[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 495-496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33221]
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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
AGENCY: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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: Services Grant Program for Residential Treatment for
Pregnant and Postpartum Women (PPW) Quarterly Progress Reports--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 quarterly-annual
basis. The infrastructure development measures are designed to collect
information at the grantee-level and program-level.
The draft infrastructure measures are based on the programmatic
requirements conveyed in TI-14-005, Services Grant Program for
Residential Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women.
The purpose of this program is to provide funding to improve
treatment for low-income (according to federal poverty guidelines)
women, age 18 and over, who are pregnant, postpartum (the period after
childbirth up to 12 months), and their minor children, age 17 and
under, who have limited access to quality health services.
The pregnant and postpartum women program will implement parenting
and treatment evidence-based practice models and a feedback loop
developed to enable the grantee and the programs to identify barriers
and test solutions through direct services. The expected outcomes of
these grants will include decreases in the use and/or abuse of
prescription drugs, alcohol, tobacco, illicit and other harmful drugs
(e.g., inhalants) among pregnant and postpartum women; increases in
safe and healthy pregnancies; improved birth outcomes; reduced
perinatal and environmentally-related effects of maternal and/or
paternal drug abuse on infants and children; improved mental and
physical health of women and children; prevention of mental,
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emotional, and behavioral disorders among the children; improved
parenting skills, family functioning, economic stability, and quality
of life; decreased involvement in and exposure to crime, violence, and
neglect; and decreased physical, emotional, and sexual abuse for all
family members. Women, their adolescents/children (up to age 17),
fathers, and other family members who are provided services through
grant funds will inform the process to improve systems issues.
Annual Data Collection Burden Data Collection Burden
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Number of Responses per Total Hours per Total hour
Instrument/activity respondents respondent responses response burden
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Progress Report.................................................... 25 4 100 8 800
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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 March 7, 2016.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-33221 Filed 1-5-16; 8:45 am]
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