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- The Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Adminis. in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Combined RFA Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers Category II and the Community Treatment and Services Centers Category III" 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 Apr 27, 2011 and posted on Apr 27, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 3, 2011. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $7,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 15 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Eligibility for this funding opportunity is limited to the current NCTSI, TSA Category II grantees and to the CTS Category III grantees that were funded in fiscal year 2007. TSA Category II grantees are only eligible to apply for the TSA Category II funds and CTS Category III grantees are only eligible to apply for CTS funds. See Appendix K for a list of eligible applicants. FY 2011 funding for the NCTSI program is available for only one year. SAMHSA is unable to fund new multi year grant projects due to the fact that limited funds are available. SAMHSA believes that the most effective and efficient use of available funding is to continue funding for one additional year to the NCTSI Category II and III grantees that received their last year of funding in FY 2010. These grantees have built the infrastructure necessary to continue providing services and have successfully completed an entire funding cycle for this program. These entities are best positioned to continue to provide needed services with a revised focus on expanding collaboration with child welfare, juvenile justice, and public mental health systems.
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative Combined RFA for Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers (Category II) and Community Treatment and Services Centers (Category III) is a SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number SM-11-011) designed to keep the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) moving forward for an additional year while sharpening its focus on key public systems that serve traumatized children and adolescents. The grant is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means SAMHSA is expected to have an active partnership role in how grantees carry out core activities, coordinate with the broader network, and report progress. The main purpose of this one-year award is twofold: first, to continue and strengthen the trauma-focused treatment and trauma-informed services already built under prior NCTSI funding; and second, to expand those ongoing activities more deliberately into the child welfare system, juvenile justice and dependency court systems, and/or the publicly funded child mental health system that supports children involved in those settings. In practice, the opportunity is about sustaining proven service infrastructure while pushing grantees to deepen cross-system collaboration so trauma services are not confined to specialty clinics but embedded where children and families actually show up.
This opportunity sits within the broader NCTSI mission, which is to improve the quality, effectiveness, and availability of services for children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events across the United States. NCTSI accomplishes this through the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), a national network of funded centers that collaborate on developing, implementing, evaluating, and spreading effective trauma interventions and practical resources. The network approach is a central feature: centers are expected to share expertise, produce and refine intervention models, support workforce development, and work with community partners to change how local service systems identify and respond to trauma. The announcement highlights that, through this initiative, the field has already advanced evidence-informed responses that reduce acute distress after trauma exposure, expanded training for trauma-focused care across settings like mental health clinics, schools, and child welfare/protective services, and developed widely used protocols for disaster-related trauma. This RFA essentially aims to preserve that momentum and extend the reach of those approaches into high-need public systems.
A key aspect of the RFA is that it covers two related but distinct center types, each with its own role in the network and its own application expectations and evaluation criteria. Treatment and Service Adaptation (TSA) Centers, Category II, function as national-level specialists. They are expected to offer deep expertise related to particular kinds of traumatic events, specific population groups, or certain service systems, and then use that expertise to adapt and refine treatment and service approaches so they can be used effectively in diverse communities. TSA Centers are also expected to develop, improve, and expand training and implementation supports so that effective interventions are not just described in manuals but can be realistically adopted by community providers and child-serving systems. A major expectation is that TSA Centers actively partner with Community Treatment and Services (CTS) Centers to strengthen the overall network, stimulate innovation, and improve both the quality and accessibility of trauma-informed interventions and practices nationwide.
CTS Centers, Category III, are designed to be community-anchored implementation sites. Their core responsibility is to promote and support the local use of trauma-informed and trauma-focused practices for children and adolescents by implementing and evaluating services in real-world community settings and youth-serving systems. While TSA Centers tend to push national specialization and adaptation, CTS Centers emphasize on-the-ground delivery: building local partnerships, integrating trauma approaches into community agencies, and demonstrating what works in practice, including how to solve common implementation barriers. CTS Centers are also expected to collaborate with other NCTSN centers around clinical and service strategies as well as policy, financing, and training issues, reflecting an understanding that service quality depends not only on clinical models but also on how systems pay for care, train staff, and coordinate across agencies. Importantly, CTS Centers are expected to select trauma-informed practices and interventions that match their community needs, collaborate with TSA Centers working in similar priority areas, and support broader community system change so trauma-informed service delivery becomes routine within local child-serving systems.
