94 STAT. 1584
Limitation. Amount, determination. Application.
PUBLIC LAW 96-398—OCT. 7, 1980
services and for providing such employees assistance in securing employment; (2) projects for the innovative use of personnel in the management and delivery of mental health services; and (3) any other innovative project of national significance respecting mental health services and mental health services personnel. The Secretary may enter into contracts for the projects described in this subsection with any private entity which is engaged solely in the provision of mental hesJth services. (b)(1) The total number of grants and contracts which an entity may receive under subsection (a) may not exceed five. (2) The amount of any grant or contract under subsection (a) shall be determined by the Secretary. (c) No contract may be entered into under subsection (a) unless an application therefor has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary. The application shall be submitted in such form and manner and shall contain such information as the Secretary may prescribe. (d) Of the total amount appropriated for any fiscal year under sections 201 through 206, 5 percent is available to the Secretary in such fiscal year for grants and contracts under subsection (a). Of the funds obligated in any fiscal year by the Secretary for such grants and contracts, not less than 50 percent shall be obligated for approvable projects described in subsection (a)(1). GRANTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF MENTAL HEALTH
42 USC 9438.
42 USC 289k-l. Application requirements.
SEC. 208. (a) The Secretary may make grants to any public or nonprofit private entity for projects for the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health or to demonstrate the effectiveness of intervention techniques and mental health promotion activities in the— (1) maintenance and improvement of the mental health of individuals and groups of individuals particularly susceptible to mental illness, (2) prevention of the onset of mental illness in such individuals and groups, (3) prevention of the deterioration of the mental health of such individuals and groups, (4) education of the general public regarding mental health problems and mental illness, the prevention of mental health problems and mental illness, and the promotion of mental health, and (5) provision of screening, consultation, referral, and education in public school systems and in places of employment to detect and prevent early mental health problems and to promote mental health. Ob) Projects supported by grants under subsection (a) shall be consistent with national goals and priorities regarding the prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health determined by the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health under section 455(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act. (c) An application for a grant under subsection (a) shall— (1) define the techniques and mental health promotion activities to be funded by the grant;
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