Notice2022-24793
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Funding Opportunity
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November 15, 2022
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Health and Human Services DepartmentSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Abstract
This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to award $62,000,000 (total costs) for up to one year to Vibrant Emotional Health for the 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Expansion for Behavioral Health Crisis Response (Lifeline Expansion). These funds will allow Vibrant Emotional Health to ensure effective and continuous operations of the national Lifeline backup, chat/text, Spanish and LGBTQI+ youth crisis center networks, administrative and leadership support to ensure training, evaluation, personnel, and committee oversight and implementation, and continued development of the Lifeline unified platform and information technology integration for local and national crisis centers.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 68510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24793]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Funding Opportunity
AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement
to Mental Health Association of New York City, Inc. (DBA Vibrant
Emotional Health).
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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) intends to award
$62,000,000 (total costs) for up to one year to Vibrant Emotional
Health for the 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Expansion for
Behavioral Health Crisis Response (Lifeline Expansion). These funds
will allow Vibrant Emotional Health to ensure effective and continuous
operations of the national Lifeline backup, chat/text, Spanish and
LGBTQI+ youth crisis center networks, administrative and leadership
support to ensure training, evaluation, personnel, and committee
oversight and implementation, and continued development of the Lifeline
unified platform and information technology integration for local and
national crisis centers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Wright, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD
20857; telephone: (240) 276-1615; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4ded5d9d1c79ac3c6ddd3dcc0f4c7d5d9dcc7d59adcdcc79ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c0aaa1ada5b3eeb7b2a9a7a8b480b3a1ada8b3a1eea8a8b3eea7afb6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This funding will: (1) fund national
Lifeline backup, chat/text, Spanish and specialized service networks;
(2) expand training and resources for high-risk populations; and (3)
improve unified data management across the 988 Lifeline crisis centers
nationwide for the contact growth during the first quarter of FY 2023.
This is not a formal request for application. Assistance will be
provided only to Vibrant Emotional Health based on the receipt of a
satisfactory application that is approved by an independent review
group.
Funding Opportunity Title: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
Operations.
Assistance Listing Number: 93.243.
Authority: Section 520E-3 of the Public Health Service Act, as
amended.
Justification: Eligibility for this award is limited to the Mental
Health Association of New York City, Inc. (DBA Vibrant Emotional
Health). Since 2005, Vibrant Emotional Health has provided oversight
and management of the Suicide Prevention Lifeline and its local call
centers, backup centers, and chat/text functions with a network of over
180 centers in all fifty states. This longstanding history has
positioned Vibrant Emotional Health as the only identified organization
with the required experience and national reach to work with the backup
centers and chat/text organizations with expansion of their workforce
and development of the infrastructure to improve unified data
management across centers.
Vibrant Emotional Health's history, experience, and ongoing
communications with these centers have been critical to ensure
sufficient capacity was in place for the July 2022 transition to 988.
Several external evaluations have reinforced the evidence of
effectiveness of Lifeline services through oversight of the Lifeline by
Vibrant Emotional Health. It would not be possible for any other
organization to establish the relationships with crisis centers that
Vibrant Emotional Health has built over the last 15 years and could run
the risk of significant numbers of unanswered calls, chats, and texts.
In addition, if these funds were awarded to another organization,
oversight of the expanded backup and chat/text centers would be
fragmented, and the network would run the risk of inefficiencies and
adverse outcomes to individuals in crisis. Vibrant Emotional Health has
long been recognized throughout the nation for its state-of-art
technology-enabled services, community wellness programs, and advocacy
and education work and is uniquely qualified to carry-out the
requirements of this funding opportunity.
Alicia Broadus,
Public Health Advisor.
[FR Doc. 2022-24793 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
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