[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14256-14257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6896]


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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.
    Registration Form for the National Registry of Effective Prevention 
Programs--(OMB No. 0930-0210; Revision)--Section 515(d) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-21) requires that the Director of 
SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) establish a 
national data base providing information on programs for the prevention 
of substance abuse and specifies that the data base shall contain 
information appropriate for use by public entities and information 
appropriate for use by nonprofit private entities. Beginning in 1994, 
CSAP met this responsibility through the High Risk Populations Databank 
on programs for the prevention of substance abuse funded by direct CSAP 
grants. In 2000 CSAP expanded its information collection to include 
voluntary submission of descriptions of effective substance abuse 
prevention conducted by state and local governments, nonprofit 
entities, and the private sector.
    CSAP has developed a template, accessed through a dedicated site on 
the World Wide Web, to enable practitioners who have evidence that 
their program reduces risk factors or increases protective factors 
pertaining to

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substance abuse to nominate their own standardized program for the 
Registry. Each program that is nominated should have been standardized 
(including curriculum manuals, implementation manuals, videotapes, 
etc.), well implemented, and findings should derive from well designed 
research efforts. Program models nominated are reviewed and rated by 
experts annually to be recommended to the field. CSAP is revising the 
Registration Form by eliminating collection of information pertaining 
to the National Prevention System.
    CSAP promotes selected models by providing funds to support 
development of program materials for dissemination, by connecting 
program developers with organizations able to help in the dissemination 
efforts, and by promoting model programs nationally through CSAP's 
State Incentive Grant recipients and regional Centers for Applied 
Prevention Technology. Annual burden estimates for the Registry are 
shown in the table below.

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                                                     Number of      Responses/                     Total burden
               Type of submission                   respondents     respondent    Hours/response       hours
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Complete........................................              60               1             .90              54
Abbreviated.....................................               8               1             .25               2
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    Total.......................................              68  ..............  ..............              56
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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: March 18, 2003.

Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-6896 Filed 3-21-03; 8:45 am]
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