[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 31342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12653]
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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 (SAMHSA) 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 at (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.
Proposed Project: Biannual Infrastructure Development Measures for
State Adolescent Treatment Enhancement and Dissemination (SAT-ED) and
State Youth Treatment Enhancement and Dissemination (SYT-ED) Programs--
NEW
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment has developed a set of
infrastructure development measures in which recipients of cooperative
agreements will report on various benchmarks on a semi-annual basis.
The infrastructure development measures are designed to collect
information at the state-level and site-level.
The infrastructure development measures are based on the
programmatic requirements conveyed in TI-12-006, Cooperative Agreements
for State Adolescent Treatment Enhancement and Dissemination (SAT-ED)
and TI-13-014, Cooperative Agreements for State Youth Treatment
Enhancement and Dissemination (SYT-ED).
The purpose of this program is to provide funding to States/
Territories/Tribes to improve treatment for adolescents and
transitional age youth through the development of a learning laboratory
with collaborating local community-based treatment provider sites.
Through the shared experience between the State/Territory/Tribe and the
local community-based treatment provider sites, an evidence-based
practice (EBP) will be implemented, youth and families will be provided
services, and a feedback loop will be developed to enable the State/
Territory/Tribe and the sites to identify barriers and test solutions
through a services component operating in real time. The expected
outcomes of these cooperative agreements will include needed changes to
State/Territorial/Tribal policies and procedures; development of
financing structures that work in the current environment; and a
blueprint for States/Territories/Tribes and providers that can be used
throughout the State/Territory/Tribe to widen the use of effective
substance use treatment EBPs. Additionally, adolescents (ages 12 to
18), transitional age youth (ages 18 to 24), and their families/primary
caregivers who are provided services through grant funds will inform
the process to improve systems issues.
Estimates for response burden were calculated based on the
methodology (survey data collection) being used and are based on
previous experience collecting similar data and results of the pilot
study. For emailed biannual surveys, burden estimates of 12.0 hours
were used for Project Directors and/or Program Managers and burden
estimates of 7.2 hours were used for other project staff members. It is
estimated that 13 Project Directors and/or Program Managers and 26
other staff members from Cohort 1 will respond to the emailed survey
biannually (i.e., twice each year) for 3 years at an estimated total
burden of 2,059.2 hours for Cohort 1. It is estimated that 10 Project
Directors and/or Program Managers and 20 other staff members from
Cohort 2 will respond to the emailed survey biannually (i.e., twice
each year) for 5 years at an estimated total burden of 2,640 hours for
Cohort 2. It is estimated that 12 Project Directors and/or Program
Managers and 24 other staff members from Cohort 3 will respond to the
emailed survey biannually (i.e., twice each year) for 5 years at an
estimated total burden of 3,168 hours for Cohort 2. The burden hours of
Cohort 1 (2,059.2 hours), Cohort 2 (2,640 hours) and Cohort 3 (3,168
hours) combined comes to a total estimated burden for the emailed
biannual survey of 7,867.2 hours.
Estimates of Annualized Hour Burden for Biannual Infrastructure Development Measure
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Number of Responses per Hours per Total annual
Respondent type respondents respondent Total responses response hour burden
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Project Director................................................... 35 2 70 12.0 840
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Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,
Room 2-1057, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857 or email her a
copy at [email protected]. Written comments should be received
by August 1, 2014.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2014-12653 Filed 5-30-14; 8:45 am]
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