FY 2004 Grant Opportunity
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Department of Health and Human Services
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Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) |
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Networking and Certifying Suicide Prevention Hotlines |
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Announcement Type: Initial |
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Funding Opportunity Number: SM 04-013 |
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243 |
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Due Date for Applications: July 21, 2004 |
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Funding Instrument: Grant |
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[Note: Letters from State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) in response to E.O. 12372 are due September 20, 2004.] |
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SUMMARY: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services, announces the availability of FY 2004 grant funds for Networking and Certifying Suicide Prevention Hotlines. A synopsis of this funding opportunity, as well as many other Federal Government funding opportunities, is also available at the Internet site: www.grants.gov. For complete instructions, potential applicants must obtain a copy of SAMHSA’s standard Infrastructure Grants announcement [INF-04 PA [MOD]], and the PHS 5161-1 (Rev. 7/00) application form before preparing and submitting an application. The INF-04 PA [MOD] describes the general program design and provides instructions for applying for all SAMHSA Infrastructure Grants, including the Networking and Certifying Suicide Prevention Hotlines grant. Additional instructions and specific requirements for this funding opportunity are described below. |
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I. Funding Opportunity DescriptionAuthority: Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended and subject to the availability of funds. Networking and Certifying Suicide Prevention Hotlines grant program is one of SAMHSA’s Infrastructure Grants. In general, SAMHSA’s Infrastructure Grants provide funds to increase the capacity of mental health and/or substance abuse service systems to support effective programs and services. This particular grant will provide funding to manage a toll-free national Suicide prevention hotline network, a life affirming number, routes calls from anywhere in the United States to a network of local crisis centers that can link callers to local emergency, mental health and social service resources. Grant funds must also be used to increase the number of crisis centers certified in suicide prevention. End ofTranslation The goals of the Networking and Certifying Suicide Prevention Hotlines grant program are to:
To achieve these goals, the applicant will be required to engage in the following activities:
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Background:
There are currently estimated to be over 500 operating “crisis centers” in the United States, exclusive of military and employee assistance programs. Some are specialty centers focusing on crises related to domestic violence or rape. Others see their mission as responding to the needs of all types of personal and family crises. The primary objective of the crisis center is to diffuse the immediate crisis, ensure the caller’s safety, and assist the caller to take the next immediate steps toward resolving the problem.> In any type of serious personal crisis, the potential for suicidal thoughts and behaviors exist. In published surveys, 10 percent of calls to all types of crisis programs involve suicidality. Hotline crisis services represent one of many possible effective interventions for suicidality. “Hotline” crisis services may be directly associated with a single crisis center, which also offers face-to-face client services, or be a “hotline-only” service in which there are no associated face-to-face services. Such “hotline-only” centers may be hundreds or thousands of miles from the location of the caller and often maintain databases of crisis, mental health, and social services local to the caller to which that person can be referred if indicated. “Suicide prevention hotlines” are staffed with suicide prevention workers who establish and maintain contact with the individual while identifying and clarifying the problem, evaluating the potential for suicide, assessing the individual’s strengths and resources, and mobilizing available resources including paramedic or police intervention and emergency psychiatric care as needed. “Suicide prevention hotlines” may be stand-alone “hotline only” services, may operate out of community agencies, or be part of organized health and mental health care delivery systems. While suicide prevention hotlines have been in existence for more than forty years, access to such services in many areas has been either highly variable or non-existent. The multiplicity of phone numbers for local hotlines made national, state or regional public education campaigns impossible. This led to support for a single, toll free, nationally accessible telephone number for suicide prevention, utilizing telecommunications technology that links callers to their geographically nearest crisis center. Though not all crisis centers have widely publicized “hotline” services, it is generally believed that most, if not all, centers field crisis calls from suicidal individuals. While face-to-face assessment and counseling in the work of crisis centers are to a large degree done by health professionals, much of the important work of telephone crisis intervention is done by trained volunteers. The use of trained volunteers in the role of telephone crisis workers has existed for many years and spawned the development of standards to guide them in their work. Workers responding to suicidal callers should be trained in the use of clinical intervention techniques. The certification of crisis centers in suicide prevention is a crucial component of this grant. Many crisis centers do not operate out of organized health delivery systems, such as hospitals or community mental health centers. State laws and regulations governing the use of terms such as "crisis center", "crisis line", or "hotline" either do not exist or vary widely. The majority of crisis center workers are volunteers who do not fall under any state licensing laws for mental health professionals. Thus, voluntary certification for meeting nationally recognized suicide prevention standards is virtually the only form of external, task specific quality control that exists for many crisis centers. The success of the network is ultimately tied to the adherence of participating crisis centers to nationally recognized standards for suicide prevention. Definitions:
