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FORECASTED - Last Updated on 01/15/2013

Statewide Consumer Network

Most Recent Update:

01/15/2013 10:31:21 AM

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Summary:

Funding Opportunity Number:

SM-13-004

Forecast ID Number:

SAMHSA-2013-FCAST-0008

Fiscal Year:

2013

Funding Opportunity Title:

Statewide Consumer Network

CFDA Number:

93.243

Funding Activity Category:

Health (HL)

CFDA Number Description:

Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health_General
Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health_Planning
Alcoholism, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health_Research
Mental Health Services

Funding Instrument Type Code(s):

Grant

Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement:

Recovery Act:

Affordable Care Act (ACA):

Estimated Funding Information:

Estimated Funding:

$1,320,000

Expected Number of Awards:

Estimated Award Ceiling:

$70,000

Estimated Award Floor:

Estimated Milestone Dates:

Estimated Post Date:

01/15/2013

Estimated Application Due Date:

03/08/2013

Estimated Award Date:

05/24/2013

Estimated Start Date:

09/30/2013

Eligibility:

Eligibility Category:

Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Additional Eligibility Information:

Eligibility is limited to consumer-controlled organizations only that are domestic public and private nonprofit entities, tribal and urban Indian organizations, and/or community- and faith-based organizations. A consumer-controlled organization refers to an organization that is controlled and managed by mental health consumers and is dedicated to improving mental health and recovery support services to be consumer and family driven. A consumer-controlled organization must have a board of directors comprised of more than 50% consumers who are individuals with serious mental illness and/or have received services from the public mental health system as a result of a diagnosis of mental illness. Only organizations controlled and managed by mental health consumers are eligible to apply. Consumer-controlled organizations must meet the following requirements: 1) An applicant organization must be dedicated to the improvement of mental health services Statewide; and 2) An applicant organization must complete the Certificate of Eligibility in the grant announcement indicating that the applicant meets all eligibility requirements. In order to strengthen and expand the impact of this program across the nation and ensure broad geographic distribution, SAMHSA will make only one award per state, territory, or tribe, and is limiting eligibility to applicants in states, territories, and tribes that do not have a currently funded Statewide Consumer Network grant. Appendix L in the grant announcement includes a listing of states, territories, and tribes with a currently funded Statewide Consumer Network grant. Organizations located in these jurisdictions are not eligible to apply. Tribes, regardless of location, are eligible to apply providing they do not have a currently funded grant.

Description:

The purpose of this program is to enhance statewide consumer-run organizations to promote service system capacity and infrastructure development that is recovery-focused and resiliency-oriented. For the purposes of this funding opportunity, this program seeks to promote activities related to wellness, integrated care, health care reform, and trauma-informed care. The Statewide Consumer Network program also seeks to address the needs of underserved and under-represented consumers, including those from ethnic, racial, or cultural minority groups; veterans; those who have histories of chronic homelessness; those with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders; young adults; sexual orientation and gender identity minority individuals; and those who have been involved in the criminal justice system.

Federal Agency Contact Information:

Federal Agency:

Department of Health and Human Services

Name:

Mary Blake

Email Address:

mary.blake@samhsa.hhs.gov

Phone:

240-276-1747

OpDiv:

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Sub OpDiv:

Center for Mental Health Services

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