[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9313-9315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4777]


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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

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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.
    Assessment of the National Leadership Institute Program and 
Services and the Minority Community-based Organization Program--(OMB 
No. 0930--0203, Revision) `` The Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) 
is conducting an assessment of its National Leadership Institute (NLI). 
The goal underlying the technical assistance and training opportunities 
provided through the NLI is to strengthen the competitive position of 
nonprofit community-based organizations (CBOs) which are essential 
components of local substance abuse services for the uninsured and 
under-insured.
    Both a process and an impact assessment are being conducted. The 
process assessment describes the needs faced by CBOs, the types of 
training and technical assistance that CBOs receive through the NLI, 
and CBO satisfaction with services. The impact assessment focuses on 
specific changes made by CBOs in response to NLI recommendations, and 
improvements in self-rated organizational performance and several 
organization status measures.
    The assessment design for technical assistance is a pre-post-post 
design that collects identical information from the TA recipient 
organizations at initiation of NLI contact and again after 12 and 24 
months. These time frames are necessary to allow CBOs the opportunity 
to address NLI technical assistance recommendations and to plan and 
implement their changes. In addition, the assessment collects 
satisfaction measures from the TA recipient organization after each 
technical assistance event and at 12 and 24 months after the initial TA 
event.
    The training component of NLI is also a pre-post-post design. 
Participants complete a brief questionnaire prior to receiving either 
onsite or online training, as well as immediately upon completion of 
the training. Training participants are also sent a 30-day follow-up 
questionnaire in the mail. With the introduction of online training, 
the 30-day follow-up may be submitted via e-mail, as well.
    Most of the assessment forms for both TA and training have 
undergone minor revisions. The Organizational Self-Assessment and the 
12-Month Follow-Up Organizational Self-Assessment were revised to 
eliminate some of the items that were confusing to respondents and to 
capture some key indicators that will be more useful to TA providers 
and for evaluation purposes. The Activity Summary has been revised to 
better capture GPRA data and to better record the nature of the 
recommendations an agency receives from a TA provider. The training 
forms have undergone minor revisions that include rewording and the 
addition and/or deletion of questions to tailor the instrument to 
persons who participate in NLI's online training. In addition, the 
program will program will use the Government Performance and Results 
Act Customer Satisfaction Surveys for the Center for Substance Abuse 
Treatment Knowledge Application Programs (OMB No. 0930-0197).
    NLI data collection burden is borne primarily by directors of the 
CBOs who provide initial contact information, pre- and post-test 
versions of organizational self-assessments, satisfaction forms, and 
activity summaries/telephone interviews. Finally, individuals who 
attend NLI onsite training events and/or complete an online training 
course will receive a brief questionnaire prior to the training and 
satisfaction questionnaires immediately after the training, as well as 
30 days after the training (5 minutes each).
    In addition, CSAT also wishes to have its new Minority Community-
Based Organization (MCBO) program become an approved user of the 
Organizational Self-Assessment and Organizational Self-Assessment 
Follow-Up forms. The MCBO program is designed to identify and cultivate 
substance abuse treatment partnerships with a maximum of 30 service 
MCBOs/providers that use culturally specific interventions that address 
the substance abuse treatment and HIV/AIDS service needs of African-
American, Hispanic/Latino and other ethnic and racial minority 
populations and to provide developmental consultations as well as 
specialized technical assistance to these MCBOs/service providers to 
optimize organizational and service capacity and to achieve success in 
obtaining competitive grant funding.
    Under the MCBO program, CSAT will address the challenges that 
impact sustainability, including under capitalization, limited 
administrative and support staff, and unfamiliarity with the complex 
competitive grant writing process. The contractor implementing the 
program will provide technical assistance and coordinated training 
opportunities to strengthen the indigenous service providers' ability 
to successfully obtain funding from a range of sources. To assess 
participant satisfaction with specific training and meetings, the MCBO 
program will use the Government Performance and Results Act Customer 
Satisfaction Surveys for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment 
Knowledge Application Programs (OMB No. 0930-0197).
    The charts below summarize the estimated total three-year burden 
and annual average burden.

                                      NLI Annual Burden Estimates and Costs
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                                                     Number of      Responses/        Burden/
                      Form                          respondents     respondent       response       Total hours
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Technical Assistance Recipients:
    Initial Contact Form........................             240               1             .10              24
    Organization Self Assessment--Part 1........             210               1             .75             158
    Organization Self Assessment--Part 2........             210               1             .75             158
    Short Organization Self Assessment Follow-up             210               2             .75             315
    Technical Assistance Event Satisfaction.....             210               1             .05              11
    12-month Activity Summary...................             210               1             .25              53
    24-month Activity Summary...................             210               1             .20              42
    Comprehensive NLI Satisfaction..............             210               1             .07              15
Training Participants:
    Training Participant Information Form--Pre-            1,500               1             .08             120
     Training...................................
    Training Participant Information Form--Post-           1,500               1             .05              75
     Training...................................
    Training Participant 30 day follow-up.......           1,500               1             .05              75
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        Total...................................           1,740  ..............  ..............           1,046
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        Annual average..........................             580  ..............  ..............             349
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                                     MCBO Program Annual Estimates and Costs
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                                                                                      Burden/
                      Form                           Number of      Responses/       response       Total hours
                                                    respondents     respondent        (hrs.)
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Technical Assistance Recipients:
    Organization Self Assessment--Part 1........              30               1             .75              23
    Organization Self Assessment--Part 2........              30               1             .75              23
    Short Organization Self Assessment--Follow-               30               1             .75              23
     up.........................................
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        Total...................................              30  ..............  ..............              69
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        Annual average..........................              10  ..............  ..............              23
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Note: The MCBO is a 2-year program and will, thus, only collect the Follow-Up one time, 12 months after the
  initial assessment.

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

    Dated: February 21, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-4777 Filed 2-27-02; 8:45 am]
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