[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9796-9800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5236]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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.

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SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) announces the 
availability of FY 1997 funds for Knowledge Development and Application 
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.

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                                                                            Estimated                           
                                                              Application     funds      Estimated     Project  
                          Activity                              deadline    available    number of      period  
                                                                            (million)      awards      (years)  
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State Incentive Program.....................................     05/12/97        $15.0            5            3
Centers for the Application of Prevention Technologies                                                          
 (CAPT).....................................................     05/12/97          5.0            5            3
Workplace Managed Care......................................     05/12/97          4.0        10-15            3
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    Note: SAMHSA published notices of available funding 
opportunities in FY 1997 in the Federal Register (Vol. 62, No. 16) 
on Friday, January 24, 1997; (Vol. 62, No. 27) on Monday, February 
10, 1997; and (Vol. 62, No. 31) on Friday, February 14, 1997.

    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), the PHS 5161-1 which includes Standard Form 
424 (Face Page), and other documentation and forms. Application kits 
may be obtained from the organization specified for 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 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 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:

    <bullet> Application Deadline.
    <bullet> Purpose.
    <bullet> Priorities.
    <bullet> Eligible Applicants.
    <bullet> Grants/Cooperative Agreements/Amounts.
    <bullet> Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number.
    <bullet> Contacts.
    <bullet> 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 Cooperative Agreements
    4.1.1 National Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative--
State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action 
(State Incentive Program)
    4.1.2 CSAP Cooperative Agreements for Centers for the 
Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT)
    4.1.3. Cooperative Agreements for Public/Private Sector 
Workplace Models and Strategies for the Incorporation of Substance 
Abuse Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives into Managed 
Care (Workplace Managed Care)
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 policy-relevant 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 policy-relevant 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:
    <bullet> Potential significance of the proposed project;
    <bullet> Appropriateness of the applicant's proposed objectives to 
the goals of the specific program;
    <bullet> Adequacy and appropriateness of the proposed approach and 
activities;
    <bullet> Adequacy of available resources, such as facilities and 
equipment;
    <bullet> Qualifications and experience of the applicant 
organization, the project director, and other key personnel; and
    <bullet> 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:
    <bullet> 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 Activities

