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• Demographics – race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, geography, and
socioeconomic status;
• Language and literacy;
• Sexual identity – sexual orientation and gender identity; and
• Disability
• If you plan to include an advisory body in your project, describe its membership,
roles and functions, and frequency of meetings.
• Discuss how you will promote and market SAMHSA’s products and publications
and serve as a resource center for mental health/substance abuse treatment and
prevention products and services.
Section C:
Staff, Management, and Relevant Experience (30 points)
• Discuss the capability and experience of the applicant organization and other
participating organizations with similar projects, populations and sub populations,
including experience providing culturally and linguistically appropriate, state-ofthe-art,
research-based training and technology transfer activities.
• Provide a complete list of staff positions for the project, including the Project
Director and other key personnel, showing the role of each and their level of
effort and qualifications.
• Describe the resources available for the proposed project (e.g., facilities,
equipment).
• Discuss how key staff has demonstrated experience and are qualified to serve
the technical assistance recipients and are familiar with their culture(s) and
language(s).
• Describe how program continuity will be maintained to ensure stability if there is
a change in the operational environment (e.g., staff turnover, change in project
leadership).
• Describe your collaborative relationships with any relevant organizations (state
and local governments; provider associations; academic institutions;
professional, recovery community, and faith-based organizations; youth and
family organizations; related systems of care; and others, or how you plan to
develop these relationships in order to formulate knowledge needs assessments
and design technology transfer initiatives to respond to the needs of the grantees
and other organizations to be served in an equitable manner. Letters of
Coordination/Support should be included in Attachment 1.
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