Supplemental Awards to Current High Risk Youth Demonstration Program Grantees

This notice informs the public that CSAP is making available [[Page 19277]] approximately $1 million in Fiscal Year 1995 for up to 20 supplemental awards to existing grantees in Modules A, B, and C of its Substance Abuse Prevention Demonstration Grant Program for High Risk Populations. The supplemental funding is intended to demonstrate the differential effectiveness of incorporating an HIV/AIDS Prevention curriculum into an ongoing substance abuse prevention program as compared to providing such a curriculum as a stand-alone activity. Youth at risk for ATOD use are also at risk for precocious and unprotected sexual behavior. Because there is so much overlap between the youth at risk for ATOD use and those at risk for HIV/AIDS, as a result of unprotected sexual behavior, it is logical to consider enhancing an ATOD prevention program with an HIV/AIDS prevention curriculum. Only currently funded grantees in Modules A, B, and C are eligible to apply for supplemental funding. Eligibility is limited to existing grantees because, within the one year time frame of this supplement, available funds can be used more efficiently by existing grantees with established infrastructures, a clientele under care and an evaluation staff and program in place. Module D grantees are excluded because this added project would interfere with their design to replicate a CSAP high risk youth model program. To apply for a supplemental award, a currently funded CSAP grantee in Module A, B, or C must have more than eighteen months remaining in their current grant as of October 1, 1995. Awards will be limited to one year and cannot exceed a total of $50,000 in direct and indirect costs. The receipt date for applications is May 29, 1995. The application receipt and review and the award process will be handled in an expedited manner. Applications will be reviewed for merit by a panel of expert Federal and non-Federal reviewers, and supplements will be awarded on the basis of merit and availability of funds no later than September 30, 1995.