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authorizing the HHS Secretary to pay 

Federally Qualified Health Centers 

(FQHCs) and Rural Health Clinics 

(RHCs) for the average cost of training 

for purposes of receiving a DATA 2000 

waiver for their physicians and 

practitioners to furnish opioid use 

disorder treatment services. The 

SUPPORT Act made $6 million 

available to FQHCs and $2 million 

available to RHCs under the DATA 2000 

Waiver Training Payment Program. To 

receive payment, FQHCs and RHCs 

must submit an application in the 

manner specified by the Secretary. 

Authority to administer the DATA 2000 

program has been delegated to HRSA. 

Further information about the program 

can be found in the link below which 

provides guidance on the requirements 

of the DATA 2000 program and how 

qualified FQHCs and RHCs can apply to 

the program: https://help.hrsa.gov/ 

display/public/EHBSKBFG/ 

DATA+2000+Waiver+Training

+Payment+Program+FAQs. 

This purpose of this revision is to 

update the burden estimate for the RHC 

application process because the funding 

appropriated for FQHC DATA 2000 

payments has been fully expended. 

Therefore, no new applications for 

FQHC DATA 2000 payments can be 

accepted or approved. Only Medicare 

participating RHCs can apply for 

payments through the DATA 2000 

program, and pursuant to the 

authorizing statute and subsequent 

legislation eliminating the DATA 2000 

waiver requirement, such RHCs may 

only receive payments with respect to 

providers who first received their DATA 

2000 Waiver between January 1, 2019, 

and December 29, 2022. 

Applicant entities must provide 

information identifying the submitting 

organization and the number of 

practitioners who have completed 

training and obtained a DATA 2000 

waiver. The form will also require the 

entity to include information regarding 

each claimed practitioner’s name, 

practitioner type (e.g., physician, 

physician assistant, nurse practitioner, 

certified nurse midwife, clinical nurse 

specialist, certified registered nurse, or 

anesthetist), National Provider Identifier 

number, Drug Enforcement 

Administration number, state license 

number, length of training, date the 

training was completed, date of waiver 

attainment, and DATA 2000 waiver 

number. Additionally, the form will 

require signature of an attestation 

statement certifying that: (1) each 

practitioner for which the entity is 

seeking payment under the application 

is employed by or working under 

contract for the applicant health facility; 

(2) it is the first time the entity is 

seeking payment on behalf of the listed 

practitioner(s); (3) the entity is eligible 

to seek payment under 42 U.S.C. 

1395m(o)(3) or 42 U.S.C. 1395l(bb); (4) 

each practitioner is furnishing opioid 

use disorder treatment services; and (5) 

the statements herein are true, complete, 

and accurate to the best of the 

applicant’s knowledge. 

Need and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The Substance Use— 

Disorder Prevention that Promotes 

Opioid Recovery and Treatment for 

Patients and Communities Act requires 

RHCs to submit to the Secretary an 

application for payment at such time, in 

such manner, and containing such 

information as specified by the 

Secretary in order to receive a payment 

under section 6083. This form will 

allow RHCs to apply for such payments 

based on the average cost of training to 

obtain DATA 2000 waivers, as 

determined by the Secretary, for their 

physicians and practitioners to furnish 

opioid use disorder treatment services. 

The form will also provide HRSA with 

the requisite data to validate qualifying 

DATA 2000 waiver possessions for the 

purpose of ensuring accurate payments 

to RHCs. 

Likely Respondents: Only Medicare 

participating RHCs are eligible to apply. 

Burden Statement: Burden in this 

context means the time expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

requested. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information; to search 

data sources; to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. The total annual burden 

hours estimated for this ICR are 

summarized in the table below. 

TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

responses 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

DATA 2000 Waiver Training Payment Program Application for Payment ........... 300 1 300 0.5 150.0 

Total ............................................................................................................... 300 1 300 ........................ 150.0 

HRSA specifically requests comments 

on: (1) the necessity and utility of the 

proposed information collection for the 

proper performance of the agency’s 

functions, (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected, and (4) the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology to minimize the information 

collection burden. 

Maria G. Button, 

Director, Executive Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26554 Filed 12–1–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

National Urban Indian Behavioral 

Health Awareness 

Announcement Type: New. 

Funding Announcement Number: 

HHS–2024–IHS–NUIBH–0001. 

Assistance Listing (Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance or CFDA) Number: 

93.654. 


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Key Dates 

Application Deadline Date: January 1, 

2024. 

Earliest Anticipated Start Date: March 

1, 2024. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Statutory Authority 

The Indian Health Service (IHS) is 

accepting applications for a cooperative 

agreement for the National Urban Indian 

Behavioral Health Awareness (NUIBH) 

program. The NUIBH program is 

authorized under the Snyder Act, 25 

U.S.C. 13; the Transfer Act, 42 U.S.C. 

2001(a); the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act, 25 U.S.C. 1660e, 

1665a. The Assistance Listings section 

of SAM.gov (https://sam.gov/content/ 

home) describes this program under 

93.654. 

Background 

The IHS Office of Clinical and 

Preventive Services, Division of 

Behavioral Health (DBH) serves as the 

primary source of national advocacy, 

policy development, management, and 

administration of behavioral health, 

alcohol and substance abuse, and family 

violence prevention programs. Working 

in partnership with Tribes, Tribal 

organizations, and Urban Indian 

Organizations (UIO), DBH coordinates 

national efforts to share knowledge and 

build capacity through the development 

and implementation of evidence/ 

practice based and cultural-based 

practices in Indian Country. 

