SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information collection before submitting the collection to the OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, we are publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described below.

The OMB is particularly interested in comments that will help:

1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;

4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submissions of responses; and

5. Assess information collection costs.

Proposed Project

Performance Monitoring of CDC's Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program (OMB Control No. 0920-1368, Exp. 11/30/2028)—Revision—National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

Suicide rates have increased by approximately 31% between 2000 and 2024. In January 2020, CDC received an appropriation for its Comprehensive Suicide Prevention program (CSP). This program seeks to reduce suicide morbidity and mortality by 10% in populations disproportionately impacted by suicide in participating jurisdictions. The 24 recipients of the CSP cooperative agreement are required to develop a comprehensive approach to suicide prevention and implement and evaluate this approach. Specifically, recipients will provide an accounting of their progress in each of six elements of the comprehensive approach ( i.e., partnerships, data, inventory, strategy selection and implementation, communications, and evaluation).

The results of the data collection have been vital to ensuring efficient management of the program since its inception in 2020. Results will continue to allow NCIPC staff to provide data-driven technical assistance to recipients. In addition, the data collection informs the continuous quality improvement process and allows NCIPC staff to make annual course corrections and describe the impact on suicide-related outcomes.

NCIPC will continue to use the information collected to perform program activities to accomplish the following objectives:

• Monitor each awardee's progress and identify facilitators and barriers to program implementation and achievement of outcomes.
• Identify trends in injury surveillance data to inform state priorities for suicide prevention and intervention strategies as well as the production of relevant reports, journal articles, and resources for state health departments.
• Identify, translate, and disseminate information about successful suicide prevention and control strategies implemented by recipients through the development of journal articles, tools, templates, and other suicide prevention resources/products.

NCIPC received initial OMB approval for this data collection in September 2022. This Revision is for the addition of a new instrument to monitor recipient progress related to budget, staffing, and activity implementation on a monthly schedule. The monthly report enables CSP recipients to provide monthly updates to CDC, describing any technical assistance needs, staffing changes, implementation successes and challenges, and evaluation updates. This ensures CDC is appraised of updates and activities conducted within jurisdictions.

CDC requests OMB approval for an estimated 912 annual burden hours. There is no cost to respondents other than their time to participate. ( printed page 65218)