4.1  Cooperative Agreements

    Three 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.
4.1.1  National Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative--State 
Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action (State 
Incentive Program)
    <bullet> Application Deadline: May 12, 1997
    <bullet> Purpose: To reverse the trend in drug use by youth, the 
State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action will 
call upon Governors to set a new course of action that will assess 
needs, identify gaps and channel or redirect resources (consistent with 
the requirements of the funding source) to implement comprehensive 
strategies for effective youth substance abuse prevention. This program 
gives States the opportunity to develop an innovative process for using 
these special incentive funds in a different way so as to complement 
and enhance existing prevention efforts. Through this State-led 
process, individual citizens can be encouraged to play a more forceful 
role in their community's anti-drug efforts; and additional resources 
can be mobilized to support promising prevention approaches across 
systems and settings.
    The State Incentive Program will support the States in coordinating 
and redirecting all prevention resources available within the State and 
in developing a revitalized, comprehensive prevention strategy that 
will make optimal use of those resources. With these redirected 
resources and a viable prevention strategy in place, Governors can more 
effectively mobilize local citizens--youth, families, communities, 
schools and workplaces--to work proactively with State and local 
prevention organizations.
    Therefore, the State Incentive Program has a two-fold purpose:
    (1) Governors should coordinate, leverage and/or redirect, as 
appropriate, and legally permissible, all substance abuse prevention 
resources (funding streams and programs) within the State that are 
directed at communities, families, schools and workplaces in order to 
fill gaps with effective and promising prevention approaches targeted 
to marijuana and other drug use by youth. Any redirection of Federal 
funds, however, must be consistent with the terms and conditions of 
such funding and all other Federal laws.1
    (2) States should develop a revitalized, comprehensive State-wide 
strategy aimed at reducing drug use by youth through the implementation 
of promising community-based prevention efforts derived from sound 
scientific research findings.
    <bullet> Priorities: None.
    <bullet> Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is limited to the Office 
of the Governor so that a consistent State-wide strategy on substance 
abuse prevention will be implemented by the Governor and evaluated as 
to effectiveness in the strategies used. Eligibility is limited to the 
Office of the Governor in those States (including the District of 
Columbia) and territories and the Indian Tribal organization (i.e., the 
Red Lake Band of Chippewa) that receive the Substance Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Block Grant, Title XIX, Part B, Subpart II of the Public 
Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 300x-21, et seq. (hereinafter referred to 
as ``States''). That grant sets aside 20 percent of the funds for 
primary prevention activities. This set-aside is a large resource 
available to the State for prevention activities and, along with the 
resources available under this announcement and other resources 
available to the State for substance abuse prevention activities, could 
assist the Governor in implementing a State-wide strategy.
    By awarding cooperative agreement funds directly to the Governor's 
Office, SAMHSA/CSAP will best facilitate the optimal conditions and 
incentives needed to establish the State Incentive Program. The 
Governor's leadership and commitment to youth substance abuse 
prevention, along with the infrastructure developed through the 
substance abuse Block Grant funds can spur the support of organizations 
throughout the State and ensure that substance abuse prevention aimed 
at youth remains a high-priority, comprehensive, and systemically 
integrated effort.
    For this State Incentive Program, SAMHSA/CSAP strongly supports 
using the prevention expertise and resources that have historically 
resided in the Alcohol and Drug Single State Agency (SSA), which 
continues to fund prevention strategies through the Substance Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Block Grant. Therefore, SAMHSA/CSAP encourages 
Governors to include a significant role for the SSA in the development, 
planning and implementation of State efforts under this cooperative 
agreement. For example, the SSA director or his/her designee could 
serve as the project director for the cooperative agreement and would 
thus serve in a key leadership and oversight capacity.
    <bullet> Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that 
approximately $15 million will be available to support approximately 
five (5) awards under this cooperative agreement announcement in FY 
1997. Actual funding levels will depend upon the availability of funds.
    <bullet> Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
    <bullet> Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance, 
contact: Dave Robbins or Dan Fletcher, DSCSD, Systems Applications 
Branch, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II Building, 9th Floor, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 443-9438.
    <bullet> 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 
Building, Room 640, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857, (301) 
443-5702.
    <bullet> Application Kits: Application kits are available from: 
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), P.O. 
Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800-729-6686; 1-800-487-4889 TDD, 
Via Internet: www.health.org (Go into the Forum Section of the Web 
site, click on ``CSAP FY 97 Grant Opportunities.'')
    Visually impaired: Disk versions of the application may be 
requested.
4.1.2  CSAP Cooperative Agreements for Centers for the Application of 
Prevention Technologies (CAPT)
    <bullet> Application Deadline: May 12, 1997.
    <bullet> Purpose: Cooperative agreements will be awarded to develop 
and operate five regional Centers for the Application of Prevention 
Technologies (CAPT). The

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purpose of this program is to assist States to apply on a consistent 
basis, the latest research knowledge to their substance abuse 
prevention programs, practices, and policies. The regions served by the 
CAPT program will be the same as those of the National Prevention 
Network (a membership organization of State prevention coordinators).
    The CAPT program goal is to use conventional and electronic 
delivery methods to assist recipients of State Incentive Cooperative 
Agreements for Community-Based Action, their subrecipients, and other 
States in applying and utilizing scientifically defensible substance 
abuse prevention knowledge and technology. The CAPT program will bridge 
the gap between dissemination of prevention knowledge and effective 
application of that knowledge in the field.
    The CAPT program will focus its efforts on four key prevention 
topic areas. These topic areas include: youth illicit drug use (with an 
emphasis on marijuana); underage drinking; alcohol, drugs, and 
violence; and HIV/AIDS and drug use. Applicants may be required to 
provide services on other topic areas as well. Applicants must also 
demonstrate a thorough knowledge and ability to provide technical 
assistance and skills development in the following six CSAP prevention 
strategies: information dissemination, education, community 
mobilization, alternatives, environmental change, and early 
identification and referral.
    <bullet> Priorities: None.
    <bullet> Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
organizations such as units of State or local government and by 
domestic private nonprofit or for-profit organizations such as 
community-based organizations, universities, colleges, and hospitals.
    <bullet> Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that 
approximately $5 million will be available to support approximately 5 
awards under this program in FY 1997. Actual funding levels will depend 
upon the availability of funds.
    <bullet> Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230.
    <bullet> Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance 
contact: Ms. Luisa del Carmen Pollard, M.A., Division of Community 
Education Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II, Suite 800, 5600 
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: 301/443-0377.

    Note: The Division of Community Education (DCE) , CSAP, will 
accept concept papers (not to exceed 4 pages) from prospective 
applicants via FAX or the Internet. DCE staff will review them and 
provide technical assistance by Internet, FAX, or phone. Concept 
papers may be submitted anytime up to 20 days prior to the 
application receipt date. Concept paper should be faxed or e-mailed 
to: CAPT at (301) 443-5592 or via the Internet: www.health.org (Go 
into the Forum section of the web site, click on ``CSAP Grant 
Opportunities for FY97.'') Whether or not a concept paper is 
submitted will have no bearing on the subsequent acceptance and 
review of an application.

