[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78489-78490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32332]


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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 summary of information 
collection requests under OMB review, in compliance with the 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.
    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 (NREPP, 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.
    PPOMS is a national probability sample of schools (public and 
private, serving grades K-12), colleges (2- and 4-year, private and 
public), youth agencies and other community organizations and community 
coalitions to 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. PPOMS 
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.
    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/                      Total hour
                    Form name                       respondents     respondent    Hours/response      burden
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Screener........................................           1,080               1             .17             184
Survey scheduling post card.....................           1,080  ..............             .08              86

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Survey..........................................           1,080               1            .333             508
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    Total.......................................           1,080  ..............  ..............             778
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    Written comments and recommendations concerning the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of this notice to: 
Allison Herron Eydt, Human Resources and Housing Branch, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: December 11, 2002.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 02-32332 Filed 12-23-02; 8:45 am]
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