[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4824-4825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2071]


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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.
    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: Core Measures for the Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention--New

    The mission of SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 
(CSAP) is to decrease substance use and abuse and related problems 
among the American public by bridging the gap between research and 
practice. CSAP accomplishes this through field-testing scientifically 
defensible programs; disseminating comprehensive, culturally 
appropriate prevention strategies, policies, and systems; and

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capacity building for states and community-based providers. Data are 
collected from CSAP grants and contracts where participant outcomes are 
assessed pre- and post-intervention. The analysis of these data help 
determine whether progress is being made in achieving CSAP's mission.
    The primary purpose of the proposed data activity is to promote the 
use among CSAP grantees and contractors of measures recommended by CSAP 
as a result of extensive examination and recommendations, using 
consistent criteria, by panels of experts. The use of consistent 
measurement for specified constructs across CSAP funded projects will 
improve CSAP's ability to respond to the Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA) and address goals and objectives outlined in the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy's Performance Measures of 
Effectiveness.
    It is important to emphasize that CSAP is not requiring the use of 
these measures if (1)the program does not already plan to target change 
in the specified construct(s) and/or (2) the measure is not valid for 
the program's targeted population. The Core Measures are only to be 
used if appropriate to the program's target population and consistent 
with the outcome(s) selected by the program. Consequently, no 
additional burden on the target population is estimated because the 
program is not being asked to collect data above and beyond what would 
already have been planned. The annual burden estimated is that for the 
grantees to extract the necessary data from their files and provide it 
to CSAP's data coordinating center. The table below summarizes the 
maximum estimated time, i.e., if all programs used all of the Core 
Measures--which is unlikely.

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                                                             No. of       Responses     Hours per   Total annual
                         Program                            grantees     per grantee    response       burden
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Knowledge Development:
    Children of Substance Abusing Parents...............            14             1             3            42
    Community Initiated.................................            21             1             3            63
    Family Strengthening................................            97             1             3           291
    Parenting Adolescents and Welfare Reform............            10             1             3            30
    High Risk Youth/Youth Connect.......................            18             1             3            54
Targeted Capacity Enhancement:
    HIV/Targeted Capacity...............................            48             1             3           144
    State Incentive Grants..............................            21             1             3            63
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        Total...........................................           229  ............  ............           687
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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: January 23, 2000.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 00-2071 Filed 1-31-00; 8:45 am]
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