The RFA is tied to SAMHSAs larger agency direction, particularly its Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative, which emphasizes a public health approach to trauma. That framing signals priorities like strengthening surveillance and identification of trauma, prevention and early intervention, screening, effective treatment, and building trauma-informed systems rather than isolated programs. The opportunity also includes a policy encouragement that grantees maintain smoke-free workplaces and promote abstinence from tobacco products, with the usual exception for accepted tribal traditions and practices. Statutorily, the grants are authorized under Section 582 of the Public Health Service Act (as amended) and align with national mental health objectives referenced in Healthy People initiatives.
From a funding and eligibility standpoint, this is a continuation-style opportunity rather than an open competition. Eligibility is limited to organizations that were already part of NCTSI as TSA Category II grantees or CTS Category III grantees funded in fiscal year 2007, with each group only allowed to apply within its own category (TSA applicants for TSA funds; CTS applicants for CTS funds). SAMHSA explains the rationale plainly: FY 2011 funding is available for only one year, and the agency is not funding new multi-year projects under this announcement because of limited funds. Instead, SAMHSA is extending support for one additional year to grantees that completed their prior funding cycle, on the premise that these organizations already have the staff, partnerships, workflows, and experience needed to continue services without a lengthy start-up period, and are therefore best positioned to pivot toward stronger collaboration with child welfare, juvenile justice/dependency courts, and public mental health systems.
Administratively, the opportunity was posted April 27, 2011, with an application closing date of June 3, 2011, and an archive date of July 3, 2011. SAMHSA anticipated up to 15 awards, with an estimated total funding amount of $7,000,000 and an award ceiling of $600,000; there is no stated cost-sharing or matching requirement. The CFDA number is 93.243 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance). Applicants are directed to follow category-specific requirements in Section I of the RFA and to address evaluation criteria designed specifically for TSA and CTS centers in Section V-1 (Sections A and B). In short, the opportunity is a targeted, one-year continuation investment meant to sustain the NCTSN infrastructure and push existing centers to more deeply embed trauma-informed care within the child welfare and juvenile justice ecosystems and the publicly funded mental health systems that intersect with them.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is this funding opportunity?
This is the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) Combined RFA for Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers (Category II) and Community Treatment and Services Centers (Category III), a SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services funding opportunity under Funding Opportunity Number SM-11-011.
What is the main purpose of the award?
The one-year award is intended to (1) continue and strengthen trauma-focused treatment and trauma-informed services developed under prior NCTSI funding, and (2) expand and embed those activities more deliberately into key public systems that serve traumatized children and adolescents, including child welfare, juvenile justice and dependency court systems, and/or publicly funded child mental health systems connected to those settings.
How long is the project period?
The funding described in this announcement is for one additional year.
Is this a standard grant or a cooperative agreement?
It is a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates SAMHSA is expected to have an active partnership role in how grantees carry out core activities, coordinate with the broader network, and report progress.
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is limited to organizations that were already part of NCTSI as either (a) Treatment and Service Adaptation (TSA) Centers, Category II, funded in fiscal year 2007, or (b) Community Treatment and Services (CTS) Centers, Category III, funded in fiscal year 2007.
Can an organization apply if it was not an FY 2007 NCTSI TSA or CTS grantee?
No. Based on the announcement, this is a continuation-style opportunity and is not an open competition for new organizations.
Can a TSA Center apply for CTS funds (or vice versa)?
No. Each eligible organization may apply only within its own category (TSA applicants for TSA funds; CTS applicants for CTS funds).
Why is SAMHSA limiting eligibility to prior grantees?
SAMHSA states that FY 2011 funding is available for only one year and the agency is not funding new multi-year projects under this announcement due to limited funds. The approach extends support for one additional year to prior grantees that have already completed their prior funding cycle and can continue services without a lengthy start-up period.
How does this opportunity relate to the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)?
NCTSI operates through the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), a national network of funded centers that collaborate to develop, implement, evaluate, and spread effective trauma interventions and practical resources. This RFA is intended to sustain that network infrastructure and extend the reach of its approaches into high-need public systems.
