81 FR 1196 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 6 (January 11, 2016)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 6 (January 11, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 1196-1197] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-00279] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request In compliance with Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Proposed Project: Survey of Current and Alumni SAMHSA Fellows of the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) (OMB No. 0930-0304)--REVISION SAMHSA is requesting approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise the collection of surveys of current and alumni MFP fellows to include current and alumni fellows from the Now Is The Time-MFP-Youth (NITT-MFP-Y) and NITT-MFP-Addiction Counselors (NITT- MFP-AC) grant programs. These surveys would gather information about current and alumni fellows in all three programs that will help SAMHSA meet its responsibilities under the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act for gathering, analyzing, and interpreting information about government-funded programs such as the MFP, the NITT- MFP-Y, and the NITT-MFP-AC. In 1973, in response to a substantial lack of ethnic and racial minorities in the mental health professions, the Center for Minority Health at the National Institute of Mental Health established the MFP. Since its move to SAMHSA in 1992, the MFP has continued to facilitate the entry of graduate students and psychiatric residents into mental health careers and has increased the number of psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and social work professionals trained to provide mental health and substance abuse services to minority groups. In 2014, funds were appropriated to expand the traditional MFP to include two programs to support the President's NITT initiative: NITT-MFP-Y and NITT-MFP-AC. These programs provide stipends and tuition support to students pursuing master's level training in behavioral health fields like psychology, social work, professional counseling, marriage and family therapy, nursing, and addiction/substance abuse counseling, thus directly supporting the NITT goal of increasing behavioral health services for youth and contributing to making schools safer. The traditional MFP offers sustained grants to six national behavioral health professional [[Page 1197]] associations: The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), the American Nurses Association (ANA), the American Psychiatric Association (ApA), the American Psychological Association (APA), the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and the National Board for Certified Counselors and Affiliates (NBCC). The grantees for the NITT-MFP-Y program are the AAFMT, ANA, APA, CSWE, and NBCC, and the grantees for the NITT-MFP-AC program are the NAADAC--Association for Addiction Professionals and NBCC. This package includes two survey instruments, the Current SAMHSA MFP Fellows survey and the MFP Alumni survey, which have previously been administered to current and alumni fellows of the traditional MFP grant program. SAMHSA is requesting approval from OMB to include respondents (i.e., fellows) from the NITT-MFP-Y and NITT-MFP-AC programs and to add 13 and 10 questions to the Current SAMHSA MFP Fellows and MFP Alumni surveys, respectively. Although the aims of the traditional MFP and the NITT-MFPs are similar, some aspects of the NITT-MFPs are unique. For example, the focus on master's-level students (versus doctoral) and on providing culturally competent behavioral health services specifically to youth and transition-aged young adults. Thus, approval is requested to add questions to the surveys to ensure that the information needed to evaluate the NITT-MFPs is captured. The surveys will include appropriate skip patterns so that traditional MFP fellows are not asked questions that do not apply to them. The two online surveys (with the option for a hard copy mailed through the U.S. Postal Service) will be used with the following stakeholders in the MFP grant programs: 1. Current SAMHSA MFP Fellows (n=428) a. Current traditional MFP Fellows currently receiving support during their doctoral-level training or psychiatric residency will be asked about their experiences in the MFP (from recruitment into the program through their participation in the various activities provided by the grantees). b. Current NITT-MFP-Y and NITT-MFP-AC Fellows currently receiving support during the final year of their master's programs in behavioral health or related field will be asked about their experiences in the MFP (from recruitment into the program through their participation in the various activities provided by the grantees). 