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[FR Doc. 98–14138 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 Funding

Opportunities

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental

Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability.

SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration

(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention (CSAP) announces the

availability of FY 1998 funds for grants

for the following activity. This activity

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

Estimated

No. of

awards

Project period

Faculty Development Program ......................................................................................... 7/28/98 $1.0M 10 3 yrs.

Note: SAMHSA also published notices of

available funding opportunities for FY 1998

in the Federal Register on January 6, 1998,

January 20, 1998, February 26, 1998, March

20, 1998, April 8, 1998, April 16, 1998, April

20, 1998, and on April 22, 1998.

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 1998

funds for activities discussed in this

announcement were appropriated by the

Congress under Public Law No. 105–78.

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 and

the full text of each of the activities (i.e.,

the GFA) described in Section 4 are

available electronically via SAMHSA’s

World Wide Web Home Page (address:

http://www.samhsa.gov).

Application Submission: Unless

otherwise stated in the GFA,

applications must be submitted to:

SAMHSA Programs, Center for

Scientific Review, 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 date(s)

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.

Applications received after the

deadline date and those sent to an

address other than the address specified

in the GFA will be returned to the

applicant without review.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for activity-specific technical

information should be directed to the

program contact person identified for

each activity covered by this notice (see

Section 4).

Requests for information concerning

business management issues should be

directed to the grants management

contact person identified for each

activity covered by this notice (see

Section 4).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To

facilitate the use of this Notice of

Funding Availability, information has

been organized as outlined in the Table

of Contents below. For each activity, the

following information is provided:

• Application Deadline

• Purpose.

• Priorities.

• Eligible Applicants.

• Grants/Cooperative Agreements/

Amounts.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number.

• Contacts.

• Application Kits.

Table of Contents

1. Program Background and Objectives

2. Special Concerns

3. Criteria for Review and Funding

3.1 General Review Criteria

3.2 Funding Criteria for Scored

Applications

4. Special FY 1998 Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Activities

4.1 Grants

4.1.1 Faculty Development Program—

Faculty Developing People, Programs,

Products and Policies for Integrated

Service Delivery

5. Public Health System Reporting

Requirements
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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 moved assertively to create a

renewed and strategic emphasis on

using its resources to generate

knowledge about ways to improve the

prevention and treatment of substance

abuse and mental illness and to work

with State and local governments as

well as providers, families, and

consumers to effectively use that

knowledge in everyday practice.

SAMHSA’s FY 1998 Knowledge

Development and Application (KD&A)

agenda is the outcome of a process

whereby providers, services researchers,

consumers, National Advisory Council

members and other interested persons

participated in special meetings or

responded to calls for suggestions and

reactions. From this input, each

SAMHSA Center developed a ‘‘menu’’

of suggested topics. The topics were

discussed jointly and an agency agenda

of critical topics was agreed to. The

selection of topics depended heavily on

policy importance and on the existence

of adequate research and practitioner

experience on which to base studies.

While SAMHSA’s FY 1998 KD&A

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.

SAMHSA also continues to fund

legislatively-mandated services

programs for which funds are

appropriated.

2. Special Concerns

SAMHSA’s legislatively-mandated

services programs do provide funds for

mental health and/or substance abuse

treatment and prevention services.

However, SAMHSA’s KD&A activities

do not provide funds for mental health

and/or substance abuse treatment and

prevention services except sometimes

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

under a KD&A activity will be

considered nonresponsive.

Applications that are incomplete or

nonresponsive to the GFA will be

returned to the applicant without

further consideration.

3. Criteria for Review and Funding

Consistent with the statutory mandate

for SAMHSA to support activities that

will improve the provision of treatment,

prevention and related services,

including the development of national

mental health and substance abuse goals

and model programs, competing

applications requesting funding under

the specific project activities in Section

4 will be reviewed for technical merit in

accordance with established PHS/

SAMHSA peer review procedures.

3.1 General Review Criteria

As published in the Federal Register

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

SAMHSA’s ‘‘Peer Review and Advisory

Council Review of Grant and

Cooperative Agreement Applications

and Contract Proposals,’’ peer review

groups will take into account, among

other factors as may be specified in the

application guidance materials, the

following general criteria:

• Potential significance of the

proposed project;

• Appropriateness of the applicant’s

proposed objectives to the goals of the

specific program;

• Adequacy and appropriateness of

the proposed approach and activities;

• Adequacy of available resources,

such as facilities and equipment;

• Qualifications and experience of the

applicant organization, the project

director, and other key personnel; and

• Reasonableness of the proposed

budget.

3.2 Funding Criteria for Scored

Applications

Applications will be considered for

funding on the basis of their overall

technical merit as determined through

the peer review group and the

appropriate National Advisory Council

(if applicable) review process.

Other funding criteria will include:

• Availability of funds.

Additional funding criteria specific to

the programmatic activity may be

included in the application guidance

materials.

