82 FR 28870 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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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: Evaluation of the Projects for Assistance in 
Transition From Homelessness (PATH) Program--New

    SAMHSA is conducting the federally mandated Evaluation of the PATH 
program. The PATH grant program, created as part of the Stewart B. 
McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1990, is administered by 
SAMHSA's CMHS' Homeless Programs Branch. The PATH program is authorized 
under Section 521 et seq. of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as 
amended. The SAMHSA PATH program funds each Fiscal Year the 50 states, 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and four U.S. Territories (the 
U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands). The PATH grantees make grants to local, 
public and non-profit organizations to provide the PATH allowable 
services.
    The SAMHSA Administrator is required under Section 528 of the PHS 
Act to evaluate the expenditures of PATH grantees at least once every 
three years to ensure they are consistent with legislative requirements 
and to recommend changes to the program design or operations. The 
primary task of the PATH evaluation is to meet the mandates of Section 
528 of the PHS Act. The second task of the PATH evaluation is to 
conduct additional data collection and analysis to further investigate 
the sources of variation in key program output and outcome measures 
that are important for program management and policy development. The 
PATH evaluation builds on the previous evaluation which was finalized 
in 2016 and was conducted as part of the National Evaluation of SAMHSA 
Homeless Programs. The PATH evaluation will use web surveys, telephone 
interviews and site visits to facilitate the collection of information 
regarding the structures and processes in place at the grantee and 
provider level. Data regarding the outputs and outcomes of the PATH 
program will be obtained from grantee applications, providers' intended 
use plans (IUPs) and from PATH annual report data, which is also 
required by Section 528 of the PHS Act and is approved under OMB No. 
0930-0205.
    Web Surveys will be conducted with all State PATH Contacts (SPCs) 
and staff from intermediary and PATH provider organizations. The Web 
Surveys will capture detailed and structured information in the 
following topics: Selection, monitoring and oversight of PATH 
providers; populations served; the PATH allowable or eligible services 
provided; sources for match funds; provision of training and technical 
assistance; implementation of Evidence Based Practices (EBPs) and 
innovative practices including SOAR; data reporting, use of data and 
the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS); and collaboration, 
coordination and involvement with Continuums of Care (CoCs) and other 
organizations. The SPCs for all grantees (n=56), the Project Directors 
from the PATH provider organizations (n=500) and staff from the 
intermediary organizations (n=28) will be contacted to complete the web 
surveys. The Web Surveys will be administered once.
    Site Visits will be conducted with a purposive sample of PATH 
grantees and providers to collect more nuanced information than will be 
possible with the web survey. Semi-structured discussions will take 
place with the SPCs, grantee staff, PATH provider staff including the 
Project Director and other key management staffs, outreach workers, 
case managers and other clinical treatment staff, key stakeholders at 
the grantee and provider level and consumers. Five grantees will be 
selected for Site Visits and visited within each grantee will be one to 
two PATH providers. The Site Visits will be utilized to collect 
information regarding: Provider and state characteristics; practices 
and priorities; context within which the grantees and providers 
operate; and services available within the areas the providers operate. 
Also, discussed will be the successes, barriers, and strategies faced 
by PATH grantees and providers. Focus groups will be held with current 
or former consumers of the PATH program to obtain consumer perspectives 
regarding the impact of the programs. The Site Visits will be conducted 
once.
    Telephone Interviews will be conducted with a sample of SPCs (n=28) 
and intermediary (n=14) and provider staff (n=60) to explore through 
open-ended questions in greater detail, explanations for variations 
among providers in measures that are important for program management 
and policy development. The outputs of the PATH program include: the 
number of persons receiving PATH-funded services, outreached/contacted 
and enrolled; the number of services provided; and the number of 
referrals provided. The outcome evaluation will be limited, given 
limitations in available data and will include the number of persons 
referred to and attaining substance use treatment, primary health 
services, job training, educational services, housing services, housing 
placement assistance, income assistance, employment assistance and 
medical assistance. The Telephone interviews will be conducted once.
    The estimated burden for the reporting requirements for the PATH 
evaluation is summarized in the table below.

