FY 2011 Cooperative Agreements for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Follow Up(Short Title: Crisis Center Follow Up)

FY 2011 Request for Application (RFA)

FY 2011 Cooperative Agreements for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Follow Up (Short Title: Crisis Center Follow Up)

Initial Announcement

Request for Applications (RFA) No. SM-11-004
Posting on Grants.gov: March 4, 2011
Original Receipt date: April 19, 2011
Announcement Type: Initial

Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.: 93.243

Key Dates

Application Deadline	Applications are due by April 19, 2011
Intergovernmental Review (E.O. 12372)	Applicants must comply with E.O. 12372 if their State(s) participates. Review process recommendations from the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.
Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS) / Single State Agency Coordination	Applicants must send the PHSIS to appropriate State and local health agencies by application deadline. Comments from Single State Agency are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2011 Cooperative Agreements for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Follow Up. The purpose of this program is to promote systematic follow up of suicidal persons who call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline or who are being followed by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Centers.
This initiative supports SAMHSA’s Prevention of Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Strategic Initiative through its focus on the prevention and reduction of mental illness and substance abuse across the lifespan.

Every month, over 50,000 calls are answered through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. SAMHSA funded hotline evaluations have shown that large numbers of callers have significant histories of suicidal ideation and attempts and that 43% of suicidal callers experienced some recurrence of suicidal ideation within the next several weeks after the call. Outreach and prevention activities will address the needs of diverse populations, including but not limited to, the populations identified by the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention; lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) youth, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN), military family members and veterans.

For those at imminent risk for suicide, emergency intervention is frequently initiated. For those not at imminent risk, crisis centers will typically provide referrals to mental health and other services, and will also advise the caller that they may call back if they are in crisis or have additional needs. Additionally, recent research findings from the Veterans Administration and surveillance data from the Centers for Disease Control have demonstrated that the period after emergency interventions is one of heightened risk for suicide, with significant numbers of deaths occurring following discharge from either an Emergency Department or Inpatient hospitalization. By providing these grants, SAMHSA hopes to assist crisis centers in maintaining the safety of callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and to increase the likelihood of their receiving needed services.

The Cooperative Agreements for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Follow Up is one of SAMHSA’s services grant programs. SAMHSA intends that its services grants result in the delivery of services as soon as possible after award. Service delivery should begin by the 4th month of the project at the latest.

The Cooperative Agreements for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Follow Up are authorized under Section 520A of the Public Health Service Act, as amended. This announcement addresses healthy People 2020 Mental Health and Mental Disorders Topic Area HP 2020-28.

SAMHSA strongly encourages all grantees to provide a smoke-free workplace and to promote abstinence from all tobacco products (except in regard to accepted tribal traditions and practices).

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are members of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline crisis center network who provide 24-hour coverage and meet the additional eligibility requirements described in Section III-3.2.

Eligibility to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Network is limited to crisis centers participating in the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline because they are the only crisis centers that are able to obtain the required consents from callers for follow up activities. The limitations on eligibility are necessary to assure that the necessary infrastructure is in place to provide services to these high risk, high priority or underserved populations, and to assure that relationships with State/local mental health systems are in place to assure that caller follow up and access to care occurs in an appropriate manner and timeframe.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline crisis centers who received funding through the FY2010 RFA for Cooperative Agreements for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Crisis Center Follow Up or any Crisis Center previously funded through this program are not eligible to apply.

The statutory authority for this program prohibits grants to for-profit agencies.

Award Information

Funding Mechanism:	Cooperative Agreement
Anticipated Total Available Funding:	$360,000
Anticipated Number of Awards:	6
Anticipated Award Amount:	Up to $60,000 per year
Length of Project Period:	Up to 3 years

Proposed budgets cannot exceed $60,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) in any year of the proposed project. Annual continuation awards will depend on the availability of funds, grantee progress in meeting project goals and objectives, timely submission of required data and reports, and compliance with all terms and conditions of award.

Available funding for this program is subject to the enactment of a final budget for FY 2011 or an annualized Continuing Resolution (CR) for FY 2011. Funding estimates for this announcement are based on potential funding scenarios that reflect an annualized CR at the FY 2010 funding level but do not reflect final conference action on the 2011 budget. Applicants should be aware that SAMHSA cannot guarantee that sufficient funds will be appropriated to fully fund this program.

These awards will be made as cooperative agreements.

Contact Information

For questions regarding program issues, contact the designated GPO for your State at the address below:

Dianne McSwain
Suicide Prevention Branch
Center for Mental Health Services
SAMHSA
Room 6-1113
1 Choke Cherry Rd.
Rockville, Maryland 20857
240-276-1828
Dianne.mcswain@samhsa.hhs.gov

For questions on grants management issues, contact:

Gwendolyn Simpson
Office of Financial Resources, Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1 Choke Cherry Road
Room 7-1085
Rockville, Maryland 20857
(240) 276-1408
gwendolyn.simpson@samhsa.hhs.gov