Purpose 

The purpose of the NUIBH program is 

to increase the awareness, visibility, 

advocacy, and education for behavioral 

health issues on a national scale and in 

the interest of improving Urban Indian 

health care. The NUIBH program will 

build, strengthen, and sustain 

collaborative relationships that support 

IHS efforts to ensure that 

comprehensive, culturally appropriate 

personal and public health services are 

available and accessible to American 

Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) 

people living in Urban Areas. The 

recipient will administer an annual 

national forum, such as a Behavioral 

Health Urban Indian Listening Session 

where concerns and suggestions related 

to behavioral health care policy, service 

delivery, and program development will 

be heard from all UIOs. The recipient 

will also administer programs intended 

to provide culturally competent 

education and technical assistance on 

strategic planning and grant writing to 

increase the behavioral health care 

capacity of UIOs, and the likelihood of 

success in receiving awards from 

various sources. The recipient will 

develop and maintain comprehensive 

information on UIOs, and disseminate 

information on behavioral health 

programs, best practices, service 

delivery, quality improvement, and 

strategies to all UIOs. The recipient will 

also develop a quality improvement 

process, including appropriate 

evaluation tools to ensure the 

information developed and 

disseminated through the project is 

appropriate and useful for addressing 

the behavioral health needs of Urban 

Indian communities. The recipient’s 

activities funded under this cooperative 

agreement must support all 

organizations that meet the statutory 

definition of a UIO. 

Pre-Conference Award Requirements 

The recipient is required to comply 

with the ‘‘HHS Policy on Promoting 

Efficient Spending: Use of Appropriated 

Funds for Conferences and Meeting 

Space, Food, Promotional Items, and 

Printing and Publications,’’ dated 

January 23, 2015 (Policy), as applicable 

to conferences funded by grants and 

cooperative agreements. The Policy is 

available at https://www.hhs.gov/grants/ 

contracts/contract-policies-regulations/ 

efficient-spending/ 

index.html?language=es. 

The recipient is required to: 

Provide a separate detailed budget 

justification and narrative for each 

conference anticipated. The application 

must address these cost categories: (1) 

Contract/Planner, (2) Meeting Space/ 

Venue, (3) Registration website, (4) 

Audio Visual, (5) Speakers Fees, (6) 

Non-Federal Attendee Travel, and (7) 

Other (explain in detail and cost 

breakdown). For additional questions, 

please contact Tamara James by 

telephone at (301) 443–1872 or by email 

at tamara.james@ihs.gov. 

II. Award Information 

Funding Instrument—Cooperative 

Agreement 

Estimated Funds Available 

The total funding identified for fiscal 

year (FY) 2024 is approximately 

$75,000. The funding available for 

competing and subsequent continuation 

awards issued under this announcement 

is subject to the availability of 

appropriations and budgetary priorities 

of the Agency. The IHS is under no 

obligation to make awards to applicants 

selected for funding under this 

announcement. 

Anticipated Number of Awards 

The IHS anticipates issuing one award 

under this program announcement. 

Period of Performance 

The period of performance is for 3 

years. 

Cooperative Agreement 

Cooperative agreements awarded by 

the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS) are administered under 

the same policies as grants. However, 

the funding agency, IHS, is anticipated 

to have substantial programmatic 

involvement in the project during the 

entire period of performance. Below is 

a detailed description of the level of 

involvement required of the IHS. 

Substantial Agency Involvement 

Description for Cooperative Agreement 

The IHS assigned program official 

will monitor the overall progress of the 

recipient’s execution of the 

requirements of the award noted below 

as well as their adherence to the terms 

and conditions of the cooperative 

agreements. This includes providing 

guidance for conference planning, 

required reports on program activities, 

developing tools and other products for 

dissemination to UIOs, interpreting 

program findings, assisting with 

evaluations, and overcoming any 

difficulties or performance issues 

encountered. The IHS assigned program 

official must approve all presentations, 

electronic content, mass emails, and 

other materials developed by the 

recipient pursuant to this award and 

any supplemental award prior to the 

presentation or dissemination of such 

materials to any party. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligibility 

To be eligible for this funding 

opportunity an applicant must be a 

501(c)(3) organization. 

The Division of Grants Management 

(DGM) will notify any applicants 

deemed ineligible. 

2. Additional Information on Eligibility 

The IHS does not fund concurrent 

projects. If an applicant is successful 

under this announcement, any 

subsequent applications in response to 

other NUIBH announcements from the 

same applicant will not be funded. 

Applications on behalf of individuals 

(including sole proprietorships) and 

foreign organizations are not eligible. 

Applications deemed ineligible will be 

disqualified from competitive review 

and funding under this funding 

opportunity. 


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Note: Please refer to Section IV.2 

(Application and Submission Information/ 

Subsection 2, Content and Form of 

Application Submission) for additional proof 

of applicant status documents required, such 

as Tribal Resolutions, proof of nonprofit 

status, etc. 

3. Cost Sharing or Matching 

The IHS does not require matching 

funds or cost sharing for grants or 

cooperative agreements. 

4. Other Requirements 

Applications with budget requests 

that exceed the highest dollar amount 

outlined under Section II Award 

Information, Estimated Funds Available, 

or exceed the period of performance 

outlined under Section II Award 

Information, Period of Performance, are 

considered not responsive and will not 

be reviewed. The DGM will notify the 

applicant. 

Additional Required Documentation 

The following documentation is 

required: 

Proof of Nonprofit Status 

Organizations claiming nonprofit 

status must submit a current copy of the 

501(c)(3) Certificate with the 

application. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

Grants.gov uses a Workspace model 

for accepting applications. The 

Workspace consists of several online 

forms and three forms in which to 

upload documents—Project Narrative, 

Budget Narrative, and Other Documents. 

Give the files brief descriptive names. 

The filenames are key in finding 

specific documents during the merit 

review and in processing awards. 

Upload all requested and optional 

documents individually, rather than 

combining them into a single file. 

Creating a single file creates confusion 

when trying to find specific documents. 

