[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 15 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3223-3224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1598]


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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: Prevention Program Outcomes Monitoring System 
(PPOMS)--New--Section 516 of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 
290bb-22] directs SAMHSA's CSAP to ``address priority substance abuse 
prevention needs of regional and national significance through the 
provision of knowledge development and application projects for 
prevention and the conduct or support of evaluations of such 
projects.''
    Since 1999, CSAP has used the National Registry of Effective 
Prevention Programs (REPP, OMB No. 0920-0210) to review and rate 
substance abuse prevention programs utilized nationwide. Through NREPP, 
CSAP has expanded its information collection to include programs 
conducted by entities external to CSAP, including state and local 
governments, nonprofit entities, and the private sector. Programs that 
are well implemented, rigorously evaluated, produce consistent positive 
results, and are able to assist in the dissemination effort are 
selected as model programs. Model programs are then promoted to 
substance abuse professionals and practitioners nationwide through 
various channels, including CSAP's State Initiative Grant recipients.
    Involving the completion of matrices and a survey, PPOMS will 
quantify the extent of the field application of NREPP identified 
science-based prevention programs. PPOMS will also examine such 
parameters as program fidelity and adaptation, for science-based 
prevention programs identified through NREPP, as well as documented 
outcomes of program effectiveness.
    PPOMS utilizes a data collection system that will consider several 
parameters related to CSAP science-based program replication. The PPOMS 
matrix and survey will: gauge practitioner access to CSAP science-based 
materials and programs, estimate the proportion of practitioners 
replicating these programs, quantify and explain barriers to 
replication and facilitating structures and mechanisms that aid in 
program replication, document the degree of fidelity and adaptations of 
program replications, and measure program replication outcomes. 
Knowledge of these factors will allow CSAP to better direct its 
dissemination of NREPP identified programs, provide access to training 
and technical assistance for practitioners, and gain a more 
comprehensive understanding of the decision making processes involved 
in choosing NREPP identified programs for replication.
    Substance abuse practitioners will be identified to participate in 
PPOMS by state government officials involved in administering, funding, 
and monitoring prevention programs nationwide. Aside from State 
Incentive Grant coordinators and regional representatives for programs 
such as: the Department of Education's Safe and Drug Free Schools 
Program, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 
various state and regional offices, and member organizations such as 
the National Prevention Network and the National Association of State 
Alcohol/Drug Abuse Directors, will refer prevention program 
practitioners and professionals to participate in PPOMS.
    Data derived from the Prevention Program Outcomes Monitoring 
Systems (PPOMS) will be used by the Center for Substance Abuse 
Prevention (CSAP) to determine the extent, magnitude, and effectiveness 
of CSAP's science-based program replications. The Prevention Programs 
Outcomes Monitoring System will determine the efficacy of NREPP in 
identifying, promoting, and disseminating the best science-based 
substance abuse prevention programs to the field and subsequently, to 
the American public. The final report of PPOMS findings will contain 
appropriate information for use by governmental agencies, private 
organizations, and nonprofit entities.
    Annual burden estimates for PPOMS are shown in the following table.

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                                                     Number of     Responses per     Hours per      Total hour
                    Form name                       respondents     respondent       response         burden
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PPOMS Matrix....................................             400               1            .167              67
PPOMS Survey....................................             400               1            .333             133
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      Total.....................................             400  ..............  ..............             200
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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 16, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-1598 Filed 1-22-02; 8:45 am]
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