SUBSTANCE
ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES
AUTHORIZATION:
Public
Health Service Act, Title V, Part C, Section 521, as amended, 42
U.S.C. 290cc-21 et. seq.; Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Amendments Act of 1990, Public Law 101-645.
To
provide financial assistance to States to support services for individuals
who are suffering from serious mental illness or serious mental
illness and substance abuse; and are homeless or at imminent risk
of becoming homeless. Programs and activities include: (1) Outreach
services; (2) screening and diagnostic treatment services; (3) habilitation
and rehabilitation services; (4) community mental health services;
(5) alcohol or drug treatment services; (6) staff training; (7)
case management services; (8) supportive and supervisory services
in residential settings; (9) referrals for primary health services,
job training, educational services, and relevant housing services;
and (10) prescribed set of housing services.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
Formula Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Funds
may be used at the discretion of the State to achieve the described
objectives except that funds cannot be used: (1) To support emergency
shelters or construction of housing facilities; (2) for inpatient
psychiatric or substance abuse treatment costs; or (3) to make cash
payments to intended recipients of mental health or substance abuse
services. Not more than 20 percent of the payment may be expended
for housing services; not more than 4 percent of the total allocation
may be expended for administrative expenses. The applicants must
agree that the payments will be expended solely for making grants
to political subdivisions of the State, and to nonprofit private
entities (including community-based veterans organizations and other
community organizations) for the purpose of providing the services.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: States, District of Columbia, Guam,
American Samoa, the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: Individuals who have a serious
mental illness or serious mental illness and substance abuse;
and are homeless or are at imminent risk of becoming homeless.
Credentials/Documentation:
This program is subject to 45 CFR 92, Uniform Administrative Requirements
for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.
Pre-application
Coordination: There is no preapplication requirement.
This program is not subject to the intergovernmental review requirements
of E.O. 12372, as implemented through DHHS regulations at 45 CFR
100. However, individual States may require, or an applicant State
mental health agency may want to implement, coordination procedures
similar to those specified in E.O. 12372.
Application
Procedure: The Chief Executive Officer of
a State or Territory must apply annually for an allotment. Applications
include a completed application form and a set of assurances.
Award
Procedure: Applications are reviewed for completeness
and for compliance with legislative requirements. Grant awards
are issued directly by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)
to the designated State agency.
Deadlines:
Contact Headquarters Office listed below for deadline dates.
Range
of Approval/Disapproval Time: Approximately
8 weeks.
Appeals:
None.
Renewals:
None.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula
and Matching Requirements: The formula is cited
in Section 524 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by Public
Law 101-645. The formula allots funds on the basis of the population
living in urbanized areas of the State, compared to the population
living in urbanized areas of the entire United States except that
no State receives less than $300,000 ($50,000 for Territories).
States must agree to make available, directly or through donations
from public or private entities, nonfederal contributions equal
to not less than $1 (in cash or in kind) for each $3 of Federal
funds provided in such grant. Territories have no matching requirements.
Length
and Time Phasing of Assistance: Each allotment
is available for obligation for the award period (1-year); payments
are made through an Electronic Transfer System.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Each State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services annual reports on its activities necessary for securing
a record and a description of the purposes for which funds received
under Section 521 were spent and the recipients of such funds, and
for determining whether such amounts were expended in accordance
with the provisions of the legislation.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised,
June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance
of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a
program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities
that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt
from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted
in Circular No. A-133.
Records:
Grantees are required to maintain grant accounting records 3 years
after the end of a budget period. If any litigation, claim, negotiation,
audit or other action involving the records has been started before
the expiration of the 3-year period, the records shall be retained
until completion of the action and resolution of all issues which
arise from it.
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION:
Account
Identification: 75-1362-0-1-550.
Obligations:
(Formula Grants) FY 01 $35,776,000; FY 02 est $35,776,000; and
FY 03 est $35,776,000.
Range
and Average of Financial Assistance:
From $50,000 to $1,680,000; Average: $347,000.
Approximately 360 local agencies received PATH funding through their
respective State agencies. In fiscal year 2001, 56 awards were made.
It is estimated that 56 awards will be made in fiscal year 2002
and fiscal year 2003.
REGULATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
45 CFR 92, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements to State and Local Governments. PHS Policy Statement,
DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 94-50,000, (Rev.) April 1, 1994.
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
Regional
or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters
Office: Program Contact: Michael Hutner, Director,
PATH Program, or Dorrine Gross, PATH Associate Director, Homeless
Programs Branch, Division of Knowledge Development and Systems
Change, SAMHSA/CMHS, Parklawn Building, Room 11C-05, 5600 Fishers
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-3706. Grants Management
Contact: Ms. LouEllen M. Rice, Grants Management Officer, SAMHSA,
Parklawn Building, Room 13-103, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-4456. Use the same numbers for
FTS.
Web
Site Address: http://www.samhsa.gov
EXAMPLES
OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
States have supported from one to as many as 40 local nonprofit
agencies to provide PATH-funded services to persons who are homeless
and have a mental illness.
CRITERIA
FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
Applications must fulfill all statutory and regulatory requirements.