This can contribute to delays in 

processing awards, and could lead to 

lower scores during the merit review. 

1. Obtaining Application Materials 

The application package and detailed 

instructions for this announcement are 

available at https://www.Grants.gov. 

Please direct questions regarding the 

application process to DGM@ihs.gov. 

2. Content and Form Application 

Submission 

Mandatory documents for all 

applications are listed below. An 

application is incomplete if any of the 

listed mandatory documents are 

missing. Incomplete applications will 

not be reviewed. 

• Application forms: 

1. SF–424, Application for Federal 

Assistance. 

2. SF–424A, Budget Information— 

Non-Construction Programs. 

3. SF–424B, Assurances—NonConstruction Programs. 

4. Project Abstract Summary form. 

• Project Narrative (not to exceed 10 

pages). See Section IV.2.A, Project 

Narrative for instructions. 

• Budget Narrative (not to exceed 4 

pages). See Section IV.2.B, Budget 

Narrative for instructions. 

• One-page Work Plan Chart. 

• Biographical sketches for all Key 

Personnel. 

• Contractor/Consultant resumes or 

qualifications and scope of work. 

• Certification Regarding Lobbying 

(GG-Lobbying Form). 

• Organizational Chart. 

• 501(c)(3) Certificate. 

The documents listed here may be 

required. Please read this list carefully. 

• Letters of Support from the 

organization’s Board of Directors. 

• Disclosure of Lobbying Activities 

(SF–LLL), if applicant conducts 

reportable lobbying. 

• Copy of current Negotiated Indirect 

Cost (IDC) rate agreement (required in 

order to receive IDC). 

• Documentation of current Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Financial Audit (if applicable). 

Acceptable forms of documentation 

include: 

1. Email confirmation from Federal 

Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) that audits 

were submitted; or 

2. Face sheets from audit reports. 

Applicants can find these on the FAC 

website at https://facdissem.census 

.gov/. 

Additional documents can be 

uploaded as Other Attachments in 

Grants.gov. These can include: 

• Position descriptions for key staff. 

• Resumes of key staff that reflect 

current duties. 

• Consultant or contractor proposed 

scope of work and letter of commitment 

(if applicable). 

• Map of area identifying project 

location(s). 

• Additional documents to support 

narrative (for example, data tables, and 

key news articles). 

Public Policy Requirements 

All Federal public policies apply to 

IHS grants and cooperative agreements. 

Pursuant to 45 CFR 80.3(d), an 

individual shall not be deemed 

subjected to discrimination by reason of 

their exclusion from benefits limited by 

Federal law to individuals eligible for 

benefits and services from the IHS. See 

https://www.hhs.gov/grants/grants/ 

grants-policies-regulations/index.html. 

Requirements for Project and Budget 

Narratives 

A. Project Narrative 

This narrative should be a separate 

document that is no more than 10 pages 

and must: (1) have consecutively 

numbered pages; (2) use black font 12 

points or larger (applicants may use 10 

point font for tables); (3) be singlespaced; and (4) be formatted to fit 

standard letter paper (8–1/2 x 11 

inches). Do not combine this document 

with any others. 

Be sure to succinctly answer all 

questions listed under the evaluation 

criteria (refer to Section V.1, Evaluation 

Criteria), and place all responses and 

required information in the correct 

section noted below or they will not be 

considered or scored. If the narrative 

exceeds the overall page limit, the 

reviewers will be directed to ignore any 

content beyond the page limit. The 10- 

page limit for the project narrative does 

not include the work plan, standard 

forms, Tribal Resolutions, budget, 

budget narratives, and/or other items. 

Page limits for each section within the 

project narrative are guidelines, not 

hard limits. 

There are three parts to the project 

narrative: 

Part 1—Program Information; 

Part 2—Program Planning and 

Evaluation; and 

Part 3—Program Report. 

See below for additional details about 

what must be included in the narrative. 

The page limits below are for each 

narrative and budget submitted. 

Part 1: Program Information (Limit—2 

Pages) 

Section 1: Need for Assistance 

Describe the organization’s current 

behavioral health program activities, 

how long the organization has been 

operating, and how the organization has 

determined it has the administrative 

infrastructure to support the cooperative 

agreement award activities outlined in 

this announcement. This section must 

succinctly answer the questions listed 

under the evaluation criteria listed in 

Section V.1.A. Need for Assistance. 

Part 2: Program Plan and Evaluation 

(Limit—6 Pages) 

Section 1: Program Plan and Approach 

Describe fully and clearly the 

direction the organization plans to take, 

including how it plans to demonstrate 

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behavioral health issues and deliver 

each activity required under the 

cooperative agreement. Include 

proposed timelines for activities. This 

section must succinctly answer the 

questions listed under the evaluation 

criteria listed in Section V.1.B. Program 

Plan and Approach. 

Section 2: Program Evaluation 

Describe fully and clearly the 

improvements that will be made by the 

organization to raise the awareness and 

visibility of behavioral health issues 

among Urban Indians. Include how the 

recipient will provide an evaluation of 

their activities, demonstrate impact, and 

convey accomplishments. This section 

must succinctly answer the questions 

listed under the evaluation criteria 

listed in Section V.1.C. Program 

Evaluation. 

Part 3: Program Report (Limit—2 Pages) 

Describe your organization’s 

significant program activities and 

accomplishments over the past five 

years associated with the outlined goals 

under the Recipient Cooperative 

Agreement Award Activities (refer to 

Section V.1 B). This section must 

succinctly answer the questions listed 

under the evaluation criteria listed in 

Section V.1.D. Organizational 

Capabilities, Key Personnel, and 

Qualifications. 

