[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33324-33325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14090]
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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 240-276-1243.
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.
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Proposed Project: Triennial Evaluation of the Projects for Assistance
in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)--New
The Center for Mental Health Services awards grants each fiscal
year to each of the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands from allotments authorized
under the PATH program established by Public Law 101-645, 42 U.S.C.
290cc-21 et seq., the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Amendments Act of 1990 (section 521 et seq. of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act). Section 522 of the PHS Act requires that the
grantee States and Territories must expend their payments under the Act
solely for making grants to political subdivisions of the State, and to
nonprofit private entities (including community-based veterans'
organizations and other community organizations) for the purpose of
providing services specified in the Act. Available funding is allotted
in accordance with the formula provision of section 524 of the PHS Act.
This submission is for a collection of contextual, process, and
outcome information to evaluate the national PATH program. Section 528
of the PHS Act specifies that the Administrator of the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration shall evaluate at least once
every 3 years the expenditures of grants under this part by eligible
entities in order to ensure that expenditures are consistent with the
provisions of this part. The evaluation shall include recommendations
regarding changes in program design or operations.
The Proposed Data Collection Includes
Interviews with 10 State Path Contacts (SPCs) and an
online survey with all 56 SPCs to gather more information on how States
plan, solicit, and monitor local providers using PATH funding; the
challenges faced in their operating environment, in working with the
populations they serve, and the environment in which they work;
remaining gaps and needs as well as possible solutions and
recommendations for bridging gaps and filling needs and improving PATH
efficiency and effectiveness.
Interviews with 20-60 local providers and an online survey
with 1 representative who provides face-to-face, PATH-funded services
to clients selected randomly from each local service provider (n =
483). Like SPC interviews and online surveys, the focus of this part of
the data collection effort will be on assessing local providers' views
on the challenges faced in their operating environment, in working with
the populations they serve and the environment in which they work; on
training received and needed; reporting requirements and burden;
remaining gaps and needs and possible solutions and recommendations for
bridging gaps and filling needs and improving PATH efficiency and
effectiveness.
Focus groups with 8-12 consumers that will be conducted on
location at each of the 10 PATH locations selected for site visitation.
The focus groups will assess clients' knowledge of PATH; the types of
services they receive; satisfaction with services received; perceived
needs that are not being met; and recommendations to improve service
access, delivery, and comprehensiveness.
The estimated total burden for the reporting requirements for the
triennial PATH evaluation is summarized in the table below.
Table 1--Annual Burden
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Number of Responses/ Total Total hour
PATH evaluation respondents respondent responses Hours/response burden
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Online Surveys:
State PATH Contact.............. 56 1 56 1 56
PATH Provider................... 483 1 483 .75 363
Site Visit Interviews (10
sites):
State PATH Contact.............. *10 1 10 1.1 11
Provider Staff--Supervisor/ **30 1 30 .67 20
Administrator..................
Provider Staff--Outreach Worker/ ***30 1 30 .67 20
Case Manager...................
Consumer Focus Group Discussion. ****120 1 120 1.5 180
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Total....................... 729 .............. 729 .............. 650
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* 1 respondent x 10 sites = 10 total respondents.
** Up to 3 respondents x 10 sites = 30 total respondents.
*** Up to 3 respondents x 10 sites = 30 total respondents.
**** Up to 12 respondents x 10 sites = 120 respondents.
Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 8-1099, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 and e-mail a
copy to [email protected]. Written comments should be received
within 60 days of this notice.
Dated: May 31, 2011.
Elaine Parry
Director, Office of Management, Technology and Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-14090 Filed 6-7-11; 8:45 am]
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