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                                               Annual Burden Table
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                                     Number of     Responses per       Total         Hours per      Total hour
       Instrument/activity          respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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                                                   Web Surveys
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SPC Web Survey..................            1 56               1              56               1              56
PATH Intermediary Web Survey....            2 28               1              28               1              28
PATH Provider Web Survey........           3 500               1             500               1             500
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                                              Telephone Interviews
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SPC Telephone Interviews........            4 28               1              28               1              28
PATH Intermediary Telephone                 5 14               1              14               1              14
 Interviews.....................
PATH Provider Telephone                     6 60               1              60               1              60
 Interviews.....................
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                                              Site Visit Interviews
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Opening Session with State Staff            7 25               1              25               2              50
SPC Session.....................             8 5               1               5               2              10
State Stakeholder Session.......            9 25               1              25             1.5            37.5
Opening Session with PATH                  10 50               1              50               2             100
 Provider Leadership Staff......
PATH Provider PD Session........           11 10               1              10               2              20
PATH Provider Direct Care Staff            12 50               1              50               2             100
 Session........................
Provider Stakeholder Session....           13 50               1              50             1.5              75
Consumer Focus Groups...........          14 100               1             100             1.5             150
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    Total.......................           1,001  ..............           1,001  ..............         1,228.5
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\1\ 1 respondent x 56 SPCs = 56 respondents.
\2\ 1 respondent x 28 Intermediaries = 28 respondents.
\3\ 1 respondent x 500 PATH providers = 500 respondents.
\4\ 1 respondent x 28 SPCs = 28 respondents.
\5\ 1 respondent x 14 Intermediaries = 14 respondents.
\6\ 1 respondent x 60 PATH providers = 60 respondents.
\7\ 5 respondents x 5 site visits = 25 respondents.
\8\ 1 respondent x 5 site visits = 5 respondents.
\9\ 5 respondents x 5 site visits = 25 respondents.
\10\ 5 respondents x 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
\11\ 1 respondent x 10 site visits (2 providers per state) =10 respondents.
\12\ 5 respondents x 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
\13\ 5 respondents x 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
\14\ 10 respondents x 10 site visits (10 Consumers per provider (2 providers per state) = 100 respondents.

    Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 15E57-B, Rockville, Maryland 20857, OR email a 
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received 
by August 25, 2017.

Summer King,
Statistician.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND grants to local, public and non-profit web surveys. The Web Surveys will be
HUMAN SERVICES organizations to provide the PATH administered once.
allowable services. Site Visits will be conducted with a
Substance Abuse and Mental Health The SAMHSA Administrator is purposive sample of PATH grantees and
Services Administration required under Section 528 of the PHS providers to collect more nuanced
Act to evaluate the expenditures of information than will be possible with
Agency Information Collection PATH grantees at least once every three
Activities: Proposed Collection; the web survey. Semi-structured
years to ensure they are consistent with discussions will take place with the
Comment Request legislative requirements and to SPCs, grantee staff, PATH provider staff
In compliance with Section recommend changes to the program including the Project Director and other
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork design or operations. The primary task key management staffs, outreach
Reduction Act of 1995 concerning of the PATH evaluation is to meet the workers, case managers and other
opportunity for public comment on mandates of Section 528 of the PHS Act. clinical treatment staff, key stakeholders
proposed collections of information, the The second task of the PATH evaluation at the grantee and provider level and
Substance Abuse and Mental Health is to conduct additional data collection consumers. Five grantees will be
Services Administration (SAMHSA) and analysis to further investigate the selected for Site Visits and visited
will publish periodic summaries of sources of variation in key program within each grantee will be one to two
proposed projects. To request more output and outcome measures that are PATH providers. The Site Visits will be
information on the proposed projects or important for program management and utilized to collect information regarding:
to obtain a copy of the information policy development. The PATH Provider and state characteristics;
collection plans, call the SAMHSA evaluation builds on the previous practices and priorities; context within
Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276– evaluation which was finalized in 2016 which the grantees and providers
1243. and was conducted as part of the operate; and services available within
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether National Evaluation of SAMHSA the areas the providers operate. Also,
the proposed collections of information Homeless Programs. The PATH discussed will be the successes, barriers,
are necessary for the proper evaluation will use web surveys, and strategies faced by PATH grantees
performance of the functions of the telephone interviews and site visits to and providers. Focus groups will be
agency, including whether the facilitate the collection of information held with current or former consumers
information shall have practical utility; regarding the structures and processes of the PATH program to obtain
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate in place at the grantee and provider consumer perspectives regarding the
of the burden of the proposed collection level. Data regarding the outputs and impact of the programs. The Site Visits
of information; (c) ways to enhance the outcomes of the PATH program will be will be conducted once.
quality, utility, and clarity of the obtained from grantee applications,
providers’ intended use plans (IUPs) Telephone Interviews will be
information to be collected; and (d)
and from PATH annual report data, conducted with a sample of SPCs (n=28)
ways to minimize the burden of the
which is also required by Section 528 of and intermediary (n=14) and provider
collection of information on
the PHS Act and is approved under staff (n=60) to explore through open-
respondents, including through the use
OMB No. 0930–0205. ended questions in greater detail,
of automated collection techniques or
Web Surveys will be conducted with explanations for variations among
other forms of information technology.
all State PATH Contacts (SPCs) and staff providers in measures that are
Proposed Project: Evaluation of the from intermediary and PATH provider important for program management and
Projects for Assistance in Transition organizations. The Web Surveys will policy development. The outputs of the
From Homelessness (PATH) Program— capture detailed and structured PATH program include: the number of
New information in the following topics: persons receiving PATH-funded
SAMHSA is conducting the federally Selection, monitoring and oversight of services, outreached/contacted and
mandated Evaluation of the PATH PATH providers; populations served; enrolled; the number of services
program. The PATH grant program, the PATH allowable or eligible services provided; and the number of referrals
created as part of the Stewart B. provided; sources for match funds; provided. The outcome evaluation will
McKinney Homeless Assistance provision of training and technical be limited, given limitations in available
Amendments Act of 1990, is assistance; implementation of Evidence data and will include the number of
administered by SAMHSA’s CMHS’ Based Practices (EBPs) and innovative persons referred to and attaining
Homeless Programs Branch. The PATH practices including SOAR; data substance use treatment, primary health
program is authorized under Section reporting, use of data and the Homeless services, job training, educational
521 et seq. of the Public Health Service Management Information System services, housing services, housing
(PHS) Act, as amended. The SAMHSA (HMIS); and collaboration, coordination placement assistance, income
PATH program funds each Fiscal Year and involvement with Continuums of assistance, employment assistance and
the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Care (CoCs) and other organizations. medical assistance. The Telephone
Puerto Rico, and four U.S. Territories The SPCs for all grantees (n=56), the interviews will be conducted once.
(the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Project Directors from the PATH The estimated burden for the
American Samoa, and the provider organizations (n=500) and staff reporting requirements for the PATH
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana from the intermediary organizations evaluation is summarized in the table
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Islands). The PATH grantees make (n=28) will be contacted to complete the below.