B. Budget Narrative (Limit—7 Pages) 

Provide a budget narrative that 

explains the amounts requested for each 

line item of the budget from the SF– 

424A (Budget Information for NonConstruction Programs) for the entire 

project, by year. The applicant can 

submit with the budget narrative a more 

detailed spreadsheet than is provided by 

the SF–424A (the spreadsheet will not 

be considered part of the budget 

narrative). The budget narrative should 

specifically describe how each item 

would support the achievement of 

proposed objectives. Be very careful 

about showing how each item in the 

‘‘Other’’ category is justified. Do NOT 

use the budget narrative to expand the 

project narrative. 

3. Submission Dates and Times 

Applications must be submitted 

through Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the Application 

Deadline Date. Any application received 

after the application deadline will not 

be accepted for review. Grants.gov will 

notify the applicant via email if the 

application is rejected. 

If technical challenges arise and 

assistance is required with the 

application process, contact Grants.gov 

Customer Support (see contact 

information at https://www.Grants.gov). 

If problems persist, contact Mr. Paul 

Gettys, Deputy Director, DGM, by email 

at DGM@ihs.gov. Please be sure to 

contact Mr. Gettys at least 10 days prior 

to the application deadline. Please do 

not contact the DGM until you have 

received a Grants.gov tracking number. 

In the event you are not able to obtain 

a tracking number, contact the DGM as 

soon as possible, by email at DGM@

ihs.gov. 

The IHS will not acknowledge receipt 

of applications. 

4. Intergovernmental Review 

Executive Order 12372 requiring 

intergovernmental review is not 

applicable to this program. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

• Pre-award costs are allowable up to 

90 days before the start date of the 

award provided the costs are otherwise 

allowable if awarded. 

• The available funds are inclusive of 

direct and indirect costs. 

• Only one cooperative agreement 

may be awarded per applicant. 

6. Electronic Submission Requirements 

All applications must be submitted 

via Grants.gov. Please use the https://

www.Grants.gov website to submit an 

application. Find the application by 

selecting the ‘‘Search Grants’’ link on 

the homepage. Follow the instructions 

for submitting an application under the 

Package tab. No other method of 

application submission is acceptable. 

If you cannot submit an application 

through Grants.gov, you must request a 

waiver prior to the application due date. 

You must submit your waiver request by 

email to DGM@ihs.gov. Your waiver 

request must include clear justification 

for the need to deviate from the required 

application submission process. The 

IHS will not accept any applications 

submitted through any means outside of 

Grants.gov without an approved waiver. 

If the DGM approves your waiver 

request, you will receive a confirmation 

of approval email containing 

submission instructions. You must 

include a copy of the written approval 

with the application submitted to the 

DGM. Applications that do not include 

a copy of the waiver approval from the 

DGM will not be reviewed. The Grants 

Management Officer of the DGM will 

notify the applicant via email of this 

decision. Applications submitted under 

waiver must be received by the DGM no 

later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 

Application Deadline Date. Late 

applications will not be accepted for 

processing. Applicants that do not 

register for both the System for Award 

Management (SAM) and Grants.gov 

and/or fail to request timely assistance 

with technical issues will not be 

considered for a waiver to submit an 

application via alternative method. 

Please be aware of the following: 

• Please search for the application 

package in https://www.Grants.gov by 

entering the Assistance Listing number 

or the Funding Opportunity Number. 

Both numbers are located in the header 

of this announcement. 

• If you experience technical 

challenges while submitting your 

application, please contact Grants.gov 

Customer Support (see contact 

information at https://www.Grants.gov). 

• Upon contacting Grants.gov, obtain 

a tracking number as proof of contact. 

The tracking number is helpful if there 

are technical issues that cannot be 

resolved and a waiver from the agency 

must be obtained. 

• Applicants are strongly encouraged 

not to wait until the deadline date to 

begin the application process through 

Grants.gov as the registration process for 

SAM and Grants.gov could take up to 20 

working days. 

• Please follow the instructions on 

Grants.gov to include additional 

documentation that may be requested by 

this funding announcement. 

• Applicants must comply with any 

page limits described in this funding 

announcement. 

• After submitting the application, 

you will receive an automatic 

acknowledgment from Grants.gov that 

contains a Grants.gov tracking number. 

The IHS will not notify you that the 

application has been received. 

System for Award Management 

Organizations that are not registered 

with the System for Award Management 

(SAM) must access the SAM online 

registration through the SAM home page 

at https://sam.gov. Organizations based 

in the U.S. will also need to provide an 

Employer Identification Number from 

the Internal Revenue Service that may 

take an additional 2 to 5 weeks to 

become active. Please see SAM.gov for 

details on the registration process and 

timeline. Registration with the SAM is 

free of charge but can take several weeks 

to process. Applicants may register 

online at https://sam.gov. 

Unique Entity Identifier 

Your SAM.gov registration now 

includes a Unique Entity Identifier 

(UEI), generated by SAM.gov, which 

replaces the DUNS number obtained 

from Dun and Bradstreet. SAM.gov 

registration no longer requires a DUNS 

number. 


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Check your organization’s SAM.gov 

registration as soon as you decide to 

apply for this program. If your SAM.gov 

registration is expired, you will not be 

able to submit an application. It can take 

several weeks to renew it or resolve any 

issues with your registration, so do not 

wait. 

Check your Grants.gov registration. 

Registration and role assignments in 

Grants.gov are self-serve functions. One 

user for your organization will have the 

authority to approve role assignments, 

and these must be approved for active 

users in order to ensure someone in 

your organization has the necessary 

access to submit an application. 

The Federal Funding Accountability 

and Transparency Act of 2006, as 

amended (‘‘Transparency Act’’), 

requires all HHS recipients to report 

information on sub-awards. 

