[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2213]


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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: State Prevention Needs Assessments: Alcohol and 
Other Drugs, Cohort V (New)--SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention (CSAP) has awarded contracts to several States (Cohort V) to 
collect data to assess the nature and extent of substance abuse 
prevention services needs. The data collection by these States will 
bring to 30 (Cohorts I-V) the number of States that have implemented a 
family of prevention needs assessment studies, and will constitute the 
third cohort to apply the core set of measures, instruments, and 
methodologies developed and standardized under prior State needs 
assessment State contracts.
    Data will be collected in school surveys and community resource 
assessments (CRA). The information collected in this project will be 
combined with existing information from other sources; States may use 
multiple approaches to assess statewide and substate distributions of 
risk and protective factors for substance use, of prevention resources, 
and of prevention services needs. These needs assessment studies will 
permit cross-State comparison of risk and protection variables to 
assist State services planning and allocation of State Block Grant 
funds, and to assist Federal response to the Government Performance and 
Results Act (GPRA). The estimated annualized burden for the three-year 
project is shown below.

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                                                                                          Average
                                                               Number of    Responses    burden per   Annualized
                         Respondents                          respondents      per        response      burden
                                                                            respondent    (hours)       hours
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Students....................................................      137,500            1         0.75      103,125
Program Providers...........................................        1,410            1         1.00        1,410
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    Total...................................................      138,910  ...........  ...........      104,535
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    3-year Average..........................................       46,303  ...........  ...........       34,845
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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 24, 2000.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 00-2213 Filed 2-1-00; 8:45 am]
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