Popular Name: Individuals with Mental Illness P and A Services
Objectives: To enable the expansion of the Protection and Advocacy system established in each State to: (1) protect and advocate the rights of individuals with mental illness, and (2) investigate incidents of abuse and neglect of individuals with mental illness if the incidents are reported to the system or if there is probable cause to believe that the incidents occurred.
93.138 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility: State and local government agencies, public or private organizations designated by the Governor under Part C of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Acts as systems to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities in that State.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Individuals with mental illness are eligible while they are inpatients or residents in facilities rendering care or treatment, and for 90 days following discharge from such facilities. Eligibility also includes persons who are in the process of being admitted to a facility rendering care or treatment, persons being transported to such a facility, or persons who are involuntarily confined in a municipal detention facility for reasons other than serving a sentence resulting from conviction for a criminal offense.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. For other grantees, costs will be determined in accordance with HHS Regulations 45 CFR, Part 74, Subpart Q.
93.138 APPLICATION & AWARD PROCESS:
Preapplication Coordination: Not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Written requests for allotments, accompanied by appropriately executed assurances, must be submitted every 4 years, at time of re-authorization, to the Grants Management Officer, Center for Mental Health Services, Room 15C05, Parklawn Bldg., 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circulars A-133 or A-128, although most of the provisions of 45 CFR, Part 92 apply to this program, modified application forms specified by 45 CFR, Part 92 are required.
Award Procedure: Grants are directly awarded by the Center for Mental Health Services to the system established in the State to protect and advocate the rights of persons with developmental disabilities.
Deadlines: Contact Headquarters Office for application deadlines.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable.
Appeals: Not applicable.
Renewals: Not applicable.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Applications for allotments must fulfill statutory requirements.
Examples of Funded Projects: None.
Range & Average of Financial Assistance: $125,880 to $1,753,746; $347,375.
93.138 RELATED PROGRAMS:
None.
93.138 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Support was provided to all States and
Territories in fiscal year 1996.
93.138 FINANCIAL & ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:
Federal Agency:
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Type of Assistance:
Formula Grants.
Obligations:
(Grants) FY 95 $19,452,999; FY 96 est $19,452,999;
and FY 97 est $21,517,860.
Budget Account Number:
75-1362-0-1-550.
Authorization:
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with
Mental Illness Act of 1986, Title I, Public Law 99-319, as amended,
Public Law 100-509 and 102-173; 42 U.S.C. 10801, et seq.
Regulations, Guidelines, & Literature:
PHS Grants Policy
Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 94-50,000, (Rev.) April 1, 1994,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking FR 59739: 64367ff, Dec. 14, 1994.
Regional or Local Office:
Not applicable.
Headquarters Office:
Program Contact: Ms. Norma Hatot and Ms.
Carole Schauer, Program Officers, Protection and Advocacy Program,
Division of State and Community Systems Development, Center for Mental
Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services, Room 15C-26, Parklawn Bldg., 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,
MD 20857. Phone: (301) 443-3667. Grants Management Contact: Ms.
Louellen Rice, Grants Management Officer, Center for Mental Health
Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Room
15C-05, Parklawn Bldg., 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.
Phone: (301) 443-4456. Use the same numbers for FTS.
93.138 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula & Matching Requirements:
Formula provisions are stated
in the authorizing Act, Public Law 99-319, at Section 112. Allotments
are based equally on each State's population and each State's
population weighted by relative per capital income except that no
State's allotment (including DC and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) will be less than $140,000 and no U.S.
Territory's allotment will be less than $75,000.
Length & Time Phasing of Assistance:
Each allotment is
available for obligation over a 24-month period; payments are made
through an Electronic Transfer System.
Uses & Use Restrictions:
Funds may be used to assist in
meeting the costs of planning, developing, expanding, and implementing
activities to support attainment of the protection and advocacy goals.
Grant funds must supplement, not supplant, nonfederal funds available
in the State in which the protection and advocacy system is
established. Not more than 10% of an allotment can be used for
providing technical assistance and training for staff, and a system
which is a public entity cannot be required by the State to obligate
more than 5% of the allotment for administrative expenses.
93.138 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
On January 1, 1987, and January 1 of each succeeding
year, an annual report must be submitted in accordance with the
requirements stated in the authorizing Act (Public Law 99-319) at
Section 105(a) (7) and Section 114. Financial status reports are
required within 90 days after termination of a grant period.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No.
A-128, "Audits of State and local governments," State and local
governments that receive financial assistance of $100,000 or more
within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made for that year.
State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $100,000
within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made in accordance
with Circular No. A-128, or in accordance with Federal laws and
regulations governing the programs in which they participate. For
nongovernmental grant recipients, audits are to be carried out in
accordance with the provisions set forth in OMB Circular No. A-133. In
addition, grants and cooperative agreements are subject to inspection
and audits by DHHS and other Federal officials.
Records:
Records must be retained for at least 3 years after the
date of submission of required financial status reports.
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