Accordingly, all IHS recipients must 

notify potential first-tier sub-recipients 

that no entity may receive a first-tier 

sub-award unless the entity has 

provided its UEI number to the prime 

recipient organization. This requirement 

ensures the use of a universal identifier 

to enhance the quality of information 

available to the public pursuant to the 

Transparency Act. 

Additional information on 

implementing the Transparency Act, 

including the specific requirements for 

SAM, are available on the DGM Grants 

Management, Policy Topics web page at 

https://www.ihs.gov/dgm/policytopics/. 

V. Application Review Information 

Possible points assigned to each 

section are noted in parentheses. The 

project narrative and budget narrative 

should include the proposed activities 

for the entire period of performance. 

The project narrative should be written 

in a manner that is clear to outside 

reviewers unfamiliar with prior related 

activities of the applicant. It should be 

well organized, succinct, and contain all 

information necessary for reviewers to 

fully understand the project. 

Attachments requested in the criteria do 

not count toward the page limit for the 

narratives. Points will be assigned to 

each evaluation criteria adding up to a 

total of 100 possible points. Points are 

assigned as follows: 

1. Evaluation Criteria 

A. Introduction and Need for Assistance 

(10 Points) 

1. Describe the needs, or problems, 

the organization is currently addressing. 

2. Describe the current unmet needs/ 

gaps in awareness of behavioral health 

in Urban Indian communities, and the 

potential impact of not having a 

national program with this scope. 

3. Describe how this cooperative 

agreement would benefit the mission of 

the organization and help achieve the 

mission of the IHS, as it relates to 

behavioral health. 

4. Provide examples of current, or 

previous, related experience (award 

funded or not) that supports the project 

and justifies the approach. 

B. Program Plan and Approach (40 

Points) 

Describe the purpose of the proposed 

project. Include a clear statement of the 

project’s goal(s). Discuss how the project 

addresses current needs or problems in 

awareness of behavioral health in Urban 

Indian communities. The proposed 

project narrative is required to address 

how the organization will accomplish 

all six required activities listed below. 

1. Facilitate a national forum such as 

a Behavioral Health Urban Indian 

Listening Session where all UIOs can 

express concerns and suggestions 

related to behavioral health care policy, 

service delivery, and program 

development. 

2. Provide Urban Indian leadership by 

participating as active members and 

representing Urban Indian Health 

Programs for the National Action 

Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s 

American Indian/Alaska Native Task 

Force. 

3. Increase awareness and visibility of 

Urban Indian behavioral health issues 

through representation and 

participation at appropriate national 

conferences. 

4. Provide culturally competent 

educational and technical assistance on 

strategic planning and other behavioral 

health, grant writing, or operational 

needs to increase the capacity of UIOs. 

5. Develop and maintain 

comprehensive information on UIOs. 

Disseminate information on behavioral 

health programs, best practices, service 

delivery, quality improvement, and 

strategies to all UIOs through such 

means as an e-newsletter, website, 

traditional media, or other social media 

platforms. 

6. Develop a quality improvement 

process, including appropriate 

evaluation tools to ensure the 

information developed and 

disseminated through the project is 

appropriate, responsive, and useful for 

addressing the behavioral health needs 

of Urban Indian communities. 

C. Program Evaluation (10 Points) 

1. Describe plans to monitor activities 

such as the success indicators, as based 

on the description of need, and how the 

applicant will measure the degree to 

which objectives have been met that 

demonstrate progress towards program 

outcomes and inform future program 

decisions over the 3-year period of 

performance. 

2. Describe both process and outcome 

indicators, where possible: 

a. Process examples may include 

activities such as, but not limited to, 

delivering X number of training 

workshops in the urban centers (as 

defined by 25 U.S.C. 1603(2)) of the 

country, or producing a technical 

manual for a grant writing workshop. 

b. Outcome examples may include 

measures such as, but not limited to, 

changes in awareness of behavioral 

health issues affecting Urban Indians, or 

changes in Urban Indian participation 

in suicide prevention activities (for 

example, increased Hope for Life 

participation). 

3. Describe plans to re-assess the 

needs, or problems, the organization 

addressed in this project, including the 

status of unmet needs/gaps in awareness 

of behavioral health in Urban Indian 

communities, and the potential impact 

of not having a national program with 

this scope. 

4. Describe the data to be collected 

and the proposed method for collecting 

it (surveys, questionnaires, observations, 

or focus groups) and how you will use 

the data to answer evaluation questions. 

5. Identify which position(s) will be 

responsible for collecting data, 

measuring progress, and reporting. 

6. Describe methods for analyzing the 

data collected during the cooperative 

agreement in order to produce 

evaluation findings. 

D. Organizational Capabilities, Key 

Personnel, and Qualifications (30 

Points) 

1. Describe the management 

capability and experience of the 

applicant organization, and other 

participating organizations, in 

administering similar awards and 

projects. 

2. Discuss the organization’s 

experience and capacity to represent 

Urban Indians and provide culturally 

appropriate/competent services to 

Urban Indian communities across the 

nation, including the organization’s role 

in focusing attention on Urban Indian 

health care needs. 

3. Describe the resources available for 

the proposed project (for example, 

facilities, equipment, IT systems, and 

financial management systems). 

4. Describe how program continuity 

will be maintained if/when there is a 

change in the operational environment 

(for example, staff turnover, change in 

project leadership, change in board 

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ensure stability over the life of the 

cooperative agreement to achieve the 

project’s objectives. 

5. Provide a complete list of staff 

positions for the project, including the 

Project Director (suggested at a 

minimum of 0.75 FTE) and other key 

personnel, showing the role of each and 

their level of effort and qualifications. 

Describe any strategies to recruit new 

staff, as needed. 

E. Categorical Budget and Budget 

Justification (10 Points) 

1. Include a line item budget for all 

expenditures and cost categories, 

identifying reasonable and allowable 

costs necessary to accomplish the 

activities outlined in the project 

narrative. The budget expenditures 

should correlate with the scope of work 

described in the project narrative. 

