[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6094-6096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02081]
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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 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
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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.
Project: Addiction Technology Transfer Centers (ATTC) Network National
Workforce Surveys--NEW
The ATTC Network, a nationwide, multidisciplinary resource that
draws upon the knowledge, experience and latest research of recognized
experts in the field of addictions and behavioral health, is a unique
Center Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) initiative formed in 1993 in
response to a shortage of well-trained addiction and behavioral health
professionals in the public sector. The ATTC Network works to enhance
the knowledge, skills and aptitudes of the addiction/behavioral health
treatment and recovery services workforce by disseminating current
health services research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse,
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute
of Mental Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, National
Institute of Justice, and other sources, as well as other SAMHSA
programs. To accomplish this, the ATTC Network: (1) Develops and
updates state-of-the-art research based curricula and professional
development training, (2) coordinates and facilitates meetings between
Single State Authorities, Provider Associations and other key
stakeholders, and (3) provides ongoing technical assistance to
individuals and organizations at the local, regional and national
levels.
In response to the emerging shortages of qualified addiction
treatment and recovery services professionals, SAMHSA/CSAT instructed
the ATTC National Office to lead the ATTC Network in the development
and implementation of a national addiction treatment workforce data
collection effort of those individuals who work in substance use
specialty treatment services. The purpose of this survey and data
collection is to gather information to guide the formation of effective
national, regional, state, and organizational policies and strategies
aimed at successfully recruiting and retaining a sufficient number of
adequately prepared providers who are able to respond to the growing
needs of those affected by substance use and mental health disorders;
including co-occurring disorders and trauma. This data collection will
offer a unique perspective on the clinical treatment field so that CSAT
and the ATTC Network can better understand current successful
strategies and methodologies being used in the workforce and develop
appropriate training for emerging trends in the field.
Although SAMHSA/CSAT is the primary target audience for data
collection findings, it is expected that the data collected and
resulting reports will also be useful to the ATTC Network, as well as
to Single State Agencies, provider organizations, professional
organizations, training and education entities, and individuals in the
workforce.
Overview of Data Collection and Purposes
Data will be collected from two main sources: (1) Interviews with
Single State Authorities (SSAs) in all fifty states (2) A national
sample of agency directors or their designees, identified by CSAT in
conjunction with the ATTC network, in the substance use disorders
treatment field. Respondents will be asked to participate in telephone
interviews. In addition to this original data collection, existing
national data sets will also be utilized. Such data systems will
include:
Census 2000 datasets
National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-
SSATS)
SAMHSA Treatment Gap Projection Analysis
Treatment Episode Data
Bureau of Labor datasets such as Current Employment
Statistics
Annapolis Coalition Data
Provider Association Survey: The provider association survey will
be a single question web survey asking association directors to
nominate providers that they believe are exemplary in recruitment,
retention or staff development. The purpose of this survey is to
triangulate responses from three sources, the SSA, the ATTC and the
provider association to identify providers that are considered by all
three to be exceptional in their ability to recruit, retain or provide
staff development for SUD direct service employees.
State Substance Abuse Authorities Interview: Each state substance
abuse authority or their designee will be interviewed to identify
concerns regarding work force development, state level strategies to
improve recruitment, retention and development of the addiction
treatment workforce, changes that have occurred within the past five
years and any treatment organization level practices that they think
have been particularly successful. They will be asked to identify
provider organizations that have exemplary practices to interview.
Program Director/Key Staff Interview: Based on identification by
state SSA, state provider association nomination and ATTC/CSAT staff
identification, a minimum of 60 addiction treatment provider
organizations will be selected for telephone interviews. These
organizations may be specialty addiction treatment programs, community
mental health centers that provide addiction treatment services or
primary care organizations that provide addiction treatment services.
The purpose of these interviews is to identify exemplary practices in
recruitment, retention and staff development for direct service staff
working with patients with SUDs. An interview script has been developed
to guide the question formation for the interviews.
Overview of Questions Related to Data Collection
The objectives of the national addiction treatment workforce data
collection effort are to explore issues related to workforce
development: (1) Staff training, recruitment and retention; (2)
Professional development; and (3) Support for strategies and
methodologies to prepare, recruit, retain, and sustain the workforce.
To accomplish these objectives, CSAT outlined two primary questions to
be addressed by the workforce data collection:
1. What are the anticipated workforce development needs for 2017-2022?
For the purposes of this data collection, the ATTC Network will
identify the growth and capacity-building needs over the next five
years of direct care staff, clinical supervisors, and administrators in
agencies represented in the I-SATS registry.
2. What are the common strategies and methodologies to prepare, retain,
and maintain the workforce?
Identification of potentially effective strategies used to prepare
and recruit individuals to enter the workforce (as previously defined),
and encourage them to remain in the workforce and stay current on
clinical and other job related skills (e.g., evidence based practices).
Information collected from this workforce data collection will help
CSAT and the ATTC Network to better understand the needs of the
workforce and categorize some best practices for providing support to
the field now and in the future. Emerging trends in addiction and/or
co-occurring and
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trauma treatment and the existence of mental health problems in
substance use disorder treatment and recovery services will be
identified and shared with those in the addiction/behavioral health
treatment field so appropriate training and funding can be allocated.
The information from this data collection will also help CSAT identify
areas where deficiencies in substance use and/or co-occurring disorder
and trauma treatment exist and provide assistance to regions (and
states) to help them develop and adopt strategies for addressing this.
The chart below summarizes the annualized burden for this project.
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Responses Total Total
Type of respondent Number of per number of Hours per burden
respondents respondent responses response hours
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SSA telephone interview........................ 60 1 60 1 60
Provider Organization Key Staff Telephone 60 1 60 1 60
Interviews....................................
Provider Association Survey.................... 50 1 50 .25 12.5
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Total...................................... 170 ........... 170 ........... 132.5
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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 April 6, 2015.
Summer King,
Statistician.
[FR Doc. 2015-02081 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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