4. Special FY 1998 SAMHSA Activities

4.1 Grants

4.1.1 Faculty Development Program—

Faculty Developing People, Programs,

Products and Policies for Integrated

Service Delivery, GFA No. SP 98–006)

• Application Deadline: July 28, 1998

• Purpose: The Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services

Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for

Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

announces the availability of funds for

grants to support the application of the

Faculty Development Program (FDP)

model to Schools of Public Health and

Residency Training Programs in

Preventive Medicine without a

substance abuse prevention program.

Such programs will work in association

with institutions that educate health

and social service professionals

(Schools of Medicine, Osteopathy,

Nursing, Dentistry, Social Work, and

university-affiliated Departments of

Psychology) that have existing

substance abuse prevention programs.

The overall purpose of the FDP is

twofold: (1) The education of students at

Schools of Public Health and in

Residency Training Programs in

Preventive Medicine to foster an

understanding of the importance of

substance abuse prevention services that

will be reflected in policy making and

program planning; and (2) The transfer

of expertise between institutions

through a mentor relationship. Expected

results from the application of the FDP

model include: the development of

expertise in substance abuse prevention

by faculty of professional programs at

funded institutions; the

institutionalization of substance abuse

prevention programs in the curriculum

or curricula at funded institutions; the

creation of linkages between the

community and funded institutions

promoting the application of sciencebased substance abuse prevention

strategies within the community; and

the diffusion of expertise of

professionals trained by the program to

others in their professional discipline.
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• Priorities: None

• Eligible Applicants: Eligibility is

limited to Schools of Medicine,

Osteopathy, Nursing, Dentistry, Social

Work, and university-affiliated

Departments of Psychology with an

existing substance abuse prevention

program or to Schools of Public Health

or Residency Training Programs in

Preventive Medicine without an existing

substance abuse prevention program.

Applications from Schools of

Medicine, Osteopathy, Nursing,

Dentistry, Social Work, and universityaffiliated Departments of Psychology

must identify the School of Public

Health or Residency Training Program

in Preventive Medicine they will mentor

in order to develop a substance abuse

prevention program.

Applications from Schools of Public

Health or Residency Training Programs

in Preventive Medicine must identify

the School of Medicine, Osteopathy,

Nursing, Dentistry, Social Work or

university-affiliated Department of

Psychology which has an existing

substance abuse prevention program

and with whom they have established a

mentoring relationship in order to assist

them in establishing a substance abuse

prevention program.

Eligibility is being limited to these

particular entities because this program

is limited to three years and the need for

appropriately trained health care

practitioners and the integration of

state-of-the-art substance abuse

prevention, screening, assessment, and

referral strategies as standards of care is

critical to reducing health care costs and

improving health status. By capitalizing

on the experience of the mentor

agencies with existing substance abuse

prevention programs, these partnerships

will be able to complete their program

within the allotted three years. Absent

this pre-existing and continuing

experience, completion within this time

frame would not be possible.

• Grants/Amounts: It is estimated

that up to $1,000,000 will be available

to support approximately ten new grant

awards of approximately $100,000 each

(total costs—direct + indirect) under

this GFA in FY 1998.

• Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Number: 93.274

• For programmatic or technical

information regarding this grant

program (not for application kits)

contact: Lucille C. Perez, M.D.,

Associate Director, Medical and Clinical

Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse

Prevention, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration,

Rockwall II Building, Room 9D–10,

5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland

20857, 301/443–5266.

For grants management assistance,

contact: Peggy Jones, Division of Grants

Management, OPS, Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services

Administration, Rockwall II Building,

Room 621, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857, 301/443–9666.

• For application kits, contact:

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and

Drug Information, P.O. Box 2345,

Rockville, MD 20847–2345, 800/729–

6686, 301/468–2600 (local calls).

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 1998 activity

described above is/is not subject to the

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

6. PHS Non-use of Tobacco Policy

Statement

The PHS strongly encourages all grant

and contract recipients to provide a

smoke-free workplace and promote the

non-use of all tobacco products. In

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

in certain facilities (or in some cases,

any portion of a facility) in which

regular or routine education, library,

day care, health care, or early childhood

development services are provided to

children. This is consistent with the

PHS mission to protect and advance the

physical and mental health of the

American people.

7. Executive Order 12372

Applications submitted in response to

the FY 1998 activity listed above are not

subject to the intergovernmental review

requirements of Executive Order 12372,

as implemented through DHHS

regulations at 45 CFR Part 100.

Dated: May 20, 1998.

Patricia S. Bradford,

Acting Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

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BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4352–N–02]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing. HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: July 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Mildred M. Hamman, Reports Liaison

Officer, Public and Indian Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, S.W.,

Room 4238, Washington, DC 20410–

5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642,

extension 4128, for copies of the

proposed forms and other available

documents. (This is not a toll-free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as

amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper