82_FR_40947 82 FR 40782 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

82 FR 40782 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

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

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 165 (August 28, 2017)

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FR Document2017-18136

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these 
documents, call the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (240) 276-1243.

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 Interview.........          \4\ 28               1              28               1              28
PATH Intermediary Telephone               \5\ 14               1              14               1              14
 Interview......................
PATH Provider Telephone                   \6\ 60               1              60               1              60
 Interview......................
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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 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.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
collection should be sent by DATE to the SAMHSA Desk Officer at the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB). To ensure timely receipt of comments, and to avoid 
potential delays in OMB's receipt and processing of mail sent through 
the U.S. Postal Services, commenters are encouraged to submit their 
comments to OMB via email to: [email protected]. Although 
commenters are encouraged to send their comments via email, commenters 
may also fax their comments to: 202-395-7285. Commenters may also mail 
them to: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10102, 
Washington, DC 20503.

Summer King,
Statistician.
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                                                      Place: Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase              program is authorized under Section                   The SPCs for all grantees (n = 56), the
                                                    Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW.,                       521 et seq. of the Public Health Service              Project Directors from the PATH
                                                    Washington, DC 20015.                                   (PHS) Act, as amended. The SAMHSA                     provider organizations (n = 500) and
                                                      Contact Person: Stacey FitzSimmons,
                                                                                                            PATH program funds each Fiscal Year                   staff from the intermediary
                                                    Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for
                                                    Scientific Review, National Institutes of               the 50 states, the District of Columbia,              organizations (n = 28) will be contacted
                                                    Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 3114,                Puerto Rico, and four U.S. Territories                to complete the web surveys. The Web
                                                    MSC 7808, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301–451–                  (the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam,                       Surveys will be administered once.
                                                    9956, fitzsimmonss@csr.nih.gov.                         American Samoa, and the                                  Site Visits will be conducted with a
                                                      Name of Committee: Center for Scientific              Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
                                                                                                                                                                  purposive sample of PATH grantees and
                                                    Review Special Emphasis Panel; PAR–17–                  Islands). The PATH grantees make
                                                                                                                                                                  providers to collect more nuanced
                                                    275: Mammalian Models for Translational                 grants to local, public and non-profit
                                                    Research.                                                                                                     information than will be possible with
                                                                                                            organizations to provide the PATH
                                                      Date: September 27, 2017.                                                                                   the web survey. Semi-structured
                                                                                                            allowable services.
                                                      Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.                            The SAMHSA Administrator is                        discussions will take place with the
                                                      Agenda: To review and evaluate grant                  required under Section 528 of the PHS                 SPCs, grantee staff, PATH provider staff
                                                    applications.                                                                                                 including the Project Director and other
                                                      Place: National Institutes of Health, 6701
                                                                                                            Act to evaluate the expenditures of
                                                                                                            PATH grantees at least once every three               key management staffs, outreach
                                                    Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.                                                                          workers, case managers and other
                                                      Contact Person: Careen K Tang-Toth,                   years to ensure they are consistent with
                                                    Ph.D., Scientific Review Officer, Center for            legislative requirements and to                       clinical treatment staff, key stakeholders
                                                    Scientific Review, National Institutes of               recommend changes to the program                      at the grantee and provider level and
                                                    Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6214,                design or operations.                                 consumers. Five grantees will be
                                                    MSC 7804, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301)435–                    The primary task of the PATH                       selected for Site Visits and visited
                                                    3504, tothct@csr.nih.gov.                               evaluation is to meet the mandates of                 within each grantee will be one to two
                                                    (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance               Section 528 of the PHS Act. The second                PATH providers. The Site Visits will be
                                                    Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine;              task of the PATH evaluation is to                     utilized to collect information regarding:
                                                    93.333, Clinical Research, 93.306, 93.333,              conduct additional data collection and                Provider and state characteristics;
                                                    93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,                                                                         practices and priorities; context within
                                                                                                            analysis to further investigate the
                                                    93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National
                                                    Institutes of Health, HHS)                              sources of variation in key program                   which the grantees and providers
                                                                                                            output and outcome measures that are                  operate; and services available within
                                                      Dated: August 22, 2017.                               important for program management and                  the areas the providers operate. Also,
                                                    Natasha M. Copeland,                                    policy development. The PATH                          discussed will be the successes, barriers,
                                                    Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory             evaluation builds on the previous                     and strategies faced by PATH grantees
                                                    Committee Policy.                                       evaluation which was finalized in 2016                and providers. Focus groups will be
