Cooperative Agreements for the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and their Families

The summary for the Cooperative Agreements for the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and their Families grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Center for Mental Health Services, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Cooperative Agreements for the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and their Families: SAMHSA?s Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year 2003 and fiscal year 2004 for cooperative agreements to develop systems of care that deliver effective comprehensive community mental health services for a target population of children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance and their families. Funds will be awarded to develop community service systems for the target population, and also to fund a broad array of services delivered through those service systems. In addition, awardees will participate in a national multi-site evaluation, conducted through a separate contract, and will be encouraged to develop the capacity for continuous evaluation of their systems of care. Who can apply: Eligibility for this program is statutorily limited to public entities such as State governments; Indian tribes or tribal organizations (as defined in Section 4[b] and Section 4[c] of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act); governmental units within political subdivisions of a State such as a county, city, or town; the District of Columbia government; and the government of the territories of Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (now Palau, Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands). Additional eligibility requirements are listed in the full announcement. Est. Funds for FY 2003: Approximately $5 million Est. Funds for FY 2004: Approximately $5 million Est. No. of Awards: About 5 awards in FY 2003 and about 5 awards in FY 2004. The maximum amount available in total direct and indirect costs for each year of the award will be as follows: Year 1: $1 million Year 2: $1.5 million Year 3: $2.5 million Year 4: $2 million Year 5: $1.5 million Year 6: $1 million Actual funding levels will depend on the availability of funds. Applications with proposed budgets that exceed the maximum allowed in any year will be returned without review. Project period: Up to six years with annual continuations depending on availability of funds and progress achieved.