Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: May 28, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 103)]

[Notices]

[Page 29051-29052]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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.

Burden/ Total burden Respondents

No. of

Responses/ response

Hours respondents respondent

(Hours) (annualized)

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

Sub-Total............................... .............. .............. ..............

1,555

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. 99-13607Filed5-27-99; 8:45 am]

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