FY 2005 RFA Grant Application Information (RFA)
Application Information Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT)
Request for Applications (RFA) No. TI-05-006
Publication in grants.gov: February 15, 2005
Announcement Type: Initial
Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.: 93.243
[Note: Letters from State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) in response to E.O. 12372 are due March 12, 2005.]
Funding Opportunity Description:
AUTHORITY: Section 509 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and subject to the availability of funds.
The State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination grant program is one of SAMHSA's Infrastructure Grant programs. The purpose of State Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Coordination grants is to build capacity in States to provide effective, accessible, and affordable substance abuse treatment for youth and their families. Grants will provide funding to support a staff position (a State official whose sole responsibility is ensuring the effectiveness of adolescent substance abuse treatment State-wide) and a State process to assess, facilitate, and coordinate ongoing, self-sustaining cross-system planning for effective adolescent substance abuse treatment.
Grantees are required to hire and/or dedicate a full-time employee at the State level vested with the authority to convene and coordinate all of the State agencies that allocate public health resources that may provide funding and other support for adolescents and their families needing early intervention and treatment services for substance use disorders. The State adolescent substance abuse treatment coordinator shall also form linkages with other service systems that provide mental health, education, health, child welfare, and juvenile justice services for youth and their families and identify opportunities to coordinate funding and treatment resources across these systems to the fullest extent possible. It is incumbent upon the grantee to create a position vested with the authority necessary to accomplish these tasks, and to hire/designate an individual who has the necessary skills and experience appropriate for the position, including an understanding of the correlation of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
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Background:
While there has been increased awareness around the need for accessible, effective substance abuse treatment for youth, there are problems within State structures that make providing funding and services for youth extremely difficult. Responsibility for adolescent treatment is located in a number of State agencies, and is frequently not in the office that oversees substance abuse treatment services. Only one State has best practices guidelines for adolescent substance abuse treatment. Only five States' substance abuse counselor licensure requirements include any knowledge of youth addiction, childhood development, or families. None has a specific licensure for clinicians working with youth addiction. Of the six States that have separate certification requirements for adolescent substance abuse treatment, four do not address required staffing levels; none addresses the issue of parental notification only one addresses the use of discipline/restraint; only three require background checks for staff; and only three require any specialized training for staff. A major contributor to the aforementioned weaknesses in the adolescent substance abuse treatment system is this most States do not have a single locus of responsibility for ensuring an accessible, effective substance abuse treatment system for youth and their families.
Allowable Activities:
Grants funds may be used to carry out all of the allowable activities listed in Section I-2.1 of the INF-05 PA except that grant funds may not be used for data infrastructure/MIS development. In addition, these are Category I - Small Infrastructure Grants; implementation pilots are not an allowable activity under this mechanism.
Required Activities:
Grantees must use funds to carry out the following required Activities:
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Develop a full-time position within a unit of State government to oversee and coordinate the adolescent substance abuse treatment system Statewide.
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Link and coordinate with other service systems to promote comprehensive, integrated services for youth with substance abuse and/or co-occurring problems. Such service systems include mental health, health, juvenile justice, education, child welfare, and Medicaid.
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Coordinate the budget formulation and benefit plans (e.g., Medicaid services for adolescent treatment) of all State agencies that have responsibility for funds that may be used to support adolescent substance abuse treatment services, including screening, assessment, early intervention, treatment, family involvement in treatment, case management, and continuing care/aftercare.
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Identify barriers (fiscal, regulatory, and policy) that impede the adoption and provision of accessible evidence-based treatment across the full continuum of care recommended by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)1. Devise and implement strategies, in concert with all other State-agencies that may fund and/or regulate these services, to improve the access to treatment, increase capacity and quality, and expand the available continuum in communities and throughout the State implementing treatment interventions with a scientific evidence base for the population to be served.
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Import tools, coordinate training, and support providers in the adoption of screening and assessment protocols that cross-walk to DSM-IV/ICD 10 criteria for substance abuse/dependence, mental health diagnoses, and ASAM Patient Placement Criteria, Version 2 - Revised1.
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Develop/improve State standards for licensure/certification/accreditation of programs that provide substance abuse treatment services for adolescents and their families.
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Develop/improve State standards for licensure/certification/credentialing of adolescent substance abuse treatment counselors.
