Cooperative Agreement for Networking, Certifying, and Training Suicide Prevention Hotlines

The summary for the Cooperative Agreement for Networking, Certifying, and Training Suicide Prevention Hotlines 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 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Cooperative Agreement for Networking, Certifying, and Training Suicide Prevention Hotlines: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2007 for a Cooperative Agreement for Networking, Certifying, and Training Suicide Prevention Hotlines. The purpose of this program is to manage, enhance, and strengthen the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL), a system of toll-free telephone numbers that routes calls from anywhere in the United States to a network of certified local crisis centers that can link callers to local emergency, mental health, and social service resources. The technology permits calls to be directed immediately to a suicide prevention worker who is geographically closest to the caller. The Cooperative Agreement for Networking, Certifying, and Training Suicide Prevention Hotlines program is one of SAMHSAs infrastructure programs. SAMHSAs Infrastructure Grants support an array of activities to help the grantee build a solid foundation for delivering and sustaining effective mental health services. SAMHSA recognizes that each applicant will start from a unique point in developing infrastructure and will serve populations/communities with specific needs. The awardee may pursue diverse strategies and methods to achieve its infrastructure development and capacity expansion goals. The successful applicant will provide a coherent and detailed conceptual "roadmap" of the process by which it has assessed or intends to assess service system needs and plans/implements infrastructure development strategies that meet those needs. The plan put forward in the grant application must show the linkages among needs, the proposed infrastructure development strategy, and increased system capacity that will enhance and sustain effective programs and services. The Cooperative Agreement for Networking, Certifying, and Training Suicide Prevention Hotlines is authorized under Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2010 focus area 18 (Mental Health and Mental Disorders).