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B -- EVALUATION OF THE CMHS COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES PROGRAM SOL 280-97-8014 DUE 062497 POC Catherine Kellington, Contracting Officer, 301-443-4980 The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)intends to award a contract for national evaluation of children's mental heal service programs. In 1994, a three year contract was awarded to evaluate 22 currently funded grants under this program. This contract will fund evaluation in 6 to 9 additional program sites. The objective of this evaluation is to fulfill the statutory requirements of PL 102-321 to assess the effectiveness of the systems of care created by the grant program, the Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program. Under this authority, grants will support a broad array of community-based, family-focused, coordinated services for children with serious emotional disturbance to enable communities to develop local systems of care which involve mental health, child welfare, education, juvenile justice, and other agencies. This includes the collection of longitudinal data to assess outcomes for children and their families, effects of activities on the utilization of hospitals and other institutional settings, barriers to 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 the protocols and methodologies already developed by CMHS and approved by OMB. Offerors must have the experience necessary to conduct multi-site evaluations, experience in child mental health programs, state data systems, knowledge of computer programming necessary to create and update data files and knowledge to perform statistical analyses of the data. The estimated date for issuance of this RFP is May 23, 1997 with responses due thirty days later. This solicitation may be obtained in either of two ways; electronically, by downloading a file from the SAMHSA Bulletin Board System (BBS) at 1 (800) 424-2294 (8,N,1) or by mail. Files will not be made available on the BBSuntil on or after the estimated issuance date. Download instructions are posted on the BBS. Once downloaded, you should determine if you have a continuing interest in the RFP. If so, you must either write the individual identified above that you wish copies of amendments to the RFP (if any) sent to you by mail or check the BBS regularly for amendments which will also be posted there and can be downloaded electronically. You may choose either method for obtaining amendments. Note, however, that if you rely on the BBS for obtaining amendments, at this time we have no way to assure, and will therefore assume no responsibility for assuring, you have downloaded these amendments. Requests for copies of the RFP to be mailed must be made in writing 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; however, there is no assurance that copies requested afterthe twentieth day will reach the requestor before the due date for receipt of responses. Requests shall be forwarded to the attention of Catherine Kellington, Contracting Officer, Division of Contracts Management, OPS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockwall II Building, Room 670, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857. Telephone requests will not be honored. No pickups will be permitted. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by CMHS. (0127)

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