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B -- EVALUATION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES PROGRAM SOL 280-00-8040 DUE 071700 POC Mary Ann Deal, Contract Specialist, 301/443-5329, Contracting Officer, Beatrice L. Woods, 301/443-0043 WEB: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF RFP, http://www.samhsa.gov/contracts. E-MAIL: CLICK HERE TO CONTACT THE POINT OF CONTACT VIA E-MAIL, mdeal@samhsa.gov. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is soliciting proposals on a full and open competitive basis from qualified organizations to award a three year contract to conduct a national evaluation of the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program among 14 grantee communities. The objective of this proposed contract is to complete an evaluation of the 14 grantee communities and thus fulfill the statutory requirements of PL 102-321, Section 565(c), to assess the effectiveness of systems of care created by the grant program. Under this authority, grants support a broad array of community-based, family-focused, coordinated services for children with serious emotional disturbance and their families. These grants enable communities to develop local systems of care which involve mental health, child welfare, education, juvenile justice, and other agencies. The evaluation includes the collection of longitudinal data to assess outcomes for children and their families, and to study the effects of system-of-care activities on the utilization of hospitals and other institutional settings, the barriers and achievements resulting from interagency collaboration in providing community-based systems of care, and assessments by parents of the effectiveness of systems of care. This contract will implement some of the protocols and methodologies already developed by CMHS and approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). To qualify, the Offeror must demonstrate its experience and ability necessary to conduct multisite evaluations, experience with child mental health service programs and state data systems, knowledge of computer programming necessary to create and update data files, knowledge to perform statistical analyses of the data, experience in writing reports and articles for multiple audiences and scientific journals, and experience providing technical assistance to grantee communities on efficient procedures for evaluating children's services programs. Please note that SAMHSA is posting a draft of the Statement of Work and and a draft of the Performance Standards to be used for the evaluation on our website prior to issuance of the RFP. These items are posted to obtain industry comments. These documents can be downloaded immediately from our web site at:HTTP://WWW.SAMHSA.GOV. Comments should be sent electronically to Mary Ann Deal at and will be received until June 5, 2000. The estimated date for issuance of this RFP is June 12,2000 with responses due July 17, 2000. This solicitation may be obtained two ways: electronically or by mail. Electronically: The file may be downloaded from the SAMHSA Web Site at:HTTP://WWW.SAMHSA.GOV. Files will not be made available on the Web Site until on or after the estimated issuance date. Once downloaded, you should determine if you have a continuing interest in the RFP. If so, you must check the SAMHSA Web Site regularly for any amendments to the RFP which will also be there and can be downloaded. We do not assume responsibility for assuring that you have downloaded the amendments. Therefore, you may wish to write to the Contract Specialist listed below to request that copies of the amendments to the RFP (if any) be sent to you by mail. By mail: Requests for copies of the RFP to be mailed must be made in writing or by facsimile (301/443-0019), and will be honored if received within twenty calendar days after issuance of the solicitation. Requests received after this period will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis until the supply is exhausted. There is no assurance that copies requested after the twentieth day will reach the requestor before the due date for receipt of responses. Send written requests to the attention of Mary Ann Deal, Contract Specialist, Division of Contracts Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Parklawn Building, Room 13C-06, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone requests will not be honored. Pickups will not be permitted.</PRESOL> Posted 05/19/00 (W-SN456499). (0140)

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