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

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30057]


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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 list 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 (301) 443-7978.
    Evaluation of High-Risk Youth Substance Abuse Prevention 
Initiatives-- 0930-0178 (Extension, no change)--The Center for 
Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) is conducting a cross-site evaluation 
of 47 demonstration projects targeting high-risk youth to assess the 
effectiveness of the demonstration program in: (1) preventing and/or 
reducing substance abuse among at-risk youth; and (2) intervention 
strategies for reducing selected risk factors and enhancing protective 
factors. Youth participating in the programs and comparison group youth 
complete self-administered questionnaires at four points in time: 
baseline; at program exit; 6 months after program exit; and 18 months 
after program exit. The project annual burden estimate, annualized over 
the 5-year project period, is shown below:

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                                                                     Number of    Average burden/
                                                     Number of      responses/       response       Annualized
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hours)      burden  hours
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Youth Questionnaires *..........................          11,100               4             .64           4,522
Tracking Form...................................          11,100               1             .05             111
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............           4,633
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* Burden estimate based on an average of 45 minutes for baseline and exit questionnaires and 30 minutes for each
  follow-up questionnaire. Annualized estimates reflect actual attrition rates.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

    Dated: November 3, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-30057 Filed 11-9-98; 8:45 am]
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