[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54345-54346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25962]


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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

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proposed collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Service 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.
    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

    State Incentive Grant (SIG) Cross-Site Evaluation--SAMHSA's Center 
for Substance Abuse prevention (CSAP) is charged with evaluating the 
State Incentive Cooperative Agreements for Community-Based Action, or 
State Incentive Grant (SIG) Program. States receiving SIG funds are: 
(1) To coordinate, leverage and/or redirect, as appropriate, all 
substance abuse prevention resources within the State that are directed 
at communities, families, schools, and workplaces, and (2) to develop a 
revitalized, comprehensive State-wide prevention strategy aimed at 
reducing drug use by youth. The ultimate aim of the SIG Program is to 
prevent substance abuse among youths ages 12 to 17. The District of 
Columbia and the 20 States that have received SIG grants thus far are 
required to implement at the community level a range of substance 
abuse, community-based prevention efforts, at least half of which are 
derived from sound scientific research findings. CSAP awarded about $3 
million per year for three years to each of five States in FY 1997, to 
each of fourteen States in FY 1998, and to one State and the District 
of Columbia in FY 1999.
    CSAP is planning a national, cross-site evaluation of the SIG 
Program, consisting of a process and an outcome evaluation. The outcome 
evaluation will address two questions: (1) ``Has the SIG Program had an 
impact on youth substance abuse?,'' and (2) ``How do SIG States differ 
in their impact on youth substance abuse?'' These questions will be 
addressed by using data already being collected by SAMHSA's National 
Household Survey of Drug Abuse (NHSDA). The process evaluation will 
focus on three questions: (1) ``Did States attain the SIG Program's two 
main goals of coordinated funding streams and revitalized comprehensive 
prevention strategies and how were these goals attained?,'' (2) ``What 
other substance abuse prevention programming has the State 
implemented?,'' and (3) ``Did SIGs meet the criterion of supporting 
science-based programs fifty percent of the time, and what array of 
prevention activities were supported?''
    In addition to the NHSDA data, three instruments are needed to 
collect process information about SIG activities at the State, 
community, and program levels: (1) A State Case Study Protocol; (2) a 
Comparison State Protocol and (3) a Program Intervention Protocol. The 
State Case Study Protocol will collect data on the following topics at 
the State level: contextual conditions, SIG mobilization, system 
characteristics and dynamics, collaborative strategies or activities, 
immediate outcomes, systems change, sub-recipient characteristics and 
dynamics, sub-recipient planning and science-based prevention 
interventions, sub-recipient immediate local outcomes, long-term 
outcomes, possible rival explanations, and learned lessons. The State 
Case Study Protocol also will provide data for one of the two 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) measures for the SIG 
program. The Comparison State Protocol will collect data from non-SIG 
States to identify any SIG-like interventions and to record State-level 
contextual conditions and the characteristics of prevention systems. 
The Program Intervention Protocol will collect data at the subrecipient 
and program levels on the following topics: contextual conditions, 
program or action definition, and immediate and intermediate outcomes.
    The State Case Study Protocol will be used once for every State-
level SIG award. The Comparison State Protocol will be administered 
once to all States and U.S. territories not participating in the SIG 
Program. The Program Intervention Protocol will be used for a sample of 
sub-recipient communities and programs in the SIG States.
    Estimated annual burden is as follows:

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                                                                               Responses
                           Instrument                             Number of       per      Hours per    Annual
                                                                 respondents  respondent   response     burden
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State Case Study Protocol......................................           56           1           2         112
Comparison State Protocol......................................           25           1           2          50
Program Intervention Protocol..................................          240           1           1         240
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      Total....................................................          321  ..........  ..........         402
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    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: September 29, 1999.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-25962 Filed 10-5-99; 8:45 am]
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