2. MFP Alumni (n=1,440) a. Traditional MFP Alumni who participated in the MFP during the time the program was administered by SAMHSA will be asked about their previous experiences as fellows in the MFP and also about their subsequent involvement and leadership in their professions. b. NITT-MFP-Y and NITT-MFP-AC Alumni who participated in the MFP during their master's program will be asked about their previous experiences as fellows in the MFP and also about their subsequent involvement and leadership in their professions. The information gathered by these two surveys will be used to gain insights into, and to document, impacts that the MFP has had and is having on current and former MFP fellows, and contributions and impacts that the current and former fellows are making in their work. The surveys include questions to assess the following measures: Completion of the fellowship program (e.g., completion of MFP goals, number of mentors, total mentored hours); post-fellowship employment (e.g., employment types and fields, targeted service populations); increase in skills/knowledge (e.g., number of certifications obtained, number of continuing education hours); and contributions to the field (e.g., number of professional publications). The survey data will also be utilized in an evaluation of the NITT- MFP programs. The requested additional questions will allow the evaluation to assess the overall success of the SAMHSA NITT initiative in enhancing the behavioral health workforce in terms of the number of master's level behavioral health specialists trained with MFP support, their competencies and characteristics, and their capacity to meet behavioral health workforce needs. The evaluation will also explore whether the program results in increased knowledge, skills, and aptitude among NITT-MFP fellows to provide culturally competent behavioral health services to underserved, at risk children, adolescents, and transition-age youth (ages 16-25); and how these new behavioral health professionals are sustained in the workforce. The total annual burden estimate for conducting the surveys is shown below: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of Responses per Total number Hours per Total burden Survey name respondents respondent of responses response hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAMHSA MFP Current Fellows 428 1 428 0.42 180 Survey......................... SAMHSA MFP Alumni Survey........ 1,440 1 1,440 0.75 1,080 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals...................... \a\ 1,868 .............. 1,868 .............. 1,260 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \a\ This is an unduplicated count of total respondents. Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 2-1057, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 or email a copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be received by March 11, 2016. Summer King, Statistician. [FR Doc. 2016-00279 Filed 1-8-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4162-20-P
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This notice is being published less than 15 Place: Doubletree Hotel Washington, 1515 agency, including whether the
days prior to the meeting due to the timing Rhode Island Ave. NW., Washington, DC information shall have practical utility;
limitations imposed by the review and 20005. (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
funding cycle. Contact Person: Marita R. Hopmann, Ph.D.,
Scientific Review Administrator, Scientific
of the burden of the proposed collection
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance of information; (c) ways to enhance the
Program Nos. 93.853, Clinical Research Review Branch, National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development, NIH, 6100 quality, utility, and clarity of the
Related to Neurological Disorders; 93.854, information to be collected; and (d)
Executive Boulevard, Room 5b01, Bethesda,
Biological Basis Research in the
MD 20892, (301) 435–6911, ways to minimize the burden of the
Neurosciences, National Institutes of Health,
HHS)
hopmannm@mail.nih.gov. collection of information on
Name of Committee: National Institute of respondents, including through the use
Dated: January 5, 2016. of automated collection techniques or
Child Health and Human Development Initial
Melanie J. Gray, Review Group; Health, Behavior, and Context other forms of information technology.
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Subcommittee.
Committee Policy. Date: March 4, 2016. Proposed Project: Survey of Current
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Alumni SAMHSA Fellows of the
[FR Doc. 2016–00205 Filed 1–8–16; 8:45 am]
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant Minority Fellowship Program (MFP)
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applications. (OMB No. 0930–0304)—REVISION
Place: Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase
SAMHSA is requesting approval from
Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW.,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Washington, DC 20015. the Office of Management and Budget
HUMAN SERVICES Contact Person: Joanna Kubler-Kielb, (OMB) to revise the collection of
Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Scientific surveys of current and alumni MFP
National Institutes of Health Review Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver fellows to include current and alumni
National Institute of Child Health and fellows from the Now Is The Time-MFP-
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Human Development, 6100 Executive Youth (NITT–MFP–Y) and NITT–MFP-
Institute of Child Health and Human Boulevard, Room 5B01, Bethesda, MD Addiction Counselors (NITT–MFP–AC)
Development: Notice of Closed 20892–7510, 301–435–6916, grant programs. These surveys would
Meetings kielbj@mail.nih.gov.
