Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13030-13031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6313]


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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 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 (301) 443-7978.
    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: Phase I of the National Evaluation of the 
Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services for Children and 
Their Families Program

    (OMB No. 0930-0171, Extension, no change)--The Center for Mental 
Health Services (CMHS) is seeking OMB approval for a 1-year extension 
of this evaluation of integrated child mental health service systems. 
The core and comparison studies of the evaluation collect information 
on child and family demographics, child mental health status, and 
service system development. In the core study, data are collected from 
children and families at intake into services, six months later, and 
every 12 months thereafter while the children remain in services. In 
the comparison study component, information is collected at intake, 6 
months, 12 months, 24 months, and annually thereafter. In both studies, 
data were collected annually from grantees' administrators and 
providers. This request is to extend OMB clearance to allow: (1) 
continued data collection in two core study sites for two months, and 
(2) completion, by the end of the approval period, of data collection 
in the comparison study component sites. The response burden for this 
extension is as follows:

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                                                                                 Average  burden/
                   Respondent                       Number of    Average number      response      Total burden
                                                   respondents    of  responses       (hrs.)
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Currently approved.............................  ..............  ..............  ...............          26,604
Case managers..................................              50            7.0              .25               88
Caregivers (Descriptive Study).................           1,980             .27             .075              40
Caregivers (Outcome Study).....................           1,792             .54            1.16            1,123
Youth..........................................           1,075             .54            1.05              610
Administrators/providers.......................               0            0               0                   0
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    Total......................................  ..............  ..............  ...............           1,861
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    Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 9, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-6313 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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