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

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29051-29052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13607]


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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.
    Phase II of the National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Community 
Mental Health Services for Children and Their Families Program--(OMB 
No. 0930-0192, Revision)--SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services 
(CMHS) is conducting Phase II of this national evaluation project. To 
address the research questions in the national evaluation, a 
longitudinal quasi-experimental design is being used that includes data 
collection in all grantee sites and comparison sites over a five year 
period. Data collection methods include interviews with caregivers and 
youth, site visits, case record reviews, service diaries, and provider 
surveys. Phase II collects data on child mental health outcomes, family 
life, and service system development and performance. Child and family 
outcomes of interest include the following: child symptomatology and 
functioning, family functioning and material resources, and caregiver 
strain. The length of time that families will participate in the study 
ranges from 18 to 36 months depending on when they enter the 
evaluation. Service system variables of interest include the following: 
maturity of system of care development, adherence to system of care 
principles, coordination and linkages among agencies, and congruence 
between family services planned versus those received.
    This revision to the currently approved information collection 
activities involves: (1) Two additional grantee sites added to Phase II 
after the original OMB package was approved, and (2) the addition of a 
strengths-based measure of child behaviors. This measure is closely 
aligned with the strengths-based focus of the grant program and will 
assess the effects of the initiative on child strengths and resiliency; 
no additional burden is imposed by addition of the strengths-based 
measurement in the previously approved sites because it has been 
determined that the burden associated with the new instrument is offset 
for shorted times of administration by two of the currently approved 
instruments. Automated collection techniques are not cost-effective for 
this study. The average annual respondent burden is estimated below.

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                                                                                      Burden/      Total burden
                   Respondents                        No. of        Responses/       response          Hours
                                                    respondents     respondent        (Hours)      (annualized)
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Currently approved..............................  ..............  ..............  ..............          18,458
New Sites:
    Caregivers..................................             506            1.20            2.00           1,214
    Youth.......................................             304            1.12             .90             307
    Providers...................................              56             .80             .75              34
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        Sub-Total...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............           1,555
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        New Total...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............          20,013
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    The addition of the strengths-based instrument does not add to 
response burden because testing of two of the previously approved 
instruments, which occurred after the previous OMB approval was 
received, has shown that they take less time to administer than had 
been thought; this decrease in burden offsets the new instrument.
    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: May 20, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-13607 Filed 5-27-99; 8:45 am]
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