gather information about current and
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance alumni fellows in all three programs
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the Program Nos. 93.864, Population Research; that will help SAMHSA meet its
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 93.865, Research for Mothers and Children; responsibilities under the Government
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 93.929, Center for Medical Rehabilitation
Performance and Results Modernization
hereby given of the following meetings. Research; 93.209, Contraception and
Infertility Loan Repayment Program, National Act for gathering, analyzing, and
The meetings will be closed to the Institutes of Health, HHS) interpreting information about
public in accordance with the government-funded programs such as
Dated: January 5, 2016.
provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(4) the MFP, the NITT–MFP–Y, and the
Michelle Trout, NITT–MFP–AC.
and 552b(c)(6), title 5 U.S.C., as
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory In 1973, in response to a substantial
amended. The grant applications and
Committee Policy. lack of ethnic and racial minorities in
the discussions could disclose
confidential trade secrets or commercial [FR Doc. 2016–00206 Filed 1–8–16; 8:45 am] the mental health professions, the
property such as patentable material, BILLING CODE 4140–01–P Center for Minority Health at the
and personal information concerning National Institute of Mental Health
individuals associated with the grant established the MFP. Since its move to
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SAMHSA in 1992, the MFP has
applications, the disclosure of which
HUMAN SERVICES continued to facilitate the entry of
would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy. graduate students and psychiatric
Substance Abuse and Mental Health residents into mental health careers and
Name of Committee: National Institute of Services Administration has increased the number of
Child Health and Human Development Initial
psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and
Review Group; Health, Behavior, and Context Agency Information Collection
Subcommittee.
social work professionals trained to
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Date: February 9, 2016. provide mental health and substance
Comment Request
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. abuse services to minority groups. In
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant In compliance with Section 2014, funds were appropriated to
applications. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork expand the traditional MFP to include
Place: Residence Inn Bethesda, 7335 Reduction Act of 1995 concerning two programs to support the President’s
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. opportunity for public comment on NITT initiative: NITT–MFP–Y and
Contact Person: Priscah Mujuru, DRPH, proposed collections of information, the NITT–MFP–AC. These programs
MPH, Scientific Review Officer, Scientific Substance Abuse and Mental Health provide stipends and tuition support to
Review Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver students pursuing master’s level
Services Administration (SAMHSA)
National Institute of Child Health and
will publish periodic summaries of training in behavioral health fields like
Human Development, NIH, 6100 Executive
Boulevard, Suite 5B01, Bethesda, MD 20892– proposed projects. To request more psychology, social work, professional
7510, 301–435–6908, mujurup@mail.nih.gov. information on the proposed projects or counseling, marriage and family
to obtain a copy of the information therapy, nursing, and addiction/
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Name of Committee: National Institute of substance abuse counseling, thus
collection plans, call the SAMHSA
Child Health and Human Development Initial
Review Group; Health, Behavior, and Context Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276– directly supporting the NITT goal of
Subcommittee. 1243. increasing behavioral health services for
Date: February 26, 2016. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether youth and contributing to making
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. the proposed collections of information schools safer. The traditional MFP offers
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant are necessary for the proper sustained grants to six national
applications. performance of the functions of the behavioral health professional
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associations: The American Association so that traditional MFP fellows are not and former MFP fellows, and
of Marriage and Family Therapy asked questions that do not apply to contributions and impacts that the
(AAMFT), the American Nurses them. current and former fellows are making
Association (ANA), the American The two online surveys (with the in their work. The surveys include
Psychiatric Association (ApA), the option for a hard copy mailed through questions to assess the following
American Psychological Association the U.S. Postal Service) will be used measures: Completion of the fellowship
(APA), the Council on Social Work with the following stakeholders in the program (e.g., completion of MFP goals,
Education (CSWE), and the National MFP grant programs: number of mentors, total mentored
Board for Certified Counselors and 1. Current SAMHSA MFP Fellows (n=428) hours); post-fellowship employment
Affiliates (NBCC). The grantees for the a. Current traditional MFP Fellows (e.g., employment types and fields,
NITT–MFP–Y program are the AAFMT, currently receiving support during their targeted service populations); increase
ANA, APA, CSWE, and NBCC, and the doctoral-level training or psychiatric in skills/knowledge (e.g., number of
grantees for the NITT–MFP–AC program residency will be asked about their certifications obtained, number of
are the NAADAC—Association for experiences in the MFP (from recruitment
into the program through their participation continuing education hours); and
Addiction Professionals and NBCC. in the various activities provided by the contributions to the field (e.g., number
This package includes two survey grantees). of professional publications).
