complete

description of the activity; 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)

Starting Early Starting Smart ............................................................................................ 04/17/97 $6.4 11 4

Note: SAMHSA published notices of

available funding opportunities in FY 1997

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

Friday, January 24, 1997, and in (Vol. 62, No.

27) on Monday, February 10, 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 Pub. L. 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), 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

in 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
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all necessary forms and information,

including any specific program review

and award criteria.

The PHS 5161–1 application form 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 the activity (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 deadline for

receipt of applications is listed in the

table above.

Competing applications must be

received by the indicated receipt date to

be accepted for review. An application

received after the deadline may be

acceptable 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 in

Section 4.

Requests for information concerning

business management issues should be

directed to the grants management

contact person identified in 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 Administration

Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

4.1.1 Cooperative Agreements for

Integrating Mental Health and Substance

Abuse Prevention and Treatment

Services with Primary Health Care

Service Setting or with Early Childhood

Service Settings, for Children Ages Birth

to 7 and their Families/Caregivers (Short

Title: Starting Early Starting Smart)

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. As part

of this reinvention effort, SAMHSA has

also explored collaborating with other

organizations which share our interest

in funding the development of

knowledge in which we share a mutual

interest. In the instant case, SAMHSA is

engaging in a limited collaborative effort

with The Casey Family Program to fund,

monitor, and evaluate the projects

funded under this GFA. The Casey

Family Program has provided a portion

of the funds SAMHSA will use in

making awards under this GFA. In

addition, The Casey Family Program

may decide to select several of the

projects funded by this program to assist

in supporting program operations

beyond the life of Federal support. The

selection of these grantees will be solely

within The Casey Family Program’s

discretion.

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
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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 activity 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.

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

Administration Activities

4.1 Cooperative Agreements

A major SAMHSA cooperative

agreement program is 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.

4.1.1 Cooperative Agreements for

Integrating Mental Health and

Substance Abuse Prevention and

Treatment Services With Primary Health

Care Service Settings or With Early

Childhood Service Settings, for Children

Ages Birth to 7 and Their Families/

Caregivers (Short Title: Starting Early

Starting Smart)

• Application Deadline: April 17,

1997

• Purpose: Cooperative agreements

will be awarded to support knowledge

development and application (KDA)

efforts to generate new knowledge about

and test the effectiveness for children

ages birth to 7 and their families/

caregivers, of integrating mental health

and substance abuse prevention and

treatment services (behavioral health

services), with primary health care

service settings and/or with early

childhood service settings, and to

synthesize the results of this effort, and

compare it to the usual standard of

community care.

Cooperative agreements will be

awarded for two kinds of applications:

Knowledge Development Starting Early

Starting Smart (SESS) sites and a data

coordinating center.

The primary goal of this program is to

provide answers to the following

questions:

(1) Will the integration of behavioral

health services with a primary health

care or early childhood service site lead

to higher rates of entry into prevention,

early intervention or treatment of

children/families identified as in need

of behavioral health services as

compared to children/families served in

primary health care or early childhood

service settings where no such

integration or services takes place?

(2) Will the integration of behavioral

health services with a primary health

care or early childhood service site

promote and sustain measurable

improvements (social, emotional, and

cognitive) in children and families

served, compared to children and

families in primary health care or early

childhood service settings where no

such integration of services takes place?

• Priorities: None.

• Eligible Applicants: Applications

for either SESS sites or the data

coordinating center may be submitted

by units of State or local governments

and by domestic private nonprofit and

for-profit organizations such as

community-based organizations,

universities, colleges, and hospitals.

Each SESS site proposal must include

documentation regarding the existence

of an infra-structure and two years of

experience providing behavioral health

and other relevant services to the target

population.

• Cooperative Agreements/Amounts:

Approximately $5.9 million will be

available to support approximately 10

SESS site awards and $500,000 to

support one data coordinating center

award under this GFA 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 assistance, contact:

Rose C. Kittrell, MSW, Starting Early—

Starting Smart, Early Childhood

Collaboration, Substance Abuse and

Mental health Services

Administration, Rockwall II, Room

1075, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857, (301) 443–0354 or (301)

443–9110.

• Grants Management Contact: For

business management assistance,

contact: Mary Lou Dent, Division of

Grants Management, OPS, Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration, Rockwall II, Room 640,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD

20857, (301) 443–5702.

• Application Kits: Application kits

are available from: National

Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug

Information, PO Box 2345, Rockville,

MD 20847–2345, 1–800–729–6686; 1–

800–487–4889 TDD, Via Internet:

www.health.org (go into Forum Section

of the web site, click on ‘‘CSAP FY 97

grant opportunities’’).

Visually impaired: disk versions of

the application may be requested.

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
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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 the 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, Pub. L. 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.

117. Executive Order 12372

Applications submitted in response to

the FY 1997 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: 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 10, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Administration.

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BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4124–N–25]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

to Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Johnston, room 7256, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202) 708–1226; TDD

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and

section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

11411), as amended, HUD is publishing

this Notice to identify Federal buildings

and other real property that HUD

reviewed in 1996 for suitability for use

to assist the homeless. The properties

were reviewed using information

provided to HUD by Federal

landholding agencies regarding

unutilized and underutilized buildings

and real property controlled by such

agencies or by GSA regarding its

inventory of excess or surplus Federal

property.

In accordance with 24 CFR § 581.3(b)

landholding agencies are required to

notify HUD by December 31, 1996, the

current availability status and

classification of each property

controlled by the Agencies that were

published by HUD as suitable and

available which remain available for

application for use by the homeless.

Pursuant to 24 CFR § 581.8 (d) and (e)

HUD is required to publish a list of

those properties reported by the

Agencies and a list of suitable/

unavailable properties including the

reasons why they are not available.

Properties listed as suitable/available

will be available exclusively for

homeless use for a period of 60 days

from the date of this Notice. Homeless

assistance providers interested in any

such property should send a written

expression of interest to HHS, addressed

to Brian Rooney, Division of Property

Management, Program Support Center,

HHS, room 5B–41, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857; (301) 443–2265.

(This is not a toll-free number.) HHS

will mail to the interested provider an

application packet, which will include

instructions for completing the

application. In order to maximize the

opportunity to utilize a suitable

property, providers should submit their

written expressions of interest as soon

as possible. For complete details

concerning the processing of

applications, the reader is encouraged to

refer to the interim rule governing this

program, 24 CFR part 581.

For more information regarding

particular properties identified in this

Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing

sanitary facilities, exact street address),

providers should contact the

appropriate landholding agencies at the

following addresses: U.S. Army: Derrick

Mitchell, CECPW–FP, U.S. Army Center

for Public Works, 7701 Telegraph Road,

Alexandria VA 22310–3862 (703) 428–

6083; Corps of Engineers: Bob

Swieconek, Army Corps of Engineers,

Management and Disposal Division,

Room 4224, 20 Massachusetts Ave. NW,

Washington, DC 20314–1000; (202) 761–

1753; U.S. Navy: John J. Kane, Dept. of

Navy, Real Estate Operations, Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, 200

Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA 22332–

2300; (703) 325–0474; U.S. Air Force:

Barbara Jenkins, Air Force Real Estate

Agency (Area/MI), Bolling AFB, 112

Luke Avenue, Suite 104, Washington,

DC 20332–8020; (202) 767–4184; GSA:

Brian K. Polly, Office of Property

Disposal, GSA, 18th and F Streets NW,

Washington, DC 20405; (202) 501–2059;