[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62641-62642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24611]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Funding Opportunity

AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of intent to award a Single Source Grant to Link2Health 
Solutions, Inc.

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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 $2,100,000 (total costs) for the HHS Programs for 
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act--Non Construction--SAMHSA Disaster 
Distress Helpline (DDH--Hurricane Sandy) for up to two years to 
Link2Health Solutions, Inc., the current grantee for the National 
Suicide Prevention Lifeline. This is not a formal request for 
applications. Assistance will be provided only to Link2Health 
Solutions, Inc. based on the receipt of a satisfactory application that 
is approved by an objective review group.
    Funding Opportunity Title: SM-13-011.
    Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.: 93.095.

    Authority:  The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (Pub. 
L. 113-2).

    Justification: Only an application from Link2Health Solutions will 
be considered for funding under this announcement. Two-year funding has 
become available to implement a Disaster Distress Helpline to respond 
to urgent and emerging behavioral health needs for states directly 
affected by Hurricane Sandy. It is considered most cost-effective and 
efficient to award these funds to the existing grantee for the National 
Suicide Prevention Lifeline and to build on the existing capacity and 
infrastructure within its network of crisis centers.
    Link2Health Solutions is in the unique position to carry out the 
activities of this grant announcement because it is the current 
recipient of SAMHSA's cooperative agreement to manage the National 
Suicide Prevention Lifeline. As such, Link2Health Solutions has been 
maintaining the network communications system and has an existing 
relationship with the networked crisis centers.
    The purpose of this funding is for the implementation of the 
Disaster Distress Helpline--Hurricane Sandy, which provides access to 
trained crisis support professionals, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 
(24/7), in response to urgent and emerging behavioral health needs for 
the areas in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New 
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 
Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, that were 
directly affected by Hurricane Sandy. The DDH--Hurricane Sandy will 
utilize one contracted crisis center, from the Suicide Prevention 
Lifeline network, in the impacted region. Additionally, one back-up 
center will be funded to support the DDH--Hurricane Sandy.
    Contact: Cathy Friedman, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services

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Administration, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 8-1097, Rockville, MD 20857; 
telephone: (240) 276-2316; Email: [email protected].

Cathy J. Friedman,
Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 2013-24611 Filed 10-21-13; 8:45 am]
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