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–18119 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am]             and was conducted as part of the                      held with current or former consumers
                                                    BILLING CODE 4140–01–P                                  National Evaluation of SAMHSA                         of the PATH program to obtain
                                                                                                            Homeless Programs. The PATH                           consumer perspectives regarding the
                                                                                                            evaluation will use web surveys,                      impact of the programs. The Site Visits
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND                                telephone interviews and site visits to               will be conducted once.
                                                    HUMAN SERVICES                                          facilitate the collection of information
                                                                                                                                                                     Telephone Interviews will be
                                                                                                            regarding the structures and processes
                                                    Substance Abuse and Mental Health                                                                             conducted with a sample of SPCs (n =
                                                                                                            in place at the grantee and provider
                                                    Services Administration                                                                                       28) and intermediary (n = 14) and
                                                                                                            level. Data regarding the outputs and
                                                                                                                                                                  provider staff (n = 60) to explore
                                                                                                            outcomes of the PATH program will be
                                                    Agency Information Collection                                                                                 through open-ended questions in greater
                                                                                                            obtained from grantee applications,
                                                    Activities: Submission for OMB                                                                                detail, explanations for variations
                                                                                                            providers’ intended use plans (IUPs)
                                                    Review; Comment Request                                                                                       among providers in measures that are
                                                                                                            and from PATH annual report data,
                                                                                                                                                                  important for program management and
                                                      Periodically, the Substance Abuse and                 which is also required by Section 528 of
                                                                                                            the PHS Act and is approved under                     policy development. The outputs of the
                                                    Mental Health Services Administration
                                                                                                            OMB No. 0930–0205.                                    PATH program include: The number of
                                                    (SAMHSA) will publish a summary of
                                                                                                               Web Surveys will be conducted with                 persons receiving PATH-funded
                                                    information collection requests under
                                                                                                            all State PATH Contacts (SPCs) and staff              services, outreached/contacted and
                                                    OMB review, in compliance with the
                                                                                                            from intermediary and PATH provider                   enrolled; the number of services
                                                    Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
                                                                                                            organizations. The Web Surveys will                   provided; and the number of referrals
                                                    Chapter 35). To request a copy of these
                                                                                                            capture detailed and structured                       provided. The outcome evaluation will
                                                    documents, call the SAMHSA Reports
                                                                                                            information in the following topics:                  be limited, given limitations in available
                                                    Clearance Officer on (240) 276–1243.
                                                                                                            Selection, monitoring and oversight of                data and will include the number of
                                                    Proposed Project: Evaluation of the                     PATH providers; populations served;                   persons referred to and attaining
                                                    Projects for Assistance in Transition                   the PATH allowable or eligible services               substance use treatment, primary health
                                                    From Homelessness (PATH) Program—                       provided; sources for match funds;                    services, job training, educational
                                                    New                                                     provision of training and technical                   services, housing services, housing
                                                                                                                                                                  placement assistance, income
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                                                      SAMHSA is conducting the federally                    assistance; implementation of Evidence
                                                    mandated Evaluation of the PATH                         Based Practices (EBPs) and innovative                 assistance, employment assistance and
                                                    program. The PATH grant program,                        practices including SOAR; data                        medical assistance. The Telephone
                                                    created as part of the Stewart B.                       reporting, use of data and the Homeless               interviews will be conducted once.
                                                    McKinney Homeless Assistance                            Management Information System                            The estimated burden for the
                                                    Amendments Act of 1990, is                              (HMIS); and collaboration, coordination               reporting requirements for the PATH
                                                    administered by SAMHSA’s CMHS’                          and involvement with Continuums of                    evaluation is summarized in the table
                                                    Homeless Programs Branch. The PATH                      Care (CoCs) and other organizations.                  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 Interview ....................................................                           4 28                           1              28                           1              28
                                                    PATH Intermediary Telephone Interview .............................                                    5 14                           1              14                           1              14
                                                    PATH Provider Telephone Interview ...................................                                  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 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
                                                       11  respondent × 56 SPCs = 56 respondents.
                                                       21  respondent × 28 Intermediaries = 28 respondents.
                                                       31  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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