[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 58 (Thursday, March 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7967]


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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 (301) 443-7978.

Proposed Project

    Evaluation of the HHS Access to Community Care and Effective 
Services and Supports (ACCESS), OMB Control No. 0930-0164--Revision. 
The Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) currently has approval to 
conduct an evaluation study that is assessing service systems 
integration (SI) approaches for homeless persons with serious mental 
illnesses. The evaluation study is collecting data through interviews 
(at baseline, 3 months after baseline, and 12 months after baseline) 
with homeless persons with serious mental illness and providers of 
services (at approximately 18-month intervals, beginning in 1994) to 
homeless persons. SI sites will be contrasted with comparison sites to 
assess the impact of SI. The evaluation will describe approaches to SI, 
processes by which SI takes place, factors that influence SI, and the 
impact that SI has on homeless persons with serious mental illness.
    OMB approval will be sought for an 18-month follow-up interview for 
the fourth cohort of homeless clients, a fourth wave of interviews with 
providers of services to homeless persons, and state and local level 
implementation data from the project staff.

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                                                                     Number of                      Annualized  
                                                       Total        responses/    Hours/response   burden hours 
                                                    respondents     respondent                     (over 5 yrs.)
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Clients (homeless persons)......................           1,440               1           0.750             216
Service providers...............................             880               1           0.400              70
Project staff...................................              27               1           1.5               272
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    Total.......................................           2,347               1            .84              558
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    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.
    Send comments to Nancy Pearce, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, 
Room 16-105, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. 
Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice.

    Dated: March 20, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-7967 Filed 3-25-98; 8:45 am]
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