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ANNUAL BURDEN TABLE
Responses
Number of Total Hours per Total hour
Instrument/activity per
respondents responses response burden
respondent

Web Surveys

SPC Web Survey ................................................................. 1 56 1 56 1 56
PATH Intermediary Web Survey ......................................... 2 28 1 28 1 28
PATH Provider Web Survey ................................................ 3 500 1 500 1 500

Telephone Interviews

SPC Telephone Interviews .................................................. 4 28 1 28 1 28
PATH Intermediary Telephone Interviews ........................... 5 14 1 14 1 14
PATH Provider Telephone Interviews ................................. 6 60 1 60 1 60

Site Visit Interviews

Opening Session with State Staff ........................................ 7 25 1 25 2 50
SPC Session ........................................................................ 85 1 5 2 10
State Stakeholder Session .................................................. 9 25 1 25 1.5 37.5
Opening Session with PATH Provider Leadership Staff ..... 10 50 1 50 2 100
PATH Provider PD Session ................................................. 11 10 1 10 2 20
PATH Provider Direct Care Staff Session ........................... 12 50 1 50 2 100
Provider Stakeholder Session ............................................. 13 50 1 50 1.5 75
Consumer Focus Groups ..................................................... 14 100 1 100 1.5 150

Total .............................................................................. 1,001 ........................ 1,001 ........................ 1,228.5
1 1 respondent × 56 SPCs = 56 respondents.
2 1 respondent × 28 Intermediaries = 28 respondents.
3 1 respondent × 500 PATH providers = 500 respondents.
4 1 respondent × 28 SPCs = 28 respondents.
5 1 respondent × 14 Intermediaries = 14 respondents.
6 1 respondent × 60 PATH providers = 60 respondents.
7 5 respondents × 5 site visits = 25 respondents.
8 1 respondent × 5 site visits = 5 respondents.
9 5 respondents × 5 site visits = 25 respondents.
10 5 respondents × 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
11 1 respondent × 10 site visits (2 providers per state) =10 respondents.
12 5 respondents × 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
13 5 respondents × 10 site visits (2 providers per state) = 50 respondents.
14 10 respondents × 10 site visits (10 Consumers per provider (2 providers per state) = 100 respondents.

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by August 25, 2017. the use of Military Education, Training, limited and will be available on a first-
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82 FR 28870 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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