2. Provide a narrative justification of 

the budget line items, as well as a 

description of existing resources and 

other support the applicant expects to 

receive for the proposed project. Other 

support is defined as funds or resources, 

whether Federal, non-Federal, or 

institutional, in direct support of 

activities through fellowships, gifts, 

prizes, in-kind contributions, or nonFederal means. (This should correspond 

to Item #18 on the applicant’s SF–424, 

Estimated Funding, and SF–424A 

Budget Information, Section C NonFederal resources.) 

2. Review and Selection 

Each application will be prescreened 

for eligibility and completeness as 

outlined in this funding announcement. 

The Review Committee (RC) will review 

applications that meet the eligibility 

criteria. The RC will review the 

applications for merit based on the 

evaluation criteria. Incomplete 

applications and applications that are 

not responsive to the administrative 

thresholds (budget limit, period of 

performance limit) will not be referred 

to the RC and will not be funded. The 

DGM will notify the applicant of this 

determination. 

Applicants must address all program 

requirements and provide all required 

documentation. 

3. Notifications of Disposition 

All applicants will receive an 

Executive Summary Statement from the 

IHS DBH within 30 days of the 

conclusion of the review outlining the 

strengths and weaknesses of their 

application. The summary statement 

will be sent to the Authorizing Official 

identified on the face page (SF–424) of 

the application. 

A. Award Notices for Funded 

Applications 

The Notice of Award (NoA) is the 

authorizing document for which funds 

are dispersed to the approved entities 

and reflects the amount of Federal funds 

awarded, the purpose of the award, the 

terms and conditions of the award, the 

effective date of the award, the budget 

period, and period of performance. Each 

entity approved for funding must have 

a user account in GrantSolutions in 

order to retrieve the NoA. Please see the 

Agency Contacts list in Section VII for 

the systems contact information. 

B. Approved but Unfunded 

Applications 

Approved applications not funded 

due to lack of available funds will be 

held for 1 year. If funding becomes 

available during the course of the year, 

the application may be reconsidered. 

Note: Any correspondence, other than the 

official NoA executed by an IHS grants 

management official announcing to the 

project director that an award has been made 

to their organization, is not an authorization 

to implement their program on behalf of the 

IHS. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Administrative Requirements 

Awards issued under this 

announcement are subject to, and are 

administered in accordance with, the 

following regulations and policies: 

A. The criteria as outlined in this 

program announcement. 

B. Administrative Regulations for 

Awards: 

• Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for HHS Awards 

currently in effect or implemented 

during the period of award, other 

Department regulations and policies in 

effect at the time of award, and 

applicable statutory provisions. At the 

time of publication, this includes 45 

CFR part 75, at https://www.govinfo.gov/ 

content/pkg/CFR-2022-title45-vol1/pdf/ 

CFR-2022-title45-vol1-part75.pdf. 

• If you receive an award, HHS may 

terminate it if any of the conditions in 

2 CFR 200.340(a)(1)–(4) are met. Please 

review all HHS regulatory provisions for 

Termination at 45 CFR 75.372, at the 

time of this publication located at 

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/ 

CFR-2022-title45-vol1/pdf/CFR-2022- 

title45-vol1-sec75-372.pdf. 

C. Grants Policy: 

• HHS Grants Policy Statement, 

Revised January 2007, at https://

www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/grants/ 

grants/policies-regulations/ 

hhsgps107.pdf. 

D. Cost Principles: 

• Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for HHS Awards, ‘‘Cost 

Principles,’’ at 45 CFR part 75 subpart 

E, at the time of this publication located 

at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/ 

CFR-2022-title45-vol1/pdf/CFR-2022- 

title45-vol1-part75-subpartE.pdf. 

E. Audit Requirements: 

• Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for HHS Awards, ‘‘Audit 

Requirements,’’ at 45 CFR part 75 

subpart F, at the time of this publication 

located at https://www.govinfo.gov/ 

content/pkg/CFR-2022-title45-vol1/pdf/ 

CFR-2022-title45-vol1-part75- 

subpartF.pdf. 

F. As of August 13, 2020, 2 CFR part 

200 was updated to include a 

prohibition on certain 

telecommunications and video 

surveillance services or equipment. This 

prohibition is described in 2 CFR 

200.216. This will also be described in 

the terms and conditions of every IHS 

grant and cooperative agreement 

awarded on or after August 13, 2020. 

2. Indirect Costs 

This section applies to all recipients 

that request reimbursement of IDC in 

their application budget. In accordance 

with HHS Grants Policy Statement, Part 

II–27, the IHS requires applicants to 

obtain a current IDC rate agreement and 

submit it to the DGM prior to the DGM 

issuing an award. The rate agreement 

must be prepared in accordance with 

the applicable cost principles and 

guidance as provided by the cognizant 

agency or office. A current rate covers 

the applicable award activities under 

the current award’s budget period. If the 

current rate agreement is not on file 

with the DGM at the time of award, the 

IDC portion of the budget will be 

restricted. The restrictions remain in 

place until the current rate agreement is 

provided to the DGM. 

Per 2 CFR 200.414(f) Indirect (F&A) 

costs, 

any non-Federal entity (NFE) [i.e., applicant] 

that does not have a current negotiated rate, 

. . . may elect to charge a de minimis rate 

of 10 percent of modified total direct costs 

which may be used indefinitely. As 

described in Section 200.403, costs must be 

consistently charged as either indirect or 

direct costs, but may not be double charged 

or inconsistently charged as both. If chosen, 

this methodology once elected must be used 

consistently for all Federal awards until such 

time as the NFE chooses to negotiate for a 

rate, which the NFE may apply to do at any 

time. 

