$900,000 Available to Fund Technical Assistance for Older Adults' Mental Health
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is
announcing the availability of funding for a national technical assistance
center for the mental health needs of older adults. The National
Technical Assistance Center will assist new grantees under the Targeted
Capacity Expansion program who will be adding mental health services for
the elderly or enhancing existing services.
Approximately $900,000 in funding will be available to fund one
cooperative agreement for a period of up to three years. SAMHSA's Center
for Mental Health Services (CMHS) will administer this cooperative
agreement.
This announcement is a revision and reissue of the Group II portion of
GFA No. SM 02-009, which was withdrawn on June 17, 2002.
WHO CAN APPLY: Domestic public and private nonprofit entities may
apply. These include state agencies or departments, county agencies, city
agencies, state regional agencies, Indian tribes or tribal organizations,
public or private not-for-profit agencies or universities. States
include, in addition to the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam,
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands. Interested
parties who do not meet these criteria are encouraged to partner with an
agency or organization that is eligible to apply as the lead agency.
Applicants are encouraged to form partnerships with consumer, family and
consumer-supporter groups that are focused on the needs of older persons,
both in the areas of mental health and the general issues of aging.
Applicant organizations who applied for a Group I award under GFA No. SM
02-009 cannot apply as the applicant organization for this announcement.
HOW TO APPLY: Guidance for Applicants (GFA No. SM 02-016) is available
from SAMHSA's web site at www.samhsa.gov or by phone at 1-800-789-2647.
APPLICATION DUE DATE: August 8, 2002.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Applicants with questions on program issues
should contact Betsy McDonel Herr, Ph.D., at 301-594-2197 or bmcdonel@samhsa.gov.
Queries on grants management issues should be directed to Steve Hudak at
301-443-9666 or shudak@samhsa.gov.
SAMHSA, a public health agency within the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, is the lead federal agency for improving the quality and
availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment and mental
health services in the United States. Information on SAMHSA's programs is
available on the Internet at www.samhsa.gov. News media requests should
be directed to Media Services at 1-800-487-4890.
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