Opportunity Information: Apply for TI 15 005
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- The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Adminis. in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Agreements for State Adolescent and Transitional Aged Youth Treatment Enhancement and Dissemination Implementation (State Youth Treatment Planning)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health ServicesProjects of Regional and National Significance.
- This funding opportunity was created on Feb 3, 2015 and posted on Feb 3, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Apr 6, 2015. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $3,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 12 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligible applicants are the entity within the state/territory/federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization responsible for leading treatment and recovery support services for adolescents and/or transitional aged youth with substance use disorder or co occurring substance use and mental disorders. In the case of applicants that select both populations of focus and the responsible lead is housed in two separate entities within the state/territory, the two entities must collaborate in determining which entity will be the applicant. Additionally, the two entities must collaborate in carrying out the award requirements and include this documentation in Attachment 3 of the application. Tribal organization means the recognized body of any AI/AN tribe any legally established organization of American Indians/Alaska Natives which is controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by such governing body or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of American Indians/Alaska Natives in all phases of its activities. Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations are eligible to apply, but each participating entity must indicate its approval.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Cooperative Agreements for State Adolescent and Transitional Aged Youth Treatment Enhancement and Dissemination Planning, also referred to as State Youth Treatment Planning (SYT P), is a FY 2015 funding opportunity from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT). The main goal is to help states, territories, and federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations create a comprehensive, statewide strategic plan to strengthen and improve substance use disorder treatment and recovery supports for young people. The population of focus includes adolescents ages 12 to 18 and/or transitional aged youth ages 16 to 25 who have substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders. Rather than primarily paying for direct services, this planning grant is focused on building a stronger system so that effective services can be delivered more consistently, efficiently, and equitably across the state or tribal service area.
At the center of SYT P is the expectation that the funded entity will bring together key stakeholders from the multiple systems that touch youth and young adults with behavioral health needs. This typically includes substance use treatment providers, mental health providers, primary care, schools and higher education, juvenile justice and criminal justice partners, child welfare, family and youth-serving community organizations, recovery support organizations, and state or tribal agencies responsible for behavioral health policy and financing. The planning process is intended to create a coordinated statewide network that can improve how youth are identified, assessed, referred, treated, and supported in recovery. The emphasis is on strengthening the existing infrastructure so that youth access to care is not dependent on geography, provider availability, or which public system they happen to enter first.
The strategic plan developed under SYT P is meant to advance several connected priorities. One priority is expanding the use of evidence-based assessments and evidence-based treatment models for adolescents and transitional aged youth, alongside recovery support services that help sustain gains after formal treatment. Another priority is workforce capacity: identifying gaps in the youth-focused behavioral health workforce and laying out steps to build skills, training pipelines, supervision capacity, and the ability to deliver developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive services. The program also supports planning for broader policy and system reforms, including how states can disseminate evidence-based practices (EBPs) at scale, standardize quality expectations, and align different agencies around shared goals and coordinated implementation.
A key element of the opportunity is the focus on financing and sustainability. SYT P encourages states and tribes to plan for financial mechanisms and reforms that can support ongoing delivery of effective youth services, such as improved coverage, payment strategies, and other approaches that make evidence-based care more feasible for providers and more accessible for youth and families. By addressing these structural issues, SAMHSA aims to improve the integration and overall efficiency of the treatment and recovery support system serving the population of focus, reducing fragmentation across agencies and improving continuity as youth transition between service systems or age out of child-serving programs.
The opportunity explicitly highlights behavioral health disparities, particularly disparities affecting racial and ethnic minority populations. Applicants are encouraged to incorporate strategies that reduce differences in access to care, service utilization, and outcomes among underserved populations. In practice, this means the statewide plan should pay attention to where and why disparities are occurring (for example, geographic service deserts, cultural or language barriers, differential pathways into care through justice systems, or inconsistent screening and referral practices) and propose concrete steps to close those gaps through targeted outreach, culturally and linguistically appropriate services, community partnerships, and data-driven monitoring of equity-related outcomes.
From an administrative standpoint, this is a discretionary grant (cooperative agreement) in the health funding category. SAMHSA anticipated making about 12 awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $3,000,000 and an award ceiling of $250,000. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number listed is 93.243 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance). The opportunity was posted on February 3, 2015, and closed on April 6, 2015, with an archive date of May 6, 2015.
Eligibility is limited to the governmental or authorized entity within a state, territory, or federally recognized tribe or tribal organization that is responsible for leading treatment and recovery support services for adolescents and/or transitional aged youth with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring disorders. If an applicant chooses to focus on both adolescents and transitional aged youth and responsibility is split across two separate entities, those entities are required to collaborate to determine which one will serve as the applicant, and they must also collaborate on carrying out the award requirements. Documentation of that collaboration is required in the application (specified as Attachment 3). For tribal applicants, the announcement clarifies that a tribal organization can include the recognized governing body of a tribe or a legally established organization controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by the tribal governing body, or one democratically elected by adult community members, with maximum AI/AN participation across its activities. Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations may apply as well, but each participating entity must indicate approval.
For applicants or interested parties who needed help accessing the full announcement, SAMHSA provided a grants management contact: Eileen Bermudez, Office of Financial Resources, Division of Grants Management, located in Rockville, Maryland, with phone number (240) 276-1412 and email eileen.bermudez@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is the State Youth Treatment Planning (SYT P) opportunity?
State Youth Treatment Planning (SYT P) is a FY 2015 SAMHSA funding opportunity offered through the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) as a cooperative agreement. It supports planning efforts to create a comprehensive statewide (or tribal service area) strategic plan to strengthen and improve substance use disorder treatment and recovery supports for youth and young adults.
2) What is the main purpose of this grant?