    <bullet> 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, 
Suite 6405600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
    <bullet> Application Kits: Application kits are available from: 
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), P.O. 
Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20847-2345, 1-800/729-6686, 1-800/487-4889 TDD, 
Via Internet: www.health.org (Go into the Forum Section of the Web 
site, click on ``CSAP FY97 Grant Opportunities')
    The full text of the GFA is also available electronically via the 
CSAP site at the NCADI (www.health.org).
4.1.3 Cooperative Agreements for Public/Private Sector Workplace Models 
and Strategies for the Incorporation of Substance Abuse Prevention and 
Early Intervention Into Managed Care (Short Title: Workplace Managed 
Care)
    <bullet> Application Deadline: May 12, 1997
    ' Purpose: SAMHSA/CSAP is seeking to build a strategic cooperative 
effort with those who are engaged in, have a binding agreement with or 
documented access to, an operational, fully funded, public/private 
sector workplace managed care (WMC) substance abuse prevention and 
early intervention program. Those with access to these WMC programs 
must also have documented, authorized access to the data related to the 
program. If data are available, grantees will analyze retrospective 
data to assess longitudinal effectiveness. All grantees will collect, 
analyze and compare prospective data for a study group and at least one 
selected comparison group. Programs will evaluate their operational 
processes and outcomes, be part of a cross-site evaluation study and 
will develop a replication manual.
    The fully funded, public/private sector workplace managed care 
substance abuse prevention and early intervention program must already 
be in place for a minimum of 1 year and fully implemented for 
employees, if not all covered lives. The workplace must have a 
documented minimum of 250 employees at selected workplace study sites. 
This cooperative agreement program will assist SAMHSA/CSAP to identify 
effective components and strategies of these programs which serve to 
prevent and reduce substance abuse and enhance overall wellness of 
individual employees and their families. This information will promote 
the development of models and materials and the dissemination first to 
businesses and eventually to communities and States as they initiate 
new programs where none exist and assist those that do exist to improve 
their effectiveness.
    The overall goal of this cooperative agreement program is to 
determine which public/private sector workplace managed care substance 
abuse prevention and early intervention programs are the most effective 
in reducing the incidence and prevalence of substance abuse and to 
disseminate these findings.
    The two objectives in support of this goal are to:
    1. Determine the nature (e.g., structure, organization, function, 
etc.) of WMC programs utilizing substance abuse prevention and early 
intervention efforts.
    2. Provide a detailed description of the WMC programs; assess their 
strengths and weaknesses and their impact on the substance abuse of 
employees and their families (e.g., covered lives); and assess the 
quality and delivery of substance abuse prevention and early 
intervention.
    Through funding this program, SAMHSA/CSAP anticipates gaining 
knowledge about the following global questions.
    <bullet> Do substance abuse prevention and early intervention 
strategies and programs, applied within various managed care models 
prevent and reduce substance abuse for covered lives (employees and 
their families) over time?
    <bullet> Does the prevalence and incidence of substance abuse 
differ among substance abuse prevention and early intervention models 
of managed care?
    <bullet> Does the prevalence/incidence of substance abuse differ 
among substance abuse prevention and early intervention models within 
specific managed care and non-managed care models?
    <bullet> What issues or policies related to gender, cultural, 
ethnic, age, race, educational, legal and/or linguistic variations need 
to be addressed to increase positive impacts of the program?
    <bullet> Priorities: None
    <bullet> Eligible Applicants: Applications may be submitted by 
domestic private

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nonprofit and for-profit organizations such as businesses, Employee 
Assistance Programs (EAPs), health care service organizations, research 
institutes, universities, colleges, and hospitals, and by 
organizations, such as units of State or local government.
    Substance abuse prevention and early intervention programs may be 
co-located with other managed care services or may be organizationally 
or geographically separate. If separate, linkages must be clearly 
described.
    <bullet> Cooperative Agreements/Amounts: It is estimated that 
approximately $4 million will be available to support approximately 10-
15 awards under this GFA in FY 97. It is anticipated that the average 
award will be in the $275,000 to $500,000 range. Actual funding levels 
will depend upon the availability of funds.
    <bullet> Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.230
    <bullet> Program Contact: For programmatic or technical assistance, 
contact: Deborah M. Galvin, Ph.D., Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
Parklawn, Room 13A-54,5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, (301) 
443-6780.
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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 
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 Pro-Children 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 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 24, 1997.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA
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