[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 78 (Friday, April 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20008-20009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10188]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Agency 
Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment 
Request

    Periodically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration (SAMHSA) will publish a list of information collection 
requests under OMB review, in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). To request a copy of these documents, call 
the SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on (301) 443-7978.

Proposed Project: Feasibility Study To Evaluate the Positive 
Activities Campaign (PAC) (OMB No. 0930-0188 Revision)

    The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention is conducting a 
feasibility study of the Positive Activities Campaign (PAC), an 
initiative aimed at the general public to encourage adults to become 
more involved in positive, skill-building activities with youth. The 
ultimate goal of the initiative is to reduce substance abuse among 
young people.
    To determine the likely effectiveness of the campaign, CSAP's 
feasibility study consists of a process evaluation and an outcomes 
evaluation. The evaluation is assessing change in communities exposed 
to PAC, including change in adults' involvement with youth. Two 
treatment and two comparison communities have been selected for study. 
Data for the process evaluation are primarily from on-site interviews 
with key personnel in local youth-serving organizations (e.g, Boy 
Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs); data for the outcomes evaluation are 
from baseline and 6-month followup telephone surveys of adults.
    This revision to the currently approved information collection 
activities involves: (1) a third, 12-month followup telephone interview 
with the random sample of adults; and (2) because PAC is being expanded 
to serve civic membership organizations (e.g., Rotary Clubs, Lions 
Clubs, Kiwanis) application of the process evaluation activities with 
these groups, plus three telephone interviews with random samples of 
members of the civic organizations.
    The table that follows shows the total response burden associated 
with this project. All of the currently approved burden will have been 
experienced by the time of OMB approval of the revision.

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                                          Number of                                   Burden/      Total burden
                                         respondents      Responses/respondent       response          hrs.
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Currently approved: (1,350)
Additional 12-month telephone                   1,600  1........................            0.10             160
 interview.
Additional 12-month interview with                150  1........................            1.0              150
 local staff for process evaluation.
Interviews with local-level staff for              20  3........................            1.0               60
 process evaluation.
Telephone interviews with members of            1,800  baseline 1...............             .14             252
 civic organizations.                           1,650  follow-up 2..............             .10             330
  Total revised: 952*
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*Annualized over an 18-month approval period, the annual burden is 715 hours.

    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Management 
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: April 18, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 99-10188 Filed 4-22-99; 8:45 am]
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