What is the difference between Category II (TSA) and Category III (CTS) centers?
Category II Treatment and Service Adaptation (TSA) Centers function as national-level specialists focused on adapting and refining interventions and implementation supports for use in diverse communities. Category III Community Treatment and Services (CTS) Centers are community-anchored implementation sites focused on delivering, integrating, and evaluating trauma-informed and trauma-focused practices in real-world local systems and settings.
What are TSA Centers (Category II) expected to do under this RFA?
TSA Centers are expected to provide deep expertise related to particular trauma types, population groups, or service systems; adapt and refine treatment and service approaches for broader use; and develop, improve, and expand training and implementation supports so interventions can be adopted realistically by community providers and child-serving systems. TSA Centers are also expected to actively partner with CTS Centers to strengthen the network and improve the quality and accessibility of trauma-informed interventions nationwide.
What are CTS Centers (Category III) expected to do under this RFA?
CTS Centers are expected to promote and support local use of trauma-informed and trauma-focused practices by implementing and evaluating services in community settings and youth-serving systems. They are also expected to build local partnerships, integrate trauma approaches into community agencies, collaborate across the NCTSN on clinical/service strategies and on policy, financing, and training issues, and support broader community system change so trauma-informed service delivery becomes routine.
Which public systems are emphasized for deeper collaboration?
The RFA emphasizes stronger collaboration and more deliberate expansion into the child welfare system, juvenile justice and dependency court systems, and/or the publicly funded child mental health system that supports children involved in those settings.
Is the focus on creating new programs or sustaining existing capacity?
The stated emphasis is on sustaining and strengthening trauma-focused infrastructure and services already built under prior NCTSI funding, while pushing grantees to deepen cross-system collaboration so trauma services are embedded within the systems where children and families commonly receive services.
Does the announcement describe prior accomplishments that this funding aims to preserve?
Yes. The announcement notes prior advances such as evidence-informed responses that reduce acute distress after trauma exposure, expanded training for trauma-focused care across settings (including mental health clinics, schools, and child welfare/protective services), and widely used protocols for disaster-related trauma.
How does this opportunity align with SAMHSA priorities?
The RFA is tied to SAMHSA's broader direction, including its Trauma and Justice Strategic Initiative, which emphasizes a public health approach to trauma (including identification, prevention and early intervention, screening, effective treatment, and building trauma-informed systems rather than isolated programs).
Is there a tobacco-related policy mentioned?
Yes. The opportunity includes a policy encouragement that grantees maintain smoke-free workplaces and promote abstinence from tobacco products, with the usual exception for accepted tribal traditions and practices.
What is the legal authority for these grants?
Statutory authorization is under Section 582 of the Public Health Service Act (as amended), and the program aligns with national mental health objectives referenced in Healthy People initiatives.
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).
How much funding is available in total, and how many awards were anticipated?
SAMHSA anticipated up to 15 awards with an estimated total funding amount of $7,000,000.
What is the award ceiling?
The award ceiling stated in the announcement is $600,000.
Is cost-sharing or matching required?
No cost-sharing or matching requirement is stated in the provided information.
When was the opportunity posted and when were applications due?
The opportunity was posted on April 27, 2011, and the application closing date was June 3, 2011.
What is the archive date?
The archive date listed is July 3, 2011.
Where do applicants find the category-specific requirements and evaluation criteria?
Applicants are directed to follow category-specific requirements in Section I of the RFA and address evaluation criteria designed specifically for TSA and CTS centers in Section V-1 (Sections A and B).
What kinds of collaboration are CTS Centers expected to engage in beyond clinical service delivery?
CTS Centers are expected to collaborate with other NCTSN centers not only on clinical and service strategies, but also on policy, financing, and training issues, reflecting that service quality depends on how systems pay for care, train staff, and coordinate across agencies.
What role do TSA Centers play in supporting implementation?
TSA Centers are expected to build training and implementation supports so that interventions are not only documented but can be adopted in real service environments, including by community providers and child-serving systems.
What does it mean that this is a "combined RFA"?
It means the announcement covers two related center types (Category II TSA and Category III CTS) under one funding opportunity number, while maintaining distinct roles, application expectations, and evaluation criteria for each category.
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