Electing to charge a de minimis rate 

of 10 percent can be used by applicants 

that have received an approved 

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or another cognizant Federal agency. 

Applicants awaiting approval of their 

indirect cost proposal may request the 

10 percent de minimis rate. When the 

applicant chooses this method, costs 

included in the indirect cost pool must 

not be charged as direct costs to the 

award. 

Available funds are inclusive of direct 

and appropriate indirect costs. 

Approved indirect funds are awarded as 

part of the award amount, and no 

additional funds will be provided. 

Generally, IDC rates for IHS recipients 

are negotiated with the Division of Cost 

Allocation at https://rates.psc.gov/ or 

the Department of the Interior (Interior 

Business Center) at https://ibc.doi.gov/ 

ICS/tribal. For questions regarding the 

indirect cost policy, please write to 

DGM@ihs.gov. 

3. Reporting Requirements 

The recipient must submit required 

reports consistent with the applicable 

deadlines. Failure to submit required 

reports within the time allowed may 

result in suspension or termination of 

an active award, withholding of 

additional awards for the project, or 

other enforcement actions such as 

withholding of payments or converting 

to the reimbursement method of 

payment. Continued failure to submit 

required reports may result in the 

imposition of special award provisions 

and/or the non-funding or non-award of 

other eligible projects or activities. This 

requirement applies whether the 

delinquency is attributable to the failure 

of the recipient organization or the 

individual responsible for preparation 

of the reports. Per DGM policy, all 

reports must be submitted electronically 

by attaching them as a ‘‘Grant Note’’ in 

GrantSolutions. Personnel responsible 

for submitting reports will be required 

to obtain a login and password for 

GrantSolutions. Please use the form 

under the Recipient User section of 

https://www.grantsolutions.gov/home/ 

getting-started-request-a-user-account/. 

Download the Recipient User Account 

Request Form, fill it out completely, and 

submit it as described on the web page 

and in the form. 

The reporting requirements for this 

program are noted below. 

A. Progress Reports 

Program progress reports are required 

annually. The progress reports are due 

within 90 days after the reporting period 

ends (specific dates will be listed in the 

NoA Terms and Conditions). These 

reports must include a brief comparison 

of actual accomplishments to the goals 

established for the period, a summary of 

progress to date or, if applicable, 

provide sound justification for the lack 

of progress, and other pertinent 

information as required. A final report 

must be submitted within 120 days of 

the period of performance end date. 

B. Financial Reports 

Federal Financial Reports are due 90 

days after the end of each budget period, 

and a final report is due 120 days after 

the end of the period of performance. 

Recipients are responsible and 

accountable for reporting accurate 

information on all required reports: the 

Progress Reports and the Federal 

Financial Report. Failure to submit 

timely reports may result in adverse 

award actions blocking access to funds. 

C. Data Collection and Reporting 

Recipient will be required to collect 

and report data pertaining to activities, 

processes, and outcomes. The IHS will 

provide additional guidance on data 

collection and reporting for evaluation 

purposes. Programmatic reports must be 

submitted within 90 days after the 

budget period ends for each project year 

(specific dates will be listed in the NoA 

Terms and Conditions). All reporting 

items will be submitted via 

GrantSolutions. Recipient is responsible 

and accountable for accurate 

information being submitted by required 

due dates for Data Collection and 

Reporting. 

D. Post Conference Award Reporting 

The following requirements were 

enacted in Section 3003 of the 

Consolidated Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2013, Public Law 

113–6, 127 Stat. 198, 435 (2013), and; 

Office of Management and Budget 

Memorandum M–17–08, Amending 

OMB Memorandum M–12–12: All HHS/ 

IHS awards containing funds allocated 

for conferences will be required to 

complete a mandatory post award report 

for all conferences. Specifically: The 

total amount of funds provided in this 

award/cooperative agreement that were 

spent for ‘‘Conference X’’ must be 

reported in final detailed actual costs 

within 15 calendar days of the 

completion of the conference. Cost 

categories to address should be: (1) 

Contract/Planner, (2) Meeting Space/ 

Venue, (3) Registration website, (4) 

Audio Visual, (5) Speakers Fees, (6) 

Non-Federal Attendee Travel, (7) 

Registration Fees, and (8) Other. 

E. Federal Sub-Award Reporting System 

(FSRS) 

This award may be subject to the 

Transparency Act sub-award and 

executive compensation reporting 

requirements of 2 CFR part 170. 

The Transparency Act requires the 

OMB to establish a single searchable 

database, accessible to the public, with 

information on financial assistance 

awards made by Federal agencies. The 

Transparency Act also includes a 

requirement for recipients of Federal 

awards to report information about firsttier sub-awards and executive 

compensation under Federal assistance 

awards. 

The IHS has implemented a Term of 

Award into all IHS Standard Terms and 

Conditions, NoAs, and funding 

announcements regarding the FSRS 

reporting requirement. This IHS Term of 

Award is applicable to all IHS grant and 

cooperative agreements issued on or 

after October 1, 2010, with a $25,000 

sub-award obligation threshold met for 

any specific reporting period. 

For the full IHS award term 

implementing this requirement and 

additional award applicability 

information, visit the DGM Grants 

Management website at https://

www.ihs.gov/dgm/policytopics/. 

F. Non-Discrimination Legal 

Requirements for Recipients of Federal 

Financial Assistance (FFA) 

If you receive an award, you must 

follow all applicable nondiscrimination 

laws. You agree to this when you 

register in SAM.gov. You must also 

submit an Assurance of Compliance 

(HHS–690). To learn more, see https:// 

www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-providers/ 

laws-regulations-guidance/laws/ 

index.html. Pursuant to 45 CFR 80.3(d), 

an individual shall not be deemed 

subjected to discrimination by reason of 

their exclusion from benefits limited by 

Federal law to individuals eligible for 

benefits and services from the IHS. 

