Effectiveness, Practice, And Implementation In CMHS Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and their Families Service Sites (R01)

-Purpose. The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institutes of Health (NIH), invites research grant applications on services delivered to children, adolescents, and their families through the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program initiative (hereafter referred to as the Children s Services Program ). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages studies of the effectiveness of interventions delivered at these sites, the nature and impact of routine prevention or clinical practice, and factors related to successful implementation of preventive or treatment interventions. -Mechanism of Support. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project Grant (R01) grant mechanism. Applications of related or identical scientific scope are also solicited under the NIH Small Research Grant (R03), the NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21), and the NIMH Collaborative Program (R01) award mechanisms, responding to FOAs PA-06-180, PA-06-181, and PA-07-092, respectively. (For inquiries, see Section VII, Agency Contacts. ) -Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, costs, as well as the number of applications received.