The main goal is to help eligible states, territories, and federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations develop a coordinated, comprehensive strategic plan that improves the substance use disorder treatment and recovery support system for adolescents and/or transitional aged youth, including those with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders.
3) Is SYT P intended to primarily fund direct clinical services?
No. Based on the description, SYT P is a planning-focused grant. Rather than primarily paying for direct services, it is designed to strengthen the system and infrastructure so effective services can be delivered more consistently, efficiently, and equitably across the state or tribal service area.
4) Who is the population of focus?
The population of focus includes:
- Adolescents ages 12 to 18; and/or
- Transitional aged youth ages 16 to 25
This includes youth with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance use and mental disorders.
5) What does “transitional aged youth” mean in this opportunity?
In this opportunity, “transitional aged youth” refers to young people ages 16 to 25.
6) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to the governmental or otherwise authorized entity within a state, territory, or federally recognized tribe or tribal organization that is responsible for leading treatment and recovery support services for adolescents and/or transitional aged youth with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring disorders.
7) What happens if responsibility for adolescents and transitional aged youth is split across two entities?
If the applicant chooses to focus on both adolescents and transitional aged youth and responsibility is split across two separate entities, those entities must collaborate to determine which one will serve as the applicant. They must also collaborate on carrying out the award requirements.
8) Is documentation of collaboration required if two entities share responsibility?
Yes. Documentation of that collaboration is required in the application and is specified as Attachment 3.
9) What types of stakeholders are expected to be involved in the planning process?
The opportunity expects the funded entity to bring together key stakeholders from multiple systems that touch youth and young adults with behavioral health needs. Examples listed include:
- Substance use treatment providers
- Mental health providers
- Primary care
- Schools and higher education
- Juvenile justice and criminal justice partners
- Child welfare
- Family- and youth-serving community organizations
- Recovery support organizations
- State or tribal agencies responsible for behavioral health policy and financing
10) What is the planning process intended to improve?
The planning process is intended to create a coordinated statewide network that improves how youth are identified, assessed, referred, treated, and supported in recovery. The emphasis is on strengthening infrastructure so access is not dependent on geography, provider availability, or which public system a young person enters first.
11) What are the major priorities the strategic plan is expected to advance?
The strategic plan is described as advancing several connected priorities, including:
- Expanding the use of evidence-based assessments
- Expanding evidence-based treatment models for adolescents and transitional aged youth
- Planning for recovery support services to sustain gains after formal treatment
- Building workforce capacity (identifying gaps and developing steps to strengthen training, supervision, and developmentally appropriate care)
- Planning for policy and system reforms to support dissemination of evidence-based practices at scale, standardize quality expectations, and align agencies around shared goals
12) How does the opportunity address workforce development?
SYT P emphasizes workforce capacity by encouraging planning to identify gaps in the youth-focused behavioral health workforce and to lay out steps to build skills, training pipelines, supervision capacity, and the ability to deliver developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive services.
13) What does the opportunity say about evidence-based practices (EBPs)?
It highlights expanding the use of evidence-based assessments and evidence-based treatment models for the population of focus, and planning for how states or tribes can disseminate evidence-based practices at scale while standardizing quality expectations.
14) How is financing and sustainability addressed in SYT P?
Financing and sustainability are identified as key elements. The opportunity encourages planning for financial mechanisms and reforms that can support ongoing delivery of effective youth services, including improved coverage, payment strategies, and other approaches that make evidence-based care more feasible for providers and more accessible for youth and families.
15) What system-level problems is SYT P trying to reduce?
The opportunity aims to reduce fragmentation across agencies, improve integration and efficiency of treatment and recovery support systems, and improve continuity of care as youth transition between service systems or age out of child-serving programs.
16) Does the opportunity specifically mention behavioral health disparities?
Yes. The opportunity explicitly highlights behavioral health disparities, particularly disparities affecting racial and ethnic minority populations.
17) What kinds of disparity-reduction strategies are applicants encouraged to include?
Applicants are encouraged to incorporate strategies to reduce differences in access, utilization, and outcomes among underserved populations. Examples described include addressing geographic service deserts, cultural or language barriers, differential pathways into care (including through justice systems), and inconsistent screening and referral practices. The plan is also expected to propose concrete steps such as targeted outreach, culturally and linguistically appropriate services, community partnerships, and data-driven monitoring of equity-related outcomes.
18) What type of federal award is this?
This opportunity is a discretionary grant in the health funding category, issued as a cooperative agreement.
19) How many awards were anticipated, and what was the total expected funding?
SAMHSA anticipated making about 12 awards with an estimated total funding amount of $3,000,000.
20) What is the maximum award amount?
The award ceiling listed is $250,000.
21) Is there a cost sharing or matching requirement?
No. The opportunity indicates there is no cost sharing or matching requirement.
22) What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA number listed is 93.243 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance).
23) When was the opportunity posted and when did it close?
The opportunity was posted on February 3, 2015, and closed on April 6, 2015. The archive date listed is May 6, 2015.
24) How are tribal organizations defined for purposes of eligibility?
For tribal applicants, the announcement states that a tribal organization can include: the recognized governing body of a tribe; a legally established organization controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by the tribal governing body; or an organization democratically elected by adult community members, with maximum AI/AN participation across its activities.
25) Can a consortia of tribes or tribal organizations apply?
Yes. Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations may apply, but each participating entity must indicate approval.
26) Who can be contacted for help accessing the full announcement?
SAMHSA provided a grants management contact for help accessing the full announcement: Eileen Bermudez, Office of Financial Resources, Division of Grants Management, Rockville, Maryland. Phone: (240) 276-1412. Email: eileen.bermudez@samhsa.hhs.gov.
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