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Identify and provide linkages across the universe of discretionary federal and foundation-funded adolescent substance abuse treatment grant programs for the purpose of supporting and disseminating learning across the State-wide treatment system and to provide assistance to ensure sustainability and adoption of best/evidence based practices identified in these programs.
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Identify, disseminate, and support training and technical assistance resources that expand the capacity and quality of adolescent substance abuse treatment throughout the State provider system, including cross-training for adolescent mental health and substance abuse treatment providers.
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Promote coordination and collaboration with family support organizations to strengthen services for youth, with or at risk of substance abuse and/or co-occurring problems.
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Facilitate the development of a State-wide provider association for adolescent substance abuse treatment across programs and for counselors engaged in providing these services, regardless of the State or local system within which they work.
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Keep abreast of the research findings related to adolescent substance abuse treatment and disseminate this information State-wide in a form that is easily digested by clinical staff, providing insight on the application of the research to improve clinical practice at the program level.
Eligibility
1. Eligible Applicants: Funding is limited to States, the District of Columbia, Territories and federally recognized tribal governments. Since this program is designed to facilitate State-level coordination of adolescent substance abuse treatment services, only States, the District of Columbia, Territories and federally recognized tribal governments are eligible to apply. These eligibility criteria supersede the criteria specified in Section III-1 of the INF-05 PA.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching is not required.
3. Other: Applicants must also meet certain application formatting and submission requirements or the application will be screened out and will not be reviewed. These requirements are described in Section IV-2 below as well as in the INF-05 PA.
Award Information
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Estimated Funding Available/Number of Awards: It is expected that up to $7.1 million will be available to fund up to 22 awards in FY 2005. The maximum allowable award is $400,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) per year for up to 3 years. Proposed budgets cannot exceed the allowable amount in any year of the proposed project. The actual amount available for the awards may vary, depending on unanticipated program requirements and the number and quality of the applications received. Annual continuations will depend on the availability of funds, grantee progress in meeting program goals and objectives, and timely submission of required data and reports.
This program is being announced prior to the annual appropriation for FY 2005 for SAMHSA's programs, with funding estimates based on the President's budget request for FY 2005. Applications are invited based on the assumption that sufficient funds will be appropriated for FY 2005 to permit funding of a reasonable number of applications hereby solicited. All applicants are reminded, however, that we cannot guarantee that sufficient funds will be appropriated to permit SAMHSA to fund any applications.
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Funding Instrument: Grant
Award Information
1. Address to Request Application Package:
Complete application kits may be obtained from the National the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) at 1-800-729-6686.
When requesting an application kit for this program, the applicant must specify the funding opportunity title "Adolescent Treatment Coordination" and the funding opportunity number (TI-05-006). All information necessary to apply, including where to submit applications and application deadline instructions, is included in the application kit. The PHS 5161-1 application form is also available electronically via SAMHSA's World Wide Web Home Page: www.samhsa.gov (click on 'Grants'). The INF-05 PA is available electronically at http://www.externallinks.samhsa.gov/grants/standard/Infrastructure/index.html.
When submitting an application, be sure to type "TI-05-006/Adolescent Treatment Coordination" in Item Number 10 on the face page of the application form. Also, SAMHSA applicants are required to provide a DUNS Number on the face page of the application. To obtain a DUNS Number, access the Dun and Bradstreet web site at https://www.dnb.com or call 1-866-705-5711.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission:
Information including required documents, required application components, and application formatting requirements is available in the INF-05 PA in Section IV-2.
Contact Information
For questions on program issues, contact:
Randolph D. Muck,
SAMHSA/CSAT/DSI1
Choke Cherry Road,
Room 5-1083
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: 240-276-1576
randy.muck@samhsa.hhs.gov
For questions on grants management issues, contact:
Kimberly Pendleton
Division of Grants Management
Office of Program Services, SAMHSA
1 Choke Cherry Road
Room 7-1097
Rockville, MD 20857
(240) 276-1421
Kimberly.Pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov
Documents needed to complete a grant application:
The complete Announcement No. SM-05-010
PHS 5161-1 (revised July 2000): Includes the face page, budget forms, assurances, certification, and checklist.
Applications that are not submitted on the required application form will be screened out and will not be reviewed.
Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants
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Additional Materials
For further information on the forms and the application process, see Useful Information for Applicants
Additional materials available on this website include:
- Technical Assistance and Training for SAMHSA Grant Applicants
- Grants Management at SAMHSA: Useful Information for Grantees
Last updated: 02/12/2009