Opportunity Information: Apply for SM 16 003
Apply for SM 16 003
- The HHS-SAMHS in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.243.
- This funding opportunity was created on Nov 16, 2015 and posted on Nov 16, 2015.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 20, 2016. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $6,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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Opportunity Summary:
The National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) grant is a federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS). Issued as a discretionary cooperative agreement (Funding Opportunity Number SM-16-003; CFDA 93.243), it sought a single national award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $6,000,000. Applications were due January 20, 2016 (original and current closing date), and the opportunity was posted November 16, 2015.
At its core, this grant funds the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, which serves as the backbone organization for a larger national effort called the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI). The purpose of NCTSI is to strengthen the quality of trauma treatment and related services in communities for children, adolescents, and their families who experience or witness traumatic events, while also expanding access to effective, trauma-focused care nationwide. Rather than operating as a standalone program, the initiative is designed around a coordinated national network of grantees known as the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). Through this network model, participating organizations collaborate to develop, improve, and promote effective approaches to treatment and services for young people exposed to many different forms of trauma.
Within that network structure, the NCCTS (referred to as Category I) has a distinct national coordination role. The funded center is responsible for developing and maintaining the collaborative network structure itself, which includes facilitating coordination across the NCTSN and ensuring that the network functions as a unified national effort rather than disconnected local projects. In addition, the NCCTS is expected to support the development, dissemination, and policy-related use of resources that help the field respond to child traumatic stress. A major part of its mission is also to coordinate the network's national education and training work on child trauma, helping to spread consistent, evidence-informed practices to providers and systems that serve children and families.
The funding opportunity also explains how the broader NCTSN is organized, since the NCCTS must work across all of its components. The network includes three types of centers: (1) the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (Category I), which provides network leadership, infrastructure, resource development, and national training coordination; (2) Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers (Category II), which function as national experts in specific trauma domains (for example, particular traumatic events, specific population groups, or service systems) and help develop and adapt effective treatments and service approaches so they can be implemented across the country; and (3) Community Treatment and Services Centers (Category III), which are primarily direct service programs that implement and evaluate effective treatments and services in real-world community settings and youth-serving systems, while also collaborating with other centers on clinical practice, service delivery approaches, and broader policy, financing, and training issues. The NCCTS sits at the center of this architecture, aligning and coordinating efforts so that knowledge developed in one part of the network can be shared, scaled, and used by others.
Equity and priority populations are explicitly built into the program expectations. The NCCTS program aims to address behavioral health disparities affecting racial and ethnic minority populations by encouraging strategies that reduce differences in access to care, service use, and outcomes. In other words, the work is not only about improving clinical approaches in general, but also about ensuring that improvements reach communities that have historically faced barriers to effective behavioral health services. The opportunity also identifies military families as a priority population, noting that children of deployed military personnel show higher levels of school, family, and peer-related emotional difficulties compared to national samples. That emphasis signals that the national center and the broader network are expected to pay attention to trauma-related needs associated with military deployment and family stressors as part of their overall approach.
Legally, the grant is authorized under Section 582 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, and it is framed as supporting Healthy People 2020 priorities in the Mental Health and Mental Disorders topic area (HP 2020-MHMD). In practical terms, this places the opportunity within a national public health agenda focused on improving mental health outcomes, strengthening systems of care, and building capacity for effective, trauma-informed, and trauma-focused services for children and adolescents throughout the United States.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is this funding opportunity?
This opportunity is the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative, National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) grant. It is a federal funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS).
What is the Funding Opportunity Number (FON) and CFDA number?
The Funding Opportunity Number is SM-16-003, and the CFDA number is 93.243.
What type of award is this?
The grant was issued as a discretionary cooperative agreement.
How many awards were expected?
The opportunity sought a single national award (Expected Awards: 1).
What was the maximum funding amount?
The award ceiling listed in the opportunity was $6,000,000.
When was the opportunity posted?
The opportunity was posted on November 16, 2015.
When were applications due?
Applications were due January 20, 2016 (the original and current closing date listed in the opportunity).
What does this grant fund at its core?
At its core, this grant funds the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS), which serves as the backbone organization for the broader National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI).
What is the purpose of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI)?
The purpose of NCTSI is to strengthen the quality of trauma treatment and related services in communities for children, adolescents, and their families who experience or witness traumatic events, and to expand access to effective, trauma-focused care nationwide.