G. Federal Awardee Performance and 

Integrity Information System (FAPIIS) 

The IHS is required to review and 

consider any information about the 

applicant that is in the FAPIIS at 

https://sam.gov/content/fapiis before 

making any award in excess of the 

simplified acquisition threshold 

(currently $250,000) over the period of 

performance. An applicant may review 

and comment on any information about 

itself that a Federal awarding agency 

previously entered. The IHS will 

consider any comments by the 

applicant, in addition to other 

information in FAPIIS, in making a 

judgment about the applicant’s integrity, 

business ethics, and record of 

performance under Federal awards 

when completing the review of risk 

posed by applicants, as described in 45 

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As required by 45 CFR part 75 

Appendix XII of the Uniform Guidance, 

NFEs are required to disclose in FAPIIS 

any information about criminal, civil, 

and administrative proceedings, and/or 

affirm that there is no new information 

to provide. This applies to NFEs that 

receive Federal awards (currently active 

grants, cooperative agreements, and 

procurement contracts) greater than $10 

million for any period of time during 

the period of performance of an award/ 

project. 

Mandatory Disclosure Requirements 

As required by 2 CFR part 200 of the 

Uniform Guidance, and HHS 

implementing regulations at 45 CFR part 

75, the IHS must require an NFE or an 

applicant for a Federal award to 

disclose, in a timely manner, in writing 

to the IHS or pass-through entity all 

violations of Federal criminal law 

involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity 

violations potentially affecting the 

Federal award. 

All applicants and recipients must 

disclose in writing, in a timely manner, 

to the IHS and to the HHS Office of 

Inspector General all information 

related to violations of Federal criminal 

law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity 

violations potentially affecting the 

Federal award. 45 CFR 75.113. 

Disclosures must be sent in writing to: 

U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, Indian Health Service, 

Division of Grants Management, ATTN: 

Marsha Brookins, Director, 5600 Fishers 

Lane, Mail Stop: 09E70, Rockville, MD 

20857, (Include ‘‘Mandatory Grant 

Disclosures’’ in subject line), Office: 

(301) 443–5204, Fax: (301) 594–0899, 

Email: DGM@ihs.gov. 

AND 

U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of Inspector 

General, ATTN: Mandatory Grant 

Disclosures, Intake Coordinator, 330 

Independence Avenue SW, Cohen 

Building, Room 5527, Washington, DC 

20201, URL: https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/ 

report-fraud/, (Include ‘‘Mandatory 

Grant Disclosures’’ in subject line), Fax: 

(202) 205–0604 (Include ‘‘Mandatory 

Grant Disclosures’’ in subject line) or 

Email: MandatoryGranteeDisclosures@

oig.hhs.gov. 

Failure to make required disclosures 

can result in any of the remedies 

described in 45 CFR 75.371 Remedies 

for noncompliance, including 

suspension or debarment (see 2 CFR 

part 180 and 2 CFR part 376). 

VII. Agency Contacts 

1. Questions on the program matters 

may be directed to: Tamara D. James, 

Ph.D., Division of Behavioral Health, 

Mail Stop: 8N10, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857, Phone: 301–443– 

1872, Email: tamara.james@ihs.gov. 

2. Questions on awards management 

and fiscal matters may be directed to: 

Indian Health Service, Division of 

Grants Management, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Mail Stop: 09E70, Rockville, MD 20857, 

Email: DGM@ihs.gov. 

3. For technical assistance with 

Grants.gov, please contact the 

Grants.gov help desk at (800) 518–4726, 

or by email at support@grants.gov. 

4. For technical assistance with 

GrantSolutions, please contact the 

GrantSolutions help desk at (866) 577– 

0771, or by email at help@

grantsolutions.gov. 

VIII. Other Information 

The Public Health Service strongly 

encourages all grant, cooperative 

agreement, 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 Pro-Children Act of 1994, 

prohibits smoking in certain facilities 

(or in some cases, any portion of the 

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 HHS mission to 

protect and advance the physical and 

mental health of the American people. 

Roselyn Tso, 

Director, Indian Health Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4166–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Center for Scientific Review; Notice of 

Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 1009 of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended, notice is hereby given of the 

following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: Center for Scientific 

Review Special Emphasis Panel; RFA Panel: 

Small Research Grants for Data Analysis, 

Exploratory/Developmental Research, 

Clinical Trials Readiness, Phased Innovation, 

and Clinical Research Course Development 

in Down Syndrome for the INCLUDE Project 

2nd Review. 

Date: December 11, 2023. 

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, 

Rockledge II, 6701 Rockledge Drive, 

Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual Meeting). 

Contact Person: Bukhtiar H Shah, DVM, 

Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for 

Scientific Review, National Institutes of 

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4120, 

MSC 7802, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 806– 

7314, shahb@csr.nih.gov. 

This notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the timing 

limitations imposed by the review and 

funding cycle. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine; 

93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333, 

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844, 

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National 

Institutes of Health, HHS) 

Dated: November 29, 2023. 

Victoria E. Townsend, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2023–0824] 

Request for Information on the Coast 

Guard Implementation of a Western 

Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria 

Program 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Request for information. 

SUMMARY: The Don Young Coast Guard 

Authorization Act of 2022 mandated the 

Coast Guard create planning criteria for 

vessel response plans (VRPs) distinct to 

the Western Alaska and Prince William 

Sound Captain of the Port zones. These 

criteria must include minimum 

response times, improvements to 

wildlife response, and consideration of 

prevention and mitigation measures. 

The Coast Guard seeks input from the 

public to establish these VRP planning 

criteria. The information will assist the 

Coast Guard in potentially developing a 

regulatory proposal to support the 

mandate. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

the Coast Guard on or before March 4, 

2024. 


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