instruments, the Current SAMHSA MFP b. Current NITT–MFP–Y and NITT–MFP–
Fellows survey and the MFP Alumni The survey data will also be utilized
AC Fellows currently receiving support
survey, which have previously been during the final year of their master’s
in an evaluation of the NITT–MFP
administered to current and alumni programs in behavioral health or related field programs. The requested additional
fellows of the traditional MFP grant will be asked about their experiences in the questions will allow the evaluation to
program. SAMHSA is requesting MFP (from recruitment into the program assess the overall success of the
through their participation in the various SAMHSA NITT initiative in enhancing
approval from OMB to include activities provided by the grantees).
respondents (i.e., fellows) from the the behavioral health workforce in terms
2. MFP Alumni (n=1,440) of the number of master’s level
NITT–MFP–Y and NITT–MFP–AC a. Traditional MFP Alumni who
programs and to add 13 and 10 participated in the MFP during the time the behavioral health specialists trained
questions to the Current SAMHSA MFP program was administered by SAMHSA will with MFP support, their competencies
Fellows and MFP Alumni surveys, be asked about their previous experiences as and characteristics, and their capacity to
respectively. Although the aims of the fellows in the MFP and also about their meet behavioral health workforce needs.
subsequent involvement and leadership in The evaluation will also explore
traditional MFP and the NITT–MFPs are
their professions. whether the program results in
similar, some aspects of the NITT–MFPs b. NITT–MFP–Y and NITT–MFP–AC
are unique. For example, the focus on increased knowledge, skills, and
Alumni who participated in the MFP during
master’s-level students (versus doctoral) their master’s program will be asked about
aptitude among NITT–MFP fellows to
and on providing culturally competent their previous experiences as fellows in the provide culturally competent behavioral
behavioral health services specifically to MFP and also about their subsequent health services to underserved, at risk
youth and transition-aged young adults. involvement and leadership in their children, adolescents, and transition-age
Thus, approval is requested to add professions. youth (ages 16–25); and how these new
questions to the surveys to ensure that The information gathered by these two behavioral health professionals are
the information needed to evaluate the surveys will be used to gain insights sustained in the workforce.
NITT–MFPs is captured. The surveys into, and to document, impacts that the The total annual burden estimate for
will include appropriate skip patterns MFP has had and is having on current conducting the surveys is shown below:
Responses
Number of Total number Hours per Total burden
Survey name per
respondents of responses response hours
respondent
SAMHSA MFP Current Fellows Survey .............................. 428 1 428 0.42 180
SAMHSA MFP Alumni Survey ............................................. 1,440 1 1,440 0.75 1,080
Totals ............................................................................ a 1,868 ........................ 1,868 ........................ 1,260
a This is an unduplicated count of total respondents.
Send comments to Summer King, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR have submitted to the Office of
SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Management and Budget (OMB) the
Room 2–1057, One Choke Cherry Road, Geological Survey information collection request (ICR)
Rockville, MD 20857 or email a copy at described below. To comply with the
summer.king@samhsa.hhs.gov. Written [GX16BA02EEW0200] Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
comments should be received by March and as part of our continuing efforts to
Agency Information Collection
11, 2016. Activities: Request for Comments reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public to
Summer King,
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