Is the initiative structured as a single program or a network?
It is designed as a coordinated national network rather than a standalone program. The coordinated network of grantees is known as the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN).
What is the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)?
The NCTSN is the coordinated national network of grantees that collaborate to develop, improve, and promote effective treatment and service approaches for children and adolescents exposed to many different forms of trauma.
What is the role of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NCCTS) within the network?
The NCCTS (referred to as Category I) has a national coordination role. It is responsible for developing and maintaining the collaborative network structure, facilitating coordination across the NCTSN, and helping ensure the network operates as a unified national effort.
What are the NCCTS (Category I) responsibilities described in the opportunity?
Key responsibilities include building and maintaining the network infrastructure, facilitating national coordination across network partners, supporting the development and dissemination of resources for the field, supporting the policy-related use of those resources, and coordinating the network's national education and training work related to child trauma.
What are the three categories/types of centers in the NCTSN?
The network includes: (1) the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress (Category I); (2) Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers (Category II); and (3) Community Treatment and Services Centers (Category III).
What does Category II (Treatment and Service Adaptation Centers) do?
Category II centers function as national experts in specific trauma domains (such as particular traumatic events, specific populations, or service systems). They help develop and adapt effective treatments and service approaches so those approaches can be implemented across the country.
What does Category III (Community Treatment and Services Centers) do?
Category III centers are primarily direct service programs that implement and evaluate effective treatments and services in real-world community settings and youth-serving systems. They also collaborate with other centers on clinical practice, service delivery approaches, and broader issues such as policy, financing, and training.
How does the NCCTS relate to Categories II and III?
The NCCTS sits at the center of the network architecture and aligns and coordinates efforts so knowledge and resources developed in one part of the network can be shared, scaled, and used by other network participants.
What population does the initiative focus on?
The initiative focuses on children and adolescents, and also includes their families, particularly those who experience or witness traumatic events.
What kinds of trauma does the network address?
The opportunity describes the network as addressing many different forms of trauma affecting children and adolescents, including traumatic events that are experienced directly or witnessed.
How does this opportunity address equity and behavioral health disparities?
Equity is explicitly built into program expectations. The NCCTS program aims to address behavioral health disparities affecting racial and ethnic minority populations by encouraging strategies to reduce differences in access to care, service use, and outcomes.
Are there specific priority populations named in the opportunity?
Yes. The opportunity identifies racial and ethnic minority populations in the context of reducing behavioral health disparities, and it also identifies military families as a priority population.
Why are military families highlighted as a priority population?
The opportunity notes that children of deployed military personnel show higher levels of school, family, and peer-related emotional difficulties compared to national samples, signaling that trauma-related needs connected to deployment and family stressors should be addressed as part of the national effort.
What is the legal authority for this grant?
The opportunity is authorized under Section 582 of the Public Health Service Act, as amended.
How does this grant align with national public health priorities?
The opportunity is framed as supporting Healthy People 2020 priorities in the Mental Health and Mental Disorders topic area (HP 2020-MHMD), emphasizing improved mental health outcomes, stronger systems of care, and broader capacity for trauma-informed and trauma-focused services for children and adolescents across the United States.
What is meant by the NCCTS being a "backbone organization"?
In this opportunity, the NCCTS is described as the central organizing and coordinating entity that supports the larger initiative by providing network leadership, infrastructure, shared resources, and coordination of national training and education work.
Does the opportunity emphasize treatment, services, or both?
Both. It emphasizes strengthening the quality of trauma treatment and related services in communities, while also expanding access to effective, trauma-focused care nationwide.
Does the opportunity include a national training and education component?
Yes. A major part of the NCCTS mission described in the opportunity is coordinating the network's national education and training work on child trauma to help spread consistent, evidence-informed practices to providers and systems serving children and families.
Does the opportunity include policy-related work?
Yes. The NCCTS is expected to support the development and dissemination of resources and their policy-related use to help the field respond to child traumatic stress.
What is the overall national impact intended by this grant?
The intended impact is a stronger, coordinated national effort that improves the quality of trauma-focused treatment and services for children and adolescents, expands access to effective care across the country, promotes consistent training and education, and supports the spread and use of resources and practices through a unified national network.
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