[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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