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Standard Announcement |
II. Award Information1.& Estimated Funding Available/Number of Awards: It is expected that up to $2.2 million will be available to fund one award in FY 2004. It is expected that only one Category 2-Comprehensive Infrastructure Grant, as defined in the INF-04 PA [MOD], will be awarded. The maximum allowable award is $2.2 million in total costs (direct and indirect) per year for three years. Proposed budgets cannot exceed the allowable amount in any year of the proposed project. The actual amount available for the award may vary, depending on unanticipated program requirements and the quality of the applications received. Annual continuations will depend on the availability of funds, progress in meeting program goals and objectives, and timely submission of required data and reports. 2. Funding Instrument: Cooperative Agreements Role of the Grantee:
Role of SAMHSA staff:
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IV. Application and Submission Information:
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Checklist for Formatting Requirements and Screenout Criteria for SAMHSA Grant Applications |
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SAMHSA’s goal is to review all applications submitted for grant funding. However, this goal must be balanced against SAMHSA’s obligation to ensure equitable treatment of applications. For this reason, SAMHSA has established certain formatting requirements for its applications. If you do not adhere to these requirements, your application will be screened out and returned to you without review. |
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Use the PHS 5161-1 application. |
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Applications must be received by the application deadline. Applications received after this date must have a proof of mailing date from the carrier dated at least 1 week prior to the due date. Private metered postmarks are not acceptable as proof of timely mailing. Applications not received by the application deadline or not postmarked at least 1 week prior to the application deadline will not be reviewed. |
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Information provided must be sufficient for review. |
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Text must be legible.
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Paper must be white |
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To ensure equity among applications, the amount of space allowed for the Project Narrative cannot be exceeded.
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The page limit for Appendices stated in the specific funding announcement cannot be exceeded. |
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To facilitate review of your application, follow these additional guidelines. Failure to adhere to the following guidelines will not, in itself, result in your application being screened out and returned without review. However, the information provided in your application must be sufficient for review. Following these guidelines will help ensure your application is complete, and will help reviewers to consider your application. |
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The 10 application components required for SAMHSA applications must be included:
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Applications should comply with the following requirements:
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Pages should be typed single-spaced with one column per page. |
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Pages should not have printing on both sides. |
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Please use black ink, and number pages consecutively from beginning to end so that information can be located easily during review of the application. The cover page should be page 1, the abstract page should be page 2, and the table of contents page should be page 3. Appendices should be labeled and separated from the Project Narrative and budget section, and the pages should be numbered to continue the sequence. |
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Send the original application and two copies to the mailing address in the funding announcement. Please do not use staples, paper clips, and fasteners. Nothing should be attached, stapled, folded, or pasted. Do not use heavy or lightweight paper, or any material that cannot be copied using automatic copying machines. Odd-sized and oversized attachments such as posters will not be copied or sent to reviewers. Do not include videotapes, audiotapes, or CD-ROMs. |
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V. Application Review Information |
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VI. Award Administration Information:Award administration information, including award notices, administrative and national policy requirements, and reporting requirements are available in the INF-04 PA [MOD] in Section VI. SAMHSA’s standard terms and conditions are available at www.samhsa.gov/grants. Note that the Networking and Certifying Suicide Prevention Hotlines grantee will be required to provide quarterly progress/financial reports in addition to annual progress/financial reports. The quarterly reporting format, including crisis center call data, is under development by SAMHSA. |
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VII. Agency Contact for Additional Information:For questions about program issues, contact:
For questions on grants management issues, contact:
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