[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 142 (Monday, July 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44343-44344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18670]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Funding Opportunity
AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of intent to award a Single Source Grant to the
Education Development Resource Center, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to award
approximately $1,000,000 (total costs) per year for up to one year to
the Education Development Resource Center, Inc. Newton, Massachusetts.
This is not a formal request for applications. Assistance will be
provided only to the Education Development Resource Center, Inc. based
on the receipt of a satisfactory application that is approved by an
independent review group.
Funding Opportunity Title: SM-11-014.
Catalog Of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.243.
Authority: Section 520C of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended.
Justification: The purpose of this one-year supplement to the SPRC
is to expand and enhance the level of support provided to the National
Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance). This
supplement will expand
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future organizational development, partnerships, and collaborations to
support the implementation of the National Strategy for Suicide
Prevention (NSSP).
This 1-year funding supports the SPRC and the goals and objectives
of the Action Alliance by providing the infrastructure supports to
update and advance the NSSP. This will further support national
investment in prevention and public health.
Since 2002, the SPRC has provided prevention support, training, and
resources to assist organizations and individuals to develop suicide
prevention programs, interventions, and policies, to further the work
of the Action Alliance and to advance the NSSP. The Action Alliance was
launched in September 2010 by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary
Robert Gates as an innovative public private partnership established to
improve public and professional awareness of suicide as a preventable
public health problem and to enhance the capacities and capabilities of
communities to promote prevention and resilience.
Funding for the SPRC and for this program supplement are components
of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, most recently included in the
2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act. Congress authorized funding for only
one Suicide Prevention Resource Center; therefore the program
supplement must be awarded to the grantee that manages the SPRC,
specifically to Education Development Center, Inc., Newton,
Massachusetts. There are no other sources with the available resources
and expertise to successfully complete the tasks of this proposal.
Further, it would be both inefficient and wasteful to fund a second
technical assistance provider for the same group of grantees.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shelly Hara, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 8-
1095, Rockville, MD 20857; telephone: (240) 276-2321; E-mail:
[email protected].
Janine D Cook,
SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 2011-18670 Filed 7-22-11; 8:45 am]
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